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• >8 ( >8 ( : SlamDunk

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• joo are my source for gta news : paper chase guy
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  we already knew this.. all we don't know is the release date :/ : pyide
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    Not even Rockstar knows.. my bet is 6-9 months : -TKF-
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      As long as it's not 2004 or late 2003 it's all good in the hood. But we've known this for quite a while,... : wumpscut
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        if we are lucky and -TKF- is right then it'll be around summer 2003 :( TOO ... LOONG ... : rookieone
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          Yay to isolate all their real fans ... COME ON BIG MONEY! NO WHAMMIES NO WHAMMIEs NO WHAMMIES STOP! ... : wumpscut
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            4 Million copies SOLD in advance.. Compared to 20 Million WAREZ copies unsold on the PC :-) My 9 mo... : -TKF-
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              holy shit, it's that big? : Sniper21
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                8+hrs of music alone. i'm sure it will be low bit-rate mp3s so probably not that many cds. : pyide
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                  hmm, is it gonna be relatively obscure music again? i really liked that about 3, it really cemented the w... : paper chase guy
                  • It's 9 hours of Licensed 80's music. Soundtrack will come out on 7! CD's : -TKF-
                • Thanks to the PS2 DVD format it will be good! : -TKF-
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              ok dumb question time, when is it coming out for ps2? : paper chase guy
              • 29-10-2002 in the us (10-29-2002 05-11-2002 in europe (11-05-2002) : -TKF-
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              I just want the fucking game, I care NOTHING about the sound track (which I imagine will be about a CD or... : wumpscut
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                The renderware engine I believe allows the portability between console/PC. WIthout it you would have to : indeego
                • Sound has nothing to do with soundtrack : wumpscut
              • Consider that Rockstar north is going to take a months vacation after the europeans release. Then they... : -TKF-
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              They should release a PC DVD version. Who doesn't have a DVD these days (that has a PC that will actually... : nudel
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                yeah, no shit. with all these games requiring hardware T&L, why the fuck hasn't the transition to DVD's b... : archon
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                  dunno, mebbe CDs are just much cheaper still. Tho, with 5 CDs, I guess a DVD would be about the same pric... : moshman
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                    5CDs = 5 cents 1DVD = 1$ : hawkeye
                    • depends where you are. I can't get 5 CDs for 5 cents, but I am guessing distributors get them at that pri... : moshman
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                      Somehow i don't think that math applies :-) : -TKF-
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                        I'd imagine percentage wise it's about the same for distributors : hawkeye
                        • Just the cost for producing and handling 5 times the media is gonna cost more than what could be saved. ... : -TKF-
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                The majority of PC's do not have a DVD. I'd estimate 80% at least. : indeego
                • How many of those 80% are powerful enough to play GTA3? About 5 of them. Not percent, five PCs. :-) heh : nudel
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  But I want it now :( : DapperDan
  • me too :( : moshman
• the amount of ppl who thought it was exclusive to PC pissed me off. and they had such conviction they we... : cygnus

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• go back to sleep... : Gandalf
• right on dude i hate waking up at 6 today my only class is at 4 pm! : braindead
• judging from your grammar you could a day or two of sleeping till noon. : jackalope

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  when is this comin out? next summer? : urbansling
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    late october that site is badass, the flash is awesome. also check out the fast motorcycle video, not... : khaosman
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      http://www.rockstargames.com/grandtheftautovicecity/ go play there. videos and radio and fun stuff : khaosman
      • i'm at it.. gonna post the findings in LNC : -TKF-
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    Yeah, and not until 2004 for PC. : wykd
    • Don't get me started ... : wumpscut
• God that music is going to rock. My gf will dig it... : indeego
• this is beautiful. thanks : lacker
• I have Qt and it tries to download "Quicktime essentials" then says the download is corrupt, do want to t... : Cygnus X-1
• i love a game with a great sense of humor. I just gotta hand it to these guys :) : urbansling
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  Where's a good place to preorder this? : indeego
  • The year 2004 : wumpscut
  • Just go put $5 down at EB or something, at least you can be sure of a copy on release day... : moz
• omfg, this game will own : cygnus
• that cell phone is hilarious! : slax0r
• Spooge! (And if you don't have a PS2, just buy one.) : nudel
• you .. are like the KING of informative posts... aren't you? : uberp00
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  for those who downloaded this, how long does it run for? : Maarten Goldstein
  • 1 minute for me : rookieone
  • Exactly 1 minut : -TKF-
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  What song is playing on this new trailer? : SlamDunk
  • "A Flock Of Seagulls - I Ran". Thanks SlamDunk!! =) : SlamDunk

