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IGN full of crap? Of course!! lets look at the Gamecube specs:
CPU:
PowerPC 750CXe, 43-mmÃ‚Â² die (modified PowerPC 750 RISC with 50 new instructions) from IBM on a 0.18 micrometre IBM copper-wire technology with a
Clock Frequency of 485 MHz.
GPU:
ArtX/Nintendo (ArtX was acquired by ATi Technologies in 2000 and is now a part of ATi) on a 0.18 micrometre NEC embedded DRAM process with a Clock Frequency of 162 MHz
Embedded Frame Buffer of Approximately 2 megabytes in capacity
* Sustainable latency of 6.2 nanoseconds
* RAM type is 1T-SRAM
Embedded Texture Cache:
* Approximately 1 megabyte in capacity
* Sustainable latency of 6.2 nanoseconds
* RAM type is 1T-SRAM
Released in 2001.

Fast Foward to today (or 2006 when its released) there is almost no way it would have taken IBM this long to make a 1ghz PowerPC750 chip. and if it was on a newer .13 or .11 micron die, it would be TINY as all hell. They built the gamecube chip so most likely they adapted a newer PowerPC core with gamecube functions, but5 i would think atleast 1.5-2ghz. That would still be a small, low heat, low power chip at .13 or .11micron. Now for the GPU, ATi hit it out of the park with the 9700-9800 era, based on ArtX. Now im sure the GPU for the Revolution will be on a .13 or .11 micron, you could cram a 9800 into that easily, but it would probibly be closer to a X series chip. With the advances in the past 4 years, Cheap and small today is way more powerful than what these "developers" are saying. I think they pulled it out of there ass to stick on their new site.

Dec 07, 2005 11:35am PST

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Guitar Hero is fucking great. It's like DDR without the fag.

Dec 08, 2005 10:47am PST

Guitar Hero is fucking great. It's like DDR without the fag. : kingdepork

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Degenerate and I are playing Burnout:Revenge!!!!! Right now.

Join us!!!!!!!!!!

Dec 07, 2005 7:10pm PST

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Degenerate and I are playing Burnout:Revenge!!!!! Right now. Join us!!!!!!!!!! : genjuro
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- Was he able to get in on the circuitcity.com 360 orders this morning? : marblehead

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From the BBC
While speaking at the launch of Creative's latest rival to the iPod video, the Zen Vision: M, Creative CEO Sim Wong has told the BBC he plans to "pursue aggressively" a US patent it owns on a system used to navigate music on digital players. "In August, it (Creative) revealed it had won a patent in the US for the way music tracks are organised and navigated on a player through a hierarchical system using three or more screens," notes the story. "The announcement prompted speculation that Creative could seek royalties from Apple, though patent cases can drag on for years." Wong refused to give specifics, but said, "We will pursue all manufacturers that use the same navigation system. This is something we will pursue aggressively."

Does creative really have a case? I mean everything in computers is hierarchical based so how can they patent this? Wouldn't the patent just be thrown out. Also couldn't apple win this on the same case they lost to MS with windows you cant patent a feel and look? Or couldn't apple win this as stating it is an extension of itunes and itunes uses hiearhical storeage ?

Dec 08, 2005 6:05am PST

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- I applaud Creative's efforts to make me hate them even more. : Supine

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Holy shit, that's a huge jellyfish!

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,3-1910322,00.html

I did a double take at the picture....

Dec 07, 2005 1:52pm PST

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- mother of ocean! thats huge : sikander
- Damn... Dont get stung : unknown_fiend
- I was hoping for the marauders to be taking helpless bathers from a beach or something, but that's a bigg... : carrioN luggagE
- * M E T R O I D ' D * : manero
- Jelly fishes are so sexy.. I never got onto the 'furry' bandwagon. let's get sticky and smelly! : pillzer
- omg, give the Jap government Super Missles : kainen1
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      Odd. It doesn't. That's really odd. : cam3lt0sis
      
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      that's weird. O_o : fugu124
      
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      /-A collection of jellyfish is known as a smack. that rules : cam3lt0sis
      
      /-He did something fancy with shacktags, I think. : crummynz
      
      its broken tags : Turd Ferguson
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RANDOM QUESTION:

When brushing my teeth should I use COLD water, HOT water, or WARM water (Fucking not having purple)

What do you use?

