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• QF only trashes the FAT table, don't use the drive! and there should be plenty of utilities to fix this,... : rms

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  he'll be back. : andromeda
  • He's living tissue over a metal skeleton! : Wyvern
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  Long live the Chewbaca Defense! Aint no wookies on Endor./ : lythe
  • i didn't know wtf you guys were talking about, then i found this: http://www.answers.com/topic/chewbacca... : FrayLo
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  what? : dmiller
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9801759 : emacs
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      I guess I missed that one. : dmiller
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        hey are you getting sc:ct ? : jedi_27
        • dammit jedi : FrayLo
• &%^%#, now who'll defend me when I kill my wife?! : ariakaz

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• hahahahaha : Ebu
• funny, cause last time i called that number i got a machine that hung up on me after i wanted to talk to ... : vassili_zaitsev
• ATTN: George Broussard : cap n KRUNCH
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  Isn't a malfunction, something that happens to a device that was not intended in design? Are the saying ... : D45hiz
  • It's a feature!!!! : ghost hacker
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  funny that my 2005fp has one bad pixel at 1680 x1050! : rasputinreborn
  • yeah this sounds like more of case of whoever is making these for sony doesn't have their shit togther, d... : Yabrodan
  • my dell laptop (1680x1050) had 1 dead pixel and dell replaced it for me : CoRDS
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  Formerly a "defect", now a "special unadvertised feature!" :D : jrock
  • Love teh dead pixies!!!! :D~~~ <3 : mystifier
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  Fuck dead pixels. I'm holding out for some undead pixels. : mindmann
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    what about pixels in a permanent vegetative state? : ventro
    • PSP: *blink* *blink* : g0nk
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      Wait for the court order to remove it's energy tube. : ghost hacker
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        then it'll be a dead pixel again :( : vassili_zaitsev
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          But then the question is, do we cremate the remains? : ghost hacker
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            That would allow for an autopsy tho, which could show the damage was Sony's fault. : jrock
            • ahahah subthread of the day right here : fleabug
            • Look, Sony was just bringing the thing to life, it is now in the customer's hand to decide it's future. : ghost hacker
        • The dead pixels have a right to live!! : DingoStoleMyBaby
    • You can only revive pixels in a minimally conscious state, but only if you pray hard enough. : asdf
  • I'd shackle the mofo if the server was up. : Pneum0
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  Hahaha what assholes. At least they didn't go off on that "we created the most beautiful thing in the wo... : riptyde
  • Didn't they? : capt tripps
  • Actually I respect them for this action. They're saying it's not a big deal to get the normal non-whiney ... : TheTick
• I still don't see the problem. Exchange your unit in-store with 30days. You win. If the dead pixels do... : BaBOon

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  and you've come full circle :D : RikiTiki2
  • If fucking Adelphia ever fixes my connection problem, my dumbass is going to be right back in WoW :( : Vincent Grayson
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  See I had the opposite experience when playing WoW. Compared to EQ2 I was thoroughly underwhelemed by Wo... : ColoradoCNC
  • Same thing exists in WoW... : alias
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    Strange, I seem to recall slaying a massive dragon with my friends last night. Oh thats right I did! http... : moogle
    • Meh...the dragon i slayed was prettier ;) : ColoradoCNC
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  Play a Ratonga. Their character art sucks the least and is actually quite good. Every other player race... : graah
  • Yeah you can run around and yiff everything in sight and get away with it because you are 'roleplaying'! : deathofrats
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  EQ2's UI is sexy once you see how much you can customize it. It's like cosmos on steriods but much more ... : Wombat Woo
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    Ok thats retarded. You have to configure the game for an hour, to get it to run smoothly?! : D45hiz
    • You can choose one of the several settings or go through by hand. It's kinda like an FPS. You either ch... : Wombat Woo
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    I played with settings in WoW for about 15 minutes. I figured out I could turn everything up to high (tex... : Experiment IV
    • You need a gig of ram, i went from 512 to a gig. The difference was amazing! : D45hiz
  • Comparing it to Cosmos is not a good thing. :( Cosmos is the AOL of custom UIs. : Zibro
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  If you don't want to have earn the same XP twice, don't die. : Nixx2004
  • If my deaths were based on my skill in playing a game as opposed to my desire to see more of the game, I ... : Vincent Grayson
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  Yeah, you missed the part where you remove your bias. Sorry, but this post reeks of bias. I honestly : cam3lt0sis
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    Considering he played the trial that Sony offers to demonstrate their game, I think that's plenty of cons... : deathofrats
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      Many would play the trial simply to say they had played it when forming argments about EQ2. It is enti... : cam3lt0sis
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        If people want to see a shitty game, they'll see a shitty game, whether or not there is good content bein : ColoradoCNC
        • Did I mention DOOM3 is awesome? =P : Pneum0
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    actually, this post reeks of bias : johnny skidmarks
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      In the end everyone is biased. However, I feel both EQ2 and WoW are awesome games, and feel that the leg... : cam3lt0sis
      • I can't even remember EQ's launch day, i didn't know about mmorpgs until a few years ago..all I judge the... : deathofrats
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  It's got so much going for it, both story wise and graphics wise and I love both it and WoW. Having said ... : Visceral Monkey
  • One thing I like about WoW's "zones" is that they are made up of smaller units which have their individua... : Experiment IV

