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  strip club sounds great to me! : Prozium
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    Is the Fox Trot still open? I had a friend in elementary school who's father owned that place. : riptyde
    • I dunno. I'm from Tucson actually. : Prozium
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    Too bad Christies got thier liquor license. but ther are others as well. : Awun
    • test : Awun
• BUMP : MikkleThePickle
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  I want to attend this one damnit, and you better take me with you, Prozium. : MurrayTheSkull
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    lol, I also talked to troublefree on the phone earlier and he's also interested in a Shackmeet : MikkleThePickle
    • good. make sure to inform GaryTheLlama and KillSwitch too. : MurrayTheSkull
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  I live in Phoenix. Doubt I'd be able to make it to a Shackmeet though :( : Katarn3279
  • hmmm that sucks, why not? : MikkleThePickle
• I'm down. : cack
• Me! Sorry it took so long to respond! : troublefree
• Im here in the Phx area. : KillSwitchEngaged002
• I'm here in Phoenix... shackmeet would be awesome. I know a few gamers from the local net cafe that woul... : spyrext
• I'm in Phx also. I'm a broke ass mutha fucka these days so I don't know if I'd be attending. Just wanted ... : Silent Bob
• re-bump : MikkleThePickle

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• Sorry, this was meant as a reply to http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8505509 : Dimecross
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  It's an incredibly lame stance to take and even now upsets me greatly.. not because I can't play the game... : gyvoji
  • Hopefully if enough people files complaints they might change their policy. Personally this is reason en... : tariqc

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  Yes, you have to buy another copy. That's how it works. Damn those greedy bastards. : slacko
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    No shit? I can get the whole it's your account, manage it responsibly.. but that seems a bit, um, gay. ... : gyvoji
    • Yeah, that's what I've heard too. Cancel your FFXI account, fine, but if you cancel your Playonline acco... : slax0r
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      Yeah the policy sucks. Anyway the game is a major major time sink, at least you can be glad that you don'... : slacko
      • Well if it's fucked it's fucked, not a huge deal..it was something to fill the void till WoW came out, bu... : gyvoji
    • post a comment of playonline or send Square Enix a complait. If enough people voice their opinions they m... : Cpt. Baseballbat
• I mis-replied, but go here for my 2 cents: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8506066 : Dimecross

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  gah, forgot to hit reply on another post... *sigh* : persecutor
  • Go to your Shack options and check "Auto Reply." :) : fechols
• 6)Werd is up. : Rauol Duke

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• UT2K4, IMHO, is the best shooter on the planet. : Salad Sammich
• i played it alot a few months ago then i got hooked again this weekend with some great games at a lan. i... : khroma
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  give deathball a try sometime : pyide
  • http://deathball.net/index.php?cat=info&pid=1 : pyide

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• i hate donuts : moogoperator

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  Netflix needs to start offering video games. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    http://gamefly.com : cajuncook
    • Yes, I know all about Gamefly. But I'd like to be able to queue up movies or games from the same place, ... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I would just like to be able to copy stuff off of my TiVo onto my computer the way God intended without h... : Thresher
• true that ... a Tivo will jump up on my "plan to buy" list a whole lot. : Nation
• Netflix owns me. Gamefly owns me. If I could download DVDs to a Tivo then Netflix would double own me. : mrwolf710

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• i've never had any trouble with mine. Why do yours have to be a certain way up? You might want to try... : chazums
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  Flip them, if they still dont fit right you either got fucked up misshapened contacts or fucked up missha... : Rauol Duke
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    Well, the doc said I have an astygmatism, and there's nothing my contacts can do abbout that...I'm wonder... : Phearsome
    • Get a new doc, because the one you have now doesn't know what they're talking about. :P I have astigm... : amankhan
• Try a different brand. : amankhan
• Nope, not a single shacker wears contacts. :( : Delusional
• Just keep wearing them. You'll get used to them. As far as being inside out, some brands have a lit... : xocsida
• I wear mine up to 20 hours a day and never have any problems. Are you changing them every 2 weeks? : tcxsnoop

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• omg.. #3 & #5 are the best! : Megara9
• I have a doggy movie too! http://www.goodheadbeer.net/images/atari/MVI_0578.AVI : Degenerate
• AWW PUPPAY. Give that little runt a haircut! :) Molly looks exactly like my buddy's Shi-Tzu. : Salad Sammich
• it's an Ewok! : AssGoblin
• Molly? You need to name a dog like that something along the lines of "Killer" or something. 'Cause it'... : SwiftyPants
• :D :D :D!!!!! : moe6
• I do believe that is a Lhasa Apsa : dextius