Dec 07, 2005 5:38pm PST

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- Boiling Water! (it gets ur teeth squeeky clean!) : scorpiusman
- I use HOT water to rinse off my brush and that's the only time I use water. Then I rinse my mouth out wit : angrytaxman
- warm... the extremes ain't good for your teefus nerves : Vic Viper
- cold, always. I never thought of using warm..? weird. : tacocat
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  lukewarm. the water should be the same temperature as the room in which i brush my teeth. : kbnerd
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- Warmish for me. Cold hurts my teeth so I just turn on the hot water until it gets warm enough to comfort... : Krypt_
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  cold. hot water has all sorts of nasty chemicals in it. : slax0r
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    like hotium. : tacocat
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      That, and things like rust, copper, and lead. : slax0r
      
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      but they're not in cold water? : angrytaxman
      
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      Not as much as in hot water, since hot water more easily takes those things off the pipes than cold. : slax0r
      
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      i dont swallow my toothpaste =\ : kelerian
      
      I still find it gross, even if I'm not swallowing the water. : slax0r
      
      ... Okay well there is a VERY limited distance between my hot water heater and my bathroom sink and I ass... : TotalFusionOne
      
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      Yeah, the water heater is another factor in the nastiness. : slax0r
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  cold. i am weirded out by the thought of brushing in the shower. : dahanese
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      I've done it. I drink in the shower. I eat stuff in the shower. I do lots of things in the shower. : tacocat
      
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      One of my cats does, but he's a little slow : reign27
      
      in college when we never paid for hot water, my boyfriend would sit and read to me while i showered. : dahanese
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<RANT
WHY OH WHY GOD IS MY OFFFICE STILL USING WIN2000!?!?!?!?!? Dear god... move on please to Windows XP... my boss is a fool for using this.
</RANT

must breathe....breathe.....breathe....

Dec 07, 2005 4:56pm PST

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<RANT WHY OH WHY GOD IS MY OFFFICE STILL USING WIN2000!?!?!?!?!? Dear god... move on please to Windows : Q-ball
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Cool, Hello Kitty guitars
http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/06/hello_kitty_fender_g.html

Dec 07, 2005 6:56pm PST

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Cool, Hello Kitty guitars http://www.boingboing.net/2005/12/06/hello_kitty_fender_g.html : dodob
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- I look at the girls face and I all I can see is Nullo Kitty : tacocat
- More Avril's yay : trevis

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hay guys its PGR3 time! join up and lets gogogo

Dec 07, 2005 6:14pm PST

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hay guys its PGR3 time! join up and lets gogogo : maulla
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    - I will make sure something happens soon enough, once finals are over. There needs to be some srs shack... : cam3lt0sis
- nix that, we are playing PERFECT DARK 0 now. : maulla
- well, all i got to say is, "Screw you and your 360, bc Bill Ghey is witholding mine from me and milking i : KillSwitchEngaged002

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Sweet, went to pick up some food from Wendy's and I pull out of my parking spot, shift to forward, and the car barely moves. A warning light starts flashing, indicating there is a problem with the automatic gearbox.

Great...

Dec 07, 2005 6:40pm PST

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- wait... how are you posting this?? : wetard

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This is just absurd: http://ds.ign.com/articles/674/674221p1.html

DS game to teach children how to have an orgasam.

Dec 07, 2005 8:14pm PST

This is just absurd: http://ds.ign.com/articles/674/674221p1.html DS game to teach children how to ha... : Boxelder

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WTF? Anyone here watching the Triangle?

All of a sudden they managed to somehow get out of the middle of the ocean???

Dec 07, 2005 6:10pm PST

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WTF? Anyone here watching the Triangle? All of a sudden they managed to somehow get out of the middle : trove
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  All in all, it wasn't so bad. : trove
  - And I'm posting in the past I can tell. :/ : trove

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Good multiplayer gamecube game???

I so far have ikaruga, hard but very fun even when playing double player.

Dec 07, 2005 6:29pm PST

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    mmm never played smash, I only have 2 controllers, is it good enough 2 players? : Rageaholic
    - Don't know about 2 person but the game is cheap now, plus you could get more controllers or have friends ... : sleepytea
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  Giga Wing if you like shooters. Crazy crazy times. : Longinus00
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    (he said Gamecube, not dreamcast) : zakk
    - Doh, I read ikaruga and imediatly thought dreamcast. My apologies. : Longinus00
- Mario Kart DD, Monkey Ball(1 or 2), Mario Party, Streets (any version), Madden (any year), : orgcaptainnemo
- WarioWare! : suqur
- Bomberman : TenaciousPimple
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    It looks like it has a lemmings feel to it?? : Rageaholic
    - No not really, you lead them all around, they don't do stuff on their own that you don't specifically tel... : Chris Remo

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My White Elephant came in today, and I am now a richer man.

