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  how about a headcrab?!?!?! : tsteltz
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    Hmm maybe I could shape it into a napolean-esque cap! : helvetica
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      yeah, just use a black widow and stretch the legs out. : the archvile
      • So crazy it just might work! : helvetica
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  I haven't heard about the contest but it would be alot more in the spirit of the shack IF Napoleon looked... : rookieone
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    Well the horse is about 20x bigger than the person, and for some reason you can't place people within a c... : helvetica
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      Would it be at all possible to have the horse in the background, and the person placed in mid air nearby,... : SwiftyPants
      • I gave this a shot, but I couldn't make it so it looked like the guy was on the horse. It's a lot tricki... : helvetica
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        Also I like your username! It sounds silly. : helvetica
        • Thanks. It was actually coined as an insult way back in the days of 6 digit ICQ numbers. : SwiftyPants
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  Is there a gallery site out there with Garry's Mod images? : iamgoat
  • There's a bunch in the forum: http://www.garry.tv/garrysmodforum/ : helvetica

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  hahahaha! awesome. i think you can see the shifter peeking above the dash in that pic. : burningtrees
  • Yep, you can see the knob just barely. God, that thing must be 24" tall. : EvilDolemite
• haha that's funny. tho, that thing must be really conservatively tuned. 470hp can be had with a 2-rotor 1... : cpt_gloval

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• If I wasn't sitting in the office waiting for the damned workday to end, best beileve I'd get in the mix! : Ajax
• Damn - I just started playing RSC2 again last night. If you losers are still online when I get home I'll... : Dimmona
• I lent mine out. I really, I mean really.. want to play too. : bozer
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  If anyone is still around in an hour or so I might try to hop on. : CSParsons
  • are you crazy? in an hour 24 is on : jcutner
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  Alright, well... its hard to find a decent game with random people, so I'll wait until you guys can get o... : DKo5
  • Update: still at work :'( : Dimmona

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  why am i posting in FP :( : sexninja!!!!
  • Because you remember how fun it once was :( : dognose

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• ::raises fist at evening reading:: : My Documents

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  I wish it was better :/ : oldschoolbob-o
  • i agree with this menz : jcutner
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    Hell, I just wish it didn't suck balls. : Ebu
    • That's not true. I really don't give a shit. :[ : Ebu

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• no : LucyLuBot
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  xbox dose not unless it is modded but I believe the ps2 dose stock. : themelon
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    Hmmm, weird. Seems like the picture quality on the Xbox is quite a bit better. I did buy the Microsoft ... : Enraged Pineapple
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      The first PS2 released in NA does NOT do progressive, and actually had piss-poor DVD playback. : Judicus
      • Ah, thanks. : Enraged Pineapple
• The PS2+ and the PStwo should. The Xbox will, if you mod it. : Judicus
• You don't need a mod chip anymore to do Progressive Scan for DVDs on the Xbox. If you have the newest da... : mccarron

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• no seriously guys, this ER is THAT hot. : thekidd

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  a AWD Matrix is ~20k. Cheap enought? : sucko
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    your wife has one (well, with or without AWD doesn't matter) right? how's the cargo room? : Paranoid Android
    • the cargo room is great. We were able to get a 30" HDTV home without having to take it out of the box. It... : sucko
• you can get good used dodge dakotas from 10 to 15k with less than 65k miles. i really like mine. : tsuba
• A Jeep Wrangler with a hard top is a great winter car, and you can find them for relatively cheap. : xocsida
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  I told you what to look at yesterday. >:( Jeep Wrangler, any Subaru, maybe the Forester XT, and the Es... : Degenerate
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    i'm looking at other opinions, I swear :( : Paranoid Android
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      at least go drive the Escape. Theyre really much nicer than I was expecting. : Degenerate
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        yeah once the main part of the snow melts, I think i'm going to go on a test drive spree or two :( : Paranoid Android
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          I love going and test driving stuff. I wish I could do it without dealing with salespeople. :( : Degenerate
          • Is it easy to get test drives of cool cars? Do they try to get you to qualify your credit or jump throug... : DinK
• 2005 toyota tacoma was named truck of the year... : Break
• USED TACOMA (if you want a truck. If not, get a subaru) : DinK
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  Well, if you do get such an automobile, don't go nuts and slide into a snowbank or another car. A lot of ... : FlatlineDixay
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    Oh, I know how to drive well, I wouldn't stop just because i know that suddenly all four wheels are powe... : Paranoid Android
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      You do know theres differences between whats labeled as 4X4 like a Wrngler and Tacoma and whats AWD like ... : Degenerate
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        I know that if you're really pushing all four wheels, you lose turning ability and can't go at high speed... : Paranoid Android
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          a straight 4x4 has essentially a 50/50 power split between the front and rear axles. This is why it's no... : Prozium
          • Depends heavily on the car. For instance, in my dad's jeep. It has a "full time" 4wd mode where the pow... : DinK
          • http://auto.howstuffworks.com/four-wheel-drive.htm : Prozium
        • 4x4 usually means you have a 2 wheel drive mode. AWD is usually always on. "4x4s" are also more likely ... : DinK
  • This is BY FAR the most important thing in the thread. I see it after every snow storm. I'm driving alo... : DinK
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  Just get snow tires. : Githyanki
  • ^^^ winnar : swampnutz
• Jebus! you DO NOT want a truck in snow! : lythe

