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• What game are these taken from? : wunderbred

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• did you get that lisp fixed yet? : idigporn.com

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  Think of it as an opertunity to get all new porn! : rosewood
  • true, and my collection was only a few months old as it was, but still. what a pain. i had it organized a... : draconic
• empornium backed it up for you. : tacocat
• You have brought dishonor upon yourself. You know what you must do. : Caoster007
• i dont have that problem, luckly they still dont make a single hdd big enuf to hold all mine : CoRDS
• That's why you have two drives. A system drive and a media drive. Backing up is so much easier. : slax0r
• That the life of a man gone down the drain =( : yes4me
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  At this point I must bitch at B&W 2 for not storing it's fucking save games in the game folder, but on th... : moshman
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    hmm, that's a new MS guideline I think - save games in the Documents and Settings tree. : rasputinreborn
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      Makes sense in my head even if so many people here hate it like a nail in the penis : rosewood
      • gruesome mental image, but that doesn't make it any less true : AbortedFetusChristi
• oh, i've been there : miketd
• porn makes the world go 'round :) : idigporn.com

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  Yeah, the AI is sweet. I wished the grunts in HL2 were this interesting. : bargeld
  • How did those idiots defeat the HL1 marines anyway? : vigilante
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  Yup, picked up the Director's Cut today. Fucking sweet game. : TastyWheat
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    I dunno. You don't get bored with the abandoned office / warehouse setting? : bargeld
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      I've shot up the docks, warehouse, office and am now in some urban area similar to Ravenholm. : TastyWheat
      • I don't remember any docks, or at least not any that were outside and featured ships and such. And simili : bargeld
    • I enjoyed F.E.A.R. immensely. The setting didn't change much, but the gameplay experience was just so sol... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • I was getting bored, but I'm glad I played through it. The end sequence was great. : gingerninja
  • I managed to snag a copy of it yesterday and I already played through it, albeit through very long sittin : BrodieMan
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  I try to run the demo and get nothing but a black screen. :( Guess it's time to upgrade from this 9600. : AtaR1
  • Nah, it's just a very dark game. : aaarrrgh
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  Didn't notice any "great AI" that stood out in the demo. Care to tell what was so amazing about it? : SlamDunk
  • They use a lot of cover and are clever about it. When they peek up behind their cover and detect incoming... : bargeld
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    These fuckers flank you. I've been surprised so many times by some dude finding an alternate path around ... : Rice-Rocketeer
    • OK. Maybe the normal difficulty or my style of playing were the reason why the AI did not impress me much... : SlamDunk
  • Sometimes they create their own cover on the fly by pushing over couches or tables, they'll try to flush ... : BrodieMan

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• probably need to add some points 2-3 for defense. : Optimus Prime
• Got to level...96 with that same kind of build. Don't worry about strength. Put lots into dexterity, a... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  i'm only at level 39, but i've won almost every match with full health. stuck almost all my points into a... : deathmuppeter
  • and then i get destroyed at 44. don't listen to me. : deathmuppeter
  • I did this too, got to level 96! I think there is a hefty dose of luck involved...! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  that's probably the most boringest game ever. but thanks to the auto attack feature I just need to return... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • Yeah, this is working pretty well. : TreMetal
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    http://www.progressquest.com/ : abrasion
    • you may have been trying to mock me, but I am quite loving this game right now. thanks for the link : AbortedFetusChristi
  • great. died at level 85, just one level short of making the daily highscore. : AbortedFetusChristi
• bookmark'd : someWayne

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  i heard you choked kittens and pooped on the US flag. : porp
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    But I like kittens. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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      yeah.. they're furry and say meow and like fancy feast. : porp
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        I think I could kill 77 angry kittens that were attacking me! : Vorlonesque
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          meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow meow : Maddog_Delphi97
          • meow mix please deliver. : deeveee
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  You're going to a special hell reserved for those like EA execs and marketing people. : genjuro
  • :D :D :D :D :D :D :D :D Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment on my skills! :D :D :D :D :D :D :D ... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • and people who talk in movie theatres : Valiant
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  Haha, a game should not cause that much bitterness. Good times either way maddog :D : d0gbert
  • Thanks! No hard feeling, ok? :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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    every game brings that out in Genjuro. You should hear him when he plays Burnout of the xbox. : sigpro
    • Hehehee, ok, I'll keep that in mind next time. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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  THERES A TWO SEAT JET???????????????? : osiris_brad
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    Yep, but only on certain maps. Can someone help me name them? My memory fails me... :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I say we use Arnold. That's my grandpa's name. : sgtsanity
      • HEY ARNOLD!!!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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      gulf of oman, danliq(sp?) oilfields, operation clean sweep all have 32 player versions with bomber(2 seat... : sanchez
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        Ok, thanks! : Maddog_Delphi97
        • i didnt even know they existed :[ : osiris_brad