Chodog sent me the following:

2 lighters
Halo PC
Unreal 2
An issue of FHM
An E3 magazine
A little wheel
A Bruce Lee movie
A pack of trading cards that I don't know much about
A pack of playing cards WITH NAKED MENZ ON THEM!!
A Battlefield 2: Modern Combat demo disc
AN INFLATABLE GODDAMN WIFE
Nyquil
Two awesome T-shirts
And some other neat things.

Chodog, you are now my hero.

Dec 07, 2005 5:17pm PST

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My White Elephant came in today, and I am now a richer man. Chodog sent me the following: 2 lighter... : Orange Pylon
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  - naked menz cards pls : andy5000
  - Pix pending, I don't have the materials to do a divx. : Orange Pylon
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    - Bravo, that must have taken some work. : acidnynex
    - jesus. nice. : [fry]
- kickass! I think you're the first person to get their package. PIX! : mikecyb
- Sweet Judas. Damn ye people who are setting the bar so high! Then again, maybe my idea of picking all ... : Ninja Techno
- DOOOOD log that shit here: http://www.redhavana.net/elephant/2005/received.php : cpt_gloval
- That's a full weekend's fun! : rasputinreborn
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  - Hey, it works both ways. My shipping cost $21 Canadian .. : shassard
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  - That sounds rad. Thanks for sharing! =) : ThomW
  - The mousepad, btw, is a Fatal1ty FatPad. I've always wanted one of these. : Orange Pylon
- How's the wife, pardner? : scorpiusman
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  - haha /me makes note to send aids unreal 2 to my guy : cpt_gloval
  - Damnit, I was going to have a spring-released trap that pokes the receiver with a needle covered in AIDS.... : Krypt_
- lol I have 2 copies of Unreal 2 (PC and XBOX) that I was going to send my WE, but I thought that would be... : MatthewPhillips
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  - that is totally awesome. : kbnerd
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11232623 god, ER can't come soon enough. : missylu
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      just making sure it wasn't you ;p : cpt_gloval
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  - your penis is apparently huge. : laurgasms
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  Wow do you guys live right across the street from eachother? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11220369 ... : MatthewPhillips
  - Same state, at least. It was fucking fast. How much did it cost, buddy? : Orange Pylon
- FMH mag + inflatable wife ftw (wonder if they've already been used) : kill9
- :o there's no way i'll be able to beat that... I am mosdef sending mine today. I had no luck finding the ... : dodob
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  - They want fatal1ty mouse pads? : LordPall

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Animal Crossing DS people! I need friend codes! Fork 'em over!

Dec 07, 2005 4:59pm PST

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Animal Crossing DS people! I need friend codes! Fork 'em over! : Fredrik S
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- http://www.shackmap.com/gamertags.php?view_game=3 ftw! : mikecyb
- http://www.shackmap.com/gamertags.php?view_game=3 : Xhost
- My gf is on right now with our gate open, pistolera, add her and me... I'll have her add you if she didn'... : floated
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      lol nice bunny head : Patch-e
      
      those ears reminded me of sam and max. : poppasp1ce
      
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      i lost my octopus thanks to you :( draconic is the harbinger of death for towns : Xhost
      
      make sure to bug my girlfriend to save if something happens to you. press start and it will say "I wan... : floated
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      are you spursy? : Patch-e
    - going to watch "The Triangle" and then I'll add both you and her. : Fredrik S
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    - I have. Several times. It doesn't shackmsg me one. : Fredrik S
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      lol ... are you sure you shouldn't call it 'coochie' and leave the gate open? : ThomW
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      NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO : oldschoolbob-o
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Post in this thread, what you have learned about chicks by reading the shacknews comments.

I'll start with the obvious:
If you have access to boobies/any bodily female orfice, then for the love of god Pic+Divx that m'fer!

