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• buy a gun.... : adambugger
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  You are looking for www.realultimatepower.net : onyx
  • i have looked long and hard for a nearby realultimatepower dojo but alas i found nothing : spector
• Mixed martial arts is popular now what with all the no-holds-barred type matches. Use "mixed martial arts... : LeapingFool
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  I have been told by many people I trust that if you want to learn how to fight take up judo and boxing. ... : kaibosh
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    as far as i know there is pretty much no where to box around here, next step would be judo though. : spector
    • Judo is a great base, but just note that it is all throwing and grappling. Great stuff to know, but not a... : LeapingFool
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    muay thai + boxing + jiu-jitsu. all i can think with these mixed into freestyle is... ouch :( : reverend~heresy
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      Muay Thai is basicly kick boxing right : spector
      • Right. Brutal Thai kickboxing. : LeapingFool
      • + major focus on knees and elbows : derelict515
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  Threadjack I've been thinking of krav maga for a while. Any opinions/comments on it? : mem
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    I'd always heard some secondhand good things, but I've never known anyone who's taken it. I'd be interest... : LeapingFool
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      I'm asking because there's a basics course starting around here in few weeks. To get my ass out of this c... : mem
      • Some places will let you take a free class just to see what you think. Might be worth asking. : LeapingFool
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  see if your local YMCA offers boxing. IMO, the most important thing to learn is not to be afraid of be... : kevp
  • ive never really been punched in the face, i would like to take boxing though if i could but i just dont ... : spector
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  my input would be that most people won't stick to studying something if they're only in it to be a badass... : Luminair
  • i think it would be kind of fun, thats motivation. if its not fun i wouldnt do it anyway. : spector
• systema... : taylorwp2
• BJJ or Tai chi from someone who knows how to teach it as a fighting art and not just some sort of h... : ^rec

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  XBox Proof: http://home.comcast.net/~jhof1/WoWScrnShot_ker1.jpg http://home.comcast.net/~jhof1/WoWScrnS... : jhof
  • I would assume it's on the one in Rachet also, but haven't confirmed. : jhof
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  Do any of the several thousand real world references made by Blizzard in the game count as an easter egg? : Wombat Woo
  • Linken 4 Evah! : walker270
  • Only if it doesn't involve communism. : D45hiz
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  The weapon master in Stormwind is named Woo Ping. :) : SilverSnake
  • If you're counting equipment names, don't forgt Linken's Sword and Boomerang (and Shield?), The 1 Ring, H... : Helter Skelter
  • how bout in org the guy named Craven Drok sounds like drug influenced! : jane911
• You fight the 3 Vikings : freak!
• i like the reference of that dagg =) http://www.thottbot.com/index.cgi?i=13374 : r eme r

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  %systemdrive%\Program Files\K-Lite Codec Pack\Media Player Classic\mplayerc.ini : RAMDrive
  • this isnt the default path. the ini is stored where MPC is unzipped to by default, if the settings to ini... : johnny skidmarks
• Registry, ctrl+f for gabest : railchu
• There is a check box in the settings to make it store its prefs in an .ini file. Otherwise it uses the r... : vigilante
• 6.4.8.3 CVS has nifty shader support. get it! : r1cola
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  Theres an option to force it to use .ini, and then you can find the ini in the same directory as the exe : osiris_brad
  • Thanks guys. Oh how I hate the registry. Does anyone know where MPC's registry entries are? Now that I... : valiance

