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  They link to a site with gamecracks, no-cd cracks, that more than often carry trojans in them. Rather stu... : MrLonghair
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    i noticed that as well. rather stupid of them. : Morgin
    • E-mailed him. This is his response: I don't normally post links to No-CDs, but since the only people w : SlamDunk
  • oh really? Why don't you check to see if these ones do. : ease_one
• Sir, I thank you. : pizzaknymp
• the author of that guy really knows his stuff. thanks too that guide i've almost got hit of the bloody s... : project_serberus

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• Meh. Looks like I will dine alone.... Pigfuckers. :-( : Thresher
• Yup. Parents live in Nashville, I go to Penn State. Dont feel like spending money and time travelling, so... : Squirrely
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  Not alone, but I actually have class all weekend, including tomorrow. : xstatik
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    wtf kind of Communist School do you go to that makes you have class during Thanksgiving?? :( : kikilupo
    • Probably one not in the USA. : orgcaptainnemo
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      www.3duniversity.com (part of www.rcenter.org) And it's in the good old town of Dickson, TN. : xstatik
      • oops www.rcenter.org : xstatik
• I'm alone so I'm learning how to properly season a turkey with rosemary, thyme, and savory under the skin... : Paranoid Android
• I used to do all that, but it took a lot of time and I got tired of dealing with it. If you are doing ... : Thresher
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  pics of dinner plz. seriously, we should all take pics of our thanksgiving dinner plates. : TwiLyght
  • So we can prove how sad we are? :) : alcaron
• i'm working 8 hours..and then going back to my 1 bedroom apt..probably play some uk2k4. so yes other then... : kbnerd
• I was, but I'm now going to a "GOT" dinner: "Gamer Orphan Thanksgiving". I'm bringing pie. Mmm, floor pie : Bold
• Not alone, spend the day with shackers on WoW! (well for the few hours it was up this morning) : Psychic Potato
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  My advice is to get over the cats (they won't die at the vet) and go enjoy your life. My wifes mothe... : persecutor
  • ^^Listen to this wise man : monohydrate
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    I understand your point, but I feel responsible for their health and welfare. One of my cats came down w... : Thresher
    • Don't listen to them. Get an RV and take the cats with! My girlfriend's parent just got back from a roa... : SatansLilHelper
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  Yup, my parents are in the States and my girlfriend kicked me out of her appartment for a week. : Sidd Gunn
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    What'd you do, pee on the carpet? : Thresher
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      She's cleaning out the appartment... and she doesn't want me around for that. My attitude, that everyt... : Sidd Gunn
      • You are /the man/ !! That's the only effective attitude for cleaning! : SatansLilHelper
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      he tried to pee in her butt but hit her face : sanchez
      • Hey... my aim isn't thaaat bad : Sidd Gunn
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  uhhh....you like your cats too much. theyll fucking eat your corpse if you die and LIKE IT. : crypt420
  • After your dead... who cares? : Sidd Gunn
• I'm staying home too. Its amazing how quickly a good day can go bad. Great sex all morning and afternoon... : Caoster007

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• hahahahahha : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  hahahahahahaha http://spamusement.com/view.php?id=143 this one is awesome also : lavamat
  • I love these comics and I don't know why : rosewood

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  Just wait until you see episode 4... my favorite episode by far : Sidd Gunn
  • The one where syaid re-practices his old job is \m. : rosewood
• Is it on DVD or a replay? : Topaz

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• wha? : SatansLilHelper
• I use them all the freakin' time with friends and the gf, but they never get them :( : moshman
• I used to work in a convenience store. One night when I was on the closing shift a dog had snuck into th : gendail
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  I would quote OfficeSpace for years before my wife ever saw the movie. : sharkII
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    i too quoted the hell out of it before it becaome a 'cult hit' : rosewood
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      Every time I had a stapler in my hand..... watch out! : sharkII
      • You kill people? : rosewood

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  I -think- it's impulse 99 : moshman
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    No, that's not it. I think you have to change to the level in Citadel (so that you get the super gravity... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • ^^^^^ This person is right : manero
  • impulse 101 gives all weapons... but not what i'm after :( : flibble2k
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  sv_cheats 1 map d3_citadel_04 *wait for it to load* changelevel d1_trainstation_01 *wait for load* giv... : malevolence
  • this just gives me the regular grav gun : byorn
• I suppose nobody here knows how to turn on the console with a german keyboard? The ~ Key doesn't seem to ... : Sidd Gunn

