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  More detail: Some fuck sold me something, took my cash (paypal style), and gave me jack shit in return. ... : Iscariot47
  • Don't buy stuff worth more than a few bucks off ebay unless its local pickup and you can pay cash. : retardhumper
• Yeah. I ordered a bluetooth headset for my phone and it never arrived. After multiple attempts to conta... : jjlaw
• I have. Back in 2002 I won and sent money for an Xbox. After a month the guy never sent me anything nor... : Halen
• The one time I tried it, they said that I wasn't eligible or whatever. Basically, I bid on one thing, the... : yoonix
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  I lost $1500 on ebay and got $50 back from paypal.... : wtf242
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    Filed a long form claim for the settlement? : yoonix
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      they said all they could do for me was $50. no idea what you mean by long form claim. basically i bought ... : wtf242
      • Long form claim was for the PayPal class action settlement. If you were not satisfied with the way they r... : yoonix
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        wow that shits fucked up. sorry to hear that. thats a nice camera :( : Sonic.View
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          I bought one that next week, so it ended up costing me $3000. this was years ago. It was worth it, but it... : wtf242
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            Yea, after this I'm done with paypal. : Iscariot47
            • (and ebay of course) : Iscariot47
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  Use a credit card when you pay using paypal. If that happens just file a dispute aka chargeback The p... : monohydrate
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    Yeah, chargebacks are hardcore & most credit card companies have a policy of "If they're asking, refund t... : Hiro
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      Huge caveat: PayPal is widely known to (or at least reported to) do any number of nasty things to your a... : electroly
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        I actually had a good experience with paypal and a charge back. somebody stole somebody's info and signed... : Clay
        • So what is "chargeback"? Am I at any risk if I file a report against him? Should I do it with ebay or p... : Iscariot47
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    many people won't accept CC's via paypal...doesn't it cost sellers money to receive CC payments? : FrayLo
    • Paypal charges a fee on ALL incoming payments if you enable your account to receive credit card funded pa... : godwit
• I bought a text book off of ebay, didn't come after 1.5 months, and then I saw the seller had since gotte... : skanky08
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  I've gotten over $600 back twice for 2 laptop mishaps, and a most recent phone purchase resulted in a cha... : chrisxtreme
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    What is chargeback? Did you use ebay or paypal to get your cash back? : Iscariot47
    • help me... : Iscariot47
    • a chargeback is when a credit card issuer says to the merchant "we're not giving you this money for xxx b... : AssGoblin
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      Use both. Do a chargeback aka "file a dispute" with your cc company and also file a dispute with Paypal.... : monohydrate
      • btw you have 30 days after a purchase to be eligible for a chargeback : monohydrate
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  Nope. They didn't refund a dime of the $1800 I lost when a seller never shipped a bunch of car parts I bo... : godwit
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    I used paypal, they've already got the cash. : Iscariot47
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      Hopefully you used your credit card through Paypal. You probably won't see a dime back from Paypal. You h... : godwit
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        ^^^ This man is wise, listen to him. : electroly
        • I learned the hard way :*( : godwit
• [LONG] My girlfriend had to make a claim against a seller who was exactly 30 days late with an item. The : Endymion_

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  I've ditched using 1.0X - Deer Park is faster AND more stable for me..... - I don't know why but FF 1.0X ... : abrasion
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    hmm, Deer Park borks the shack for me. the reply button doesn't work correctly might be one of the exte... : ariakaz
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      Yeah, the links to HardOCP crash all versions of Firefox, after I've installed more than one version (DP2... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Looks like 1.0.4 is the latest version of Firefox 1.x that won't crash HardOCP. Deer Park still looks a ... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Agreed. I'm loving the DP. : sirkne
• as well as Thunderbird 1.0.6 : tangles

