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  It's DOOM. All else is secondary. : asylumn
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    lol... there's more to gaming life than Doom. : Wolfanoz
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      ALL DOOM ALL THE TIME! : Degenerate
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        yeah, NFL2K5 bitch... tonight : Wolfanoz
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          I was thinking Links tonight : Degenerate
          • golf is for faggots.. Haven't played inna while. : Wolfanoz
    • ^^^ SAYS THE INFAMOUS ATI OWNER :) : personaljesus
    • that is a sweet Earth you might say WROANG! : stelth
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      I think of it like this. A lot more games are going to be based off the doom engine than the HL2 engine. : AllYourBase
      • Think of it like this 95% of the games released in the next few years will be D3D, not OpenGL : Toraz Chryx
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  One obviously shouldnt completely discount the x800 line, but as someone who was doing everything he coul... : johnny rotten
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    meh jennifer love hewitt looks too old and housewifey now... lacey is the new meat. : snuff
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      But a new video card would make her look much hotter! :P : edlin
      • :( i hate when I'm replying to a post, then start reading a post at the bottom of the page, and start rep... : snuff
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      WWHHHAAA???? some of you kids.... honestly... : kevp
      • IAWTP. : personaljesus
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  When the performance delta is so huge on an engine that will obviously be used for a metric butt-ton of g... : DKo5
  • hopefully that impact involves price cuts! : biskits
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    Yeah, but knowing that ATI would be insane not to improve their cards' performance on that engine. You ca... : spl
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      Thats quite a ways off, and I'm pretty sure Maarten was talking about getting a card soon. : DKo5
      • I know, no arguments about that of course. nVidia's current offering is clearly the best choice for Doom ... : spl
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    maybe people should wait until new cards get past their driver infancy before they freak out. UH OH ATI ... : deathmuppeter
    • You can get an eVGA 6800GT direct for $399 now. http://www.evga.com/products/moreinfo.asp?Part_Number=2... : yakz
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  good... screw ATI's bug ridden, artifact ridden, blinking, crashing, hanging drivers. nvidia was always p... : Ukrainian Thunder
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    Funny. I have fewer issues (read: none) with my 9800 Pro than I had with my GeForce 4. : EvilDolemite
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      i owned 3 nvidias... untill 9500 pro.. not a problem. ever. with ati, it was awful : Ukrainian Thunder
      • my 9800Pro has been secx. Fast and stable. No regrets with switching to ATI whatsoever. Doesnt mea... : johnny rotten
      • and since you it happened with you it must be 100% true of all of each makers' cards! : judge
    • heh. I can agree with this. The TNT and GF1's I had would occasionly BSOD with one of the nv drivers "... : verbatim
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    This is hilarious! : DKo5
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      mangled textures in bf1942 and disco polygon show in Rise of Nations was pretty funny too.. : Ukrainian Thunder
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        9 to 1 those are chair-to-keyboard issues, not inhereint driver issues. : EvilDolemite
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          reeaaally... well then why did ATI mentioned the fix for one of those problems in their driver updates di... : Ukrainian Thunder
          • Shit happens. I played RoN with an ATI card. No issues at all, Mr. Smartypants. : Ebu
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    nvidia was always problem free.. 100% Go read their driver release notes. if you think they're "pro... : Toraz Chryx
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      like i said.. never had any (major or even minor) issues... ATI has been absolute nightmare from day one. : Ukrainian Thunder
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        over here in the real world, where people have lots of exposure to both ATI and Nvidia kit.. Both have... : Toraz Chryx
        • It's all personal experience that I don't think anyone can change. Both have problems, I currently have ... : Chod
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          over here in the real world, where end users use both cards to play games - ATI has been a nightmare. : Ukrainian Thunder
          • Oh, no... there are two "real worlds'... *head explodes* : verbatim
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            I had more.. and worse problems with my Nvidia hardware than I've had with my Radeon 9700 Pro that isn... : Toraz Chryx
            • My experience, exactly. : Ebu
            • Yup. A nv4_disp crash totally borked my system once, too. BSOD: nv4_disp Boot: nv4_dsip Safe mode: n... : verbatim
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          The number of ATI problem posts outnumber the nvidia problem posts however. : Cygnus X-1
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            Maybe that's because more people have ATi cards... lol. With more cards sold, there are more different s... : orgcaptainnemo
            • Can't argue with that. But then again, if an equal amount had Nvidia and never mentioned problems, we wou... : Cygnus X-1
          • with the last generation and a half of cards, all the enthusiasts got ATI kit? :) I mean, seriously, i... : Toraz Chryx
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  http://www.ixbt-labs.com/articles2/digest3d/0604/itogi-video-hl2-wxp.html : mc-fine
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    It looks like a 2FPS difference between the ATI and nVidia parts..and up to 5-7 in other tests. Not exac... : EvilDolemite
    • but if its about even on blockbuster game number 2 and a big gap on blockbuster game number 1 seems like ... : mc-fine
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  ATI lost... they should be banned from the internet. FOREVER! : jzzyos
  • damn canadians! that'll learn 'em! : sevogajre
• My 9700 Pro has served me well enough over the past two years (though not without some issues now and the... : yakz
• The point that hit me the hardest is that the 6800GT consistently outperforms the x800 Pro, a card that c... : Serpico74

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  update: still crying angry : sexninja!!!!
