Evening Reading

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• before DNF? bah : AllYourBase
• my rule of thumb: Never get overexcited about a game because then when it doesn't have every feature yo... : MrShmoo
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  length means nothing. remember Daikatana? : mbr0wn
  • length is important, maybe not in games though. : Spunky
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  Who said they were working on it? I don't remember them ever saying they were. : snuff
  • georgeb says they've been working on it for 3 years! : Kiwi Man
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    I've heard from multiple sources that the game is far under way. : wunderbred
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      but we're talking valve here : El Guapo
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        These people are very, very close to Valve. : wunderbred
        • Who cares dude half life 2 will suck and suck bad. : firebone
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          i don't doubt that they have been working on it, but there is no way it's close to release. especially i... : El Guapo
          • what would the the ultimate bomb is if HalfLife2 came with TF2 and CS2 all in one package. unfortunatel : Brandino
• I believe it could be, quite possibly. : [|337 h4x0r]
• That'd be cool, but they would have to get the marketing machine rolling like *real* soon. Look how m : geedeck
• *WISHFULLTHINKING'D* seriously though, it would be cool if it came out of nowhere to surprise u : lazarusb
• Half-Life II is being released in June 2003 :) : Cpt. Baseballbat

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• I didn't like TA all that well either. Some people just don't like certain games. He should have been ... : Zero|DPX
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  maybe if his review was just a little bit informative and wasn't so vague and, i would beable to discern... : vodor
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    my review is about as vague as the game's premise and gameplay, stupid as they are I would have written... : MoNsTeR
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      I've never heard anyone talk bad about TA before. This is a first. Some people don't like it because it'... : jrock
      • And I'm just as confused at the other end. As I said in the review, I simply cannot fathom how anyone c... : MoNsTeR
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      you're far too emotional to be writing reviews. :) don't take bad games personally, and try to be des... : vodor
      • I tried my best, there's just no game there to describe. Playing the demo is the best medicine though, ... : MoNsTeR
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  I played it all right. I shit you not. : MoNsTeR
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    After reading that 'review', I've concluding you're on drugs. Dune 2000 was better? Worst review ever... : seemlar
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      please, EXPLAIN to me what I missed, what exactly it was that made TA a better-than-shite gaming experie... : MoNsTeR
      • did you ever play it against someone else? TA multiplayer is what makes it great. : magila
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        You are SURE... I mean like 100% POSITIVE... that the game you played was "Total Annihilation" made by C... : jrock
        • he doesn't even name something that can be tied to the game vs. just opinion, like level or unit names, ... : El Guapo
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          I love how he rips TA on its graphics, but lists Starcraft, with graphics a magnitude worse as one of hi... : Midshift
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            Starcraft was beautiful, I dunno what you're smoking. : MoNsTeR
            • As an owner of both games, I can confirm you're smoking some wacky shit. : Ulkesh
        • Plus, was it not: 1. The first to use polygon units 2. One of the first to allow scalable screen resol... : Entity
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          the units have about 10 polygons each (I'm exaggerating, yes, but to make a point), and all look the sam : MoNsTeR
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            SC units had zero polys! plus, and i'm probably wrong, TA used voxels. just from the looks of it. : vodor
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              TA was polygons, Tiberium Sun and Red Alert 2 used voxels. : Ulkesh
              • yeah, i knew the C&C games did, thought TA looked similar. oh well! : vodor
            • yeah, and praise be for that, properly done sprites nearly always look better than polygons, and take le... : MoNsTeR
          • People praise TA for having a kajillion units, but that's a bug, not a feature. Yeah okay, you defin... : jrock
• I love TA, still play it once a month. : quix

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  Wow. That is the highest concentration of ugly girls ever : maalox
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    i got scared for a second, thinking that is what all real life girls look like : Morgin
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      Well I found one good looking one, but actually shes not because there are 3 pics of her and she only lo... : headache
      • and its not that one : elementZen
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  yablonski will have a field day in there... : indeego
  • whenever he updates.... : Chrono Trigga
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  kudos to the Jedi chick.. nice costume! : Wolfanoz
  • LOL!! : ---D1cKy-Mo3---
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  SMITHERS, UNLEASH THE VOMIT : 16C+
  • one of the best posts i've ever read : Chrono Trigga
• Call me stupid, but Gen stands for what? : Barbarian
• haha I saw that person when I was there, I remember that shirt : _Fury_

