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  good job soldier! I am in the dognose club... this year baby! : d-man
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    Wow, dognose is off his game :( http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?query=%22DNF+is+gonna+0wn%22 ... : Zeeliv
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      A crisis in faith perhaps? : Dreagon
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        sign of the apocalypse - aka, everyone is buzzing we may be seeing DNF middle of this year : Gauss
        • I hadn't heard this, interesting. : Dreagon
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  lower framerate = worse graphics (keeping all else the same). i propose to include framerate as a visual... : BadRespawn
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    Obviously, however, all else is not being kept the same. : Vantage
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      you mean the (still image) quality (of DNF) will be better then what we'v seen before. that's probably co... : BadRespawn
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        yes it is : Gauss
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          i suppose you never compared 30fps and 60fps side-by-side : BadRespawn
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            i supose you have never gone to a MOVIE in a CINEMA where its 24fps!! : bongsmith
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              Movies are a constant 24 FPS. If a shooter's average FPS is 24, it will drop to less than that whenever t... : rarshow
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                not only that but the way frames are presneted on a monitor and the way frames are presented on screen at... : ease_one
                • movies have motion blur for one thing. : Toraz Chryx
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        I think that DNF is going to take a hit on framerate also because of all the interactivity of it's enviro... : Dreagon
        • the good news being that multiplayer probably won't have near as interactive of environments and will pro... : Dreagon
      • its quite simple, lower fps allows for more realistic, higher detail enviroments. this is a good thing. 3... : patdoody
  • A problem with this is that framerate is not a universally measurable quantity. It varies for EVERY singl... : ob3ron

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• man havent heard about this in a long time : plastiqued
• they always release fantastic screenshots but never seem to show off what the engine is best at : archon
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  Every surface, covered in saran wrap. : Kryn
  • this should be informative too : moshman
• it definitely looks better than tenebrae version 1 though tenebrae v1 shots: http://www.willihammes.... : PneumaticCrab
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  Is this still running Quake 1? : mofo
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    Tenebrae 2.0 is incompatable with Quake 1 : archon
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      what!? so all you can do with it is play that test map? makes no sense to me... : alky
      • ah self answering: q3 map support... : alky
• How does this run on a 9700, 'cause it runs like ass on my GF3. Nicest looking slide show I've seen in a ... : punchdog
• That looks soooooo much better than Tenebrae1. Actually looks reserved and nice, as opposed to just plain... : seven
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  Waay more interesting shot: http://tenebrae.sourceforge.net/shots21/quake00019.jpg Lots more in this d... : gregorybrown
  • is the engine so slow as to be caught in mid-render? :) : BulletPro
  • oh jesus, that is a lot of polygons to waste : ( damn beziers : ease_one
• its amazing what some bump mapping and lighting can do :o : sexninja

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  I still have the first-gen Stargate DVD that requires you to flip the disk half-way through. :( : BulletPro
  • I also have that one :( : hirez
• Lots of stuff: Simspons Seasons South Park Season One Apocolypse Now Akira Fight Club Pulp Fiction ... : [karma]

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• Jesus, they are acting like Germany stole the US's girl. : moshman
• wow, what an article. I didn't expect this. : haokah
• that seems pretty rotten.. i thought we were supposed to be the so called 'good guys' : industro
• Step one: Call Germany names Step two: Make Germany become very very poor Step three: Piss of German : rosewood
• Okay if the US does this I might just go join all those wacky protestors at my university!!!! : ob3ron
• Rumsfeld is a wild man! I love it! : skynet
• so germany suggests that maybe the situation can be solved without the deaths of Americans & Iraqis, and ... : patdoody
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  Guys, consider the source. : Baragon
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    The observer, a very legit daily political british newspaper. : moshman
    • source == "British" :) : BulletPro
• I like how none of the sources are named. : su007
• Besides the "mean spirit" stated by this article, the move out of germany has been a long time coming. T... : Crimsonbeak
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  well why should America support a country that no longer supports them : jedi_27
  • Or NATO for that matter. What they are trying to do to Turkey is sickening. : Crimsonbeak
• Is Germany still in danger from Poland? No? Then we can save some cash and bring 'em home. : BulletPro
• hahhaha...PWNED! : xocsida

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  a thousand thousand fuck yous to cd checks god I hate them : Gauss
  • i agree whole-heartedly. but at least i can play it now. ^_^ : karl hungus
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  c&c generals runs poop slow on my machine :( i need to find the money to upgrade from a 900 at some point : GeordishBDrunk
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    I keep thinking you are GeorgeB3DR :( : skynet
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      i may re register under a shorter handle at some point, people keep saying that :( : GeordishBDrunk
      • >:( : skynet