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  go to Houston and fuck with genjuro : Degenerate
  • why is that "with" there? : phlavor
• Theres a few TX shackers that will help you out : darklox
• Alamo Draft House ( http://www.drafthouse.com ) - the one downtown is the best. hmm if you're 21 and l... : wtf242
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  get some BBQ. im sure some austin shackers will have more specific suggestions : sexninja!!!!
  • Iron Works and Green Mesquite are probably my favorites that i've tried. : wtf242
• Spike & Mike's Sick & Twisted Animation is in town! :O good times for all. I smells a shackmeet o_o : RikiTiki2
• Thanks everyone for the tips. : flibble2k
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  I used to live in Austin - fun place. 5th Street downtown is where all of the bars are. Fun fun. Hippie... : lythe
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    i thought it was 6th street? : sexninja!!!!
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      there are lots of bars on 5th too. 6th is usually where all the tourists go, 5th is where the expensive s... : wtf242
      • oh (ive only been to austin twice, i just always hear about "omg 6th street) : sexninja!!!!
    • ive always had more fun at the place on either side of 6th str. and what i thought was an alley (could ha... : nurall

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  needs source code : Maarten Goldstein
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    I just tried that VESA patch at http://advsys.net/ken/build.htm but same issues as before, sound is all s... : dognose
    • booooo >:( : Degenerate

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• Also the bulbs eventually burn out and theyre pretty expensive. : flip-flop
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  the main problem is stray light from windows etc - u can get washed out images- the room needs to be set ... : smellslikefish
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    well we would have a dedicated room for it. I'm concerned about the bulbs burning out now... those can't ... : MikkleThePickle
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      $399 for a replacement bulb... argh!! : MikkleThePickle
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        The bulbs in LCD and DLP rear projectors also burn out, and cost just as much. Same bulbs. : yakz
        • heh, good point, same as TVs. : DinK
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      also if you are really concerned with image quality u need a good screen - they can be expensive - prob a... : smellslikefish
      • I spent about $50 building my screen and it looks very good in daylight as well as the dark. You dont ... : themelon
    • They're about 4 to 500 bucks and generally last about 2000 hours. If you were to watch 5 hours a day, ev... : festivalman
    • You'll probably average a couple hundred bucks a year in upkeep for the bulbs. As already mentioned, the... : DinK
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      if you have a dedicated room the you are all set. If you're worried about the bulbs then get a high-gain... : llamameat
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        projector + screen (i got the perm-wall with pro-trim)=3k....and i swear it's as good as my dad's plasma ... : llamameat
        • So just how bad is, say, flat white paint on a wall in a well darkened room? Even with the other walls d... : DinK
• I have a projector, and I love it. I have a pretty crappy set up (I'm just projecting it onto a white wa... : pyrogen
• Regular TV looks like poop. Regular TV looks like a huge pile of poop when you blow it up to 100". Jus... : DKo5
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  Thanks guys, we'll end up getting the projector : MikkleThePickle
  • Whats your price range on the projector? What kind of use will it be seeing? There is a ton of stuff to c... : DKo5
• Way back when I went to a LAN game in Indiana with a bunch of Quake II people I met over the internet. Th... : cap n KRUNCH