Dec 07, 2005 5:38pm PST

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  The hot chicks with glasses and love of video games will forever belong to other shackers, and not me :\ : TotalFusionOne
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      My GF has an uber level 60 mag3 in WoW and loves doing it doggystyle---do I get cookies? : scorpiusman
      
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      Wanna give her the nickname fingercuffs? I can help. : TotalFusionOne
      
      Only if you're a good boy.... : scorpiusman
      
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      Hey just as long as you're compatible in the "bedroom", right? : scorpiusman
      
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11201031 : TotalFusionOne
      
      I weep for you! <3 <3 : scorpiusman
      
      Holy fuck, what? : wykd
      
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      wtf, unless she gives you daily bj's and cooks amazingly, dump her. : orgcaptainnemo
      
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      I cook, but receive almost daily pleasure... should I be concerned? : scorpiusman
      
      no, that's fine :) : orgcaptainnemo
      
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      is it from the cooking? is so, then yes, absolutely : -Panther-
      
      Note to self: new silicone hot pads are not pleasure devices... : scorpiusman
      
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      LOL You're kidding, right? : Ajax
      
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      No. I'm not. Her reasoning is in that thread. As an added bonus she also went searching through past c : TotalFusionOne
      
      HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!! You have my condolences. : Ajax
      
      Her reasoning is she's not that attracted (if at all) to you anymore. Come'on, think about it. : orgcaptainnemo
      
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11226892 : TotalFusionOne
      
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      First: No face pics, thus I withhold judgement. You know how many girls might have an ass that looks goo... : orgcaptainnemo
      
      sheesh, can you not read? http://photo.staires.org/trista : AbortedFetusChristi
      
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      what.the.fuck. : andy5000
      
      ^^^ Read what? She's not attractive at all to me. : orgcaptainnemo
      
      we need a fucking link here NOW : Mr.Fusion
      
      What? Why was I not informed? : Fred Garvin
    - So long as she'll tolerate the video games (and occasionally join in on them) then we're good. : Ajax
  - Whoever decided that chicks should have hormones, needs to be dealt with Chuck Norris style!! : shavenewok
- I already have. : VegasX
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  - They bleed : scorpiusman
  - http://www.thesuperficial.com/archives/003234.html : andy5000
- I don't learn enough because the shack doesn't have enough NWS lately! : Krypt_
- I learned that some guys don't believe that some girls like anal. : p4ck3tloss
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  - *head asplode* : Rotten Deadite
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europe at night: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051207.html

nice pic

Dec 07, 2005 7:11pm PST

europe at night: http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap051207.html nice pic : sikander

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Sadness is getting The Sopranos Season 2 disc 4 in the mail and it turning out to be Season 3 disc 4 instead :(

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I bought that Antec 350watt SmartPower 2.0 power supply at Best Buy (its 19.99 this week after rebate). I returned the first one and the new one is doing the same thing. The fan in the back NEVER spins, in the manual it says it will only spin when the temp is hot..... well there's a really hot smell that comes from the back of the power supply, it isn't like something is burning, its just a really hot smell. I've never really noticed this before with power supplies, is this just with Antec?

I've got an Antec NeoHE 550watt in my dual core system and its got the smell too, but not as bad as the 2 350's i've tried this week.

Dec 07, 2005 5:43pm PST

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LOTR Menz

While reading the Hobbit, they mentioned goblins a lot, their description sounded a lot like an orc. But now in the Lord of the Rings itself, it seems like "goblin" has been replaced with "orc". Are they the same thing? Or are they different? If they are the same, was the word used to describe them changed for any particular reason?

i know its probably not a huge deal but something i noticed thats been in the back of my mind.

Dec 07, 2005 5:39pm PST

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oh and there i go making a post under my gf's account :( sorry.

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The build my which my office resides is owned by AIG. They have posters up throught the building alterting users to the impending upgrade to the New Windows XP .

What takes companies that large so long to roll out new software? My wife works with a hospital and their big roll out was Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.x.

How long does it take to make sure it works with your systems? Is it just not a priority? Does their Q&A really take that long?

Dec 07, 2005 6:48pm PST

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Is 802.11b slow? What's the fastest you can download something on it? Will stuff like Xbox Live suffer?

Dec 07, 2005 6:43pm PST

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so the wife and I are sitting there watching a movie (mr. and mrs. smith) and i get the little "maulla has sent you a message" icon on the screen.

i say "hang on, let me check this" and I get the following:

"B=============)~~~~~~~~"

Of course, I have to explain this to the wife. And like any red blooded male, I respond with:

"E(_o_)3"

Long story short: don't watch DVDs with your wife on your 360 :|

Dec 07, 2005 6:27pm PST

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dear. god. nws

http://www.fhmus.com/images/cms/ct_its_your/iy_full_img/5.jpg
from http://www.fhmus.com/girls_its_your.asp?cnl_id=1&stn_id=5

Dec 07, 2005 6:43pm PST

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Is there a good reason we aren't playing CS at the usual place?

