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• I'm watching it. I bet the Mexican(cellmate) is going to screw things up and jump the gun on the escape,... : flarpo
• No one else likes the show. :( : flarpo
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  I'm a fan! It's a decent show. I can see how they'd carry it out for the rest of the season, but I questi... : Bold
  • IT'S ON NOW! : flarpo
  • well from what i have seen so far it looks like he will be there for another month unless the CIA steps i : NaklsonofNakkl
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  multisync? : flarpo
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    sample? : flarpo
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      ok i give up, how do i get that gray bar that makes it so you have to click to see the text? I'm a noob, ... : flarpo
      • o [ text ] o : Lunatic Angelic
      • Use the spoiler tag. Duh. : NFXFSX
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      wait a second...wtf is the whole thing about the Warden and the CIA people? I am not understanding exactl... : NaklsonofNakkl
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        CIA agents threaten warden with news from his past (Toledo). I was on the computer during that part, so I : flarpo
        • It wasn't a BS story. Or rather, the warden didn't invent it--that was Scofield's written reason for appe : Bold
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  hay guess what, NOTHING HAPPENED JUST LIKE LAST TIME : lord cecil
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    Yeah. I don't watch it anymore. It is too meh. : NFXFSX
    • No, you don't watch it anymore because you are gay. : flarpo
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  How long did they drag on The Fugitive? Hollywood can come up with anything if it keeps getting ratings : tostador
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    welll to me it looks like he has 30 days now until he is transfered, he said in the previews he has to ge... : NaklsonofNakkl
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      Well, he's trying to break his brother out who is on death row, and is getting executed in 3 weeks, so he... : FormerHPB
      • Damn straight. I mean, it's fairly obvious to me that he'll manage to break him out somehow, but the deta... : Vincent Grayson
• DELL 21 monitor white elephant : oneshot

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• /signed : Tripps
• there was a sequel, it just wasn't good : cncpun
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  ugh. doesn't run on XP. i don't think anyone in the world has gotten it to run on XP. i would gleefull... : PUPSTAHS
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    I want to say I got it running in XP a while ago. I'd have to try again, but I want to say I did : sigpro
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      let me reinstall here and try again : sigpro
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        yeah it runs, has some weird graphics with the wheels, but it ran : sigpro
        • damn! anything special you're doing? : PUPSTAHS
  • I'm seriously thinking about building a retro game box for this type of shit. : rasputinreborn
• Yeah no fuck. i77 has a nice ring to it. And give us a Capri for fuck's sake. : pres589
• double sign'd : afrochops
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  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/g/pc_games/interstate_82/about.php : anonimo
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    interstate '82 is not a sequel to i76 in spirit. you get out of the car wtf. : cpt_gloval
    • never get out of the car =( : PUPSTAHS

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• You need to edit the report..... : sharkII
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  Bind the report to a select query. Have the query prompt for a date using [date] or even a range. : Slowtreme
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    Ok I'm sitting here in the query builder, how do I ask for a range? Browsing the web searching for info a... : Experiment IV
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      between [date1] and [date2] I hope you are using design view, I cant help at all with the wizard. : Slowtreme
      • Yeah I think I got it, thanks. : Experiment IV

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• you should probably try first post (oops!) : proclone1

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• ugh...It's from Mircosoft? : mikage
• *Microsoft : mikage
• Use mplayer instead. http://www.mplayerhq.hu/ : protozone
• Ok I was going to ask "No microsoft bashing please" but seriously this is a really irritating problem and... : Omaha

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  I loved the Metroid games. Never heard of that Ninja game...what's it like? : kek
  • That Ninja game is supposed to be great, but it's very tough to find. I agree with you on the Metroid ga... : FormerHPB
• Congrats on acquiring ninja five-o. Sweet sweet game. I need to go pick up rebelstar for my trip this w... : burningtrees

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  Yeah I watched TFS play last week. They're awesome with the grenade launcher and C4 : redfive
  • Ya, there was a Crucial guy who used C4 as his primary weapon, he was adept at hurling the pack out and b... : Sgt_Boomstick
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  I wish there was a Shack "All star team" Even with a rotating roster I bet we could hiold our own. Clan m... : Lightzout
  • Clan matches are the highest echelon of computer gaming imho. Pub'n is fine, but the greatest quality of... : Sgt_Boomstick

