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  This is why I invest in peruvian cocaine. What do all these people that are losing money need? That's rig... : genjuro
  • ahaha perfect. probably safer investment too. : draconic
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  heh they burned me too : peter
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    haha it was so gay - nvidia went from 26, when i bought it (25 shares) - to 150 something (I SHOULD... : draconic
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      I lost about $10K on them : peter
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        But I bought ATI at $8 and it's at $16 : peter
        • i did that too and made back 1/5th of what i lost on nvidia. it could have been more, the ATI investment ... : draconic
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        christ man, what was your path to destruction? how many shares at what price? : draconic
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          Some in the high 60's and then some in the 40's and then when it hit $16 I watched it go to $23 and bough... : peter
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            i'm waiting for a big technological merger or event to happen. i picked up nvidia because they were about... : draconic
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              I have no intention of getting burned again ;-) : peter
              • i dunno. there's a difference in getting burned and getting out. : draconic
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      I sold at 130. : sharkII
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        you were smart. :) : draconic
        • I sold my AMD stock at the same time at.... 100-ish? Kinda far back t orecall correctly. : sharkII
• Invest in Mutual Funds... you need to diversify your bonds, give Wu-Tang a call. : onyx
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  what is nvidia at right now? i remember a guy i knew was going to invest in them way back and i talked hi... : Mansmells
  • 15 or so. it's sad. the 2-yr chart looks like a fucking mountain with a steep cliff on the left side. : draconic
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  buy gold, I'm up 30% this past year : slackor
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    Gold over time only averages about 4% though. It's going up artifically because people think it will hel... : jjlaw
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      yeah it depends on one's investment timeframe i'm in for the long haul myself : Mansmells
      • Good thinking IMO. Long term sustained growth is the best model IMO. Most good mutual funds will earn 1... : jjlaw
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  How do you guys invest? A website like Ameritrade or a broker or what? I've always wanted to get into the... : sanchez
  • i have an actual broker, but i'm about ready to just get out of his control. fucker doesn't even know my ... : draconic
  • i've got a big investment company managing my portfolio : Mansmells
  • www.fool.com Invest in no-load low fee (the complete opposite of "micro-managing") mutual fund. All i : monohydrate
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  lol tech stocks : pinkeye
  • lol indeed...:P : Durandal07
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  When does Google become tradeable? : matt`jeast
  • I think it went public not too long ago. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • According to the latest reports (ironically retrieved by Google News) late summer/early autumn. Basically... : sgtsanity

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  from what I've read. Both are comparable in speed (ATI being a bit faster I think), but Nvidia supports P... : theWhite
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    yeah but there's no discernable difference between PS2.0 and PS3.0. By the time devs are actually using P... : veggie
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      If there's no visible difference, why do both exist? If they're so close, wouldn't it be something like P... : Kerath
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        well supposedly PS2.0 allows for 500 some instructions for a shader, whereas PS3.0 allows for thousands. ... : veggie
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          Do they use 3.0 for movie CGI, then, or what? : Kerath
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            movies don't use directx : veggie
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              I didn't realize it was directx only. : Kerath
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                It technically isn't. To give a proper answer, Movies don't use GPU's like Geforces or Radeons quite y... : sgtsanity
                • I see. : Kerath
        • PS3.0 allows you to do basically some of the same stuff as PS2.0, but a whole lot faster. : Helter Skelter
    • 60 million transistors down the drain, then. : the archvile
• Easiest way (and the only way to know for sure) is to buy both cards, play with them a little, see what w... : ghjkghjk
• yeah I've priced so much shit in the last couple days I don't really care which I get anymore... as long : delataur
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  ATi has AA and AF, nV has PS3. AA and AF are more viable for the near-future. I'd go ATi, if I bought a... : cajuncook
  • ATI has slightly better AA and AF, but has no PS3. Seriously, to see the difference in AA and AF quality : reign27
  • PS3.0 is more viable. Also Nvidia owns the midrange easily. : mojoald

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• That guy is like a pretty tulip. : jahulio2
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  omfg : pyide
  • hahah, dancing around Al Sharpton as it was fading out. : the archvile
• How can he be straight? Seriously. : stelth
• http://www.andresbecerra.com/ShackUpload/Files/conan_pan_sharpton.jpg That was so damn funny. The Pet... : the archvile