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• I doubt the music would be stored server side... stream all that to the user? Probably stored in a compre... : TheNiXXeD

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  5) Nobody is responding to your shackposts. : Delusional
  • We need approval from an entirely different, third guy. : finalthrill
• you don't work for northrup grumman do you? (home of the "process, but no results") : dextius

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  *crickets chirping* : riptyde
  • hehehe, come on now, that was pretty funny.. : dextius

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  reason why florida is not a place to live. sure it's nice, palm trees, beaches... but that entire hurrica... : reverend~heresy
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    Yea, it's stupid to live in a tropical state because once every ten years, you'll get directly hit by a h... : Alec Matias
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      All good points. However, people who live in trailers aren't the brightest bulbs in the box. : jjlaw
      • plus once you reach a certain age you figure you're due to die soon anyways, and might as well be somepla... : Megara9
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      As if there's no smog in Florida? Sorry, but Orlando and Miami are both pretty big cities. Florida is o... : myLeftTesticleofFury
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        Earthquakes are much like hurricanes; they don't happen enough to make you think, "Hmm, better not live t... : Alec Matias
        • Man, I don't know what you're talking about. My car (Mustang) is totally not suited for driving in any so... : TheNiXXeD
        • Bad hurricanes seem to happen more often than bad earthquakes though. Or maybe I'm crazy, quite possible. : zerofunk
        • Bottom line is that, in terms of potential natural disasters that will cause a large amount of widespread : myLeftTesticleofFury
  • Hasn't Florida been hit 5 times since the beginnng of the season??? : Yabrodan
  • That and the godawful humidity and insects. But there are a lot of babes down there. Hmmm. =\ : jrock
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  :( that really sucks. how bad is the damage to the EVO? :( : AssGoblin
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    theres about a foot long half foot wide dent over the passenger side in the roof..i'm sure it can be fixe... : mattfl
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      ouch. It's always going to be there in the back of your mind, no matter how perfect the repair. I put a... : AssGoblin
      • ya..i had even pulled my car up farther in my garage to protect it from the door..if i had parked it wher... : mattfl
    • Frances is pissed you didn't buy an STI : LucyLuBot
    • Pops-A-Dent! : Alec Matias
• Sorry to hear. Shit, I get the willies just looking at satellite pictures of that bitch, never mind bein... : Salad Sammich
• Time to start making houses out of metal. : Nullzero
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  Very sorry to hear that. :( At least you are OK...the rest can be fixed. Seriously, your house is mo... : Force[FED]
  • ya i've got calls into insurance for both things..i also have to call FEMA today and hopefully they'll pa... : mattfl
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  Did I not repeatedly say that you need to get out of the way of a freaking hurricane? : Clay
  • yes you did :( If ivan makes its way towards me, i'm getting the fuck outta here. : mattfl
• >:( lame, dude. : FrayLo
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  We had two Tornadoes hit here in south GA last night (hurricane spin-offs), one was a couple of miles fro... : Normality
  • eep. well, on the bright side, at least he CAN call you : Clay
  • ouch..sucks to hear that man :( : mattfl
  • That sucks:( It rained a good bit up at my house. Some wind, but nothing bad we sit kinda low anyway so o... : zerofunk
  • tornadoes - one of those things that I hope I'm never near because I'd be both freaked out and fascinated... : Megara9

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• I thought Burnout 3's soundtrack looked fantastic. Better than that horrible RnB hip hop shit EA seem to ... : marmite
• One of my biggest gripes with Burnout2 was that none of the cars were similar in stats... such that whene... : sixfoot6