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• that's retarded : AllYourBase
• that poor dog. : thekidd
• poor doggie. :[ how did he get on the trampoline? : snackula
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  omg thats me, and the dog jumps like pepe the soccer player , fkn 6ft : iroller
  • I think you mean Pele the soccer player : Gandalf
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  WHAT. THE. FUCK WAS. THAT?? Runnin around videotaping his dog while saying "Ti-D-Bowl" o... : Lynn Minmei
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    that was me.. and i was saying "lightning bolt!" and i was talking about drainovista's leet underclock vi... : iroller
    • You're an idiot. Only people who dance have lives. : --Viscid--
• that's the best video ever : mr.sleepy
• LOL TARD'D : ViperRT
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  For some reason, when he was mumbling at the end of the segment, it reminded me of beavis and butthead.. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • ur on shacknooz posting shit all day.. u got a life dontcha : iroller

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• don't we all, bro. dont' we all. : Paranoid Android
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  I'm running dual 20inch viewsonic flat-panels at 1600x. : mr.insult
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    but what are you doing with them? : filthysock
    • Reading the shack and my email. What a waste :(... Plus I use them all day for work and its a big time sa... : mr.insult
  • I hate you :( : pegasus_
  • Can you die now please? kthx. : melancoholicz

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• Please help me, these old shoes are killing my feet! (btw I'm looking for websites) : Omaha
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  Eastbay. www.eastbay.com. They usually have the large sizes for certain shoes. It varies. It's the o... : AssGoblin
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    What kind of shoes? Sneakers or more like dress/work shoes? : Don Vito Corleone
    • Everything. Or you could just check out the website. BURN!!! : AssGoblin
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  If canadian, Canadian Footwear. http://www.canadianfootwear.com/ I have size 15, so I know your pai... : Vantage
  • Haha, never mind. I think they're only in Winnipeg actually. :) : Vantage
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  All bow down before my 18's of death. I get so tired of going to shoe stores and have them just laugh ... : SourSamo
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    Jebus, 18?? I get that with my size 15's.. I didn't think 18 was possible! But yeah, basically my shoe... : Vantage
    • lol they usually just bring out empty boxes. I somehow got a pair of steel toe Caterpillar boot from s... : SourSamo
• same place as you bought your old shoes : chillin
• Ross dress for less, I get all my 15-16's there : blueharvest

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• not : quake 3 announcer
• Pretty evil, let him to do what he wants. Almost everybody here disrobes outside of the curtain and ever... : arizona bay
• I wouldn't be mad. I'd laugh my ass off if that was me! : MuaaSan
• oh, and i hung the sign up in the bathroom : kreggers
• Ha, vanilla evil at best. : Visceral Monkey
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  you can't accidentally look at a guy naked without freaking out? that's your problem, not his. : primate13
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    well, the kid is annoying anyway... and its everyday, and no one else is naked out in the open : kreggers
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      oh you don't like him, that makes it OK to antagonize him : primate13
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        no one likes a shacker with morals : kreggers
        • bwahahahaha!!! : karl hungus
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  funny :-) have you goatse'd shared printers yet? : urbansling
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    OMG, teh genius!!! : kreggers
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      this kid ran out of his room the other day "dude wtf is this I found it in my printer" and proceeds to pa... : urbansling
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        the logistics of the attack are being planned as we speak... any way to print it without having to look ... : kreggers
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          have an IE window shrunk vertically so all you see is he adress bar? : Omaha
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            haha! tomorrow is G-Day! : kreggers
            • We will need a full report in the morning, soldier! : MuaaSan
          • ya and the corner of hello.jpg , make sure you have his/her printer added to your list, right click, BOOM... : urbansling
        • ambush print goatse.cx and hellokitty at the same time and watch the brains explode. : johnny rotten
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  would he know you did it? : Cosmicfool
  • it would probably get back to me : kreggers
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  You haven't ever been to a public gym's locker room have you? : hamm
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    yeah.. i hate that.. god damn naked men.... : quake 3 announcer
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      you've gotta little drool...right there...at the corner of your mouth....yeah...right there...wipe that s... : MuaaSan
      • sorry i got a little carried away : quake 3 announcer
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      yeah, I can't stand it either. especially when they flaunt it - and who actually uses those hottubs with ... : hamm
      • those water jets really gets the bung hole clean : ultramega
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  whatever...i grew up in locker rooms (hockey) so im used to seeing guys naked not my favorite thing in... : virus
  • well he should take a note from the other guys...when in rome! : TheTick

