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• untouchables good, and take a look in the mirror good... but definitely not the same as.... : fufux
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  Korn is an entirely different band from what they were when they started. I still like the stuff but its ... : derelict515
  • They've been around for what, 8 years? You gotta adjust your sound... : Nighteyes

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• not bad for CoR : thejm4n
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  That deservers an informative just for Riddick. Nice. : laidback
  • Indeed, very cool they ported it as a budget title with extra content and everything. Man, that game d... : BaBOon
• I'd definitely pick up Riddick to play through again if I thought my laptop could handle it better than m... : derelict515
• just take the add to some other store like walmart, target or circuit city. they'll match best buy prices... : oryandunn

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  Tears for Fears?!?! In concert? where? : loboca
  • God my reading comprehension sucks tonight, Phoenix, got it. : loboca
• Wow, I had no idea that they were around/touring/etc. I love those guys! : strider_
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  I saw Muse tonight at the KROQ Almost Acoustic XMas in LA. They were one of the few bands that performed ... : Serpico74
  • Haha I want to see a writeup of this KROQ event. It sounded like it had potential to be good, what happe... : forgottenzero
• one of the funny things is they did "Mad World" which is originally one of their songs, but they played i : MikkleThePickle
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  bump for 2 free tickets : MikkleThePickle
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : MikkleThePickle
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  I want to see Muse so bad, but we don't get bands in KC. :( : sgtsanity
  • I know :\ : c_man_tmt
• I highy recommend Muse, seen them twice this year and they are freaking brillent! : shavenewok

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• Visually really cool, but I'm not a FF fan so the oversized swords and the androgynous characters don't d... : Fred Garvin
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  hrm. that looks interesting. A new movie, or something? Is this going ot be released in the US? : mindmann
  • yes, straight to PSP/DVD sometime this year, apparently. : grendel
• I came, three times. : forgottenzero
• direct download link, plz :D : MurrayTheSkull
• Oh I know, I'm so pumped! Do a vanity search :) : ieGod

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• Hell yes! : magila
• well, depends on the side effects. : vassili_zaitsev
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  Hell yeah. Although I wouldn't mind being able to sleep if I needed to pass the time (car/plane rides) or... : derelict515
  • No side effects but you could never sleep again. Not even it you wanted. Imagine hangovers that last ... : nosseman
• How long would it last? Basically id feel like I slept, right? : rosewood
• with no side effects (yeah right)? Fuck yeah I would. : DoubleAught()
• I'm with the no side effects crew. That would kick ass. : r4wk
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  I dunno.... very few things can beat the feeling of a sunday morning when you wake up and realise it's Su... : losimagic
  • IAWTP this is one of the best feelings there is. except Saturday is better beause I hate the Sunday "fee : Dr Van Nostrand
  • yes but there's only one sunday a week....how many days a week do you have to get up early and goto work? : r4wk
• It's called speed. : Haku-Jin
• I would as long as the workday stays at 8 hours. : smdever
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  Only if I could still sleep when I actually wanted to. Otherwise, fuck that. : Helter Skelter
  • my thoughts exactly. Maybe if the pill taken per day when you really need to be awake etc? : moe6
• fuck yes : hobosapien
• Depends. Could I still sleep if I wanted to? : Arcanum
• speed? Nah. : creeping-death
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  I can't think of any "pill" that can do this, that isn't a controlled substance. Modafinal is good, but... : creeping-death
  • duh, lacking imagination do we ? : rookieone
  • Modafinal == Provigil? If so, there have been weeks that I would've killed for some of that stuff. : Arcanum
• I'd take it only if I knew I could be the only person with this ability. : esky
• Hell fucking yes. : slax0r
• No. But if they offered back-up brain hardware that let my brain go to sleep, then transferred over all c... : Senor PoopyPants
• fuck helling yes : smax
• no, sleeping under a comforter on a freezing night is awesome, i love drifting off to sleep. especially w... : xxiv
• if i was fresh as a daisy 24/7 then yes. : patdoody

