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  goggles : epit
  • that does nothing : cap n KRUNCH
• Operate? (implies changing the parameters of the camera) Peruse? : sgtsanity
• control? : wtf242
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  Isn't inheritance bad and fragile? :( I thought composition was the way to go mostly. : cameljoe
  • I'll punch anyone that doesn't think polymorphism is one of an OO programmer's best tools. Like, right i... : filtersweep
  • overuse of inheritance can be bad : mr brown
• CameraUseratron(void) : qwpeoriu
• Camera::Perspective : InfoBiter
• Switch? MainScreenTurnOn? : 60days
• Camera:View : d fluke
• Camera::Enable : cokefiend
• virtual void TBD()=0; Is what I have right now, and I have a funny suspicion that won't change as time... : Omaha
• Camera::AskTheShackWhatToDoNextLikeTheProgrammerDoes() : freshview
• maybe camera::look or camera::become ? : Nighthavvk
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  use Camera::LookAt : moshman
  • I suck at reading too : moshman
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  Camera::RenderFrom or Camera::TransformFrom? Unrelated, why are you storing everything in a tree struc... : WillingZombie
  • Nevermind, I obviously can't read, disregard the second part of the previous post. : WillingZombie
• I'd go with Camera.Activate() or Camera.Enable(). The enable thing seems best to me, because if you're s... : ra1n
• Camera:Phil : scanline
• Camera::Select ?? : timmie
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  I have a rendering system. This rendering system has a global facade object called "Renderer" (actually, ... : verbatim
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• Camera::Lights::Action : Maddog_Delphi97
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• Camera::GOD : adev
• Camera:X10 : synack
• Camera::Select : Mad Brahmin Disease

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  news.google.com : abrasion
  • hmm, added this. I like the customization, plus it's very readable. : Nighthavvk
• sfgate.com <3 : jessipoo
• foxnews.com drudgereport.com bbc.com : kaibosh
• http://www.npr.org/ : the archvile
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  http://www.shacknews.com :D : Paranoid Android
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    Never heard of it. : Haku-Jin
    • I wouldnt bother with shacknews, its just full of rightwing crackpots. : spdon
• fark.com : pres589
• http://www.nakednews.com/ : slax0r
• Whatever ER links to. : pigvomit
• Reuters.com : freshyk
• While not a genuine news page, Glenn Reynolds' Instapundit.com is a great portal for lots of mainstream u... : Ninja Techno
• BBC, CNN and Sky News. : ShekkyBoy
• cnn, engadget, fark, msbnc, drudge, bbc, thesun, slashdot, cnet, wired : bloodysunday
• foxnews, jerkcity, drudgereport, cnn, bbc, washington post : [fry]
• www.bbc.com www.guardian.co.uk www.theonion.com www.forteantimes.com www.newscientist.com www.nme.... : spdon
• tenbyten.org : Prototype
• bbc, reuters, drudgereport, bartcop, cnn on occasion. : mrspyral

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• kids are short : crazywigga
• You mean the image on the box? I guess they're looking at the cereal bowl? That is if they realy are look... : stuka
• Because they are fucking cerial mascots for christs sake man. If you were a cerial mascot you would be l... : gibmiser

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• People go to sleep way too early around here. : stuka

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• That's because it evolves. : Pneum0
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  Here's Sergeon's piece on colds, http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9684904 : Tincan
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    Thanks. Unfortunately he admits that basically you have to suffer through it. I deliberately try to get... : kaibosh
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      It has nothing to do with how many times you get sick, it's the strain of bug that gets you. : Pneum0
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        Bullshit, your immune system has a memory that fades over time. There are different strains yes, but the... : kaibosh
        • Ok, continue to pick your nose without washing your hands then? Resistance builds by being exposed to th... : Pneum0
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          That is exactly why you need a flu shot or other vacinations. Gives you a very minor case of it and then... : themelon
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            No way am I taking a shot with mercury and aluminum in it. I've never had a flu shot once in my life and ... : m0nkz
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              I dont take them either but that is not the point. The point is that the reason they give periodic vacci... : themelon
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                Yeah, but it's still horrible that they have that crap in it. I was watching the Daily Show a few days ag... : m0nkz
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                  Please, if I hear one more think about thimerosal and autism I will really go crazy. Every major health o... : sergeon
                  • Sir, I like the way you talk medicine. : gibmiser
                • You realise that flouride is toothpaste, and in some water supplies, is increadably poisonus in very smal... : spdon
• They have vaxines for flu and cold, its just that its pointless to give them to anyone but old people cos... : spdon
• Two things: 1) What medicines have you tried for symptomatic relief? Although I personally think it is... : sergeon