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  include a translation please : urbansling
  • 'I'm a fucking fascist.' : dyinggaul
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    "In göttlicher Mission" => Bush thinks his mission is supported by god. Dunno a good translation,... : matthaeus
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      Blues Brother'd "we're on a mission from god" : hal9000
      • thanks :) : matthaeus
  • "On God's Mission: George W. Bush's Crusade" : woddemandred
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  Well if the picture is similar, this is sound evidence he must be out to dominate the world. : su007
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    isn't he (thats actually a SERIOUS questions) ? : matthaeus
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      Uhh... the entire US government is setup to prevent any one person from gaining too much power. Read the... : su007
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        have you seen the details of "patriot act 2"? did you not see Bush make sure congress gave him irrevocab : hal9000
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          Is that anything like sister act 2? Seriously though.. The President may not declare war, and never ha... : su007
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            The last time Congress declared war officially was WWII. Vietnam, Korea, and the Gulf War were all execut... : asdf
            • You are correct sir.. the correct terminology is "Conflict" :-) Vietnam Conflict Gulf Conflict Makes i... : su007
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  its a good thing he wont be back in office in '04 : Nighteyes
  • i hope enough democrats get up off their asses to vote this time : urbansling
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    I agree. He won't get re-elected if he doesn't fix the fucking economy. If it's still in the shitter, h... : dyinggaul
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      Holy quadruple post batman! Plus, you know absolutely jack shit about economics. Absolutely jack shit... : rainbowsheep
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        Oh, you think so? Please tell me why you drunkard. : dyinggaul
        • Here's a post on the topic by our local economics professor: First of all, lags are the gap in time : rainbowsheep
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          I mean, obviously you've never taken any economics classes or or done any serious reading on the matter, : rainbowsheep
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            Dude... I don't give a shit what UtilityMaximizer or any other economics professor has to say. Our econo... : dyinggaul
            • Yes, and knowledge of economic history without knowledge of economics provides an oh-so-useful understand... : UtilityMaximizer
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  isn't that the idea? I bet this imagery resonates especially well with the german people. the media isn... : mattleexbox
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    Good point.. the last country to try and take over the world was.. : su007
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      The last was... but who is the newest? ;) : dyinggaul
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        Your right.. maybe we can get some german help to build super-soldiers. http://english.pravda.ru/main/20... : su007
        • I'm a super human. I'll help. : dyinggaul
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  I watched his little pep-talk to the FBI Bush gave whilst the Security Council was trying to see who coul... : foo the feeble
  • haha yeah, "fourteen fourty-one" is quickly becoming another overused phrase... along with good ol' "Weap... : TPSReport
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  This one scares me: http://www.ratatak.com/bizarre.php?show=bizarre/bushie.jpg : Sludgehead
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    i bet he realized that the lens covers were on right after and fixed it, i've made the same mistake a lot... : qrenton
    • Your probably right but sometimes just hearing him speak makes you wonder if he's capable of dressing him... : Sludgehead

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• What are you, Mr. Max Factor? Eyes, obviously. It's always the eyes. : seven

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  It sucked in Black and White. : kek
  • kekekekekkeekke : Utopia
  • Why did it suck? I thought it was a fucking great idea, really easy to use. Get strokeit : moshman
• I've got software that does that here, it's part of my wacom. It's useless :) Cute, slightly interesti... : seven
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  get strokeit, use it, love it : pyide
  • ^^^ I can't use a computer that doesn't have this installed now. : Gauss
• Gestures is the dumbest fucking UI innovation. : skynet
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  Try using a browser that supports gestures. I'm using gestures in Phoenix and I love them. I get frustr... : Dingbat
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    ATTN: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6748562 : pyide
    • thanks for the advice. Sorry for not noticing it the first time, I thought it was some lame fapping refe... : Dingbat
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  heh.. saw this in that article.. http://bmh.cjb.net/writings/bsdvslinux : su007
  • both of them are assugly :| : Utopia
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  thats a horrible horrible idea : rosewood
  • WHY? : moshman