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  Heh, why would you really need such a thing? : firebone
  • I have two hard drives, and I want to have a third CD-ROM drive. Of course, I could keep my Pioneer 10X... : the archvile
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  DVD-ROM Drive Pioneer DVD-305S, Ultra SCSI, DVD read up to 10x, CD-ROM read up to 40x, 80 ms CD-ROM : wazootyman
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    I was thinking more of NEC or Plextor. Pioneer drives get quirky sometimes (mine hates my Q2 CD). : the archvile
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      I don't think Plextor makes DVD-ROM drives period, do they? : wazootyman
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        nope... they should and they should get back to releasing SCSI CDRW's too : Toraz Chryx
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          what happened with that? Did they get paranoid about all those people criticizing and hacking the firmw... : the archvile
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            they turned into IDE fanboys it seems : Toraz Chryx
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              IDE is where the money's at. If you look at most computers and consumer electronics, JoeBob consumer : wazootyman
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                I was under the impression that plextor prided themselves on their quality... :/ : Toraz Chryx
                • yeah that's what I always thought too. I think they've cheapened out. : wazootyman
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                  The SCSI CD of choice for discerning sampler users! : Zoesch
                  • my Ultraplex 40TSI rocks... but where the hell is my goddamn Plextor DVDPlex 20? answer, they don'... : Toraz Chryx
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                Heh I like the stack of 300+ defective $79 apex dvd players we have in the warehouse at work. The cruel ... : firebone
                • That's what we get for mass marketing everything : Zoesch
            • There's always Teac and Sony backing up SCSI (For how long it remains to be seen) : Zoesch

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  These pretzels are making me thirsty. : George Costanza
  • I wanted to play this game longer, please start it over in FP :\ : gegtik

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• oh yeah, GO! GO! GO! : verbatim

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  Verizon is the BT of the States. : the archvile
  • except that they don't have a government sactioned monopoly on 'the local loop' wiring (exchange <-> yer... : Toraz Chryx

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  Pietasters - 5 Days A Week! : jasonepowell
  • Excellent choice, sir. http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?id=2665893 : ElTigre
• 16 Horsepower-Haw : Zoesch
• Modest mouse - paper thin walls : nomaad
• Mr. T - No Dope No Drugs : vestax
• Op Ivy - Untitled : BorderlineBass
• Dogma : in a window in the corner of my screen. : drucifer
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  Pietasters - Crying Over You : ElTigre
  • Also a very good choice! : jasonepowell
• Samael-A man in your head : Zoesch

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  what are the common minimum requirements now? I remember it was 233MHz (for the P1 crowd) for a LONG ti... : jimmy-buffett
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    Doom 3's minimums were 500-600 MHz and a GeForce1 Pretty sure doom3 needs at least a gf3. : firebone
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      Carmack said he was shooting for playable on a GF2GTS, but that was a while ago. : the archvile
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        well, if its going to be out before Christmas of this year that's not so bad, GF2GTS's (and their equiva... : jimmy-buffett
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          I *really* don't think we will see doom3 this year. It takes 2-4 years to make a computer game these ... : firebone
          • But we might TEH TEST! : freqq28
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        With GeForce 4 being announced, G3 Ti500's should be out for 150 bux by summer. : freqq28
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          true, but it seems to me to be worthwhile to shell out the extra cash for a top-of the line video card t... : Phearsome
          • I buyz twice as many, twice as often. The software curve makes it worth it--keeps you more in line with ... : freqq28
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  hahaha.. I'm using a p2-450. I would kill for a p3-1ghz :) : mrraist-
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    good enough for CS/Diablo2/RTS's, I hope you have good video : jimmy-buffett
    • Yeah. I'm not much for FPS games anyway. I have an ATI 64MB Raedon VIVO. It gets me by. : mrraist-
• DNF : gegtik

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• I killed your master! : Zoesch
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  weeping for Morning Musume ;) : Phearsome
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    That's Venger : Zoesch
    • I'm conVused : gegtik
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      Dammit, I always get them confused]s : Phearsome
      • I AM PREDICTING THE SHACK!! THIS IS GETTING CREEPY : gegtik
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      well where is venger too? : firebone
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        http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?person=venger Venger never existed.. he was a figment of your imaginatio... : gegtik
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          *cough* http://www.shacknews.com/funk.y?person={Venger} Warning, contents may contain jpop and ayu... : firebone
          • >:( MY JOKE IS RUINED : gegtik

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• No, this is still ER. : verbatim

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• Ray Charles could tell that was a fake. : Phil
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  Yeah, I love those hidden cams that (a) are positioned PERFECTLY, (b) pan around to match the "action"... : verbatim
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    X10 HAS PAN AND SCAN MOFO : gegtik
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      J00 win this time! :[ : Zoesch
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        Yeah, but noone actually BUYS them... they're just brainwashing ads. : verbatim
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          Are you sure? BWAHAHAHAHAHA! : Zoesch
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            Yes, very sure. no one is that dumbdespearte. : verbatim
            • One word... AOL! : Zoesch
      • Always two there are...a master, and an apprentice... : Phearsome
      • this phrase belongs to the people and not to any individual, COMRADE : gegtik
  • It was the Amazing X10 Cam!!!!! : Zoesch

