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• i'm just going to get a new passport before they stick this nonsense in. then they'll have fixed the tech... : dahanese
• keep a bunch of old rfid tags in your wallet, so that way they ALL go off and confuse the scanners? : sharkII
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  They're only scannable from a couple feet away : Farbauti
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    yeah but with creative engineering you can probably read them from across the street or even further. Ju... : Mr.SEX
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      Likely true, but even if someone went through that time & expense to make a powerful direct-focused RFID ... : Farbauti
      • we can use a pringles can! Normally i'm not a tinfoil hat guy but i'm not comfortable broadcasting all m... : Mr.SEX
• RFID signals are pathetically weak. Tinfoil will work. Hell, soggy cardboard will work. And you guys f... : quanta88

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• You know Enders Game? Well like that, but on land and with clone troopers. Everyone of those bastages has... : SpaecKow
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  I can envision it being added to militaries' arsenals of so-called "non-lethal" weapons. Great! All w... : rotten element
  • terrorists won't wear it. they'll make people they kidnap wear it with a full on suicide bomb. : carnivore
• The world already has plenty of Gits :) : Lynn Minmei
• Need one of these for my fiance`. : Omning
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  J.K. Rowling called, she wants her Imperatus Curse back >:( : dognose
  • Hmmmm... "Hi, Mr. Broussard! I made you a hat!" :D : dognose
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  No good can come of this. : deeveee
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    I bet to differ. : Phil
    • bet = beg. Anyway, mind controlling hot chicks ftw. Except I dont know how they're gonna keep those hea... : Phil
• It has already been delivered in your polio vaccine. : MrLonghair

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  Gamespot is NOT usually spot on. See their Shadow of the Colossus review for an example. Ugh. : Iscariot47
  • I felt the review was okay, but the score didn't correspond at all. I could find very little reasonable ... : Chris Remo
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    uhh what? they gave it a 8.7 thats a pretty damn good score. am i missing something. : mastarp
    • They took away 1.3 for framerate, and because it went for quality over quantity. what : sgtsanity
  • That was a weird review in that the score didn't seem to match up with the review (which was very positiv... : Serpico74
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    I remember their Freedom Fighters review lol : xphil
    • What? Freedom fighters was probably one of the best action titles in 2003, and it got the +9.0 score it d... : aaarrrgh
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  Now if only they'd get their act together and fix the ATI bug. I can understand graphical glitches, but n... : GrimmyD
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    Wait...ATI bug? This could possibly impact me on both my laptop and desktop. What are the details? : PenicillinX57
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      People with the 9x00 series cards can't seem to launch the game at all. Crashes saying Failed to initiali... : GrimmyD
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        Works perfectly on my 9800 pro (5.9 catalyst drivers) : JINKY
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          That makes five people with ATI cards able to run Civ 4, total. : MrLonghair
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            No, seven. Turns out that they're working on a patch to get the ATI cards working now. This is just scand... : MrLonghair
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              mine actually starts fine. it just crashes randomly :| : Clay
              • and i don't just mean quit to the desktop crash either. we're talking full out bluescreen : Clay
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    I am so glad I've never bought an Ati card right now. : Vincent Grayson
    • I don't know if we can blame it on the ATI though. Other games run fine with their cards. : te[R]ror
  • I have had no problems running civ 4 on my 9800 pro. I have had some sound issues. : Umbr

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• OMGHBMBD!!!!! :O : dognose
• HAppy BDAY! : sharkII
• welcome to club 27, you have less than 1 year to become famous worldwide and die : CoRDS
• Happy Birthday! Today is my Birthday as well. 36 today. That makes 32 years playing video games for me : baron calamity

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  No, its an unlockable. : baron calamity
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    Are you serious? : Turd Ferguson
    • Yes, totally. : baron calamity
• ahhh I gotta pick up this game soon. I hope somewhere puts it on sale :( : Patch-e

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  mon - chest, back tue - arms, shoulders wed - legs repeat (if your chest/back is still sore, then take... : wtf242
  • yeah, but what do you recommend for actual excercises? for chest, bench press, incline, decline, shoulde... : ibrokn