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  WASSSS UPPPPP! : SlimJim
  • WAAAASSSS UUUUUUPPPPP! : rosewood
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  Hey! Where's Dookie? : beastrabban
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    Hey Dookie, pick up the phone! : rosewood
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      Hello? : bipolar
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        AWWAAAAASSAAPPPP?! : Omaha
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          WASSSSSSUPPPPPPP!? : bipolar
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            AHHHHHHHHHHHHH : podizzle
            • EEEEEHHHHHHHHHHHHh : Omaha
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              So what's up B? : skynet
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                Makin stupid comment, sipin on a dew : rosewood
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                  True, True : PTAA
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                    We claim this thread in the name of the King of Bottled Beers. : freqq28
                    • SWEET NECTAR OF THE GODS WOOOOHOOOO : skynet
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  >:( : drucifer
  • owned : archon
• Wonder Twins power....ACTIVATE! : Thresher

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• If by real you mean "contrived by Hollywood marketing reps," then yes. : skynet

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  WASSSSSSUPP! : drucifer
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6747638 : rosewood
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  Muh nigga! God, I watch Training Day too much. : PhoenixArisen
  • word : drucifer

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• yet another reason winxp > win2k : rosewood

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• Warning though pop-up hell : Crimsonbeak

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  yeah it was really fun to watch as long as you weren't expecting cinematic genius. Kind of like the Scor... : Kashmir
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    Is it strange that the most exciting thing about that movie for me was that he was Akkadian?? :P I rea... : Vantage
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      I wanted to like that movie but the historical purist in me was appalled at a flick that puts Sodam and G... : Dreagon
      • but it has the People's Desert Hero : Gauss
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        Well, Sodom, Gomorrah and Ancient Egypt *were* contemporaries. I don't recall Pompeii being in the movie... : Vantage
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          they referred to it, I don't remember exactly when but I remember being aghast when it happened. I'm not ... : Dreagon
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            Obviously the movie wasn't really intended to be a serious or overly accurate look at ancient history. ;)... : Vantage
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              Yeah, that was what my wife kept telling me, not to take it so seriously and just think of it as Conan. S... : Dreagon
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                You and me both my man. :) I'd love to see an RPG set in ancient history. Like, you could play as a gen... : Vantage
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                  hey, you didn't say Byzantium, I'll be damned. : drucifer
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                    We're talking over 2000 years before Byzantium was founded. :/ : Vantage
                    • I'll be leaving now... : drucifer
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                    a movie set in Byzantium would be interesting too. Surely they could make a movie set during one of the s... : Dreagon
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                      A movie revolving around Justinian's life would be highly interesting.. His rebuilding of Constantinople ... : Vantage
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                        There was actually a book by Stephen R. Lawhead called "Byzantium" that would make an excellent movie... ... : Vantage
                        • COOL!! My next trip to Barnes and Nobles will be a search for that book. Thanks. : Dreagon
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                and I would like to see a movie based in those times that isn't necessarily a sword fight flick. It would... : Dreagon
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                  Actually, a movie about Abraham and Lot would be pretty interesting... It could start out with Abraham l : Vantage
                  • Damn, I would pay good money to see that. And that brings up a good point, a lot of stories from that tim... : Dreagon
  • mmmmm Kelly Hu.... : haokah
• I enjoyed it. : nuclear warhead
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  You're a human? Barely. I'm a lawyer. : su007
  • good one sir : urbansling
• I liked that falling backwards body slam in the end. that kicked ass. and those light grenades. and the l... : junkstyle

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  Generals seems to be way too dependent on EMPs and other 'countdown weapons'. Each army has like three or... : king
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    i kinda like it.... beats the fuck out of just pumping units out till infinity and tossing them into b... : -=kodiak=-
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      Actually, unless you're China and have gatling AA, it's damn near impossible to stop those air attacks un... : king
      • yea upgraded chinese chainguns just chew the fuck out of everything ;) when you upgrade the range on t... : -=kodiak=-
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  ok here it is, just over 100k, copy it into your replay director (under the c&c directory in the my docum... : -=kodiak=-
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    btw, i was bottom right, my friends were top right and top left the one on the top left was owned righ... : -=kodiak=-
    • The poor guy at top left got rolled pretty hard. I haven't quite gotten to the point of being able to bea... : Joseph
• hah that was a great battle. I don't know what was funnier, watching purple's commando try to 'take out... : xinator
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  more practice for you! and your friend with the comanches should start learning how to spend money.. he h... : mad-d00d
  • the blue guy also got rolled by playing Sim Base and not building any units : Gauss

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  it's better than being sober and not realizing you have on two different socks until you get to work. : Joseph
  • i match my socks by thickness, not color : drucifer

