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  How so? Tweaks? Hardware upgrades? : orgcaptainnemo
  • Anything that doesn't cost me $$ :) : Phizader
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  uhm, you could upgrade the CPU ... and the RAM ... and the graphicscard. What you have right now is fi... : rookieone
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    lol. I can play CS and ut2k4 demo good. AA is decent, but a bit messed up :) I don't wanna upgrade anythi... : Phizader
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      you could overclock the components, that's the only choice you have. You won't get much more performance ... : rookieone
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        Which components can I overclock and how? : Phizader
        • anybody? : Phizader
• Please help. It sucks for playing games :( : Phizader
• install linux : zigzag
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  Wow... uh... Get something like a Radeon 9600/9700/9800 or an FX 5700/5950, and let the rest go until you... : pres589
  • The Dell 2350 has no AGP slot. :( : Phizader
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  No. You need a whole new system. Find old games you like or revisit any consoles you have. That's what... : DinK
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    I can't afford a new system :( : Phizader
    • I'm having trouble affording Counter-Strike: Condition Zero :) : Phizader
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      Your pretty much shit outa luck untill you can :(. : Reeves
      • agreed; no AGP slot is a huge bottleneck. You could build a full system for around $1350, or carry over ... : the archvile

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• cue the drudge siren! : pigvomit
• Pardon me ? Oh, wait Clinton already did for the same offense while he was in office. : balaams_ass
• That link sure died fast. : SlimJim

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  so...... post the specs dude! : Paranoid Android
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    Athlon64 3400+ 1MB L2 MSI K8N Neo Platinum Socket 754 2x Crucial 512MB PC3200 eVGA GeForce 6800 128MB ... : king_darius
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      so you're saying you'll play 1942 more often? :D : Paranoid Android
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        If UMax doesn't kick me from Teamspeak any more >:( : king_darius
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          i don't THINK he would do such a thing anymore :) He kicked you but not the 11 year old who was very... : Paranoid Android
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            Yeah, I didn't have a mic on at all so I just got blamed for somebody else's shenanigans. :) I'll be play... : king_darius
            • actually people who don't have a mic are the people who cause the most problems in teamspeak. It is impe... : Crimsonbeak
    • What's up, you guys ask for the specs and that's it? >:( : king_darius
    • SATA is for RAID right? : Reeves
  • Srsly - this is like posting about finding homemade porn with no pics+divx. : action roommate
• Details, man! Juicy details! mmm...juuuuicy : Salad Sammich
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  play your Links rounds to celebrate! : Degenerate
  • lol oh right : king_darius

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  [valve release]: 649,000 [valve release -"half-life" -"halflife" -"half life" -game]: 516,000 Looks... : Kerath
  • wow I didn't know you could do that and it's not a vast difference : Sniper21

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• cabin in the mountains? : byorn
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  visit every starbucks in town! : vassili_zaitsev
  • done and done : joelaughlin
• take a ferry to some island bed and breakfast or something like that like around Victoria : Kniggit
• are there any small nice beachy areas near there? rent an expensive condo on the beach (extra points if ... : the grammar police
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  Yellowstone or Yosemite, both are great places and should be within a day's drive of you, right? : jimmy-buffett
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    Problem is that we need to be back in Seattle in two days. : joelaughlin
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      then i hope you like driving! : the grammar police
      • not really : joelaughlin
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  VEGAS BABY!! VEGAS!!! Catch a red-eye in. Gamble for a day, luckily get the night comped (much easier a... : Prozium
  • night comped? : joelaughlin
• mom and dads house? : adambugger
• If you're up for local, try Domaine Madelaine, a bed and breakfast over by Port Angeles. My wife and I sp... : TenaciousPimple
• Take the 8:15am ferry from anacortes to sidney BC. Find a hotel in victoria, there are few nice ones ( i ... : Morgin

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  uhhh... you shouldn't need to?, they're 'bi' out of the box as far as I'm aware. : Toraz Chryx
  • i see.. thanks : podizzle
  • more women should be made this way : multisync
  • pics+divx plz!! : ZeroSignal
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    I read on the ipodlounge forums a mac formatted ipod can't be read under on a windows PC. While a windows... : Blackdawgg
    • That's talking about the gen 2 ipods : Toraz Chryx

