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• Could use a better video card unless you plan on doing little gaming, it's pretty much holding back the r... : aggressor
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  How much is that going to cost? : D45hiz
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    ~$1900 AUS : erotic sock
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      dude, i did an intel system somewhat like that about 3 weeks ago for $1700 intel p4 3.2ghz emt64 2megs... : CoRDS
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        minus the dual core athlong :-( : TheTick
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          yeh but useless for my needs as i didnt want to use xp64 : CoRDS
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            also better video card and ddr2 ram is was more important to me than the first run of dual core cpus : CoRDS
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              ddr2? You mean EXTRA BANDWIDTH THE CPU CAN'T ACTUALLY USE BECAUSE IT IS IN EXCESS OF THE CPU<>MEMORY C : Toraz Chryx
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                SHUT UP TORAZ :) : CoRDS
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                  GET A CLUE CoRDS! wanted DDR2... LOLOLOLOLOLOLOL : Toraz Chryx
                  • now im scared. : gsfx
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            um an Athlon64 x2 will run 32bit windows, and it'll SMACK a Pentium 4 around, bigtime. : Toraz Chryx
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              P4 vs. A64x2, Shackbattle, Tomorrow Night. Be THAR when these two top ranking CPUs duke it out. (Of cou... : ngsmack
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                srly, a single core P4 verses a pair of A64 cores = FATALITY : Toraz Chryx
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                  its not all that bad. a HT P4 core with cheap 915G platform makes a whole lot more sense and costs less ... : gsfx
                  • maybe, but $1700 vs $1900, the X2 wins on price/performance as soon as you throw anything demanding at it... : Toraz Chryx
              • Also featured will be new dedicated TeamSpeak enabled command channel with BF2 VoIP used for intrasquad c... : ngsmack
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  Go with 2 gigs of RAM and at least a GeForce 6800. : yosemiteclimber
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    ...since when does anyone need 2 gigs of RAM unless they're doing video editing? : Ojalo1982
    • and yeah, that'll all be a waste with just a 6600. : Ojalo1982
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      Battlefield 2. : cr00kedview
      • ^^^^ This man is right. Just upgraded from 1GB to 2GB and this makes a difference. I can now play with ... : ngsmack
  • 2 gigs of ram here and after I exit from BF2 it recovers so easily. : eldiablo01
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  okay, i should clarify. i don't play a LOT of games anymore (i work too goddamn much. 12 hour days = arse... : erotic sock
  • 6800GT has dropped over $100 since they released the 7800 series. A buddy of mind just picked up for $11... : ngsmack
  • Please consider the ATI x800xl its a great card for the money. : Lightzout
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  Also, last time I put together a rig like that with decent on-board sound I decided to leave off the soun... : Ojalo1982
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    doesn't having a dedicated sound card offload the cpu quite a bit? : MikkleThePickle
    • Hmm, I've never heard of that. I looked through quite a few discussions about dedicated sound card vs on... : Ojalo1982
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      Depends on the sound card/onboard implementation. : Helter Skelter
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        onboard audio typically brings a 4-8% hit in performance. Ditch the soundcard, use onboard....unless y... : fleabug
        • odds are that's moot, soundcard drivers will likely run on the second core. : Toraz Chryx
    • The onboard processing is usually eaten up by poor drivers. Most onboard audio is quite good for all but ... : freqq28
• i'd swap the ram for crucial ballistix it has a lower cas latency : burnzy3210
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  Dump that 6600 and get a 6800 instead and you're set. : SlamDunk
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    it depends on your priorities, a 6600GT will 1) Run cooler, possibly fanless+silent 2) draw less powe... : gsfx
    • But 6800 is more future proof... : SlamDunk
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  Barracuda is a such a cool name for a HD. I will buy 2 just for the name sake. : personaljesus
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    Raptor sounds cooler :) : StuMan1337
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      RAID 0 (2 x )Raptor - super cool. : ngsmack
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        I only have 1 74GB Raptor now (bought it a few weeks ago) but it's really fast (especially when compared ... : StuMan1337
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          had mine for about a year in this RAID0 stripe. it's cool to be first or second into to most maps, which... : ngsmack
          • I thought it was already said and clear that Raid0 does jack shit for gaming... ? Sure the Raptors will s... : mystifier