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  Thats good and well run doom 3 better plz thx http://www.barefeats.com/doom3.html I keed I keed Honest... : Cygnus X-1
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    Doom 3's... lack of performance is a tricky one, there's like a ten page 'wtf' thread on the mac ach on A... : Toraz Chryx
    • bah, forgot the :p : Toraz Chryx
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      not there's any real need to work the Open Gl drivers but yes it is weird that Apple works them too. What... : Cygnus X-1
      • um, Apples opengl drivers are tuned for certain things.. gaming isn't one of them atm : Toraz Chryx
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    They recommend to turn SHADOWS OFF? IN DOOM3? rofl. : stuka
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      there are 'shadows' and shadows in Doom 3, they are not one and the same. : Toraz Chryx
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        Please explain : stuka
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          the overall self shadowing lighting model is distinct from 'objects cast shadows on the walls in line wit... : Toraz Chryx
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            Doom 3 is always referred to as a unified system, and to the best of my understanding it is. I am not sur... : stuka
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              Unified as in they all use the same system for rendering them, but there's different levels of shadowing.... : Helter Skelter
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                So it means character shadows versus architecture shadows then? Still pretty fucking horrible. : stuka
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                  i played with shadows off on my old system (or else i get > 15fps). got a new system and played with shad... : shyguy74
                  • that's < 15fps, not >15fps : shyguy74
                  • No no, you need to DOWNPLAY the importance of shadows. Stick with the script plz. : stuka

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• I love mine. : jonin
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  welcome to the club! here's your stick to fend off rosewood. : NexusOne
  • *grrrrrrrr* *bark*bark*bark* : rosewood
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  Awesome display. Love mine. Miss it when I'm at work. : genom
  • I have one at work and home! <3 i know you really care : rudds
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  The deal still on ? : brutal
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    Yah yah, any deals going on? I'm in the market for one. : dirtboxer
    • ya, theres a 25% off coupon. the hotdeals forums on the hforum should have it, either that or the fatwall... : AMikaboshi
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  how much? : dmiller
  • 560 after a 25% off coupon : AMikaboshi
• may the dead pixel fairy be on lunch break when yours is on the assembly line my friend anyhoo, I <3 m... : cap n KRUNCH

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• Really? Most of their items don't say that, and I don't see a sign anywhere. Where'd you see the notice... : Zero|DPX
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  Oops, meant 99 cents... still almost free though:p It says in a little box on the right : monohydrate
  • On closer inspection it looks like for some things like monitors they have like a $30 rebate for shipping... : monohydrate
• Oooh time to buy the Sonata for my upcoming system at least. : reign27
• KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! I just ordered a new video card and dvd burner on Sunday, and I had to ... : jonin
• +INF : Dalant
• I wish newegg would go away. To another state that is. : stuka

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• i don't like BIA's garand clip ejection sound though :( it's very flat sounding. : cygnus
• i love that kling sound..very distinctive..i am picturing it right now from DoD.. : deathofrats

