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  forgot to mention, there were two blackouts, the first knocked out the power for 3 seconds, couple minute... : yautja
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• probably the late-nite insanity, but i lol'd : PUPSTAHS
• lo freakin' l : kanix
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  those are great, fix the schwing link please :D : Nighteyes
  • http://img136.exs.cx/img136/7286/thehoff6kw.gif http://schwing.wouldyouhitthis.com/member_files/2005/01/0... : d fluke
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  whitelines is awesome :D : d fluke
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    which one is that? : comport3
    • the one called whitelines.gif ? : rookieone
• holy fucking shit at leg snap. the hitler one made me lol hard. : moe6
• http://www.geocities.com/irvine3000/ninjajumpowned.gif + http://img227.exs.cx/img227/5933/patrickduffy4... : bRAINsick
• LOL @ Grandmakick. WTF is that from? : jahulio2

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  http://www.dpreview.com/news/0502/05021704canon_eos350d.asp Improvements over the EOS 300D The new : the archvile
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    Yah I read that yesterday.... : ob3ron
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      okay, D70 versus 350D: - 350D has the resolution advantage (8 megapixels, against 6) - 350D has a wid... : the archvile
      • I was familiar with the 350D's advantages over the D70, but not the other way around.. heh. And to ans... : ob3ron
      • Canons lineup is better for specialist lenses, quality is VERY arguable. : Toraz Chryx
• Also, does anyone know if the expected STREET price will be the same as the 300D's current price? : ob3ron
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  This could turn into a HUGE ugly debate the Canon and Nikon fanboi's have been at it a lot longer than... : synack
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    Neither are available locally. What I'm really wondering what if there are any flaws in the 300D (com... : ob3ron
    • a cross-comparison of the dpreview pages might reveal something, but they'll probably say what wasn't fix... : the archvile
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      either way, the fact that it has the DIGIC II chip is a good sign from an internal processing standpoint,... : the archvile
      • its also in the <$500 P&S's its just gen 2 of it either way its better than digic 1 : synack
• Looks like it still has a slower flash sync speed -- the fastest shutter that can be used with a flash. ... : sparkly
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  - A few extra pixels on the LCD screen Doesnt matter in the grand scheme of things. - A slightly bett... : {Venger}
  • Thanks for your comments, Venger. I appreciate it. I won't be purchasing until late April anyway so I ... : ob3ron
• Or you could always look for a clearence priced 300D and end up with a very good camera a few extra dolla... : brutal

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• Wow, I don't jump rope, but thanx for the idea. It's too cold out to run, which is what I would normally ... : JohnTandim
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  i like HIIT on an Elliptical : filthysock
  • Is it possible to "travel" quickly on an elliptical? Whenever I try it, I feel like I'm falling, since I... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  High intensity/short duration > Low intensity/long duration For an example see: Lean muscular sprinte... : monohydrate
  • Depending on what you're trying to do, of course. : cajuncook
  • Its not hard and at the end of the workout, your arms won't be hurting. Trust me. : boomstickah
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  i'd rather play 20 minutes of handball. : Clay
  • ^IA. Handball is awesome! I have a hard time finding people to play with down here, though. : Bean
  • I'd rather fap at the speed of light for 10 seconds. HIIT to the MAX! FAP MAX : askedrelic
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    i'd rather play 20 minutes of pocket pool. : Silent Jay
    • more like 20 seconds rite : mr.sleepy
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    I don't think you can do that without a trip to the gym, and that whole process is mighty time-consuming. : FlatlineDixay
    • Why the gym? All you need is a ball and wall and a friend. : darweidu
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  Nowadays whenever I do anything seriously physical my heart starts palpatating like crazy, I get dizzy, a... : mr.sleepy
  • Welcome to my life. I've just given in and come to the realization that I am a nerd and nothing more. Tha... : angrytaxman
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  If a 12 minute mile is running, how slow is jogging?! I'd have to try to run that slow :/ : omnova
  • waddling. : crazywigga
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    indeed. 8 minute miles are jogging around here. You have to be into the 6:20's or so before it's "running... : bostrov
    • Yea, even now I can't see a mile taking me longer than 8-10 minutes, and I'm pretty outta shape compared ... : Q-ball