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    Pillows are good for drowning out the sobing. : phlavor
    • and for biting! multisync (#3180) << : busdriver3030
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  Because its not a bait and switch? Still a shitty practice though. : CSParsons
  • how? theyre like "hey buy this product for this price!" and im like "ok, ill buy this product for this pr... : sexninja!!!!
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    uh, what? that's pretty clearly a bait and switch operation and should be illegal, even if they found so... : DoubleAught()
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      Bait and switch is when you advertise product X at a certain price with no intention of actually selling ... : riptyde
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        hows it not false advertising then? and couldnt it be argued that theyre switching it for the same pro... : sexninja!!!!
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          Fry's does it often. They'll have like 1 unit in stock of advertised. : zigzag
          • but this is a case of having enough stock, but then just jacking the price up. also on those adverts it p... : sexninja!!!!
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          Depends. An ideal case of false advertising would be if they advertised the card for $340, but when you ... : riptyde
          • no, it was listed there as well as many other places at that price, and they accepted a lot of pre-orders... : sexninja!!!!
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          There's most likely tiny print someplace where they give themselves the right to change any price at any ... : action roommate
          • well that's all well and good, but that price should not be retroactive for existing orders. It's the ca : DoubleAught()
          • that cant negate the law though : sexninja!!!!
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  I refuse to pay more then 350 for a video card... Although admittedly, yesterday my limit was 300 =( : bozer
  • damn. tomorrow you can buy a $400 card! : Degenerate
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    damn, my limit is like $200. and I don't think I've ever spent more than $175. : edgewise
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      thats my limit on dental care :( : sexninja!!!!
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        invest in a $4 toothbrush, $3 toothpaste, and some $1 floss. Cheap but effective! : edgewise
        • and 4.8 Trillion on a time machine and team of genetic scientists....I brush like hell, yet the cavaties ... : pigvomit
• I know, damn kick in the nuts. : mojoald
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  Would have been a nice profit if you could buy a bunch of these cards for that lower price and sell them ... : sanchez
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    Just like it's a nice profit to buy tickets at face and then sell them on e-bay. Fuck that. Scalpers ca... : cajuncook
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      Scalpers are some ignorant fucks. One time I was trying to sell some 2nd-row seats outside the MCI Cente... : riptyde
      • he was hoping you'd be an ignorant fuck : sanchez
• yea sucks, happened to me too at provantage, fuckin commies :( : nivorous
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  oh well, i remember that best buy gf4 thing... its frustrating cause if you paid for it and were walking ... : ghost in my shell
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    what gf4 thing? i think i vaguely remember somthing but i dont remmeber at the same time :( : sexninja!!!!
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      They had the Ti4600 listed for a low price and were taking pre-orders on that price. When you went to act... : Ajax
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        HEY YOU! All thats in Dallas is the BFG 6800GT @ fry's - but you said the PNY performed better. WHAT WOU... : multisync
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          damnit ruben i know you are out there : multisync
          • hey everyone in this thread we have the HATE AJAX fan club :( : multisync
      • thats pretty ghey. especially if they charged your credit card : sexninja!!!!
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  did provantage gouge? i have an order there, they better not : afrochops
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    i read on fatwallet that someone said that they called and was told that theyre not gonna honor anything ... : sexninja!!!!
