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  GAME ON! Last Saturday I had the privlage to attend the Game On exhibit at the San Jose Tech Musuem. : happynoodle
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    How long is it there? : ColoradoCNC
    • Until the 1st of next year I believe ... Type , the san jose tech musuem in google, you'll find all the i... : happynoodle
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    Sweet pix. The Monkey Island love is pleasing. : Ratsofatsorat
    • Yea, I believe those are original concept art.. very cool to see. : happynoodle
    • Yeah, it was awesome seeing that art in person. The first two Monkey Island games are among my favorites... : Chris Remo
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    OMG I'm near San Jose, wish I had known about this! : dognose
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      I posted about 3 times for fellow nerds to tag along.. gosh you're such an idiot! =) : happynoodle
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        Yes I am but I read Shackmessages >:( If you do this again you can set up a Shackmeet and Maarten's sc... : dognose
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          How would I go about doing this? Gosh im such an idiot! : happynoodle
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            Like this! Go here http://shackmeet.com/ and click Add New Event and enter the Shackmeet info, and then ... : dognose
            • you can also use www.shacknews.com/shackmeet : kbnerd
            • Mine is set to get California notices too. HappyNoodle, you should put your proposed Shackmeet gaming da... : Chris Remo
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    It was a blast! I didn't know you took so many pictures, geez. Also, we got kicked out by a very angr... : Chris Remo
    • since you're a member of the press you should have demanded they let you guys stay in there until you wer... : kbnerd
    • LOL!! I didnt even get to bust out my song :( Always next time. : happynoodle
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    Oh man, the Gamegear was so awesome. I have fond memories of playing Mortal Kombat on it. More like Mid... : Krypt_
    • Xmen and Shining Force on the game gear were awesome *snif* : MrLobo
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    The Game On exhibit was quite excellent indeed. I visited the exhibit autumn 2003 in Helsinki, Finland. ... : Kolzig73
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      Yea, me and my woman are deffinatly going to go back before its over and spend the day there. We were the... : happynoodle
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        If you want company again, maybe you could go to the exhibit the same day as your crazy gaming party thin... : Chris Remo
        • That's not a bad idea at all. Wow.. we can really make this one heck of a day. I'll get everything sorted... : happynoodle
• OMG more like Doom 3.5 amirite?!?!?!? : ColoradoCNC

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• I'm the opposite. I Love romantic comedies, hate Down with Love. : LexLuther
• dude : xocsida
• someone needs to informative this, stat. : floated

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• hes a nerd! last 10 page not drefraged.! : polansk

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• I gotta say, Max Payne was ported WELL. I think the popularity is due to both the story line and ALSO th... : spyrext
• I enjoyed the gameplay immensely. Being almost the same gameplay but awesomer, Total Overdose is my spiri... : TrptJim
• I thought Max Payne was okay, but a bit kludgy in the gameplay field. It plays much better with the Eep ... : the archvile
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  I thought it was boring as hell. Walk up to a door, dive through in slow mo...repeat. : red2lucas
  • Also, sex is "meh". YAWWWNNN : red2lucas (#1552) : dognose
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  I liked the gameplay, liked the story, didn't like the game for one teeny tiny reason. . That was m... : rosewood
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    tape a crosshair to your screen and get it over with geez : gegtik
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      You tape something to your 2405 first a fucking . in the middle of the screen with out the option to c... : rosewood
      • ima tape your chin with my uppercut : gegtik

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• I'd go, but then again, you're talking to someone who every semester sells their books back and blows it ... : goatjc
• I would sell it. : kramweil
• Sell sell sell. That's 2 Nintendo DS's right there, man. Or a shitload of games. Or 30000 rides on the el... : Ratsofatsorat
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  Sell because the event will have overpriced drinks and too many people for it to be any fun : ctlaltl33t
  • Unless you're a true Trailer Park Boys fan : ctlaltl33t
• wait for that to end and message the first losing bidder about yours. The end. : Luminair
• Whats with all the drinking? : CRasterImage
• either sell them to me, or GO GO GO!!! : red2lucas
• I'd kill to win those 2 Harleys :/ : sanchez
• I LOVE the trailer park boys omg i want to have all their children. If I could be at the same party as Bu... : graincloud
• I'd sell, but hey I've also never heard of the Trailer Park Boys. : ieGod
• Sell them to Fred! : Tincan