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• hehehehe yeah good one : sikander

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  POST YOUR SPECS. and i'll do it with my box, AND WE'LL COMPARE! : Cosmicfool
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    2.0 p4 gf4 4600 512 ram etc goot enough? : pyide
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      Hrm. I think you should be faster than that. I'm running a duron700, oc to 777. Gf3ti200. 196megs/r... : Cosmicfool
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        :( good news. its probably all the shit i have running, and the fact that i have the slowest mobo out f... : pyide
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          I'm running a download, icq and winamp... so i dunno. TRY TO UPGRADE ALL OF YOUR DRIVERS, DRIVERS AR... : Cosmicfool
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            i am running 28.32's i guss i should try some new ones : pyide
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              I get ~71 and ~31 at 1600x1200 on det28.32s, running tbird 1GHz, 384meg pc133, gf4 ti4600. Don't know if... : delataur
              • what do you guys get with 1024x768? : pyide
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            just upgrading dets went to 85 flyby 42 botmatch @1600x1200 and 130 flyby 46 botmatch @ 1024x768 ... : pyide
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              cool, how do you test fps in ut2k3. : BiGBuLL
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                duh, I should've read down a few posts... I'll blame the dizziness of dogfighting multiple bogey's. : BiGBuLL
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                  flyby 89, botmatch 37. @ 1600x1200 all options maxed on anatalus, not sure which maps you guys were be... : BiGBuLL
                  • The ATI card is very CPU dependant. You could see your scores get much higher with a better CPU. Is w : indeego
• Thats fucking terrible man how can you even play it like that jesus : quake 3 announcer
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  how do you benchmark UT2003? : angrytaxman
  • benchmark.exe in systme : quake 3 announcer
  • There is a program called benchmark.exe in one of the subdirs. : Ben Barker
  • run the benchmark.exe in the ut2k3/system dir : pyide
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  Flyby: 130.7 Botmatch: 48.46 1024X768 : Wolfanoz
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    specs? i get 128 and 44 : pyide
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      Athlon 1900+, Asus A7V266, 768 PC2100DDR, Geforce4 Ti4400 : Wolfanoz
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        Do you just let it run till it's all done? : angrytaxman
        • yepper : Wolfanoz
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  fly 41 bot 25 GF3 ti200 Athlon 1.4 512M @1600x1200 poop. : indeego
  • Flyby: 67.7 Botmatch: 40 @1600X1200 for me : Wolfanoz
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  Ok this is sad... 90 - flyby and 30 botmatch, and that's at 640X480 resolution P4 1.7 512MB 2100PC DD... : angrytaxman
  • I wouldn't even risk it. Your chipset may burn to death. ;-) : Wolfanoz
• I know seroiusly, it's running right now, at 1600X1200 on my desktop and it's taking forever. I can't wai... : angrytaxman
• Ok I just finished it at 1600X1200 24 and 17, I think it's time to buy a better video card. : angrytaxman
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  Damn UT2003 won't run on my laptop, I guess 8MB VRAM isn't enough. And that's on my 1 year old 900MHz cel... : angrytaxman
  • hahaha yeah, I have an Dell Inspiron 8100 with a 1.13 Ghz in it and it would probably BARELY run it. Tha... : Wolfanoz
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  fly: 87 bot: 30 1.3 tbird athlon, 640mb, gf3, winxp w/sp1 : ghost in my shell
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    if thats 1600x1200 my system is weeping :( : pyide
    • It isn't. I have a GF3 and an Athlon 1.4 and my specs are similar at 1024x768 (82 fly/34 bot) : indeego