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• tree fiddy : moshman
• im curious as well : cam3lt0sis
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  You can't put a price on doing something you love. Steve probably makes an assload off us. : dmason
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    I doubt he makes that much, and hardly anything off the regular posters. : moshman
    • I guess it'd be nice to see how money is divided up with Shacknews. How much comes from advertising alon... : dmason
    • I would bet he makes a lot more than you think. : scud
• About 500 members, 1000 lurkers. : felicia
• 1.21 jigawatts : fsck
• 50,000 dollars a year. BAM! : burning eye
• 1 milllllllllion dollars : chumleychuff
• I'm sure he makes enough to buy gum. : Maddog_Delphi97
• enought to move around, buy Pc stuff, pay for bandwidth and still have money left for entertaining the yo... : rookieone
• Click here so sCary can eat tonight : Tissen
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  Steve's got a lot of other stuff going as well, such as partnerships with Speakeasy, the whole Fileshack ... : floated
  • you're either slinging crack rock or you got a wicked jump shot. sTeve has mentionned before he's not tha... : sigma
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    Dont forget the sheep. : Githyanki
    • G A M I N G G R O O V E D ' ! : punchdog
• are you looking for a corporate buyout? : cap n KRUNCH
• won hunnard meelion doughlars. : freqq28

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  get the 9800 Pro, it's a little cheaper and faster than the standard 6800 (12 pipeline) : moshman
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    I'm wary of ati drivers though. :/ : Optimus Prime
    • I've never had a problem with ATI. : cr00kedview
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      no no no, be wary of the sapphire 9800pro, which is most likely the card he's finding for $150. all of t... : DoubleAught()
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        um, Sapphire doesn't inherently = 128-bit the 128-bit EDITION from Sapphire, sure, avoid it, but Sapph... : Toraz Chryx
        • what the kennel man said! : moshman
        • and I'd avoid those as well, because of reliability. : DoubleAught()
        • plus, find me a $150 256 bit edition...? : DoubleAught()
    • that's silly. They are perfectly fine, and I am a graphics developer so I tend to find the bugs :) : moshman
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    are you insane? 6800 beats 9800 pro in anything. hands down. : rsustudent
    • You do realize I purchased this 6800 cause of you? <3 : rosewood
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      bah, check the graph rosewood posted, those 9fps difference between the standard 6800 and the 9800 ain't ... : moshman
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        The 6800 1) Can have pipelines unlocked on certain models and 2) Has plenty of OC room itself And that... : rosewood
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          I already admitted I was wrong! But there is no need to throw a hissy fit about 9 fps like rsu did : moshman
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            1) rsu is an nvidia fanboi, proud and true. I had so much fun busting his balls on all things video card... : rosewood
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              I know, the silly boy swapped his x800 xt pe for a 6800gt... I will take your word about the 6800, I ... : moshman
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                Then can we make sweet passionate thanksgiving morning love? : rosewood
                • OK Butch! But it's not thanksgiving here and almost 5pm. I'm tired :( : moshman
              • I thought it was Wolfanoz that pulled that one? : Toraz Chryx
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    What? No, that's just wrong. 6800 is way faster than a 9800 Pro. : nomaad
    • this is true. just look at some hl2 benchmarks : AMikaboshi
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      The 6800GT is faster, not the castrated 6800 with 12 pipelines. At least, it was the last time I checke... : moshman
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        http://images.anandtech.com/graphs/half%20life%202%20gpu%20roundup%20part%201_11160481154/5484.png sor... : rosewood
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          OK, I stand corrected But it's not much!! :) : moshman
          • No, its nothing to get too crazy about but a 6800 naked will take the 9800pro series to school on it all.... : rosewood

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• I have that exact mouse; it's very good. Smooth movement even in the older Unreal games with the terribl... : the archvile
• ZBoard, its like a keyboard, but with graphics! : crazywigga
• Hi! I'm the resident Shack Diamondback pimp! Let me explain once again why this mouse is beyond all level : node
• This is the one I have at home: http://kinesis-ergo.com/advantage.htm Pretty nice keyboard, works wel... : VashTheStampede
• Get an old IBM Model M keyboard. You will never go back to anything else. I've had mine for a good 6 year... : TrptJim
• get the dinovo! :P : Trepex
• Mouse = good, keyboard = gimicky, for newbs : byorn
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  Check into this keyboard: http://www.saitekusa.com/usa/prod/gamerskey.htm I don't own one personall... : gendail
  • mmmm....I too want this keyboard : byorn

