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• AHHAHRHHROFL : mista mista
• he fell in! GET HIM! : indeego
• roflllle : Gladiator
• OMFG ROFL!!! : kabex
• HOw the hell? : maalox
• that's OMFG hilarious : darweidu
• hacked by chinese : redfive
• ahhahahah : --Viscid--
• HAHAHHAHAHAHA COMEDY GOLD!! you can tell it's fake because of the shadows and stuff... that, and the : Maddog_Delphi97

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• dude, you don't need our impetus. If you wanna write, write. : Phearsome
• oh go run linux. if it were up to you wed live in a communist land where everything is run by the govern : Microsoft Fan
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  I'm interested in corresponding with you on this idea, but I'm not really interested in typing up 7 : The_Janitor
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    Email or shackmsgs would be good for correspondence, the 7 page thing isn't great cause my wrists re... : The_Janitor
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      When you use your "Rule of Law" syllogy to encounter the Microsoft event, it doesn't seem to fit int : The_Janitor
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        Also, as a final BTW, please don't take any of this as an attack, I am truely interested in arguing ... : The_Janitor
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          you're one of the more effective debators on teh shack :-p : jo-papa
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            I agree. he's a master-debator : darweidu
            • *raises an eyebrow at darweidu* : The_Janitor
            • Master-bater? : Tissen
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    It seems as if you have stated that because the government controls and executes laws as the property : MoNsTeR
    • Sweet, argument, I'm in. BTW, The first statement was just a copy of the second, but it was 3 AM : The_Janitor
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  I'm opposed to all intellectual property - hippie : filthysock
  • filthy Red ;) : MoNsTeR

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  is this one gonna live for more than 24 hours and a few days? : -TKF-
  • yes... : OverBurN
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  well shit... thats www.overburn.ca:5190 :( : OverBurN
  • j00 spelled your own name wrong :D : drucifer
• ok looks like ppl can connect... thats gonna be it for now cuz i really gotta go... msg me any problems ... : OverBurN
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  well can someone give me advice on how that thing actually works? im in now, but i have now idea how u c... : kahuuna
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    do you know it now or do you still want advice ??? : rookieone
    • naah i know it now, thx anyway : kahuuna
• YO THE MAN !!!! : rookieone
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  what is a hub? : Galadriel07
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    haxor upload brothel !!! : rookieone
    • heheheh : hawkeye
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  is it down or something? : Q-ball
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    NEGATIVE!!! : Phearsome
    • i got it now... : Q-ball
• I keep getting disconnected.. : beastrabban
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  excellent! : Vis Inack
  • definitely !!! : rookieone
• nevermind. I figured it out. misspelling messed me up =) : beastrabban
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  I cannot connect! : TroZ
  • you have to download the prgramm first !! : rookieone
• Cool. Thanks for setting it up! : Mantle

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  I think because the primary purchasers are businesses, who can afford the cost. If it were a primarily ... : Phearsome
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    businesses wouldn't buy one cartridge at a time for $30 and most everyone who has a computer, has a p... : pyide
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      Two words... RE FILL KITS : Lynn Minmei
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        like from those infomercials as seen on TV? the ones with teh syringe? : pyide
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          yup. I bought one awhile back and haven't bought a new cartridge in MONTHS.. and I print CONSTANTLY. : Lynn Minmei
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            yeah, thought about that too. But i dont want to spill it all over my room : rookieone
            • DO IT OVER TEH SINK : pyide
            • If you're careful it can be done... I did mine over my keyboard yesterday and only got a drop or two on ... : Lynn Minmei
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        Refill kits are EVIL. The refilled cartridges leak and WILL ruin your printer. You have no idea how man... : Vantage
        • they don't leak if you do them right... I've refilled mine about 10 times and haven't had one drop hit t... : Lynn Minmei
  • heh??? What are you talking about??? Businesses can afford laser printers that are way cheaper to use if... : rookieone
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  cos that's how they make money. hp, canon, epson, etc. make next to nothing on the printers sold, so in... : TwiLyght
  • Its like the drug dealers!! Where do they make their money... on the comeback! Btw... I'm a little con... : Q-ball
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    I haven't bought ink for my N64 in nearly 2 years : dognose
    • really? I heard Nintendo has been pricing those ink cartridges lower to gain sales on old stock... : Q-ball
• Thats why my printer has a toner cartridge :-) I love my LaserJet 4... : StuMan8424

