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That Was Fun 
thanks for the link. My favourite part was when Carmack said he got pretty far into rewriting Wolfenstein 3d in Haskell. What a bloody nutcase. 
Everytime I Install Windows... 
Why the fuck are my graphic card's fans running so fast and where the fuck is the fan speed control hidden in the options? Win7, latest stable nvidia drivers. 
Recommendations For A Good Server Provider? 
I want something with a shell to host my domain 
 
If you can live without support, I use OVH: http://www.ovh.de/dedicated_server/isgenug.xml (yes, those are really dedicated servers) 
 
Steam requires me to enter a code from a mail they sent me because OMG YOU USE NEW DEVICE. I manage my mail in Linux. So I have to reboot to Linux, get the mail, reboot to Windows. 3 times in a row this fucking joke tells me the code has already expired but does not even say how long it is valid. What the fucking fuck? I hate everyone for this. 
 
Spirit, if you're interested I've got a spare invite to GMail 
 
That would be nice! Could you mail it to me? 
I Will As Soon As I Can 
unfortunately I only have webmail access on a Nokia N-Gage I have locked in a safe at the bottom of a lake 
Cool! 
I bet it will be fabulous to use on my Robotron 300. 
Carmacks Physics Of Light And Rendering 
http://www.twitch.tv/bethesda/c/2685811
(pubescent lol at 0:30:00) 
Steam Guide For Custom Maps 
http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=166554615

What do you think? Someone please proofread. Did I forget anything important? etc 
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 
Proof-reading and unfiltered thoughts, mostly sequential I hope:

It's httpS://www.quaddicted.com/ , if you link to http you just make it take longer as it redirects. :)

I'd rather link https://www.quaddicted.com/reviews/random_recommendations.php than the single random map redirect. This one is limited to well rated maps while the single one is truly random.

"Click on Maps in the top menu.", I'd make Maps a link.

"Nice (4) and Excellent (5) results." -> "Nice (4 hearts) and Excellent (5 hearts) results." maybe?

"Once you have downloaded a level, it needs to installed correctly to be able to load it in the game.", I'd drop the last part. -> "Once you have downloaded a level, it needs to installed correctly."

Step 0 in Installation could be "look if there is a text file and if so, read it".

"It only needs to be copied (or extracted directly) into the" -> "This file only needs to be put into the"

"you will need to create the directory manually" -> "you will need to create this directory manually"

'simple' is a bad word but I have no better idea myself. Maybe 'plain'?

I'd add examples for the console commands and parameters: "skill 1", "map 768_negke", "-game honey".

You sometimes use "folder" and sometimes "directory". Directory would be correct but for Windows people understand folder better I'd guess. Minor nitpick. :)

"Source port" is a doomism, please help eradicate the internet of it!

Java: The security issues are for when it is set to run automatically in the browser. Maybe add "If you are worried about security issues, just make sure your browser does not automatically execute Java applets on websites."? People should not be afraid of Java. :(

httpS://www.java.com/en/ ;)

"and download latest version." -> "and download the latest version."

I think there is a .bat file included in the QI zip, not sure why but I guess that is what Windows users should run.

"JAR files with Java.)" there is a trailing parenthesis with no opening counterpart.

On the first run the QI will prompt the user to go to the configuration by itself.

Maybe link to JohnnyLaw's engine guide in the configuration paragraph?

The QI supports scanning the Quake dir for previously manually installed maps/mods with varying success!

For winquake the parameter for memory is -winmem XX (XX = MB!) from what I remember.

Maybe add a note about support at Quaddicted? We are not perfect and some packages will probably fail when installed with the QI because we fucked up.

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Great work, thank so very much! bier_gut++;

I thought about adding a big download button as noobs might not realise they have to click on the zipname and honestly, it is kinda hidden in the table. 
Spirit 
Thanks. I'm going to revise the guide some time soonish and will take your comments into consideration. 
 
http://7dfps.com/ starts in two days. 
Carmack Leaves Id 
Only Kinda 
huh! I thought he spoke rather negatively about the oculus rift at quakecon and assumed the worst. I have to admit that I find "more immersion" a terrifying outlook somehow.

must be awesome to be able to fully live ones hobbies like him. 
 
I literally just shouted "what the fuck" when I saw that news story 
 
Joining Oculus VR != leaving id. 
Negke 
He's going to devote himself to Occulus full time. That does not leave a lot of time for doing anything substantial at id. Certainly not heading the development of new engines. 
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