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  I had one - it blew - I returned it and got a WRT54G. Probably doesn't help you much though. : airrob
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    Yeah, I've discussed it here before - I'm fucking pissed off at this peice of crap - it's just... well ru... : abrasion
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      for $80 just go buy a new one save yourself the hassle. : crust
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        Convincing this small business to spend money is like getting blood out of a stone. AND someone else r... : abrasion
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          shoot the man who recommended it to you, take his wallet THEN buy a new router. : -Panther-
          • oh shiii, I just bought and setup this router... :( : seanisdabomb
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          then charge them $150 each time you have to go and reset it. : crust
          • I recommended this hardware - since someone else recommended it to me - it makes me look the fool :( I... : abrasion
• i feel your pain... *unplugs router, plugs it back in* yeah : sKetchflow
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  I've had all sorts of routers, Linksys, D-Link etc. hang on me, and the solution has always been this: -... : johnsto
  • It's off - the DNS server is my win2k3 server - not the router :( it's acting more as just an AP / switc... : abrasion
• This is going to sound counter intuitive but try & downgrade the firmware and see if that gets you anywhe... : Hiro

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• I remember playing this game and thinking it was amazing. : mp7rox

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  The most powerful game system in the world, and you still have to crick your neck to see it on a shitty c... : Jumperus
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    ouch ! : abrasion
    • I told you my penis was electrified! : Jumperus
  • That's to stop the same person playing it all day ... and it doesn't work. : yourname00
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    and to think that they announced their demo stands with 30" HDTV LCD displays :( : rookieone
    • that isn't one of the stand alone dome stations though. : chazums
  • I give the controller a week to live at my area Walmart stores. You can barely see through the scratches... : o0JediBeavis0o
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  jesus fuck. They've gone bloom crazy :( : chazums
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    what makes you say that? : abrasion
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      the fact you can't see the track for all the sun effects. realistic? possibly. fun? heck no : chazums
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        Couldn't the camera itself have been overexposed? : bargeld
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          oh god I hope so. That looked unplayable. : nomaad
          • It was totally the camera, 100% : red2lucas
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          It is. There's way too much brightness in that clip compared to the real thing. There are some blooming a... : evildanish
          • well thats good to know. : chazums
          • Phew. Besides the overbright, it looked pretty damn good :D : nomaad
      • oh! fuck - i didn't check the 160mb move - i thought you got that from just the pictures ofthe kiosk o_O ... : abrasion
• Goddamn that was bright :( : nomaad

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• Windows? : nadasurf2
• Solaris X86 : RyDogg1
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  Windows + Reactor Server (Google it) OR Slackware (I spose) : johnsto
  • Why windows? I don't wanna havta maintain the thing, just upload crap to a folder named wwwroot. : firemaster
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  Debian Red Hat or Red Hat Enterprise, because it's popular. : dognose
  • I've seen some machines that run Red Hat + Oracle; they're pretty sweet. : the archvile
• FreeBSD for life yo. : Sabaki
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  gentoo! : Clay
  • Now Clay, I know gentoo is fast and compact after you finish, but can you really think that he wants to s... : Hiro
• After a bit of searching, I'd suggest SME Server which can be found here http://contribs.org/ . Sounds l... : Hiro
• Why not just windows + apache server + desktop sql server from microsoft? : rosewood

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• I liked it a lot, but sadly all my friends are still hooked on WoW so I defected back over to that. : skinlab133

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  Claro que sim www.google.com.br/ : rookieone
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    <--- Warning !!!Brazilian GAY!!! : polansk
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      Must... not... informative... : dognose
      • Thi sis why they send you guys and gals to training classes. I would have informative'd that so quick my... : rosewood
• Symantec (maker of PC Anywhere) don't seem to offer a demo on their site :( http://www.symantecstore.c... : dognose
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  are you just looking for a remote control tool? If so, check out VNC or dameware. : xocsida
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    im try to connect other place with vnc but... nothing happens did you help me? : polansk
    • not in network, im trying on the internet. : polansk
• uuuuummmmmmmmmmmm anyone? : polansk