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  Legends is really fun, especially when you play Crash with other people and pass the PSP around seeing wh... : deKaf
  • I also like the fact they implemented game sharing with it, haven't really had anyone give it a try but n... : manlyman
  • I was just saying earlier today that I LOVE the crash races. SO much fun. : FormerHPB
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  the polygaps are visually annoying tho, the lack of blurr i can live with, but it needs the rumble forcef... : CoRDS
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    I notice poly gaps with alot of PSP games.. It's weird... : BaBOon
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      what exactly is a polygap? the black areas within polygons? : personaljesus
      • the gaps between polygons, just like in ps1 games : CoRDS
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  The game is awesome, can't put the psp down. Already 23% done :D how about you guys? : PSYCHON
  • 32% - just unlocked the SUPER CLASS : deKaf
  • 28% here. I love being able to play Burnout at the office now. : sinistarfith
• Agreed. Despite all those negative feedback here @ Shack, I purchased the game. Can't stop playing it. I ... : personaljesus

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  it is very cool, but too short.. lucky for us it gets released today. : Str8Dog
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    Yeah, incredibly short. Is there anything to do once I'm outside the cafe, aside from getting the taxi? I : SpiderMonkey
    • I ran the demo several times and did lots of different things. Here are some of the cooler things to try. : Str8Dog
• maybe that just means in the subtitles they remove the excessive British "u" in every word. : DonkeyPopsicle

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• I have an American Start natural wood finish, white pick guard... I'll let go for 3... shackmsg me if you... : Suicide20
• I like Fender basses but not their guitars. What style of music do you play and what does that amount tr... : melkore
• Acoustic or electric? : MatthewPhillips
• for bluesey stuff - cant go wrong with a strat (get the best american made one you can afford) for mor... : sting7777
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  Roobux.. why have I not heard this before. I like this... roobux. : TastyWheat
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    Roobux (Australia), Loonies (Canada), Greenbacks (US). : MatthewPhillips
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      Yeah, I understand but... wow. It blew my mind. : TastyWheat
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        i agree, ive never heard it before. he should be able to get a few drop bears for 600-700roobux : CoRDS
        • I train drop bears down here. Batallions of em. Just to scare young, impressionable, hot swedish tourist ... : TastyWheat
      • (I've never heard it before either; I think it's cute.) : MatthewPhillips
• Mustangs and Jaguars : speon
• One of those guitars thats like... a... double guitar! : NexusOne
• AUS$600/700...ouch. I'm not really sure there's much around for that. Then again, I just paid AUS$3200... : Sacred Sperm

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• Also, La Femme Nikita has a lame '80's soundtrack. That is all. : anonimo
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  depeche mode & new order? : koder
  • Suprisingly enough Depeche Mode only had one hit top the billboard top 100s and that was in 1990 with Enj... : rosewood
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  Robert Palmer - Addicted to Love, Simply Irresistible Roxette - Joyride, The Look, It Must Have Been Lov... : spigot
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    It Must Have Been Love and Joyride are the only things Im missing... : rosewood
    • Thanks for doing this BTW. I love 80's music and I've always meant to put together an ultimate 80's list ... : spigot
• I like these tracks off the Vice City soundtrack: Automatic - The Pointer Sisters Sunglasses At Night... : SpiderMonkey
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  It's funny that you are so into 80s music, considering you were an infant/toddler/little kid during the 8... : xocsida
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    that's because early 90's music sucked. : kbnerd
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      grunge 4 life yo! i agree : xocsida
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        i'm a 1981 birth and i like 80's music quite a bit. : kbnerd
        • Same here. Also I don't think that being an infant/toddler lessens the impressions you get from music... : yemeth
  • My sister was a big influence in my life, as well as my music life. A lot of these are tracks she listen... : rosewood
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  Shannon - Let the Music Play Herbie Hancock - Rock-it Talking Heads - Burning Down the House : Mansmells
  • All three excelent tracks that didn't make billboard. herbie hancock also does some amazing jazz! : rosewood
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  I would add some Smiths, perhaps one cheerful and one sad? Girlfriend In A Coma and Ask. I used to love T... : jcupitt
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    HAHAHA you said "cheerful Smiths song" :) : s2jason
    • :) Ask is quite cheerful. Upbeat and poppy, even! : jcupitt
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  Mega-fucking-list so I hope it gets noticed! Book of Love - I Touch Roses Book of Love - Book of Love... : s2jason
  • I like your list. iTunes won't be gatting my money, I have most(all?) of this on CD already :) : Slowtreme
  • That is a mega list and consider it noticed! A lot of non mainstream 80s in there which is cool because ... : rosewood
• the best is plugging a couple favorite 80s songs into http://www.pandora.com/ and absorbing the glorious ... : Luminair
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  The Beach Boys : Kokomo (1988) KISS : Heaven's On Fire (1984) Def Leppard : Hysteria (1987) Def Le... : MatthewPhillips
  • Every time I hear Pour Some Sugar on Me, I want to put on roller skates. Am I the only one : rosewood
• Vice City soundtrack : Blackdawgg