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  C.R.E.A.M. is one of the top five greatest hip-hop tracks ever recorded. : filtersweep
  • Indeed it is, i'm playing it rite now. : genjuro
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  it was an instant classic, like welcome to the jungle. like welcome to the jungle, nothing that followed ... : eskimo spy
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    I <3 Liquid Swords. Guess they caught a case of that whole "peaking too early" thing :/ : genjuro
    • not even supreme clientele was GREAT so was bulletproof wallets also immobililarity was better than most ... : creep
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  I wish most of the songs werent stuck behind a minute of skits. : Eratik
  • I love that album BECAUSE of the skits. 'Torture, mf'er' :) : jwnin
• RZA : Bobby Digital was/is an amazing album - cant get enough : siknsyko
• welcome to 10 years ago. : yakub7
• fyi, even the odb is fucked. return to the 26th is the best wu album. : yakub7
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  I highly recommend Method Man's "Tical", and Raekwon's "Only Built for Cuban Linx" : cookblaze
  • Listen to this man. Only Built 4 Cuban Linx is one of the greatest albums of all time. If only for ... : Skeez187
• because no one here is a true Wu fan other than me :( : creep
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  oh COME ON how could you claim that nobody told you that album was good... : artillery
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    All I heard about were the recent Wu albums, and those were .... okay : genjuro
    • The strength of the Wu after 36 chambers are the library of solo cd's and wu-affiliated rapper projects. ... : Poor Yurik

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  I'm guessing 1) make sure your case is well ventilated 2) make sure the room temp isn't too high 3)... : genjuro
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    hm. yeah, 1 is taken care of. 2 i can't do much about but it is a bit warm. i'm thinking the real answ... : snackula
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      pretty warm in my room too, (76-80 degrees). I idle at 62 and full load is at 65-68, stable as hell and n... : blueblo0d
      • Dude, please don't mix F and C in the same sentence. It wreaks on the mind. :P : cajuncook
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  have any expansion slot covers missing? all fans working? go water cooled? applied thermal paste right? : blueblo0d
  • fans and covers all in place. water cooling looks a bit expensive. as for the paste, i just used what c... : snackula
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  the key is good airflow. make sure your air is moving through your case, not just into it. : d0pamine
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    i have 2 80mm intake fans and 2 80mm exhaust fans, i don't think there's much more i can do there. : snackula
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      you could get rounded IDE cables, tie cables together, keep them off to the side. that can make a big d... : ^-SeaWolf-^
      • good idea, i hadn't thought of that. it is kind of a rats nest in there. i'll give that a shot first. ... : snackula
  • Just curious, is there a way to test airflow? Maybe blowing some sort of smoke through your case or somet... : Delusional
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  Which Mobo? The MSI K8N Neo Platinum has a bug in the 1.1 bios that misreports the cpu temps. There's a 1... : malevolence
  • a7v333. i have heard that mobo's with faulty temp readings are pretty common, but i think this one is ok... : snackula
• turn on the AC : zigzag
• Fan plugged in? I took mine off over the weekend, and forgot to reconnect the fan plug. But you're not st : carrioN luggagE
• hah my friend, I had the exact same problem. Let me save you a bit of money and explain what I did: go... : mystifier

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• they are big in the west. it was an airline that went under and someone bought the name and built it back... : d0pamine
• Yes, I actually liked them too. The planes were nicer then any of the United planes I fly on. : nukewinter
• potatoes. : orgcaptainnemo
• Didn't thier CEO just get canned for buying salvaged aircraft engines? : onyx
• people in dever spoke highly of them. : zigzag
• Several times - BWI to Denver and had no probs. : smoking pets
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  I flew them just this weekend and was VERY impressed. They have Airbus A310s with the DirecTV action jus... : riptyde
  • A310 A319 : riptyde
  • This makes me happy, as my plane tix to and from QCon are for Frontier. : Helter Skelter
• I flew Frontier from DFW to LAX, with a stop in Vegas. Nice little airline. A+++, would fly again, this... : SiW73
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  I flew Frontier from DFW to LAX, with a stop in Vegas. Nice little airline. A+++, would fly again, this... : SiW73
  • Uh. Yeah. That's what happens when you hit back and forget you posted something hours ago. : SiW73

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  Also how expensive was it? : SlimJim
  • Much cheaper then flat beds. If I remember correctly in 95 a nice flatbed was $1k and the handheld thing... : jhopkins
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  the new hotness is pointing a digital camera at the page of a book. : Toraz Chryx
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    All the digital cameras I've ever used don't zoom worth a damn. : SlimJim
    • Nikon Coolpix 4500 has the best Macro facilities I've seen on any camera that wasn't an SLR with a len... : Toraz Chryx
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  they where a pain..had to go very slow and have a steady hand or you ended up with horizontal lines/messe... : IcomeINpeace
  • I had one, and yeah, you had to go pretty slow, but it came with a metal guide thingy, so having a super-... : Helter Skelter
• my dad had one for a short time. I know we didn't own a color printer then but I can't remember if it sc... : thejm4n