    • shiz. i haven't gotten any calls and my order still show the original price when i check it. crosses fing... : afrochops
• Me too. I've been trying desparately to find a good deal for this card recently and it's been frustratin... : dltrem

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  PLEASE NOTE POINT NUMBER 6. : UtilityMaximizer
  • \m/ Thank God. I'm so tired of seeing people insist on discussing the same stupid political garbage over ... : jrock
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    The first filter that I will officially turn off always! Woohoo! Much needed... I won't want to hear/ta... : TheNiXXeD
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      You are oppressing my right to free speech through automatic censorship!! *spittle+throbbing vein* : d fluke
      • Feel free to spout political/religous ramblings, I just won't listen! Free speech doesn't mean it doesn'... : TheNiXXeD
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  Informative this! : br3akn3ck1
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    Someone with sufficient moderator rights (geedeck, haiku, Sander, Steve, Maarten) will have to tag it. It : UtilityMaximizer
    • Oh, be gauche, UMax. You deserve it. : br3akn3ck1
    • Dude. Just tag it. I'd do it if I had the power. And it's an update. be flexible : Kaiser
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      Thanks haiku! : UtilityMaximizer
      • You don't have to take the "don't like infing my own posts" thing that far, you know! Just consider it li... : haiku
• NOOOOOOO DOn't ship us off to your filter ghetto!!!! You freaking fascists!!!!! How will I find out ab... : trove
• This is a very welcome change. Thanks guys. : jjlaw
• sander is going to have my anal babies. : seven
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  So like as far as copyrighted stuff, if I linked to a webpage that had a song in the background that was : Matto357
  • I admit nothing! : UtilityMaximizer
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  I'm absolutely thrilled with the new Politics/Religion filter. Thanks! : edlin
  • IAWTP!!!!111oneone : google
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  what if you post smart stuff while drunk? more power to you? : delataur
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    Yup, if we can't tell, then you are an awesome drunk, and deserve recognition. : UtilityMaximizer
    • Why thank you :D : dognose
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  *waits for complaint about how religion and politics should be seperate* : skynet
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    separation of church and state, you racist fascist! : Kaiser
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      ^--- personal attack please moderate : skynet
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        You shut up, you anarchist reactionary running dog revisionist, Hindu Muslim Catholic creation / evolutio... : UtilityMaximizer
        • ... : multisync
        • WTF UR FUCKEN DED : skynet
        • you forgot "transsexual nazi eskimo pig" : biskits
        • ok, Umax, slowly put down the coffee cup and step away.... : Matto357
        • Why you be freestyle hatin'? : sgtsanity
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          You could totally rap that, and I'd pop-n-lock to it. : seven
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            It's from the end of a Rush song. : UtilityMaximizer
            • Screw Rush, put a beat to that shit! : phlavor
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  ALSO the following are mods, but are not listed on the mod page (yet): Drucifer Kaiser Multisync ... : UtilityMaximizer
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    Yeah I'll get to that... soon. I think. : haiku
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      I'm anxious to see the new avatars. Especially multisync's. : edlin
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        Might be underwhelming. A little busy with other stuff these days. : haiku
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          shack photoshop competition ? : smellslikefish
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            Sounds like a good idea to me! : UtilityMaximizer
            • Oh, I have had something in mind for him, I just might not be able to execute it to the high level I anti... : haiku
    • Hippy slacker. : Carnivac
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    Kaiser offends my Jewish background : Phreakin
    • Just rethink it, he's named after a yeasty bread product. : trove
    • It's to balance out the sexninja!!!! affirmative action rules : Kaiser
  • I read Portax as Polansk and nearly shit a brick. : node
  • OH CRAP time to run : askedrelic
• THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! : haokah
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  2) Posting stupid stuff while drunk will result in a 24 hour "drunk tank ban". Sleep it off. I laug... : Silent Bob
  • we'd have to perma geedeck so we voted against it : multisync
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    So long as you are posting coherently, have fun. When it's clearly affecting your posting, we start getti... : UtilityMaximizer
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      I don't even smoke. :) I think intoxicated posts are funny though. : Silent Bob
      • Of course, but you're the brother of Internet Phenomenon Drunk Brother. : Sarcastro
    • polansk is a shack institution, every one of his threads pure gold. I'm therefore glad you made this exce... : node
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  I'm gonna have issues with #2 :( I only need 8 hours to sleep it off. : lordlobo
  • then you're not drunk enough to begin with!!!! : edgewise