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• I keep hearing Sacred is good, but its more action rpg. Divine Divinity is an excellent game, looks like ... : Visceral Monkey
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  Ultima 7 or Crusaders of the Dark Savant? : crowly767
  • ultima 7 rules!!!! : kbnerd
  • http://exult.sourceforge.net/ : lightly inclined
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  Planescape:Torment. : brickmatt
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    Open Ended? : freshview
    • There's a story, but there are many ways to approach it, a lot of sidequests, and about 10 NPCs you could... : brickmatt
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    PST is not open-ended. Best story-driven rpg I've played though. : lightly inclined
    • Meh, read my post above. "Open ended" is a bit vague, and all the obvious sterotypical answers have been... : brickmatt
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  This reminded me that Ultima 9 was sitting on my hdd for a couple of months begging to be uninstalled pla... : xphil
  • So much potential... : Omaha
  • Which reminds me once I learned all the special moves for the two handed sword... haha it was over. I e... : Omaha
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  I'll say Gothic 2 because aside from some control issues, I've heard nothing but great things about it. ... : emocore
  • Yeah, I borrowed that from a friend of mine. I could've given it more of a chance, but after getting kill : BrodieMan
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  MMORPGs are open-ended PC RPGs. They're also a lot of fun if you like open-ended PC RPGs. : Geoffrois
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    Monthly fees aren't my thing, I wouldn't want to pay for a game and feel forced to keep playing it. : BrodieMan
    • Anarchy Online is completely free for a year now. : Hatta
  • Thing is, there's almost no real story, or at least player interactivity with the story in MMOs. I thi... : Vincent Grayson
• didnt you make a video about a girl named aisha or something : Morgin
• *click click click click click click click click click click click* Yes, I know they're not all like : omnova
• Deus EX : carnivore
• Might and Magic series, stay away from 9 and push for 7 : acidravelamp

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  It looks like Ashke's is still up : weezer rocks
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    well shit lets play : r1cola
    • How cow, I'm in! : Maddog_Delphi97
  • Good game, good game tonight!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I'm just waiting for this damn map pack to come out already. 2 levels is not enough to live on! : smacknca
  • How many maps are going to be in the map pack? Or does anybody know? : Maddog_Delphi97

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  i think everyone's pissed they had to see will smith's ass in the beginning : nyranger66
  • Pissed that it only showed up once you mean. : cookblaze
  • i just pretended it was Sleepy, and i felt better.. : g0nk
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  Hmm. I remember a lot of people basically saying "not bad like I expected." : LeapingFool
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    Yeah, I haven't seen it yet, but I remember being unimpressed by the trailers. : cameljoe
    • trailers didn't do it justice at all. : Daynor
• The shack is sometimes a fickled bitch. Loves things most of us hate, hates things most of us love. I thi... : mr3dmax
• Those who hate it are those who are annoyed at its "mutilation" of Asimov's work. I liked it for what ... : ventro
• It pissed in my cheerios. : vigilante
• I found it entertaining despite Will Smith's best attempts to ruin it. : godwit
• They shouldn't hook us with the Asimov title and then butcher it in front of out eyes like that. And Will... : stuka
• I walked in expecting crap, I walked away satisfied. : lightly inclined
• It wasn't exactly Asimov's "I, Robot" but I still really liked it. : Magus
• agree. Great movie. Especially the philosophical stuff. : matthaeus

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  What are you going to blow it all on? : sanchez
  • Ale and whores! : Bean
• heh, move to a country where they actually take taxes.... : crust
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  Dude, don't get me started. This year I'm in the 38% bracket and 3/4 of my income was a direct invoice... : Serpico74
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    ok.. but you knew this was coming... so if you have spent the money you fucked yourself. : crust
    • I'm pretty responsible with my cash so I'm more than covered. That doesn't change the fact that it's g... : Serpico74
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    Shouldn't you have paid quarterly taxes then? : cameljoe
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      I paid quarterlies, but they were based on what I made last year. : Serpico74
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        silly boy : cameljoe
        • Yup :) : Serpico74
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    What is the 38% bracket? I'm new to this tax thing. :( : walker270
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      Depends if you're married or not. But I don't see a 38% tax rate for individuals. 10% $0-$7,150 : cameljoe
      • The 8 is next to the 5 on the numeric keypad. My mistake :/ : Serpico74
• Sucks that you started getting hit in February. I started in August so for all of 2004 I was being taxed ... : Delusional

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  http://kidshealth.org/kid/talk/qa/cauliflower_ear.html : lacker
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    So, guys who have it have wrestled or fought a lot without head gear? : cameljoe
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      i guess. you would think it would be preventable but looking at those guys from ufc, man their ears are m... : lacker
      • they're probably the dumb guys : cameljoe
      • The way to avoid it is to stick needles in your ears to draw out the blood. ick : Hiro
      • its fixable if you have your ear drained right after it happens, if you wait a day or so though its perma... : eggnoodles
• about to buy a pair of earguards, myself. : biskits

