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  With much anticipation and glee I found my white elephant package sitting on my table yesterday evening. : mastarp
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    erease the addresses in the first photo please. :( : Optimus Prime
    • Just about to mention this! Otherwise, that's a sweet haul ;) : timmie
  • Holy jebus. Merry Christmas indeed! : Vantage
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    you are so getting an $.29 amazon vibrator! : davislovestacobell
    • it must be huge if it can vibrate the amazon : CoRDS
  • Awesome. Nice bunch of stuff there! =) : ThomW
  • Oh! you got the uncensored Farenheit! Digital Boobies! : ArtilleryMarker
  • Very cool. Always wanted to try that "The Thing" game. : megarust32
  • This is my obligitory "I 'worked' on the Thing" post. I actually just did some testing and a few demonstr... : angrytaxman
  • totally sweet! : virus
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    Yay! Glad you enjoyed it! I enjoyed Farenheit and Kotor but knew I'd never play them again, so I figured ... : jackrabbit
    • jackrabbit, you've put together an excellent conglomeration of stuff for MastarP. The collection of gam... : sHugamom

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  Sounds shady to me! : Nullzero
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    It is, and its for use at work. : chrisxtreme
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      I'm guessing you want to know when your boss is spying on you? : Nullzero
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        Nope : chrisxtreme
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          Seeing how much time someone's using AIM or something, or inversely, how much time they're actually spend : ThomW
          • No. I dont need time, I just need a little notification that xyz application is currently in use. : chrisxtreme
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  define 'using the processor' as I assume its always loaded, what are the criteria for 'using the processo... : BigT
  • consuming anything, right now I keep task manager a a very small size and check in on the cpu usage for i... : chrisxtreme

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  Most degrading portrayal of japanese society in years. : gibolas1234
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    What?? Takashi Miike's Dead or Alive? Ichi the Killer? Every Hentai / Anime in the last five yea... : tacocat
    • Pretty much every Yakuza movie ever made. : ChibiJosh
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      Agreed. I thought it was a great film, very out-of-the-ordinary, in that it was purely a character study,... : coldfusioncs
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        pro tip: lost in translation is a great makeout (or more) soundtrack : Crimson
        • Agreed. I've put it on a couple of times before getting it on! : senseimoron
        • any other private personal details you'd like to share? :-( : xqz43
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      I'm talking about american film. Japanese films aren't seen by the masses. A lot of people know about los... : gibolas1234
      • * L I P M Y S T O C K I N G ' D * : deathofrats
      • O RRY? : Experiment IV
  • Here's a hint - you see Japan through the lead characters' eyes. : SiW73
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    What? No way. The film was obviously very affectionate towards Japan as a country and a culture. The mo... : Chris Remo
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      Remowned. : Ebu
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        Leave Raymond out of this! : sgtsanity
        • But everyone loves him! :( : Ebu
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    How do you figure that? : Fred Garvin
    • that has already been covered in this thread, fread : Luminair
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    I felt this way as well. I was offended. : dognose
    • By the lack of explosions? : Fred Garvin
  • This is better: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11129040 : cornchak
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  I didn't really like it. I don't have a hardon for japan like 60% of the shack, so that could be it. It... : noven
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    I hated it, just like I hated that other Shack favorite, American Beauty. : sharkII
    • I didn't like American Beauty at all but I really dug Lost in Translation : warpdude
  • it's about an almost affair... that was a clear plot to me. : thebigbeefsandwich
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=9089421 : zuga
    • Agreed 100000000x Such a fantastic FEELING movie I must of sat there just thinking and feeling for ... : mastarp
    • Yep, totally agreed. : Chris Remo
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    That and LA Confidential, god I H8 those movies : Experiment IV
    • ^^^ future taintstabbing victim : genjuro
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  Now watch Last Life in the Universe. : d3tached
  • ^ tmk. I'd venture that its a far better movie too. Plus Takashi Miike has a cameo in it. : ThrillKill