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• put this in FP so i can reply. : kbnerd

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• /kill Jumperus thru stab to the heart : moshman
• i'll kill you til yer ded fukr : sting7777
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  You have been eaten by a Grue. : kbnerd
  • hahaha. that really made me laugh. : sting7777
• Death by boomstick. Sucker. : Totenjaeger
• /rolls-dice2-sides50000000000 : Jumperus

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• Oh yeah. Track Install Instructions: Right click->Save as these links, and put them in your GameData\Tra... : Zero|DPX
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  this game rocks ridiculously hard. : Foxhawk
  • I've gotten more bang for my buck out of it than out of almost any other game I've bought. : Zero|DPX
• I got it for 99cents : stgdz
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  Thanks. I'm going to pick this up : ) Now I just need one of those Xbox controllers for the PC (or I mig... : Athlon7
  • I actually use my SNES controller with my PC. It works very well for Trackmania AND for playing my SNES ... : Zero|DPX
  • keyboard works great for Trackmania : deKaf
  • Keyboard POWAH! :) : SlamDunk
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  I think the theoretical best time on it is now about 2:10 I think you may have shaved 2-3 seconds off : Ajax
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    After the change, I knocked over three seconds off my previous best time, on a run I know I drove WORSE t... : Zero|DPX
    • When I said "maximum speed" I meant "minimum time". : Zero|DPX
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      I think the portion of the frack that you changed is now much more consistent with the rest of the course : Ajax
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        I don't see how a LOOSER gold time will encourage replaying things either, though. On the tracks I've ru... : Zero|DPX
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          I've got a LAN party on Friday. I'll add this in the rotation and see what some other people think. Peson... : Ajax
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            Oh, I'm not going to try and cut my time down much more either. If you can run 2:16/2:18, you're probabl... : Zero|DPX
            • Hmm. I just ran a new record time of 2:15.33. Still several mistakes in the run. I still think 2:10 is... : Zero|DPX
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              I tried the 3rd track, yes. Some suggestions just off the top of my head: 1. Put a boost pad at the st... : Ajax
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                I can probably do all those except for your last suggestion, which I'm not sure of. You mean for me to p... : Zero|DPX
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                  Right before you complete a lap, there's a set of green turn signs. They need to be moved back so that yo... : Ajax
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                    Oh! The turn signs for the turn down into the "underground" tunnel? Hmm. It's basically impossible to ... : Zero|DPX
                    • OK, new version uploaded. This should take into account all your suggestions. Because I can't overlap m... : Zero|DPX
      • Perhaps I should throw in a caution sign in front of the holes in the road. It's a little mean to spring... : Zero|DPX
• I ordered mine today. I can't wait to get it. : NeoMoose
• I'm still waiting for my copy that I ordered on Oct 5th :( : Shadowdane
• Why don't you put those on http://sunrise.tm-exchange.com ??? : SlamDunk
• its fun, but its hard : CoRDS