  • We have, in the past, canceled such bans early when users have demonstrated a return to sobriety. : UtilityMaximizer
  • You seem to do a good job of handling it. Just make sure you don't make any announcements. You know, ... : edlin
• the politics/religious filter is awesome! yayayaya thanks! : El Tigre
• Hallelujah! Amen! A religon/politics filter! Thank you Sander! : Lightzout
• So basically what you are telling me is my pro bush trolls are going to fall upon deaf ears? FUCK. : skynet
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  So this means I can post the wonderous Total Annihilation soundtrack? : monohydrate
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    I think so, but I'm double checking just to make sure everyone agrees. As always, it's best to ask a mod ... : UtilityMaximizer
    • Good news if true! I went to all the trouble of finding links to the legal game mp3's a few days ago. ... : Anti_dentite
  • It is indeed a beautiful soundtrack. Jeremy Soule > * : stelth
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  Question about #1. Does this mean tracks from video game OSTs and Orchestral/Electronic/Live remixes are... : slax0r
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    Probably. We've recently allowed posts of the soundtrack from Outcast and some Mortal Combat music. And i... : UtilityMaximizer
    • Understood. Thanks for the clarification. : slax0r
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  RE: Duplicate topic threads If you go to the trouble of nuking and sending a message, couldn't the mod... : jake
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    Nope. We don't have that power. It would be nice, but it apparently opens us up to some sort of legal lia... : UtilityMaximizer
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      I think there's some technical reason in ja.zz why it can't be done too. *cue Sander "I can'na break t... : sgtsanity
      • Possibly; I know nothing about such things. : UtilityMaximizer
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  Can we get a sports filter someday? I would love to talk NFL with the rest of the shack like the old d... : TK-421
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    We talked about it a bit, but Sander stopped with the political/religious filter, and we're so happy with... : UtilityMaximizer
    • We still need a character account filter! ;) : Silent Bob
• I would just like to note that I feel responsible for #2. My apologies to all you other drunkies, I think... : pr_stealth
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  That's cool, I'm sure it will help some people out. Me personally, I don't care as I just collapse what ... : Scotty22
  • ^^same here : d fluke
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  We might make exceptions for really old articles (particularly old, obselete gaming articles), say, five : SpiderMonkey
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    A month or two is too close to the publication date as magazines generally have previews months before th... : Portax
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      Oh okay, my opinion was based mostly in the pattern that what worthwhile information is in the previews t... : SpiderMonkey
      • There's nothing wrong with summarising or paraphrasing information presented elsewhere, as long as you cr... : Carnivac
  • Yup, it's either going to be old, old magazine scans (particularly gaming magazines, since the games in t... : UtilityMaximizer
• Thank you Sander! \/ : Wolfanoz
• That's awesome! Thanks Sander! /turns off political/religion threads : ThomW
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  "2) Posting stupid stuff while drunk will result in a 24 hour "drunk tank ban". Sleep it off." Ill mak... : rosewood
  • hahaha this will never affect lordlobo. you cant tell when he's drunk : Degenerate
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    Shack needs a drunk tank page, where we can go look at all the drunks! : SatansLilHelper
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?person=Degenerate : Degenerate
  • It doesn't apply to spelling errors (since some people are just bad at that) , just when someone's like ... : Paranoid Android
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  Please tell me you're kidding, I can't jokingly call people hippies anymore?? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    If you're being insulting, no, you can't. If you're kidding around, you can. So if you get in a political... : UtilityMaximizer
    • Well, you're all a bunch of groovy hippies then! Party on! ;) : ThomW
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  What about other name calling, like, could I tell Fatman to "Stop being a rosewood" about something? : pres589
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    Hmmm, that would probably be tolerated. Also, all insults between Normality, Degenerate, Jedi27, and ... : UtilityMaximizer
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      Are they like the cutest shackers of all or something? : pres589
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        No, they just have a running joke going which consists of insulting each other. : UtilityMaximizer
        • Most days it's just Jedi vs everyone that whoops his ass at Xbox Live (read: everyone on Xbox Live) : ThomW
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  I'd say all of those are fine except for 4. I once got a nuke for a "personal attack" that was in good hu... : rand04
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    If you were nuked for a joke, explain it to the mods and we'll probably unnuke you. Unless, of course, we... : UtilityMaximizer
    • fair enough, can't remember who it was now but they didn't believe me. :( : rand04
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  What about foreign mp3's? Can I continue streaming that stuff? Also, can we post foreign music videos? : hxman2k