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  there's not many of us waiting... : Phearsome
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    waiting for what? : verbatim
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      the end of the world : sikander
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        as we know it? : Phearsome
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          yes : song quote guy
          • and I feel fine! : Zoesch
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            Do you feel fine? : Phearsome
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              DR SBAITSO, CREATIVE LABS. : gegtik
              • SB16 w00t! : Phearsome
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      werd/fp : Phearsome
      • not according to sikander! : verbatim

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  http://www.sasami2k.com/ ? : verbatim
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    This rocks...thanks : drucifer
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      This reaaaally rocks! : drucifer
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        everyone needs this : drucifer
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          Hey Dru, what kind of TV tuner card do you have. I'm thinking about getting one this weekend. : Phil
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            Hauppauge WIN-TV...I love it. : drucifer
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              have you tried DScaler yet? : the archvile
              • ??? nope. : drucifer
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    Damn! Thanks! This does rock. : usurpah
    • I think I found it here a long time ago and just remembered the name. It has some bugs, but it's still c... : verbatim

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• BS........ : supermonkeyballz
• no. : ElTigre
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  believable, OU went undefeated last year (then got ass-beat by unranked OSU this year) : jimmy-buffett
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    yeah, I think the BCS is a big joke. I'm all for a playoff system. : the archvile
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      agreed, they have time for 16/32-team playoffs : jimmy-buffett
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        I'm in favor of the BCS formula used to establish an eight-team playoff. That way you only need to use s... : ElTigre
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          yeah, I guess the top eight is okay. It's certainly better than what's in place now. : the archvile
          • I think a lot of fans are in the mood for a playoff system after seeing how badly the BCS matchups went.... : ElTigre

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• EVIL HAS SURVIVED : verbatim
• from the 4 Jan 01 BOFH: "There you go, good as new!" I cry. "So the disk is like before the holid... : ElTigre

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  the dBox has built in firewire :) : drucifer
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    Unfortunately your choice of Mobo+CPU won't work for what I'm planning to do : Zoesch
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      World Domination? : drucifer
      • haha, one second. he did have that "Great Big Mastermind Plan" tone to his reply, didn't he? : Boogieman
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        Dedicated Cubase VST rackmounted machine... I was going to pair it with this http://www.steinberg.... : Zoesch
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          So that is making me sway in favor of a Powermac G4... : Zoesch
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            was there any doubt in your mind? : drucifer
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              Yep, the fact that I've sunk a lot of dough in PC software :[ : Zoesch
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                If I remain in PC land I'll buy this... http://www.staudio.com/products/dsp2000/info.html : Zoesch
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                  now THAT gets a \m/ \m/ : Toraz Chryx
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                    Heh, considering that it isn't really that expensive and teh ADC unit is REALLY GOOD it's more of a HELL : Zoesch
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                      \m/ > HELL YEAH : Toraz Chryx
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                        This is another option http://www.motu.com/english/motuaudio/2408/body.html : Zoesch
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                          I specially love this possibility http://www.motu.com/english/motuaudio/2408/mixint.html : Zoesch
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                            heh, seeing you talk about all this reminds me of my uncle. He's got a studio near where I am up at col... : wazootyman
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                              Paris fucking rawks! The only E-mu gear I own is an E5000 Ultra sampler : Zoesch
                              • Of course... http://www.emu.com/products/paris/pricing.html The only negative :[ : Zoesch
                          • I have this in my rack http://www.sound-music.com/smpro/di8.htm So effectively (Putting a preamp ... : Zoesch
                    • They even cater for gamers (Somewhat) http://www.hoontech.com/english/products/xg/info.html : Zoesch
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      TAKE OVAR TEH WORLD???/ : Boogieman
      • We had better befriend him now, before he builds it. : drucifer

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    001111100011101000101000 : gegtik
    • 0110111001101001011000110110010100101110 : drucifer
    • 0101011101100101001000000110001101100001 0110111000100000011100110111010001101001 01101100011011000010... : Zoesch
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• 0100010001110010001011100010000001001111 0110001101110100011000010110011101101111 01101110001000000110... : Boogieman
• 001000000100001000100000010000010010000 0010100110010000001000101001000000101010 000100000010101110010 : verbatim
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  0100001101110101011101000010000001101001 0111010000100000011011110111010101110100 00100000011110010110... : Torias
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    0101100101101111011101010010000001101000 0110000101110110011001010010000001101110 01101111011101110010... : verbatim
    • 0110100101110100001000000111001101100101 0110010101101101011001010110010000100000 01110100011010000110 : Torias
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  • i know kung fu : nurall
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        0110100001110100011101000111000000111010 0010111100101111011101110111011101110111 00101110011100110110... : verbatim
        • Stop talking about Maarten's mom like that! : ZeBFFd00d