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• i don't have that. : suqur
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  Its some weird bug with the bloom effect after you alt-tab in and out of the game a few times. Disabling ... : sonicstorm
  • I been getting it also when I alt-tab. I just reload my ui to fix it. : Wombat Woo
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  Did you install the Pride mod? : jjlaw
  • Anybody can be a Night Elf, you don't need a mod for that. : Deathlove
• I have always had graphical curruption where the Icons are. For, example, when I move a spell, the box it... : Stoned Gargoyle
• i have been doing a little more research and it seems to be only when i alt-tab out as sonicstorm said...... : nepharious
• thought it was only me. : reverend~heresy
• I get that too, except on the bottom : Ziggurat
• I also get that, I need to investigate if it's an Alt+Tab issue when I get home. : pauk111

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  search for "lol stupid kid got his dad fired" : AbortedFetusChristi
  • Stupid kid with bonus AOL speak. : Fred Garvin
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  Word on the street is that its more of that ourcolony viral marketing crap : hube
  • I actually wouldn't be surprised. However, the only thing they're promoting is people calling that kid a ... : freshyk
  • It's not. : jake
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  Wait, that's gegtik! : rasputinreborn
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    His shirt would have a maple leaf on it : tomservo
    • thats no maple leaf... : spaceninja
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  That's really not much of a leak. All it tells us is that they exist (which we knew) and are in complianc... : bostrov
  • Hehe, no kidding. His "speeling" and "grammer" are about in line with someone from a primitive culture. : Fred Garvin
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  Wow, if I was his stepfather I'd beat him like a redheaded stepchild. : hypostatization
  • hehehe : rasputinreborn
• Fucking retard-speak is almost as grating as ebonics. : Ride-My-Rocket

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  It's an apple product, so it's clear to me that you are at fault for not figuring it out as they are extr... : abrasion
  • yeah, it's not an Apple product. : drucifer
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    Griffin Tech == Apple? lol : Mr.Fusion
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      Was reffering to the ipod itself : abrasion
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        just a carpet troll then? covering all the bases? : drucifer
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          It was just an "in before mac users attacking" post actually :( : abrasion
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            touche : drucifer
            • I like how that feels, touche me again. : abrasion
      • but the iPod isn't doing anything wrong itself here. it'll still do everything it's asked to! : Postal
• is the LED lighting up? did you follow the directions in the package? did you xfer the audio files incl... : FrayLo
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  Did you use the software which puts all the Itrip frequencies into your playlist? : ColoradoCNC
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    yep, i've done all this.. the itrip doesn't appear to even be on, i've tried tuning it/using the default ... : lakren
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      That's really odd. Are you pausing it and waiting for the led to come on? If the LED isn't even turning... : ColoradoCNC
      • yes, i followed the instructions in the package.. and made sure i was doing it correcly on the website.. ... : lakren
• Audio has to be playing for it to turn on. iPod should be around 2/3-3/4 volume. : airrob
• well this is awful, i guess i'm dumb for actually expecting something to work first shot. : lakren
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  update: when i bring the ipod near a radio, and only when the itrip is in, as soon as i get near the defa... : lakren
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    Do you have the volume on the ipod set to about 75%? : onyx
    • haha yeah, i made that mistake my first time. i was getting so pissed that it was staticy and then i real... : servweb2

