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  Reseat the video card to begin with. Then unplug everything but the power and video and make sure that it... : Ajax
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    Ive reseated the video card and used a different one also, and while unpluging everything but the power a... : shademonkey
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      did you reset the CMOS? : drucifer
      • yes ive done that 3 times and nothing different happens. : shademonkey
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      3 sticks of RAM at the same time, or tryining 3 individual sticks of RAM? : MatthewPhillips
      • 3 different sticks of ram. : shademonkey
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  Any beeps while it's POSTing? : PhoenixArisen
  • yeah, this is probably what you need to look for. : feek
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    I am not getting any beeps at all when it starts up. : shademonkey
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      no beeps equals bad CPU or bad motherboard. First make sure you have your PC speaker plugged into the ri... : redfive
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        I tried the speakers in every slot... How do I find out if its a bad cpu or motherboard. I did put the he... : shademonkey
        • well there's no 'slots' for the speakers. They're pins located in the bottom right of the motherboard (a... : redfive
• does it beep? make sure the speaker is hooked up. this will tell you what is wrong if the mobo is working... : TheTick
• Sounds retarded, but this happened to someone over the weekend. Chek to mak sure the KB (purple PS2) isn'... : carrioN luggagE

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  INITIATE BLAST PROCESSING! : pigvomit
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    I think Kutaragi and Allard should settle it over a good ol' game of Rock'em Sock'em Robots! On Pay Per ... : classicfork
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      nah, g-string mudwrestling would be much more interesting. : ltrls987
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        :gouges out own eyes: : ColoradoCNC
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          *drills hole into brain* : pigvomit
          • Scoops out soft brain tissue through eye sockets with spoon. 2 birds, one spoon : Awun
• like ATI would say anything else. "ATI Issues Press Release: Finds their stuff won't be as fast as the ... : DoubleAught()
• hehe avast detects the js on gamespot as a virus : nivorous
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  Meh, we will only be able to determine this when the consoles, and the games are released. : ghost hacker
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    It totally depends on the devs making the games. If the devs dont take advantage of it, then any console ... : byorn
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      Exactly. The hardware talk will be all irrelevant if the game devs can't do shit with the new technology.... : ghost hacker
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        the average game on next gen systems will be much better than most of the best games that we see now : byorn
        • I hope so. Although I think we are just going to have a lot games that are really amazing looking...but w... : Wombat Woo
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          Who cares if it looks better if the game plays like shit? Look at P.N.03 for example. It had a hot chi... : Ajax
          • Agreed for the most part. I like stuff to look pretty as well. But yes the gameplay is really important h... : ghost hacker
          • well said man. I still find most xbox/gc games eye pleasing enough like Jade Empire and RE4. Next gen shi... : armybob
• I think they are close enough that it doesn't matter honestly. Unlike this generation where the xbox was ... : lord cecil
• 48 pipes, man does that shit blow PC cards out of the water. : abrasion
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  you just know sony will take a look at xbox360 when it comes out and then make sure PS3 is slightly faste... : smax
  • Not only that, but for every frame-per-second that the PS3 outdoes Xbox 360, there will be a press releas... : AlexXdude
  • And hardcore gamers love climbing all over it too. Witness the relative power of Xbox and Gamecube. Every... : SpiderMonkey
• All this cart before the horse logic is getting really old. Also, teraflops! : Boxelder

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• You, sir, are a ripe bastard. : kaibosh

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  wait, what? : Morgin
  • OMG they're watching us! Aaaaiiii : j33uk

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  For the past 8 months, I've been working on a project centered around a site in SW New Mexico called Play... : edward
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    I don't know why, but I think abondoned shit is really cool: http://www.uer.ca/ : Fred Garvin
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      me too. my friends own an old school. We used to use it for paintball. a 5 story tower with one face remo... : TheTick
      • Woah, that sounds like fun. : iamgoat
    • Thats awsome. I just love abonded stuff. : mojoald
    • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10014976 This site are neat. Really neat. : cyb0rgninja
    • Wow there's some cool crap near me in philly : j33uk
    • awesome stuff : warpdude
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  wow how accesible is that place? is it like... fenced off by military badasses, or can i just walk right ... : feek
  • It looks fairly accessible, like off a freeway here: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Playas,+New+Mexico&... : edward