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  20 sek is, what, half of what you need for boardwalk? : Nighthavvk
  • somewhere between $3 and $4. : lapskaus
• It's because once the beta is over they will start charging you for an account I guess. :) btw... http : SilverSnake
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  That's because in order to validate the card they do what is known in the industry as a "dollar auth" whe... : Hiro
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    Now that's what I call informative, thanks! :) : MrLonghair
    • np, I worked in the online credit card industry for about 5 years integrating credit card payment systems... : Hiro
• I started filling that thing out, they want so much damn info, address, CC#, etc... I just said it's not ... : tunis5000

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  cool! where are you exactly? : ansuble
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    In the hotel lobby, can't you read?!? Just kidding. Madeira sounds kinda like something in Spain, not : Nixx2004
    • It's a volcanic island off the coast of Africa, belongs to Portugal : Toraz Chryx
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  Is that Portugal? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Is there another madeira a white english dude would go to? :D : Zoesch
    • just curious, but why do you say that? is it full of dark skinned prostitutes or something? educate m... : edgewise
• stage one of Operation Velocity Engine complete : drucifer
• Say hi to my aunt if you see her.. she's in Maidera at the moment too. : Arsenal

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  If they are wmv's it's because they have encoded them with only a key frame at the begining of the movie,... : JohnTandim
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    VLC does it. How could they not use key frames? : cameljoe
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      There is a way to add key frames. roushimsx knows how, I think : monohydrate
      • use ASF2MKV http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=82303 : roushimsx
• Wait - so is there a way to use VNC to stream a video over SMB so I can specify a larger buffer? : rosewood

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  I disliked the movie, but what really made it bad for me was the ending when she said "hide and seek" the : darkT
  • That part was hilarious. I've always thought all movies should throw in a titular line :) Much like i... : Vincent Grayson
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  More like Hide and Suck : Zoesch
  • lolz! : Hiro
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  Spoil the movie for me. : Alec Matias
  • 1...2....3........ HEY DON'T CHEAT and later AAAAAAHHH~~~ YOU FOUND ME HEHEHEHEHE : moe6
  • Step 1: Go to the movie spoiler site. http://www.themoviespoiler.com/ Step 2: Read the movie summary. ... : theo20185
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    Charlie is DeNiro's split personality who killed his wife for cheating on him (originally we thought she : Hiro
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      So, did the girl never tell Deniro, "YOU'RE FUCKING CHARLIE! Stop killing people!" : Alec Matias
      • nope. just read the spoiler, and it sounds like the gayest ending ever. I would have probably run into th : Nighthavvk

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• Twilight Zone so so owns : r1cola
• It was a giant turd. : archon
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  My old roommate thought that Bulletproof Monk was "pretty awesome" From then on out I never listed to ... : orgcaptainnemo
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    Well, it was better than The Medallion, and Stiffler doing kung fu was fun. : Vantage
    • But it wasn't a good movie. : orgcaptainnemo
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  Kbnerd, please stand up. : Ratsofatsorat
  • *stands* i'm in pretty good shape for someone who's dead. : kbnerd
• I like one of what's-her-name's costumes. But that's about it. : RatBastard
• You are the only one. Thread over, move along everyone. : Entity
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  Watch Solaris before you declare Van Helsing the worst shit ever. : Cottc Cid
  • Watch House of the Dead and Alone in the Dark before you declare Solaris as the worst shit ever. : sgtsanity
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    Solaris > Van Helsing, imho. : orgcaptainnemo
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      Brutal ass reaming > Van Helsing, imo. : Bean
      • O_o.... :) : orgcaptainnemo
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    Wtf? what's wrong with Solaris? Not everything needs to be a stupid crappy summer aciton movie. I thought... : stuka
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      For people who cant tap into there own emotions or just like a movie for basic things and not just BOOM B... : mastarp
      • Solaris was far too long and way too boring... it had nothing to do with not having action, but it was ne... : dilutedq
• I completely agree with this post. My roomate netflixed this, I watched it for an hour, fell asleep, wok... : donuthead

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  More like, want to read the frontpage, etc :) : MrLonghair
  • oops! classic shack fuck up :) : SlamDunk