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• hhahahah.... : skynet
• for some strange reason I kind of want that first hat. :¬| : Degenerate
• im buying a shirt, the license plate cover, and a hat : RiNgMaStEr
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  $15 is too much to pay for a shirt. :( : arizona bay
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    dude... thats standard price... besides, IT'S GOATSE!!!!! WE CAN GET PINNOCENT PEOPLE TO DO IT!! : RiNgMaStEr
    • The most I'd pay for a white tshirt is like $8. I hate how inflated the price of clothing is nowadays. ... : arizona bay
• The boxer shorts would've been better if they put the logo in the middle of the back side. ;-) : Ryno
• BWAAAHAAAHAAA! THey even have the ring on one of the fingers. That's great. : Former_HPB
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  This should really be ER Material. : Former_HPB
  • ive been trying to find this picture to do the exact same thing that he did, but you fools wouldnt even a... : RiNgMaStEr

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• You're better off that a lot of people, chill :) If you are a talented dude, I'm sure something good wil... : kn32
• Go into business for yourself : Dreagon
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  start spewing pop-philosophy rhetoric that you got from fight club : archon
  • ok, joking aside... take a break. go on a vacation, or save up money and go on a long vacation, just make... : archon
• look into the independant consulting/contracting route. It's not as steady or dependable but many people ... : mindfuck
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  Buy a guitar, become a rockstar, and leave that boring life behind. : Juno
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    ^^ I guarantee this route is more fun than any, except possibly being a drummer ^^ : Juno
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      sex, drugs, and rock and roll would be THE life to live... unfortunately you gotta be fucking good and go... : archon
      • or you can be a no talent rapper, which is slightly easier than making it big with a rock band. : creeping-death
• i'll take your job anytime : fsck
• I'm a software developer, too... I happened to get pretty lucky and was hired by a company that lets me m... : __declspec
• It worth it. Starving, homeless in a cold park sucks. : freqq28
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  Ahh I'd kill for 9-5 right now. I work 7:30-4:30. : snuff
  • i like my 7-3.30 work hours. when i get out there is still time to do stuff. : nurall

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  damnit. You post that right as I get settled in at work >:( : Degenerate
  • You can probably view it if you keep it low-profile, as it's all set to cool rock music. At least the sou... : Flawless Cowboy
• Teenage monsters, porn stars, car chases, workout videos, and kung fu masters come together in this delig : Flawless Cowboy
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  Well someone did! I like R* : -TKF-
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    Yeah, they just don't give a fuck, and that makes'em pretty sweet in my book. :D : Flawless Cowboy
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      I download the first two series from Concrete, i better go get the new ones :) : -TKF-
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        Ah! I see that in your post history now. I guess searching for "concrete*" and "rockstar" doesn't agree w... : Flawless Cowboy
        • nah.. it's a bit anal about what it wants to poop :) : -TKF-

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• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=5544872 : daler mehndi
• Everything about the game is incredible. Best character models yet too. Best weather effects. It could... : Wolfanoz
• i enjoy how all the chicks are hot : quake 3 announcer
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  It's pretty cool, although Mafia is just as good in that area.. Close anyway. : mr.insult
  • Thing that I don't like about Mafia is how low-res the body skins are compared to the head skins. It doe... : freak!
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  the AI is off though ;< : mista mista
  • haven't had much of a chance to notice the AI yet, been skulking around the shadows and picking off peopl... : -Panther-
  • Chicks won't talk to you? : freqq28
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  Yea but the lack of voice sound is killing it for me I just never finished the first level Plus, I : rosewood
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    UNINSTALL THE NIMO CODEC PACK : quake 3 announcer
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      did that and it didnt help and I need those fucking codecs : rosewood
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        did you reinstall the demo after you removed it? ... it worked for me : quake 3 announcer
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          sure did and still no worky worky : rosewood
          • bummer : quake 3 announcer