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• I hate people like that. >:( ::shares pain:: : jrock
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  Yeah we didn't have this problem with DOS, it kept the stupids away. The GUI interface doesn't help to t... : hube
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    OMG! you are the winner! I've said that for years.. to bad about your NFL2k5 game : enigmatic
    • I'm in First last place Watchout ! : hube
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  http://www.apple.com/macosx/ I'd like to see them TRY to do that with an OSX box. they would fail. ... : Toraz Chryx
  • Well, if Apple released a version of it for my Athlon XP 1800+, I might be interested. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    yeah, but if the machine is too slow to immediately display the visual feedback, then that doesn't solve ... : moshman
    • Except there's no such thing as a Mac that WILL run MacOS X that's too slow to display the visual feedbac... : Toraz Chryx
  • That's not the OS's fault necessarily, but if the programs had at least a splash screen, the user would k... : TheNiXXeD
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    MS could easily add a delay option between shortcut executions that could be setup within the shortcut it... : spl
    • That would just end up pissing off the guys that WANT three browsers open tho'.. and is basically bad UI ... : Toraz Chryx
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  OCTACLICK'D : Matto357
  • omg lol too bad those stories are all gone with the database crash man those stories were fucking hill... : evil-cow
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  Heheh, I had one of those moments last week. There was some kind of application server we host for Custo... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • LOL.. omg that's gorgeous ;) : Megara9
  • hahaha are you a schoolteacher? : cap n KRUNCH
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  those are the people you upgrade FIRST. if only to get them from calling the help desk.. : *metal*
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    It would be cheaper to buy a $4 pillow and smother her. :( : Salad Sammich
    • ^^^^ Ounce of Prevention vs. A Pound of Cure <- right here folks : Clay
• my best story is going out to a customer with a 'broken' key board to find out that the cable was trappe... : chazums
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  that just shows how his/hers computer sucks, and the company management should be shot. How the helll can... : BigT
  • All most of them do is use Word and Outlook. The people that actually work on their machines have much b... : Salad Sammich
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    Our Senior Manager's secretary has the best computer in the building because she's the one who orders the... : Old_Fart
    • hahahhahahahaha, im the one that orders the computers for my group. but mine isnt the best (damn good tho... : nurall
    • uh... get a new JERB? we all get dell D800 laptops here. : spectr3

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  I'm just waiting on my phone call from EB. Then I have to drive 40 stinking miles in the remnants of Fran... : Degenerate
  • But you could get some burninating practice driving before actually getting the game ;) You'll have th... : finalthrill
• bumpity bump - no news? : finalthrill

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  don't send flowers, plan a special activity instead.. a steak & wine picnic at the zoo or something. : Megara9
  • bring grilled dead animals to the zoo? warped. I like it. : TheArtMan
• I always use FTD.com, there hella expensive so I only use them when I screwup pretty bad. But they are n... : hube
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  www.1800flowers.com : warsaw
  • I've used this several times. : c0bra
• www.cookiegrams.com cookies on long stems delivered in plain white box. cookies are the best cookie... : evil-cow
• It's your wife's birthday and you're just now trying to figure this out? Sigh.... : kevp
• I've used both FTD.com and 1-800-flowers.com in the past. : Salad Sammich
• I hope these help you. I got a lot of good responses: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8492024 http:/... : dltrem
• www.kabloom.com Cheaper than the bigger sites and I've never had any problems. : silent77
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  it's a trap. they always want real presents. : Clay
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    Not with her. She said she'd be mad (as we're on a somewhat limited budget these days) if I went and bou... : Vincent Grayson
    • Sounds like a very selfless person. That's pretty cool. : dltrem
    • wow, nice...Clay's post was my first thought as well : cap n KRUNCH
• www.interflora.com. sent roses to gf in finland earlier this year. was really quick too. : moe6

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• http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2196 don't forget SLI : chazums

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• This isn't the same trailer I saw... Link? : sgtsanity
• Then he digs out of the rubble using only his fabulous hair, and then weeps silently in the corner, befor... : Rauol Duke
• wut? : I=O=N

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  best NWS thread http://fohguild.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=4328&perpage=40&pagenumber=1 : forgetoo
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    thanks but I'm straight. : Megara9
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      Hmm, I thought all females were bi? : spectr3
      • too much anime in your diet : Megara9
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        this is true. Don't deny it Megara. You know you love teh box. : xocsida
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          actually I would LOVE an XBox : Megara9
          • thats like 150 pages of seminude/nude chicks.. what is it you are again? : forgetoo
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  isketch?? im fucking bored and stuck in this stupid class.... : evil-cow
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    that would be great but I can't DL shockwave at work :( : Megara9
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      :(((( im sitting in a class learning how to creat folders and how to save files in them freshly create... : evil-cow
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        lol.. how'd you end up in a class like THAT? : Megara9
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          colleges are evil like that. I took "Introduction to information systems" which was described as "The fo... : Phearsome
          • my course is called Business Computer Applications I course description: Students learn to produce m... : evil-cow
          • wow, I'm surprised they didn't let you test out of it. : Megara9
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  Name your poison woman! : Phil
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    um.. Nathan Fillion + Heath Ledger : Megara9
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      Having a kid emergency (nothing major) but I gotta run up to his school for a bit. I'll see what I can f... : Phil
      • you da man, Phil! :) : Megara9
      • These kinds of posts always make me slightly uncomfortable. : dltrem
      • damn Phil loves donning his NWS suit : cap n KRUNCH