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  Hahaha, classic. : Chris Remo
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    Er, misreply. Uh, well, maybe this will make you laugh, it's what I meant to reply to: http://www.shackn... : Chris Remo
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      haha remo, u bread loaf : Xhost
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        How did this phrade originate? : dltrem
        • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10906642 : freshyk
    • orly?! I rofl'd a bit. Thanks. : notd665
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  SM Squirrely : rarshow
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    He goes to Penn State, not Penn. : dltrem
    • Hmm, close. :P : notd665
  • HAHAHA. My Penn State app was made with very little to no effort. I didnt look at an Ivy League applic... : Squirrely
• Make your decision and don't look back ;) : Erit
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  what major? also, have fun paying those tution bills :p : monohydrate
  • how's ISU treating you? : strider_
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  Well, you've already filled out their hellacious application, so you're home free. Have fun at the shitti : airrob
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    What's so bad about UPenn? : fluffy64
    • Nothing, except I don't love Philly. Damn you, Franklin! Why couldn't UPenn be in New York City?!?! : notd665
  • Shittiest Ivy? You apparently have never heard of Brown. : riptyde
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  Eh...I know UPenn's law school is out in bumblefuck if that matters. : ra1n
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    nono. that isn't true. Penn STATE'S lawschool is in bumblefuck. it's Dickinson. UPenn's law school, as in... : dahanese
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      Ya, you're totally right. I'm quoting heresay from the law student sitting next to me ;) : ra1n
      • you are forgiven. all you philly haters are not, though! : dahanese
      • Dickinson (PSU) is in Carlisle, south of Harrisburg. Thats about 2 hours away from University Park. : Squirrely
• I say good luck! But remember that after all it really doesn't matter. You'll most likely be just as ha... : lechuck59
• upenn's pretty awesome if you can afford the tuition. : wvuong

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• She knocked someone up? What'd she do, run around with a turkey baster full of love juice? : SiW73
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  my boy's cousin was just in a predicament like this, but more fucked up. he's 22, dating a 16 year old... : dahanese
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    wow, i wouldn't be able to marry that girl, that's fucking sneaky and low. I'd try to get custody of my ... : Mr.SEX
    • my sentiments exactly, but apparently they don't have that... drive...? : dahanese

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  I got 0wned :( : dognose
  • you still haven't replied to my comment on shadow warrior. : kbnerd

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  They also have the special edition of Quake 4 for 37 : Crimsonbeak
  • yep.... 48 hour madness ftw! : MikkleThePickle
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    damn it.. i just paid $50 for the Standard version yesterday. And EBGames wont take PC games back. ... : Shadowdane
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      Don't sweat it, a lot of us paid $60 + shipping/tax a week ago. /makes note to hold out for a couple ... : Farbauti
      • I was going to pick up COD2 until I said to myself, "What the hell am I doing, the two games I am pick... : stgdz
  • whoa, thanks for pointing that out : cryptical
• Oh god they have FIA GTR also. : stgdz
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  quit trying to entice me to spend money. : kbnerd
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    To late for me. I was going to hold out on both of them but the shack hype around q4 broke me. Also FEA... : stgdz
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      i know. with the madness they are soooo cheap =-( : kbnerd
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        Gogamers madness have been quite good recently. Whats up with that? : baron calamity
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          i may have to give myself a belated b-day present : kbnerd
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            Today IS my birthday. So it wouldn't be belated for me. :) Although truth be told, I rather buy and pl... : baron calamity
            • Happy burfday j00! Buy yourself Total Overdose too! :O : dognose
            • Happy Birthday d00d~! : Lightzout
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  I HATE YOU ALL Quake 4: Special DVD Edition PC DVDROM $36.90 $36.90 F.E.A.R. First Encount... : kanix
  • I am waiting for SS2 to drop to under 20 before I pick it up. : stgdz
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  If I buy that Quake 4 dvd (which is imported) can I play it on my North American DVD drive? : megarust32
  • Is your North American DVD drive compliant with Great Britain DVD English? G'day m8. yes, it'll play : Farbauti
  • wait, why the hell are they selling an imported version? : cryptical