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• I never had problems with Verizon. : PhoenixArisen
• well verizon is probably cheaper i use them because it seems like a better value .. $29.95 a month for... : Mansmells
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  I have Verizon DSL 3.0/768 for 29.95 a Month and have been very happy with it. I don't have a TV so Cable... : RookieCAF
  • I would only get cable if it was a package thing, but not full price. : byorn
• how is DSL for gaming? : byorn
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  Seriously, DirecTV + DSL for the win. DirecTivo > *, DSL for the price is great. : mojoald
  • can you get direct tv at an apartment? : byorn
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  FIOS. You know you want it. : u sir name
  • not in my area :( : byorn
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  Comcast internet is cheaper for people with comcast cable tv. I have comcast cable and love it. It'... : hanfeitzu
  • Legacy and 75 : byorn
• check the speed on the DSL. Where I live Verizon only offered 1.5 while Comcast offered 4.0 so thats a no... : lord cecil

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• Sprint = CDMA = Verizon = NO SIM CARDS. : mojoald
• Sprint dose not use the SIM card. : themelon
• Verizion has a business phone that has a SIM chip but its for international travel. : renamed

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• You can never go wrong with some ultra violence. : c_man_tmt
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  Recently picked up Devil's Advocate for $5 at Walmart. Never seen it, heard it was good. : roushimsx
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    I enjoyed it. However, in the end I feel it's a bit of a goofy movie, I think. It's basically Keanu R... : SpaecKow
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      Al Pacino's character's monologues totally made that movie. His rant at the end on how God™ : omnova
      • Al Pacino's voice-overs also helped make Carlito's Way. Holy shit do I love that movie. : AlexXdude
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  My only TV is a 15" computer monitor. No DVD's for me :( : Chunks
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    That's where I started several years back. These last 5 DVDs put me over the 600 mark :P : iamgoat
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      you know what to do. http://dvd.maartengoldstein.com/ : creep
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        dvds.prey.net : iamgoat
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          is ben hur widescreen? : creep
          • Yeah. Looks like they have a 4-Disc collector's edition coming out in September: : iamgoat
• kids is so depressing. don't see it if you're suicidal? : feek
• Amelie is one of my favourite ever movies. Check out the directors previous work too; Delicatessen I thin... : crummynz
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  Its "A" Clockwork Orange, me little droogie : smdever
  • No time for the old in-out, love, I've just come to read the meter. : iamgoat
• I picked up And All That Could Have Been : the archvile
• I want to sell like 40 of my DVDs but I'm too lazy to use ebay so dunno what effective/quick way to do it... : veras
• I just stumbled across the DVD version of the BBC 6-part broadcast of the Hitchhiker's guide to the galax... : Ebu

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• I read that as Tracy Lords. : drucifer
• velcro respect! : crummynz
• My mind is fucking BLOWN. : SpaecKow
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  weird. i was just looking at this site. : slax0r
  • I got it from a blog :( : thekidd
• Yeah, that site is really informative; it has been very helpful to me in the past in choosing a lacing me... : mofo
• that is actually pretty cool. : TheTick
• 55 Optical illusions and visual phenomena http://www.michaelbach.de/ot/index.html And the World Bear ... : thekidd
• I just spent 20 minutes playing around with my shoelacing :( : ieGod
• I'm switching my sneakers to Euro lacing. I had my boots like that last year and they felt better, and d... : the archvile

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  you're in canada? : thekidd
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    No I just watch the Canadian news sometimes. : smdever
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      ^^ Knows where it's at. Not our finest moment in that case though but at least CBC wasen't spamming MJ st... : Tincan
      • Michael Jackson is Canadian. : iamgoat

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• cmon! silent wolf, armybob, rauol duke, genjuro, degenerate, metal, ANYONE>! :( : maulla
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  You misspelled BF2. : Wombat Woo
  • you didnt read the rest of my post :( : maulla
• ok screw it, joining mojalds bf2 server: banhammer.shackbattles.com:16567 : maulla

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• No it won't. : surround
• It will IF you have a Media Center 2005 computer w/ a tuner card. It basically will tap into the MCE and ... : mojoald

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• I'd rather them not be impressed with the actual product than a madman affiliated with it. Everyone in t... : omnova

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• I want an SE-W800 w/ quadband so, so bad : veras
• Needs more clam shells. Ney.. needs ONLY clam shells. : mojoald

