No BS Podcast #88a: The We've Got Zombie Fever Edition
Posted 12/05/08 at 04:07:46 PM by The Maximum PC Staff
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Zombie Fever rages on at Maximum PC. We put aside our constant discussion of Left4Dead to answer reader questions. Little did we know, but the question queue had been invaded by... you guessed it -- Zombies. Honest folks, we tried to get back to talking about tech, but about 75% of the questions in the queue were undead-related. So, we pulled out our auto-shottys, loaded our akimbo pistols, and settled down to answer a whole boatload of reader questions about the upcoming zombie apocalypse, and give a little upgrading advice along the way. Join the podcast gang as we answer your tech questions, take a trip to the Lab, and get another dose of Gordon Mah Ung's Rant of the Week!
Do you have a tech question? A comment? A tale of technological triumph? Just need to get something off your chest? A secret to share? Email us at maximumpcpodcast@gmail.com or call our 24-hour No BS Podcast hotline at 877.404.1337 x1337--operators are standing by. For the love of all that's holy people, if you guys don't start asking tech questions, we're going to change the name to the Nothing But Undead podcast...
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In Left4Dead, I have to
Submitted by jcollins on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 11:32am
In Left4Dead, I have to admit. Just once, I'd like to be able to have a vote for "Least likely to survive a zombie apocalypse".
I agree with Gordon, playing in pick up groups, you learn fast who would get you zombified in a zombie apocalypse.
100% post-consumer human
Submitted by Shalbatana on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 8:49am
Hey, shameless plug for a friend here, but you can get a really fun zombie stick-figure swag, at the link below. I wouldn't have spammed, but he put it up totally by coincidence, and says that shirt is actually selling better than any of his new releases. Oh, and check out his comic too.
http://www.cafepress.com/orderofthestick/
PS, if this post is inappropriate, I understand and won't be offended if it's removed.
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Why?
Submitted by winmaster on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 5:45pm
Why cannot you ever get the links correct. I never get to the podcast before 5:00PM, and by then you always seem to fix it, but it seems in the comments section of every podcast there are people bitching about incorrect links. Is it really that hard? And more importantly: Why is it called Episode 88a. Is there going to be an 88b?
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The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
Submitted by jcollins on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 11:30am
88a replaces the bad 88. It's probably an 88a because that way it will update correctly on iTunes, etc.
Perhaps rather than 88a it
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Mon, 12/08/2008 - 1:03pm
Perhaps rather than 88a it should be called the Crazy 88.... Cool....
Submitted by GravyTrain on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 3:50pm
Shaq came to visit the airbase in Germany where I was stationed back in the late 90's and i can confirm he does not look cuddly in person. I was going to ask for an autograph but decided it wasn't worth the risk.
Everything's fixed. This is
Submitted by willsmith on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 2:05pm
Everything's fixed. This is what happens when I write the shownotes after I've had a few glasses of wine with dinner.Sorry guys!
Submitted by SteveCamper on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 11:33am
now the link is screwed up in Itunes. It actually has the 87 edition thinking it is the 88th. I know I can simply load the link and save it to my desktop then drag it in to Itunes or whatever. To me it is like those damn MS Vista cases, you know the disk is just on the other side of that shinny plastic surface but getting the damn case open just about kills ya!
Now here's one for Gordon, how do you re-intiate a podcast download once it has been downloaded? The only way I have found so far is to delete the Podcast subscription and re-add it. No biggy right? Well, I like to keep the old issues around as reference or even to go back and listen to them sometimes but each time I delete the subscription, I have to re-download all those others as well!
Submitted by Pball1224 on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:42am
Huh, I guess even the web guys at Maximum PC mess things up big once in a while. At least their audience is smart enough to figure out a work around in like 2 seconds.
http://dl.maximumpc.com/maxpc_088_20081204.mp3
Submitted by Keith E. Whisman on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 9:31am
You know they do things like this to give the complaints and bitch department some work to do...
BTW it's not even April 1st.
Submitted by praetor_alpha on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 6:43am
You guys fail at links. Why am I being directed to your webmail portal instead of the MP3 ???????
The RSS for the podcast
Submitted by Khaled on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 2:48am
The RSS for the podcast ( http://feeds.feedburner.com/maximumpc/1337 ) points to the november episode as well so it's not iTunes fault.
I enjoyed re-listening to episode 87 though :)
Submitted by Htorne on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 12:57am
1. Look at the link for the old episodes
2. Look at the link for the new episodes
3. Use the force
4. type in the new address and download
5. http://dl.maximumpc.com/maxpc_088_20081204.mp3
Submitted by Shalbatana on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 10:25am
Create a text document. Copy and paste code below:
<html>
<head>
<title>Untitled</title>
</head>
<a href="http://dl.maximumpc.com/maxpc_088_20081204.mp3">maxpc</a>
</body>
</html>save it and rename the extention from .txt to .htm
now you can double click it and it will open in your browser where you can do the right-click "save as" to download.
(and congrats, you just mada a web page).
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Submitted by GFC on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 1:54am
mm.. i said the same one post bellow, but yeah, use your 'h4x0rz skillz0z', cmon it's just http link, it's not that hard to crack it :p
Submitted by Htorne on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 4:11am
oh yea my bad - even worse is that my evil plan failed. its still the 87 episode you get from being a l337 hax0r :(
I guess the force was not stong with me this morning
Submitted by GFC on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:47pm
There seems to be a problem with the podcast download link, when you press "Zombie fever" it gives a strange "outlook web access" window. And when you press on 'podcast gang' it gives the old 87 episode (yeah, i downloaded that one, and then went jogging... imagine my surprise >.<)
Anyhow, the real url is this http://dl.maximumpc.com/maxpc_088_20081204.mp3 if someone wants to download it.
Submitted by brentster10 on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:27pm
itunes downloads 87 with 88 as the title for me.
Submitted by SteveCamper on Thu, 12/04/2008 - 11:10pm
again! The links all point to episode 87 not 88... PLs fix linkage!
EDIT: I stand corrected, the link downloaded the right podcast over my copy of #87. The only one that seems to be correct is the feed from Itunes - wait, Gordon, does this mean apple is doing something right?
No itunes failed downloading
Submitted by papu on Fri, 12/05/2008 - 8:50am
No itunes failed downloading the correct podcast , 88 title with 87 show....
fu steve jobs..
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