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• buts that;s one of their selling points, bigger burgers! They're fucked now : filthysock
• The bigger the name gets the smaller the food gets :P.... coincidentally the higher the price gets ;P : Q-ball

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  OMG I applied to Rutgers University..when did you send your application in? That was my first choice ... : Galadriel07
  • i applied online, maybe two weeks ago : kreggers
• my parents wanted me to go to Rutgers : mbr0wn

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• Hmm, after looking at it some more, will a N64 connector work on a SNES? It seems to be similar, if not... : jenkin
• Here's what I should have said: Try the RF connector, as its cheaper to get a hold of from toy stores.... : Q-ball

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• How does that work. Everytime I try to combine all the posts into a file it never works. : palewussy

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  sure! : esad
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    pick a map and gametype : ElTigre
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      free for all, any mutators are cool, any standard map is cool : esad
      • okay, come to unreal://140.180.150.160 . Gimme 6 minutes to set it up. Make sure your DE mutators are th... : ElTigre

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  go rent something from BB : sikander
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    I already sold my soul. : setaanbomb
    • rent from Hollywood then : Vis Inack
• Friend brings PS2 over. Friend brings MGS2 and GTA3 over. <this is where you kill friend and throw... : Topaz
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  What the hell is he going to do without one? : Kiwi Man
  • *fap fap fap fap fap* : esad
• watch TEH DVD!! : jasonepowell

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  'mornin! shitter was full! : pyide
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    "That there is a R V... Yup. Borrowed it off a buddy of mine... He took my house, I took the RV. Yep. : Lynn Minmei
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      then he spits out his eggnog : TheTick
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        "You remember Ruby Sue..." "Oh my gosh! Her eyes aren't crossed anymore." "That's somethin ain... : Lynn Minmei
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          "Surprised Eddie? If I woke up tomorrow with my HEAD sewn to the carpet I wouldn't be more surprised... : Lynn Minmei
          • http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=2496314 : pyide
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            "Have you got a kiss for me?" "Ehh you better take a rain check Art... He's got a lip fungus they ain... : Lynn Minmei
            • "Refill your eggnog for you? Get you something to eat? Take you out to the middle of nowhere... leave yo... : Lynn Minmei
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  the roof... the roof... the roof is on fire. : the archvile
  • we don't need no water let the motherfucker burn... : rookieone
  • get down party people get down : TheTick

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  yup... only ya gotta schedule them so it'll do that BEFORE you begin the download : Lynn Minmei
  • Ah okay. That's what I thought too but I wasn't sure if there was any way to set it after you'd alrady ... : arizona bay

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  Pretty neat, was it? : avixe
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    controller was perfectly shaped, but the handles need to be a little longer, my hands don't stay on well : hawkeye
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      Sounds like the n64. : avixe
      • I'm betting the sticks wear out as fast too N64 controllers wore out soooo fast :( : hawkeye
• they seem to make my right hand go numb after awhile. i still like 'em a lot tho :) : busdriver3030
• The controls were better in the original Waverace. They made them more complicated in the GC version fo... : pyrotek

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• emu? : pyide
• Donkley K0ng? : drucifer
• Who isn't! : {Venger}
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  this game is awesome http://members.rogers.com/sikander17/donkeKongCountry_01.jpg <-- sharkie ! http... : sikander
  • it looks like shit in screencaps >:| : sikander
  • Ugh...television is the only way to go with 16-bit games. Go buy a SNES, it'll only run you $30 or so. : arizona bay

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  hey, didn't know you could do your laundry on the shack : rookieone
  • no, the laundry room is right across the hall from my suite's exit. It means a guaranteed two hours los... : the archvile
• thats the benefit of clothes made of paper : {Venger}

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• I'm upset :( : dognose
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  doesn't work here ;\ : hawkeye
  • er, I must have something in my eye : hawkeye
  • Drag and drop, but don't :( : dognose
• aww cmon you know girls go for kkkute stuff like that :D : fatbeaner
• wow, Geocities has apparently lowered their bandwidth to 1K per day : hawkeye
• HAHA... you link a Geoshitties page here on The Shack and within 5 minutes it's "Allocated it's daily tr... : Lynn Minmei
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  anyose want to mirror elsewhere? : ElTigre
  • as if it was something important/interesting/funny : rookieone

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• they don't carry much anime on dvd round here, but check out princess mononoke if you have not seen it. : pyide
• rent Princess Mononoke. best anime on dvd : Hamfucker
• My Blockbuster only has a couple VHS anime. Just go buy your anime on DVD, Best Buy has an acceptable s... : arizona bay

