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  o_O story behind this?? : OverBurN
  • well if you can understand the news lady... :P i sure as hell cant : ansuble
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    "It was yesterday, shortly before 11 a clock this big and devestating explosion accured. This is how it l... : nosseman
    • I checked and it was 1 man that died, not 18. : nosseman
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  And what the hell was that? : Haku-Jin
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    a fireworks factory went up - i cant remember where... : e v i l
    • yeah there's been different videos on it, thats just at another perspective it looks like : cryptical
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  We need a swede or dane or whatever language that was in here stat : MONGOLOID
  • its from denmark, a city called Kolding (approx 40.000 inhaitents) It was a 18.000 tons fireworks factor... : drzukunft
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  aaaaaaaaaaaaakria!!!! : jayares
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    Didn't the person filming that die? : d1sregard
    • this was meant for Hello Kitty's post - http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8938994 : d1sregard
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  Anybody have a link to that other fireworks factory explosion filmed from a rooftop? : Hello Kitty
  • http://media.livingwithstyle.com/videos/fireworks_factory_explosion.avi : SlamDunk

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  Yeah, I wouldn't have picked BFV as the game of the year. Maybe something like UT2K4 would be my first c... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Doom3 really depends on whos playing it. THere was a really really good article in one ina magazine a... : snowwolf
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      Doom 3 is great if the horror works for you. Because the game really has nothing else to offer. If th... : SpaecKow
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        a shame it wasnt out when the nominations were made : grimiv
        • Which leads us to the stupidity of holding a GOTY awards before the year is over. Especially if a major r... : SpaecKow
• but.. there's still 2 months left in 2004 : fluke
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  1) 2004 aint over yet bitches 2) Online Game of the Year: Battlefield Vietnam (EA Games) - Fuck no : rosewood
  • I suspect BF: Vietnam's win had something to do with them being sponsored by EA. : mactu
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  what.. did they not play ut2k4 or cs:s? How is doom 3 beating out some of those other games? : itsjames
  • Doom3 has a flashlight !!! c'mon. : broly1718
• I think, to determine the winner, they just used number of hits on Google : reign27
• after re-reading this thread i have come to only one conclusion: AHAHHAHAHAHAHHAH seriously. : fluke
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  Doom 3? hahahahahahaahahahahahaahhahaha..... AAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHHAHHAHAHAHHAHA!! : SlamDunk
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8938977 : fluke
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8938981 : SlamDunk
• from the pics, this looks like a VERY small event, so they were basically giving the award to whoever wou... : byorn
• What a fucking farce. Seriously. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Battlefield Vietnam? What the hell? : Fred Garvin

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• x-men legends. Really good action/RPG and you can finish it in about 10-15 hours. : Prozium
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  You don't say what you own. You don't say what you like. Here's my idea: Look for a game with XBOX on t... : Entity
  • Thanks for the advice! You are the SHIZNIT! : Mrc32
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  def jam fight for new york : lacker
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    the difficulty level in this game made me punch myself in the face : alias bean
    • i played it on normal and have finished it three times so far. : lacker
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      no joke. I felt like bashing my head into the wall. I've beaten it on regular 4 times, hoping that it w... : phat_matt12
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        it really is a great game though. :) especially if you're into hip-hop at all. : phat_matt12
        • Never in a million years would I have thought a bunch of rappers kicking the shit out of eachother would ... : Entity
    • Yeah, I threw the manual across the room at one point I barely had the sense not to make a hole in the wa : node
• I just got Burnout 3 today. I love it. : dmiller
• how bout halo : fluke
• I was just checking out Chessmaster... That looks fookin sweet... : Jayx77
• Burnout 3 : qwpeoriu
• ninja gaiden? : YamatoTwinkie