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• Oof! My fings hurt so good... stopped at 52, too dyslexic... : Enkidu
• HOLY CARPAL TUNNEL BATMAN! : biskits
• thats pretty damn fun : maulla
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  125 Levels 934 Seconds 270 Deaths : jimmy-buffett
  • 1362 seconds, 674 deaths but man I am tired as shit. :P Good times, thanks for sharing the link. : cajuncook
  • You are a god among men. I cheered out loud when I beat the game, over 2000 seconds, over 2000 deaths. : Enkidu
• Well thats a fun distraction :D : omnova
• ouch... carpal tunnel :( : tommysgun
• 125 levels, 1166 seconds, 553 deaths : Zero|DPX
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  Fucking hurt wrists. : mojoald
  • try playing that flash game then : AssGoblin
• Pretty fun game. It reminds me of a lot of games, and can make me hate some of those levels. But it's ver... : ovrlrd
• i got to like 25, I am good and buzzed right now though. : Turd Ferguson
• 125 levels 2127 seconds 1683 deaths (i was afk lol) : PUPSTAHS
• 2462 1516 deaths thank god thats over : podizzle
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    Grade = 100% : ShadowRam
    • 125 levels 785 Sec 330 Deaths : ShadowRam
• 125 Levels, 1553 seconds, 590 deaths. Grade: 0% : Ride-My-Rocket

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  Can't you get your department to throw in a few hundred, given the hours you've been working on what is s... : bostrov
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    I've been considering that. I had my manager's manager talked into the 12" Powerbook + bi-weekly flower d... : BulletPro
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      They want you to do in six weeks what was two other engineers six month assignment? Not only should they ... : bostrov
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        Seriously, if you're the last chance they have to get this deadline met, which it sounds like you might b... : gndagger
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          I'm not trying to portray myself as some superstar or anything, but any dedicated person has a reasonable... : BulletPro
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            So you're not a superstar, because you're willing to take on the responsibilities of two other employees ... : Ride-My-Rocket
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              The least they could do is make me an hourly employee for the next 6 weeks. :( : BulletPro
              • But barring that, you should ask for them to give you a laptop so you can get this shit done. Otherwise,... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • they've been there for 10 years and somehow avoided random layoffs/restructurings. : BulletPro
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    ... whenever possible, run os x on a G4. even a g4 sawtooth 350 feels faster in os x than a ibook g3 at ... : DoubleAught()
    • I've got Jaguar on a PMac G4 400MHz... quite snappy. Sits next to my 20" iMacG5. : BulletPro
    • I have a G4-800 dual (with a GF4Ti4600 Mac) and a G3 700 ibook, and the ibook seems considerably faster f... : bostrov
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  Check out the Averatec 3200 series. Sam's Club has one for $899. 12" Athlon XP-M machines with 512MB of R... : DKo5
  • I'll have to drive over there tomorrow, thanks. : BulletPro
  • Ive dealt with a couple of these at my ResNet job. While the drivers are sometimes a bitch to find (re... : Squirrely
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  Best buy will have a 499 laptop after rebates tommorrow. And Dell has awesome deals if you go through tec... : dnurk
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    thanks. current Dell deals appear to be centered around a $600 off $1599 laptop. : BulletPro
    • There is also a 500 off 1399 making a decent laptop with everything at 900 ! : dnurk
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  Look out for a used/refurbished iBook (or maybe Powerbook) on the Apple Special Deals store. They usually... : ovrlrd
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    Last I saw they had a late-model 15" PB refurb for $1500 (same price as latest 12"). So.. hot... I thi... : BulletPro
    • Yeah they have some nice deals on there. You should be able to find a 12" on there sometime soon I can im... : ovrlrd
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  People's work philosophies always amaze me. We have a guy at work who puts in 60+ hours a week, works ... : jimmy-buffett
  • Best part of the whole story? I did this exact same thing for the exact same people 2.5 years ago. We wer... : BulletPro

