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• god damn back to overview button. : draconic

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  Wut? Season 2 took a 6 month break wherein they released the first 10 episodes on DVD. The 2 episodes... : brickmatt
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    yeah but it lists as season 2 on their site. I bought season 2. I want all of season 2, not some half ass... : cigam
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      lol u believed something you read on the internet. ZING!]/ : eskimo spy
      • how is that a zing? sorry that i would trust the official site. : cigam
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  you need to read more closely. that is a season 2.0 dvd set. the 1st half of season 2, the shows aired up... : eskimo spy
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    What? Sorry I just started BSG and to somebody that hasn't been buttfuckign the series daily like you hav... : cigam
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      wow lay off the meth. : eskimo spy
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        So you are going to getting banned now for a personal attack right? I don't do drugs. And yes pup, I get ... : cigam
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          lol ban him for saying you do drugs. are you high? : pupismyname
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            I've been banned for less, so yes. : cigam
            • lay off the meth. : pupismyname
            • You sir are a winner! you bring a smile to me because of the diffrences in our attitudes! : Jaxle
    • yes, get pissed at eskimo spy because he's the one that deserves it. good work. : pupismyname
    • lol always the charmer : acheron
    • I haven't buttfucked the series or even really paid attention and even I knew that. I'm not even on drugs... : zakk
    • *SHOOT THE MESSENGER'D* : YamatoTwinkie
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      Haha, "shits." I go out of my way to say "shits" instead of "shit" as much as possible. It gets me ever... : Chris Remo
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        its best if you refer to shits as a singular noun : gegtik
        • eg. this shits : gegtik
• i think you are mistaken or misreading there are 20 total episodes of season 2, only 10 of which have ... : grendel
• you should probably look into these things BEFORE you buy them. When has a DVD set ever contained episod... : SenorSpine
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  is the info here correct? http://epguides.com/BattlestarGalactica/ ep 19-20 of season 2 is schedul... : fsck
  • I'm going with "No." SciFi's usual thing is to break seasons up into two parts (June/July - September,... : walker270
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  yes the title is confusing, but it's almost like season 2 is split into 2 seperate sub-seasons. so you b... : pupismyname
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    Not yet, anyway. I wouldn't be surprised at all to see them release season 2.5 and then a complete seaso... : pyrogen
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      Of course. TPTB have already said a 90 minute version of Pegasus exists, which isn't included in the 2.0... : walker270
      • Yep, it's been pushed back to the 2.5 set (although I'm personally betting on a full Season 2 box-set bei... : sgtsanity
• damn that gay shit. Damn those damn gay gayers. Gayer McGayerson. GAYAGAYAYF : geedeck

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  :( OK that's it, I'm going home tonight and watching the entire run to prevent further spoilers :( Hel : dodob
  • wtf it was spoiler tagged! You shouldn't click this one: He doesn't die and SHANON THE CYLON COMES BAC : TotalFusionOne
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  You should sleep! Maybe you'd get better at CS:S. : ArtilleryMarker
  • I can't do that to you, I know being good at CS:S is all you have in your sad little life ;\ : TotalFusionOne
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  There is just something I like about Helo, he's not that distinct a character, but he's pretty badass, an... : SpaecKow
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    Dood.. he's creepy stalker guy.. He KNEW about the trist Sharon had with the other guy.. and he's still a... : TotalFusionOne
    • He's a standard military guy. He'll take some ass wherever he can get it. : AcesnEights
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    Secodnary characters? Cali FTW <3<3 : node
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      Dood.. what is it about mechanics lately? Cali and Kaylee FTW FTW : TotalFusionOne
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        Fuck yes! Man, I thought I was the only shacker. They're both the coolest/hottest characters in those sho... : node
        • Dood.. I just saw the finale from season one.. I don't even know whos still alive man.. I'm like.. gahhhh... : TotalFusionOne
    • It is spelt Cally. : NFXFSX
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  Oh for fucks sake :( I was in one of those dopey "hey just click the spoiler!" moods should've made yo... : abrasion
  • Hey.. i'm sorry.. But if it makes you feel any better Adama gets the president pregnant. : TotalFusionOne
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  I'm not aware of a character named Shannon : Luminair
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    Shannon = Boomer Boomer is her callsign. : NFXFSX
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      Boomer = Sharon Valerii : riptyde
      • Whoops.....I was tired. : NFXFSX
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      Sharon? : AcesnEights
      • pwned?...... : ssj4megaman