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  Mods: please grant permission to distribute a recording of this. (maybe ask Morris@cnn?) Shackers: plea... : darweidu
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    Yeah right, this is soviet russia as far as stuff like that is concerned. : flip-flop
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      I think if Morris okays it, it should be fine. : Portax
      • does he own cnn or something? I guess if he asks the people in charge. : ease_one
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      sadly, you are right. : personaljesus
      • *queues Imperial March.mp3* : Scotty22
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      Soviet Russia had very lax copyright laws. In fact everything created in the USSR before 1973 is conside... : MONGOLOID
      • Hah that's very true. I remember seeing a program on Tetris and how all the money made from it went strai... : blackhawk
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  why are you so important to CNN? random? : Mr.Fusion
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8855838 : creep
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    he worked on halo - he was a tester : multisync
    • el o el : shaffe
• Ooh hey, they updated halo2.com, I haven't been there in awhile. Thanks for reminding me! BURN, HERETIC : reign27
• cooll man this is your 10 seconds in life : SoNiC :<
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  Congrats. Now you can get a chick. : xphil
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    I'm married :( : -efx-
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      \m/ 2 chicks \m/ : thekidd
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        at the same time, man : djustifier
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          F-in A : xZanU
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            You know that McDonald's up in Las Colinas? : Scotty22
            • The one on MacArthur and 635? : bstrad
    • maybe you'll get that chick then!!! no more couch for you!! : byorn
    • my condolences : humpx
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  impossibly stupid halo2.com huh. : nordicav
  • Worst. Navigation. EVER. And there doesn't seem to be anything on it other than being able to move a c... : monohydrate
  • Don't mind the haters who can't figure it out, it's a great idea. Did people actually solve those thre... : reign27
  • definitely. : amdlinux64
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    rofl : AllYourBase
    • I lollerd too. : Scotty22
• Oh man, I really hope I can see this. :) : tomservo
• think they sent 3 hawt chicks to get you to act dorky for the camera? i bet so. : biskits
• One note on this... Last I heard, the story/package was airing on Tuesday to coincide with Halo 2's launc... : MorrisatCNN

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  Office Max All Office Max brand Ink, Toner and Fax Cartridges 10% off Digital Max 16X DVD Dual-Layer/ : xenophobe
  • awesome, thanks : thekidd
  • oh shi Western Digital 200GB Hard-Drive (2085-3701) $49.99 thats goin in the xbox... : epit
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    Damn, it's that time of year again isn't it? I didn't even realize it. : Zakko
    • Yep a little over a month and a half and it is Christmas. Crazy I know. : Chod
  • specs on the compaq desktop here http://www.officemax.com/max/solutions/product/prodBlock.jsp?BV_Sessi... : xenophobe
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    Do those stores have "price guaranty" where I could buy those items now and go back during the sale and h... : MeenMunky
    • heh. thats not a bad idea! : epit
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    Those officemax deals are with rebates right? : Blackdawgg
    • don't have that info yet, but i assume so : xenophobe
  • i think the laptop is a typo, supposed to be 2210 specs can be found here http://www.shopping.hp.com/c... : xenophobe
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    Is that all for Best Buy? Seems their sale is a dud this year. Bummer. : dmiller
    • i'm under the assumption that isn't a complete list either, if i find more i'll post : xenophobe
    • I would assume they will have much more. Almost every year they have a crazy laptop deal. : Chod

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• btw this one^ is available for $1700 :( much cheaper plz : rasputinreborn
• Just do her for an hour a day. : Haku-Jin
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  Buddha blotto in a bathtub filled with bourbon, no exercise machine is worth anywhere near that amount of... : genjuro
  • I want the climbing action. stair-climbing is boring. :( : rasputinreborn
• Gym with climbing wall is your best bet : lord cecil
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  you can get a decent elliptical for like $500 or so : Mansmells
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    a specific model or brand would be super as I know nothing about these things. : rasputinreborn
    • well i'm not an expert on them but i have a Pro-Form that has suited me well for about two years so far : Mansmells
• Start researching ellipticals, seriously. : d1sregard
• Get into some real climbing, most fun in the world =) : igw
• Hey thats what Ivan Drago used in Rocky 4, so it must be good! : goats ecx