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  There is a symantec antivirus client on the Add/remove programs, but when I click remove, it says configu... : fusionrx
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    time to hax the registry : snackula
    • ok what do I look for???? : fusionrx
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      And if you are unfamiliar with this fusionrx, you better be careful messing around in the registry. Back... : FormerHPB
      • You know, in all my years, I've never hosed my registry (knocks on wood). Then again, maybe I'm not going... : LexLuther
      • anyone??? Should I use a free tool? : fusionrx
  • Steps I normally take... Make sure the program isn't running in task manager use add/remove programs ... : LexLuther
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  Symantec Norton Removal Tool (official) http://service1.symantec.com/SUPPORT/tsgeninfo.nsf/docid/20050... : Draugluin
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    That tool did not help. I guess I need to Regedit then? : fusionrx
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      take the hint and use a non-shitty AV client : Luminair
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        Ok. Recommend one for me then. : fusionrx
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          NOD32. End of thread. : redfive
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            Trial version? : fusionrx
            • There is a trial version but to get a year it's $39.99. Well worth it. : redfive
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              AVG Free - http://free.grisoft.com - Someone mentioned this yesterday, seems pretty decent although I hav... : LexLuther
              • good for free but far from good : redfive
        • k http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10777235 : Luminair
• Do a cleanup by hand, takes about 1-2 hours, been there done that myself.. I use AVG free for personal... : -TKF-

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  I enjoyed it. Good thing I didn't spring for color. : Clay
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    I feel just like that boy who found the severed hand. : sgtsanity
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      I was going to get pop-pop in Reno. So was I. ^^^^ I fell over at this point : Clay
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        Lucille: Well, apparently, mood-altering medication leads to street drugs. That’s what this : sgtsanity
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          Yeah that last line had me laughing hard Let's hope the rest of the episodes aer this good : genjuro
          • arrested development fails to disapoint : andy5000

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  Buy it Amazing movie. If I have to pick a least favorite part, its the whole interaction with Ricky a... : rosewood
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    it was The Usual Suspects for me. and then he did that Bobby Darin biopic and now I'm starting to loathe... : beastrabban
    • The Usual Suspects gave me much respect for Kevin Spacey, though I really did not like American Beauty at... : Zero|DPX
  • I agree, American Beauty is an amazing movie. : wykd
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  Fuck that POS. Go track down a copy of a movie called Kicking and Screaming instead. It's only on VHS. Go... : azshack
  • ^^ he's right. this is a GOOD movie about being college : peon73
• PCU and Animal House (and to a lesser extent, Road Trip) are the diffinative college movies. : NexusOne

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  calling her a bitch isn't going to help..... : chazums
  • maybe she is just pms'ing then. : stgdz
  • Yeah, but I think she knows she's a bitch. : Frosty3D
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  Youve hurt Gaia for the last time : Degenerate
  • OMG Lifestream! and Weapons : SeaLlama
  • fucker. /goes digging for his alpha centauri cds.... : Fyunch Click
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    Captain Planet is totally going to kick his ass now. : genjuro
    • Heart! : Ebu

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• I'd give my left nut for BG3, that went from like lvl1 to lvl24, with the same isometric view but in 3D. : LexLuther
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  I don't think MMORPGs are taking the place of single player RPGs...I don't think they'll ever will. MMOs ... : speon
  • OBLIVION! : Ebu

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  with that much ram you could probably turn off virtual memory altogether. : snackula
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    sadly no. these bastard programs these days need to put stuff in the swap space even though there's tech... : festivalman
    • Wrong. Only photoshop (that I use) even complains, and it still runs great without it enabled. An... : Ebu
• Also, my freebie from Scan was a TDK Blue5 Bluetooth addon for a Palm V Anyone want? : Toraz Chryx