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• done and done : burningpantsman
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  Yep, it's been broken. Any DRM is inherently easy to break. You're coding the file and giving the user th... : sgtsanity
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    So I guess this doesn't deter the subscription model like I thought it would. : hube
    • Well, the point is to make it hard enough so that the benefit is outweighed by the effort for the average... : sgtsanity
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  what did it take like 12 hours? : D45hiz
  • it's not really broken though, there are just workarounds. But as far as I know you can't de-DRM Microsof... : stuka

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• you could get rogers cable super basic. it's $20/month. of course, it's also only 128k : carnivore
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  have you checked www.dslreports.com yet? : Prozium
  • Thanks. I'm checking it out now. As for Rogers, they don't offer service in my area. Cogeco has a "lite" ... : ieGod
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  Grand Theft Auto Shackers? : dmiller
  • i think that EVERY time! : cygnus
• my robbers cable is currently down so I'm leechin' off the free internet (aka. unprotected wireless). pwn... : verbatim

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• they will charge you a fee, and probably keep charging you rent until they find a new tenant. : FrayLo
• Check your lease. Some places will charge you rent until they find a new tenant, some charge you a lease ... : halophoenix
• its always diff; my current one is only 1 1/2 months' rent as a penalty : cygnus
• With my experience, it really depends on the type of person that you're dealing with. Some have very stri... : mystifier

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• the rpg at the end is hard :( : Nighteyes

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  fanboy : jedi_27
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    Mac or not, I think those various interfaces (with the exception of a couple) look pretty nice. On the se... : fatman
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      i hope we nuke Kansas one day : jedi_27
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        hahahaha, me too! Hit Kansas City first tho, plz. : fatman
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          or just johnson county ;) : goatjc
          • I curse you all openly! : sgtsanity
          • hey! :( : kevp
• I'm kind of torn. Why not just buy a nicer monitor and pc sound system in place of a TV? But macs are ... : not work safe
• it was a mistake :( : scener
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  Are there any video cards for that mini that would make it a usable DVR? I don't remember seeing one. : CSParsons
  • Video cards for DVR? I believe you mean a TV tuner. There are lots out there. The most popular is the Eye... : ovrlrd
• please to be informing me of what I am supposed to be impressed by? O_o : eskimo spy
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  check out mediaportal.sourceforge.net . it's free, it's on pc, save yourself some money. : festivalman
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    And compared to all of those on that page, it sucks. Seriously, these people are doing stuff nobody has e... : ovrlrd
    • Um, not really, because an HTPC is about 10% gui and 90% functionality. If it doesn't do what you want, a... : Halen

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• anyone...? i would love to play with you all : empathe

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• Not many shackers left in CoH. I'm hopping on now to Pinnacle, "Bull" in global chat. I had to reinsta... : Bull
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  yeah the patch a month about was somewhere around 700 MB : Degenerate
  • The issue updates were all around 150ish MB. But you are downloading 4 at once if you are installing ... : alias

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  consumer whore : g0nk
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    I'm doing my part to fight terrorism. going to get Kung Fu Hustle tomorrow when I pick up Splinter Cell. : Rauol Duke
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      What, it's out in the US? : genjuro
      • I have a place that sells games and import DVDs. They have a ton of shit and the people are cool there. T... : Rauol Duke
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  better solution: quit buying shitty movies : Degenerate
  • NEVER GONNA HAPPEN AMIGO!! : Rauol Duke
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    Don't listen to this man, you're single-handedly keeping the shitty-movie market alive! : Dante
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      Hes already got the Smokey and the Bandit three pack. No more DVDs are ever needed. : Degenerate
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        See how jealous you are? : Rauol Duke
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          I had it first loser : Degenerate
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            Mine was packaged with trimmings from Burt Reynolds' mustache! : Rauol Duke
            • I'll be right back. /grabs lotion : Degenerate
  • ^^^^ IAWTP x100 : RookieCAF
• i'm in the same boat...mine already overflowed...i had to put the rest on the bookshelf : vassili_zaitsev
• Ginger Snaps is fucking dope... : ColoradoCNC
• wow remind me to never listen to your advice on movies ;-) : TheTick
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  I use racks from Boltz - cool thing is - if you ahve the room - you can buy extension pieces that just ke... : sting7777
  • http://www.boltz.com/productinfo.asp?item=14&deptcode1=501 That would be perfect for my game collectio... : sammyl
• Just put them in the closet with the diapers and gimp suits. : filtersweep
• I have two of the inner bookcase with frosted doors in my bedroom and they look nice: http://www.ikea.co... : iamgoat
• better yet start your own Netflix service : cap n KRUNCH