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• The other music stores out there just aren't as good (except maybe that russian one but its legality is a... : Mr.Fusion
• Yahoo's Music store is slow slooow slooooooooooow : Zero|DPX
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  Why are so many people ram nazis... 40mb is NOTHING. : mojoald
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    IAWTP. I think most of us here have 1 gig and some even 2 gigs. Whats the point of having all that ram ... : jahulio2
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      That being said, I don't condone bloatware. I still think guys should be efficient and what not with the... : jahulio2
      • Right but alot of programs take a portion of the ram avaible, so itunes is using 40 megs for a reason. : mojoald
  • I agree...you have 768 or more...why complain about 40MB? If you aren't running at least 512 somethin... : nf0r
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    I have a gig. Why do I care? Because I am a programmer, and there is no excuse for using that much memory... : Bantis
    • Let me clarify a bit more. I don't care when a program uses memory at all. WoW uses over 200 megs (300 if... : Bantis
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  because itunes rocks, and you weren't using the ram anyway. : FrayLo
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    Yes, I was. : Bantis
    • And if I had my way, I'd rather use iTunes, but 40mb isn't right.. : Bantis
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    Itunes does rock, but I still don't see why it needs to use so much memory, especially in the mini-player... : cltcprd
    • Because it's a quick, hackish port of a Mac app and the supporting libraries. That's also why it's slo... : Zero|DPX
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  Emusic has about 50% of the music I listen to and it gives normal MP3's : Rasnowl
  • ^^^^^^^ : rasputinreborn
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  www.allofmp3.com 4tw : geedeck
  • lol yea. Site works well. : askedrelic
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    Yes, give your CC info to Russians, its ok! I know some use it with no ill consequence, but still, the : rasputinreborn
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      I'm content with not supporting a site doing something I find immoral and unethical, regardless of whethe... : Zero|DPX
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        Artists don't really make money off of buying their music anyway. I'll go see them on tour to support the... : geedeck
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          Not true of all artists. And irrelevant even if true; they signed a particular contract to make their mu... : Zero|DPX
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            Well, the CC thing was more for rasputin. And I do see your point, but the music companies are shady and ... : geedeck
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              I'm not going to cut off the artists' noses to spite the music companies' faces. It seems like a selfish... : Zero|DPX
              • So pretty much, you say tomatoh, I say tomahtoh. If artists put their music out in ways I'm comfortab... : geedeck
• I use yahoos rental thing 60 bucks a year, I love it. Downloads max my connection at 500k : carazy
• I like Rhapsody. I pay $2 a month because I'm a UC Berkeley student. Plus I get to put all music on my Cr... : pap26

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  On this week's episode of NERD FURY... : gegtik
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    I'd say Hulk Smash but c'mon, we both know the only things nerds smash are their chances for sex. : EvilDolemite
    • .o0(>_<)0o.}g]b : gegtik
  • hahahahaha excellent : proclone1
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  i've been wondering. is it possible not to get everything on the customize page with dell? like say i d... : ibrokn
  • Yes you can click "no monitor" or something along those lines. Granted, it will only save you about $40-5... : swansonite
• See? See?! I warned you. : Syixxs
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  It gets better! They gave us 55 licenses rather than 85. Ooops, 30 computer..POOF. Can't access this s... : EvilDolemite
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    some indian is about to have a bad day : cpt_gloval
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      Actually I've been dealing strictly with Southerners on this order. : EvilDolemite
      • I worked for the bastids in central tx. worst fucking job I ever had. 2 months, I said "bye fuckahs" but : rintumscrinctum

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• wtf is this in the background? :P : Paranoid Android
• Yep, I found that out too when I was bored and oracticing flying the heli. Not very practical, mind you,... : ColoradoCNC
• boring stunt video :( : Nighteyes
• i always fly thru there :) : nico2

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  in what context? : edgewise
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    Talking about valve & ea. : jayares
    • EA IS BUYING SHACKNEWS! : Wyvern
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  I'm glad their viewer noticed : Nighthavvk
  • I think its an extremely well done show, always up to date. You can stick with your General Hospital and ... : jayares
  • I keekled ^_^ : Lynn Minmei
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  yeah, it's been mentioned quite a few times. Pereira posts here as "Kevin Pereira" : Prozium
  • Pointless audio! : cncpun
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  AOTS? wtf is that? : tomatoactivator
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    Attack of the Shit? : walker270
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      pretty much : Nighthavvk
      • oh wait... its that cable tv show... cable tv... lol : tomatoactivator
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10431539 : edgewise

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  newsleecher : [fry]
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    Seems pretty good, but geared towards binaries. While I want that, I'd also like to be able to read as w... : Thresher
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      It lets you read and reply but it's fairly simplistic. You can basically, uh.. read and reply. It does... : [fry]
      • Agent is really damn good, but it's only real drawback is that it only works on one download at a time. ... : Thresher
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  grabit : prime8
  • Its free! : negativepower
• Newsbin Pro is pretty snazzy. http://www.newsbin.com/ : emocore
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  im still clinging to Xnews like grim death : r1cola
  • i wonder if netscape has a NNTP server : runnerct
  • I feel the same way. It feels so 1996 but I can't get used to anything else. : ThomW