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• praise be to allah for cleavage : mr brown
• i HATE orlando : feek
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  Florida sucks. : Topaz
  • iawtp x 100 : Delusional
  • I disagree. I spent my early childhood in Miami and it was fun times all around. I can't compare it to th... : mofo
  • this man speaks the truth, especially the more south you go. : Silent1
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    disagree. orlando sucks. south florida sucks, too. <3northflorida (except jacksonville) : feek
    • What's wrong with Jacksonville? >:( : vodor
• Florida blows, but i heart breasts. More plz. : genjuro
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  who sits in the front seat of a taxi cab when your the only passenger? who does that. : jono181
  • when I took cabs I did : redfive
  • Nobody. I happened to reach over the front seat and compose the shot without looking through the viewfind... : Odoyle
• nice pictures! Thanks. : Wolfanoz
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  I love your pictures. What kind of lens were you using? : FrayLo
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    Thanks. Sigma 17-35mm f/2.8 zoom. : Odoyle
    • How much did it run you? : spl
• awesome pics dude! : wtf242
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  What sort of system were you using for that? : Dan[WSB]
  • Canon EOS A2 w/ lens mentioned above : Odoyle
• Nice Composition, perfect exposure. Them's some nice old school slides. : bubahotep
• <3 : seven

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• http://rock.mididb.com/nineinchnails/ : arizona bay
• http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00006JM9I/qid%3D1090042456/sr%3D11-1/ref%3Dsr%5F11%5F1/104-229860... : systatic
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  I always though Leaving Hope was pretty good. A real hum dinger if you will. : jahulio2
  • Oh I thought you said whats the best song :( : jahulio2
  • that's the best damn thing he's ever done. fantastic song. : systatic

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• powerstrip maybe : veggie
• Nvidia drivers let you do it. : malevolence
• you won't be able to make any CRT adjustments until you rip out that button cap to expose the button itse... : the archvile

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• I guess no one knows? : Maddog_Delphi97
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  That is from '93 my friend, trust the latest specs that came out durning the gold announcement : lance22
  • What specs would that be? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    03, not 93, about a year ago.. : lance22
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      lol. I was wondering if you had been sarcastic or what... : Maddog_Delphi97
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        haha, here you go, http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8159897 : lance22
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          http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=8%20c5efc6f1e66ec445b34ff4cb4010bac&t=31956 Who actua... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Rob duffy? : lance22
            • Oh, ok. I didn't see that part. Ok. : Maddog_Delphi97

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• I would love to be a tester for Halo 2 multiplayer right now. Its at a solid enough state where its playa... : DKo5
• Imagine how much bang-for-buck the DNF testers are getting, though! : Dan[WSB]

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  too much homoerotic talk; the soccer moms would shut us down before the first episode was over : genjuro
  • Why do I get the feeling you'd try to show your buttcrack each week? : edlin

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  I've some x800 at a few online retailers but no 6800s. their prices are insane though :( : theWhite
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    yeah i know :( 1grand for a video card is stupid :) : OverBurN
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      I'm holding off for the moment anyways. They are so rare right now that they can fuck you on the price. I... : theWhite
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        Yeah it's insane when people think a card is cheap when it goes for MSRP. : MrMethane
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          The real question is, will they come down in price by the time Doom 3 is out? : Anti_dentite
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            probably not. I want to hold out for the GT, but damn, DooM is a commin :( : theWhite
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              I'm in the same boat. I figure I'll cave a couple days before Doom 3 comes out. : Anti_dentite
              • hehe yea I fear I will as well : theWhite
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  I dunno about the 6800s, but here's an x800 for $19.95... http://www.academicsuperstore.com/market/mark... : verbatim
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    SOneone could make a killing on EBAY with those things : oneshot
    • Jesus, more than a killing. Give me ten of those -- how much does it cost to get somebody offed these da... : cajuncook
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  6800 available at NCIX ($440): http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=12308 : shassard
  • I think thats the first one I've seen, and not too bad a markup either : theWhite
  • I want to hold out for the GT's. Unfortunately they seem to be in even shorter supply : Anti_dentite
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  If you're in Toronto, then CanadaComputers has X800's for sale. http://www.canadacomputers.com : stelth
  • Not a bad price either. I think I'll still wait for the 6800 GT's though : Anti_dentite
• x800 - $35: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00006AMJL/qid=1089788369/sr=8-2/ref=sr_8_x... : Hodder11

