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• Well, hello there! : -efx-

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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8785076 : jahulio2
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13940846 : -efx-

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• dude. you're getting a dell. : hirez
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  Laptops do not universally suck for gaming. : Ebu
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    while this may be true, dollar for dollar they lose consistently : jimmy-buffett
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      For $2k he can get a quite servicable gaming laptop. : Ebu
      • http://www1.us.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspn_xps?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs : Ebu
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    i play cs : source and doom3 on my laptop 1.5 Ghz Pentium- M 512 DDR400 ATi 9600 PRO Turbo (128 mb) ... : evil-cow
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      What brand and model? : Dechter
      • Dell Inspiron 8600 : evil-cow
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  I would have to say a PC. You have the widest user base and software base plus you will have some mone... : digitaljihad
  • I'm the exact opposite. This powerbook has been a godsend in school. It does pretty much everything I wan... : Delithio
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  A laptop to take notes in class? lol : google
  • I saw this in the movie "legally blond" I guess it's normal :| : larcho
  • A few nerds do this in my classes. : vodor
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    everyone has a laptop to take notes in the class my wife teaches at law school. : hirez
    • Truth is they all have tiny webcams and post to their female teacher fetish sites. : Hello Kitty
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    For law, its basically a requirement. : Morgin
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      Good luck using it to actually take notes, be sure to block Shacknews in your host file =P Most people I... : google
      • This is what I see too. For about 90% of the people, it's probably detrimental, since there are too many ... : darweidu
  • only wankers use laptops during lecture : arizona bay
• Powerbook - period. I'm a PC nut, but I will be getting mine here shortly. : TaXXuS
• Personally I lean towards PC's. Apple makes really nice stuff, but I can't remember the last time I saw ... : Toxy
• www.powernotebooks.com www.discountlaptops.com Definately get a PC. While I appreciate and have som... : Judicus
• I'd say PC...much wider base of programs to choose from, but it's really a personal choice. Try before yo... : tostador

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  the same works with HeMan : drucifer
  • HeMan was softcore gay porn! Just look at the guy! Big, muscle-bound guy with a big cat and a huge secr... : RatBastard
  • Fisto! : haccess
• examples?? : plastiqued
• You overestimate your RA's originality :) http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=my+little+pony+o... : unlurker
• I rather liked the "Rock band, racehorse, or porno?" game that a radio station ran a few years back. : nurglich
• That quiz was put on brunching.com in 1998 http://brunching.com/pornorpony.html : schneee

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• http://www.linksys.com/products/product.asp?grid=33&scid=35&prid=615 : BulletPro
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  sure its not the MS wireless zero config causing problems? : hirez
  • I say this because my gaming comp is 3 walls away from my WRT54g, and has low signal strength, but plays ... : hirez
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  I can understand you most likely have very good reasons, but my inner geek shudders at introducing unnece... : DoubleAught()
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    its probably my fat pipe (10mb), but i have no lag on my wireless set up. : hirez
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      no lag, or no additional lag? point being, I'd always go for the lowest ping possible.... but in practic... : DoubleAught()
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        I can get 10ms pings to the EA battlefield servers. so I'd say no lag. : hirez
        • fuck, dude. ... FUCK. that's nice. : DoubleAught()

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• show will suck when he's forced into a more "mainstream" role =/ : badrocket
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  That's what I was wondering. I really hope the entire Conan staff moves over. : zuga
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    Me too, Leno's writing has never really been that great, but some of Conan's humor is a little too obscur... : BrodieMan
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      I remember the days when the "shocking" David Letterman was given his mainstream slot. He didn't have to ... : Borzoi
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        The problem isn't what Conan does is "shocking", it's just that he has a sort of oddball sense of humor w... : nukewinter
        • notice the quotation marks...believe me, 20 years ago Dave Letterman seemed just as off the beaten path a... : Borzoi
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  He's gotta move to Cali too... : jimmy-buffett
  • yeah, that alone will probably work against him since a lot of the writers and sketch performers come fro... : ttyRazor
• Just please if there is any mercy in the world.... don't let Carson Daly progress ANY FURTHER!!!! : digitaljihad
• They had better let him keep all the crew he wants. It wouldn't be the same without the band, Joel the ... : Turd Ferguson
• if those fuckers change conan i will no longer watch : ingentis