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  who needs sleep? : kbnerd
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    That's what I'm talking about! : Anti_dentite
    • i think i'm on the sleep every third night thing again so i get 5 hours of sleep on the third night. on t... : kbnerd
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      Hope the zombie schedule is going well for you. I've always wanted to try that =\ : derelict515
      • well sleep is the cousin of death you know : creep
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      the longest i've been without a wink of sleep was something like 36 hours. and i can tell you, all the c... : vassili_zaitsev
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        like 4 years ago i was documented as going 2 weeks without sleep. i was pretty much a zombie by the end o... : kbnerd
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          unpossible. by day 4 or 5 you begin unlearning basic functions like breathing and blinking. you pass out ... : Supine
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            well i'm sure the medical professionals who had me under observation would disagree with you. i'm unsure ... : kbnerd
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              "ok so it wasn't really 10 days, but it was at least 2" : lakren
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                while i'm pretty sure it was the full 14 (which is why i said 14 initially) i realized (too late it appea... : kbnerd
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                  take it easy, sleepyhead. : Phil
                  • all's cool here. i realize the incredulousness of my claim and i'm not sure i'd believe it myself if it h... : kbnerd
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                  btw, spill the beans on your 10 to 14 day extravaganza pls. : Phil
                  • there's not much to tell. i was suffering from major depression as a freshman in college. i wouldn't leav... : kbnerd
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          The Guinness Book of World Record holder for longest time staying awake is held by Randy Gardner, who wen... : vagina
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            ^^^ really what it boils down to. : DoubleAught()
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              acutally i was told at the time to apply for the record..but i think it was mostly in jest at the time by... : kbnerd
              • do it do it do it DOOO EEEEET : DoubleAught()
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          no sleeping of any kind for 2 weeks? sounds unbelievable. : vassili_zaitsev
          • unless you're tweaked out on drugs, it is highly unlikely. i've slept ruckmarching before after 3 day... : xxiv

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• No one knows? Don't make me hit /. :( That's a fate worse than death! : Gauss
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  Detecting emulation hasn't anything to do with the DMCA, I would logically assume, it has to do with the ... : floated
  • I'm just surprised this doesn't bother more people - what business do game companies have scanning your h... : Gauss
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  You can't do any of the above : rosewood
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    Why are CD crack sites allowed to operate then? How does Alcohol 120% continue to exist? And why are vend... : derelict515
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      Why are CD crack sites allowed to operate then? Because they are out side of the US more often then not : rosewood
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        Ok, fair points. If the image creation and mounting were illegal though couldn't someone force AlcoholSof... : derelict515
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          " image creation and mounting were illegal though couldn't someone force AlcoholSoft to remove that funct... : rosewood
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            Office has no encryption like games? Weird. Yeah the modchips are sold with a legal preloaded BIOS and yo... : derelict515
            • Stuff like Office relies on CD keys and product activation as it's copy protection method. There is no co... : Helter Skelter
• like every law, the courts need to interpert it. no one has pushed the courts to make the law more unders... : sleepyvt
• -you can copy anyhting you own -YOU CAN PERSONALLY decrypt anything you own, and do ANYTHING you want to... : batkiwi

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• Gish is a great game. Only played the demo though :( : Dave Johnston
• I can't believe Queasy's Gate88 didn't make it! Solid gameplay, good controls and music. I think maybe ... : KungFuKenobi

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  yeah they got popular after burning a witch in her own oven : MikkleThePickle
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    damn kids these days :( : Delusional
    • in their defense... what wouldn't you do for candy? don't know much about industrial music, except for... : MikkleThePickle
• their album Uber Alles is phenomenal. Their latest one sucks though... IMO : needles eye
• Listening to the reich song makes me think of the descent 2 soundtrack :D : lowayne
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  I freakin love German industrial. Nice find here, got any other recommendations? : plastic tyrant
  • hmmm they sing in German, but aren't German? k... : plastic tyrant