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• teh ordered!!!! Cheers : pzilla
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  is there a reason it's 54.99? did pc games jump 5 bucks in price since.. last month? : draconic
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    you pay a premium for DOOM : nova_x
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      seriously. it's 54 on eb too. what gives? i don't want to pay 5 bucks for a freaking figurine. i want... : draconic
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        You're paying the extra $5 for DOOM YOU'LL PAY IT AND LIKE IT, BITCH! >:( : Ebu
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          that's pretty gay. but i guess overnight is more than 5 bucks on any other site, so. : draconic
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            I'm going to wait for the price drop. : Ebu
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              Me too, even though it's going to eat my very insides up. : SenorSpine
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                do it now. i spent 55 dollars of money i don't have just now. you shall too. : draconic
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                  but... what about co-op??? how can you justify paying an extra 5 for a game without co-op?? : awzero
                  • Srsly : Ebu
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                    it's.. doom. it's.. id.. i cannot help it. : draconic
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                      you are a consumer whore. : awzero
                      • and how, motherfucker! : draconic
  • gogamer.com has it for 50, they had it for like 45 awhile back and i got it for 55 w/ overnight.... : snowwolf
  • $49.90 + $5.99 at GoGamer. :) Combine that with not having to pay tax and GoGamer = Win. <3 : Helter Skelter
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  I was wondering if I should do this or not. Do you think on opening day that a brick and mortar store may... : flip-flop
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    Frys may have copies for a bit cheaper, but good luck getting one before all the eBayers do. : DKo5
    • Hmm no Frys out here. : flip-flop
    • Maybe I've just never lived in a big city, but I have yet to ever see a popular computer game sell out. ... : arizona bay
  • So much trouble over the equivelant of a combo meal. : Silent Bob
• Yay thank you! :D : wunderbred
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  Tempting, but I just pre-ordered from ebgames -- since Pinky figurine > Baron of Hell figurine : Kniggit
  • i just ganked one from when i worked at EB. heh. : draconic
• Thanks! I was waiting for an offer like this to pop up so I could pre-order. Done'd. : ovrlrd
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  Man, id games have been Blizzard'd : Tawler
  • Guess it's good to be the king. An extra five bucks is the least of my problems though. : Silent Bob
• haha $54, how lame. : arizona bay
• Cool, preordered.. : Durandal07

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  They gave you Far Cry on DVD? :( *glares at stupid 5 CD version* : sevogajre
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    So that is definitly a Farcry dvd version? Nothing special about it, other shackers were telling me it wa... : lakai skater
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      I dunno if its optimized for the Athlon64 or not... but its got the A64 logo on the disc itself... : DKo5
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        nah, it's not. my roommate got it w/ his amd 64 & I gave it to a friend of mine that doesn't have a amd ... : vital3d
        • Figured as much... I'm running it on a regular XP install :P : DKo5

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• CASINO'D??!? : mastarp
• oh look what I found...Ninya was Miss Nevada http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/1997/Feb-03-Mon-1997... : sanchez

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  repost from a couple of months ago Hello, last night I did a vanity search for my map "Appelflappen" a : cyb0rgninja
  • Additional resources: http://www.battlefield1942.co.uk/forums/forumdisplay.php?s=e964da0decb9ecb1fae05... : cyb0rgninja
  • about mips few things: the reason the texture opens tiled into infinitey is because you choose to open it... : thebigbeefsandwhich
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    Communist commander Maarten approves : Maarten Goldstein
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      We should make a map where the Allies have to hold a control point on your chin, and the Axis has to hold... : UtilityMaximizer
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        lol, is that even possible? That would rule if it was! : Maddog_Delphi97
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          It's actually rather easily done. Although getting the terrain heights might be tricky; we'd essentially ... : UtilityMaximizer
          • Hehehehe, I'll camp out on Maarten's chin!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97

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• I think it's better to uninstall the old version first... here's how to do it: http://kb.mozillazine.org... : ghjkghjk

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• Then Doom3 will come out and you won't give a shit. :) : stelth

