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  http://127.0.0.1 Install Linux, problem solved. Or: 1) get a cheap computer 2) install Linux/*B... : verbatim
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    Actually I run linux already. The problem I have is that I am on a shared connection with 3 flatmates, an... : Kenshin_
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      I use web-mania.com ... 20 ukp/year, shell, apache, mysql, email, ssh, ftp, etc. Shared server though (of... : jcupitt
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        Sounds cheap. The more I think about it, the more I realise I would like to host on my own PC, or else s... : Kenshin_
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          Heh, yes, that would be easier. Couldn't you plug in a machine before the router? : jcupitt
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            I can't :( There's a wireless router which I am plugged in to, and then from that it goes into a locked ... : Kenshin_
            • Sorry, don't now what UPnP is. If there's a port of any sort forwarded, you can run apache on it (but I g... : jcupitt

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  not really directly helping here, but have a look at "code snippets" in the tools menu, some good pre-don... : Gaurav Sharma
  • I just picked it up in my safari bookshelf : rosewood
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  You probably just need to catch the exception. What I mean is, find the line of code that is bitching, an : yakz
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    I know right where the exception is, it shows me when I run the debug. DirectoryInfo info = ne : rosewood
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      check your .NET 2.0 permissions (administrative tools > 2.0 configuration > runtime securities) : Gaurav Sharma
      • ^^ Should check this, since getting a DirectoryInfo doesn't throw an exception with default configuration : yakz
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      Do you have it inside of a try/catch block? : yakz
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        No. I stole borrowed the code directly from http://authors.aspalliance.com/olson/methods/GetDirectoryFil... : rosewood
        • If you really want to understand what's going on, it sounds like you are going to have to start at someth... : bording
  • As a slight bit of explanation... any exception that can occur has to be handled somewhere. A lot of thin... : yakz
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  is the dir on a server? I have a feeling the .net is a little security happy. Use a try { //stuff... : chazums
  • Im trying to start simple by just getting the contents for C:\ : rosewood
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  brb in 5 minutes i'll do it in java : Yanks
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    That doesn't really help me learn anything about C# but thanks. : rosewood
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      use a try catch to catch the exception, just ignore it. It's probably being thrown via the permissions. ... : ra1n
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        Except that if it's throwing an exception, it probably isn't doing what he wants it to do either, so just... : bording
        • The exception is a permissions exception and it makes no sense because I have full permissions to C:\. ... : rosewood
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        Actually it will be on just one computer. I got bored with reading the book so I tried to just jump in... : rosewood
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          go to rent a coder and pay someone $1.50 ;) : ra1n
          • Youre right, I need some fucking interns or some shit. : rosewood
        • thats what i normally end up doing. It's fairly effective as long as you realise when you're lost and st... : chazums
  • meh i'll post it anyway as i really wanted to make something in java: import java.io.*; import java : Yanks
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  Look up FileWatcher. Forget the directory reading/array saving stuff. : hanfeitzu
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    Sorry, System.IO.FileSystemWatcher : hanfeitzu
    • yup do this.. u can do it with an array and compare the two arrays but this is much easier. : Shadowdane
  • Yeah, you should have the events pushed to you instead of polling. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Here you go... using System; namespace ConsoleApplication1 { class Class1 { STAThread] : Str8Dog

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  When I say "expensive", I mean about $50 US per gigabyte of transfer. That seems rather over-priced to me... : protozone
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    Holy crap that's expensive. : guido anchovy
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      Cell phone internet access is cheaper here : fluffy64
      • Don't get me wrong... broadband for residential purposes is significantly cheaper. It's just that many IS... : protozone
  • ...i get 1 terabyte of bandwidth in my $10/month package. : glio1337
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  Places like Dreamhost doesn't really care what you use the transfer for (as long as it's legal, of course... : SilverSnake
  • Yeah, basically just broadband internet that the terms & conditions allows to be used for business purpos... : protozone

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• http://hucksblog.blogspot.com/2005/08/snakes-on-motherfucking-plane.html : 60days

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• Just twink yourself out in good gear. You'll rape anyone in any dps spec you choose for a while. Then at ... : TrptJim
• http://69.41.171.43/warrior.htm bottom of the guide has links to the three most common warrior builds. Pe... : imperator
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  Welcome to the most gear dependant class. A decked out 60 war is the most powerful thing in PVP however ... : Wombat Woo
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    just curious... are you saying this is jest, if not what are you regretting? : MikkleThePickle
    • the need to waste a total of three years of his life in the highest-end instances to stay competitive wit... : AbortedFetusChristi
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  60 Warrior here rank Lt. General. Arms/fury, fury/arms till 60, then Arms/fury UNLESS you can get some U... : paravis
  • true story. unless you can dual-wield something crazy like dual deathbringers, there is only ONE viable ... : smax
  • for someone not willing or able to raid or without the time and mats for an Arcanite Reaper, I've been us : jackrabbit
• because you're so gear dependant, when you don't have the gear, you'll be crippled in most cases. that i... : termiinus
• The problem with a warrior is the nerfs. As Blizzard keeps putting in better and better gear tehe warrio... : Crimsonbeak