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  When I was able to listent to my Ipod at my collections job it definitely helped me be more productive. ... : ColoradoCNC
  • I'm so glad I have my own office and can do whatever I want in it : moshman
  • lol. sorry. : gsfx
• i foobar all day at work(earphones). i find that i don't really listen to it though, it just plays in the... : poppasp1ce
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  People that tend to work 12 hour days are also those people that tend to take lots of coffee breaks, lunc... : mr brown
  • Well if you worked 12 hours and produced nonstop they'd want you to continue producing at the same pace n... : Blackdawgg
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    Gross generalization, as is the one that says that people that work 8 hour days are more focused and bala... : GeorgeB3DR
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      of course it is; I work at a software company where most of our projects are not high priority, and yet I... : mr brown
      • You two work together? : Haku-Jin
    • Three 13 hour days is pretty good to me.. but I dont really have to produce anything either. : Pneum0
    • if it's not too personal, what's the timing like at 3DR? is it very flexible? At my previous employer, f... : gsfx
    • of course it's a generalization, that's the point. : alexthegreat2
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    Not true. When I was working 14-18 hour days at Speakeasy, I was working. ALL THE FUCKING TIME. Very litt... : jessipoo
    • 14-18hours, all the time = OUCH. : gsfx
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  I worked a lot more, harder, and better when I was listening to my iPod. Too bad it got me the scorn of m... : floated
  • Don't forget posting a vid of the boss on the shack! >:) : ColoradoCNC
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    you fucked the boss? : mr brown
    • You didn't know? I'm surprised everyone on the Shack doesn't know this by now... : walker270
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      lol *lifts up rock so mr. brown can come outside*. :D : riptyde
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        ok ok someone link me to the relevant posts? : mr brown
        • um yeah me too : jasonepowell
    • He even posted divx. : yoonix
  • Yeah you weren't exactly smart about that. It isn't surprising at all. : Chod
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  I think if you are less distracted by noises and talking around you you would probably be more productive... : Fred Garvin
  • ah, but you have a private office! : gsfx
• I work better with music in the background. Not with headphones, though. : dmason
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  Everyone in our art department has started working with headphones on. So I brought in my mp3 player and ... : adev
  • They killed all streaming at work for this reason :( : Ben Barker
• I have a white noise machine behind me; it's called a Dell PowerEdge 2400. :-) : the archvile
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  I listen to my ipod non-stop at work. and I'm more productive I'd say. But that's mainly because it dr... : xocsida
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    Ask the redhead out. Then we can get better pics/divx : DakkaUT
    • My wife wouldnt like that. :( : xocsida
• haha, higher cubicle walls. In our office, there's no cubicle walls. We all sit facing forward, with the ... : Dante

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  RSS 0.9, I think. : sgtsanity
  • Any plans for an upgrade? Vista detects that there is an RSS feed on the front page, but can't parse it. : jake

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  Craft one from the bones of said puppy? : c0bra
  • haha i laughed and agree : cncpun
• Don't know what Fry's has, but Gamestop has wireless controller/headset combos for about $50. They had a ... : R.Cade
• I am using the Logitech Precision wireless controller and really like it! : bluntage
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  picture of puppy?? : Shadowdane
  • ^^^ right on : Degenerate
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10348999 : bcyde
    • man, thats an awesome looking dog. : johnny skidmarks
• Looks like you have 2 choices from what outpost.com says. I'm not sure if in store you will find anything... : nivorous
• try fixing the wiring first! : gsfx
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  makes the wireless X360 controller sound like a smart idea... : Postal
  • except the radiation will mutate us all : gsfx
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    Makes not having a stupid animal in the house sound like a good idea. : godwit
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      ♥ cats (not that I hate dogs) : Postal
      • my cat broke my xbox controller, but i took it apart and put it back together and it magically started wo... : porp
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  The Madcatz ones are amazing. Got mine at EB. : GeorgeB3DR
  • Madcatz makes good products? Wow I HAVE been out of the loop for far too long... albeit I still have the ... : Amnesty_intl2

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• yes, I've been preaching sf2 forever. awesome+++. to all those who have only played the gba shining fo... : Ziggurat

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• lol at four peters, but that went on for a while : DakkaUT
• is it just me, or are they ripping on meg something fierce in this new season? also that greased up : esmokah
• uhh more like 35 minutes : MoNsTeR

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  Try using "start <tbird>" - it should open a new process for tbird instead of binding it to the batch fi... : Judicus
  • excellent, thanks. this is exactly what I'm paying you for! : moneyshot

