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  RDRAM 1066 : Degenerate
  • Totally, 1066 RD RAM is THE WORLDS FASTEST RAM : rgb
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  DDR Ram, I think? I like Western Digital or Seagate Hard Drives (had good luck with both) not sure abou... : tomservo
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    thanks! : ventro
    • no DDR RAM. go with the RDRAM with that setup. : Degenerate
    • np! dg3nr8 might be right about the ram though (read: not me) http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6441894... : tomservo
  • As far as I'm concerned, Creative drivers can go suck a fuck. I installed "new" ones (from July) for my S... : Afterglow
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  thats too balls out for a web designer : jaga
  • hey, someone else is paying, + I like playing games when I don't have a project to work on :P : ventro
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  rdram & seagate hd since you're not paying. dunno much about intel mobos, but i'd say get a cheap liteon... : trick
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    I'm a web-designer, so it was basically a bartering offer. : ventro
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      and you're getting paid on top of this? i would work for just the system :) : trick
      • No, I'm just getting the system. It's roughly around the same price as the website. : ventro
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  120GB HD? Go for the WD 200 GB Special Edition with 8MB cache. : pimpium
  • You know its sad when HD's have "Special Edition"'s : rgb
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  Yamaha makes some good CD-RW's. I like the Pioneer slot loading DVDs. Corsair makes the best name RAM... : fatman
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    thanks! what's a good min.speed to go for with a CD-RW? : ventro
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      I have a 16x Teac (which is also quite good) and I am pretty happy with it. I don't burn very many CD's, ... : fatman
      • my friend bought a 42x liteon at best buy a few weeks ago that was like 19$ after rebates. you can get a... : trick
• Pentium 4 3.06 Ghz Radeon 9700 Pro 1024 MB PC1066 RDram RAM 200GB Westen Digital SE harddrive Intel M... : Toraz Chryx

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• Yes you do : Tissen

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• kekekeke : GloriousCow
• kekekeke ZERG RUSH LOL : ventro

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  You shouldnt be buying that trash anyhow. : Degenerate
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    I like it :o : Blackdawgg
    • go buy some Fullers ESB : Degenerate
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      have you noticed how it tastes like butthole without a lime? yeah. that's no good. I like Corona + lime w... : zyklonbee
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        I always thought it tasted like cold urine. : sysmanager
        • & how exactly do you know what urine tastes like? o_0! : hirez
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      i like it too. you ought to check out negra modelo though. If you've tried Corona and liked the fla : trick
      • Hmm interesting. I doubt zee germans have it though : Blackdawgg
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  <Arnold> STOP WHINING </Arnold> Do what I would do. Buy a 45e round trip ticket to amsterdam : busdriver3030
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    Amsterdam is a mere 28euro weekend train pass and about 5 hours away : Blackdawgg
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      I hate you. : busdriver3030
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        I'd take less time if i drove but my car gets about -30mpg :/ : Blackdawgg
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          So like, if you syphon the gas OUT, you go real fast? : rgb
          • that or he drives backwards : Malk
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          so i have a question for you. last time i went, we took a day trip to koln, dl from ams, nl. we of cour... : busdriver3030
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            It's open borders everywhere in europe almost. They prolly just dont care. Possesion of marijuana up to a... : Blackdawgg
            • PS Thx Maarten your country rocks! : Blackdawgg
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              you're going to be one depressed dude when you come back to the states :( : busdriver3030
              • WHO SAYS IM COMING BACK?!?!?!? dont make me go i dont want to : Blackdawgg
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      Amsterdam is fun, lots of druggies and bums though : slackor
      • isnt that the fun part : elementZen
• You need to get a friend who is 21! : Don Vito Corleone
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  which base are you at in Germany? : Adrenaline
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    Mannheim : Blackdawgg
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      I was down in Bad Aibling for 3 years : Adrenaline
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        ahh the spy base :D arnt they thinking about closing that? : Blackdawgg
        • yeah before I moved they were talking about closing it, but 2 years later it's still there, all my friend... : Adrenaline
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      there's a base in Mannheim? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • They make steamrollers : rosewood
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        yup and a pretty big one at that...Not IN the city but very close to it : Blackdawgg
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          how is it called? : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Benjamin Franklin Village IIRC : Blackdawgg
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  ask your NCO : CrimsonHandHiro
  • im not in the military : Blackdawgg