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• I've heard bad things about Sonic Rush. : sgtsanity
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  peonix wright. just got it yesterday and it's awesome...makes me wish i didn't have finals so i could pl... : davislovestacobell
  • Darn, beaten to the punch again. Phoenix Wright FTW! : guido anchovy
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    i already have phoenix wright, meteos, advance wars, castlevania, mario kart : fsck
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      oh, trauma center then : davislovestacobell
      • I hate when people reply with games that arent being considered, but I gotta give another vote to Trauma ... : scatti
• I've gotta go with Animal Crossing if you've got WiFi to hook up with other Shackers. Otherwise, Mario & ... : ChibiJosh
• animal crossing, judging by the DS talk in here. : ghost hacker
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  Out of those, probably Animal Crossing so you don't miss the online goodness with Shackers. Then M&L tho... : Chris Remo
  • hey chris, how much impact will it lose if i missed the gba version do you think? I really really want to... : kainen1
• if you want a time sink, animal crossing. If you want a fun rpg adventure with classic marioness then ma... : sKetchflow
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  how many save slots in animal crossing and mario & luigi? : fsck
  • four in AC. dont know about mario and luigi : feek
  • Two in partners in time : algernoN8
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  Sonic Rush, bleh, maybe if you like sonic games. Mario+Luigi is about 20 hours of game time and I'm ha... : floated
  • I can never do the stupid hammer combo with the babies so I just stock up on green shells when I face ene... : melkore
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  update: just bought animal crossing and mario & luigi. thanks for the shackhype :[ : fsck
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    One of us one of us one of us : Omning
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      Would my daughter who is 6 be able to play Animial Crossing? : cbslf
      • not with shackers unless you want her to grow up fast : alexthegreat2
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    Shackhype is right. Not one town was open yesterday. I even had mine open and no one joined. :( : Edges
    • i had the same problem, maybe you should add me ;) : verginator
• Partners in time, this game is awesome and is getting overlooked because of Animal Crossing (which I stil... : joesnizzle

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  appears useless : land
  • I declare this post deprecated! : rosewood
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  Maybe it's my lack of coffee this morning, but this doesn't seem right to me. public class ParseSour : sharkII
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    well, it's confusing as all get out and poorly written to boot. Why check for the same thing twice, when ... : land
    • It's not my code... someone just checked it in. I scheduled a meeting tomorrow to discuss it's silliness. : sharkII
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    I wouldn't touch it if it works. The only thing I've learned about coding in the corperate setting is... : walker270
    • refactoring isn't a buzzword, and you only do it as long as you can prove it doesn't change how it works.... : manero
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    it goes through a string for stuff separated by '::' (up to 6 of them) and returns them as separate strin... : gegtik
    • santa : c0bra
  • It's been a while since I did Java (C guy) but here's what it does with input = "foo::bar" curPos = 0 ... : land
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    it doesn't seem right because it's written backwards, he's parsing through the results array not the inpu... : alexthegreat2
    • not parsing but iterating bleh : alexthegreat2
  • If you can't figure it out, maybe rewrite it using a StringTokenizer instead. I love StringTokenizers. ... : yonderboy
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    stop rewriting the API. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/lang/String.html#split(java.lang.... : verbatim
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      or string tokenizer if regex's make your brain hurt : Clay
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        input.split("::",6); would make your brain hurt? : verbatim
        • clay is a simple man with a simple plan: restart squabble : Luminair