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• reminds me a bit of that evil penguin in Batman 2 : vestax
• *vomits* : nomaad
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  My eyes! They burn! THEY BUUUUUUUUUUUUUURRRRRRRRRRRRRN! : Zoesch
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    I have learned to wait and read the responses. : drucifer
    • Talk about a good plan :) : verbatim
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      reading the URL would also be helpful in this case. : ElTigre
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        indeed. : drucifer
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          True... I did, yet curiosity fot the better off me : Zoesch
          • Others shall go before us, to lead the way. Their sacrifice shall not be in vain! : verbatim
    • you are wise in the ways of the Shack, young grasshopper! : ZeBFFd00d

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• yeah! what the hell and where is it?? : moshman
• THAT WAS MY PARTY CAKE! : gegtik
• S O U T H P A R K ' D ! ! ! : mrraist-

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• yes, congrats, it took me 23 years. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  To a degree. Too much self confidence and people will start to see you as davecrazy. : GrumpyRelative
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    ahhh, well that goes along with the other thing I think I've figured out, "everything in moderation"... ... : Torias
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      and pretend you give crap about your appearance. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        I do kinda... I've decided on going for the lean look. which will be difficult seeing as I curren... : Torias
        • "nicely padded" looks good with shaved short hair. : jimmy-buffett
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    you also have to learn how to not give a shit about what others think about you and have to know how to ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Some ladies don't like arrogance. : ShackBabe
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        yes but the sad thing is that they are in the minority. :( : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          Here's what I found: A lot of ladies who *think* they like arrogance, ignore the good guys and go with t... : GrumpyRelative
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            how long does it take them to wake up? I'm thinking it might be faster to just act arrogant for a whi... : Torias
            • Waking up is different for everyone. The truly lucky man finds one of the rare gems that never slept. ... : GrumpyRelative
• Wellll, yessss--- You need to have that mixed with competence and hard work. But if you don't exud... : freqq28
• watch evangelion or something? : Raziel
• Key to what? Getting a girl? Yeah. : snuff

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  Hollywood Knights? : drucifer
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    w00t! Great movie :) : x-eyd|mary
    • Lawrence....Lawrence of Arabia....He was an English guy...he came to fight the Turk-ish.... : drucifer
• I gave the pie some extra filling... : haokah

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  what made it freeze? : the archvile
  • no idea. : drucifer
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  install sp2? all your drivers up to date? not restarting since the 23rd should be fine. : haokah
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    SP2 = GOOD It even covered LithTech's tracks. : the archvile
    • Everything's up to date...I have no idea what froze it. : drucifer
• this is pretty funny... seeing as I get impressed when I realise my win98se machine has been on for 2... : Torias
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  did it happen to leave any info in event viewer? : haokah
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    nope :( : drucifer
    • I hate when problems don't leave clues. : haokah

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  G E R M A N E N G I N E E R I N G : nomaad
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    yeah, and look at the arms world today: H&K and Sig are some of the most respected names. : the archvile
    • Exactly. Not to mention their automobiles. : nomaad

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  I much prefer those PAs to the preachy "word of the UberGamer" strips. : Phearsome
  • oh yea, definately. Thats why they sucked for most of 2000, because they suddenly thought they were the... : ZeBFFd00d
  • I hate it when you can read half of the panels and know what the other half are... : Boogieman
• COMEDY ROMERO!!! : Zoesch
• I think I'll print out the HQ version of that and hang it on the door of my dorm room. : the archvile
• Burn you bastards, BURN! : BorderlineBass

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• Ah well, more heat on NVidia's tail is good : Boogieman
• Many computer gamers try to increase the performance of their machines by making technical adjustments t : Phearsome
• Business decision made on the basis of rivalry generally aren't good ones. : freqq28

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  http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=34951 : verbatim
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    no, the one I mentioned is a patch to ad USB 2.0 support. : the archvile
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      check the link then: But we don't like to wait for stuff like this do we? Somehow, someone sent me : verbatim
      • I C, nevermind. I'll move along. Pardon my schlong. My mistook. : verbatim
• So they realized that trying to piss off apple by breaking the USB standard was retarded? GG Microshi... : Zoesch

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• _________________________________ clear : nurall