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  Congratulations! But you should take a more representative shot. Something nice from the ending level... : SpaecKow
  • Hey, I've gone from Ti4200 to 6600 GT. Great card! : Jeff Y
• Other than the wall textures, I don't see much of a difference. : godwit
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  OMG its like real life and a crayon drawing are you sure one is with the older card? : paganritual
  • okay so I cranked the res up a bit and turned on a bit of FSAA :/ : sparkly
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  before looks better : personaljesus
  • IAWTP : lord_omega
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  okay crappy comparison hehe But AH, I didn't know headcrabs were shiny :D http://sparkly.shackspace... : sparkly
  • You pick the worst screenshots, seriously. :P Still enjoy the awesomeness of HL2 on powerful hardware. : bargeld
• i don't see a difference :( : shyguy74
• hahahah what a ripoff it looks the same :D :D : Utopia
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  How much memory on the 6600GT? : Ratalon
  • 128mb : sparkly
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  Just got a 6800GT 256MB yesterday along with a 3.6GHz dell. I've tried it on NFS:U2 so far, and I'm not r... : {Venger}
  • Have you played NFSU2 on the Xbox? Its stuck in 640x480 @ 30fps. Crank it to 1600x1200 on your PC and tur... : DKo5
  • NFSU series = bad choice for showing off new video card, it's made for consoles and shows this. try HL2,... : Postal
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  That's great, now show a water effect comparison. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2281&p=2 ?? : BigT
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      Thanks, I just wanted to point out that he chose poor examples to compare. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • debatable ;) ps: I have a Ti4400 yeah, there are small diffrences, but the only one that really stand... : BigT
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  ATTN sparkly menz: --> Hi how r ur KISS collection? --> Cool about the video card; with any luck a ... : MatthewPhillips
  • I think my 512MB of ram is holding me back! That'll be my next upgrade. Anyone wanna buy two 256MB pc32... : sparkly
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  I've gone from my pile of ship 9800 to a 6800 GT :) Very excited for it to get here tomorrow. : Scotty22
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    what? I would like that pile of ship.... send it to me :( : sharkII
    • ship, shit same thing :) : Scotty22

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  I had something like that... it was due to my speakers, they were slightly damaged due to intense and inc... : Sidd Gunn
  • Try using headphones to see if the static is gone then... that way you'll know if it's actually your soun... : Sidd Gunn

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  mpc http://sourceforge.net/projects/guliverkli/ : OrkO
  • Pan % Scan works like a charm, thanks a lot! : Sidd Gunn
• the media player classic? I'll give it a try :-) : Sidd Gunn
• Zoom Player does it. The user interface is a bit different than standard MPC though. : bargeld

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  GeForce 6800 from CompUSA please and thank you./ : MatthewPhillips
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    there is no compusa around me. can i do this deal online somehow? : spector
    • i know that best buy is doing select items online as well as in store. i cant speak for compusa though, i... : maulla
  • I looked at my CompUSA yesterday and they didnt have any 6800's at all. I wonder if they had them in the ... : Topaz
• i was at work till midnight last night setting my department up for tomorrow, it SUCKED. we arent even se... : maulla

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  That Gigabyte board is pretty hot as well. http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2285 ++cool poi... : nomaad
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    lol pcie ethernet??? : industro
    • Indeed. It gets a few --cool points for driving four of the SATA ports off of the PCI bus, but who would ... : nomaad
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  god knows how, but i must find a way to swap this a64 3500, a8v and agp 6800gt for that motherboard with ... : Arsenal
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    well you could send me your old setup, I will take goo care of you. And it will only cost you shipping ! : rookieone
    • i think this is the only answer.. that way i will have to get a new pc.. i can't see how my bank could ar... : Arsenal
  • a couple of pci-e 6800gt's Where GT = Ultra am i rite??? : Toraz Chryx
• ohhhh man thats hot. *drooool* : jcutner
• I popped wood. I'm still so bummed that they didn't bring SoundStorm back with nForce4 though :( : hax3d

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  Given: Soyo Dragon Plus KT333. AMD XP2600 2 Sticks Kingston PC2700 512GB RAM Raedon 9800 Pro We ... : hatelull
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    I had a similar issue with an MSI motherboard. The only way I could get it to boot was to unplug/unseat E... : sharkII
    • i have a memtest bootable CD sitting here .. however, I need to get it bootable before I can do anythi... : hatelull

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  signed : qwpeoriu
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    Dear people who hate snow, Please move south. Love, Gnowknayme : Gnowknayme
    • Lesser of two evils. I'm staying where I am. : qwpeoriu
    • I'd love to, but they paid me a lot of money to move north. : Thresher
• But snow is cool http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/calvin.html : Sidd Gunn

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• yeah, it looks like it's regularely 120/130 or so http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?cid=54556&PAGE... : meh

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  go offline : qwpeoriu
  • please : multisync