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  Here comes Star Wars HD on Blu-Ray discs... : tommysgun
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    It's so detailed you can see all of the fx are made out of money! : walker270
    • lol! : WorkParticle
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  if a blu-ray player can play dvd's, cd's etc, then fine, but if it cant, everyone should be using hd-dvd ... : grimiv
  • Compatibility The BDF announced that, while it was not compulsory for manufacturers, Blu-ray lasers an... : Chunks
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  I honestly can't see people being ready for a format change so soon after DVD. : peanut-
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    It'll be much smoother than VHS -> DVD. They'll be selling movies on DVD for a while yet. : nomaad
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      I don't see it though. People have just accepted DVD - they've just got their players for under the TV a... : peanut-
      • HDTV is going to be required by next year. People will get used to that kind of quality and be ready for ... : Ratsofatsorat
• HVD has one terabyte storage capacity, damn this blu-ray stuff http://www.optware.co.jp/english/what_0... : SlamDunk
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  just as you said a while back.. and Fred Garvin was having none of it, more like "suck it Fred Garvin" : moshman
  • That guy must be a troll/character account, there is no other explanation. : moz

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  I don't get why he is a jackass. That part confuses me. He may be stupid, okay. Straight-up .... Im no... : rosewood
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    I suppose the jackass part comes in because, why would anyone do that to themselves? There have been stu... : Guava D
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      yeah, but how many people go to the cinema as opposed to reading clinical journals? : moshman
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        Going to the movies every day for 4 weeks won't give you a heart attack... provided you stay away from th... : Guava D
        • Oops, sorry, misunderstod your post. Point taken. I guess if it's the only way to reach the mass public... : Guava D
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          Haha, I don't think this is what Moshman meant. He was referring to exposure to information. : bargeld
          • Yeah, read my next reply. I corrected myself. : Guava D
      • It's not even a matter of reading clinical journals... the facts about fast food health effects are ever... : Guava D
    • We are in a pretty sad state, and the movie did work. It's opened up a fast food debate all across the wo... : {Venger}
• I think it was a great movie. It's the extent of how bad junkfood really is for you, which I think was th... : kramweil
• The eating Maccas stuff wasn't the main focus of the movie for me, it was that the US (and Australia to a... : red2lucas
• That was not really the actual point of the film but whatever... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• i have not eaten McDonalds in over 2 years. Will never eat it again. : ghost hacker
• A lot of people think that because there's salad on a big mac it is healthy. Dont underestimate the stupi... : {Venger}
• you don't get the point do you? He was trying to prove just HOW bad it is, that it gets you addicted and... : moshman
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  Actually he's the Michael Moore of docu... no wait Michael Moore doesn't make documentaries he just calls... : balaams_ass
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    MICHAEL MOORE IS FAT! : bargeld
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      Yeah but he doesn't make documentaries. : balaams_ass
      • doublethink! doubleplus good. : 60days
      • they're editorials : nurall
    • http://i.a.cnn.net/cnn/2004/EDUCATION/10/01/michael.moore.appearance.ap/story.moore.jpg jesus just loo... : xocsida
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  You must not have watched the last 10 minutes where he addresses all of your issues just brought up. : AtaR1
  • don't you get it? it's easier to bash movies you haven't seen : FrayLo
  • He does? I don't remember that. My main problem with the movie is it was a poorly designed experiment: ... : jhopkins
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  my roommate eats nothing but taco bell and wendy's. : cpt_gloval
  • BUTZ EVERYONES KNOWS FAST FOOD IS BADZ FOR YOU!!! : crazywigga

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  And knowing is half the battle. : pipboy
  • yeah I wish nobody told me that it gets boring, then I would have finished it. : Reeves
• The middle is just way too long. I wonder if they took out a few monsters that would have given it more v... : scanline
• i just go to the mancubus still havin' tons of fun, and damn those guys look awesome. i am playing like... : ermac
• i didnt even want to play it on nightmare after i beat it on veteran it just become work and wasnt fun : ingentis

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  Just tell them the clowns actually eat children. You'll be out of there so fast... : erotic sock
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    Watch "it" and poltergeist before they see the clowns. Any other movies to build up clown hate that I fo... : Wombat Woo
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      Killer Clowns from Outer Space : yonderboy
      • were they black and ghey, too? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        Killer Klows From Outer Space has to be one of the worst fucking movies I've ever seen. Not even bad in a... : Helter Skelter
        • Klowns, even. : Helter Skelter
        • that movie is a classic in my books : cryptical
• feed them to the rancor lion : chazums
• Clownophobia time. Good luck! : MrLonghair
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  food will ensure they sit still. bring plenty of it. Then hand their sugar loaded ass' back to their pare... : red2lucas
  • lol.. I like this strategy. That'll teach 'em to drop their kids on me ;D : Megara9
• It's Michael Jackson's dream date! Or a Catholic priest's. Your pick. : Dynotaku