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• Prepare to be thirsty. : Conan
• All I know is that your are suppose to drink water like mad if you use that stuff. : Kiriakos
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  use it like roids. Its my understanding that it expands your muscles with water. Once you stop using it... : conandan
  • You're wrong. Creatine supplies more ATP to your body. ATP is what your body uses for short term ener... : cameljoe
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  I took some of that once for 2 months, it certainly bulked me up a lot. But it bulked me up too much IMO,... : moshman
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    this was the power stuff btw, you mix with water or milk. I took it one week on and one week off. : moshman
    • Thanks for the info. I want to see the studies that suggest that it "improves" performance. I'm betting i... : Crimson
• I use it all the time, it really helps with recovery. : Torgo
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  Here's a unscientific bullshit study: When I was 16, I was doing a bunch of push ups every day. I cou... : cameljoe
  • It wasnt in your head. Thats what creatine does. Many people think creatine itself bulks you up, but it d... : johnny skidmarks

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• aim at them (rmb) and once you see their health above their heads, hit 'g' : itsjames

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• I have to admire someone who has the balls to go out exactly how he wants to. : themelon
• Cool read. : iamgoat

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  the only Internet episode >> all of the SciFi episodes : the archvile
  • agreed 100% : eskimo spy
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    ^^^ Truth right there. : Kiriakos
    • Oh, and I prefer Patricia Beckmann as Six, over Terry Farrell in the first episode (the creator changed t... : Kiriakos
  • The 6-minute one? It was funny but short, haven't seen the TV version. : acidnynex
• Tripping the Rift? It's a pile of shit. : walker270
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  Why this was made into a series boggles the mind. The clip released to the Net was solid gold - it certa... : kaibosh
  • the clip on the net was a pilot/tech thingy to try and get a series. They got turned down by HBO & Showti... : armybob
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  You're better off watching Mansquito or Revenge of the Cockroach People 3 : genjuro
  • Mansquito!? That's just cold... : walker270
• My roommate loves it but I think it's retarded except for a few great moments. : omnova

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  it's called the TV-series budget, I think. might as well ask why everyone in the Star Trek and Stargate u... : eskimo spy
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    Universal translators. You sir are apparently not a trek fan. As far as Stargate, I'm assuming they hav... : ColoradoCNC
    • Stargate (thankfully) doesn't take itself that seriously, although I have heard that there is an episode ... : walker270
  • in the commentary for this ep on the scifi website ron says they just got "lazy" and did not want to thin... : takio
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  After the first Cylon war, humans didn't trust machines and pushed their tech back. I think Adama said th : genjuro
  • Dammit. The last 2 spoilers aren't really spoilers. Fucking nuke paranoia. : genjuro
• From what I’ve read this is why the so is this way. It’s so that it's more iden... : Tincan
• Story wise it is because Technology already bit them in the ass once. So instead of having a toaster, car... : DarkWolf5
• But seriously, though, how different do you think people will be in the future? Sure, gadgets and gizmos... : kaibosh
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  Bullets work very well for shooting things. Im tired of SciFi shows where the phaser pistols do much les... : SqueegyTBS
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    yes, thank god they havent had to reverse the polarity of something, or learned a moral lesson from the a... : eskimo spy
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      Don't forget completely destroy their ship each week, just to have it in mint condition for the next. : walker270
      • *cough* Voyager *cough*. What a terrible show that was. : riptyde
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    I'm not asking for Star Trek technology, but I would of liked to see the writers explore that subject a b... : jayares
    • I'd rather the writers continue to produce the same show they have been all along, instead of waste their... : walker270
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  I was listening to a commentary, and whoever decides this kind of stuff spent forever talking about what : mittense
  • Did you guys notice the license plates? Looked like it said Caprica on them. : trove
• Did you ask this question when you saw Aliens? : zakk

