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  lol@korean engineering I love top gear. Might be the only good thing coming out of GB nowadays. : boomstickah
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    We keep all the good stuff. : peanut-
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      List them :P CZJones is the only other thing I can think of. : boomstickah
      • Mind Body & Kickass Moves is another great BBC show (though not an ongoing show... only 10 episodes). : Vantage
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  Are you sure your engine numbers are right? Was browsing around on the site and they list the bhp as 220 ... : dravalen
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    Those were the numbers given on the show, I can't comment on accuracy. : peanut-
    • Those numbers sound familiar and are most likely true. The Atom is a ridiculous piece of machinery. : snagger
• That Atom is pretty much the king of all go-karts! : Luminair
• Heh the British are nuts for minimalist cars. : not work safe
• I remember that episode, was hilarious wathcing them try to remember what all the cars were named and who... : MONGOLOID

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  For $119 that looks like a pretty good deal although I don't know why they would even bother with an lpt ... : busdriver3030
  • perhaps it's an atx standard... : cpt_gloval
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  http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-131-517&depa=1 : deviantpaul
  • Damn, that's sexy. : Sarcastro
  • mine should be showing up tomorrow or tuesday :) paid $260 for it shipped. : atom519
• I can't recommend Chaintech Mobos...they lied about the multiplier and FSB settings on mine (since replac... : drucifer

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• hrm... sounds like a case of multi-monitor setup. Do you have multiple monitors and are they enabled? : Wombat Woo
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  lol, you should REALLY read the installer. They mention that specifically IIRC. : drucifer
  • ps. Uninstall the codec pack, then carefully reinstall...do not install everything... just the basics. : drucifer

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  http://www.sennheiser.com/sennheiser/icm_eng.nsf/root/04730 : deviantpaul
  • heh, I didn't see RKettle's response : deviantpaul
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  When it comes to audio equipment, very few people can afford the "best of the best". : Enraged Pineapple
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    SOOO true. Seinheiser are pretty good, but far from the best. : Don Vito Corleone
    • Be careful what you say... Sennheiser made the Orpheus, after all. These days the top dogs (that are stil... : Helter Skelter
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    For earbuds Shure or Etymotic make some nice choices. : smacknca
    • doh meant to be a root reply. : smacknca
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  I love my Seinheiser HD-580s, but you really need to get a good headphone amp to get the most out of them... : floated
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    Why do you need an amp? My HD-570's sound great w/o them. Will an amp make it that much better? : shyguy74
    • Yea an amp will give you a noticeable improvement in sound. : SexualAvenger
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  Oh come one, nobody's mentioned the Orpheus? http://headphone.com/layout.php?topicID=3&subTopicID=26&pro... : Helter Skelter
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    I just ordered 10 : tomservo
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      Only 300 were ever manufactured. :P : Helter Skelter
      • Have they all been sold? : fishbone
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    That was the worst write-up I've ever read. : sharkII
    • It was just the first listing I found with a pricetag attached. :) Oddly, their write-up made perfect ... : Helter Skelter
• Get some sennheiser HD-570's, they are like $60 dollars at Amazon and a excellent pair. : nukewinter

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• No FROM clause. DELETE requires a FROM clause. http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/DELETE.html : verbatim

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  compusa carries a ton of ipod accessories : Draugluin
  • Futureshop = Canadian : Postal
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  FS/BB will probably have just "skins" - if you want a real case, order from a place like Marware ( www.ma... : Postal
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    but cases make them so big! : spector
    • I need one when I work out to clip on the belt. I've also heard that the screen can get scratched really ... : Anti_dentite
    • you will be thankful if you ever drop the iPod : Postal
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  Also, on the topic of iPods - what's the best software to use to transfer songs? Is iTunes alright - or t... : Anti_dentite
  • iTunes is the best. I don't know why anyone would choose anything different. : ventro
  • iTunes is what you want, really... just the easiest to use for organizing the music and syncing. you d... : Postal
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    iTunes is the case, and BTW no case needed for iPod, the things are a waste of money. : Zero|DPX
    • wow, that first "case" should be "best". Oops. : Zero|DPX
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      You don't find that you scratch the screen at all? I will be working out with mine though and need a some... : Anti_dentite
      • I don't scratch the screen, no. Anyway, what would it matter? Tiny scratches don't make the thing hard ... : Zero|DPX
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  Best iPod Case Ever: http://www.contourshowcase.com/ : manero
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    Nice cases, but they look like they're for a different gen. of ipod. Mine only has the wheel and no butt... : Anti_dentite
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      www.contourdesign.com for the new 4G cases. Showcase and I-see are both amazing. : renegade732
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        I can't tell from those pictures if they protect the screen as well - do they? Looks like they would, and... : Anti_dentite
        • I don't remember. ipodlounge has reviews on all of this stuff. I didnt get it because I decided against b... : renegade732
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    Disagree: http://matias.ca/ipodarmor/ : Deathlove
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      Good but you need to open it to access the buttons, that could be a pain when working out. : Anti_dentite
      • Doesn't really bother me, everything I do is either on an hours-long playlist, or just random-play->album... : Deathlove
• I got this tight rubber case for my mini. It's pretty nice as it doesn't take up room but doesn't have pr... : adrox