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• that looks really cool :) don't have any games installed to need it tho. : Daynor
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  I would, lots of apps like this are too fancy, I want something simple, and this looks simple : MONGOLOID
  • yah im keeping it as simple as possible, might have something pretty functional later this weekend. : Shadowdane
• I usually just write the stupid key on the CD so that it will always be available whenever I reinstall...... : Omaha
• don't tell me, screenshot of notepad.exe ? : SatansLilHelper
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  Thats pretty cool, I use Delicious Library on my iBook to do that and it syncs with my iPod. I wouldn't n... : ovrlrd
  • Delicious Library really chugs for me on my Powerbook (867Mhz), does it run slow for you? : Hiro
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  Does it automatically report the keys to your special server for safe 'keeping' too? : tsuba
  • tricksy hobbit : jcutner
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    lol no.. im not good enough at programming to do that. Dunno how to do networking stuff. : Shadowdane
    • goto www.freesql.org (or is it .com?) and set up a database there, and have it by default connect there a : Omaha
• so it's like... a spreadsheet? : mr brown
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  I'd use that; I've been using Access forever for my cdkeys. That looks much better. : huge
  • it actually uses an Access Database to store all the info so you could actually very easily just drop you... : Shadowdane
• Well it seems there is a bit of interest, I'll work on getting it and fully functional.. hopefully later... : Shadowdane
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  I'd be really interested in it. I've been using MS Word for a long time to do it. I have a few feature... : angrytaxman
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    And if you do have multiple boxes, make sure it goes to the next box automatically when you run out of sp... : cajuncook
    • ooooohhh I like! : angrytaxman
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    -keep all files in 1 folder for portability [done] -be able to copy/paste from it [done] -question on t... : Shadowdane
    • If it's too much work don't worry about it, I'll love it no matter what. I was just thinking for everyone... : angrytaxman
    • - be able to copy/paste from it i think what they mean is they want copy and paste buttons in the pro... : poppasp1ce
• Whatever you store that it - it needs to be encrypted and you need a password to get into it : rosewood
• Nice of you to want to store our cd keys. : freqq28

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  7 : rosewood
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    I went and made oatmeal so its 5 now : rosewood
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      I just took a shit, it's -67 now. : orgcaptainnemo
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        Thats good, right? : rosewood
        • That's what my mom said. : orgcaptainnemo
• 42,69,1 : Bean
• when i bought my 2nd house, it was at 720. but my broker set me up with a 2nd mortgage that's a "home eq... : romulan
• why does "i have $17,000 credit available to me" and "My dad missed my payment" not mesh? : crust
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  dunno. somewhere above 700. i figure that's bitchin' for a 23-yr-old recent college grad with a massive p... : biskits
  • It's never been about how much you owe but how regular your payments are : Zoesch

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• ALSO: This is my first AMD CPU :D : cr00kedview
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  needs more Asus A8N-SLI Deluxe kthx. : moe6
  • oh and as long as their the same kind of ram in the same size with the same memory timings, it'll run dua... : moe6

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• KOTOR2 on Xbox has had a number of bugs reported, and it seems to be worse on older Xboxes. You should... : Vincent Grayson

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  Attention Baldur's Gate RPG Fans: I just want to extoll the virtues of the Baldur's Gate mod: "TuTu." : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Wow, that does look really good! Don't tempt me! I've played through Baldur's Gate more times than any ... : Vantage
    • You know you want to. Look how sexy it is. LOOK. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Thanks for the hot BG info. No, really...I'm being serious. : awinnerisyou
    • I would have thought that was sincere except for the very last part. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
  • i've yet to play both BG1 and 2, so i'll definately give this a shot. thanks for the info! : mindmann
  • Dear god... now I have NO excuse damnit!!! : xphil
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  This...this post needs more love, because I spent a lot of time on it. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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    probly all the bg fans are zzz : r1cola
    • Dammit. I could repost it *AGAIN* tomorrow during the day, but I already did that. Accursed my home-ti... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I don't have my cds anymore. and i'm playing wow, but i would rock that up otherwise : cigam
  • I love you. : Edmonton
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    I love this post. I don't know if I'm gonna bust out BG2 again but you are brought back some memories of ... : NastyJack
    • I need to install it on my laptop. I wish I knew how to copy over save files though, it didn't seem to wo... : node
• That looks fantastic. I'll dig out my game disks this weekend. : digweed014