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• What a fucktard. Someone should just walk up to him on TV and call him that. : TrptJim
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  The best thing to do is marginalize him, ignore his histrionics, show that we are normal well adjusted ad... : Fyunch Click
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    Anyone who thinks he is sane at this point is not sane. : TrptJim
    • I never said Senators and Congressmen were sane. :( : Fyunch Click
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  that dude is truly 'out there' : jrock
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    He should be a televangelist : dognose
    • isn't he already, kinda? : mindmann
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  I'd like to see Paul Eibeler sue him for defamation for calling him a sociopathic criminal. : dognose
  • It would be interesting to see Rockstar launch a countersuit on Jackie T. They certainly have enough mate... : Dynotaku
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  Yeah, lawyer sends flowers to judge presiding over case he's connected to. Isn't there some kind of LAW a... : lpearl
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    Yeah because Flowers are soooooo effective as a bribe. : Jonathan
    • Maybe if it's a woman judge. : Dynotaku
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  can gamers please just forget about this douchebag. every time they adknowlegde him like this it just gi : mikecyb
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    Rockstar are paying him to speak crap in order they sell more copies of GTA? : higround
    • It's free advertising through publicity. : Begawkiness
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  The gamers are pretty retarded for sending him flowers, in my opinion. It's not cute, clever, or any sor... : ra1n
  • hahah..flower harassment : ermac
  • I agree... wtf are they thinking. : Kenshin_
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  Jack Thompson is an asstrumpet, and the sooner we stop paying attention to him, the sooner he'll go away. : jackrabbit
  • Concurred. He's gonna look dumb enough when he fails to prove this case he believes so strongly in. 'Be... : ra1n
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  to everyone saying to forget him, or ignore him, and he will go away - bullshit. there are tons of people... : lakren
  • he'll go away in the legal sense - the case is going to lose, after that he's just like every other stree... : ra1n

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• haha, awesome, thanks. : dmason
• Greatness that is Ali G! : cjcharv
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  looks like nash ain't a fan of ali : termiinus
  • looks more like everyone apart from Barkley doesn't know wtf Ali G is : moshman
• fkn gold. he's the man. : Phil
• that's awesome. i like the kobe one. nash looks like he's actually pretty pissed. : afty
• haha, thats great : stgdz
• hahaha : Poor Yurik

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  It's STILL better than Street Fighter: The Movie. : TotalFusionOne
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    nothing could be worse : kbnerd
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      Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game : Qapf
      • SF: The Offical Game of the Movie Version of the Game : silent prophet
    • Street Fighter 2: Back to the 80's. "M. Bison is invading our turf. We must have a dance off!" See ... : lokdown
• * A U T O H I J A C K ' D * : stuka

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  Must haves: Amped III NFS Most Wanted Dead of Alive 4 (only if you get live) Also good Call of Dut... : baron calamity
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    What about PGR3??? : moshman
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      I don't think PGR3 brings anything new to the table for this version out side of pretty graphics. : baron calamity
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        doesn't take away from the fact it's an awesome game :) : MikkleThePickle
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          If you haven't play PGR I & II to death, it probably it. : baron calamity
          • I played MSR, PGR1 and 2 to death and still love PGR3 so much it hurts :) : moshman
      • it's easier and thus more accessible, and still a foooookin' great game : moshman
  • http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-Buick-Grand-National-LS1_W0QQitemZ4605448860QQcategoryZ6137QQrdZ1QQcm... : stgdz
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  PGR3, Condemned, NFS:MW : Maarten Goldstein
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    + CoD2 and DOA4 : sigpro
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      i would never get an FPS thats available for the PC already on a console : Maarten Goldstein
      • those gamer points mean nothing too you. I had amazon bucks and wanted a new 360 game so I went with it.... : sigpro
• PGR3, Condemned. : nomaad
• PGR3, Condemned, VirtualDub, : Gaurav Sharma
• NFS:MW : jrock
• DOA4 missing from too many of those lists! : MikkleThePickle
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  Kameo (best-looking 360 game IMO) and PGR3. : bargeld
  • iawtp : chazums

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  if it does, that would rock : moshman
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    though Direct3D does feature a very good software fallback if hardware doesn't work. it's shitslow though : moshman
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      yeah, it's like 60 seconds per frame :| : Gaurav Sharma
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        still, for development it's good enough. I would like to do some of my programming work in D3D on the mac... : moshman
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          good enough for development? that's debatable. if you can't see the graphics running at more than 0.1 : Gaurav Sharma
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            I mean, you can actually get something on screen and compile your code for directX and see it running. : moshman
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              for static frames i suppose so, good point. : Gaurav Sharma
              • just to make sure you don't kill DX too :) : moshman
• I'm pretty sure Direct3D is entirely unsupported under Virtual PC. : electroly