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• Forgot the last part of the quote, the really crazy part: Offering additional testimony praising the h : amankhan
• Heh... it's not a bug. It's a FEATURE. : Nullzero
• That guy Ken is an idiot. Pure and simple. I toyed with one of these yesterday at a game shop next do... : gunrock46
• I have had no problems with the square button. :) : falkan
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  They couldn't afford to make the psp 1/4" wider to fix the issue? Game controls are the last place you w... : Wombat Woo
  • XBox is huge LOL, PSP is tiny LOL. : the archvile
• Heh, I remember people looking at pictures of the disassembled PSP and saying how obvious it is that this... : JINKY
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  whats the problem exactly? : sexninja!!!!
  • square button sticks on some of the units. the trigger under the square button that's next to the screen... : tsuba
• Offering additional testimony praising the handheld, Kutaragi said, "I believe we made the most beautiful : the archvile

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  that was supposed to come out in december..valve :D : Maarten Goldstein
  • Okay so they are. Good. When these bots came out I fired up CS:S for the first time thinking that it was : tomservo
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  As far as I know, yes. I thought they were planning to release more models in a late-december update, th... : falkan
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    I really really really hope to see the Terrorist with the big-white-homeboy coat again. He was like a wal... : tomservo
    • I remeber the user-made ones for the original cs were great. Haven't seen any for Source... : falkan

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• Do one of the dslreports.com speed tests. : goats ecx
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  e-pissing match... http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/9456040;7832898;9a1e4115a01a3a7a3ffe820d79886c... : feratu
  • http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/21826614;473615;12063d7f9e3198a0338f295c009bd08e;2.0;middletown.spee... : askedrelic
• Here, give this a try. With 15+ 100mbit seeds, it should give you nicely over that 10mbit; assuming you... : festivalman

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• The british one - set in a deli..... Anyone please? : lythe
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  http://viral.3dge.net/attachments/00/00/12/ipod.mov : lythe
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    That is quite odd. Doesn't really make me want to buy an iPod... : five_percent
    • It's a british comedy thing, not an actual ad. : sgtsanity

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  What are you talking about? Beer is supposed to be served at room temp : smdever
  • anyone else read this in a "Sarge from RvB" voice? : the archvile
• 15 to 20 minutes should be about right. : tsuba
• i guess 15mins. : radula
• When I've done this kind of thing I always set some kind of timer or alarm. I'm far too absent minded to ... : LeapingFool

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• good thing you post that because this guy needs it: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9422923 : thekidd
• heh we are the top results for so many game related stories, its pretty crazy. : Maarten Goldstein

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• oh and I did Korrabin and that cave thing, but there arent any more planets to go to... maybe I need to g : conandan
• anyone?!?! : conandan
• Head back to Thelos, I dont really remember though, but I do believe you have to go back to Thelos. : mmt681
• If you've found all the old jedi masters you're supposed to go back to Dantooine. : Bull

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  No one helped! (or my work filters are off) The answer was to use the -L parameter with ps. I was pa : Omaha
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    What are you talking about? Seriously. : AlbinoSquirrel
    • He was asking for command-line help in Solaris. : Maddog_Delphi97
• not quite sure how to look up threads, try using grep and just looking at the pid entries for the process... : mohmar
• doesnt ps show parent? or is that 'ps -ef' for all and everything? : radula
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  themelon works at Sun; ask him. : the archvile
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    He does? Finally, someone to attach my hatred of those keyboards to. : usar naem
    • I don't mind the type 5 keyboards too much, but they're worthless for gaming since they're serial (you ca... : the archvile

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  http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ : Prozium
  • thats the one, thanks : SqueegyTBS

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• I would have to say no. It didnt work when I tried a US PS2 overseas. : Githyanki
• that depends. i play NTSC games on my modded PAL ps2. but then the TV can work with a NTSC input, and wil... : paganritual

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  shenanigans made the list! awesome :) : Crimson
  • FAP nearly did as well, but I know that all my classmate would have been like "what's fap?" : ejectorpod
• Nice! that one 1,913 letter word is crazy, that would crush some kids in a spelling bee. : Piggyson