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  geocities : johnsto
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    tripod : Nighthavvk
    • imageshack : mindmann
• Depends on the amount you're giving back. If it's real big, make a torrent. If not, get some hosting frie... : Helter Skelter

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  They can definitely start while downloading: http://resource.dopus.com/Files/videos/Toolbar1.html T... : nudel
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    Hmm balls, you can't press play while the "Loading" screen is still up (that's my fault) but it will star... : nudel
    • yea but doesnt camtasia cost money? : madclown

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• I got 1/10th as good a score as you. I'm cool. : tsuba
• 7065 : Zero|DPX
• my 10key never was very good :( : r1cola
• lvl 9, 10345...my brain hurts now : falkan

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  it was on thursday. i don't have the energy to shacksearch it myself, but check umax's post history, h... : RikiTiki2
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    oh. it was tuesday. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9468595 : RikiTiki2
    • thanks a bunch! : kokujin
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9468595 WMV: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9468828 : sgtsanity

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• I love Marathon. Except for G4 Sunbathing. That level sucked ass hard : AssGoblin
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  Mark IV Cyborg > Master Chief or are they the same people? muhahahahhaha!! : nyranger66
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    Durandal > Cortana. The SPNKR is in both games I know that. I wish Bungie would remake Marathon so bad.... : AssGoblin
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      Both games take place in the same universe apparently. I think the marathon saga actually takes place aft... : Visceral Monkey
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        if they are somehow connected, this is my theory as well. the two time lines fit so far.. : nyranger66
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          I thought a read an official Bungie post that said they weren't. I'd be happy to be wrong : AssGoblin
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            even if they werent connected, bungie wouldnt explicity say that. it's just no thier style :P : nyranger66
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              What? Q Is Marathon the prequel to Halo? A No, Marathon is a separate story, with wholl : n0v4
              • lies and propaganda. disregard them. : nyranger66
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      one of the few problem i see with them re-making Marathon is that we all have our own versions of what al... : nyranger66
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        I'd be happy with the terminals still. I really just want the game redone with new graphics/textures and... : AssGoblin
        • IAWTP. Durandal on text terminal with graphics > Cortana : stuka

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  Agreed. Foggy nights are the best. Creates such an awesome atmosphere, especially when driving in areas... : cr00kedview
  • I'm at a lolz for words. : archon

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  you should do the chick whos number you got. if not you then someone else. just dont try to date her as y... : TheTick
  • i deleted the number already. i don't want to fuck with that shit. : FrayLo

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  Not if you think about it in terms of each thread doing soething differently. Isolate cases in which the : Omaha
  • And do all of that naked : rosewood
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    screw you, it's hard. I'm taking an OS class right now. We're implementing a OS that will allow thre... : cameljoe
    • If your OS is already multi-process, threading shouldn't be totally alien. : maddy

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• Sell them all and upgrade your PC for future games. : sanchez

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  You're talking about a site which completely plastered every page on their domain with McGriddles crap. T... : Entity
  • I don't go to it anymore, but I just clicked a link there on accident and it made me sad=( Apache really... : uncle slappy
• It pained me to watch VE exist in any state at any time in the past. : Serpico74

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• Not as slow as you, lolz. : Afterglow

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  Man, I have to get a tivo; I work weekend nights and I've missed this, along with other shows I want to w... : huge
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    Watch it in order, miniseries to end. If you can't catch up and continue on TV, download them and catch ... : Luminair
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      A second season is on the way, correct? : empy
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        yeah, friend (who's also a shacker) that follows it told me there's going to be another season of 26 epis... : nyranger66
        • All i've heard is 6 more as of now. It has been getting stellar ratings (for the Sci Fi Channel, anyway..... : tostador
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      tsuba and I just started watching this...episode three tomorrow. I can't wait. We started with episode on... : TheMonkeyWench
      • /waiting for DVD : sgtsanity
  • I've totally missed out on BSG, too. Being on Fridays really isn't very friendly. I wish Comcast On-Dem... : maddy