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  Nice, hope you like it. : mojoald
  • I don't think there's any way I won't...my old machine can't run anything new, other than the GW beta, an... : Vincent Grayson
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  how much $$? : captain hampton
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    It ended up being $1608. Got a nice 25% off from Dell. : Vincent Grayson
    • shit, thats a nice deal. gg! : captain hampton
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      holy #@$#@ that seems cheap! Good job. : flasher 907
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        Thats not cheap - even just hitting up newegg, I can do a 3500+ on the nice MSI NF3 board. Two gigs of P... : rosewood
        • Well, it IS cheap. For Dell. : Helter Skelter
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          add tax and shipping and you're spending more... : captain hampton
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            47 out of 50 states don't pay tax for orders from newegg, and I can almost guarantee shipping will be les... : Helter Skelter
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              Well, I paid $5.70 in tax, and the shipping is 2 day free shipping. : Vincent Grayson
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                But you are stuck in the dell case You can't swap out your motherboard You know what you got, and im ... : rosewood
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                  Well, it's a good deal for me, and others like myself that don't tend to upgrade, and don't know much abo... : Vincent Grayson
                  • As long as you know all your downsides and upsides - and everyone else knows you can get more of a system... : rosewood
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            Thats with shipping included, and I don't have to pay sales tax like Helter says. : rosewood
            • ah, didnt realize shipping was already in there. i've used newegg to build my computer before, and i'm st... : captain hampton
        • Hmm, plus headaches at putting it together if you're a newbie, no thanks, i'd rather waste the extra $400... : floated
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          So the Dell is cheaper and alot easier, cool. : forgottenzero
          • Plus it looks great! </sarcasm> : BaBOon
        • What about the OS? : afty
    • I was about to ask why you went with Intel, and then I saw this. : Helter Skelter
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  2 gigs! you'll never need more than 1GB ;) nice rig should run solitaire fine : ariakaz
  • Not true (re: ram amount) : Ebu
  • do we really need to whip out the Bill Gates comment?? : DoubleAught()
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  no DDR2? : tommysgun
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    I believe it is DDR2. : Vincent Grayson
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      Yep, 2 gigs of Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 533MHz : Vincent Grayson
      • i'm fucking jealous goddammit... my next PC/Hometheater will pwn all u n00bs... : tommysgun
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        Wait, so the videocard is PCIexpress then? : nomaad
        • Yeah, 256meg 6800gt. Why, is pciexpress bad? : Vincent Grayson

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  corrupt file : multisync
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    Wow, now that is an impressive double-post! Same post number and everything! How'd you do that?! : anonimo
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      you are nuts : Draugluin
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        No, the second post was nuked. :( : anonimo
        • And now it's messing with the post count. It's listing "2295 Comments" at the top of the page, but the l... : anonimo
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    btw this is one of pink0rs wow movies no one else seems to see them like this but me and boomstickah : Break
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      that dude is so computer iliterate it isn't funny : multisync
      • download any of his wow videos from last night and see if you get the same thing. : Break
• karrupt filez : burning eye
• shackmsg me when you find a fix, I have this sazme problem. : boomstickah
• http://www.k-litecodecpack.com/ : drucifer
• Definitely codecs I think. I get similar things with particular combinations of codecs installed. I th... : mactu

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  remote desktop : railchu
  • Seconded. Unrivaled IMO. : jwnin
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    are the speed advantages offered by remote desktop significant over ultra/tight vnc. can you transfter fi... : evlbstrd
    • yes the speed is significantly better imho, even compared to the video hook driver in vnc. not sure. ... : DoubleAught()
• i've used tightVNC with decent success. : captain hampton
• We use the corporate support version of gotomypc and it's great. Any dolt can get you connected with it.... : FormerHPB
• Remote Desktop > Remote Administrator (RAdmin) > UltraVNC/RealVNC > * : Draco
• i've always been very happy with XP's remote desktop. there are clients for any kind of system you can im... : Paranoid Android
• i used remote desktop from flordia (o detroit) last spring when i was on vaction... loved it : reflex33
• Windows Remote Desktop is by far the coolest feature of XP Pro. : Helter Skelter
• I switched from VNC & RA to Remote Desktop and have never looked back. : xstatik
• related question: what's the best way to access a pc with fast user switching enabled? I'm fine with ent : DoubleAught()

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• click on my profile : redfive
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  modified uxtheme.dll + putting theme in c:\windows\resources\themes (see www.neowin.net or places like... : Postal
  • Where do the shellstyle.dll file go? : byorn

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• in command prompt: copy /b *.ts filename.ts : crowly767

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• Pretty water, and of course great textures and bumpmaps. But it is VERY damn pretty water. I would upgr... : lont

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  agreed, geomod was a step in the right direction that hasn't been done again : feratu
  • i installed the demo for red faction 1 just to blow holes in the walls in the test level lol. t'was fun. : moe6
• The problem is that it comes at a cost: a HUGE cost. That means a lot less resources for other things. ... : lont

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  You shouldn't be able to turn (2(k+1))! into 2!(k+1)!, because supposed k = 1, then (2(k+1))! = (2*2)! = ... : esky
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    (2n)! / (n!)^2 =< 4^n Obviously the first part is easy, (1*2)/1^2 is equal to 2, which is < 4^1. Th... : sigma
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      Maybe you can just work with the right side of the equation? So you have 4^k+1, which equals 4 * 4^k. ... : esky
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        I'm not sure if that's a valid solution, but I think you're right about working with the right side of th... : sigma
        • Np, that happens to me to, I hate proofs because I can make a logical deduction on the given data and sta... : esky