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• wha? linkage : mavmavv
• thats mind bending. : humpx
• I saw 11.000 on BBC just now. And that's just confirmed deaths :( This is absoutely horrible :( : nomaad
• http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=GQWJBC2UIRCUMCRBAE0CFEY?type=topNews&storyID=7180170 : Durandal07
• I still can't believe what happened to Phuket. That place was fucking beautiful but apparently everything... : roushimsx
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  What shocked me was that earthquake was a seperate incident from the quake off the coast of Australia las... : ghost hacker
  • Its all part of Art Bell's quickening you see...John Titor warned us about this!!! : Vorlonesque
• ---->is still alive... i didn't feel shit hehehe. Some condo's got evac'd here though. Malaysia only got ... : moe6
• this is so horrible. i just heard about it. :( : anthonybean
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  12/26 Never forget : mem
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    So when will President Bush declare a war on earthquakes? We need to send our troops to the core of t... : roushimsx
    • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0298814/ : mem
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      Axis of earthquakes : Popedispencer
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        there's rumors on the internets about these earthquakes : FrayLo
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          They won't forget about Poland either. : ghost hacker
          • i sure hope not. it's hard work. : FrayLo
• And one of my best friends is vacationing in Thailand right now :( Hope he emails soon. I'm worried ob... : NastyJack
• over 20000 people died, iirc. what for a disaster... : lonestar3

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• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9268025 : Popedispencer
• hmmm. nipples. : hirez
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  how did you guys not see the exclusive shots from different magazines months ago? I AM OBVIOUSLY BETTE... : burning eye
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    I saw them, these are better because they're hires. It's just D3, except this time they've gotten as ... : SpaecKow
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      Weird lighting? You mean realistic lighting? :P : cajuncook
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        Doom 3's lighting is stylish and cool, it has lots of nifty features, but it is NOT realistic. And I don'... : SpaecKow
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          i would say hl2's lighting is more "stylistic" than doom : ermac
          • Christ ... give it up fanboys! : TheNarcis
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            No that's not correct, and it's not a matter of oppinion either. If you were to look at two comparabl : SpaecKow
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              quite. light doesnt reflect in doom3, there's no bounce : grimiv
              • To silence this rant... neither does lighting as good as Unreal Engine .. so stop the bickering! :-P : TheNarcis
            • i didn't say doom's was more realistic, i said hl2's was more stylish. a lot of stuff outside in hl2 loo... : ermac
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  Doom3: Re-released. : deviantpaul
  • Have you played Quak2? : capt tripps
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  is the guy in the second pick on the left holding the new quake imaginary gun? : holycow
  • It's the grabber : Popedispencer
• The pics are pretty no doubt, but I hope that they differentiate much more than that. It really does app... : Q-ball
• looks like the "blaster" will shoot bullets now, and so will be worth more than a glorified flashlight. : the archvile
• The previews said something about an all out war on the Strogg, unless I'm mistaken. These don't look lik... : SpiderMonkey

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• I have no idea what I'm talking about (I don't have an nVidia board and I don't know your level of knowle... : Bingo