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    So long as it's not covered by the RIAA or MPAA, yes. But the burden lies on you to show that it's kosher... : UtilityMaximizer
    • ok, I'll make sure to check they are not part of the RIAA or the MPAA : hxman2k
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  Yay for politics thread! I've wanted this for so long, because American politics just have no meaning to ... : Entity
  • Yay for politics filter... Dammit. : Entity
• thank GOD for the political/religion filter!! oh and thanks to sander+shack. this is great :) : pyide
• hey guys! i'm drunk! not really : fsck
• Holy crap sweet. I never have to see Michaeal Moore or George Bush in a thread again. :) : xocsida

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• 9/10. Mixed up Nile and Amazon. : cajuncook
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  8/10 Missed 1,10. : Busta J
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    How many noble gases did you think we had? : action roommate
    • I didn't get that one either, but we didn't go over that in grades 8-10 chemisty (that I remember, anyway... : timmie
    • Heh, I'm in the middle of a chemistry class in summer school so that one was easy. :) : slax0r
• 7/10. lol. : orgcaptainnemo
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  That was too easy. : Sexpansion Pack
  • iawtp : pyide
• 10/10. Had to guess on some of em :P : Stage
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  oh my. I got 10/10. : verbatim
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    Now, did you know, or did you guess like Stage? ;) : action roommate
    • I only guessed on the last question. : verbatim
• 7 on 10 whoa impressive considering i never did shit at school : Utopia
• yay 10/10 : alexthegreat2
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  9/10 Ii thought that the Mississippi River was the longest : Kiriakos
  • American BIAS! : Sparhawk6
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  Wow, 9/10 and I skipped most of school, eventually dropping out :( : iamgoat
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    Ever go back? GED? : action roommate
    • Not yet, maybe if I decide to go to college (nothing I don't really regret). : iamgoat
• 9 of 10, I put 2nr instead of nr^2 : Matto357
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  what do I get for 10/10? : hxman2k
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    msync will toss your salad. : action roommate
    • oh great, cant wait : hxman2k
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  9/10. Missed the one about the industrial revolution. I thought it was at the turn of the century (earl... : slax0r
  • That's when assembly line stuff started kicking in - maybe what you were thinking of? : action roommate
• 9/10,...Nile : Sparhawk6
• Bah 9/10 damn. I blame my chemistry teacher. : pigvomit
• I got 10/10, noble gas one was the only one I was not totally sure about. Damn Chemistry. : TreMetal
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  6/10 - mainly pwned by the American questions. Knew the maths question but answered wrong, and had no clu... : SpaecKow
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    although I did score a bit better, it showed that I was never taught the history of America in detail. ... : aaarrrgh
    • Yeah, in school we learnt Australian history (which is horribly boring and insubstantial) and never even ... : SpaecKow
• 10/10 : filtersweep
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  8/10. Got the miosis/mitosis mixed up, and fucked up the industrial revolution one. (the industrial rev... : riptyde
  • Yeah, with the loom and printing press and shit. : SpaecKow
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  10/10, but that was damn easy. : fosbravado
  • Ya, but I think it all depends on your proximity to high school. I graduated in 97, and I certainly reme... : action roommate
• 10/10 : busdriver3030
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  2/10. Who the fuck was Rosefelt? : Alec Matias
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    some liberal who started handing out money to freeloaders : AllYourBase
    • Yeah, fucking dirty hippies. : Matto357
    • me wants free moneyz : hxman2k
  • o_0 : action roommate
• 7/10, yay school taught me nothing! : Shadowdane
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  6/10. If not for Alec i'd be the dumbest person in this thread. :( Can't believe i missed the "world's... : genjuro
  • I know all the periodic elemets and their symbols. I still remember this from 9th grade. : hxman2k
• 10/10... do I get a free iPodcookie? : Dimmona
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  9/10, wrong river... pretty sure we never went over that :( : artillery
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    Same. But I also missed the American amendment thing. : carrioN luggagE
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      wow that's a bad one to miss : artillery
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        For a non-American? I honestly didn't care when I clicked it. It was pretty much a guess. : carrioN luggagE
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          oh non-american, that's fine then :) : artillery
          • Oddly enough, I was dead certain of the Roosevelt question, just having finished reading The Winds of War... : carrioN luggagE
• 9/10. I always fuck up miosis/mitosis... probably not a good thing since I'm gonna be an enviro sci. majo... : sabadog
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  9/10 blew it with Amazon : peter
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    yeah, same here : zerofunk
    • Me too.... : Sebastian Sylvan
• 9/10 blew it with homer/virgil : AllYourBase