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• There was a secret of mana reference too. Lots of throwbacks to old classic RPGs in this thing. It's ... : DinK
• that game is starting to grab my interest, but i never followed it during its development. how does it c... : snagger
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  Haha, yeah amazing game. Anyone catch the Titanic reference on the steam ship in Palmacosta? I laughed :( : Languid_Heap
  • Yeah, I caught that. That was hilarious. "Eh, better not." : slax0r
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  The Flame Boss (First major battle) is really frustrating me. Nothing I do can seem to keep these dumb fu... : Entity
  • I've never died in an RPG as much as I've died in Symphonia. I'm not sure if it's because I'm skipping t... : slax0r
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  gamecube only? boo : fsck
  • YAY! : sabadog
  • the cube deserves it. Tales is its second RPG in three years. and there are rumors of a PS2 port, at le... : slax0r
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  I think I found a reference to FFX; oh wait, it's the plot! Hehe, I'm just being facetious, but the tw... : Alec Matias
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    How far in are you? At the beginning, the story is pretty generic but it gets a lot better once you get ... : slax0r
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      I'm about 3.5 hours in, just killed the first boss, the dudes Entity was talking about. : Alec Matias
      • After 20 hours I can say with confidence that the story is very different (if not better) than FFX's. : Judicus

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  What kinda connection do you have? You might have to clone your NIC's MAC address. : malevolence
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    How would I do this? Also, I can ping the router but I can't reach it's web based setup. : Hello Kitty
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      http://192.168.1.1/ or http://192.168.1.0/ ? : SlimJim
      • Nope. : Hello Kitty
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  so you have the cable from your dsl/cable modem goin into the router? Is there a green light on the WAN ... : Prozium
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    I have DSL going into the router. The WLAN light is on. I have AOL so I have to enter that normally to lo... : Hello Kitty
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      you're kidding me. You have AOL broadband. Well, better return that router. I don't think there's any ... : Prozium
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        Fucking parents. Are you sure? : Hello Kitty
        • AOL has proprietary routers. : dognose
      • maybe not, try reading some of these guides http://www.google.com/search?q=aol+broadband+router&source... : Prozium
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  Do you have the "modem" plugged into the "uplink" port or? : SlimJim
  • If it's DSL/Cable reboot the modem/router. They tend to hang on to the last mac address that was connect... : boaddrink

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  Grr wish I had known you meant ET and not regular. : smacknca
  • ET is free you know right? : Lightzout
  • Had a great time, i guess where having it on wednesdays now! SWEET!! Go get on, theres tons of people in... : snowwolf
• COME GET SOME BITCHES!! I don't want to hear any complaints about server config, you test with me NOW!!! : RyDogg1
• damn if I didn't have to go to dinner i'd be there : lord_omega
• on my way! : Mansmells
• i'll be there soon. : tangles
• PLS PLS update PunkBuster by running PBWEB!!!! : RyDogg1
• 8/20 guys we are having a blast! : RyDogg1
• MORE PEOPLE!!! : RyDogg1
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  Damn and to think there was a time when I actually was decent at this game. I am ashamed to even show my... : smacknca
  • Move over for the new generation =( : thief
• Coming in as Baragon! : Alec Matias
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  http://www.shackbattles.net/battles/view.php?battle_id=162 Sign up now! : RyDogg1
  • Jawohl! : cap n KRUNCH
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    I need to learn how to play this game : MrLobo
    • you got two days! : RyDogg1
  • I need to learn how to play this game : MrLobo
  • I'll try to make it, but I usually don't get home from work until 7:30 pacific. : Sarcastro
• damn - you guys done? : jo3
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  I couldn't make it, but I'll ask one thing: is friendly fire on? : Zibro
  • yeah it was, but didn't seem to be a big problem.. : snowwolf

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• damn ER is up : HeXoN
• how are you gonna run that? Carputer? : Prozium

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• Happy Love Day! : Kerath
• Weird, this is the first year ever where I felt there was no drout. I have stacks of awesome games to pla... : Simulacrum