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• Best Buy, FYE, EBGames, GameStop around here didn't have a single CE or Non-CE copy. This was the day be... : Phearsome
• Target of all places had 2 copies of the regular version left. No where else I've been does however. : Visceral Monkey
• absolutely sold out everywhere here in phoenix, for the most part. : hobosapien
• Ya, do consider yourself a bit lucky. Hell, even the game is sold out at BB here in MS. I bought one of... : qtseng

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• Yeah the paragraphs of text were daunting to read, and I didn't feel very compelled to read past the seco... : Draco
• Well he is one of the first to list the cons correctly. Which 95% of reviewers failed to do. So maybe l... : TheNarcis

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  prolly b/c they dont clean worth a damn : goatjc
  • I have been reading really really good reviews over at SA. : personaljesus
  • My mother has a Roomba and it cleans hardwood floors excellently. Not so much on thick carpet though. : WaterSign
• First-Person Vacuum, man. : nurglich

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• i've cooked steaks in a cast iron skillet..but i don't know the exact alton brown recipe you're talking a... : kbnerd
• I'm 1/3rd through his book that I got for christmas, but I haven't made anything yet :( : hanfeitzu
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  multisync swears by this. I've done it once and it turned out pretty good. : Degenerate
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    Alright - Im on for making steaks for dinner and I want to do something different. So, since they have a... : rosewood
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      PIJKDHL"AKJ_(*@%$@P!!!!!!! Aparently they gave all their cast iron skillets away :( Luckily, we have ... : rosewood
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        :( They don't want the awesomeness of cast iron on their flat cooking surfaces :( : rosewood
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          Maybe they'd rather use their George Foreman grill. Either that or they don't want to clean up after any... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Cast iron grills are messless since you leave them messy :O She is scared it will scratch her flat coo... : rosewood
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              Maybe you can convince her that "it's ok, let me use the cast iron grill". : Maddog_Delphi97
              • Wow, you really have a way with words! : forgottenzero
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  I have done this 10 or so times. THings to not forget: -USE CANOLA OIL. YOU WILL BURN SHIT UP IF YOU... : batkiwi
  • The steaks I had to use were not the same cut or width so I had to adjust but I hope I did well :) : rosewood
• Yup, tasted great. Had to cook it for a bit longer than I prefer as my mum likes them well done and I cou... : node
• You will follow Alton blindly into the darkness, and he will lead you into the light on the other side. : Deathlove
• OH MY GOD - if Jesus ate steaks, they were cooked like this : rosewood

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• weird, thats an update to a four(?) year old phone : grimiv

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  don't even have metroid prime? what the fuck man. : pyide
  • Sold that ages ago. : jason bergman
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  who serisouly plays gamecube anymore...5 year old kids? : tomm
  • I do god damn it. I like metroid prime 2, looking forward to the next zelda and probably the Resident Ev... : smacknca
  • lol nice-a-roni : arizona bay
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    people that like Nintendo's games and piss poor ports of games from other platforms. : roushimsx
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      Expand on your second statement. : cajuncook
      • I'd like to, but I'm too busy throwing my copies of Sonic Adventure Deluxe and Syphon Filter in the fucki... : roushimsx
  • and child molesters : burning eye
  • no, go younger. even 5 year olds are too mature for fun games. : pyide
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    I wish I was a mod... : ghost in my shell
    • it's a funny post lighten up : arizona bay
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    i just recently started resident evil 0 : X-GOUKI
    • wtf misreply?? : X-GOUKI
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    People who like Monkey Ball, Metroid, Viewtiful Joe until the PS2 port came out and other Nintendo games.... : node
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      isn't monkey ball already ported to the xbox? : burning eye
      • More like next March. :) : node
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    Me. I'm getting close to wrappping up Metroid Prime 2, which is probably my favorite game this year (this... : Serpico74
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      I've been hearing that MP2 exploits the piss poor control scheme at one point to totally fuck the player. : roushimsx
      • A: Don't bash something just because you can't be bothered to learn an alternative. B: I haven't playe... : SpiderMonkey
• i wish i had the funds for that. it's a great deal so someone buy it!! : kbnerd
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  is there a reason why you're selling it? : burning eye
  • Yeah -- I'm moving, and want to replace my TiVo and DVD player with a combo unit. :) I'm also selling ... : jason bergman
• Ok....sold (goddamn me being compulsive) : darklox