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• done, Monkey Island forever! : onji
• no xwing :( : BigT
• Grim Fandango : Sylvanus
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  why the fuck can't I vote for Tie Fighter? : DonkeyPopsicle
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    It's not an adventure game? : MurrayTheSkull
    • wait, fuck nm it didn't specify what genre. : MurrayTheSkull
  • ^ because thé 'Lucasart' is no more :( only an empty shell that churns out mediocre games. : BigT
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  Full Throttle FTW! But MI and GF were great too. : guido anchovy
  • ^all of the above are great 'old school' games. : BigT
• Voted for Grim Fandango. Bought it as soon as it was available, fell in love as soon as I started the gam... : SlamDunk
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  where the fuck are the good games : Luminair
  • OH NO YOU DIIN'T : SiW73
  • ur fucken ded : JINKY
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  if only the people at lucasarts paid attention at this poll and bring sequels of these great games instea... : r3dn3ck
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    Nooo, don't give them suggestions! : AcesnEights
    • oops... too late.... the development of this game started two hours ago... : r3dn3ck
  • lol, I hate to admit it, but I'd play that game in a heartbeat : Judicator.Khas
• WTF no Day of the Tenticle? : Str8Dog
• I don't understand, the Curse of Monkey Island isn't a LA classic, the Secret of Monkey Island is. : scythide
• I didn't really want to vote for any of the ones I love (like RTX Red Rock!!!) because it would be terrib... : Chris Remo

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• yeah, i heard it was fucking awesome fun! : radula
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  Yeah, for some reason the shack counterstrike server hasn't gotten around to loading it up yet... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    for some reason = admins don't sit glued to the server 24/7 hoping some patch is released so they can res... : ashkie
    • Now now........ : tomservo
    • Then what the hell are we paying you for!? Oooooh... right. : Sarcastro
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      They're too busy keeping shackspace working. : not work safe
      • Shackspace is working? Oh snap, it is again! : Freon
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    It has been up on it since about 30 min after the update came out. : themelon
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      I must've been on the wrong server then... wait, is there more than one shack CounterStrike server? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        nope. It is not the only map in rotation though...... : themelon
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          Never mind, I got to play it. It's.. VERY lopsided in favor of T's. : Maddog_Delphi97
          • Also, I noticed that I have one of the LOWEST pings on that server, heh. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • You missed the boat. You came late to the server, we already played it, and now it's moving on to other ... : megarust32

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• is this review better than the arstechnica one? : sigpro
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  And we also found that applications that aren’t yet Intel-native—which must run : BaBOon
  • um, ALL _THE_ apps, Apple's (except their pro-apps, which are due in march) are universal already... I... : Toraz Chryx

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  what's the c-bomb? : Mr.SEX
  • CUNT : gegtik
• This is a perk of being an Ex-Brit, I can concur on this. Ya fockin c00nt! : PlanetPerfecto
• "Cus I fookin' told yew too ya Dutch cunt!]*" Oh wait that's Scottish : snuff
• I drop it constantly. I don't discriminate against slurs. : BaBOon
• Yeah used it in an office once - They thought it was the worse word evar!!! Of course they used dick almo... : Jonathan
• i dont get why you cant say cunt. : spdon

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• I...I...I must love it. : Deathlove
• Anyone ever use that BeyondTV software? How does that compair to Windows MCE : trevis