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  i pronounced it shug (like rug) a shack as well. its the canadian spelling. : Morgin
  • Maybe it is our redneck Albertan heritage. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I pronounce it shoog-ah shack. I don't know what you guys are smoking. :P : SenorSpine
• same here : BobBarker
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  it was sugarshack? didn't know that. i'll still call it shug-a-shack, so there! : AMikaboshi
  • wasn't sugarshack.com a porn site, and that's why it changed to shacknews.com? : Phearsome
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  BECAUSE U BRUDDAZ HAVE NO SOOUULL U NO? : jane911
  • that and a lack of creative interpretation : Postal
• I pronounced it "Shug-a-shack", and I'm almost always right. I wish I was Chinese-Canadian :( : dognose
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  "shug-a-shack" is right. The r is silent for a reason. : floated
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    what R? : jaga
    • TYPE-R : Salad Sammich
• shooga-shack here :( And do you say it Es Cary or just Scary? The lowercase s in sCary always threw me... : DKo5

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  If you have iTunes, they have a Thanksgiving mix in the iTunes Music Store : allowat76
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    I can't think of a traditional Thanksgiving song... give me a music style and I'll give you a mix. : Sidd Gunn
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      polka : esmokah
      • 1.Klarinetten - Muckel 2.Ein Viertele Zum Frühstück 3.Komm, Zieh Mit Mir Der Sonn' Entgeg... : Sidd Gunn

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  It's a new type of opensource audio format. Files are much bigger than mp3. Winamp plugin here: http://... : Salad Sammich
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    i like you : multisync
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      It's lossyless, mainly a true archive format, which is why the files are so much larger, you don't lose A... : floated
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        so flac is getting alot of flack.... OMGLOL : multisync
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          who added that 'c' :( : multisync
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            i did : dodob
            • why did I say lossyless instead of lossless? : floated
        • aflac : maulla
• If you ripped those files, why would you rip them to FLAC if you can't play them? :P : FormerHPB

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• i don't know, but my copy of wow:ce just arrived to the airport this evening. i'm hoping to get it by tom... : dodob
• Good Penny Arcade comics. : vaniah

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  I've been playing all night :( : action roommate
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    I would but this other thing has me by the balls, I have never felt this much of an urge to go on in a ga... : Normality
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      Just as well. The ShackTards™ chose the two worst servers as the official clanservers. Ma... : action roommate
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        But Stormreaver is up and running for the Alliance.. : g0nk
        • Ya, and it's high population - besides, I was never going to play Alliance w/you shackers - just Horde. : action roommate
      • Down for the next two days??? wtf mate? : Normality
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  i am tempted to buy EQ2. I have never been drawn into a MMORPG before, i've tried a few but none have eve... : spector
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    Because a lot of people are jaded towards SOE, part of me can't blame them for that but I still feel they... : gendail
    • I just bought EQ2 and am waiting for my 6800GT card to play it (should be here tomorrow) : Scotty22
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  i am outlvling my guild in eq2, so while they catch up i will be playing wow ~_~ : jane911
  • Same is happening with me, I didn't think I'd have enough time for WoW but I am playing the waiting game ... : gendail
• What the FUCK is Sony thinking taking these servers down for 2 hours in the morning on THANKSGIVING......... : Normality

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• shania twain? shit. she's way too skinny now :( : SlamDunk

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• memtest will only run as a bootdisk or bootable CD, no point in trying to run it any other way. But, yo... : moshman
• I have no clue what you are saying * If you want the files out of an iso, use winrar * If you just wa... : rosewood
• Use Deamon Tools to mount it without burning it to a cd. : Salad Sammich
• Most burning apps have an option to burn an image, you would then choose the iso. Daemon tools will mou... : haokah

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• the CE version did.. i didnt get the CE tho.. sowwy.. : g0nk

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• my DVD authoring friend really likes sony dvd architect 2.0 : ctlaltl33t
• TMPEnc DVD author is very easy to use and quick! but adobe encore is the beret wearing, goatee stroking g... : chumleychuff
• www.apple.com/ilife/idvd/ Great if you have access to a mac : {Venger}
• I use Ulead DVD MovieFactory. Fairly simple and straightforward. : Githyanki

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  change your username. No wonder you can't free the memory. : ghale
  • what, too subtle for you? : ghale
• it'll be paged out, don't worry about it you want to look for the number of resident pages that proces... : jcupitt
• Watch IE - it does the exact thing : rosewood
• that number shows the amount of RAM it has used IIRC and not a realtime amount : redfive
• it doesn't free RAM until you need it. So don't pay any attention to that number.. : alexthegreat2

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  Tofurky for everyone! : Salad Sammich
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    what do these actually taste like...and are they good? : kbnerd
    • I like it. :) Some people say it tastes like shoe soles. *shrug* : Salad Sammich
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  Love to eat turkey 'Cause it's good Love to eat turkey Like a good boy should 'Cause it's turkey to e... : rosewood
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    such a noble bird! turkey sandwiches for everyone! : AMikaboshi
    • curse you ben franklin! the domestic turkey is so dumb that if doesn't have cover when it rains the turke... : kbnerd