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  Yes, you can attach the speakers through an optical Cable. You can then pass through any Dolby Digital or... : Helter Skelter
  • Fantastic - thanks a lot. : ShekkyBoy

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• Not 3 min later.... : themelon

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  Tuesday December 14th : cookblaze
  • oh how timely... thanks : mr brown
• MIne just shipped on Friday from Amazon.com (the collector's boxset) so it appears so. : MatthewPhillips
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  here in europe it is : JohnnyDanger
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    aye, had mine since a couple of days ago. Good stuff! : Lethal01
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      does it have the pillaging of the shire or whatever : burningpantsman
      • I think they said that this was not filmed. : jwnin
• mine left a Coconuts warehouse in CA yesterday, shipped by USPS standard ground, so I should get it somet... : eskimo spy
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  When will they release all three movies in one big extended edition version? including a complimentary bo : jwnin
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    Do you mean like a boxset with all three movies? http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B0001VL0... : MatthewPhillips
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      I think this is the one you want: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000654ZK0/ref=cm_custr... : Sarcastro
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        Wow. Didn't know they released this. Wonder why it's not getting that much press? : jwnin
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          Because there's nothing new in it. It's just an assembly of all three extended editions, two of which hav... : Waverider
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            I suppose so. I just wonder how many folks like myself said 'ok, i'm going to wait until they release eve... : jwnin
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              Me. I held out until this was available. Now I shall buy. : Salad Sammich
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                i think you can send away 4 dollars and get the box that all the boxsets fit into. whether it is the sam... : sweat
                • Do you have a link to the website where you can do this? : Waverider
• Came out in Europe on Friday. It's truly awesome, all the new scenes add a whole new level of depth to th... : badman

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• GG. : jahulio2
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  make it 2k compatible, kthx : thejm4n
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    Get a real OS. kthnx : mojoald
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      lol. If you took out all the win2k parts behind winxp you would have a big pile of nothing. : wunderbred
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        Yeah, it's mostly a big Playskool interface for Win2K. : Nixx2004
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          because the playskool interface, which is completely removable, is what makes wmp10 work in XP and not in... : railchu
          • oh snap : esky
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  I don't understand why people still use WMP when media player classic can do everything it can do plus ev... : d0gbert
  • iawtp. why you would not use MPC is utterly beyond me. : DoubleAught()
• i seem to have a problem with it. a lot of the time the video isn't the right size. say you open somethin... : camp3r
• i think it really sucks it never has the codec and it needs to be reinstalled often : podizzle
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  I hated WMP10... isntantly downgraded to 9. But it's since grown on me... : Dave Johnston
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    WMP10''s interface sucked. Uninstalled : bozer
    • So did WMP9's. I've long ago converted to MPC, though. : Helter Skelter
    • WMP9 wasn't much better... but anyway, WMP10 just sits at the top of my screen with the SleekMP skin. Wor... : Dave Johnston
  • 6.4 forever! : Silent Jay
• I <3 mplayer2.exe : manero

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• try resetting your iPod by holding 'select' and 'menu' together for a few seconds. cleared it up for me.... : lordlobo
• do you have mapped drives? I had the same issue when I had a network drive mapped to G: once I changed th... : Senor PoopyPants
• Try USB? : suqur
• similar happened to me... itunes wouldn't see it... it had been fine for 2 years then itunes just decided... : losimagic

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  www.avast.com free fast and works : wrath666
  • I 2nd this. Avast ye! ARRR! : eskimo spy
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    how is avast compared to avg? better, worse, the same? anyone have experiences with both? : DoubleAught()
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      can you schedule weekly automatic scans of your system with avast? : alcueso
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        Weekly?!? I scan EVERY NIGHT : adev
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          well, how to i schedule a daily scan? : alcueso
          • i don't know, I use Norton :) : adev
  • avast asked for moneys after a few weeks. is this normal? it then wouldn't work. so i installed avg, and ... : mindmann
• me too. I'm at a loss :( : moonbreaker
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  Symantec Antivirus 9.x Corp. : sting7777
  • So nice... : mojoald
  • Yes, the corporate version is much nicer. : Dechter
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    Are there any client improvements in 9 vs 8? I think I already know the server improvements. : sharkII
    • later reply - but yes - spyware scanning : sting7777
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  AVG - It's free too. : Bantis
  • AVG is good but don't count on the virus database to contain all known viruses, I knew my parents had a v... : shack_konto
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  The Enterprise version of Mcafee is pretty slick. Much better than retail. : owly
  • that is generally true with all products. Home versions are dumbed down have overly color graphical inter... : adev
• Thanks for the input, guys. : mofo
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  NOD 32 is the best. By far. http://www.nod32.com/home/home.htm It's a lot better than Norton, AVG, T... : killboy
  • I like NOD32 as well. : plastic tyrant
  • hyper turbo voted for this : redfive