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  This is my fav so far: http://mywebpages.comcast.net/guidoanchovy/youannoyme.gif : guido anchovy
  • Wow these are about 1,000,000 times funnier than actual Garfiled strips. And by that I mean I'm occasiona... : Dynotaku
• Hehehe. www.stoldark.com/images/gfield.gif : ieGod
• http://dko5.shackspace.com/pics/garfield.gif I couldn't stop laughing at this one. : DKo5
• http://mywebpages.comcast.net/guidoanchovy/gettingfatter.gif I love this thing. : guido anchovy

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  Unless you are making large prints, I'd say no. Especially if the zoom lens, motor, shutter response time... : Serpico74
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    I say yes even if he's not making large prints. This is for two reasons: One: You may make large prin... : angrytaxman
    • the second reason is super important. Imagine taking a macro picture of a spider, and then zooming way in... : BenMurphy
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      I see your points, cropping especially. I had a Nikon D100, 6.1MP digital SLR (I'm on to a Canon 20D now) : Serpico74
      • Hell, cropping into a full res 5MP image is just fine, especially if its going to go on a web gallery or ... : Serpico74
    • good points on the cropping. also, a year or two from now i just dont wanna be all "omg i wish i had more... : sexninja!!!!
    • Do people actually make prints anymore? I feel like everyone is trapped into the mindset of "oh, im gonna... : flasher 907
• Get the S70 or S80 - surely the S70 is quite cheap now with the S80 out. It's wide angle - yet still w... : abrasion
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  don't forget the issues of storage space on your PC! 7.1mp files are going to eat up your hard drives qu... : adev
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    i got a 1 gig card, plus i could always resize em, right? whats the avg size of a 7mp jpg? : sexninja!!!!
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      2-4mb depending on what is in the shot : moshman
      • I have the camera in question and it estimates around 260 pictures for a 1gb stick. it always turns out t... : moshman
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  for GAY pictures ? : polansk
  • polansk deliers : sexninja!!!!

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  hahaha, I finally beat CoD2 on veteran to nab all the gamerscore points. And I know I died way more than... : burningtrees
  • I couldn't get past the first fight on Veteran. : essdub
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    im almost done with it on regular, i knwo i want to play through it on veteran but its gonna be really to... : maulla
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      Yeah, the biggest things I learned from making it through veteran are: 1) squadmates won't protect you... : burningtrees
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        I really wish everyone in Germany didn't aim for you every time you popped your head up. And, yeah, the ... : guido anchovy
        • Yeah, for the times you're supposed to hole up for 5 minutes and defend against waves of Germans, its a t... : burningtrees
      • Oh man the Germans so obviously only aiming for you got on my nerves after a while. I remember walking t... : Begawkiness
  • I'm just about to finisht the Russian mission of Veteran, but chasing this tank around after blowing up t : sigpro

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  certainly is unfair. They were out played imo, they tried hard but couldn't pick it up fast enough. : chazums
  • having read that it seems like a joke to me. : chazums
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  oh Wife stabs you once shame on her. Wife stabs your twice shame on you! : kanix
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    This is going to haunt you. It's still gathering steam, but just wait. : losder5000
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      yeah, this is a classic in the making : Mustang|
      • Just let it happen. : SockMonkeh
• It's satire. : smoking pets
• brushback is a satire site, bro : Deathlove
• say what. its a fake article....... : Mustang|
• That was a good read. Made me chuckle thrice. : edifus

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• bump for morning : epit
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  doesn't do a thing here.. u have any extensions that might be doing this? : Shadowdane
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    must be one of em. my list is here: http://home.socal.rr.com/epit/ExtensionsList.html : epit
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      It happens for me too, no idea what it's doing though. I think the only extension we share is AdBlock. Ma... : wasylm
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        just tried that. doesnt disable it as far as I can tell. and the (*) goes away if you refresh : epit
        • It goes away if you do it again too. : wasylm