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  I couldn't get through it =( Just horrible, and i'm not picky. : crazywigga
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    I seriously considered walking out, and I have never walked out of any movie in my life. : Turd Ferguson
    • I didn't even pay to see it and I my money back. :( I borrowed the DVD from a neighbor. : walker270
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  That isnt a half breed, its just an alien popping out of a predator, just like with the humans. I wouldnt : railchu
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    It's a predalien. Aliens have this nice trait where they take on some of their incubator's characteristi : walker270
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      Is that from the comic or something? What kind of characteristics does an Alien take from a human? My ... : railchu
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        Human shape, basically. It is alluded to in Alien 3 when the alien that is born from a dog is such that i... : Serpico74
        • Ahh well, I either didnt or dont remember seeing that one, thanks for the information : railchu
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      The Predalien ending just pissed me off. When the hell did they get time to impregnate the Pred, not to m : node
      • What are you talking about, it was when the Predator was marking himself with his kill and he had his mas : railchu
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  I disagree. It was without a doubt too bad. Worst movie of the year. Possibly up for worst movie ever. ... : TheTick
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    *ahem*..... Alone in the Dark.... : Bean
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      *ahem* ... Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter ... : walker270
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        Is that even real? If so, I must watch it! : Bean
        • Yes, it's real - I've seen it, and it is bad. It took me four tries to sit through the whole thing. I... : walker270
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  ok so no one seems to have liked it. I wish it had been set in the Aliens era as opposed to modern day... : comport3
  • everything : Bean

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• Hunter or Warlock are good at soloing PvE, but most classes are able to solo somewhat. I just think pet ... : grendel
• College students have the best life to devote to games! : EvilDolemite
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  surprisingly, I find that all classes have a good degree of solo capability : RikiTiki2
  • Except warriors perhaps. : -efx-
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  I think a Troll Hunter will be what i'll pick :) sounds like fun : placebo effect
  • I had one and I loved it. But they took care to design all classes to be soloable for most quests. The... : bargeld
• I had a pretty easy time with my shaman. Prolly one of the better classes to solo with imo, very well ro... : gyvoji
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  I do rather well with my druid. I mean, its got your pseudo priest, with warrior and rogue forms and is t... : geedeck
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    Druids are great <50. After 55 or so we're nothing more than shitty healers. :( : walker270
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      Really? Hmm, don't you think Blizzard will address that at some point? : geedeck
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        I did, up until I read this post: http://forums.worldofwarcraft.com/thread.aspx?fn=wow-druid&t=77293&p... : walker270
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          Hmm. Those don't seem to be the perfect fix, but at least a step in the right direction. I can take that,... : geedeck
          • Perfect? I just want to be viable. I don't want to have to depend on 2 or 3 other classes being played ... : walker270
• Warlocks are good solo'ers and a very fun class IMO. I think they are one of the more involved classes, m... : scatti
• Rogue is the best soloer imo. : alexthegreat2

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  it gets better and better : armaduck
  • this man lies not : SqueegyTBS
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    That's good to hear, because it starts next wednesday here in Aus. Gonna be good :D Starbuck's ac... : SpaecKow
    • She only gets better. :) The series rocks my boxers so much, though I would love a bit more big-badda-boo... : geedeck
    • Starbuck continues to rock your nuts. At the same time though she's not just a 2D touch chick, so god dam... : node
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  the middle kinda sucks, but it ends alright. : Backspace
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    Alright? Shit man, I read a theory of some guy online, and if it's correct, the end of the show (yes, the... : Ratsofatsorat
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      I'm pretty sure they're go for season 2, so we won't be seeing the end anytime soon : geedeck
      • scifi has indeed renewed BSG : armaduck
  • The middle doesnt suck, and the finale is awesome. : broly1718
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  Haha. Just you wait. Just you wait. </knowing grin for all those who have seen the end of season 1> : tostador
  • yeah, the part with EVERYONE ACTUALLY BEING CYLONS OMG OMG OMG!! sorry, bad joke :( : d fluke

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• I see you here, but not elsewhere. Interesting. : BrodieMan
• That will never work without a bubblegum wrapper. : RAMDrive
• i lolled : acidravelamp
• The necesary phase of the moon for that to work is at least a week away. Overnight shipping would be a w... : rosewood