• Similar specs to the system I just bought. I almost went with that exact Abit board, but decided to save... : tangles
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  marked for later review : James T. Kirk
  • I have a few questions. What kind of fan are you going to use for the CPU? What kind of case do you w... : James T. Kirk
• do not get 512mb DIMMs. Get at least a single 1gb stick, preferably two. You will thank me in the futur... : Luminair

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  also, Petco sells Advantage over the counter. no vet needed. : jessipoo
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    You sure? That's odd 'cause http://www.nofleas.com/FAQ.asp#q2 so I wonder if Bayer knows PetCo is doing ... : dognose
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      I've bought Advantage from the Petco on Bryant St. for a year now, and before that in Seattle. I'd think ... : jessipoo
      • I guess you're right, the stuff used to cost like $100 a dose (and worth it) when it was prescription onl... : dognose
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  That's like Dick Cheney evil there. "Sir, our product kills kittens." "Yeah and?" "Just saying. lolz." : Rauol Duke
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    I would enjoy going to Hartz with some DMSO mixed with strychnine or something in a little dropper and pu... : dognose
    • more like LSD with that DMSO sir : romulan
  • hahahaha. I love you... : rasputinreborn
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  wow. "Do not allow your cat to lick the product." Obviously someone who's never seen the behaviour ... : verbatim
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    Sounds like my ideal girlfriend. : Rauol Duke
    • *sigh* yeah. : verbatim
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      A pussy with teeth is not my idea ofd a perfect anything! : RatBastard
      • The Galgamek vagina is 3 feet wide and surrounded by razor sharp teeth! : ]aratex[
• ugh, that's digusting that it's still available. Many petstores have Advantage and Frontline behind the c... : ChowYunCat
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  You'd better take that shit back to the store and tell them why. Maybe you can get them to stop selling i... : reign27
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    Hey that's a REALLY good idea. Yes, thanks. : dognose
    • The woman and I just got a kitten who might have had a flea or two (we think we saw one, but didn't actua... : reign27
• yeah we tried the tick/flea drops on our kitten.. it IMMEDIATELY went into convulsions and started frothi... : beastrabban
• Hartz makes a LOT of nasty stuff. Their flea shampoos are bad news as well. : Zero|DPX
• Also, there have been instances of BIOSPOT doing the same thing. :( : Kaiser
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  OMG I started a sentence with "Basically" ewwww :( : dognose
  • but its not as bad as starting one with but. : CoRDS
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  I work at Petsmart and haven't heard anything about this yet. I'll be sure to let customers know. I us... : kalyandra
  • PetSmart 0wns, especially over PetCo, who PETA was boycotting recently because of ill treatment of animal... : dognose
• and seriously that is fucked up. shack kittens need fleas before death. what the fuck?? : romulan
• Signed. : rhekua
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  why the fuck isnt this informative : CoRDS
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    'Cause it's not about games and cats suck : dognose
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      you know im going to make a cat and tomato sauce mod for dnf one day just for you. : CoRDS
      • oh ok, now i wont, i'll make a chinese food and dognoses mod : CoRDS
• I love cats. We have four of them. One of them is trying to eat my cheddar bunnies (organic hippy cheezit... : Mansmells
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  Oh and now that this is inf'ed by some hippie mod, I need to add that my opinions are my own and not thos... : dognose
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    damn hippies : drucifer
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      You HEAR THAT HARTZ? Sue ME, not sTeve, you ASSHOLES : dognose
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        i guess another mod was looking out for you, they didnt want you to have to play dnf with cats and tomato... : CoRDS
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          Postal 2 already did the cat thing, I doubt George wants to copy that. They would probably like to remai... : dognose
          • heh. there is always a start : CoRDS
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  Dognose? I need your help. Maybe not yours in particular, but since you started this thread, I figure you... : fnkymnky
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    I have no proof, myself, as in witnessing with my own 2 eyes, but that EPA site link seems important eoug... : dognose
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      You could also witness the testimony of others in this thread and the one I linked. You could also test ... : dognose
      • Indeed, I'm not a big "hands-on" kinda guy with stuff like this. ;) And I'm really rather glad to hear yo... : fnkymnky