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  pay more money : Gauss
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    or shut down my ftp service?? : barbs
    • I'll avoid an obvious comment : Gauss

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  HEY, LET'S START A POLITCAL THREAD : drucifer
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    I HEARD THAT!! >:( I am now being drug away from the keyboard as we speak : Dreagon
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      :D : drucifer
      • poor Dreagon, I'm pretty lucky, as long as i talk to my wife she doesnt care how long im at the peecee : knitemare

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  HWND GetActiveWindow(void) do the trick? MSDN is your friend man... know it... love it. : gndagger
  • yes i know MSDN quite well. its being a right bitch at the moment : filthysock

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  where do you live? : Jayx77
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    Virginia...we had a big ice storm last night, and my car doesn't go in the ice. : xocsida
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      ooooh I'd feel for ya but I live in So CAL and right now I'm posting this in shorts and a t-shirt, I thin... : Jayx77
      • \m/ socal \m/ : dyinggaul
      • it's a cool 54 degrees here in vegas. : karl hungus
    • Still snowing here! Probably 6-8 inches in my yard already, but it's hard to tell. : zakk
• ever made 'poo' coffee? :D : cygnus
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  I've been trying to go out and gewt coffee for an hour and a half...but it's -5 F outside >:( : drucifer
  • caffeine headache, APPROACHING : cygnus
• Holy shit dude, thats a critical situation. : Dreagon
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  Whew...I found some instant. EMERGENCY AVERTED! : xocsida
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    phttth...hardly : drucifer
    • I would agree...but beggars can't be choosers in my situation. :D : xocsida

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  http://neo.69.wasarrested.com/masturbating : plastiqued
  • lol, thanks man, that is the site i was looking for : neo69

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• when in doubt...tourniquet. : drucifer
• is dirtbox really a part of the body? If so, have you touched one? : jigstah

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• keep diggin deeper, I think there is more soft matter up there : drucifer

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• a beautiful girl shows up at your door : plastiqued
• Your TV explodes. : mofo
• baby jesus cries, God kills kittens, etc............ : Dreagon
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  black bars on the sides : Kashmir
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    Or distracting gray bars if your TV is a good one. : Kryn
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      yeah I hate the gray bars. Luckily I'm not rich enough to have a widescreen tv. : Kashmir
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        Anybody like Waffle House as much as I do? Good grub, good coffee, and the characters who come there. : d-man
        • It also makes you reply to wrong post : d-man
  • or it looks ugly and stretched : bcyoohoo
• Total protonic reversal. : Zeeliv
• At first glance I thought your name was Daggah!!! : Chicks Dig Me

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  Why? Ever use one of those "3d interface" things? They suck. I don't see the need to see a file folder ... : Shadore66
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    Wear and tear on my 3d card? Uhhh -- its not like a set of tires dude Look at Jaguar on Mac OSX to se... : rosewood
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      "It's UNIX... I know this!" : slax0r
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        I was so suprised when I first used unix and it WASNT like JP :< : rosewood
        • i was surprised when i found out that that is actually an interface. : electric_monk
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      Personally, I think the Windows 2000/XP GUI is a lot more robust and effective than the OSX GUI, but that... : cap0rale
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        ... no fuckin way captain First off, I can scroll my mouse over the dock for hours just watching th... : rosewood
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          Age has little to do with effectiveness, IMO. Besides, the new XP start bar/shortcuts are super-useful... : cap0rale
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            I still use quicklaunch quicker then the autofill on the start menu. The fact that the shit changed does... : rosewood
            • Why? The Dock is just a taskbar with a bunch of big ass scrollable icons. It's quicker to use the ne... : cap0rale
• I cant believe that Windows wont use MP3's as OS plyed sounds. WAV only still. GHEY : Cygnus X-1
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  maybe we should start with vsync'd gui's first. Tearing sucks. : davatar
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    i want a really good monitor, so i can turn on vsync for everything : electric_monk
    • what does vsync have to do with quality of monitor? : davatar
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    It might be cool if the whole computer industry just worked on one standardized refresh rate (like 120hz ... : cap0rale
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      nonono, vsync is required for a tear-free picture. It doesn't really matter what refresh rate you are run... : davatar
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        You can do the equivalent of vsync in hardware. So to repeat: no, you don't need software vsync. Th... : cap0rale
        • there's no distinction between 'software vsync' and 'hardware vsync'. vsync is about synchronizing softwa... : BadRespawn

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  she's going to hell. lol : jigstah
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    probably, but at least we'll be together : knitemare
    • good call. : jigstah