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  the writers have admitted that they make it up as they go along. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • But they also said that they have the basic gist of the next four seasons planned out. : c0bra
• I missed the first 40 minutes last night! Can someone tell me what happened? What happened with the secur... : mankeroo
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  I don't understand what your problem is. What were you expecting? Underwhelming? What do you want it to b... : dmiller
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    Yeah I don't understand the hate for this show now, I still think it is great. : Mustang|
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      If the show doesn't go the way someone was expecting it to go they get angry. : SockMonkeh
      • I was bitterly angry before Lost came about, and I will be bitterly angry long after it is gone. : losder5000
    • Ditto. Jack's story was amazingly well done last night. In fact, the last two backstories were a high-poi... : dmiller
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    Dude. Homicidal smoke and fucking JUNGLE PIRATES. Oh and of course, when finally given the chance to sit : BaBOon
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      This is everything that we saw last year. Being outraged about it now is just dumb. Stop and smell the ro... : dmiller
      • Should've read: This is everything that we saw last year, just with more detail. : dmiller
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      still not seeing a problem. It sounds like people wrote their own stories in their heads and if it doe... : Mustang|
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        I think it's more of a "I feel cheated I've been strung along for this amount of time". Yes it's a piece... : kgargonmagrix79
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          I don't even understand the cheated sentiments. : dmiller
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            I don't feel cheated. Christ I didn't even have my own personal theory, I just think those two "revolatio... : BaBOon
            • Or a made-for-tv sci-fi show? : SockMonkeh
    • Those guys clearly weren't going to answer any questions. : SockMonkeh

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• check the README. Sometimes the compile options are stored in a .conf file, other times you use switches... : rosewood

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• oh and someone please repost this whenever FP shows up. I got to go back to bed. goodnight! :) : Optimus Prime
• Battlestar Galactia on iTunes? : mace
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  pop-up ads during shows? I am not sure I have experienced this. : riptyde
  • really? usually they do it in the bottom right corner of the screen. depends on what station you're watch... : strider_
• I'm not interested in paying a couple of bucks for each episode of a show that I could have recorded in H... : weaselmeister
• Pay for a video in a resolution that make it absolutely useless on anything but a portable video player? ... : BaBOon
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  So getting modded up on /. is a good thing now? : asylumn
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    It makes his E-Penis bigger. I almost never read the /. comments anymore. Generally they are just fil... : themelon
    • It's not showing up, because he got overzealous and set the threshold to 5. Change it to 3, and then you'... : zohar79
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  MLB? The mlb has been broadcasting every game (including home, away and spanish broadcasts) online going ... : pigz
  • ^^^ Yea wtf. MLB games online is oldschool shit. : rosewood
• cable offers higher quality video and even a few HD channels which are uber quality compared to itunes vi... : Turd Ferguson
• I can't stop cable as long as they show hockey and baseball :( Although nowadays I mostly watch hockey o... : alexthegreat2
• you know for a bunch of crazy libertarians, shackers sure to complain about advertisements an awful lot : mikecyb
• Release torrents of shows on the same day the show airs, for free, in a new video format that has unskipp... : Judicator.Khas
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  Which post is your post? Its not a waste of money when you want 1) Shows as they air (usenet and torr... : rosewood
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11481968 : zohar79

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• Did you post your gmail on the shack? Cause I did and that caused problems for a bit...but its calmed do... : cookblaze
• same here : onji
• Nope. Nuttin'... : SilverSnake
• nope, i don't use my gmail really at all. I check it once every month or so : sigpro
• No, but on a related note, I just had an e-mail to a friend's work bounce back to me because "your email ... : riptyde
• nope, all my other accounts however have seen a large rise in spam though starting a couple of days ago :... : sharkII
• Yeah, I kept getting some stupid seminar emails. : guido anchovy
• Yep : c0bra
• For the first time in months, I spam message slipped past Gmail's filter and entered my inbox. The overal... : aavenr
• It's been getting worse for me as well. : malevolence
• Yup same here. I went from almost no spam to 4~5 every 12 hours. I was wondering if google was letting th... : trevis