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• HAHAHA. I know. I did the EXACT same thing. I was like: "No wonder..." : Rice-Rocketeer
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  damn i thought i heard it was per-pixel hit detection : phobium
  • i swore i heard something about the 30th... : ansuble
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    HELL NO. Played any CS: Source lately? :( : Rice-Rocketeer
    • yea, i just thought i was damn g00d muahahaha : phobium
  • No, that's Doom 3. : Maddog_Delphi97
• Yeah, kind of ridiculous : finalthrill
• Oh your god : rosewood
• So I was right! http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8788229 : PenicillinX57
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  AND I STILL CAN'T HIT IT! : quietb0y
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    lolz, spray and pray! thats how i do it! : OverBurN
    • can i be on your teams? : not work safe
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  I'm sure I'm alone on this, but they need to shrink that fuckin top box. : sixfoot6
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    If you think about it, the more that box is collapsed down percentage wise, the less percentage there is ... : johngloid
    • that's the whole point. : lacker
    • ... lol ... : sixfoot6
  • We aren't talking about the toe sizes here? cause I can't hit those either. : quietb0y
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    they should have just gone to per-pixel hit detection. would have cleared up a lot of these issues. i d... : wishbone
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      hitscan as in lightning gun from q3? : phobium
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        hitscan = instantanious (sp) ie not a projectile like a rocket : ansuble
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          The lightning gun also uses traces to determine when it gives damage. : Mugsy
          • We're arguing about the source engine, and you show up TO EXPLAIN THE Q3 LIGHTNING GUN to us?!? : sgtsanity
  • They should do like they did in Doom3, and make it ray traced to the actual model itself... then we woul... : TheNiXXeD
• all those hit boxes look about 30% too large : mrtony
• hitboxes are so 1996 :( : pinkeye
• the problem isnt just the hitboxes. its the lousy netcode :( : OverBurN
• i dont think thats the correct model, look under the character folder : ansuble
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  As long as it's the same for everyone it doesn't matter. : Kerath
  • What? So if they were the size of hot air balloons, the game would still be fun? that's what people bitch... : sixfoot6

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• PS - Laidback Shack is the name. Seems kinda different joining in Guild Wars than WoW, btw... is the... : laidback
• I need an invite as well if possible. Necro/Mesmer with the name Acantha Hecate : Kiriakos
• Bump because I want a superman cape. :( : laidback
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  What level did everyone start out as? LVL 1 or 15? I'm playing as projectt of shack and don't have a clue... : project13
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    I started at Lvl 1... So far it's pretty interesting... I suggest starting out by grabbing a few henchman... : laidback
    • Cool. That's what I've done so far. The battles feel more 'epic' than other games I've played. It takes a... : project13
• me 4, 'El Google' : google
• Gnaw Monkey could use an invite as well. : Gnowknayme
• Bumpage for joining the guild! : Kiriakos

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• doh. the website is http://www.swapyourgames.com : dmiller
• http://www.swapyourgames.com fixed your linky : Jayx77
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  wow, this sounds cool. since im at work, i cant look over the site, so can you answer a few questions fo... : emocore
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    Good questions. I am pretty sure they are used games but both games I've gotten were in great conditio... : dmiller
    • I'm giving this a shot, bout time I got rid of some of these older games. Referral given! : adsquirrel
    • after looking at it, you can get new games from them. it just costs more (obviously) : emocore
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  holy shit, they're offering $15 for morrowind:GOTY edition. I saw like 10 copies at toys -r- us for $5 e... : Prozium
  • Yeah, there are some great deals there. Get in early :) : dmiller
• sounds really neat. +informative : cryptical
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  too bad they dont have PC games... : g0nk
  • they could if you like receiving games whose CD keys are already used... : derelict515
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  I wish I could trade multiple old games for one new one =[ : lord cecil
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    or mix systems .. like trade a gamecube game for an xbox : emocore
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      It lets you do this, pick the game you want from the system you want, then click to the system you want t... : adsquirrel
      • oh nice. thanks. : emocore
    • http://www.swapyourgames.com/swapbetweensystems.html : hirez
• Anybody know of anything similar in the UK? Only one I can find is a crappy one with everybody trying ... : mactu

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• you need time to unwind. it is important. : lacker
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  So don't go in on Monday. : Alec Matias
  • That what i want to do but i have to save my leave incase i get a job in Seattle. I always feel weird c : oneshot
• this is why hourly contract work is good - work 60+ hrs a week for 9 months a year, and take the other 3 ... : mrtony
• my roomate is in the same shit... execs at st. jude medical center are some fucking slave drivin' christi... : tommysgun
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  At the previous insurance company I worked for, I had a manager who would give everyone 2 hours mandatory... : suicidemachine
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    that call that "the perks" : quietb0y
    • Yeah, but if I were manager, I would at least stay and help out some. : suicidemachine
• Yeah, I used to work QA and overtime was the only way to make decent money. And they knew it. :( : node