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  DirecTivo units are not Series 2. Although if this update turns them into it, then I will do a very happ... : jake
  • yes, there are series2 direcTivo units. That's how they're referred to among the community. They have t... : Prozium
• Oh, and BTW, I am interested! :) : jake
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  Why not just post the info here? There's nothing illegal about hacking your tivo, I don't think. : boarder2
  • It's a light grey area, so I figured i would err on the side of caution.... : mojoald
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  From the horse's mouth: http://www.directv.com/see/landing/dvr_upgrade.html Just in time for the PS... : jake
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    Yeah, except 6.2 doesn't have TiVo To Go or HMO. It's just faster and it has folders. : yoonix
    • :( : jake
  • You will never get HMO or any network stuff on DirecTivo via "normal" routes because direcTV doesnt want ... : mojoald
• i just got a directv tivo yesterday, i checked out that page with the directv info and says certain model... : Silent1

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• medal of honor? : GloriousCow
• Call of Duty? : stump
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  brothers in arms? or are you talking about that crappy MoH expansion? : nyranger66
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    I think it might have been the MoH expansion, but I can't remember which one : ColoradoCNC
    • It was spearhead. : ColoradoCNC
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  Sounds like CoD. But anyone remember 101st Airborne? It was like Jagged Alliance, but in WW2. Pretty toug... : Ratsofatsorat
  • They were supposedly working on a follow up "All American" based on the All American 82nd. Never saw the ... : RookieCAF
• Call of Duty? : UtilityMaximizer
• The First Expansion Pack of MOHAA had you dropping into Normandy, COD did as well, and the new release BI... : RookieCAF
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  DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW MANY WW2 FPS GAMES THERE ARE?!? : carnivore
  • There's more than one?!? 0_o : ColoradoCNC
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  Call of Duty did, I loved that opening sequence. : carrioN luggagE
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    But in CoD you just see like 10 seconds of flying to the ground...MoH Spearhead may have sucked ass, but ... : ColoradoCNC
    • They only jumped from around 500 feet, how long do you think it actually takes to hit the ground anyway? ... : RookieCAF

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  sc being what in this particular case? : InfoBiter
  • smallest cock : smellslikefish
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  My wife took away my tv, I'll probably play later tonight. bitch : quietb0y
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    Hold on, you wife took away your tv . . . explain how this works? : InfoBiter
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      Apparently, because she works all day, she feel ENTITLED to a little tv time. And I can't play on the li... : quietb0y
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        I bet she's watching american idol. :( : filtersweep
        • We don't have cable, and she would never watch that crap. I think she's watching the simpsons. : quietb0y
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  i didn't buy it today :( : FrayLo
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    be strong, my brother : filtersweep
    • i'm trying! : FrayLo
    • I'm sneaking up on you for the next 187 seconds... fear my prl stealth.... *snap* there we go. : quietb0y
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      Timesplitters is pissing me off. I'm stuck at some stupid ass timed puzzle. I'm impatient. This may go to... : Rauol Duke
      • Timesplitters > Doom3 : filtersweep
    • You won't last much longer. I will shackmessage you my hype . . . you will cave along with Fraylo : jedi_27