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  http://www.tokyopia.com/deluxe/pspwned.jpg A small video from someone playing around with his PSP, in... : -TKF-
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    so i assume that the music from the game that comes up during the load period isn't supposed to keep play... : flibble2k
    • I played that today, and that music definitely stopped when I skipped that mini game thing : Kenshin_
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  I took these two pictures in Shinjuku at about 5am... I took them with my camera phone so they are super ... : Kenshin_
  • err drag and drop : Kenshin_
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    tv just said the line in front of yodobashi was 1500 people : kokujin
    • damn, that's a long queue : Kenshin_
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  Looks like about as many people in that queue as Sony has actually provided PSPs for the launch! : SpiderMonkey
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    Actually not very far from the truth :-) Less units = more "impressive" queues : -TKF-
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      helps to generate hype : carnivore
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        Sony and hype? NAH NEVER! Imagine Nvidia and Sony.. making a product together... omg it's going to be : -TKF-
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          "Ithinkweshouldhavethemotherofallpromotionswithanimalsandlightsandfireworksanddancersandcircusclownsandle... : Fred Garvin
          • BitBoys would be proud! : -TKF-
• I'd step over my own mother just to get one. : xstatik

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  regular porn not doing it for you anymore? : losimagic
  • I need to humiliate a friend I'll post the full back-story later : -Panther-

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  if i had halflife1 i would install those. =[ : abubu
  • http://tinyurl.com/72ctc :( : roushimsx
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  Needs more Heart of Evil. : BrodieMan
  • never played it Downloading it now :) : roushimsx
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  djetc and etc2 are my personal favourites. mwahahaha : Dave Johnston
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    How long did it take you to put those together? I'm giving thought to making some SP levels sometime in t... : SpiderMonkey
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      Erm, hard to measure. ETC: a few months start to finish ETC2: 2 years - slacking = a few months : Dave Johnston
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        Oh Shi, you're that Dave Johnston?! I loved your Etc. maps! Didn't you do stuff for Q2 also? : mn3m0n1c
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          Yeah, I've been making maps half my life :/ : Dave Johnston
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            Got anything planned for HL2? : floated
            • I would if I had the time. : Dave Johnston
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  I'm in, what server? : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Meh, i'm having some serious networking problems with my main pc so i'm out for now. I keep dropping my s... : roushimsx
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  Does anyone have any short descriptions of the mods? I only know about Sven Co-Op and....Sven Co-Op.... ... : theo20185
  • I'll do up a fresh post for FP/Werd with short descriptions of each mod : roushimsx
• is anyone up for some Sven Co Op in about a half hour or so? DLFSJDL:FSJLDFJKMOTHERFUCKINGHULK SMASH!... : thekidd
• Do they work on HL:S? : h4wt
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  Sven Coop 2 is going to be mindblowingly awesome. : manero
  • i know, right? : deviantpaul
• I'm up for some Sven. Gotta install it first, but I'll be there. : kevin pereira
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  I <3 Neil Manke, thanks mucho for a non-Fileplanet source for Darkstar and They Hunger... is that all 3 T... : eskimo spy
  • I've got 'em all if you need them- I'll burn 'em for ya next time I see you! : mn3m0n1c
  • yep, that's all 3 episodes : roushimsx
• Wait a second... does Sven Co-Op only work with HL1 and not Half-Life Source? Help a brutha out... : kevin pereira
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  played all of those except for todesangst..i can't place that one..which one is it? : deathofrats
  • http://www.peppyfool.com/page6.htm : roushimsx
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  Anyone try that new hi-def pack yet? : Fred Garvin
  • Shit, I just checked it out. I thought someone had ported the models to HL:Source, but it's just the pack... : Fred Garvin

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• nuke from orbit. : moe6
• Is AutoHide turned on? : adev
• end task explorer.exe run -> explorer.exe : losimagic
• Have you looked under the keyboard? : Dave Johnston

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  not that i know of. I handle alot of DV quality footage, never hit a size barrier before. Had a whole hou... : moe6
  • ok, thanks. : ventro