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  People still smoke in restaraunts? : Lightzout
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    Unfortunately, yes. : FormerHPB
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      it should be up to the owner of the restraunt, if people don't like smoking, go to another restraunt. : byorn
      • How about ban smoking all-together. Not only do some smokers have the inability to throw away their cigar... : Nighteyes

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  There will be no agp slot. : deeveee
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    alrighty, then my sister gets a 9700pro which she'll never need for AIM and livejournal. : empathe
    • I'll trade you a 9600 Pro for your 9700 Pro. : sharkII
• there are some motherboards that have both. but not many. : tangles

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  I'm selling mine for less with a game ^_^ shack message if interested. : Silent Wolf
  • hey, that's even better :) : anthonybean
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  all those gaming deals are pretty great. wish i could convince myself i needed any of it. : dahanese
  • Same. I hate being responsible. :( : Ebu

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  They raced in on top gear the other night, beat their track record by 3 seconds. : imperator
  • wow, that's impressive. : FormerHPB
• Must've been an old show been beaten since http://www.topgear.com/content/tgonbbc2/laptimes/thestig/ : imperator

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• I will be back bringing the pain or wrecking randomly tomorrow night. I finished the Lost set a bit ago. : Rauol Duke
• Good times all around! : Ajax
• i hate you all : jedi_27
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  I need to rent this and whoop some ass, huh? : brickmatt
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    It's, uh, more difficult than you think. : Dante
    • I played Burnout 3. : brickmatt
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    NOOOOOOO NOT YOU AS WELL!!!! : jedi_27
    • just buy it Nancy : Degenerate
• yeah those were some good games. I can't wait tell this weekend for a bunch of drunken scotch fillled cr... : sigpro
• I jumped on for the last few rounds -- good games guys. :) : ThomW
• That is quite funny : lowayne
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  Okay, im going to give this the ol college try one more time... : rosewood
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    you up for some races right now? I'll jump on if so. : sigpro
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      Live was acting bitchy to me - going to try it again. : rosewood
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        add minifridge24 to your list of good ol buddies : sigpro
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          elrosewood account created (hot damn) : rosewood
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            rock and roll .. : rosewood
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              Guess I need to do more SP as its doing the same lap each time? : rosewood
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                Well that 3rd one was new for me : rosewood
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                  Gonna grab my headset, brb. Need more ppl :) : rosewood
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                    I got bitch slapped in that first round and came back strong : rosewood
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                      Good games -- cant wait to race against some of the hardened vets : rosewood
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                        yeah fun stuff. I knew that last race you were gonna land on me from above. Tomorrow should be fun if w... : sigpro
                        • Oh that shit was AWESOME! Srsly, we were neck and neck up to that point then wham : rosewood
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  still not buying it : digitalburro
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    ^^ still a jerk : Degenerate
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      i haven't seen my XBL headset since I moved. Find me a cheap replacement and I might consider it : digitalburro
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        shackmessage me your address : jedi_27
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          2912 quagmire lane desperate, texas 75019 : Silent Wolf
          • no thats bagelcc : jedi_27
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            haha moran! that's not my zipcode : digitalburro
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              hehe :) I'm with you on this too, holding off on burnout revenge. : Silent Wolf
              • we three . . . we brave men . . . . we will stand together . . . . : jedi_27
  • Aaarrrgh. Skip one of your homose body waxes and buy the game dammit! : genjuro

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• ok, so it was updated sept 15.... : sharkII
• I'm only guessing here...but maybe bug fixes? GASP : glio1337
• I demand a blue ribbon commision comprised of equal numbers of Republicans and Democrats to delve into th... : Sarcastro
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  That's an interesting ip address.. I don't think I've seen an ip address that low on the Class A range be... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Doh, nuke this post, I'm embarrassed now. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
    • lol @ u : sharkII
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      Luckily embarassment is not a reason to nuke a post. :) : carnivore
      • :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
    • *golf clap* : iamgoat
    • Bump for morning LOL's at maddog_delphi97 : sharkII
    • bwahahahaha!! Nice. : FormerHPB
    • NEERD : askedrelic
    • Lol, you could at least have tried to pass that off as a nerd joke or something. : SpiderMonkey
  • informative : cygnus
  • 6.0.2900.2180 is the Ip address of my Internet Explorer. NEATO! : sting7777
• skynet is just getting ready : fsck