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• What's your machine specs? You might want to upgrade to XP now :( : d fluke
• you do know that MS more or less explicitely said that the lifecycle of Win98 is over Back in 2002, W : rookieone

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  Sounds a little stupid. Does it heal them relatively less than it heals everyone else? : FlatlineDixay
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    Nope, I have a area heal that does +50. We were in a battle against some NPC's and I went to heal my team... : myfasha
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      Could be a bug, have you reported it or investigated further? : FlatlineDixay
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        na, it has been like that for a year now (well a year as of E3) : Nation
        • btw, it is a really cheap spell: http://www.gwonline.net/page.php?p=48#Healing the spell he is talking : Nation
• that makes 0 sense : Intaglio5
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  it was this way in the last beta weekend too. i thought it was a feature...i also thought it made sense s... : kbnerd
  • yes but it's a game, whats the point of me using a character that cant do any damage, and I'm just helpin... : snuff
  • thats dumb as hell. do AOE offensive spells hurt teammates too? : maulla
• Whoa whoa whoa, my well of blood is healing enemies too? : snuff
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  Sure, Heal Area heals everyone. :) So watch out how and where you heal. : Jeff Y
  • man, you sure talk about Guild Wars a lot. I can't wait to be able to play video games (after like four ... : J4NUS
• Yeah, heals everyone. Watch where you are standing, not a spell to use all the time, but can be very eff... : Nixx2004

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  Don't worry each molecule will have its own little livejournal detailing the breakup, how they feel as in... : Zoesch
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    and some of them will be emo and try to annihilate themselves for attention : Mr.Fusion
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      You decay just to know your radioactive. : sgtsanity
      • I get it, man. You risked it and you're not going home empty handed. : Omaha
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        Hahahaha, excellent! Current Mood: Short Gamma Ray Bursts : Zoesch
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          This subthread is awesome : d fluke
          • I agree, it's about on par with the good subtle math jokes that we get every so often around here. : Helter Skelter
      • WOW NERD ALERT I get it too :( : askedrelic
      • you get the brown medal (it's brown) : armaduck
      • it's all there... IT'S ALL THERE! that was perfect. : PUPSTAHS
    • hehehe thats the funniest thing ive read all night u win : comport3
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  wow, I agree 100%. This game is so frustrating for me. I'll probably be god moding myself just to finis... : thejm4n
  • What the hell? >:( : Ebu
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    you should probably stick with Barbie's Horse Adventure : byorn
    • This + above subthread = win : Ratsofatsorat
  • Half-Life 2 is one of the easiest games I have ever played. The puzzles aren't too complex, and the actio... : sgtsanity
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  Hint: If you use rockets, they fall pretty fast. I played the entire game on the hardest difficulty, and : dopeman
  • do other weapons even really hurt them? I mean, they might, but I didn't try for more than a couple clip... : DoubleAught()
• Another, perhaps simpler hint: The game is built around both fight and flight. You aren't always meant to : SpiderMonkey

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  Have you had any tits and pussy recently, and are notifying the users of the internet as to this fact? : SpaecKow
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    2.5 weeks now. GF and I been having some issues and she "needed her space" I was dumb, didnt give it ... : comport3
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      Has she... pursued you? : SpaecKow
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        we were....are?....together. She came over almost every morning before class and then afterwords before ... : comport3
        • Difficult indeed, good luck with that bro. : SpaecKow
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  you left out weed : CoRDS
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    if that were free I would Love it....not to say the other stuff is free...FAR FAR FAR from it, financiall... : comport3
    • Quote from Half-Baked: "Don't get me wrong, I love weed. I LOVE IT! But not as much as I love pussy. The ... : Maddog_Delphi97

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• .au? australia has the internet? How? when? Oh. Dear. God. : comport3
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  It's the padding that does it : I=O=N
  • Damn, right you are, thanks man! : SpaecKow