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• This is my kind of evil :) : Megara9
• I thought the real trick to being the best worker in the office was to brew decaf for everyone else, and ... : TheNiXXeD
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  If you kill the joe, you makes some 'mo! : asylumn
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    You know you can't bring that weakass stuff up in this humpity-bumpity! You kill the joe, you make some '... : sgtsanity
    • lol i forgot all about that. terrible terry tate is the man : Clay
    • easily the best commercial ever : theWhite
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  office guerilla tactics 101 : nyranger66
  • Chapter 2: Janitor's Closet... or Personal Lounge? : silent prophet
• Nice, you need to give us an update on how this affects the work ethic/scream sessions at your office.. h... : Hiro
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  Wouldn't you just want one filter? : mofo
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    no cuz the longer the water is in contact w/ the coffee the more caffeine seeps out into it : Megara9
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      oic. : mofo
      • also, you know that rainbow sheen on the top of strong coffee? Those are the essential oils from the bea... : Phearsome
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  ... Thank god i don't drink coffee. : spectr3
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    no freaking kidding...all I need is some hot water : cap n KRUNCH
    • ...err for the tea stupid mouse button mapped to 'enter' : cap n KRUNCH

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• lol 6600GT w/P4 verses 6800Ultra w/Athlon64 LOL : Toraz Chryx
• hahahah, would it have been that fucking hard for them to use the same system to benchmark? : Old_Fart
• Wow that's a lot of work for no real info at all. GJ. : nomaad

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  Why don't we just fuck up columbia? : LucyLuBot
  • because where would I get my fucking blow from then? :( : seven
  • we still love them for their coffee. : Megara9
• Kind of a shame they can't export like they used to. Talk about a cash crop. =P : jrock
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  It's not so much..you'd still be trying to score at 7am next mornin : nrgXs
  • Hahahaha : Hiro

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• I've been in school for three weeks already, so HAHAHA : nomaad
• as opposed to those of us who have neevbr stopped working? <sniffle> : Phearsome

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• Muse - Absolution is a great cd. : ashke
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  Juno Reactor is a pretty good one. : jimmy-buffett
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    Ugh, that Lost in Space song "stop the rock" turned my stomach.. Is there other stuff better? : dextius
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      If it's the song I'm thinking off.. That was Apollo 440. : cr00kedview
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        Yeah, that was Apollo 440. Juno Reactor did the theme and The Creatures "On Another Planet" remix. : yonderboy
        • Yeah, I'm an idiot.. thx ;-) : dextius
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      And Orbital wasn't hit or miss too? There were 3-4 tracks one ach Orbital CD that I really loved, 3-4 th... : jimmy-buffett
      • I mis-spoke earlier about Juno Reactor.. But to answer your question... Snivilisation (only one bad tr... : dextius
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  prefuse 73 and four tet are two of my current favorites : pupismyname
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    Oooh.. Four Tet did the skittbrain remix of Radiohead's Scatterbrain.. Their other stuff is like this? : dextius
    • yes : pupismyname
  • Also, rjd2's "since we last spoke". A little funkier and more sentimental than prefuse 73 and a little le... : darweidu
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  if you want some good electronic music for a change you can check out these guys, although they are nothi... : arizona bay
  • Oribital != crap. : unlurker
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    Ouch. I'd hardly say "Snivilisation" is crap, but I'll respect that you have your own opinion.. meanie..... : dextius
    • well since all music is subjective, when i say crap i was just speaking for myself. : arizona bay
  • You hav eno idea what you are talking about. In fact, I just punched you in the balls. : spl
  • I never understood the hate for big beat...it was so popular in England for a long time and now its gone ... : cap n KRUNCH
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  take a listen to: http://www.philosomatika.com:8030 there's a ton of good electronic music out that... : esmokah
  • woops, not that, try this one: http://www.philosomatika.com/Philosomatika.pls they have some good s... : esmokah
• Juno Reactor and Front Line Assembly are my favs. : Adrenaline
• Daft Punk, BT, Crystal Method, Basement Jaxx. : ArbyBean
• no love for chemical brothers? : xphil
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  Techno, with few exceptions, is such rubbish compared to trance. Get you some real edm. =p : jrock
  • What? You must be smoking something. Techno, (real techno, Dylan Drazen, Umek, Tim Xavier, Mauro Picott... : Hiro
• Squarepusher Barbara Morgenstern .. she might be touring the states soon with -> Telefon Tel Aviv : industro
• Go buy some BT. Go. Go now. : silent prophet
• Fluke - Six Wheels on my Wagon, Risotto, Puppy : cap n KRUNCH