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  Anyone? :( Pleease.. : frdranger
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    it's gotta be a BIOS setting... what type of mobo do you have? : drucifer
    • I've got an Asus A8N-Sli-Deluxe. I've checked for BIOS updates, none were available. :(. : frdranger
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    Try reseating the card and running with the side cover off. Sounds like an RMA though :( : AcesnEights
    • Yea, I've tried both PCI-E slots, and still the same problem - with the cover off :(. Luckily I bought it... : frdranger
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    Are you using the DVI output? I had a card that did exactly that when I used the DVI output, but gave me... : wadey
    • No, i'm using the VGA input. I have a CRT that only uses a VGA connector. :( : frdranger
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    what type of powersupply are you running? Usually I've found its the power supply on new pc builds that c... : kronetic
    • I'm using an Antec 550W TruPower. However, it has a 20-pin ATX Power connector, and my motherboard (Asus ... : frdranger
• Pixels like that are typically either a bad VC or overheating of the VC. : Chod
• The latest CAT drivers have managed to corrupt the playback of many .wmv files. I think it had something ... : u sir name

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• yes, but you'd need that bear-suit : RikiTiki2
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  we need this sport for the next olympics. : needlez
  • that and javelin catching. : drucifer
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  Yes, unless you have the quad. : CrazyPants
  • quadguy doesn't waste it on jumps : RikiTiki2
• Thing is, lets say you get on enough armor to survive a rocket jump, wouldn't you weigh a shit ton more a... : Matto357
• but most likely an armor capable of protectiong your fragile yet strangely sexual body from the blast of ... : AbortedFetusChristi
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  To be accelerated an appreciable amount by a quick explosion would probably liquefy your innards even if ... : DinK
  • More like rocket jump your coccyx into your skull am I rite? : trove
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  these are the kinds of questions best left for hxman2k ;) : gndagger
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    Too bad he's banned. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
    • ya, but he and sleepy are tight. : gndagger
• Obviously we need to hook you up with an A-Team DVD. They mastered the art of making bad guys rocket/gre... : laidback
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  Better start stocking up on red armors now. : omnova
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    megahealth too : diabol1k
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      Random thought, but I found it incredibly stupid that they're both right next to each other in Q3DM6. : omnova
      • yeah in the normal version though. in the pro version it was better with ra over on the stairs. plus its ... : diabol1k
• that would be cool, esp. if it unlocked a hidden level. : VegasX
• The real issue is that no, it would not work like in quake. A grenade will knock someone down, but not s... : batkiwi
• I'm pretty sure the armor is for protecting against shrapnel only. The shockwaves produced from an explos... : deKaf

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  you = dead : Clay
  • I can't fucking win. Lived in Florida most of my life and risked hurricanes. Moved to Illinois and we h... : Thresher

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• Breakin my heart. : ghost hacker

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• Me too, but at this: http://www.viralmemes.com/bf2/index.php/Medic You can use your paddles to one- : carrioN luggagE

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• I believe Enterprise Manager has an "Import Data" feature, which you can access by right-clicking on a ta... : tbreffni
• update database1.dbo.tablename set fielda = (select field b from database2.dbo.table2 where ...) whe... : hanfeitzu

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• you're such a gaming whore! Oh, good job on BF2, it's gonna be fun having you be my door gunner! : cltcprd
• nintendogs & Animal Crossing!!!!!0101!! : sheivachman
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  The DS colours look so much uglier than the GBA colours, imo. : SpiderMonkey
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    I like the blue one a lot but I really wanted the white one in japan. I'm sure now that I bought the blue... : armybob
    • i will get that one just to pissy you off : jedi_27
• hahaha not just a game slut . . . . : jedi_27
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  I heard you actually hate PC games and PC gamers. Comments? : Rauol Duke
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    M$ 4 LYFE : maulla
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      My game crashed right after you decided to take command. Coincidence? I think not. >:( : Rauol Duke
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        i realised that it wasnt our commanders fault we lost that match. the two biggest squads would NOT respon... : maulla
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          Hey we fucked shit up earlier today. I guess you're not as useless as I thought! : genjuro
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            that was mostly me, faggot. : maulla
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              Bitch please. I gave the orders and did the driving. All you did was attract bullets. : genjuro
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                and revive your ass when you got clipped : maulla
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                  What? I was the medic. See? this is why nobody likes you. : genjuro
                  • Is it Opposite Day again? : Rauol Duke
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                    i was a medic too you dumb bastard : maulla
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                      according to genjuros logic only he can pick the medic class. : armybob
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                        Fuck this shit. I'm going back to themelon's server. Assholes. : genjuro
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                          i'll join up in around 9pm est or so : armybob
                          • oh and i'm gonna join your squad and pick a medic just to fuck with you : armybob
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    i'll have a special answer for you late tonight or tomorrow : armybob
    • *unzips and waits expectantly* : Rauol Duke
• i pre ordered bf2 like a year ago : mossbean
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  Where is the black DS. I need it to match my GBA:SP, PSP, and RIO Karma. : pigvomit
  • Yeah...I wanted a black one. :( : NFXFSX
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  Speaking of DS games Rogue Agent ships today. While I don't expect it to be the greatest thing ever i... : Turd Ferguson
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    Kirby: Canvas Curse also ships today. I think i'm going to pick it up. It's getting pretty good reviews... : megarust32
    • Oh sweet! I wanted to get that game. : Enraged Pineapple