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• MMmm.. Sammy DLP. Lookin good! : khaosman
• Yep, I hate you. looks nice dude : Omning
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  nice system, but... you have a carpet on the carpet ? you crazy foreigners. : BigT
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    Well thats what we do in America. : Saman
    • Speak for yourself weirdo! ;) : FormerHPB
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    yeah but it totally ties the room together. : Turd Ferguson
    • can't argue about that.. : BigT
    • thats, like, your opinion, man : jcutner
    • Yes walter but... : TheTick
  • Looks like berber carpet which is hard flat carpet. I have the same thing, though my rug is thicker so i... : iamgoat
• *jealous* : Mr.SEX
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  the receiver/amp appears to be the Panasonic SA-XR55S : emacs
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    You'd be correct! Good eye! : Saman
    • ... because i just purchased one a few weeks ago :) : emacs
• Envy...rising. On the sound side I'm pretty set, but my old sony crt doesn't stand a chance :(. : josecuervo
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  How much did that TV set you back? : Begawkiness
  • and what size is it : nadasurf2
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    http://www.dbuys.com/product/?5254&cart_id=3025383 $1929.00 shipped. Its a 50". : Saman
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      nice... I can do that for $2000. I can't wait to buy my first house and just gadjet the hell out of it. : mc-fine
      • The entire sound system + DVD was done for about 1400, thats with cables. : Saman
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  The 'feet' on those Athenas might do a number on your carpet. We have something similar, and I just pull... : TenaciousPimple
  • Naw...its berber... : Saman
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  What stand is that? : josecuervo
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    http://www.circuitcity.com/ssm/Nea-Moda-Wide-TV-Stand-220337-/sem/rpsm/oid/110765/catOid/-12892/rpem/ccd/... : Saman
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      Booo, I like it, but my media niche is 57 1/3 inches :(, and that is 58 inches wide. : josecuervo
      • I got it because it was one of the few I could find locally that a) fit my TV nearly perfectly and b) had... : Saman
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  Did you get that coffee table from the Roomstore by any chance? I have one exactly like that. : riptyde
  • Value City funiture when i was a wee lad...24. : Saman
• Ha! I have a sammy and Athena setup as well. : Duss
• whats that remote for? it looks exactly the same as the one for my Bell ExpressVu DVR : tunis5000

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• Nah, that's fine. Just as long as you do it, I say. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Dont waiste money on over nighting that. : cbslf
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  I'm going to try and compile it and mail it in a day after I get back from finals, but that's only becaus : sgtsanity
  • Same here, I'm going home on thursday so I'll have my mom send it out from work on friday. : fry975
• Did you get yours yet? :) : LordPall

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• okay i'm on now. : kbnerd
• Jump on and chill the fuck out before I own your asses with Aussie indie : TastyWheat
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  cool, I've been wanting to hear more of Chicane's stuff. Except now i have to stay up even later =[ : yAak
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    it's not that late. it's 4am here. : kbnerd
    • 2am here, yeah... gunna be ravaging the coffee pot tomorrow at work. : yAak
• Chicane rules - love that album. : SpaecKow
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  This track is the best 10min Chicane have ever done. EVER. : TastyWheat
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    EVER. They'll never beat this. This track kicks my ass then spoons me afterwards. : TastyWheat
    • Its surprising how many times i've heard it... and still love it. : yAak
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  is this the original Halcyon? i've only heard a different mix before.. : yAak
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    Yup. : TastyWheat
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      Yay for favorable Australian versions of albums :) : SpaecKow
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        You totally have to get those levels sorted out : TastyWheat
        • I'm drawing boobs right now, THIS WEEKEND. : SpaecKow
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  OK fog hats, time for The Trio! : TastyWheat
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    This aussie band plays my hometown in a week's time. Heart. : TastyWheat
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      I really don't see the big deal about Senor Butlero... :( : SpaecKow
      • He can play like small dog! Small dog = good, somehow : TastyWheat
• i really need you to send me indie Australian cd's now. : kbnerd
• My PC shuts down in 41min so that Rydogg can jump on. : TastyWheat
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  RyDogg's Bootlegs! So I'm playing some shows from my massive bootlegs collection, here are the info file... : RyDogg1
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    good show, i love the police. is that built to spill next? : deathmuppeter
    • it is! i love you. i should really go to bed, but i have to listen to this now. : deathmuppeter
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  Ugly Casanova - BUILT TO SPILL 2005-06-10 DISC 1 T01 : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Update: this song is still kicking my ass!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Did you see what track it was? The first song they played? : RyDogg1
      • Nope, but the whole thing was pretty long. I think I listened to just about all of it. : Maddog_Delphi97
• ms1993-07-04t10.shn : Maddog_Delphi97
• ms1993-07-04t17.shn wow : Maddog_Delphi97