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• Plus one of them had a Iron Maiden soundtrack \m/ \m/!!!!! : -efx-
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  http://ve3dmedia.ign.com/ve3d/image/article/659/659264/full-auto-screenshots-20051018033530938.jpg now... : Degenerate
  • yeah i could mow a few old ladies/ walkers down with that : sigpro
  • im looking at the pics and im saying, "no..no..musn't get xbox360. must resist" : jcutner
  • Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity Giggity!!!!!!! : Rauol Duke
• Full Auto is the game that really makes me want a 360. : ThomW
• Bah...this game isn't Carmageddon. It's more Vigilante 8. where cars have weapons. More lame, makes it mo... : pobone
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  i was in the war! : chazums
  • i used to always think the old lady said "hit the wall" : SlamDunk

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• non-believer!!!!!! burn him at the stake : runnerct
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  solution: give it to me. : sKetchflow
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    I was thinking the same thing. I raise your offer by paying shipping to me! : khaosman
    • i call and raise you a blowjob (from not me)! : sKetchflow
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  less lag on servers to worry about, thanks! : jane911
  • lol >:( : adhy
• I wouldn't say that it outright sucks, but the level design sure looks awful and repetitive and together ... : bargeld
• I did get repetitive after a few intervals but after an hour? Common now.. how many different gameplay sc... : mc-fine

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• She looks like a nutter to me...it's a nice painting though if you're gay. : red2lucas
• Good skills, but pretty weird : bloodysunday
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  She has some much more impressive work on her site. : robingchyo
  • She has some stuff that is more impressive, on a technical level, like this: http://www.furiae.com/gal... : CRasterImage
• This isn't the one of the woman sitting with the pier pole up her butt is it? : Omaha
• I like it. : nomaad

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  Jovita could be indian or indonesian or spanish in origin. Jyotsna would definitely be indian. So, I w... : kramweil
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    Eh... that's going to be really weird then... I am pretty sure my mum will not like that. She doesn't lik... : yes4me
    • your mom isn't going on the date is she? : kbnerd
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      If my mum was like that I'd date an Indian to spite her. And cause Indian chicks are hot. And Mexican one... : red2lucas
      • werd....... : kramweil
      • I've never been with an Indian chick...dated an Afghani chick once, very sexy. I'm a sucker for Middle E... : ColoradoCNC
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        I'm marrying Giggles to spite my mom. She's a hippie, and always hoped I'd grow up to date a black man : dognose
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          Lucky you found an gay albino black man huh. : rasputinreborn
          • Nah, ditched him for Giggles and I'm happier now : dognose
• If she's Russian Jew, you're in luck. : dognose
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  Sounds like you're in for a "surprise" and by "surprise," I mean "penis." : SockMonkeh
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    http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=jyotsna http://www.behindthename.com/php/view.php?name=... : kramweil
    • I don't care for your logic. : SockMonkeh
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  Is she a US citizen? Beware the GREEN CARD fiends. : Experiment IV
  • "Hi, I'm Yes4me, Can i see your greencard please?" Get's them wet everytime. : crust
• ...if you wake up in a bathtub full of ice, read the mirror : drucifer
• "But in the Latin alphabet... 'Jovita' begins with an I!" (meanwhile) "J!" (yes4me steps onto tile, w... : Omaha

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• so, to be concise, stay away. : Crimson
• all i get from those reviews is that the reviewers were confused and thus the movie was bad : sKetchflow
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  aw and i liked monster's ball :/ i had high hopes : Ripley
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    What does the director have to do with it? People don't seem to realize there's a writer back there who i... : Ratsofatsorat
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      not to mention the producer. really, it's a combined effort of the three of them that makes a movie. (w... : biskits
      • Yeah, but without a decent script to start with you're fucked right out of the gate. : Ratsofatsorat
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  Lol, at least you didn't go see http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/fog/ or something! : Athlon7
  • Tell me about it..... : suicidemachine
  • did you spot the worst pun in the world? hint: its in the boston globe review : captain hampton
  • Haha, Frank Swietek, you dumb asshole. : SockMonkeh
  • WTF... this was #1 at the box office last week and Serenity was #12 I have lost all hope for mankind :... : MikkleThePickle