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• I would say no, but I am a pretty strict parent, so as always, your mileage may vary. : weaselmeister
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  hahaha, What other movies has he seen? : byorn
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    Collateral, Minority Report, the Matrix movies, Van Helsing, Hellboy, stuff like that. In canada it all g... : ventro
    • Based on that, heck, yeah : Zoesch
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      what's Constantine rated in Canada? : byorn
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        14A. : ventro
        • I guess go for it... : byorn
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  My sister could operate the vcr at 4 and would watch Commando and Princess Bride... She turned out ok. : Lunatic Angelic
  • pics????? : comport3
• Nothing especially sexual. Not a terrible amount of violence. Lots of demonic fun tho : j33uk
• Depends how religious you are, and if you're comfortable exposing him to lots of blasphemy. : PenicillinX57
• BTW, I was suprised by the movie. It was pretty damned good : j33uk
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  If there's any doubt, NEVER watch a movie before letting your kid(s) see it. hilarity ensues : monohydrate
  • Not my kid. Friend's brother. : ventro
• sure if you want your kid possesed... : mikeyjoe2

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  Shamless self bump before I pass out. : DKo5
  • pretty nice video = ) would watch again : Break
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  DLing... : SqueegyTBS
  • wow that does look like an absurd amount of fun, melee is very light saber-esqu it seems. : SqueegyTBS
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  I may pick up the OXM to try the demo. When is the game due to hit store shelves? : lord cecil
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    November 1, I think, but don't quote me. : askedrelic
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      What, over 8 MONTHS?!? GAAAAAHHH! : sgtsanity
      • Nope, just checked. Supposed to be in April. : sgtsanity
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  Is the demo over live or is it against bots? : thecray
  • Both, I think. : Hatta
• Looks pretty sweet, but i want onslaught :-/ : tostador

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• I never knew that they had been making another IJ adventure game. Damn it. WW2 NEVER HAPPENED, STOP MA... : BrodieMan
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  Ultima X died? Thank heaven. Anyone remember the short lived Ultima Online 2 development? I think th... : Omaha
  • X-Com Alliance was a game that genuinely looked cool. I imagine that it would have come out around De... : SpaecKow
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  you know, come to think of it, had warcraft adventures been released, the adventure genre might not have ... : aaarrrgh
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    I was *so* looking forward to that back in the day. My heart was crushed when its cancellation was announ... : DKo5
    • I would love to see blizzard take another stab at the adventure genre. : aaarrrgh
  • If you can read the book Lord of the Clans. It is Warcraft Adventures and is actually a very good book. ... : Crimsonbeak
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    err...the game was cancelled because it was sucking. If it had been released, it would have only helped k... : roushimsx
    • Sam and Max 2 was supposed to be really good. According to the comics' creator, anyway. : Magitek
• I have a poster and watch of Babylon 5: Into the Fire. That game sounded so damn awesome from what I've ... : Kiriakos
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  Heh warcraft adventures... : not work safe
  • ...wow I had never seen that "preview trailer" for Warcraft:Adventures before... it looked TERRIBLE. ... : PUPSTAHS
• I wish sam and max 2 had been finished. I hate lucasarts. "Let's make another star wars game instead. R2... : Popedispencer
• Hot, I wanted to do a site like that myself. I love reading about unreleased games for some reason. : gingerninja

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  I didn't setup the server and won't be much help at all, but I tried arch before they got svn working, an... : Chunks
  • The only install instructions they have are a fucking billion-page book. I don't want to read two hundre... : J4NUS

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  Well... you'd be doing better if you hadn't spent that week back in 2000 replying to every message with ... : ChibiJosh
  • You think I went a bit far with that? I thought that's how everyone supported the games they loved. : slax0r
• You're gonna need several buckets if they announce Diablo 3, huh? : node
• just pretend you speak spanish and are fighting evil : Nighteyes
• I see 3575. :) : PoopStewart

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• Word. They did the Soundtrack to an HBO movie called 'Power of One'. Check that one out for some great st... : PoopStewart

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  http://www.splintercell.com/us/splintercellpandoratomorrow/comics.php#finanim : lechuck59
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    haha yes sweet thnks : comport3
    • uhhmm....that kinda sucked. and by kinda, i mean MAJORLY oh well, it looked ok i guess but th... : comport3
• http://www.splintercell.com/us/community_pennyarcades.php These ones are funnier. : peanut-