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  http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/13/science/13essa.html : foo the feeble
  • Took me awhile to understand what you were doing :) : fuji-juice
  • touche' ...brilliant ... : BigT
• Informative! I've never actually thought about this. Why everybody runs out and buys the same records etc... : physio
• cool read! : inchwide

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• I'm currently using iPSP, and it's really buggy -- to the point of inoperability without swimming through... : SLUDGE^

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  THAR SHE BLOWS! IT BE THE WHITE ELEPHANT, ARRR! This is probably going to get FP'd (in which case I'll : halophoenix
  • Nice. I love all these posts showing the WE loot! : FormerHPB
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    Links dead? Not working for me. : Nixx2004
    • Now they work, weird. : Nixx2004

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• They should have let this franchise die before they even made the first one. If it's not bad enough that... : losimagic
• I loved the postal games, despite Postal2's engine flaws. They're fun times :( : Paranoid Android
• Yay, can't wait to play it. I still fire up Postal2 now and then to piss on some flaming decapitated hea... : Halen
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  what a waste of money. : jedi_27
  • $60 for postal game? I just can't suffer through a buggy game for that kind of money. : byorn
• You know the Postal 2 did something that almost no other FPS has... free roaming gameplay. I LOVE that i... : Dynotaku

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• yeah I listened to that album in 96/97 ish not bad but not great either. If you like NIN or tool it's w... : alexthegreat2

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• Turn off the lights and dim the brightness settings ont he LCD while you work. its what i had to do. T... : alwaysalone
• i just got glasses last week after i broke mine like 6 months ago. i forgot them last night and felt that... : kbnerd
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  ha ha four eyes : mikecyb
  • ^^^lol I can't wait to see this, with my 2 working eyes. : askedrelic
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  So you ended up getting glasses? : plunkymeadows
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    yeah, i did. it's weird to have bad eyes but not be able to perceive blurry vision. i apparently mistake ... : dahanese
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      I have a "nerve" that is "swollen", dahanese, you can see it fine with out your glasses. : cbslf
      • i take cash only. : dahanese
      • one would need strong optics to be able to spot that thing : gegtik
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      that's because it happens so slowly that you don't even notice it... I went around two years without an e... : mikecyb
      • That helps also when your picking up girls at a bar. : cbslf
    • Pics of you in your glasses and nothing else. : Kaiser
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  Life IS pain. /goth : busdriver3030
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    Anyone who says differently is selling something. : Ebu
    • Inconceivable! : Halen
    • that is a great movie : Mr.SEX
    • hahaha, TPB. took me a while to remember that! : slickdoody
• I'm a' already blind. It's a me, astigmatism! : EvilDolemite

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• Oh fuck. Have Peugeot/Renault pulled out by now too? And Skoda don't even count. Fucksake. :( : node
• that's written to make it not be obvious that FIA changes made them leave, then they stick the Dakar rall... : Luminair
• Wait, what's going on now? Holy crap?! :( : jrock
• In other racing news...Audi will be the first company to race a diesel powered car for Lemans races. htt... : retardhumper
• ouch, i haven't been able to really keep track of the WRC this year (besides your awesome posts) but i re... : spaceninja
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  why didn't you tell me richard burns died?! :( I only realized this from a recent Top Gear ep! : jcutner
  • I found out when I watched the race of champions. They had a moment of silence for him. : Turd Ferguson
• Mitsubishi is so dead in the water. : not work safe
• pretty soon it's just gonna be people running the courses making car noises. : inchwide
• They should have never outlawed group B. : EvilDolemite
• Die FIA die... I hope 2008 pushes them under. : Lunatic Angelic
• what the frack, this I did not see coming o_O you woudl think NOW would be a good time to assault WRC ... : moe6

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  Considering your purchase plans, I think the Twinkie isle at a 7-11 will do you just fine. : asylumn
  • bah! i'm not a sweets kind of guy. Weed + Pizza is where it's at. : kenmis