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  Best of luck to you man. I really hope you get the job. I'm in the same situation. Sometimes it's tough g... : mr3dmax
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    VERY true, getting a degree is easy : byorn
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      Yeah, finding a job is the hard part, especially if you wouldn't be caught dead in California. : mr3dmax
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        ug...4 talented people from my class went there right after school. 1 is bartending and the rest were sti... : byorn
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          I was offered a job working on a well known title, but the amount of money they offered was really a slap... : mr3dmax
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            there is WAY too many artists looking for jobs in California, unless you are insanely good, they know the... : byorn
            • Lucky for me I'm insanely good. hehe... ;) j/k : mr3dmax
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  Cool, can we see the test? : Lightzout
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    Yeah, hook us up! : mr3dmax
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      My wife is an animation producer so I always show her when Shackers post stuff. Her company will be hirin... : Lightzout
      • that is awesome, I'll have to keep that in mind when I make my demo reel :) : cryptical
• best of luck!! : moshman

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  If you wake up in Delta wave sleep (believe it's Delta, the deepest level), you'll be fucked. If you wake... : Jumperus
  • yeah .. i would do better just staying awake : Mansmells
  • This is what I was guessing. i'll get home at around 1:00 and i'll be able to get around 4 hours of sleep... : genjuro
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  Any other opinions? : genjuro
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    I have to be up at 7am and it's 3am now. I'm going to bed. I'll take 3.5 hours of sleep over nothing any ... : [fry]
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      if i go to sleep with only 3 hours to go before i have to wake up, i'm not getting up. i think i get up ... : wishbone
      • This happens to me all the time, no matter how long I sleep. : google
• No sleep messes you up. I pulled a few all nighters and your mornings will be screwed up. But afterwards,... : pap26
• You will be able to stay awake, and function normally, untill about 11:00-12:00. After that you are gonn... : Reeves
• Even a few hours of sleep will refresh you and enable you to function better, definitely go for it. : bargeld
• if you can get 4 hrs do it. usually multiples of 4 are what works. : mrtony
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  Your post inspired me to just stay up all night : rosewood
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    Shack Contest time! Who can stay awake the longest? Starting.....NOW! : google
    • I lost : loboca
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    I now regret my decision :( : genjuro
    • Next time you listen to me, silly! : bargeld
• I once started a work day at 6am. The work lasted for 34 hours. Right about the 27 hour mark (9am the fol... : LexLuther
• any sleep is better than no sleep. at least for me anyway. When I force myself to stay up I feel way more... : cryptical

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  one of the oldest forms of technology to represent one of the most cutting-edge. I mock your creation fer... : Megara9
  • But the keyboard is mightier than the sword, no? : Bakelite
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    But swords are cool. : nukewinter
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      so are vaginas, but we don't use them for a logo. : Fraxxxi
      • Well maybe we should start. : nukewinter
• i like it w/o the sword : Nighthavvk
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  better than my first attempts : seven
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    I know I used the cloud render, the swirl effect, and the negative effect to make my first logo. gg me : rosewood
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      I used cloud + crappy neon glow effects, I think : Nighthavvk
      • I was all about bevel. Where I could stick that shit in I did. Not just logos (I had about a thousand... : SpaecKow
• if you're going to put a sword in there, put something in like this: http://www.weaponmasters.com/?ID=W... : cryptical

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  where can that be downloaded from? : lordlobo
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    will i get kicked if i tell u? : mattyboythefourth
    • yep, the shack has strict nazi rules about "warez" : scion
• in that case am sure if u go to http://www.mess.be/ which is very good for addons for msn 6. u will be ab... : mattyboythefourth
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  so has any one had any problems with it? and why is it so widely available? : mattyboythefourth
  • I'm pretty sure if kills my interenet connection...I got rid of it. : red2lucas
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    works fine here, lots of new stuff, some of it looks potentially annoying though : Tovarishch
    • yeah the adverts n stuff look annoyin. n wots with the winks? Still looks pretty good tho. : mattyboythefourth