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  7/10, missed the river, industrial revolution, and cell biology questions. : king_darius
  • stupid amazon.com making us believe it's one of the biggest online stores thus leading us to believe it's... : wishfulthinker

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• You'll probably be underwhelmed if you're expecting a lot. That always happens to me with movies I hear w... : darweidu
• It's got Jack Bauer in it. It's cool. seriously - it's a pretty sweet movie IMO. : surround
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  expect to be entertained. : moogoperator
  • this is the best approach ... very interesting flick, just go with the flow. : ghost hacker
• wtf, what do you mean what should you expect? just watch the movie if you are finding it interesting : kgargonmagrix79
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  it's PRE fucking matrix : rand04
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    He meant that the matrix was influenced by dark city, and he said as much in parentheses... Apparently h... : jason e
    • I'm just sayin' : rand04
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      very true. it's been mentioned a couple of times in different places, and today I saw a direct comparison... : Fraxxxi
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        Well, I think they used the same rooftop set or something like that... : sgtsanity
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          http://www.gougoule.com/darkmatrix/ : Fraxxxi
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            I always thought the cinematography was similar but wow... : rand04
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              Matrix == Dark City with more fighting... jesus. : orgcaptainnemo
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                LOOK AT THOSE That's incredible, some of it is off... but CHRIST. I lost much respect for the Matrix jus... : orgcaptainnemo
                • their philosophy was pretty much stolen from a multitude of sources, their shots were copied from dark ci... : Fraxxxi
• Dark City 1998 -- Matrix 1999 it very Orwellian... kinda like Brazil. : Kniggit
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  The Matrix and Dark City didn't influence each other, but they did have a bunch of crew members in common... : Kerath
  • They're both great modern film noirs... I'd say that any director looking to make a film noir would be i... : jason e
  • I remember watching it a while back ages ago and finding loads in common, particularly in the choreograph... : rand04
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    Bullshit, http://www.gougoule.com/darkmatrix/ : orgcaptainnemo
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      pretty interesting, but if the movies are a year apart there's no way they could steal that many ideas, u... : ermac
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        Really only one or two of those shots could be "stolen". The rest are reaching pretty far. I could find s... : Ben Barker
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          Yeah, that's the thing. In a film noir, you sort of have to expect to have nightime shots of things like ... : darweidu
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            That themes in the Matrix and Dark City are thousands of years old though. It's basic mythic structure. : Ben Barker
            • I'll "basic mythic structure" you!!! *shakes fist angrily* : darweidu
    • Most of those are bullshit that you could do with almost any two passing similar movies. And as I already... : Kerath
• None of the above. Just a cool film with a neat twist. Not much like the matrix either. Sit back and enjo... : node
• a great movie : wtf242
• watching dark city now. what should I expect, apart from a massive matrix influence (m. influenced by d. : jason e
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  I love dark city. such great imagery. Excellent story, and I loved the ending the first time I saw it. (a... : hirez
  • I enjoyed the movie as well and I missed the first half. Saw it on TV one night. : Chod
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  That blonde chick from Alias season 3 gets topless in the movie. : TwiLyght
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    I don't watch alias, but any movie with jennifer connellly : Fraxxxi
    • fucking reflexes -fraxxxi "... is worth a shot" : Fraxxxi
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  expect an annoying soundtrack that never stops : pyide
  • the soundtrack is excellent :( : d fluke
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  MATRIX IS INFLUENCED BY DARK CITY : personaljesus
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    WELCOME TO MY FIRST POST, CAPTAIN OBVIOUS! : Fraxxxi
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      WUT? : personaljesus
      • I misread it too. :( : rand04
  • No, it's not. : Kerath
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  Expect a good movie. Except for Kiefer Sutherland's overacting. : briareos99
  • Such a good observation. It was the only annoying thing for me in the movie. : personaljesus
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    Fuck that his acting was perfect. Every part in the movie was "overacted." You know why? Because these... : jason e
    • I dug Sutherland in that performance. This was an action adventure film - colorful characters are a must.... : SpaecKow
• what's wrong with you people.. just watch the damned thing and find out. : ThrillKill
• I <3 Dark City. One of my favorite movies. "Do you know the way to Shell Beach?" : Snifter_42
• It was pretty good up until the end. Almost felt like they ran out of material and tried to quickly get ... : Kiriakos
• I fell asleep watching that movie....which was a very very freaky thing to have happen, now that I think ... : sammyl