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• is that how they're training him to bust through defensive lines? That guy stands on the other side? : jackrabbit
• hahaha. Nice. : FormerHPB
• thats good : jedi_27

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  WoW, where is the DH love in the house? : cbslf
  • Yeah, came out today. Amazon has it for $39 : mojoald
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    this is shacknews.com not chicknews.com : sting7777
    • bunch of milfs prancing around sounds guy friendly to me : pzilla

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  1280x800 will fit the aspect ratio , as will 1440x900 , you can add custom resolutions to the nvidia driv... : imperator
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    i keep getting this: http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/1847/doom3wtf3fy.jpg i dont know how prints... : eggnoodles
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      are you using r_mode -1 or r_mode 4? : grimiv
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        r_mode -1, and the card is a radeon 9000 mobility latest drivers : eggnoodles
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          you're running a 2405 on that vid card?!?!?!1 O_o : FormerHPB
          • yep, heres why http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10420493 but i really got it because q4 and et:qw are... : eggnoodles
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        r_mode 4 worked but god this looks ugly. i need a new vid card : eggnoodles
        • http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814170088 : mojoald

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• Um, dod:s comes out next week. There will be plenty of mods in the future. You would be stupid to sell it... : deeveee
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  GarrysMod, MINERVA, HL2:DM, CS:Source, DoD:Source, and the plethora of mods that will be coming out soon. : glio1337
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    LOL.. DOD:Source was the only reason I got HL2.. i'm not even sure i have it installed anymore. : stonedonkey
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      DoD:Source isn't even out yet...September 26. : glio1337
      • That was sorta of the point.. HL2 hasn't been installed in a while after giving up on DoD:Source... I dou... : stonedonkey
• you'd have to sell your steam account too, removing your ability to play any other valve games you might ... : n0v4
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  Oh and please tell me you played the game at least twice on Hard? : glio1337
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    yes, because being retold a story twice more would be fun... : biskits
    • yes, because no-one ever reads books twice : crummynz
    • Yes, and everyone catches every detail their first time. : glio1337
    • Who needs to replay the whole thing when you can just dip in and out of your favourite chapters? : SpiderMonkey
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      Agreed. Too many good games to be replaying anything. And honestly, I never saw much appeal in replay... : Vincent Grayson
      • I just played through HL:Source (I played through Half-Life years ago) before I started into HL2. Amaz... : sharkII
• In addition to all the stuff listed above, I'd add the Aftermath expansion pack which will only cost $13 ... : SpiderMonkey
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  not out yet but that black mesa project looks sexy : Degenerate
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    dang the idea of going back to Black Mesa in HL2 does sound sexy . . . that might be enough to get me to ... : jedi_27
    • the few screenshots I've seen looked pretty awesome : Degenerate
• You can always play Dystopia while you wait for DOD:S to come out. http://www.dystopia-game.com! : graincloud
• Get addicted to CS:S, that'll keep you busy for the next 10 years or so. : helvetica
• At least wait for Lost Coast. : Iscariot47

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• I believe you have to buy cables specifically for the PS2, and yes, some games support it. I believe they... : Vincent Grayson
• They do have multi-system HD cables (search ebgames for advanced av or something like that). And also che... : burningtrees

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  All theyve said is 2006 but I would guess late summer/early fall : Degenerate
  • Yeah everyone seems to assume 2nd-half of 2006, which seems fair. Some bitches have even been speculating... : SpiderMonkey
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  Nintendo has a history of releasing in September... So I'd assume somewhere close to that. : Frosty3D
  • Do they? N64 is the only system they released in Sept. GBA/SP came out in March/June, GC came out... : Vincent Grayson
• Zelda is not a guy. :) And traditionally she doesn't swing a sword, usually she just gets kidnapped. :) : kek

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• Yep. $20 iirc? : SpiderMonkey

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• look at excercise levels, increase your vitamin B intake, increase vegie intake, look at stress levels, r... : filthysock
• I am always starving in the mornings, but if I eat my stomach gets upset. : _crawdad_
• quit going out and drinking every night! i can't believe im hung over on a tuesday morning... damn fr : infiltrator`
• I was just like you for a goodish while. I recently started exercising regularly and got a new, stiffer b... : nomaad
• maybe sleep apnea : alexthegreat2
• I used to be like that as well. I started biking to work (about a 10 minute ride) early this year. Sinc... : Zakko