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  oddly, Toraz rubs against Apple boxes much the same way as your cat does. : drucifer
  • You should see what I do with G4 Cubes when the world isn't looking! : Toraz Chryx
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  Spazz looks more possessed by the devil than jealous. : jahulio2
  • Well, he is evil, in a really sweet kind of way. : Thresher
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  Can I have your old one : jcutner
  • i want his cat! : kramweil
• very nice. : Silent1
• why such a tiny keyboard? : DonkeyPopsicle
• yo tresh get on icq we got to talk :) : beebeecee
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  Thats so funny, I never knew opening a computer box required a photo pictorial... LOL Hope you enjoy y... : digitaljihad
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    When the say Apple on them they do, they are like the masters at making cool ass boxes. : ovrlrd
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      Oddly ironic statement. Too bad their computers aren't as cool as their packaging. I KID, I KID! : Scrimbo Obeer
      • DON'T MAKE ME GO UPSIDE YOUR HEAD : Toraz Chryx
  • You don't read enough hardware review sites, I guess ;) : yonderboy
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  Give it up for the fellow PowerBook owners here! Got my 15" last week, couldn't have been happier. Now ... : VashTheStampede
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    applications to help with the experience? how do you mean? : Toraz Chryx
    • Originally, I asked for some Mac apps the folks can't live without and the only one that I found somewhat... : VashTheStampede
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    http://www.ragingmenace.com/software/menumeters/ cpu, network, and memory meters that go in your menu ... : ttyRazor
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      Now the touchpad modifications is hot! I have to install this. After using my Synaps pad for such a lon... : VashTheStampede
      • Actually, the trackpad is a Synapse pad, it just has one button. : Thresher
• the powerbook is alright i guess, but SPAZZ RULES! :D : Mansmells
• That's it I'm stealing one of these : red2lucas
• Cocktease. More pics of it running and less cat. : sex0ringyourmama!
• cat ass on the table = no :\ : meelk
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  That keyboard is pathetic. Why not use more of the obviously unused space and make it bigger? Oh, because... : Delusional
  • Make it bigger how? add a numeric keypad?, that'd be an ergonomic nightmare as the keyboard would be o... : Toraz Chryx
  • Actually, the size of the keyboard is darn near perfect. One of the things that maintaining the keyboa... : Thresher

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  I have the same prob with MSVDM... BTW, thanks to your morning thread I have made this thread... hop... : yes4me
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    I saw showthread.php and I got scared For instant message I use Trillian. It works just fine for me. ... : rosewood
    • GAIM kind of excite me for one thing: It is open source and free... and I tend to love that kind of Linux... : yes4me
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8684391 : inchwide
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    Thanks -- if I have to. I would prefer to just find the registry keys :) : rosewood
    • RegSeeker is your friend. : yes4me
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      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Uninstall Just be careful :) What you'... : ZeroSignal
      • btw. could also be in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ depending on how it was installed. : ZeroSignal
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        Be careful? What could possibly go wrong? : rosewood
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          For some reason my resolution is now stuck at 768x123 I mean sure its widescreen ... : rosewood
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            what did you delete? : ZeroSignal
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              Its okay - I just need to find regedit's recycle bin! : rosewood
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                ah! humor, its a difficult concept after an all night coding session. : ZeroSignal
                • Humor?! Oh shit, Im fucked. Anyone have some good 768x123 porn? : rosewood
        • Famous last words. : dltrem

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• I'm still learning.. but posting does seem to help a bit. I think once the newest FP or ER comes up, the ... : LexLuther
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  Read the articles. If any are interesting post in them. Then, move to latest chatty. In the chatty, I... : SpaecKow
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    Oh, and once I've found a thread or two in the chatty that I all becomes about the F5 of course.... : SpaecKow
    • I = it... :/ : SpaecKow

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  I was in the NCAA March Madness pool - submitted my moneys and everything - and right as I was filling ou... : rosewood
  • is that what happened? I never even knew! : jasonepowell
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  its ok. your lowest score is dropped. : Degenerate
  • P.S. Fuck your Packers. Bastards cost me 13 points :( : Degenerate
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  Yeah, i saw that yesterday, what happens is you fill it out once and then it tells you have to login and ... : snowwolf
  • happens to me too. so annoying : Degenerate