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  your voice totally fits your face. : edgewise
  • hahaha thats the exact thing I thought when it opened. : Degenerate
• that game rules my bitch ass. : cpt_gloval
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  SO HAWT! Best Tetris ever. : edlin
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    It's a shame you're so horrible at it! : Ajax
    • someone's on the couch tonight. : pupismyname
  • Seconded. What are you guys' best scores? I don't recall what my max from a few years ago was, but I th... : Krypt_
• i must play that : creep
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  give it to me. : roushimsx (#2985) « : cajuncook
  • 9.8 out of 10 : creep
  • roushi already got his copy and was adament about my getting my own. : Entity
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  Why so angry? : mp7rox
  • he's the emo Hulk : Mr.Fusion
  • While at work and not playing TNT, there's few reasons to smile. : Entity
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  *stares in awe* oh how i miss thee. : Holesinswiss
  • in before wise-ass remarks the game, dammit : Holesinswiss
• record yourself singing to some barry white. : jayares
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10426034 : roushimsx

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  mages and shamans are fun, give the horde side a try : AllYourBase
  • Don't forget your mana potions! : FlatlineDixay
• Both. : electroly
• EQ2 ftw. I know there'll be a lot of hate on this idea, but honestly, it's an extremely entertaining gam... : ColoradoCNC
• Does anyone on here play City of Heroes? That's the best MMO I've played. It gets sort of repetitive ev... : Krypt_

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  That's like 1/100th of a person :( : Zero|DPX
  • you're not counting the C.H.U.D.S. : drucifer
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    7/10ths of a person, assuming 7 billion people on Earth. : airrob
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      Nope. That's 7000000000 * 0.0000000001. But you missed that he tacked a "%" on the end. 1% is 0.01, so... : Zero|DPX
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        lol seems ironic that you did a lot of work to double check your math despite the fact that you chose 10B... : riptyde
        • Actually, my answer was correct. I rounded to one significant figure, which is what was appropriate give... : Zero|DPX
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        10 billion? go back to school, pls. 6 billion. : lonestar3
        • he rounded up and hence said "like".. it made little difference in the final result anyway : Mr.Fusion
        • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10434052. Also what Mr.Fusion said. Also Wikipedia estimates 6.5B. A... : Zero|DPX
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        You are correct sir, my apologies. : airrob
        • Hehe. I was pleased someone else bothered to do the math on it (even if your answer was a little off). ... : Zero|DPX
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  IBM has told its customers they'll continue to receive support, provided they pay for it LOL yeah but ... : riptyde
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    Yep, anyone will support anything for enough money. : themelon
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      I support this answer : drucifer
      • And I didnt even have to pay you... : themelon

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• 1.1 alpha is faster and seems more stable. : abrasion
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  it's going to be replaced by 1.05 within a week, or so i heard. : carnivore
  • You mean 1.0.6, and it came out today already. : Zero|DPX

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• Anthony's Pier 4 was about that last time I was there. : Crimsonbeak

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• Or anyone use a different pay as you go plan? : cameljoe

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  That's a fucking Mac!! Oh, and I thought design was law? : Fred Garvin
  • So very owned. http://fred_garvin.shackspace.com/misreply.jpg : Fred Garvin
• Anchorman: the Legend of Ron Burgundy Team America: World Police : Krypt_
• Mean Girls is pretty hilarious : ColoradoCNC