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  I think I would die if Bioware did cyberpunk or something similar. Fuck yes. : node
  • I like Shadowrun cuz its a mix of sci-fi and fantasy, with the magic parts and all. Bethseda could do ... : comport3
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  Don't you think they have their hands full with System Bio Shock 3? : Optimus Prime
  • .....Bioware East? North? South Central? : comport3
  • What? That's Irrational, the Freedom Force/Sys Shock 2 peeps. : node

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• eh 2 each thier pwn3d : comport3

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• You will die alone John Williams truly is the man. That + Indy theme = awesomeness incarnate. : node

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  no one else here has played it? you guys are really missing out :( : MikkleThePickle
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    the new one? i really wanted to get it but ... WoW, hurts me. : PUPSTAHS
    • yeah, the new one. It's short (about 15 hours playtime) and despite being a bit repetitive, it is super f... : MikkleThePickle
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    i want to play it cuase i loved the original and i dont want to because i know it will eat my life. Same... : filthysock
    • I beat it in about a week of solid play. Not very long, but those were very high quality gaming hours and... : MikkleThePickle
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    After the initial excitement everyone seemed to be agreeing that it got old fast, so I didn't bother. I g : gingerninja
    • GoGamer has it for $35, at that price it's well worth it : MikkleThePickle
• it's a great game for awhile.. just gets somewhat repetitive. and sailing west sucks. : crust

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  Why? I'd have to say that finger is completely dead. You'll find more usage of gopher than you will of ... : batkiwi
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    I'd say it's a good excercise in Java programming and protocol programming. : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Bingo, it's a CS2 lab on sockets. After this, is writing a UDP time checker, using datagrams! FUN My o... : askedrelic
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    It is way too late and my mind is way too dirty to read posts like this. : walker270
    • then read this one about fingering and gerbelling http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9575344 : Barbarian
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  only in the CS labs during CS2 can you type "finger holly" and get away with it : ITcola
  • or hilly! but thats just weird. : askedrelic
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  fingerbang..... : Nighteyes
  • I'm gonna fingerbang bang you into my life! : askedrelic

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  you're just too nice : HeXoN
  • I guess, i like building not destroying. I play RTS games to build huge bases and major armies and it mak... : Morgin
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  I haven't played that since I was a kid. I hated it, too. My dad would always put everything he had in Au... : BrodieMan
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    Oh man, I love Risk. Second only to Stratego as my favorite board game. : Bean
    • I like Stratego, haven't played that in a long time, either. Scotland Yard was my favorite, though. : BrodieMan
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      I like Stratego, haven't played that in a long time, either. Scotland Yard was my favorite, though. : BrodieMan
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        Shit, go me. It's late. : BrodieMan
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          You managed two posts with the same post number. An admirable feat. : sgtsanity
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            I know, what the hell. Apparently I created a rip in the Shack-Time contiuum and no doubt the evil, goat... : BrodieMan
            • This truly is the end of days : d fluke
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    i tried that, but since we were playing risk 2210 AD and the water routes fucked me. : Morgin
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      How different is it? Tell me they worked nukes into it somehow. : BrodieMan
      • nukes are a huge part of it now : HeXoN
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        there are these things called command cards that you can buy if you have the right type of commander on t... : Morgin
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          Wow, that sounded like it was completely different from the original until you said "I dunno, its fun but... : BrodieMan
          • I have a friend that just RAVES about it. She isn't a big classic risk fan, but loves the new version. : sgtsanity
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            yeah, im like that with most board games. monopoly i last maybe 40 minutes before i just stop caring. Scr... : Morgin
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              I only played Clue a few times, then Master Clue for my Apple ][e that added a couple characters. We h... : BrodieMan
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                I still remember when I played a Clue game that was "the coolest game ever". It was back when I was in el... : sgtsanity
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                  Haha, I remember back in elementary school when once a week we'd go to the computer room, all old Apple's : BrodieMan
                  • We had a Laserdisc player, and the laserdisc we had to use it with was filled with a bunch of science exp... : sgtsanity
• My friends have been playing warfish.net (online Risk). I seriously suck at the game. It doesn't help I g... : shyguy74
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  Try Risk 2210? It really makes you focus on what you're doing since it's essentially only 5 turns. : geedeck
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    try reading the thread! : Morgin
    • I have the reading comprehension of a broken Hyundai Accent! : geedeck
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  http://www.fairplaygames.com/gamedisplay.asp?gameid=2253 Dunno avout 4rd edition but 1st was hella swe... : comport3
  • risk is good. Settlers of Catan is better, though. : Backspace
  • wow that game looks really cool, too bad i only have like 1 other person that would play with me. the oth... : ansuble
• risk is all about negotiating treates, patients, and ofcourse taking risk. no matter how large your army : Backspace