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• 512mb will do fine by 1gb would be much nicer : Hodder11
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  What is your current system right now? Maybe it's good enough combined with the new video card... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Nah, I've actually got a 1.4 Ghz Athlon (non-XP), OC'd to just over 1.5 ghz - 512 MB of PC 2700. : Malum
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      I'm in dire need of an upgrade, no? : Malum
      • Bumped before the Newegg order is placed... : Malum
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  Go with the A64 3200+, I get insane benchmark scores compared to the P4. It edges it out by a short marg... : Wolfanoz
  • May I also suggest 1GB PC3200. : Wolfanoz
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    I just got my 3200+ A64 yesterday. Have any benchies that'll make me cream my pants? I went from a 2400+ ... : DKo5
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      did you ever try AMD Japan's benchmark N-bench ? : r1cola
      • Nope, time to Google it up and check it out. Thanks :) : DKo5
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      I'll put it this way. I went from the same chip to this, added a X800 XT Platinum edition. My 3DMark03 ... : Wolfanoz
      • Holy crap yes they are. I'm still stuck on this softmodded 9500. Its not a *BAD* card, but when you gotta... : DKo5
• Processor wise, I don't have any real side myself. I'm running a P4 right now but I'd like to get an Ath... : gyvoji
• Save yourself a whole lot of bucks and get an Athlon XP, a gig of whatever flavor ram you want, and a 980... : xocsida
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  That AMD will overheat and DIE. P4s live forever and C processors rule. : sector001
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    I know of 4 seperate people who have had to replace AthlonXP's recently because they straight died after ... : mojoald
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      is that so?, did the remember to say what they'd overclocked them to and at what voltage? : Toraz Chryx
      • Not a single one was OC'ed, all running retail fans. They were, in order of failure: Athlon XP 1800+ A... : mojoald
  • Tell that to people that suffered Northwood sudden death syndrome... : Toraz Chryx
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    you know, I've had the same problem. I had an AMD 1.2 gig that would always overheat and end up shutt... : invadernny
    • Same thing here. My athlon 1.33 died, it needed the sides open to keep it cool. I'm back using an old P3-... : seven
  • Never, EVER had a problem with an AMD processor. EVER. I cannot say the same with Intel. : cajuncook
• If you like to OC, go with the P4 3.0C Retail from New Egg and the Abit Max II IC7-G board. Great comb... : mojoald

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  This just in - Victor Martinez hit his third (!) home run tonight - it's 15-3. : Waverider
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    And there's another home run....16-3 Cleveland....three home runs so far in the ninth. : Waverider
    • And the next batter is hit by a pitch, which of course, clears the benches....what a godawful game. : Waverider
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  I'd bet dollars to donuts that the reason the Yankees-Mariners games are expensive is for the Ichiro-Mats... : Deathlove
  • I suspect you're right about that; I hadn't thought of it but the Japan connection is probably a big sell... : Waverider

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  I wonder how realistic the 1-2 day thing is... : delataur
  • Mine from Best Buy took about 3 days. : Hello Kitty

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• Paging jrsX! Message him for sure if hes not around. Hes the Farscape dude, : pimpium
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  1. I think so. I know they've released the first two seasons in a collection, but I also seem to rememb... : walker270
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    the episodes in question were in that order on the dvds! It was the 5th part to season 2 The 3 part bank-... : byorn
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      The brain surgery episode (named Die Me Dichotomy, iirc) is where they're on the ice planet, correct? If... : walker270
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        thats what I assumed, very annoying though : byorn
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          I can imagine. The season 2 finale was pretty big, eclipsed only by the series finale, imo. : walker270
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            I thought they were continuing the series? : byorn
            • Just a mini-series/tv movie type of thing. : n0v4
• I did the same. The packaging is really confusing. : Duke Nukem Forever

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  Its the opposite with my wife and I. She won't even play anymore :( : DKo5
  • My wife will play beginner while I'm doing 7-8 footers. It's great that she plays alongside me at all, b... : sinistarfith
• 3 foot? 6 foot? Eh? : Ebu
• Tell her it makes you feel bad but all will be forgiven if she gives you a good bj. : Crimsonbeak
• So is DDR a good workout? Sounds like a fun way to get a little exercise. So what pad is the best for dd... : Modulus