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  yeah it didn't do much for me either but I'll still be there on opening night. : ariakaz
  • Yeah, it has the feel of another Bugs Life right now. Decent, but not great like most Pixar stuff. : node
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  I have faith, but NASCAR + rock music seem REALLY wrong for a Pixar movie : byorn
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    yeah, it was Green Day actually, which i found kind of odd. : servweb2
    • true, but it just didn't feel like a Pixar movie : byorn
• Yeah, compared to the incredibles which had me wild, cars is very underwhelming :/ : SpaecKow

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  Do you have any unshielded speakers anywhere near it? if not, it sounds like its about to go... sorry.... : Jayx77
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    what do you mean unshielded speakers? i have my monitor on my desk and then a two basic JBL speakers that... : servweb2
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      like bookshelf speakers from a stereo... computer speakers or home theater speakers that are designed ... : Jayx77
      • these are just plain old computer speakers that i've used ever since i have had the monitor so i can't se... : servweb2
• If it's that old, the monitor could just be crapping out on you. : nachowray
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  have you tried degaussing it? : Jayx77
  • huh? what's that? : servweb2

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  Where do you live? When I program people in, I have always put them in as area code + number so a 1+ w... : rosewood
  • I'm in south Florida. : ariakaz

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• There is no inherent way, you will have to use a time() function, and compute it yourself. : skynet
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  big O or actaul running time? I think you can just include <ctime> or <time.h> or whatever it is, star... : itsjames
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    How do I do that? It's been awhile... : StuMan1337
    • google for code samples. you must learn to do this to become a good programmer. : mrtony
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    What does big O mean? : Maddog_Delphi97
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_O_notation Basically if you think of a block of code as a function, y... : itsjames
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      A shitty anime. : Ebu
      • wat : itsjames

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  the whole thing about T.O. is just stupid. who cares if he mocked Ray Lewis? I dont like the guy, but I... : emocore
  • He's stayed out of trouble on the field Was that on supposed to off? : d1sregard

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• Some shack (can't recall who) does that as his job in a forensic capacity. : Kerath

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  ive always wondered, what is the best age to introduce animals to water? my ferrets hate the water, i ... : ansuble
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    dude, ALL ferrets hate the water...mine FREAKS the fuck out if its near it. : mankeroo
    • Cats too. Mine fell in the tub and immediately stood on her hind legs not knowing wtf was going on. : spectr3
  • ferrets? more like gayrrets : JINKY
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  cool shots, looks like that dog on that kids tv show.. i cant remember the name, it was something like po... : nico2
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    wishbone. kill me : Magitek
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      i watched an episode of that once : ansuble
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        I watched a bunch of episodes of that...all the time... : theo20185
        • i liked that show :( : maulla
    • oh yeah that's the one, hehe, whoops : nico2
• jack russel's are nifty dogs. : kbnerd
• CUTENESS OVERLOAD! : PoopStewart

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  who's munchkin again? : sixfoot6
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    Zoë - my daughter www.zoe-marie.com : action roommate
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      you.....bought a domain, and hosted a website..... for your daughter? : thekidd
      • Friends and family like to see pics - and her mom likes having a zoe-marie.com email address. If you d... : action roommate
      • he the shacks biggest web nerd after all. : SqueegyTBS
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      ha, those Easter 03 pics are great! Looks like something out of a disney film or something, surreal. Cute : sixfoot6
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        I know :( : action roommate
        • Just lock her up in her room, that's my plan at least. Oh you're 32 now. You can leave. : quietb0y
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      you've got the cutest daughter ever. : erotic sock
      • That comment from that username scares me. (Not that I think you mean anything by it, it's just a strang... : RatBastard
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      ADOWABLE!: http://www.zoe-marie.com/images/xmas_zoe_closeup.jpg : SpaecKow
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        Very cute (that christmas pic is all kinds of cuteness overload) but cutest shackchild award goes to Scri... : genjuro
        • Who me? Serial Killer? This intrigues me... : action roommate
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  is there a way to search for theaters that use this DLP screen? : cryptical
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    I dunno - I just happen to live less than a mile from one of the only ones in the area. : action roommate
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      http://www.dlp.com/dlp_cinema/dlp_cinema_theater_search_region.asp?rid=1 : lord cecil
      • cool, there's one where I live. I'll have to check it out : cryptical
      • very cool man. our local is playing shark's tale :( : sixfoot6
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  Totally,totally, totally agreed. I didn't expect Pixar to live up the legacy, but this was fab. Still, I ... : WaterSign
  • Great film. The tech aspects are phenomenal - the hair, eyes, facial expressions, fabric. The story is : ariakaz