IGGY

Dec 07, 2005 4:07pm PST

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Great, check fedex.com today to see DELIVERED -- Left on porch. Signature Service not requested.

Uhh where on the porch again? Goddamnit, gg fedex.

Dec 07, 2005 6:42pm PST

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I rented the new cod game for the xbox in an attempt to practice my incredibly horrible console fps skills with the controller. Is there anyway to swap the joysticks so looking would be the right joystick and moving with the left? I think thats my problem :[

Dec 07, 2005 6:32pm PST

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my car handles much better when it's full of heavy stuff and terrible when it's empty

http://media.putfile.com/Bad-Suspension

Along with this her transmission/engine mounts where shot ( I could push on the pan of the engine and move the the whole drive train with ease), clutch was shot, under body was crushed from running over a few parking stones, muffler tailpipe was pushed into the muffler when hitting a wall backing up, engine is running on 2 out of 4 cylinders (170k never did a timing belt/water pump or tune-up)...along with several other problems. This car was not worth fixing and she is buying another car.
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Dec 07, 2005 4:49pm PST

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sweet jesus: http://austin.craigslist.org/cas/116590867.html

<clicks Reply-to:>

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ATTN: PHIL

http://img199.imageshack.us/img_viewer_framed.php?loc=img199&image=dscn1314fp8uv.jpg&gal=img199/4312/ofg26fv.jpg

Lots of womenz feets

Dec 07, 2005 6:44pm PST

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Wow, just received an e-mail that said for a limited time I could get Easy Media Creator 8 for 50% off and then a couple hours later I got one that said "Ooops, we meant 30% off." I looked at the price ($99.99US) and even at 50% off I would touch that bloated crap.

Dec 07, 2005 6:37pm PST

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Has anyone seen The Libertine yet?

Dec 07, 2005 6:23pm PST

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birthday brain beats, all fucking day. happy birthday to me

http://www.lastlife.net:8000/
nothing but fat music for 12 hours

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Repost from deep within another thread. I was curious if anyone else had any thoughts on this issue:

ItÃ¢Â€Â™s taken me a while to be able to appreciate that there are really three general groups of gamers, where I used to think that there were only two.

I used to think that there were hard-core gamers, who game religiously and devour games at a faster rate than innovative ones can be created, and the more casual crowd who really just want something simple to pick-up and while are a lot of fun, donÃ¢Â€Â™t require a large degree of evolved skill.

What I mean by evolved skill is the stuff that most folks around here would take for granted like the ability to aim with a mouse or to intuit what certain weapons or in-game items do, stuff that weÃ¢Â€Â™ve been doing for years and can generally just do on instinct. But I think that this hardcore group over the years has fragmented leaving us with three gamer types. This third, middle group likes to game. They love the flashiest graphics and has a good bit of this evolved skill but donÃ¢Â€Â™t have the time or commitment to be a real hardcore gamer so this player doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t get to consume a large number of games and this allows them to find freshness in games that are really only - in an evolutionary way - marginally different from what came before them. This group I think is what largely makes up the xbox / PS2 crowd.

I think that the truly hard core, live-to-game crowd have come full circle and transcended the lust for the shiniest game graphics for the sake of technology worship because if the mechanics are the same as what theyÃ¢Â€Â™ve seen a dozen times before they become quickly bored. So now they search to satisfy their gaming needs and end up more interested in games generally targeted at casual players because those games are more likely to be trying something truly original and because these games are geared to attract a wider audience they have to present them with game mechanics that havenÃ¢Â€Â™t been done before because the highly evolved game play mechanics of a game like say Half-life or Halo repels this crowd because they havenÃ¢Â€Â™t mastered its ancestors they canÃ¢Â€Â™t easily get into the derivative decedents.

I think that someone at Nintendo realizes this and they see Sony and Microsoft chomping at the bit to win the hearts and minds of this middle group and they see the two fringe groups (the ultra hard core and the casual) as an even larger market. I think that their strategy is to take that market before Sony and Microsoft realize this. ItÃ¢Â€Â™s really a brilliant plan and IÃ¢Â€Â™m curious to see how it plays out.

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