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  I'm assuming that you're running daemons for the relevant services? : Phearsome
  • Yep, and I can connect to them locally : gingerninja
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  hmmm need some backstory. what router? : electric_monk
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    Samsung (Conexant) AHT-E300 : gingerninja
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      http://www.sem.samsung.com/product/ecatehtmlview.jsp?gcode=W1&code=P20A&src=./ca/24_unitp/adslE300.html : gingerninja
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        That's the router, or the modem? : Phearsome
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          Combined effort : gingerninja
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            hmm...firmware update available? : Phearsome
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              We just tried one. In the log it says: 1/1/1970 0:0:19> Initialized NAT Virtual Servers. Which it didn'... : gingerninja
              • sounds promising. Stuff working now? : Phearsome
    • oh, bugger. i was hoping it was a cisco router. i have a friend thats a fair way through his CCNA and he ... : electric_monk
• Doh...I was wrong about direct connect. It wasn't working, but it now is, even without the port forward. ... : gingerninja

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  rain and overcast days rule :) : hawkeye
  • can i shoot you? i prefer dry cold days : RiNgMaStEr
• yeah, rain > school : BadRespawn

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  meh, haven't they tried this and failed? : skynet
  • this comment made a great point, "remember, these distros compete with Windows - not with other Linux dis... : Silent1

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• Okay, that's cheesy because you are in the band. : princessjeni
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  may I suggest "We've got cocaine on the bus" : redfive
  • we aren't at the touring and coke stage yet. Thats at least 2-3 years away. : filthysock
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  "did you enjoy the show" would be better. : vodor
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    or "Would you like to go backstage?" : Lynn Minmei
    • "do you want to play my instrument?" : vodor
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  and you'll *UNF* *UNF* the ones that don't say "Eww they SUCK!"? :) : Lynn Minmei
  • I think I'll only talk to the ones that were dancing when we were playing : filthysock
• My current trial line is: me: whispered "Are you a lesbian?" her: "ummm no" me: "fuck! thank god for... : snoozy
• "I play the guitar? Do you play any instruments? Say....the skinflute?" : MuaaSan
• nah, talk about how much you suck and when they start saying "oh no! This band rox!", it really feels bet... : BongSlayerB
• "there was this time, at band camp..." : dodob
• Dude, come play in Sydney :) : dissectional
• my line tonight will be, "here's the asprin" : balaams_ass

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• Pwned by Earth's crust : jenkin

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• I dont like you very much right now. :( : Degenerate

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• *BIGLOG'D* : Degenerate

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  Yes. : s_dubya
  • yeah, as long as it's not at the same time it shouldn't be an issue : hawkeye
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  since TCP is connection-oriented and UDP is connection-less I'd imagine you'd have to terminate the TCP s... : hawkeye
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    note: any or all of this information may be wrong : hawkeye
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      I'm sure you're right, you specify the type when you open the socket IIRC : mr. winky
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        yes but thats what i need to know...can you open both sockets at the same time on the same port (assuming... : TheTick
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          I'm pretty sure you can only do one thing on a port at a time, ports are pretty limited as to what they c... : hawkeye
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            I believe this is correct .. but you know it's not a problem to open more than one port : mr. winky
            • yeah, plenty of ports to spare :) : hawkeye

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  Heh, we had an SGI graphics lab at our Uni. There were like 8 machines, each fast as fuck, unified memory... : moshman
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    yeah the problem with hardcore unix machines and the like is that not that many people know how to set em... : electric_monk
    • I am guessing there were people very capable of setting it up, seeing as the entire uni network, software... : moshman

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  http://www.whatsbetter.com/display.pyt?item=10027&item=10028 : hawkeye
  • lol maarten got 0wn3d : electric_monk

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• hehe, they paraphrased that steve albini article : paper chase guy

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• that doesn't say everything that the article said, only some : archon

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• only donkeys in 42. : radula

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• heh, the first line is 6 here too :) : moshman
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  dude, 5 7 5... : archon
  • there has to be a hidden irony : archon
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    I dont do haiku! : radula
    • although he did capitialize the H in Haiku, so perhaps he was referring to the shacker. and by "never doi... : archon

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• some of his poems are funny but others make me want to smack a brick into my head : archon

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  first line is 6 : hawkeye
  • I guess an american wrote this :) :) : moshman
• change to 'dead bunnies in soup' : cygnus