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  new games are too worried about fancy graphics and sounds then the actually gameplay. : sleepyvt
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    Such a tired argument. : omnova
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      But a true one. : PenicillinX57
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        No, it's not. There has been a lot of evolution in gameplay. A lot of people cut their teeth on Quake and... : Fred Garvin
        • True, but that evolution in gameplay is also the reason the "multiplayer thrill" is gone. As the gamepla... : timmie
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  vehicles : moonbreaker
  • UT2004 Onslaught mode was fun for a while, I must admit. : kramweil
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  Counter-Strike ruined online gaming as far as I'm concerned... It's fun and all, but it attracted the ... : empathe
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    re: bf2. in a private server, where everyone wants to play the game the way it should be played, it is fa... : d0pamine
    • oh i agree : empathe
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  Older style deathmatch is all about speed. Everything went stupid fast. When you are in the mood for that... : Fred Garvin
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    But for some reason I find the strategies and superior aiming skill makes the old games better in their o... : kingdepork
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      How much of that is nostalgia? Watching old school Quake demos is fun for a few minutes, but after a whil... : Fred Garvin
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        maybe a FFA, but duels keep me interested. Then i found the demos in q2 boring and q3 even moreso. I p... : kingdepork
        • ...and then they dont sell...cuz mainstream popularity = money. Creating a l33t only environment doesnt ... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    nothing has touched the adrenaline rushes I had in quake1 ctf when I had the flag. Me + flag + grappling ... : shotgun1
    • I remember having a bitch of a time figuring out how to get the grappling hook to work... My brother and... : Acid Gumball
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    and now games are stupid slow. they all have crappy guns they don't actually shoot where you point. I enj... : lord cecil
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      I disagree, it's about different types of gameplay. The closest thing to Quake these days is UT2K4. That'... : Fred Garvin
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        But do the teambased games ever really work out the way they're supposed to? : kingdepork
        • Of course not, but then every time I go back and play Quake I don't have the same rush and fun I used to ... : Fred Garvin
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  Dude, I have no idea. Doom2.wad played with zdoom still gives me a thrill that no modern FPS gives me. I ... : Serpico74
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    There is lots of room for speed and insanity. Look at UT2K4. I remember some Shackbattles playing Assault... : Fred Garvin
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      Don't get me wrong, I really do enjoy well made team based games like BF2 and CS (and I love shooting you... : Serpico74
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        Faster running, faster shooting != better game IMO. : Fred Garvin
        • For an action game that claims to be thrilling, it should BE thrilling. Burnout 3 and 4 get my blood pump... : Serpico74
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    Agreed...I played Q3 for a while (which people generally consider to be "fast"). I then went back to doo... : owly
    • It is such a rush playing that game, even after all these years. : Serpico74
• I really hope Quake4 is the one which brings it back. : Entity
• get some duke match going : SoNiC :<

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  http://members.iinet.net.au/~fias_co/Quake4/Quake4%202005-10-17%2019-43-29-43.jpg 20fps? Hopefully not... : bargeld
  • Keep in mind his Rez. He may just have taken the 1600x1200's to show the FPS drop. We don't have anything... : LexLuther
• It's so sad that I'm hardly even a little bit excited :( It'll run like shit on my rig anyway >:( : nomaad
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  his computer prob sux : SoNiC :<
  • Either that or it runs as well as Doom 3 MP. : bargeld
• Looks... bland and dull. Even more so than the originals. : johnsto
• i'd say his computer sucks, but all the q4 screens i've seen so far look this bad : kill9

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• Do you realize how much sense this sentence would have made 25 years ago? : dognose
• Theres not 'cheap' way. You need the official cables from the big N, they can be had at nintendo.com. T... : hube

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  You'll find that the maple is actually a bit rounded as compared to the rosewood. Personally, I love mapl... : qwpeoriu
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    maple looks a lot better and the wood just feels better. I have a maple neck with a rosewood fretboard o... : melkore
    • The fact that its called rosewood gave me hint it was second best. zing! : notext
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  GG starting to learn to play the acoustic first. Electric is much easier, and lets you get away with bei... : weevil bob
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    How do you figure the electric lets you get away with being less precise ? I'd actually think that in man... : qwpeoriu
    • Most electric guitars have a much lower action and softer thiner strings. This allows you to do stuff mu... : OwenButler
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      No, the amp corrects for a lot. You can be sloppy on an electric and still have decent tone. Also, elec... : Chris Remo
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        i'm not debating that playing the average acoustic guitar requires more finger strength than the average ... : qwpeoriu
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          I guess it might be different for different people, but whenever I'm playing an electric I can just tell ... : Chris Remo
          • learning on an acoustic is the best way as you have to have precise finger placement with the higher acti... : sting7777
    • acoustics require a lot more finger strength and precision. electrics have much easier action, and if yo... : deathmuppeter
• i've never liked maple fretboards. they don't play as well. very few high quality guitars have maple fr... : deathmuppeter
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  Maple is a harder wood than rosewood. It also produces a bit of a brighter tone. The one major difference... : PeniX
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    What? : rosewood
    • He's saying you're impotent, dude. : Krypt_
• Buddy of mine gave me a GuitarPort thing today, and for electric guitars, these things are the shit. ( ht... : Entity
• maple is brighter sounding. rosewood is warmer. : sting7777
• Get one of these: http://www.nationalguitars.com/index_ie.html and learn how to play slide guitar. ... : Thresher