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  Beta 1 has officially dropped yet. : cltcprd
  • hasn't* : cltcprd
  • go play grandic2 : armybob
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  hay guys break your nds plz : lacker
  • ndas : lacker
  • oh fuck i dropped mine : crummynz
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    hah, I wasn't asking them to give anything away, just comments . . . "I like it" or "I don't like it" and... : InfoBiter
    • a lot of times NDAs include the fact that you're under one. I'm beta testing WinXP at least it feels like : twostar
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  http://www.winsupersite.com/longhorn/ : cltcprd
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    longhorn's lookin pretty slick. [size=9]in a mac kinda wa/size] : aurealis
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      there is something strange about this post : Mr.Fusion
      • He has phpBB syndrome. : Fred Garvin
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      Removing the database driven filesystem has taken me from "wow, I'd pay for that OS retail on release day... : abrasion
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        Agreed, that was the feature I'm most looking for. : Chod
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          I need it so badly, it has absoloutely mind-blowing potential and they nix'd it. Rumour has it they ar... : abrasion
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            It's not dead. (WinFS) : jake
            • but it's not shipping with longhorn. : abrasion
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        They removed that? Man, fuck dat noize. : floated
        • http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spotlight : Postal
• yes. and no, haven't tried it yet. : lakren
• I am a beta tester. I've been on pretty much every windows beta since 98. I just got an email to sign ... : bording

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• Remember, stats are being recorded now. Hopefully I can get the DB going right tonight and you will be a... : themelon
• I think everyone should play late, too. I don't get home until 11:30 or so, nd then it's only pubs most n... : carrioN luggagE
• help me with a motherboard and cpu and i'm game :P my pc died now i'm sad i was just getting into ... : Delightfuldruid
• JOINING : d1sregard
• oh shit? hopefully its still going : kainen1

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• and not use the stairs even.... : abrasion

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  Sounds like you're good to go. just plug'em in. : jahulio2
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    Uggh. You really need two of the same monitors to pull this off. I don't remember my CRT looking that s... : dltrem
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      Actually you can get away with different monitors: http://www.alwaysnetwork.com/shack/desktop.jpg : mojoald
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        Yeah but ClearType looks shit on CRT monitors and gives some people (like myself) headaches. Beautiful se... : ShekkyBoy
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          One thing everyone needs to run is UltraMon. : mojoald
          • What is this UltraMon you speak of? : rarshow
        • Yeah that's really weird - I loved cleartype on my CRT for ages - and then one day I formatted - forgot t... : abrasion
        • ClearType looks great on my monitor. But you have to configure it, since there are a half-dozen different... : Bold
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        Moneyhats++ :-( : Rasnowl
        • More like moneyhats --- : mojoald
• I have 4 monitors - check your settings if you arent just plugging and playing : rosewood

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• are you wanting to make the text with nurbs or with polys? it's been ages since I've tried to make text ... : kikilupo

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• Get away from her, you BITCH!! : the archvile
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  =( http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10408563 : Cygnus X-1
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    bleh. nothing came up in the search. : draconic
    • Search = teh suck. I try to search to avoid dupes and end up duping anyway. : Cygnus X-1
  • =( http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10405013 : Bold
• He probably stole the mechsuit.com domain from me : MrLonghair
• I prefer 2x LRM20's on the shoulders : reac84

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• they sell for 5 g each dude. i have no idea : electroly
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  i think they are like 10 for 180g from the npc sellers : johnny skidmarks
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    Ahaha, I got screwed then :). I tried to look for them with the NPCs and none were available. Oh well, l... : ghost hacker
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      They are in most cities post searing. i know there is a vendor is post searing ascalon : johnny skidmarks
      • Thanks I will take a look tonight when I get home. : ghost hacker
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  did you ask in guildchat? i think i could have spared one or twenty. : poppasp1ce
  • No one else from GCR was online at the moment. : ghost hacker
• you can also salvage a sword, axe, or piece of (metallic) armor to get some iron. : YamatoTwinkie

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• blue healer? : radula
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  boxer? : holyiest_of_holies
  • yes some kind of bulldog...staffordshire terrier, great dane, etc...the short snout and big head give it ... : lord_omega
• that's a pug fugly : drucifer
• Zombie Dog. : Rauol Duke
• http://www.erika-urban.de/Fuchur.jpg : jayares