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• Like there's any urgent gaming news ANY time. : Watts
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  Nothing important ever happens on Saturday mornings anyway... Steve's probably busy watching cartoons : Lynn Minmei
  • hehe.. yeah true. :) SCOOBY DOO!!!!!! : xakmalice

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  Time to go spend the day drinking. I'm having some trouble understanding why exactly if you're going wi... : cot
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    Me, I frown upon people who drink coffee late at night. : dognose
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      Yeah, lousy beatniks. I'm off ! : cot
      • Drive careful! Taxi home! : dognose
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      I enjoy coffee, the taste, and the stimulation. But the gunk it puts in your body...HOO!!! : Phearsome
      • Yeah, like when they add whip cream... wtf : dognose
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  Serious? : Ratalon
  • Never anything but! :( : dognose
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  I wouldn't be so hasty to label myself that. Marketing companies believe that gamers are ugly, don't get... : 0Wingfan
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    But that's SO not true! I bought Tomb Raider because of that chick's butt! : dognose
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      OMG I bought it for the jumping puzzles! : Ratalon
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        Well duh, I wanted to watch her jump too :D : dognose
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          Thank j00 for bucking the trends. : 0Wingfan
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            I figure, someone has to be the lowest common denominator; it might as well be me, and the bonus is that... : dognose
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              aaahHAHAHAHAHAAAAaa Dognose that was priceless! All of the Shacking I did today and yesterday is now wo... : ElTigre
              • I'm available for kid's parties : dognose
• Hippy! Corrupting cocoa pebbles is wrong! : Q-ball

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• No. : pyrotek
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  nope, monitors break too easily and are too expensive. Skip teh refurb : Phearsome
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    hmm what about a 17" refurb for $89.. : Raziel
    • yeah, that might be worth it. 90 bucks is chump change : Phearsome

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  pantone numbers being a measurement of the colors green and yellow? I don't know much about graphic des... : Odoyle
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    he barked off two pantone color numbers (they're cataloged by number), and they were dead-on. It's like... : the archvile
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      So Dennis Miller is uber-intelligent? : Odoyle
      • not necessarily; he just hunts around for details. Check out the notable quips from the last MNF: http:... : the archvile
      • of pointless minuitae, yes : Lynn Minmei
  • http://www.pantone.com/pantone.asp It's a system of codifying colors so that designers and printers c... : TargetBoy
• pantone? ;) : ElTigre
• I read MNF as DNF and got all excited for nothing :( : {Venger}

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  what are you writing about? : nomaad
  • the influence of goatse.cx on young people's behaviour and attitudes towards future employment prospects... : TwiLyght
  • Microsoft and how they're affecting public policy. Namely, the entire DOJ debacle, and what caused it. : the archvile
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  I just finished up a big paper, lots of excel spreadesheets and charts, total for everything was 145 pag... : judge
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    good thing I'm majoring in Computer Engineering; all my final projects will probably involve electronics... : the archvile
    • This was for a CSIS class, Management Information Systems. Had to map out, design, then build a huge da... : judge

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• don't you know of the law that states that shackers must make at least 3000 posts on the previous werd/f... : kahuuna
• Those in Eastern time already have it. I just hope they don't spoil it for those of us on the West Coas... : dognose
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  Tied up in my basement : Toraz Chryx
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    tupac needs company : pyide
    • no, it's Lil' BowWow : rookieone
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  Dude, where's my werd? : the archvile
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    DUDE!! What does mine say?! : ElTigre
    • "sex me in the butt" : esad

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  i got the soundtrack... : fatbeaner
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    so do I, but most of the rest of the songs don't sound as good as that :\ : hawkeye
    • I think Exodus is the best track off the album. : arizona bay
• kanedas theme? i dunno, its like its own genre with its old school japanese percussion. : pyide

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• yep, going to the fast food drive -in soon. Can i get you anything ??? : rookieone

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• and semi-transparent. : abrasion
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  :D You are hardcore, you make me hard. You name the drama and I'll play the part. It seems I saw ... : fatbeaner
  • pulp is cool. : DonkleyPunch