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  i had no qualms with clinton. i thought he was a good (not that i've ever experienced a good president, s... : dra.
  • good entertaining : trick
  • agreed.. he may have had problems w/ his personal life, but he had a lot more common sense that some of t... : pullmyfinger
  • Any president who lists Fight Club as one of his favorite movies is cool with me. : ttyRazor
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  hehe, like father like sun. And fuck jeb bush too. : Silent1
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    yeah, who the fuck names their kid 'jeb' ... : pullmyfinger
    • sounds like a redneck name. : jerkinisnice
  • at least when I listen to jeb speak I don't want to stab myself in the ear with a pencil : halfway
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  a non tagged politics thread? I want to do more research on the planned effects of trickle down econom... : rosewood
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    no not instantly. 4 years is a long time. 8 years is even longer. : dra.
    • 4 years isn't a long time. : tomatoactivator
  • and didnt' Roosevelt get into office and start to turn things around? : dra.
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  This is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. The president has a minimal role in making policy - only rarel... : shitkatapult
  • tell that to FDR and Kennedy. : indeego

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• that sounds like the perfect situation to make Band of Brothers 2: Electric Boogaloo : Degenerate
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  China will bitch smack them. : PantherX
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    yes, China is my fave country : OverBurN
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      why in the world would you think that? : jackalope
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        Cuz they rock! they dont take shit from no one : OverBurN
        • Jiang Zemin! Represent! : c0bra
        • yeah and they shit on their own... SO COOL PEOPLE! : -TKF-
      • spicy food > human rights : trick
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  I think this is a golden opportunity for the US to suddenly hand the whole thing off to the UN and give t... : Dreagon
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    of course, if we hand it off to the UN, that means we will just wind up paying korea the UN solution: ... : mankeroo
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      then we make fun of them, and use that as an example of why we don't listen to them :) : Dreagon
      • I like you Dreagon. : mankeroo
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  nah, if japan says its going to build nukes, i bet the US would just put some on loan to them. Kinda lik... : Jerry C
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    doubt it dude, I think we are, or at least should be, terrified of japs with nukes : mankeroo
    • you really think that if we were to load nukes to some one, that we wouldnt have some way to sabotage/sel... : Jerry C
  • If we were to loan nukes to anybody, it would probably be to Taiwan. Just to put a kink in China's little... : Dreagon
• japan already has an army, its just under some other name. and they could basically build nukes in 3 mont... : ath1337

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  Strip clubs, high tax rates, and cut spending on education, the fire department, the police, and take bri... : jedi_27
  • HOLY JUST LIKE IN REAL LIFE!@ : jhof
  • everybody needs ghey slaves :( : Degenerate
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  this sucks, i keep starting and sucking because i have no money : spector
  • a couple other things - it says that my health rating is low so i build a medical clinic, it still stays... : spector

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  just get a win95 boot disk and format the drive with that : Degenerate
  • wheres? :) : tomservo
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  It must be asked. WHY??? : mofo
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    Crusader No Remorse Crusader No Regret : tomservo
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      I assume that is a game. Can't you run the program in compatability mode (Windows 95) in XP? : mofo
      • nope, it wont even install... :) http://www.shacknews.com/reviews/game.x?gid=523 http://www.shacknews... : tomservo
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  btw, the problem is when I try to install Win 95, it gets into the installation and then says my version ... : tomservo
  • once you get the win95 boot disk go into fdisk and delete the partition and then recreate it. When back a : Degenerate
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  why stop at 95? go to 3.1!! : Jerry C
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    Why use windows at all? Just run dos 6.22 ;) : Vantage
    • well, in going back to win95, i'll be going back to dos 6.22 at the same time. :) : tomservo
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  f'disk it. destroy the partition. : hirez
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    i'm trying to format the HD with the format.com file on my Win95 disc... fdisking kept fucking up on me... : tomservo
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      Is it a fat32 partition? : GloriousCow
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        i'm pretty sure it is... doesnt 98 use fat32? : tomservo
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          Well Win95 format.com won't be able to format a fat32 partition. : GloriousCow
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            hmm, ok well its formatting now, so I guess its not fat32? i'll find out in a minute : tomservo
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              Well, unless you've got a copy of Win95 OSR 2, which added fat32 support... but why the hell are you in... : GloriousCow
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                dont need USB. :) its not like this is my primary box i'm doing this on. here's why http://www.shack... : tomservo
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                  Never heard of a game that will run in 95 that won't in 98... : GloriousCow
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                    my 98 CD is a a 95 to 98 upgrade. :| : tomservo
                    • jesus, wait, no its not wtf am I thinking... : tomservo
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  tom, you may want to check out vmware - you can run a little 1 gig partition and install of win95 inside ... : rosewood
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    vmware? /googles : tomservo
    • i think it costs money hats : rosewood