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• i went from a shitty 19" to the DiamondPro 2020. It's awesome. The extra real estate is a major step up a... : veggie
• An extra 3 inches of screen space is worth $700? : Kerath
• You will jizz yourself when you use that monitor, I use the 19 inch version of the same tube, it's faptas... : Matto357
• big monitors rule : lord_omega
• I have this very monitor. I've had it for about 6 months and I am absolutely in love with it. Previsously : punchdog
• whats the difference between that and the NEC Multisync FP2141sb? : ergh
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  That's about 35% more area. 19^2 = 361 22^2 = 484 : unlurker
  • (the was supposed to be re: 4395) : unlurker
• I have the FE2111SB. It's freaking awesome and I got it for less than $500 at Dell. Every once in a whi... : Thresher
• Yeah its $520 bucks on special. : frosty
• I've been using a Mitsubishi Diamond Plus 200 22" monitor for 4 years. It's an awesome monitor if you can... : Simulacrum

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• boourns :( i thought it was cool! : OverBurN

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  Not Work Safe did it a month or two ago : weezer rocks
  • thanks - couldnt remember who did it : rosewood
• it's called suspension, it's nothing new. you can read about it at bmezine.com, but beware if you have a... : arizona bay

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  What the hell kinda aspect ratio is that? : flip-flop
  • Dual monitor? : Ajax
  • 8:3 yes I can add. Yay : vigilante
• couple 3076x2052 cloud photos i took : http://www.shanesherman.com/photography/PictureGallery.aspx?Catego... : wtf242
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8189193 : veggie
• http://www.andresbecerra.com/ShackUpload/Files/nic.jpg : IcomeINpeace

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• Wave of the future except for games that come on multiple CDs :( : Topaz
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  Huh, interesting. Wonder if my Drengin.net subscription gets converted to this? There seems to be a lot m... : yoonix
  • Holy crap, so it does. Time to grab O-R-B. : yoonix

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• try using IE : pvtmike
• try uninstalling firefox and use IE : pvtmike
• Fixed: USB Wireless Adapter had gone bad, swapped with one from another computer on the network and all t... : lord cecil

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• anyone? : lord_omega
• You didn't make the boot disk properly. Try one from http://www.bootdisk.com .. : shassard
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  first of all i'd make sure i was booting from the floppy. because that sounds like you're booting from t... : dodob
  • the boot order is correct, diskette first. I mustof made it wrong somehow : lord_omega

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• the pentium-m whoops the p4 in everything. Lower power usage, better performance (1mb L2 cache - drool),... : Prozium
• I played FarCry on my P-M 1.6ghz ati9200 and it runs fine. Much better than my 1ghz gf4-4200 desktop syst... : Topaz
• Well, be reminded that the ghz is a bit different. For example, a 1.7ghz Pentium-M is a bit more powerful... : sgtsanity
• the pentium-m >>>> P4 in my opinion. longer battery life much better cooling. you can actually use it on ... : kbnerd
• Pentium-M is badass. In strictly math type things I do for work, it's about as fast as a Pentium 4 with ... : maddy
• i have a pentium m 1.4 with a 9600 pro turbo. nothing i have played on it has made it shudder yet. : mitthrawnuroudo

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• then get one. they're cheap and the days of 'lol the cube only has 4 games' are gone. we now have 5, : slax0r

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• are you sure that they don't mean at least 16 bit color? : GloriousCow

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  Eh, seems like BS to me. Most young people really seem like Libertarians, but a lot of them have barely h... : Ben Barker
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    If I had to brutally mangle the spectrum I'd say libertarians are much more "conservative" than "liberal"... : Zero|DPX
    • I think I read somewhere that 2/3 of the people who voted for Nader in 2000 would have voted for Gore rat... : jimmy-buffett
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    I think many register as independents right now because they don't agree with the major parties on their ... : jimmy-buffett
    • No I meant It's like they're libertarians but don't know it. They DON'T label themselves that way becaus... : Ben Barker
• I don't think that the things you cite are what I would call "liberalization". Also I'm not sure it's ac... : Zero|DPX
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  Ugh. http://www.bartleby.com/64/C003/023.html : Kerath
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    Fuck prescriptive grammar! : Sexpansion Pack
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      Orthography is law! : Kerath
      • haha :) : Sexpansion Pack
  • many words come from the popular (and often intentional) misspelling of other words. look up "alright" in... : endozoan
• Heh, I just noticed that most of his dates cited for when it was "turning around" are solidly inside the ... : Ben Barker
• According to that, youre Gen-X if you were born between 65 and 79. And youre a tween? if youre born after... : flip-flop
• The guy has a view/agenda and he's reporting things accordingly. If this weren't an op-ed piece from som... : Vorlonesque