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• Forbidden You don't have permission to access /images/2004/20041004l.jpg on this server. odd, I never... : Fraxxxi
• bwahahahah, excellent! : moshman
• * R E D - X ' D * :( : bargeld
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  PA has been busted for me for days now :( : peanut-
  • Yeah, the strip loading seems to be pretty temperamentall, it came up for me after a while. At least I kn... : BrodieMan
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    Same here. Firefox. : {Venger}
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      weird thing is that just typing www.penny-arcade.com in the addressbar and then clicking 'latest comic' s... : bamb
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        No difference here : {Venger}
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          Heres a tip: dont use firefox! *runs* :D : suicidemachine
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            I just don't go to non standards-compliant websites instead. Using IE would be like having sex with your ... : {Venger}
            • excellent ! Bookmarked too : rookieone
  • it was for me as well two comics ago, but then it somehow fixed itself and all the comics come up now. : johnny sanguine
  • not working for me in ie and firefox : JohnnyDanger
• seems flakey to me, had to leave it a while and refresh it and it appeared : chazums
• I once again find penny-arcade comics working for me : rosewood
• hahaha. : boughton supreme

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• haha. that's awesome. : erotic sock
• That's cute!! : {Venger}
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  Badass. Too bad the page doesn't validate. :P : Helter Skelter
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    Silly alt. postform. http://validator.w3.org/check?verbose=1&uri=http%3A//www.granitenewmedia.com/prod... : Helter Skelter
    • I did it - knowing it wouldn't validate, because it uses a style tag, instead of something in the css. ... : seven

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  daniel bell. : stamps
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    No way? I don't like him either, but I thought all the stupid dumb bitches young girls liked him? He wasn... : red2lucas
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      don't let seven hear you talk about baldy like that. : stamps
      • hahahahahah I was gonna mention the likeness, but I thought I better not. Seven doesn't pull that fucked ... : red2lucas
• Yeah it was that daniel guy. My old man loves that fuckin' show. : TastyWheat

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• tried Gaim on my new computer last week. But I guess I chose a clunky skin on install, and it kept droppi... : Lethal01
• Trillian Pro > * : nukewinter
• What? Miranda IM is the best, I thought everyone knew. http://www.miranda-im.com/ : {Venger}
• Trillian Pro is my friend. <3 : darkling
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  Trillian Pro rocks. If you're too cheap to shell out the $$ for the Pro version, just go with Miranda or ... : roushimsx
  • What's the difference between Trillian and Pro? Besides one costs more. : Dynotaku
• Miranda : red2lucas

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  bottle of wine?? can't go wrong with booze : ghost hacker
  • Yeah, he's probably right, I was going to say The Complete Boz Scaggs. : BrodieMan
  • hmn.. yeah. Maybe some portwine + expensive cheese. That's the sort of thing they would enjoy. : Megara9
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  Offer a threesome. : Tissen
  • that wouldn't work, they're out of my league homosexual. : Megara9

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• wonder if he's getting royalties : snuff
• I don't know about my head, but something just blew. : Jumperus
• My head has exploded... I'll see you in court. ;) : mr3dmax
• haha, thats awesome =) : google
• Maybe the dying kid knew Munch IRL and was just dreaming about him in the otherwise-fictional dream. : Alec Matias
• Make perfect sence for me : yes4me
• And now Fox is trying to get ahold of all the autistic children they can find, hoping they can help produ... : BrodieMan
• That's pretty neat : roushimsx
• Site wont load at all. Checked hostsfile, etc. Help? : MrLonghair
• ahahahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• O.o : L0opet
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  I love both dearly. : Fraxxxi
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    Me too! A/S/L? ;) : mr3dmax
    • Um... it's a joke people. : mr3dmax
• do you like being eaten by a shark? do you like being taken to downtown? : kramweil
• Do you like cheese? : Tissen
• Do you like gladiator movies? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• you fail at sex : red2lucas

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• holy poop!! : moshman

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  Wouldn't teamspeak make more sense then XBL for live voice chitter chatter? : rosewood
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    I'm willing to use whatever medium we all can agree on : lordlobo
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      1) Why the fuck are you awake at 5am? 2) What would we talk about? 3) Im not going to, id feel a little... : rosewood
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        1) I drank after the packer game and passed out at like 1800~...woke up at 0130, watched Empire Strikes B... : lordlobo
        • Well, it would proably save me from the PRL which is a good thing. I haven't really been following thi... : rosewood
• The fact that they use flash on their site is just mind boggling lame. Villagers demand webcast url. : idmud