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  wut ? : qwpeoriu
  • Turn on ESPN. : hube
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    He died of a heart attack last night. : Phreakin
    • :( :( :( : enigmatic
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      :( I'm gonna disagree with you and say PHILLY for life : qwpeoriu
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        Reggie white and jerome brown man i can remember that defense fondly the body bag game vs the redskins w... : creep
        • God that game fucking sucked. (am a redskins fan) : riptyde
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      holy shit, probably my favorite packer ever : maulla
      • My wife was up in GB during training camp a few years back, and she said there was an entire store there ... : riptyde
• I think he'll be in the Hall of Fame as a Packer ;) : Phreakin
• sad :( :( :( : Deathlove
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  no way he will be in hall of fame as a packer he was THE eagles and even though I am a giants fan his def... : thebigbinky
  • What team did he win a superbowl with? ;) : mastarp
• Man... that sucks. We loved ya Reggie. : PoopStewart
• Shit, that sucks!!! The first sports jersey I ever wore around casually was his number. )c: I was never a... : WaterSign
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  First I've heard this; he was pretty young yet. : firethorn
  • 43! : drucifer
  • he was 43. : FormerHPB
• =[ : lord cecil
• :( : sharkII

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  needs more Eva Mendez :/ : deviantpaul
  • oh and lots of hawt chicks, talkin' ebonics!11 : adambugger
• "and some absolutely fantastic product placement" That's a plus!?! : crust
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  I like it but I hate driving around the fucken city just to get my lights installed or driving around tha... : Lickuright
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    SRS fun? Never played it. : adambugger
    • It was okay decent at the most. Was no NFS but It keep me playing for a few weeks. I still preferred NFSU... : Lickuright

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  according to a friend, it means 'hatred.' : qaldar
  • Thank you. I wonder if it has two meanings though... In the movie the kung fu student is told to think o... : pizzaknymp
• i think the more correct translation is 'revenge' ... if my chinese is still good... its pronounced cho... : recoilfx

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  they sure do like to sit on top of the monitors. : deviantpaul
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    it's warm up there :] : burning eye
    • I sit ontop of mine all the time because of this. : d0gbert
    • Sleeping on my lap is better (and safer...) : Nixx2004
  • is that a 997df? i was considering buying one, how do you like it? : poppasp1ce
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  Nice wallpaper. Where did you get it? : Serpico74
  • from here - http://katamaridamacy.jp/download/index.html http://katamaridamacy.jp/download/wp_jacket/wp_... : jcutner
• how those z-680's workin out for you? i've had mine for over a year now, and just loving them. let me g... : atom519
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  start up Q3 and scare him! : the archvile
  • just hit deguass.. send the little fluffy straight up in the air.. : g0nk

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• These are all good ideas.... George... take note. : Q-ball
• Yes, the game is great :) I enjoyed it thoroughly. Needs more maps for DM stylie now. Ggun is the ONLY wa... : ghost hacker
• GTA:Duke : Visceral Monkey

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  On second thought, the ssl cert gives me a warning *and* they want a CC# to use the service, even if you ... : Visceral Monkey
  • * S C A M ' D * : the archvile

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  Motherboard drivers? : Phearsome
  • They were giving me errors but I think I fixed that. Still doesn't work though. : NastyJack
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  possibly pick up a USB card from a local shop? What OS you running? : g0nk
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    XP professional. : NastyJack
    • hmm, should be workin, try updateing mobo drivers and running WindowsUpdate.. : g0nk

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• I like Burnout 3 it makes me happy in my pants. One thing I hate though is the damn kids on xbox live pla... : Lickuright

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• http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/ That'll help organize things. : Portax

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  people still use dial-up? : jayares
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    I'm connected at 19.2k right now and paying about $5 an hour! hooray third world countries! : judge
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      i'm in a third world country with a 1mbps/384kbps dsl line ;) : moe6
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        I can't get any faster internet as I have a mandatory secret service line tap on my phone and it screws t... : judge
        • They should be capable of listening in without fucking up the voltage. Our networking groups have line ... : Q-ball
    • I've paid $29 a month for 350k/s down and 100k/s up for 2 years now? maybe 3. : jayares
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      Hello judge, how ur christmas? : pres589
      • wasn't really christmas, but I posted about it last night http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9265370 Th... : judge
• LOL @ you in France. : Normality