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  Wow, ATi had better get their new southbridge out and with fewer problems than their current ones or they... : Fyunch Click
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    indeed, Nvidia saw a way to potentially stiffle ATI and took it. now if only they'd roll out some 2496... : Toraz Chryx
    • oh jeez, that thought makes me fap. : Fyunch Click
    • looks like nv are looking to move into the system builder market : chazums
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  It blows my mind that a company like that goes for $52 million, while IGN goes for 650 Million. WTF!? ... : aethyr
  • Company prices are usually found by looking at profit, profit margin, and projected growth rates for the ... : lowayne
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  who/what is uli? i'm tech retarded. : ibrokn
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    Uli is a nihilist. : freshyk
    • Shut the fuck up, Donny! : Fyunch Click
• OMG OMG OMG wtf is Uli? : skinlab133

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  Okays, so this guy shows up in my store on Monday with an Xbox 360 (non-core of course) in tow. Still in : Rotten Deadite
  • His utter stupidity is your gain, nice! : pigvomit
  • Good for you! : sharkII
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    SELL IT ON EBAY DAMNIT! Northing worth playing yet. : Jimbo Ro
    • Well I'm convinced. *ebay'd* : nomaad
  • nice! : Silent Wolf
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    Very cool. Where is it you work? : cookblaze
    • Pawn-Derosa : Degenerate
• never underestimate rich kids and reefer. : GonzoRookie

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• I don't think you'll only be seeing Alabama stuff in her hand. : NFXFSX
• if only it were notre dame : p4ck3tloss
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  lol, what a flattering pic : moshman
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    Yeah, she has never seen it, I cant wait to show her the improved version of it. : cbslf
    • Anyone?!?! : cbslf
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  took about 10 seconds so don't expect a lot but, hey.. its something. http://www.pullchain.us/alabama.... : FirmButtstone
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    haha..that is great!! : cbslf
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      Just to take a few more seconds and make it a bit better. http://www.pullchain.us/alabama2.jpg : FirmButtstone
      • ROLL TIDE'D : kainen1
• Repost this in GBS. Results will be hilarious. Maybe not for you though. : matrix

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• With old style sitcoms, the 4:3 format actually fit the material better at times, closing the characters ... : Paranoid Android
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  Originally, all movies were made using a 4:3 aspect ratio : devi| dog
  • err, tired here, had a final at 8 am... disreguard that and I'll play next time alex. : devi| dog

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  That can't be, the PS3 is the only system that does 1080p and HD actually doesn't even exist right now. : EvilDolemite
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    Don't forget the Real Time Synergistic Quantum Drive Pixel Processing Render Vector Quark Engine Ultra De... : mojoald
    • Just remember there's a risk of phenomemna escaping from the console and creating a micro singularity : j33uk
• Yes, it looks simply amazing. And it's supposed to be out in April. Singleplayer, 3vs3 (!), Coop - the wh... : bargeld
• This is what I am waiting to buy an XBOX 360 for. : MatthewPhillips

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  as expected my hard drive just exploded : Luminair
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    I should not have done that, I think I opened a rift in space-time leading back to 1993 : Luminair
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      yeah, mine has been running for 3 minutes now :/ : sharkII
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        you know what is kind of cool, after I closed explorer and it crashed, certain visual features cause audi... : Luminair
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          Mine is still going... wth. : sharkII
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            gegtik wins again! : FormerHPB
            • When you guys are done with that, try this: Bring up a command prompt and type "format C:". If it promp... : CRasterImage
    • Ya, I have 8 Mapped Network Drives... and all hell broke loose... (expecting call from system admin, as... : ShadowRam
• nice.. didn't know that : Shadowdane
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  eh, great, but I fail to see the use of it : rookieone
  • get out of my thread : gegtik
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  shit i forgot about my mapped network drives - explorer now at 100% cpu : industro
  • dude gegtik just owned you hard : busdriver3030
• Find the Root for the internet and hit '*' : ShadowRam
• ill try that on the d drive between my legs : deep gray
• lol this is like in counter-strike when people say type gg money in console for 16k and then half the ser... : infiltrator`