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• http://shackupload.hippoman.net/uploads/riaa-owned.gif : Degenerate
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  http://www.rateflat.de/itsk/news/hacked.jpg : dra.
  • what's stefan raab doing there? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Whats that pink bunny doing there? : Q-ball
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      and where's the pancake? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        And where's stephen king!? : Q-ball
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          And where's the twin towers?? : esad
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            And where's klerck? : Q-ball
            • and the bag of shit smashed brownies that he mailed to firebone : Jerry C

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  me too. i'm trying to figure that out. and my R in the RCI meter won't drop and i've just rolled out ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • Same, I think it might be commuting time. But subways and highways are too expensive. : skynet
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  i wonder if they will one day make a multi verson of the game. just for fun. : jedi_27
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    they did for sc2000. it was weird, you each controlled a section of the city and you all had to vote on ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • ok thats the one i missed. thank gosh. but how about this. its designed for 4 people or less. you pla... : jedi_27
  • Supposedly Sc4 has a multiplayer element that hasnt rolled out yet. http://simcity.ea.com/scape/ : skynet
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  Youre a shitty mayor? : Degenerate
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    Quiet or I wont take kickbacks for your ghey menz whorehouse anymore. : skynet
    • /shuts up :( : Degenerate
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  Is Sim City 4 out? If so, I want to buy this game. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Was released yesterday. : skynet
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      Cool, I will have to check it out. :) I've been sick with a cold lately. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Sorry to hear that. Hope ya feels better! : skynet
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  all the residential areas say they are uneducated for me in yet i have a Elementry, HS, College and Libra... : spector
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    Yes that bastard city planner won't shut the fuck up with the damm ABC's/ : dra.
    • I had him liquidated. : skynet
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  set up us the projects : zigzag
  • We should be able to make drugs and recruit drug dealers! Tons of extra income! : sanchez
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  I don't know WTF happened in my city. Population was growing, demand was up in all sectors, and I was ac... : mrraist-
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    They couldn't handle the explosive reading adventure that was your library. : GloriousCow
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      Aparently not.. they all decided to move out to a place where they could be ignorant again.. : mrraist-
      • Your citizens must be from the South....Rednecks! hahaha : pimpium
• any more thoughts on the game now that you have been playing it a bit more ? : jedi_27
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  I've noiticed this myself. My city is small, and has no funds. WTF?!? : *metal*
  • I'm going to try starting out with more farming, and gradualling building up from there. : dra.
• you need a new president : pullmyfinger
• isn't there a demo of this game somewhere? : Q-ball
• here my tips for playing simcity4: * start with LOW density residential. * One elementary school in ... : tomatoactivator

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  Basketball sucks. : iamgoat
  • Yes it does. : -dm7
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  prepare to have a flaming thumbtack shoved up your ass. titans rolled over the steelers (and maddox) l... : trick
  • 14-0. eat it motherbitches. : trick
• hmmm its going to be close i think. i want PITT to win, but i think its going to the TITANS by 3 points ... : jedi_27
• I like the Titans...one of my teammates from college starts there, cool guy too. O-lineman Benji Olson. : Don Vito Corleone
• I hates them Steelers. Then again I live 2 hours from Nashville so that opinion may be slightly biased. (... : lord cecil
• GO STEELERS! : Lawgiver
• FLAMING THUMBTACKS : Degenerate
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  well MADDOX is off to a fine start. doh, nevermind : jedi_27
  • :( here we go again. : Lawgiver

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• wanna give me some money to buy one? i'm broke :( : jrsX
• How many box tops did you save up? Did you get student discount or student financing? If no then ha h... : rosewood
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  *SWITCH'D* http://www.apple.com/switch/ads/drucifer.html : Degenerate
  • I only bought the tiny tiny one. : drucifer
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  Caved in? Earlier you decided it was too expnsive. THose Apple guys pressure ya? heh : pimpium
  • I bought the 12" one : drucifer
• 4-6 weeks? The first ones are supposed to ship in 2 weeks. Iis that just a "safe" estimate, or is there ... : ttyRazor

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  Hey, I heard that the RIAA was hacked. Does anybody know anything about this? : GloriousCow
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    Nope, haven't heard anything about it. : PantherX
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      What is "RIAA", precious? : Sarcastro
      • A bunch of DICKs but at least you didnt get linked to the .com : rosewood
      • they wanna kill all p2p off the face of the planet : Unleashed