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• I use FileZilla because it's free AND good. : Helter Skelter
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  smartftp hands down : Unleashed
  • ^^^^ Yup! been using it for years... : BadAss-bob
  • It's ok for downloading but I found managing files on remote sites through it to be a bit of a pain. I fo... : ieGod
  • my pick as well : MikkleThePickle
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  Usually I use fillezilla too. I like it... if I feel like a nerd, I use something called DOS. It feels ha... : yes4me
  • I just telnet into port 21 and do it all by hand, copy and pasting the results into a text file using edi... : Helter Skelter
• filezilla by a landslide. : Foxhawk
• filezilla : armybob
• Filezilla. : freshyk
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  WS_FTP LE : electroly
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    * UPGRADED AND TIME LIMITED'D * : loboca
    • whats that old programs site... : loboca
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  i use filezilla and smart ftp. in a lot of instances one will have a solid connection and the other won't... : kbnerd
  • the link in your post is broken : judge
• filezilla incase you still weren't sure : LexLuther
• SSH freeware client. (go to ssh.com and hunt around) : Tissen
• War ftp : headbone
• fireftp bitches : surround
• easyftp : polansk
• FileZilla. I searched long and hard for the best FTP client (including paying for WS_FTP and CuteFTP Pro)... : node

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• ISO Buster can view the contents but I need to re-build a new ISO, using the bootloader and stuff from th... : abrasion
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  If its a windows cd just copy the contents to your hard drive and edit. Google for the xp boot .bin or... : ghost in my shell
  • Problem is dude, Backup exec refuses to recognise the disc even though I used the original fucking bootlo... : abrasion
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  WinRAR should do it (works with .bin anyway) : spdon
  • thx - might give that a shot. : abrasion

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  The Lions were the original Pilgrams, and, in a twist of fate, the Cowboys were originally Native America... : drucifer
  • Pilgrims even : drucifer
  • It all makes sense now. : dmason
• Should be called the Gravy Bowl. >:( : SockMonkeh

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  kismet usually wants to talk "low-level" to your wireless card, hence the fact that only some wireless ca... : shassard
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    Oh yeah, that was my problem. I have a crap card and/or couldn't find the proper linux drivers for it so ... : jambalaya king
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      Many more are supported these days, particularly using ndiswrapper: http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/ ... : shassard
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        Yeah, kismet didn't work when I tried over the summer. I've just given up wanting to use it on my laptop.... : jambalaya king
        • Which card do you have? : abrasion
  • Yeah I know that- kismet (finally) supports my intel 2200 wireless card if I use kismet "proper" (ie: boo... : abrasion
• VMWare emulates its own drivers for virtual hardware. Windows drivers have little to do with it..... : zipper76
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  They should work, but I've never gotten them to with VMWare :/ : jambalaya king
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    Getting kismet working under linux is hard enough as it is - if VMWare works - colour me fucking impresse... : abrasion
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      Check out the latest Ubuntu release. It got my card with no config necessary. Last release before that, i... : Conan
      • Yes but will it then do that under VMware? : abrasion
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  Kismet addresses the wireless chipsets directly and since VMware maps all that a generic wired device, it... : ngsmack
  • Well then - what's the point of running whax through VMware? :( It's a specific "hax0ring" distro - ch... : abrasion