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• anyone? bueller? anyone? : toneh
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  I just bought one and it shipped last thursday but I haven't received it yet. What are you trying to t... : hanfeitzu
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    drop me a shackmsg after you've had a chance to use it. I've GOT to get a new cell phone (I'm mid contra... : digitalburro
    • sure. Moto just released a new ROM that basically fixes any outstanding issues with the phone (speaker v... : hanfeitzu
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      Okay, I would tell you to avoid the MPx220. Its nice, but the bugs are anoying. I had it for 4 months, ha... : mojoald
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        it sounds like you may have just had defective hardware. hofo has been incredibly positive about 1.43 ... : hanfeitzu
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          I had 3 different physical phones. They've come a long way, but the speaker volume still isnt acceptable,... : mojoald
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            that crackle might just be the interference from the phone itself. Whenever I'm near a speaker and I make... : nyranger66
            • No, its definatly the phone overpowering the speaker, we've got 4 people at work with them and we all hav... : mojoald
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        I have a V551 right now and I can't stand it. It will not hold a call for more than 15 minutes (routinel... : digitalburro
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          How old is it? If its less then a year call XBM (assuming your on cingular) : mojoald
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            I bought it last x-mas. What is XBM? : digitalburro
            • Exchange by meil, cingular will send you a new one, then when you get it you ship the old one back to the... : mojoald
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    I work for a company that makes games for phones. We are having trouble with this particular model and I ... : toneh
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      I'm guessing it's not in .net, or you'd have used the smartphone 2003 sdk emulator thingy to test right? ... : hanfeitzu
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        Our developers have been able to test it but only by using the data cable. I am trying to deliver it by o... : toneh
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          ah. You might try posting the same question in the Microsoft Smartphone sub forum at howardforums.com. ... : hanfeitzu
          • I'm going to suggest that our guy update the ROM too. : toneh
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  i have one, though it's not really a stock rom, i have version 1.43 : nyranger66
  • aka, shackmsg me, im going in to play some battlefield. : nyranger66

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  James Doohan. No fucking clue, but he's American, not a Scot. : Thresher
  • er, um, North American.... : Thresher
• James Doohan was not born, he was forged. : sgtsanity
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  Canada, British Columbia to be exact..and its Doohan. : VegasX
  • oops forgot Vancouver : VegasX
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  Thailand : Enraged Pineapple
  • In a brothel, the product of a WW2 liaison with a one-eyed hooker. : Thresher
• Canadian right? : trove
• Me and the C Luggage early Sat morning broke open a Canadian Trivia game. Randomly asking questions and t... : ghost hacker
• Somewhere near Jupiter 2. : pigvomit
• Between a woman's legs? : jessipoo

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• display props>appearence>effects>cleartype : VegasX
• As far as I know all you need is high color mode (32 bit) and set a desktop background (I don't think it ... : wadey
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  system->advanced->performance settings [ ] use drop shadows for icon labels on desktop : fookilla
  • ^^^ Correct answer. : Judicus
  • You still need a background image, otherwise you get nowt : Balboa

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  walk around a bit. you'll probably get a phone call or something. : pyide
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    I'll give it a try. I walked around for about 5 minutes and nothing happened, so who knows. :( : AlexXdude
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      did you do all of the ryder missions? C.R.A.S.H? OG Loc? : creep
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        I've completed all the OG Loc missions, I don't know about C.R.A.S.H., the last one I did from them was G... : AlexXdude
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          I think you have to do most of the Cesar missions : snowwolf
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            Thanks, I'll go try it out. : AlexXdude
            • if that doesnt work then you need to finish big smoke missions : creep