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  Might need to turn it on in the BIos : chazums
  • it is : nurall
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  Win2k doesn't support Hyperthreading properly for some reason. You'll end up taking a performance hit if... : Arcanum
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    would just upgrading to xp-pro do. or do i have to start from scrach so windows can detect the "second cp... : nurall
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      XP Pro would do it, It's not _that_ substantial a difference in most cases tho' : Toraz Chryx
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        so just leave it alone? i do have the computer set up the way i like it and running great. just noticed h... : nurall
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          If you go into task manager... how many cpu usage charts do you see? : Toraz Chryx
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            one : nurall
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              was Hyperthreading turned on in the bios when Windows 2000 was installed? odds are it wasn't and 2000 ... : Toraz Chryx
              • no, windows was installed with my previous cpu. bought new mobo/cpu about 3 wks ago. : nurall
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    some reason? Windows 2000 release date = 1999 first Xeons with Hyperthreading = 2001 : Toraz Chryx
    • don't you go bringing logic into this thread. : Clay
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  What does hyper threading do? : dltrem
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    essentially gives you a second CPU gives about 50% performance bonus according to PR about 15%-20% in... : chazums
    • Thank you. : dltrem
• Windows 2000 doesn't know what hyperthreading is. short version: its scheduler doesn't know that it do... : Toraz Chryx

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• Paging dognose! : Hiro

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  The price is good, but what you do with this? I don't see the use. : bargeld
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    It would be useful for any PC tech that moves around a lot. A portable USB2 burner would be awesome. : Degenerate
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      USB2 isn't that common either though, is it? Only a modern sytem would have it. : bargeld
      • but its backward compatible so it'll still work : Degenerate
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  Firewire > USB2.0 : Toraz Chryx
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    maybe so but theres USB ports on every PC sold now. : Degenerate
    • Yeah, but there's Firewore ports on all the GOOD ones ;) : Toraz Chryx
• And burned DVD's and was filled with candy amirite? : Rauol Duke
• they always sell refurbs :( : epit
• so make one yourself. Buy a USB 2.0 enclosure and put a burner in it. : Old_Fart

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• You enjoyed it because you're not a film critic. : Alec Matias
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  Stop looking at Liv Tyler's near naked body and you'll begin to hate it. : genjuro
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    not at all - It's entertaining shit. : seven
    • Entertaining shit, the pinnacle of 21st century cinema! : spl
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    Woah, wait. She gets naked in it? : Salad Sammich
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      bra and jeans >:( : genjuro
      • wut? That's not even HALF naked. I'm shocked you'd overlook this essential a detail, genjuro. : Megara9
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        Ahh, I missed the "near" part of your post. Once I saw "Liv Tyler' and 'naked' in the same sentence, not... : Salad Sammich
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          The only consolation is that she's soaking wet. : genjuro
          • she's actually a little... heavier in this... : seven
• Go see Garden State. It's good stuff. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I liked it too. Best part was when J.Lo kicked the bucket. thank god! : El Tigre
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    OMG SPOILERS I CANT GO ON NOW OH THE HUMANITY ITS LIKE WHEN I FOUND OUT ABOUT SANTA OH NOESSSSSSS : Phil
    • bitch take your premsyn! : AssGoblin

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• that is HOT : Clay
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  Woof. I'd hate to be the guy in charge of securing that thing. :) : Salad Sammich
  • paging Zoesch :) : moshman
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  That's only inaccurate if you consider largest in terms of land area. If you talk about largest number of... : Sze Ior
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    what are you talking about : Clay
    • He's talking about the definition of "large" as in, large landmass with WiFi, or large userbase with wifi... : Hiro

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• yes very funny : Str8Dog
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  I'm almost done with season 3! One of the greatest TV shows I've ever seen (though I think I liked seaso... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    IIRC SciFi cut their budget starting with Season 3... : Str8Dog
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      why did that happen? Wasn't it getting good ratings? And when does the miniseries premiere? : DonkeyPopsicle
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        October 17 : pimpium
        • My birthday. I don't know what this post is responding too but I saw October 17 and that's my birthday. : dltrem