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  I'm about to start reading up on C++ as I mentioned in previous posts. But I am having a hard time figuri : nivorous
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    I don't know about beginner's books really, but maybe you should look at: http://www.amazon.com/exec/o... : FlatlineDixay
    • just looking at the reviews it looks like it's for intermediate or advanced users. One word in warning : nivorous
    • I would strongly advise not getting this book actually. It's very looong and his way of explaining thing... : itsjames
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    Are you a programming beginner or just new to C++? : WillingZombie
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      I am a programming beginner. I only messed around with Visual Basic 3-5 when I was around 14-15 and creat... : nivorous
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        go with the 'how to program' book if you're a complete beginner. "C++ Primer" by Stanley B. Lippman and J... : GloriousCow
        • I agree with the C++ Primer recommendation as well. : WillingZombie
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        Try ISBN 0-672-30200-4 and 0-201-70353-X. After that, ISBN 0-13-120965-5. : WillingZombie
        • Oh, and the last book is available as a free PDF if you're interested as well. : WillingZombie
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          The first book was made in 1992. Wouldn't it be a little outdated since it deals with DOS and not windows... : nivorous
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            Well, that's why I suggested them in that order. The first book starts at a very basic level, and is not ... : WillingZombie
            • I'm going to go ahead with the first book C++ Programming 101. Under $2 cannot be beat :) What is your... : nivorous
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    Personally, I learned off of Robert Lafore's [b]Object-Oriented Programming C++[/b]. I think it's one of ... : mittense
    • Fecking hell. I lose at The Shack. :( : mittense
  • C++ how to Program is my recomendation. Make sure you do the excersises, ALL OF THEM, it's the best way ... : OwenButler
• Thanks everyone, I've decided to read the following books in order: C++ Programming 101 C++ how to Pr... : nivorous
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  get the hell away from c++ to start... grab a python book like this one: http://www.amazon.com/exec/o... : merpaholic
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    I disagree. Just take C++ on, learn it, and every other language you ever learn will be a fucking cakewal... : mittense
    • ^^ Especially if you plan on being a programmer. For your coworkers sake, learn C or C++ first so you do... : walker270

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• lol wtf -- no way its UT2004. : NeoMoose
• Sounds like you have temp files which are launching instead of the ones the UT installer's trying to plac... : Entity
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  I think UT2004 uses some MS speech recognition API. That might be your issue, maybe it's trying to instal... : Fred Garvin
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    ^^ This is it I think. : Cygnus X-1
    • and how would I fix this? : sheivachman

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  God doesn't like you printing porn. : TheArtMan
  • hahaha : Shadowdane
• "the average homeowner should expect to repair direct meteor damage every hundred million years." holy... : romulan
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  Is he allowed to keep that and auction it off on ebay or does NASA come swooping in and confiscate it? : ShekkyBoy
  • The only things in/from space NASA owns is stuff they put up there. : omnova

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  why dont you just go with a 6600GT or something like that. They're only a little over $100 and it'll las : mccreadypj17
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    Ti4200=8*275, 6600GT=8*500 DX9. worthy UG. : gsfx
    • Most new mobos are PCIe right? (whatever I put in now I'll have to just when I upgrade my mobo/cpu right... : hanfeitzu
• Pricewatch sez there are 128mb 9600XT's out there for about 90 bucks, or FX5700's with 128mb of ram for a... : pres589
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  Get a used Radeon 9800 (Pro) or if you want new, buy a GeForce 6600(GT). : godwit
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    how big a difference are there performance wise between these? I'd like to spend under $100. Honestly... : hanfeitzu
    • If you don't play any new games at all, get the cheapest card you can find. A Radeon 9600(XT) would work ... : godwit

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• They feel incredibly clunky and hard to type on to me. I like the idea, but not the execution. That's w... : GeorgeB3DR

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• * adopters. Assuming it works like Google Earth and streams its data (why wouldn't it?) : dodob

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• Hey, that's pretty cool. : m0nkz
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  ugh, doesn't work on my multi-monitor setup. and it isn't tabbed.. I used it for like a week.. oh well..... : dextius
  • And I was getting so excited :( I'm gonna try this when I get home anyway, it looks too awesome not to... : Judicus
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  It wont run unless console.exe is installed into e:\progs\console :( : thecray
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    oh, sorry. I can fix that in a minute. : vigilante
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      It should just look for console.exe in the same directory now. : vigilante
      • This is totally awesome! : thecray
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  http://img340.imageshack.us/my.php?image=error0yz.jpg : AbortedFetusChristi
  • You have to download this http://sf.net/projects/console and unzip it into the directory. It does most e... : vigilante