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  the novelty wears out real quick when you have to spend 4 hours traveling : milhous bandersnatch
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    Only if you're stupid enough to go across the whole damn galaxy. Just take missions that are near by. G... : twostar
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      Is doing missions profitable in the end game? I did tons of missions but mostly delivery ones because the... : sanchez
      • they've tweaked the missions so they're significantly more profitable. My character has been doing Comman... : twostar
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  Is it true you don't get to control combat, aside from selecting fight, etc(you know, like any RPG)? I... : esecasco
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    its sort of...impossible...to have real-time combat in an mmorpg : milhous bandersnatch
    • That's not true. DAoC is pretty fast paced, you have to pull off reactionary melee styles (after block/ev... : R.Cade
    • Auto Assault is going to do it. www.autoassault.com : PenicillinX57
    • What about planetside? : -efx-
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      Allegiance was kinda sorta a space sim mmo. Not as big obviously, but it was still fun. I was hopi... : laidback
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        Allegiance was fucking AWESOME. I should make a thread about Allegiance. : Ratsofatsorat
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          You should! Specially since the game is free! Allegiance shackbattles :D : Pink0r
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            Oh man, if only I had faith that I could get enough interest to make that happen. I had so much fun with ... : Ratsofatsorat
            • Do it! : Pink0r
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              i for one would be behinde this movement. : UberChrist
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                I could get behind a Shackhyped Allegiance outing. : Bean
                • Okay, I'll see what I can do tomorrow. : Ratsofatsorat
            • I'll do anything if there's enough shackhype behind it! : forgottenzero
            • i've always wanted to get back into that game. i played the beta, but that was it, but i only realized ho... : feek
    • not impossible, just makes the most buisness sense, because real-time combat on a 56k is difficult and wh... : Backspace
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    You can do crazy shit like warp within 40km, turn on your microwarp drive (uber afterburners), and start ... : Rampancy
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      And when you lose your ship due to lag you get to warp across empire space for hours reifitting and think... : armaduck
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        That's just part of the game. It interests me that there's a very high risk factor involved in the game. ... : Rampancy
        • It's designed into the game as a time sink so you keep spending money instead of developing a fun mechani... : armaduck

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  And yes, before (if) someone else says it: I'm aware it's also a rip of Kimba the White Lion, and I actua... : Bean
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    You would get along with my future sister in law. She is fucking nuts for that movie and all marketing t... : rosewood
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      i liked the music plus that girl lion was really hot. : ansuble
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        Oshi - FURRY! : SpaecKow
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          5 motherfucking minutes? you guys are all fired. : ansuble
          • Yeah I was a little suprised nobody beat me, too. : SpaecKow
          • Weird - it seems like I just made that other post! : rosewood
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  Then you best watch The Iron Giant. Best animated movie I've seen in years. : Morgin
  • best childrens animated movie... but there is better anime. : Backspace
  • Iron Giant was awesome and deserves more respect than it gets, but I'm still partial to Lion King. : Bean
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    That's what I thought... until I saw The Incredibles. :) : sgtsanity
    • No way, man. Incredibles doesn't touch Iron Giant in my book. : Ratsofatsorat
• i think disney's best work is still the original fantasia. 65 years old now and a lot of the animation st... : pyide
• I always thought it was "Hamlet with Lions" or something :p However, I think Aladdin is best, from tha... : SpaecKow