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• kittens are cute : kbnerd
• I make robots and sell them to lucy lu : carazy
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  planning beforehand is important! : kgargonmagrix79
  • yes, nobody will listen to you unless you have a well thought out business plan...preferably done in adva... : losimagic
• BOOOOBBBIIIEEEEEEEESSSSSSS!!!!! : Arcanum
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  Ok so I've been a software engineer with a focus on web development ASP/PHP/JSP, with a focus on search e... : LucyLuBot
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    When I say "retail location" I mean in like a strip mall or something, not an office complex. : LucyLuBot
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      I think you're going to get killed on renting the retail space. : ThomW
      • 1000 a month : LucyLuBot
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    man... I don't know. Most people don't associate getting a website with going to the mall. I would ... : sharkII
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      A strip mall, something with like a Kinkos, Officemax, a few mom and pop restaurants, maybe a printing sh... : LucyLuBot
      • well, either way. It's not associated, generally with going to a store. : sharkII
      • I'm surprised Kinkos doesn't offer a service like this already. :P : ThomW
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    The whole advantage of the internet is to not pay rent. You'd be better off having it web based but talki... : ra1n
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      Yea but the idea is that they come to me. If someone who knows nothing about the internet needs a websit... : LucyLuBot
      • 1) Heavily advertising and waiting for foot traffic isn't a smart business plan. If you say "Well, I'm no... : theargent
      • Right, so again, the consultant aspect is best because you need to go to them. Someone who isn't compute... : ra1n
  • I think it's a good idea. It would do pretty well around here. : briandubau
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    In my very small but populated town, we have places that are not only web design, but also networking, te... : yay4furryanimals
    • See thats the best part, my family has lived in this area for 100 years. My dad owns 2 business my wifes... : LucyLuBot
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    websites for less is located in vista ridge mall in lewisville,tx : multisync
    • Any idea on how they do? : LucyLuBot
  • This would work in a place like the UPS Store or Pak Mail or whathaveyou. Small business people go there ... : glio1337

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  cool what did you say about it? : mikecyb
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    I wasn't going to post this here, but what the hell... lol http://uncompressed.org/ : ThomW
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      hey can u make a ff plugin that keeps track of your PRL : gegtik
      • I want this! : Turd Ferguson
      • yes plz : Omning
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        I'm not sure how I'd access PRL info from Javascript. Any ideas? : ThomW
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          you can't, you need to embed the rules. if can you catch whenever people hit 'post comment' on the shack ... : gegtik
          • Find the rules and I'll see what I can do. =) : ThomW
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      I don't have an ipod, I have an iriver, so it's a rivercast to me! : mikecyb
      • I think podcast's a stupid name as well. It's a Zencast to me, but not -- it's an mp3 file with two idio... : ThomW

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• Heretic forever. Love that game. : brickmatt
• yes please. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10967378 : strider_
• Quake4 SP was pure awesome. I loved every minute of it. : timmie
• Agreed on all counts. My favorite game of this year (since I played HL2 and Far Cry last year). : TheTick
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  And the multiplayer's pretty damn fun, too. : azshack
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    Also, Soldier of Fortune 3. Make this game, Raven! SOF2 was such a solid game; I hope they eventually man... : azshack
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      Wow, SOF2 was one of the worst games I've ever played, personally. Everything about it sucked ass except ... : stuka
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        There was only one level in SP that I hated. I hated it so much I refused to play through it to see if th... : TheTick
        • Was it the jungle crap with the telepathic homing grenades and the natives with super x-ray vision? : stuka
      • It's so weird. SOF2 was so bad that it almost made me FORGET how fun and unique of a game Soldier of For... : PUPSTAHS
      • I played the MP for a fairly long time. Sneaking around in the jungle at night stalking the enemy in ch... : Turd Ferguson
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  Quake 4 was the biggest game surprise I had this year. I wasn't expecting much at all since I didn't like... : Serpico74
  • Agreed. I'm just finishing single player now, and I've become so comfortable with the movement and the we : re-verse
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  Heretic 2 multiplayer was godly. : midgetherder
  • It was definitely pretty cool!! I can still remember this one time I was playing a 4 player game on a LA... : zen2k
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  I really should play more single player, as its awesome and I really enjoy it... But I just can't pull : DKo5
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    I felt the same way until I finally put in a couple hours and actually go into the SP. Now I can't tear ... : Turd Ferguson
    • I got a bit past the Stroggification on Tuesday night and was loving it. Went to bed early on Wednesday, ... : DKo5

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• oh dear god motherfu reply : xphil

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• i was actually quite impressed by the FEAR demo's MP. i really wish it would catch on. : kbnerd
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  I think the CTF is a lot of fun. Too bad the game shipped with only two CTF maps. Hopefully we'll see som... : ferus
  • *TWO* CTF maps? I liked CTF more than DM in the demo. That saddens me :( I bet F.E.A.R. MP would be... : DKo5

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  as long as the ps2 supports it. I think progressive scan is only available on 50001+ systems : Omning
  • prog scan dvd playback only on 5k+ systems. prog scan games will push out prog scan if you select the op... : burningtrees
• component is component...there are nicer cables that will give you a better quality picture, but that is ... : byorn
• I have a Mad Catz cable the does component out from both the PS2 and XBOX. : yakz
• yes there are cables you can get that will do it. http://www.ebgames.com/ebx/product/257847.asp : sigpro