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    Here you go: I worked in an emergency vet hospital for over a year. We had numerous animals come in with ... : floated
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      Oh, you weren't asking for advice, sorry. Still, yes, the issue with these drops is very real. I've wa... : floated
      • P.S. anyone stupid enough to buy OTC chemical shit to put on their pets deserves to have their animals di : floated
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        No, no, please, I like advice, it's more than welcome. I'm sorry to hear you had to watch such things, I ... : fnkymnky
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          Well, I am the resident vet shacker apparently, so any time you (or anyone) have any questions about your... : floated
          • ^^^ R-E-S-P-E-C-T ^^^ are you going to QuakeCon? : dognose
• You are indeed a pet's best friend. Thanks for spreading the word. : pres589
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  Thanks! My cat, Neko-Mori will lick your beard in gratitude : AxeMan808
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    Is your cat Asian?????? : dognose
    • She has the Mori clan insignia over her shoulderblades (three black circles in triangle formation) - what... : AxeMan808
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  Hartz is a SomethingAwful.com subsidiary : Luminair
  • No surprise there : dognose
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  Fuck you Hartz! COME GET SOME >:( : dognose
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    I will kick you inna face, TRY ME : dognose
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      Pussies : dognose
      • Kitten-killers : dognose
• Our Hartz drops are IN THE TRASH now. Thanks dognose : DKo5
• Man, that really sucks. I have a kitten just move in recently, and was looking to go buy some anti-flea ... : Matt Burris
• http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/693/catcat6yw.jpg : lonestar3

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  Does C++ restore my virility? : netshade
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    No! Unless you save your virility on the stack on function entry. In that case C++ will restore your vi... : Zero|DPX
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      so how does one restore their virility then ? kegel ? : r3ckless
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        what's the best site/way to learn c/c++? : sunfrost2003
        • Wow, for some reason I read the above poster's name as GeorgeB3DR and then read the post, and start cackl... : WillingZombie
        • The best way to learn anything always depends on the learner. YOu have to know how you learn best, and g... : Zero|DPX
      • This is no longer a C/C++ question, disqualified :( : Zero|DPX
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  Is it normal to love c and hate c++. : koder
  • For people who learned C first and got really good at it before C++ came along, yes. Also for people who... : Zero|DPX
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  You know the answer to the MS question that ALL C++ teachers ask the students to figure out. How do you : Ratalon
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    I'm leery of this question because I can think of different ways to go. The first way I'd think of wou... : Zero|DPX
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      Overflow can ruin your result here. The first time I was posed that question I did it with shifts. : WillingZombie
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        I think xor is the way to go, honestly: a ^= b; b ^= a; a ^= b; Now they're swapped (if I did my ment... : Zero|DPX
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          Well, you could cast the types to a larger type, short to long or whatever. The first time I was posed th... : WillingZombie
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            I don't think you can just cast to a larger type, because you've got to write back your results somewhere... : Zero|DPX
            • I think the operator will treat the casted variables as being of the larger type and return results accor... : WillingZombie
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            casting creates a temp variable though, which is what you're trying to avoid. : timmie
            • No, it does not. Casting does not, by itself, necessarily create temps of any kind. The compiler may or... : Zero|DPX
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  No more questions, huh? : Zero|DPX
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    Is it wrong to love pointers and detest references? : omnova
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      Wellllll.... I could see someone arguing that because pointers are explicit, a function caller always kno... : Zero|DPX
      • Don't use references in that way. A perfectly good way of using references: Object f( const Object& f... : protozone
    • Yes it is. : rhekua
  • K, I'm going to bed now, it was fun. : Zero|DPX
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  Style question: Should I be using soft tabs or hard tabs in my source? I'm more of a hobby programmer... : blearey
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    personally I'm a hard, 4-spaces Tab kind of guy : MikkleThePickle
    • So am I but I didn't really notice because VisualStudio was doing it all for me. : blearey