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  Doing the same on Accounting homework (shittiest class ever!) and studying for a poli sci midterm... : TabsAZ
  • atlest I'll have someone to shack with all night long : adev
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  You don't dick about procrastination, boy. : GeorgeB3DR
  • now THAT is irony.... : kramweil
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    are you missing a 'know' in there? : skold
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      he would've put it in eventually. : mindmann
      • hahaha, ahh. Good stuff. : BenMurphy
      • lolollol : skold
  • your self-depreciating humor is pretty wicked actually. : kramweil
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    Got your epic gear yet? : Ratsofatsorat
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      Yeah, about half of it. /shrug. : GeorgeB3DR
      • I wish I had that kind of dedication. I keep starting new characters. : Ratsofatsorat
  • I lol'd... : ColoradoCNC
• Doing the same with "Real world work". The good thing is I am jsut concepting ideas for a cool website. ... : bloodysunday
• I procrastinate to know i'm alive. : sleepytea
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  What time tomorrow is it due? If you ask me, you're getting started too early. : SockMonkeh
  • 2:30. but I have a class at 8:30, so Have to leave here by 7:30am. can't miss the classes before the ... : adev
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  don't think you Kant do it. LOLOO!OLE! : burning eye
  • serious LOL here. : kbnerd
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  My crowning achievement in college was completing a 12-page essay analyzing Brucker's 6th Symphony, Mende... : Chris Remo
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    I think mine was realizing at 10pm the night before a Calculus final that I'd managed to sleep/skip throu... : zakk
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      so you went to what, 3 classes then? : crust
      • Nah, it was a bit more than that. There was at least a few weeks of derivation and series before we did i... : zakk
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  Not in college, but work is work right? Delays on customers end, without change in deadline. Yay all nigh : LexLuther
  • Incase anyone asks, the part holds the stabilizer bar in place on mustangs, and some other Ford model. : LexLuther
• lol at 5 pages. lol at 12 pages. I'm not bitter I swear : Gauss
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  Kant's anti-masturbation for some strange reason. : sgtsanity
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    I told you that Kant is ridiculous. : Foxhawk
    • Luckily, I read a really neat Kant interpretation-variant earlier tonight, which was cool. : sgtsanity
• I wrote a 10 page essay for my political science class the day before it was due. I had about 2 pages of ... : sanchez
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  I usually wake up the morning a paper is due and write it then, I seem to do my best work under that pres... : Evil Benius
  • lol I did that monday morning too : adev

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  * B I R D F L U ' D * I sure hope not! Hope she gets better... : Don Vito Corleone
  • full-blown avian! : synack
• cough and extreme fatigue.... hmmm.... : kramweil
• omg yr mom has bird-flu O_O : eskimo spy
• [Cough]s[Time to leave the nest]s[cough] : LeapingFool
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  Hehehe. I already made that joke! : Rice-Rocketeer
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    yeah, keep laughing when half the US is dead from it. : mojoald
    • As long as I'm in the dead half. : Ebu
    • ...because oh his mom even. : rasputinreborn
    • pretty scary: http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/40912000/gif/_40912688_birdflu_latest.gif : kramweil
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  You can't cook? What kind of pussy are you? : Fred Garvin
  • I was just joshin', Fred! You can put your diaper back on, Grandpa!!! LOLOLOLOLO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Rice-Rocketeer
• HAY GUYZ UR MOM HAS DA BIRD FLU LOL : arizona bay
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  Likely Malaria. Get the shotgun. : Entity
  • why the shotgun? is someone getting married? : kbnerd
  • My mother is a nurse, and specializes in travel medicine. She has a cough for sure. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
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  The CDC has been notified. : Stoned Gargoyle
  • Umbrella Corp : rasputinreborn
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  cant believe that your family brought the flu to alberta, now we are all doomed : SAS_Ale
  • Fuck, that'd be terrible. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Did they bring you back some takeout? : dognose
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    it would be cold though..and cold chinese is icky. : kbnerd
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      I often CRAVE cold leftover Chinese in the middle of the night :) : dognose
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        i don't like what microwave's do to it either. i can't eat it cold (it makes me gag) but in order to rehe... : kbnerd
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          I'll answer if yo ucall late, I work night shifts :) : dognose
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            so do i!!!! but only during the week. do you work weekends and weekdays? or just one or the other? : kbnerd
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              Both, been working lots of overtime and I can't play Total Overdose :( : dognose
              • okay then i'll call and try to catch you when you're awake and not at work : kbnerd
• My parents are going there in about a week or two. I'm jealous. But at least I get the house to myself ... : ColoradoCNC