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• i think you have to register to download it. : veggie
• yup...and downloading at 10KB/sec. two hours of downloading for a short clip just isn't worth it. : fromtherear

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  no, you need to convert to vob (mpeg II) format first. : hxman2k
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    how do i go about doing that? : pvtmike
    • it's one hell of a process doing it from divx, i'm not sure from the rest. check doom9.org for guides... : draconic
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      use nerovision if you are new at this : hxman2k
      • whats nerovision? : pvtmike
    • Try looking here: http://www.doom9.org/guides.htm : ghjkghjk

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  Dude, I took 2 seconds to go through your post history and found... http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=... : Delithio
  • thanks.. i could have done it. .but i'm tired right now. : speedycerviche

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• change your rate.. sometimes when steam updates it updates your rate to 1500 or something smaller. : mx.

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• Ken won. Crushed the other 2 he made 50 grand I believe : Crimsonbeak
• Ken won again. Ended up with 50,000 straight after final jeopardy. He could have gone for more/breaking t : sgtsanity

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  What's that? Is it something to do with Christmas? : Kerath
  • Chainsaws and plasma rifles : Magitek

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• Turn off the Messanger service. : jjlaw

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• Mayby just the RAM. If you have old RAM handy.. try them out. : speedycerviche
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  Well, its obviously something to do with the memory. Try just one stick at a time and see if you can isol... : shotgun1
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    I did: Stick#1 Removed Stick#2 Slot0, then S1, then S2, then S3 after that Stick#1 ... : jhopkins
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      you know you have to put them in the seperate banks right? : peter
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        Yea, Bank0 = Slot 0 and Slot 1 Bank1 = Slot 2 and Slot 3 Correct? : jhopkins
        • correct! Put 1 in green and 1 in blue : peter
      • Well this wouldn't be entirely relevant if he's trying one stick at a time and it still doesn't work, rig... : Rasnowl
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  yea, basically, if a ram chip fails a memtest86 cycle, then its the ram that is dodgy. try and isolate i... : grimiv
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    The sticks weren't failing the tests. The MEMTEST program was crashing. It would say unexpected interru... : jhopkins
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      i see, thanks. i'd still assume it was a memory problem - i take it you cant test the memory in another ... : grimiv
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        No, I don't have a computer around here that can run the DDR3200 stuff. : jhopkins
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          no slower ram you could try? its a long shot, but it would eliminate something at least : grimiv
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            I was thinking about driving back to JHU, and seeing if one of the computers in the lab can eat a DDR3200... : jhopkins
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              ouch, good luck with it, if you cant find another machine you might just have to rma it and hope for the ... : grimiv
              • I was thinking of RMA'ing everything and picking different comp's. I think newegg's rules say that I hav... : jhopkins
• use prime95 on the heavy ram torture test maybe : nova_x
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  I had the same problem with winxp and my xp3200+. It turned out that my nforce2 mobo didn't like my 2 ra... : capt tripps
  • snuck back into JHU, and I'm trying the RAM on a PC in the lab. So, far it looks good. : jhopkins

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  You don't have a spare PC to do this with? : DKo5
  • nope :( it died on me, that's why i'm reinstalling. (onto a new mobo and hdd) : suqur
• and i'm typing this from an old laptop with no floppy drive. : suqur
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  Ha! My Abit board reports SATA drives to windows as PATA drives. : mojoald
  • PETA? : drucifer
  • My MSI K8N Neo Platinum did the same thing. I ♥ it. : malevolence
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  boot from knoppix or something similar and copy the files from the cd to the floppy using that : smellslikefish
  • my knoppix cd is at work, and my laptop doesn't have a cd burner. i think i'm stuck waiting till tomorrow... : suqur
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  yeah you need the drivers on a floppy to do SATA on the Asus boards : peter
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    wth don't they include a floppy :( do they expect the OS to be installed onto the normal IDE? : suqur
    • I agree that was pretty dumb of them. However I have to admit when one of my RAID1 SATA drives failed I w... : peter
  • My Asus p4c800-e doesn't need sata drivers. and I'm running off the sata drive... hmmm. : verbatim
• Use another PC and copy the drivers from the cd or the internet. Asus usually has a few different type of... : The-Shadow-TS