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• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10982412 : kanix
• join us here http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10982229 : stgdz
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  you're just looking for people who are worse at Q4DM than you! ;P : FormerHPB
  • I think this is proof that my reflexes are so shot that I should just throw in the towel now. :( : burningtrees

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  I played it for about 3 hours and beat it. Haven't had any hankerings to load it up again unfortunatel... : zyklonbee
  • this is what I feared, thank you for input : conandan
• The single player game is over in a flash, but the real meat of the game is with online multiplayer. The ... : baron calamity
• worth way over 15 bucks. i have amazing experiences in multiplayer with the bro : barichnikov

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  Are you the dude who wrote that app which some dude blatantly copied? - it was sad but hilarious? : abrasion
  • Yeah. MICHAEL J HARDY'S DISASTEROIDS ... only not. The real thing: www.lmnopc.com/disasteroids... : ThomW
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  http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1859527,00.asp : Farbauti
  • This: http://discuss.pcmag.com/n/main.asp?webtag=pcmag&nav=start&msg=52829 Is begging for more discus... : RyDogg1
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    I don't know if Fileshack will host it, but what I'm working on is a screen saver. 3DFiles was a great s... : ThomW
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      Gotcha, screensavers similar to this guy's? http://www.reallyslick.com/ Any Shack previews?=) : Farbauti
      • No - it's something you guys would probably find cheesy, but I think a lot of people would like it. It's... : ThomW
• hell yeah i remember 3dfiles. I used to go there every day and see the new demo's that got released. Th... : sigpro
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  http://web.archive.org/web/20000510042901/http://3dfiles.com/ : Utopia
  • This page is even cooler: http://web.archive.org/web/20010720234002/http://3dfiles.com/ (Check out... : ThomW

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• i want a game where you throw people's heads and while you're holding them in your hand they look at your... : dodob
• the BFG dispensed green globes of fun! : kbnerd
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  im still waiting for the kitten gun that shoots out kittens that remove someones skin and then drinks the... : CoRDS
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    If someone does this it will be Monolith, they've done kittens already. Metal ones, but still. XOXOX,... : dognose
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      3Drealms could do it, they could eat the pigcops, kittens like bacon xoxxoox MR bob Dobalina : CoRDS
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        I suppose they could, I just can't see them coding... kittens... : dognose
        • cute VICIOUS BLOODTHIRSTY KITTENS} : CoRDS
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          Oh great, tack on another 3 years of development for kittens! Thanks for bringing it up, dognose!!! Way t... : 69shots
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            No, see, I brought up PEZ. I don't think they'll do kittens. That was CoRDS. So if they tack on 3 years... : dognose
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              DNF News for 10/27/05 - Still no DNF : mikecyb
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                DNF News for 10/27/05 - It's gonna 0wn >:( : dognose
                • well I thought that goes without saying : mikecyb
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    well postal had a cat silencer : Turd Ferguson
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      yeh but it doesnt shoot out killer kittens now does it : CoRDS
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        woah, a cat that shoots smaller cats out of its butt would be awesome... and then those smaller cats shoo... : mikecyb
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          Eggs that hatch into venemous kittens with 8 legs. : riptyde
          • I like the way you think. We need to start a game company! : mikecyb

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• i'm wondering this myself : kbnerd

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  Is it that lady who can make it appear she's headless? : carnivore
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    Yea, how's it done? : Patch-e
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      Shenanigans. : abrasion
      • I love that word, it's so fun to say.... shenanigansshenanigansshenanigans : theargent
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      Looks like she has fake shoulders she slips out of and is very flexible. : SockMonkeh
      • a fake arm as well. : kgargonmagrix79
• omg im never gonna sleep again : Utopia
• Jesus. That was unexpected. Ouch. : Fyunch Click

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• hahah that is good. Wussy Paladin homos! : stelth

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  Mint Royale - Singin' in the rain from the album See You In The Morning. : nomaad
  • and just 4,80€ - ha, I thought they'd never release it :-) : James T. Kirk

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• Wow, I missed that one. That's pretty cool of them IMHO. Now if only they would release the full versions... : Gary the Llama
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  Troll bait : megarust32
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    what? : sharkII
    • The thread linked to. You get the truth from one guy and then tons of people troll like it was the last d... : MrLonghair
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  http://3drealms.com/index.shtml : dognose
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    yeah I know. I'm just wondering why I can't find it on the front page of the Shack, or in the Shack Archi... : sharkII
    • It's on the front page, in the "2 day old news" section. Don't know why it's not in the archive. : Balboa