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  there is a stand alone quicktime download on the apple site without itunes in it. : kbnerd
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    I thought there was, but I can't seem to find it now. : weaselmeister
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      Nevermind. I couldn't find it on their site at all. So I googled for "quicktime without itunes" and it re... : weaselmeister
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        there's a link to it from the quicktime with itunes page. it's directly below the picture of the two kids... : kbnerd
        • damn now thats quite well hidden.. didnt even see it until you said exactly where the link was. : Shadowdane
        • Jesus Christ. I must be fucking blind. : weaselmeister
    • here's the link http://www.apple.com/quicktime/download/standalone.html : kbnerd
• "quicktime alternative" : CoRDS

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  i <3 Carmina Burana : kbnerd
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    Do you make up your own words for it? I do. : dognose
    • i'm going to call you on my birthday, okay? can that be my present? i know you're busy and all but i figu... : kbnerd
• I employed a strict "running away" tactic when I woke up zombies. I got a bit cocky though, with the axe ... : Balboa
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  Normality : dognose
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    often : bargeld
    • banana : rosewood
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  I don't like how the zombies just try to slap you silly. I saw a few make a biting motion and heard the ... : jahulio2
  • After seeing them take up arms I wouldn't be surprised if one found a pair of boxing gloves and started p... : bargeld
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  Why can't anyone get a zombie game right? : BrodieMan
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    i'm waiting for normality to make one of his own. : kbnerd
    • "Tea and Crisps with the Dead" - A Normality joint. : trove
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    Maybe you didn't play Isle of the Dead for DOS : Judecca
    • or "Typing of the Dead"!!! : kbnerd

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• p.s check out http://www.iwhax.net/ ultimate wireless tools n stuff - linux based and works off a boot C... : abrasion
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  Really depends on how much RAM you have. I have 1GB of RAM and Linux still swaps occasionally, but if you... : yoonix
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    I have 1gb but only use it for basic basic stuff (trying to learn to inject packets with a 2200) but n... : abrasion
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      cause iirc years ago linux would essentially be very angry without a swap partition? : abrasion
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        ok i'm gonna guess that 5 partitions nowadays is still bad news if they are all primary - so I'm going to... : abrasion
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          i'm not even sure you can make 5 primary partitions. anyway, if you still want swap, you can just create... : stock1
          • I'll try without one, if it doesn't work I'll see how it goes. Iwhax is installing now :) - this is gonn... : abrasion
  • If you have 2G ram, you probably need a bigger swap partition. The data has to go somewhere when you loa... : Judecca

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• OMG!!! get that bus driver a breatalizer and a drug test stat!! : kbnerd
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  now you can make the city PAY : moshman
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    last time i was here, a trash truck knocked by side mirror off =[ : wtf242
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      Stop parking on the intersection! : bargeld
      • exactly, where the hell are you parking? :) You probably drove home well drunk and parked the car diagon... : moshman
• City is buying you a new car! : rosewood
• Did your Sentra taunt the driver? It might have challenged his manhood and he had to prove himself. : Totenjaeger

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  Wow they made an addon to that game? I finished the original Blood 2, I forced myself. It was pretty ... : abrasion
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    The add-on actually has cultists like from the real game, in robes and they yell "Maranaaaa!" and "CRU-o!... : dognose
    • I haven't played the original in a long long long time but it was a fairly good game if I recall. A c... : abrasion

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  With some clever CSS tricks you might be able to do this... overflow:scroll being a key to it. : SilverSnake
  • Yup! <div style=""width: 500px; height: 300px; overflow: scroll"">test test</div> : bargeld

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• oooppps http://psp.ign.com/articles/658/658572p1.html : -TKF-

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• B-17 : kbnerd
• 42 ............ : ngsmack
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  I believe you need to wait 60 days to transfer. After that you'll have to transfer through GoDaddy's cont... : MikkleThePickle
  • That noise -- fuck that noise. : rosewood

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  Old vid... but still cool... Do you know by any chance the singer and song name? : yes4me
  • Rhapsody - Dawn of Victory : Experiment IV
• This is also pretty amazing. http://www.collegehumor.com/movies/1612969/ : yes4me
• Holy shit. I just tried that and I dropped my pen after a second or two. He makes it look easy :( : Krypt_