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  VBR is the way to go. : adnans
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    ehm you seem to know, what is VBR??? : rookieone
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      Variable Bit Rate : Vis Inack
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        what does it do??? And how could it keep people from producing bad files??? I get beeps and clicks all o... : rookieone
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          you set a range for it to encode the file in, say 80 - 192. Then where it only needs 80 (if it's silence... : Vis Inack
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            yea some day i will back up all my cds/tapes at 256 but thatll take years so i keep puting it off : nurall
            • lame -b 128 -m j -V 2 -B 256 \m/ : the archvile
    • Variable Bit Rate : assin9
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  ive been downloading nothing less then 160 for a long time : nurall
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    I like 256, but if I can only find something in 128, I download it twice. : dognose
    • yea given a choice i too would go with 256 : nurall
  • as i said, i'm bandwith handicapped and i did 128 files with my dial-up, but they suck (though not quali... : rookieone
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    i never download anything that is under 192kbps, thats my lowest limit. i did an extensive test a while... : kahuuna
    • I really can't even hear the difference between 128 and 192 but it's probably just because I don't have ... : arizona bay
• how do you feel about VBR (Variable Bit Rate)? : fatbeaner

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  yeah...I'm gonna watch that this afternoon...I've never seen it. : drucifer
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    did disney rape the american release of the movie? i've never seen that one (and i refuse to. fansubs ... : adnans
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      is this where you start talking about the fansub community? : cot
      • well, i can't help it! fansubbing is so much better then some of the cr... no. its not where i st... : adnans
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      not as far as i know...dvd has both subtitles and dubbing. even kept the original opening credit sequen... : Kiwi Man
      • cool. : adnans
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        But they did edit the movie... :[ : Zoesch
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          what parts? i'd imagine that since its disney, the parts with the two samuari in the start were edited ... : adnans
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            That's one I remeber being edited... fortunately I have the original Japanese release... : Zoesch
            • me too :D : adnans
            • That's weird. I remember reading that part of the contract they had to sign to get the rights to Miyaza... : pyrotek
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              damn, i wasn't sure. thought i had read that it wasn't edited, but...agh :P : Kiwi Man
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                I think this is where I read it from: http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/mh/faq.html#cut : pyrotek
                • haha, disney probably regretted that one. : adnans
        • DVD release has the part with the guy getting his arm ripped off and the other guy being decapitated. At... : 0Wingfan
• all of Miyazaki's films rock. I don't think I've seen one yet that I haven't liked : Anti_dentite
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  It really is good stuff. One of the few anime movies that can hold up as real cinema. : geedeck
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    thats cause most animes are just the tv series edited and hacked up to fit in 2 hours :P : adnans
    • anime movies :x : adnans
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      No, (IMHO, this is just me) most anime sacrifices a good solid plot for flare and eye candy. I love ... : geedeck
      • shackmsg me, i'll make some good recommendations to you. : adnans
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        I've actually found that anime movies have a higher chance of being good then american movies. Almost e... : Anti_dentite
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          Are Cagliostro and Porco Rosso your two favorite Miyazaki movies or something? : pyrotek
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            YES! (I just watched the both in the past few weeks) Although Totoro is high up there too : Anti_dentite
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              wait, did miyazaki make cagliostro as well? If so then my opinion of his has risen even higher : Anti_dentite
              • Yes he did. http://www.nausicaa.net/miyazaki/films/ Where did you get your copy of Porco Rosso from?... : pyrotek
        • I've watched all except Porco Rosso and yeah those are some of the best. But there's like one good anime... : geedeck
• Have you read Nausicaa? It's probably the best manga comic I've ever read. I wonder if the movie is any ... : nomaad
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  Japanese version or the American one? (did they change anything between them, I know the japanese one ha... : Ratalon
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    read the rest of the thread :P *thwunk* : adnans
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      no im gonna make you all talk directly to me!! : Ratalon
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        penif penif, penif penif, penif mix please deliver! : adnans
        • *meowmix'd* : Ratalon
• I like Miyazaki films, but I don't really see all the greatness in Mononoke. Oh sure the art looks good,... : 0Wingfan

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• hahahahahah : hawkeye
• a poor man is you. shake the eight ball and fry again. : adnans
• you should know better by now : nurall

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  Thing is, I most completely talk like that when I play. Fox fuckin' owned that shit. Big up the f... : The_Janitor
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    I'm usually just like 'I win! You suck!' And then I lose, and they remind me that I suck. : Kiwi Man
    • I end up pulling out my entire ebonics vocabulary. Especially with a character like Pikachu, because... : The_Janitor
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  BREAK YOURSELF FOOL! : kahuuna
  • BAM! : Kiwi Man
• I have to hold back on the smack talk because I kick too much ass >:( : geedeck
• that not pikachu, please don't sue! : Deathlove
• Why you talk smack? : 0Wingfan