  • I'm a BSD/Allman Style guy too (from learning how to program by modding Tribes [mostly] and Tribes 2)... ... : rhekua
  • 8 spaces doesn't really bother me. If you're indenting off the screen then you're writing code that shoul... : TheTick
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    These are questions of deep religious following, so any answer I give you will be violently contradicted : Zero|DPX
    • Incidentally, if I'd like to justify my "tabs are 8 spaces whether or not you use them" answer, it's beca... : Zero|DPX
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      Thank you, I wasn't expecting such a thorough answer. I appreciate it. :) : blearey
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        lol, did you forget who you were asking? Zero|DPX is the epitome of thoroughness sometimes mind-numbingly : MikkleThePickle
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          :D Why thank you! I consider that a compliment. (Incidentally, in my most recent performance review,... : Zero|DPX
          • heh it was both a compliment and a light jab :) : MikkleThePickle
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            Bah, I checked twice to make sure this wasn't posted! It has a typo, so ignore it and read the version b... : Zero|DPX
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              I see the same thing in both posts : MikkleThePickle
              • "should" vs. "shouldn't". : Zero|DPX
        • :D Why thank you! I consider that a compliment. (Incidentally, in my most recent performance review,... : Zero|DPX

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• I even like Col Tigh, even though he's probably the least sympathetic of all the characters. : hirez
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  Random question - has Tigh's wife interacted with anyone else in the show? : walker270
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    There was a dinner where she was hitting really hard on Apollow. I still think she's a Cylon, we haven... : Thresher
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      Thanks. I was just thinking her behavior is way too close to six's.... : walker270
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        She's too much of a bitchwhore to be a Cylon. That kind of manipulation can only be done by a powerhun... : mittense
        • Baltar never told the truth about if she is a Cylon or not. : NFXFSX
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      Yeah, she's SUCH A BITCH. : sgtsanity
      • iawtp : NFXFSX
    • Totally. Remember when she visited the president in the last episode? : Wheatloaf
  • She conspired with Zarek (the prison rebellion leader) to eliminate one guy. : sgtsanity
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  How can he worship Bill Adama and keep doing the exact opposite of what Adama would do? : Thresher
  • A mixture of pussy and booze is severely clouding his judgement. : walker270
  • I thought she told Tigh that Bill would have just told them to eat shit, but that he should do his own th : sgtsanity
• There are EIGHT! Sweet... : walker270
• Wow, didn't see that coming. : Thresher
• Haha, lots of shit is going down. This will be awesome. : sgtsanity
• This episode is fucking sweet so far. : mittense
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  OH SHI! Adama's back! : walker270
  • fucking right doggie : buzzbat
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  Didn't see that coming either. : Thresher
  • ... or that... HOLY SHIT! : walker270
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  Wow. BEST EPISODE EVAR. : Thresher
  • Ahh wait for me, I'm finishing season 1! : Rasnowl
  • ^^ IAWTP : mittense
• Holy. Shit. Best. Show. Evar. : trOmblyj
• I'm in ecstasy here. My new favorite episode. : sgtsanity
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  Amazing episode and fucking amzing ending. ADAMA IS BACK! BOOMER #1 IS DEAD! : NFXFSX
  • I almost forgot, Cally was really pissed in that ep. : NFXFSX
  • She totally got * J A C K R U B Y ' D * : sgtsanity
  • Only 999,999,999 more Boomer clones to go. Which is hot because.. I mean.. c'mon... imagine that man : laidback
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    did you guys see the preview for next week? Seems like adama supported the martial law decision of tigh! : fugu124
    • plus Gaius is becoming even more interesting of a character. Wow. : fugu124
    • I laughed when #6 got offended by that. Also, I'm glad to see that Adama will be his normal self next wee : NFXFSX
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      Adama vehemently opposed the idea of martial law (which is what Tigh was saying in the third episode), so : mittense
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        Yeah. Right as Apollo left, Adama moved his hand. I was hoping someone would notice. : NFXFSX
        • It made my heart cry. : mittense
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          I have no idea how they are going to resolve this. That's what makes every episode amazing. : fugu124
          • Yeah. 24 needs to get writers like these. : NFXFSX
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  ^^ nerds ^^ : Phil
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    Don't worry.. once it hits Blockbuster or something you'll join the 'oh fuck what the shit did I miss?' D... : laidback