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• I've just recently heard those accusations. But I read most of the series when I was a kid and if there w... : qwpeoriu
• They're heavily influenced by Christianity (to put it lightly). They are instantly racisn and misogyni... : floated
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  short answer: they aren't. slightly longer answer: i think the guy is just a looney who wants publicity f... : kbnerd
  • though it should be noted i may be slightly biased. i've acted in a theatrical production of the Lion the... : kbnerd
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    I've read both series. His Dark Materials has _far_ more questionable/objectionable material, imagery, e... : Zero|DPX
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      i have read a few of his other books but i didn't like them very much..and don't remember much about them... : kbnerd
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        Probably regress, as Progress is a famous book by John Bunyan and he was almost certainly parodying the t... : Zero|DPX
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          He likes Christianity, he dislikes the church. : jcupitt
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            That's most certainly NOT the impression I get from reading his books. He doesn't attack the church in t... : Zero|DPX
            • I think I'd say he was attacking (in his opinion) repressive, authoritarian and outdated Church doctrine.... : jcupitt
        • you're probably write. i had regress written down first but then i second guessed myself. : kbnerd
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    I had the Lewis books read to me as a child (ahem, >30 years ago), so I don't have such a great memory of... : jcupitt
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      The Moorish guys at the end weren't bad guys, though. In fact, one of them ends up in the analogue of He... : Zero|DPX
      • Only by "converting" though. You are supposed to find the habits and customs of the Moors slightly revolt... : jcupitt
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  He's probably just pissed off because of the religious agenda the books are pushing. : abrasion
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    God forbid an author should talk about his faith! We can't have that! No sir! It's dangerous! : RatBastard
    • True, true - it's up to him to put whatever he likes in the books. Personally I quite liked the lion t... : abrasion
• Please explain this to me. This series was one of my favorites as a kid/young adult and I never picked up... : godwit

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  Word? : buzzbat
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    Word's never frozen after a spell check. : ventro
    • i had it happen to me once. : kenmis
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    I like how word switches to the font that us used on the text I paiste from the clipboard if it's differe... : Cygnus X-1
    • Edit > Paste Special > Unformatted Text. : electroly
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  That's nothing. I was installing Adobe Reader 7.0 on my parents' machine today, it froze at 16.4%, I har... : TwiLyght
  • That doesn't sound like Acrobat's fault. : tacocat
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  wtf is spell check doing in photoshop ? : sikander
  • ventro can't even draw a circle without making a spelling mistake ;)]s : abrasion
  • checking if you spelled shit right. : ventro
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  cs2 is a cold, dried pile o dookie. : u sir name
  • seems ok to me : synack
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    thoughts on other cs2 products? at work we have the cs1 suite (indesign, illustrator, photoshop, acrobat ... : strider_
    • CS2 is excellent in my opinion. Seems faster and more stable but may have a higher memory footprint. Smar... : NoCopy
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    HUH?? Some one call m....oh..nevermind. : Dookeyfingers
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      *clicks off the Dookey signal* My bad, I was leaning on it and must've hit the ON switch. : strider_
      • Ah..Thats ok..*sniff* *Sniff* somewhere there's some shit going down, I CAN SMELL IT!! *flys off in his B : Dookeyfingers
• A poorly coded RPG. *rimshot* : Experiment IV

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• I have two. Awesome drives. They won't help with ingame performance much but they cut down on loading tim... : aeg1x

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  A little over $200 but I definitely like this one: http://www2.butterflyphoto.com/shop/product.aspx?ref... : ovrlrd
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    What are the downsides to CF memory? : Chris Remo
    • only downside I can think of is its bigger but really its not like its huge : rosewood

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• Yeah, it's a cool campaign. I really like the fake George W. : Chris Remo

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  Good Bible. : Ratsofatsorat
  • LOL!!! Loved that line. : Fred Garvin
  • you don't fix the bible! : AbortedFetusChristi
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  She gets really fat later on : red2lucas
  • Please tell me this isn't what you mean: http://images.zap2it.com/20040721/UPNphotos/019_christinahend... : Fred Garvin
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10923987 : bargeld

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  Why would google want to do such sillyness? : rosewood
  • to avoid alienating the esparantese people : mallrice
• Saluton! : floated
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  "Esperanto"? You're making that up! It's not an option on Bablefish, it must not exist. : RatBastard
  • Mi ne komprenas vin : pyide
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  Yeah, but Google has Swedish Chef-ese. : electroly
  • Bork bork bork! : Morgin