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  Whoa wtf is going on with the ram chips? Looks like someone used a shotgun to put them on: http://www.oc... : nomaad
  • It is an odd design. But HOT DAMN that thing is sexy. : ghost hacker
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  PCI-E only? : spector
  • Yes sir. : atom519

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• bump : spector
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  Yes - Never EVER get boots that dont fit. : sharkII
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    haha well i am not planing on wearing the boots : spector
    • oic. Well about 6 years ago my whole setup was about 700 bucks. Last time I bought any gear. So I have no... : sharkII

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  hah the story for quake2 got me pumped though! : judge
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    GETTING CLIPPED JUST SAVED YOUR ASS MARINE!! The intro sucked me right in and I played for about 10 hour... : Ajax
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      I fuckin loved that intro. Best intro ever. Evar. : aggressor
      • Yeah, hairs still stand on end when I watch it. Paul Steed (?) did a fantastic job with the animation... : Dave Johnston
• I remember reading the Hexen short (back history) story... it had a LOTR feel to it. : shotgun1
• "This is Operation Counter strike" OMG! : Dave Johnston
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  I like how after you're given your top secret mission, you go out "scouting the neighborhood." What exac... : GloriousCow
  • rofl : xxiv
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  keep in mind that Quake was originally supposed to have a story like Daikatana, where your main weapon wa... : the archvile
  • Yeah, they pretty much redid the whole game in four to five months prior to release. : nomaad
• best story line evar!!!!1111 : ballystix
• I'm halfway through Masters of Doom, the book about id's history. It's really great. A lot of their sto... : krenzo
• I liked it better when Quake was the name of the project or the event or the device, but not the name of ... : jrock

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  anyone? I'm about to head out - thx : g.lee
  • errr, just get whatever feels sturdiest? It's old, but I liked NFS: Porsche Unleashed : proclone1
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  The MOMO from logitech is pretty nice. Got one about 3 weeks ago, and I'm enjoying it quite a bit. : bmoney13
  • Assuming you mean the one with the hand-stiched leather wheel cover, yes, it is pure sex. The newer one i... : node

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  you are a very unique and important specimen to science. Your brain must be picked for opinions. What... : Luminair
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    1. I think I liked Return of the Jedi the least of the 3 movies; the musical scene was just filler in my : yoonix
    • I havent watched star wars in a few years now, besides episode 2, I think I'll bring out my VHS trilogy p... : wilsnipeforfood
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      Yes, an unusual specimen this, not seeing star wars for 25 years! Come hither, let me press you between t... : ihya
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        k. ewoks... bad or good? : ihya
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          ewoks were always good. jarjar can hang : proclone1
          • i miss the original ewok song at the end of RotJ :( : ttyRazor
        • Good. Comic relief and cuteness. I liked them. : yoonix
    • The odd colours of the lightsabers in 'A New Hope' were because of the restoration process. The brightne... : TwiLyght
• I only saw the one where he tells that guy he is his father. I still don't remeber how it all ended thou... : deviantpaul
• HAN SHOT FIRST >.< : djustifier

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  HL1? Just fine : artillery
  • TWO >:( : sharkII
• What... half life 1? HL2 will run well enough with the default settings I wager. : SpaecKow
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  I just bought over steam HL2 and my Geforce2 GTS pro w/64 megs of ram, and AMD XP 2100+ and 512 megs of : b00tch
  • Good to know... thanks. : sharkII
  • i have almost the same specs and 1024 res is playable too... : Utopia

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• Agreed. I was a little shy of optical for gaming, but this is everything you want it to be. : freqq28
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  this is the mouse i've been thinking about getting. i love how it feels (only used it in a store though).... : kbnerd
  • feels good on a desk, too, though you'll obviously need to use the mouse with your right hand. : Postal
• Yes a very good mouse... It comes in Blue or Red! Comp USA had them for 49.99 US with a 20.00 mail ... : TheNarcis
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  Whats the best mouse pad for it? I have the original ratpad version but sometimes I think its a bit too ... : smacknca
  • might want to look at the func 1030 mouse pad... double-sided, apparently, so you can choose one side wit... : Postal
• I have the MX700, which is pretty much a cordless version of the same mouse, and it rocks. : chrisxtreme