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  Hey let the brainwashed have their games - I'd much rather these games come out and keep them quiet and h... : abrasion
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    i feel the same way as i do about christain music: if it's GOOD, i don't care. but...it's not. it's alway... : kenmis
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      There's actually ONE very good christian band, called Zao. They are so good you wouldn't think they were... : dognose
      • Indeed, there is one area where talent was, unexpectedly, very well developed. Strangely enough because t... : zakazi
    • Oh I'd never play them, I mean just keep them happy - I'm the fucking anti-christ. : abrasion
    • Several of my favorite bands fall under "Christian", and while I am not, they are definitley good bands. : tomservo
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      Wait, what? Vantage and I will take turns beating on you since you really don't have a clue what you're ... : Zero|DPX
      • And maybe Stretch Armstrong but they won't admit it :) : dognose
      • Heck, Petra's 2003 release "Jekyll & Hyde" was a stronger nu-metal/hard rock release, on purely musical t... : Zero|DPX
    • does't foster what now? of all the major cultural forces, judeo-christian religions has given us some of ... : -Panther-
• "Game Box Advance" Christian Code Name for Pussy? : LexLuther
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  my issue with the whole thing is that there is no need to discern music like that. why haven't i heard ab... : kramweil
  • You didn't notice the "Jewish hip-hop" on the Jimmy Kimmel show linked on here the other day? : Zero|DPX
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  unlike crappy music, competitively designed games cost money. That crap will never fly unless the christ... : Luminair
  • I'd say only briefly. While people may try and profit off of peoples beliefs, in the end Kids look at Hal... : zakazi
• as long as they let us have evil satanic violent games, I'll let them have their game box advance; it's o... : AbortedFetusChristi

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  yeah it was just updated, I'm not sure I'm a fan of the drop-down box versus straight links for the image... : Luminair
  • thats the only reason i noticed. i was like, wtf are the links : skold

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• the best thing to do is go to a large b&m near you and try out all of their selection. keep trying thing... : kbnerd
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  If you have to get a combo , then logitech is indeed the way to go. But I suggest the high priced Razer C... : Lionel2b
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    Yeah, I guess I don't have to a get a combo. That mouse sounds cool, I'll have to go check it out. Als... : -efx-
    • oh goodie!!! just in time for my b-day!!! *dances* : kbnerd
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  I recently got a Logitech MX518 and I like it a lot. Fits my hand really well and has a good weight, and... : Krypt_
  • ^^IAWTP the mx518 is a great mouse. I think they do an even more precise one now too : chazums
  • I had an MX510 and got a 518 when they came out. Both have been fantastic. I'd get a G5, but just don't n... : dmason
  • I really dig my 518 as well. It just feels right. : brickmatt

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  I am very rusty in SQL, but is rand() not a random number... as between 0 to 1? Yet you probably need an ... : yes4me
  • yea, but it works for that purpose. its even in the mysql manual: ORDER BY RAND() combined with LIMIT... : skold
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  are you using mysql? how many rows in comments? maybe the order by rand() scales poorly when you have too... : fsck
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    thats what im wondering just over a million rows : skold
    • Maybe your tables are too huge... you should try to split them up into multiple tables. That should make ... : yes4me
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  Because you're generating lots of random numbers, and that gets slow. Here's how I pick random songs f... : zakk
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    I know nothing about this rand() function, but the following miht work: select * from comments where i... : Tissen
    • Nah he probably doesn't want to do that as he may get dupplicate data. : yes4me
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    Winner!! Such a nice trick!! Use the index instead of getting all the tables!! This guy is not as rusty a : yes4me
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      this is actually what im doing now i was hoping that by doing it in one query and entirely in sql it w... : skold
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        I suspect the problem is that when you use ORDER BY RAND(), it actually has to physically sort the entire... : electroly
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          well the problem is i may have to go back to it 2, 3 or more times to get a comment since the random o... : skold
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            does the comments table have a nuked column? you could probably do: select count(*) from comments wher... : fsck
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              that wouldnt do anything. if theres 1000 comments, and 10 are nuked, id get a random number between 1... : skold
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                Not if you use WHERE NUKED = 'f' on the second request, which'll give you the set of 990 to choose from. : electroly
                • yes, this is correct. there's a where clause in my statement, which would limit the results. : fsck

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  Those were photoshopped, this is the real picture: http://static.flickr.com/6/6395645_c378c875ca_m.jpg : Experiment IV
  • For the horde intarweb! : dmason

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  Surely this is His will... : BenMurphy
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