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• bump :( : pupismyname
• At least it didn't get a BSOD >:-D .. really though knowing nothing about the xbox, did the setting save... : rjklevels
• it doesn't show up for me either. I just force my tv to full mode and it looks fine to me, but that does... : AssGoblin
• Hmm... I didn't know you even had to do anything? Every other game you I've played, you just set the stuf... : zerofunk

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• Yes.. Acquiring new skills is Diablo 2 addictive. :( Just when I have decided I want to stick with Axe : laidback
• crimsonhandhiro rarely climbs out of his hole now since he started playing that shit... fucking crackhead... : tommysgun

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  ...still waiting on the picture. : nachowray
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    http://home.earthlink.net/~dantzig/shack/girl+me.jpg : godwit
    • Looks fine to me. I say let her. : nachowray
• As long as your the one with the penis you should be fine... : Malum
• i usually back away from girls that threaten to beat me.. further evidence i am far too skinny. : nico2
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  Lick your ass? Go for it! : MeenMunky
  • huh huh huh huhmuhm yeah yeah : drucifer
• Let her hit you... then proceed to give her a beating that would have made Mayor Richard Daley envious. ... : Saint Lucifer

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  ohshi chestburster! Probably only a pulled muscle or something. no worries : Wombat Woo
  • yeah probably. It just feels different than usual, so it has me going ! every now and then. : moe6
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  its from when you let that fat girl sit on your chest and defecate : alias bean
  • http://www.turdwords.com/waves/cleveland%20steamer.wav : nachowray
• Being deadly serious here: your lung might have collapsed. Don't mean to alarm you, and its nowhere near... : vashts

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• Or am I just starting too difficult? The few songs I can play in some sort of completeness: smells lik... : one beach bum
• you need to really learn chords first, and changing between them. Do some chromatic scale exercises. Your... : moshman
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  Don't start with tablature. If you start with tablature you learn the songs but not the music. It might... : nachowray
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    I started with tab, and had no problems. Granted, I had already been playing the saxophone for 3 years s... : FrayLo
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      I think the problem with learning on tablature is that you need to have really good tablature. Many tabs... : nachowray
      • yes, you're right. i guess with my musical background, i could easily tell which tabs were shit, and whi... : FrayLo
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  I'd get yourself into some lessons. Even just one month of lessons will give you some valuable pointers. ... : NastyJack
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    yeah, I forgot to mention. Proper strumming hand technique is an absolute must, otherwise you WILL reach : moshman
    • http://www.musiceffect.com/lessons/pick.html http://www.daddydoodle.com/holdpick.html : moshman
    • I hold my pick between my thumb and middle finger, and I dont feel limited by this in any way. I do tell ... : ShadeOGreen
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  I would say that you need to start over from scratch. Learning to play guitar isnt really about learning ... : ShadeOGreen
  • Also, never put down your guitar when you are frustrated. Always end with something you play well, or enj... : ShadeOGreen
• I started on tabs and then learned a little theory. Now I just play my own stuff. Once you have some of t... : godwit
• When you practice, do you attempt to play songs at full speed ? That's really not a good way to learn whe... : qwpeoriu
• playing the guitar is hard, so don't get demoralized by people who make it look easy. for a while I prac... : mrtony

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  game music. i have game music cds in my car. i am a huge nerd. : fluke
  • In a similar vein, I like C64 chip music. :( So digital, so pure, so much skill to create sound from such... : node
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    Same, I love game music... I got Deus Ex, Unreal and UT music all ripped, and furthermore System Shock 2,... : SpaecKow
    • yup same.. I got C&C Generals, C&C Red Alert 2, Halo, Quake, Q2, Rallisport 1 & 2 on a MP3 CD in my car ... : Shadowdane
• Duran Duran : Prozium
• Eminem :( : godwit
• no bad. all good. : Kerath

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  cause then gamers start bitching. See S.T.A.L.K.E.R. Q&A threads for info. : rasputinreborn
  • I agree that superfluity is also bad, but I can't find any info whatsoever on SS2 that is more current th... : nachowray
• concentrating on working hard? :) : moshman
• I think a lot of devs are catching on to the idea that hyping every little thing about your game for year... : SenorSpine