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  Pretty good if you go by Ubisofts and those franchises past record. : bargeld
  • \m/ : maulla
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  i can understand splinter cell, but what's new and exciting about ghost recon AWF? : Silent Wolf
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    awesome visuals, the gameplay sounds fun, MP + co-op = win : maulla
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      did they confirm the co-op? They stopped talking about it and I worried they took it out. : Silent Wolf
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        in oxm it says "..split-screen, system link, and xbox live-compatible coop play on any single-player miss... : maulla
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          that sounds hot. : chazums
          • yes, yes it does : maulla
        • I was like 80% sure I was buying it before. Now it's 100%. : ]aratex[

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• that is so hot : freakord
• that could be very cool. : chazums

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• Stock "analysts" are about as full of shit as they come. : rosewood

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  DVRs FTW. : mojoald
  • Seriously. I love being able to watch at my own schedule / pace. : rosewood

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  does the poop still blow up? : sigpro
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    Unfortunately.. no. : bozer
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      Is the bathroom accessible? I was a CT and didn't get a chance to go in their or see a T open the door. : thejm4n
      • Yup, and the toilet looks a lot murkier. Theres a lot of cool shit going on inside the house now. There i... : bozer

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• Only problem I have is there aren't any hardware encoding tv tuner drivers. : intothefray
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  How about performance in games? Are the ATI drivers any good? : roggor
  • There was a hardware site that did a test on this. I think it was HardOCP. There's hardly any increase ... : silent77
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  ive got two machines running it without any severe problems. and i've run WoW, POP, QUake no problems, ex... : yay4furryanimals
  • have you got hl2? Valve release an update for x64 stuff recently. : chazums

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  No the next one is about an alien evil, of unimaginable horror, and a small town american family that mus... : xocsida
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    This is what makes me an elitist ivory Tower motherfucker, I consider Dune to be light reading. : SpaecKow
    • yeah i picked up a koontz book for a vacation once .. . . i didn't read again for like 6 months blec... : fuzzydamnit
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      Don't get me wrong. I read dune and enjoyed it too, but sometimes I just like something light and quick.... : xocsida
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        and if you want some seriously fun reading, pick up one of Richard Marcinko's navy SEAL books. They are ... : xocsida
        • Sounds good. Any specific book recommendations? : Judicator.Khas
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        I read the Prey series by John Sandford for quick entertainment. Also, his Kidd novels are pretty dece... : mmogger
        • I just read my first Prey novel. Quick and entertaining. :) : silent prophet
    • Yea, Herbert is pretty light. : c0bra
• He just said "macadam" again : dognose
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  the only good Koontz book is The Watchers : kbnerd
  • You = wrong. Strangers is the one worth reading. : asylumn
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    Intensity was great for me. : pimpium
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      I just found out they made a TV movie about that. : dognose
      • I cant speak for the movie, havent seen that one yet. Im not sure it could be as good as the book. it ju... : pimpium
  • I enjoyed Odd Thomas. Listened to it on a CD while on a long drive awhile back. : Zakko
  • The only Koontz book I've ever been able to finish was One Door Away From Heaven. I found it entertainin... : digitalburro
  • Many of are probably entertaining, it's just that you don't want to read too many of them. : p4ck3tloss
• Book of the Week club. : p4ck3tloss

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• Edit: requires a mini-ATX micro-ATX. : sharkII
• I'll take that as a no... ? : sharkII
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  Looks ok to me for what it'll be used for. I especially like how there are no fans whatsoever on the boa... : guido anchovy
  • oh yeah... that is a good thing. I didn't even notice that :) : sharkII
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  ASRock don't make great boards but you might be ok. : chazums
  • ASRock is Asus though. I would doubt the supply chain and manufacturing would be different between th... : sharkII
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  Just bought that motherboard to replace a coworker's dying eMachine. Worked great. With a new PSU it's ac... : zyklonbee
  • If ZyklonBee says so, then it must be! Alright, I'll place the order tonight. : sharkII

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• Okay, I was wrong and this is weird. Now, scrollwheel only works in Outlook and nothing else. What the...... : essdub
• firefox seems to lock with scroll more than occasionally when I have 4+ tabs and switch tabs while loadin... : p4ck3tloss