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  Kill the frames, either do a gallery, or a categorized selection, or something, but frames suck : InfoBiter
  • i dont like them either. : lacker
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  re-take all the photos of the artwork in correct lighting. : eskimo spy
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    i am not a photographer. i have no idea how to set uo ideal lighting conditions : lacker
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      there's this thing called the internet, you're on it BTW - then there is the hundreds of thousands of sit... : eskimo spy
      • http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&safe=off&c2coff=1&q=photographing+flat+art+work&btnG=Search I j... : eskimo spy
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        this isn't my work. i dont want to become a photographer to help out my artist brother. : lacker
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          who took the photos? forward that message to him. : eskimo spy
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            i did. and i suck. : lacker
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              if you picked up a camera, and took a picture, then you're already a photographer ;) and I am not talking... : eskimo spy
              • thank you eskimo. i will read that and try again. : lacker
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      The easiest and cheapest way is to drape a white sheet over a high-back chair and shoot outside on a sunn... : ChibiJosh
      • ^^^ this man has the pants : ventro
• Try this: http://jalbum.net/ - Easy to use, looks nice : bozer
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  i use gallery on my website and it works great. : FrayLo
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    that stadium panorama pic is very nice. : lacker
    • thanks. i want to go back to the park and retake this one: http://www.mediumcocktail.com/gallery/favo... : FrayLo

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• the +2 beastslaying that gives the red glow? I think I got 2 weapons done for 75s back when I was like l... : jlavrenz
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  What's your character's name? I have a 26pal on Shadowsong, "Belvalla" : Zteve
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    I have a level 27 human pally named "Wiggins" but I'm going to add you to my buddy list... : uratrtl
    • also have you gotten thatg level 20 pally hammer yet? I am half way through now and I'm about to get the ... : uratrtl
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      Human + paladin sounds like a recipe for extreme boredom. IMO : action roommate
      • right, well its actually quit rewarding basically you are the ultimate good guy, you are actually useful ... : uratrtl
• Icy weapon costs 50g and Crusader costs 70-100g. : spectr3
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  As time goes on, these prices will just go up and up, regardless of server : graincloud
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    You would think that as more enchanters got higher level that prices would drop. Why do they go up? : Ben Barker
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      Because of the gold farmers that are trying to screw the economy up by inflating prices to ridiculous lev... : creeping-death
      • oh yes of course, but inevitably prices do start to fall when competition becomes more fierce to make sal... : cam3lt0sis
  • actually, judging from the way most MMORPG economies function, the price will drop over time, after a pos... : cam3lt0sis
• the materials required for enchanting are very expensive. do you realize that each lesser beastslaying e... : smax
• beastslayer is usually 50-60s : edgewise
• It varies from server to server, but you generally charge what the market will bear. I charge between 1-3... : Fyunch Click
• I think on Mal-ganus (GCR shack horde server) they sell for about 50-60s for the encyantment. I just bou... : slicerd

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• I'll make some French Roast and we can stay up all night driving ER to new heights (Or lows as the case m... : RookieCAF
• yeah, that's a good strong cup right there.. worthy puchase indeed! : Pneum0

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• work safe, but the first one is a mix of lol and creepy. : Rauol Duke
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  Were you on an acid trip when you bought that couch? That's the kind of thing I expect to see Iraqis loo... : genjuro
  • The is one comfy motherfucker. : Rauol Duke
• haha, that first pic is great! : timmie
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  dude. the couch. wtf? : Degenerate
  • My couch is much uglier. I'd kill to have that one, so shushie ;) : RookieCAF
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9802201 : Rauol Duke
• your dog is powering up his eye lasers. : Crimsonbeak
• your dog scares me. O_o : halophoenix

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  you mean wow right? : manlyman
  • >:( : ColoradoCNC
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  I wish my computer could run that game well enough to play it =\ : cam3lt0sis
  • Yeah, unfortunately sony continued their tradition of building goregous but damn-near unplayable engines.... : ColoradoCNC
• I think they are all waiting for the WoW servers to go back up. : D45hiz
• Blizzard truly has bought all of your souls haven't they? >:) : ColoradoCNC

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• Take it to Autozone and have them run a free diagnostic. That'll tell you a lot if they can get anything... : Zakko
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  which one of us car type guys do you live near? im sure one of us will look at it with some shack love : sting7777
  • eastern Massachusetts. : the archvile
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  Check the oil level first of all. : jrock
  • well a good sign is that I'm not leaving brown puddles, but I haven't checked it in a while. But I'll ch... : the archvile