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  depends. if sorry_e_ is posting, no. THere's usualy alot of good content on there, tho. : kenmis
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    I spent a good 10 minutes reloading and it was all pathetically not funny. : jerkinisnice
    • hmm. must not be your type of humor then. I love that site. so many wise saying and pathetic deeds. : kenmis
    • Only 10 minutes? Must go like for an hour. Thats how long my stints usually last. Time wasted..... : pimpium
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    to bad 90% of the content is sorry e >:/ : esad
    • i once went an hour without seeing any of his stuff. that was a good hour. : kenmis
• I think it's just supposed to be a collection of people's lowest moments. It's like those old phone line... : patridiot
• Two good ones: One morning my dad was in a "perfect brain bursting rage" once, the reason is irrelevan... : Kashmir

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• yeah, I heard the coach bought the whole team end zone seats. Nice guy. : d-man

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• Gota be some sort of record... : jhof
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  It really doesnt matter does it? You'll sit and talk shit in ER or you'll sit and talk shit in FP. Whats ... : Degenerate
  • FP is cleaner :( : c0bra
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  ER to ER, has that happened before? : Saq Johnson
  • what are you, new?! : jerkinisnice
  • Plenty of times. : pimpium
• Its not really needed. If any breaking news it will be posted on here in the comments. I dont see the pro... : pimpium
• and this bothers so much.. why? : ScoobySnack

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• I POSTED IT FIRST! MRRAIST- == OWNED : OverBurN
• haha, never gets old 8^P : archon
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  But mister, he has more replies : blueblo0d
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    THATS CUZ HES GHEY : OverBurN
    • YES.. WITH YOU HOMO... NOW GET OVER HERE.. ITS YOUR TURN TO BE THE WOMAN : mrraist-
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  IM TEH ORIGINAL ALL YOU OTHER FOOLS SUCK!!!!! : OverBurN
  • let it go. : mofo
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    CAN I TOUCH YOUR ENORMOUS COCK??!! : mindfuck
    • MAYBE LATER : OverBurN
  • careful, north korea hacked the shack and is using all their nukes at random : rosewood
• ah with this and the decss ruling life could not get better : Silent1
• looks like the admins took it down :( : OverBurN

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• CHEAPO'D! : iamgoat
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  fUnc pads do come in tins. We got Speakeasy branded non tin edition! heh Took my old fUnc to use at work. : pimpium
  • Ooh special edition... I'd still like a tin. >:( Oh well. These things are sweet ass. : SNERBLAP!!!

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• probably a lot of cash :( : Mr.Fusion

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• They probably pulled the plug on the servers. : c0bra

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  ~15-18k/sec : Mr.Fusion
  • ~11 KB/s : CGB Spender
• already had it, but downloaded to check speed anyway. 8k/sec : Wheelatron
• ~5-6k/s : ultramega
• 3k/s so far, my connection maxes out at ~180 : Magitek
• 3KBPS on my 3MB DSL connection! : OverBurN
• holy shit server batman! : jerkinisnice
• 0.6 Kbps My connection makes out at around 4 Kbps (56K modem): : lord of tError
• 2.10KB/sec : Silent1

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  Fear and Loathing'd? There are NO rules in Outlaw Cinema! : KungFuKenobi
  • Indeed! This is a fucking badass movie. I picked it up last night after a friend let me borrow his copy a... : Flawless Cowboy

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• guess the 2 hours are up : Silent1

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  About what? roffle roffle : Magitek
  • Something to do with a china man and an axe. : dra.
• Posting about what? : iamgoat
• HEY! Did you hear............??? : Dreagon
• What? That the XBOX is huge? : pimpium
• but i don't have any chopsticks :( : Mr.Fusion

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• only in europe...that shit rocks : Blackdawgg

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  mod format? gah! : Q-ball
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    its the only format I could find it in, and HONESTLY, I dont notice a difference in the music (its not li... : tomservo
    • Star Control 2 mods are teh good also. : jhof
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  Oh man, it's MODs? I'm definitely downloading then, I can steal samples from it and composing ideas! : Zero|DPX
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    :) the theme song (menu), and the track for Mission 16B are my 2 favorites. : tomservo
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      At least some of the tracks are written by basehead, that's a fairly well-known tracker... I like the mai... : Zero|DPX
      • Mission 16C has a nice baseline. Mission 11 has some nice bits in it too, especially about 1/3 of the wa... : Zero|DPX
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  Omg, this is awesome. Thanks. I really wish I could find this game somewhere, and I wish it worked with... : lazarusb
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    I REALLY fucking wish it worked with XP :( I bet you anything you can find copies of both No Remorse an... : tomservo
    • :) No Remorse: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=11047&item=1949851600 No Regre... : tomservo
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      Yeah, probably. Kinda pointless if it won't work on my system though. =( : lazarusb
      • you can probably buy an old 486 66mhz for really really cheap :D I love these 2 games so much, it'd be w... : tomservo