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• Yes. I use Winrar and I get that nag screen all the time. I really like it. : ghost hacker
• Winrar is shareware with a bugging screen unless you buy it. If you only need to unrar 7-zip is good, fr... : CrazyPants
• fair enough, thanks guys. : kek
• winace is great, no time period or anything that elapses : eggnoodles
• http://www.7-zip.org/ : captain hampton

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• costume store. or get a stripper to come to a party and ask them where they get their cop uniforms. : edgewise
• costume shop???? : runnerct
• What is the title of this Porn Film going to be. : bloodysunday
• They do not sell authentic looking police costumes at costume stores (or at least they are not suppose to... : scatti
• Check this out: http://www.firestoreonline.com/index.asp I am not sure if regular folk can order bu... : Stoned Gargoyle
• Ask the police station if you can borrow one? : Cottc Cid
• US Cavalry or some such. They are just off the shelf uniforms. You can pretty much get the entire getup... : trove

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• The movie "Serenity" should be in US theatres September 30th, 2005. Previews to test audiences have gotte... : bokkibear
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  I just finished watching it last night. I can't believe they aired it in a different order, I can't imagi... : xenoeye
  • Serenity is awesome. There are a bunch of things explained, and one or two huge surprises that fans may ... : Crimsonbeak
• I really liked this show. I need to watch it again before the movie comes out. : mikefr24

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  Oh, forgot to mention this part: This weapon will kill ANY tank in the world, reactive armor or not, our ... : Dslyecxi
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    ok so its a shaped charge. nothing in service at the moment can withstand a shaped charge (like you said... : grimiv
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      It's not actually shaped charge... It fires an EFP. Apparently this is a distinct difference from being a... : Dslyecxi
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        what's a shaped charge? an EFP? : mr.sleepy
        • Shaped charges are just that. Shaped so that all of the explosive energy is directed in the direction tha... : carrioN luggagE
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  Is there a specified way of following the 7th instruction? Also, where's the 5. ??? Profit? : Wyvern
  • Do anything, just make sure that you don't use your bare hands, basically. http://www.shacknews.com/ja... : Dslyecxi
• hot damn. thats cool stuff. thanks. : malloc
• Yes plz to the video of this thing in action. : jahulio2
• I totally love being AT in BF2, and this is sweet+awesome : RikiTiki2
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  This is great stuff, I'm definitely into seeing a video. : festivalman
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    I think I have a video of this thing on my HD at home?! Got the video last year. Two guys behind a test ... : ghost hacker
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      I'm pretty sure that's not an SRAW. Looks to me to be more like a TOW or some kind of top-attack missle. : Enkidu
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        The guy fired it, it went straight, then up, then down on the tank. So the SRAW can be shot from any ang... : ghost hacker
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          If I remember that video correctly, it has a function very similar to both the SRAW, the TOW 2B ( http://... : Enkidu
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            Hey, I found the video! Apparently retrieved from stileproject back in 2001. It's almost certainly a Ja... : Enkidu
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              how in the hell does it "know" what to hit? : mr.sleepy
              • From http://www.designation-systems.net/dusrm/m-148.html : the gunner has to find a target through the C : Enkidu
            • AH yes, the file is javlin something, thanks for joggin the memory. Still the Javelin kicks ass. I love t... : ghost hacker
• very cool pics, keep them coming! : byorn
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  make love not war, duuuudes. : Utopia
  • eat lead hippie. : porp
• Hot! I'd love to see some video of the trainer in action. : Havoc1c4

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• On the Xbox I just keep hitting the right trigger. If you hold it he only goes a certain speed. : Fred Garvin
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  tap your move forward or accelerate key... : maulla
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    shit, is that it? maybe I missed the description of how to sprint on the bike. thanks. : edgewise
    • yea, tahts what the hint said, and it works for me : maulla
  • yeah and it seems like the faster you tap it, the better it works too : smax
• Whats the damn key for doing a special move when dancing/lowriding? its usually the <> indicator but i ... : smacknca
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  Get a Xbox -> USB converter. Use the controller in vehicles (and on bike) and mouse+keyboard on foot. M... : ThomW
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    it doesn't let you use the analog triggers :( : Draugluin
    • That's criminal. :( : ThomW
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  you don't use the sprint key when on the bike, just hit your forward key repeatedly and faster for quicke... : diabol1k
  • ^^^^smarty edgewise : askedrelic