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  Akira and anything by Studio Ghibli. I don't know any nonmainstream anime. : freshyk
  • Akira, hands down. : Ecks
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  spirited away, akira, graveyard of the fireflies, my neighbor totoro...i'm drawing a blank after that. ma... : captain hampton
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    Totoro rocked! I love what cowboy bebop did with music and a few of the images were fantastic, but the t... : yesjfif
    • g vs e is a lot of storylines/plots at the root. its a very common thread. i like it when they fuck with ... : captain hampton
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  I think anime's gotten to the point where asking that is like asking 'what is the ultimate comic book?' o... : eskimo spy
  • True, but there are certain qualites that an "Anime" has that seperates it apart from regular film. I kn... : yesjfif
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  Grave of the Fireflies. Amazing film that shows the emotional depths that can be achieved using animatio... : ColoradoCNC
  • Second'd. I love this movie. : sirkne
• Ghost in the Shell movie for sure I'm so predictable As for series, there isn't one single one that I... : d fluke
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  urotsukidoji : GloriousCow
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    ^^ Anime in a nutshell. It's all deranged demonic cartoon porn. : d fluke
    • http://www.giantitp.com/cgi-bin/GiantITP/ootscript?SK=20 : spdon
• akira or appleseed (the new one) : eeeealmo
• Akira, GiTS 1/2. Evangelion for TV. : Ratsofatsorat
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  Miyazaki. Fin. : geedeck
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    And I'm going to follow up by saying Akira would be a terrible choice. The story is a weak disassembli... : geedeck
    • agreed, but i'm still in awe when i watch it. : captain hampton
• Astro Boy the old original ones, not the crappy new ones. : retardhumper
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  SaiKano : sikander
  • How about something that presents quality without making everyone feel suicidaly depressed?. : vashts
• Anything by Miyazaki or Grave Of The Fireflies (both Studio Ghibli) : Serpico74
• Akira, for sure. : ghost hacker
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  Astro Boy : Kiriakos
  • Forgot to add: Not the new one. : Kiriakos
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  ghost in the shell. : NeoMoose
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    Ghost in the Shell is a bad example of anime. It's considered very westernized. : mr.sleepy
    • whoop dee doo -- it kicks ass. im sorry anime has to involve faceplants and bad nosebleed gags to be c... : NeoMoose
    • Ghost in the Shell is fantastic, didnt like the sequal as much though. First film is basically anime Blad... : spdon
• Something I like that is very girly anime-y, while having a very distinct style, is Revolutionary Girl Ut : woddemandred
• To make up for my misreply, probably some of the best anime I've seen is Cowboy Bebop. Only 26 episode... : slax0r
• dragonball! :D : RikiTiki2

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• You could always look in the bargain bain for games you missed the boat on. Tron 2.0, Chronicles of Riddi... : genjuro
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  Psychonauts! I can't suggest this one enough. : Ecks
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    Demos are on Fileshack (2 total and it's priced lower than most new PC games right now (Not sure because ... : Amnesty_intl2
    • The demo is NOT a good example of what the game is like. It's just the training level which doesn't even... : Ecks

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  are you talking about the birth control patch? because if so my home remedy is that she get her ass to th... : jessipoo
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    Seconded. : TheMonkeyWench
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      Not that I have a vagina, but I also agree. Depo shots perhaps? : geedeck
      • if she's getting such intense side effects from a hormonal patch, chances are that depo would be too hars... : jessipoo
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        Once you stop taking those, you get a looooong period. Not fun. A friend of mine was on the shot for a c... : TheMonkeyWench
        • Hmm, we've noted the latter issue. I'm really hoping the male bc implant comes out soon. : geedeck
  • yeah this is definitely something you see a doctor about. switching birth control methods is probably in... : kch
  • have her try the nuvaring, little ring thingy that goes in the coochie... my gf is pretty sensitive to bi... : merpaholic
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  Cool washcloth on forehead, dark room, water and saltine crackers. Helps when i have a headache or tummya... : TheMonkeyWench
  • thanks! I think shes got an appt to switch to the pill... : mankeroo
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  In before the first DIRTBOX FTW comment. : Pneum0
  • It's well beyond old, get over it... : batkiwi

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• 750$ more. : deviantpaul
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  pay a ninja to steal an aeron : gsfx
  • $315 on ebay... http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=7532926945&category=61677&rd=1 tempt... : x4nth3
• When I picked out my chair from Staples, they had a nice looking mesh back seat for like $140. : atom519
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  http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&lang... : pres589
  • http://www.staples.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/StaplesProductDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10051&lang... : pres589
  • Looks good, I will have to find a staples in my area that has it in stock so I can test one out before pu... : x4nth3

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• CS:S!!! NO BF2!!! : RyDogg1
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  12/20 come get some!!! : RyDogg1
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    still waiting for Steam to finish updating; I should start it more often than every two weeks. : the archvile
    • hey wouldnt it be nice to have a big ole update file just sitting on your HD to use, or that you could DL... : eskimo spy
• bah, just installed Steam/HL2 here at werk and it's taking AGES to update CS:S. :( 15 minutes to go after... : eskimo spy