    • Yeah, I fell into that group with Firefly. That was also some damn fine TV, shame it wasn't on SciFi, ... : Thresher
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  What is BSG? : wykd
  • it's the stuff in Chinese food that kills you : digitalburro
  • Battlestar Galactica : RikiTiki2
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  The sun would fit in the plotholes of this series. : bundy
  • Wah wah wah. It's a good series. Shut up. : walker270
• I was mad when this show ended tonight. I wanted about 8 mores hours of show to watch :( : sharkII
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  Info from commentary podcast: Haha, Moore specifically said "Jack Ruby." The original plot was based a : sgtsanity
  • Good stuff. : NFXFSX
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    Thanks for that. I have a lot of trouble trying to sit through the commentary (the only show's commentary : mittense
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      Baltar was planning on pumping information out of Sharon indefinately into the future. Callie stole his l : sgtsanity
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        With his track record, I doubt Baltar would have been the one doing the pumping. : walker270
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          Oh, Moore also mentioned that we should expect more of this new Jack Baurer-lite Baltar in future episode : sgtsanity
          • Awesome. I just hope Cally doesn't die anytime soon. I'd cry. : NFXFSX
          • That makes sense. Baltar just lived through a war zone, and killed a man in cold blood. He's bound to b : Hiro
  • Thx for the write up, I don't have the patience to listen to it. :) Cool stuff for sure. : Hiro
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  I winced at "The press will have a field day with this!" You'd think that with such a small populace, no : YamatoTwinkie
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    The reporters were on the Galactica when the Cylon's attacked to cover its decommissioning. Plus, Ron Moo : sgtsanity
    • Either way, you'd think that they'd keep a few of them around(for PR and dispersing general information t : YamatoTwinkie

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  lol, good. : skold
  • why would you say that? : Clay
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  damned :( : rookieone
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    they pulled a Clay on us :( : rookieone
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      ouch. that hurts. : Clay
      • wasn't supposed to, but it's the truth nonetheless :( I guess I'll have to invest money into a newsgroups... : rookieone
      • /me pours one out... : kaibosh
      • At least you weren't called old : dognose
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  It's this kind of crap that makes me hate somethingawful. http://www.invisibledream.com/wdma_drama/RE... : xocsida
  • and that, my friends, is why you don't post pix+divx : MikkleThePickle
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    OMG I agree with you on something. I fucking hate lowtax and SA. : dognose
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      See! I'm not a bad guy, just misunderstood! I even like chinese food and dognoses! I have three dogs... : xocsida
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        But you root for Voldemort when you read Harry Potter :( : dognose
        • and he bathes in tomato sauce : CoRDS
        • No way! I'm reading the new one right now, and I can't wait for voldemort and malfoy to get theirs! Esp... : xocsida
      • I have 3 dogs too w00 w00! : Lightzout
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    Drama queens who failed at life and now live it through a shitty internet forum. It's sad :( : idmud
    • Well, don't get me wrong, I think it's fine to have camaraderie on a forum, we have it here. I just thin... : xocsida
  • that's some lame beans. : roushimsx
• what is the TLDR version for us idiots? : aethyr
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  On a semi-related note, I've always wondered... how well does Lowtax know Steve and vice versa? Are they ... : laidback
  • I think they are friends, which is why I refrain from trashing SA as much as I can humanly bear. : dognose
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  I am such a noob and feel totally cold and confused. What kind of site was wdma.biz? : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • From the link, I gather it was some kind of torrent site? : StuMan1337
  • The kind that shall not be named. At least they (allegedly) didn't touch games, or I would have blown th... : dognose
  • IT'S WHERE THE WHITE WOMEN AREWERE AT! : askedrelic
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  Aw. Where will you now go for your linux ISOs? :( : MrLonghair
  • Gotta Have 'Em All! : moe6
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  oh no where will i get my recipes now? : nyranger66
  • where do i get my washer and or dryer fixed now? : CoRDS
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    http://gbsfood.com/ : multisync
    • Jeez, sometimes the goon have too much time on their hands... : askedrelic
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      http://gbsfood.com/1634356/ I think I saw this before but god is that disgusting or what? : eldiablo01
      • I think I got fatter just looking at that. : Tincan
• Why must people always ruin good things? : dkrulz