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  \m/ "War Stories" \m/ Damn, I love that show. I stayed up past midnight last night watching my Sereni : hatelull
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    We're rewatching the season and then the movie again at the end. It just continues to be all good. : Halen
    • you guys are making me want to pick up serenity now and re-watch the season >:( : Mr.SEX
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    I just finished Out of Gas and Ariel, and I loved them both. Now you make me stay up until 1 :[ : jforman
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      I'm sorry, did I complain about you telling me to watch this episode? I had to pause it to apologize :-... : jforman
      • it is indeed a beautiful thing. : hatelull
    • I think Ariel is my fav episode. That last scene with Jayne is just too good. : Halen
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  That was seriously the best "movie/tv" watching experience I've had in a LONG time... Oh how I wish they... : gibson_lp
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    if whedon simply made more movies i'd be happy. : hatelull
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      I don't know, the movie was pretty good, but it didn't hold a candle to the show, I think. :( : Ebu
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        It was a little faster paced, but I enjoyed it the same as the show I think. : Halen
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          It felt over-produced. Too "Hollywood." : Ebu
          • Really? I had to convince myself several times that it was a full fledge feature. Maybe it was just bec... : Halen

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• omg someone hacked your internets! : Delusional
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  It's an ad for I think Mountain Dew. : dognose
  • It gets you Mountain Dew!!! : xphil
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  PopoZão, PopoZão! : jono181
  • LOLOLOLOLOL the parody is so great. : kbnerd
  • OMG FUCKING RIO!!! : polansk
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    you know popozao? : polansk
    • how now brown cao? : jrock
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  Nice try. Photoshop more!!! : nosseman
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    Have you checked the bottom of the page? : I=O=N
    • psst, don't ruin the joke : carnivore
• You should try using a more difficult password than ******. : festivalman
• H4x3d by H4iku! : Athlon7

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  So, does the current BSG follow the old BSG? : rosewood
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    Somewhat, I'm told. : node
    • Not really. : Jonathan
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    it's about as different as the 60s batman series is from batman begins. same characters, aside from a fe : ttyRazor
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      I am a little confused by this post. Are you exhibiting a prime example of nerdedry by insisting that the... : SpaecKow
      • gravitas > camp : Postal
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    The new one kind of puts the old series as the First War between the Cylons minus them finding Earth. : NFXFSX
    • I would say that this isn't really true at all. The old series' story isn't part of the new series whatso... : bording
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    The only thing new BSG follows is "fucking awesome". Also, new Boomer >>> old Boomer. Starbuck... not ... : genjuro
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      what's wrong with the new Starbuck? >:( : Postal
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        what isn't wrong with new Starbuck? : genjuro
        • you, sir, don't appreciate good-looking tomboy women :( : Postal
        • Her piano music, along with a bunch of other stuff. :D : sgtsanity
      • Starbuck is one of the few true female badasses. I laff at that episode when she and helo are on CYCL : SpaecKow
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      That's because you can't replace the awsomeness that is Dirk Benedict : sigpro
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        what about dirk smallwood? : kbnerd
        • don't know that guy, sorry. Dirk Benedict > all other Dirk's : sigpro
    • I've just started watching the show and frankly - I don't mind her,.... she's a little odd but so was the... : abrasion
• lol @ obsolete toaster. : SpaecKow

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• I can't think of one to be honest, cept maybe browsing SMB's on an XBMC link - but that's only if you use... : abrasion

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  I've used "Unlocker", although there are several programs like it. : Bold
  • another vote for unlocker http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/ : Draugluin
• Dr Delete works great. : skinlab133

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• http://tinyurl.com/aa8la : SilverSnake
• Hi I'm Kandyse McClure, and you might remember from other dark roles : tunis5000

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  CUNTS !!! : CoRDS
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    ^^^ more proof that ausies talk funny : rosewood
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      But the British say that! Oh wait : dognose
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        dont be such a pooftah >:-( : gegtik
        • just cos hes after some bumfun doesnt make him a poof... oh wait : CoRDS
• WTF, mate? ^^ : SilverSnake
• Commonwealth games in Australia will seriously steal Microsofts marketing thunder, it's smart to wait til... : abrasion

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• rumor has it, it may come out on Feb. the 1th. : Nihil ME

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• it's down for me too. : kbnerd

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• wow, I never though I'd work for anyone else again, but I could almost be tempted by this job if it was L... : 60days

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  Wait till it falls out : Kenshin_
  • Nah the gerbil is fine.. I'm worried about my arm. : TotalFusionOne
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  alternate ice and heat then sleep on it. if it's still bad in the morning call a Doctor's office and inqu... : kbnerd
  • they'll slice the fucker open! : sKetchflow
• take some ibuprofen to reduce swelling (cause there probably will be some) sleep on it (not acctually on ... : sKetchflow
• I tweaked my right shoulder something fierce when I went skiing like 2 weeks ago. Its getting better but ... : ashkie
• IcyHot ftw : El Tigre
• I definately would I have been fighting shoulder trouble for a few years due to a go-cart accident ... : usnpandaat

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  I'll put it on my shackspace asap. : dmason
  • http://dmason.shackspace.com/Commodore_64_a_cappella.avi should work. : dmason
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  Haha, I remember that game... But I can't remember what it's name was. It was mighty cool though. :D : SilverSnake
  • Found it on their website! International Karate! :D : SilverSnake
  • I loved that on the Amiga. Strangest control system ever. However, this video was just scary. : gingerninja
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  heh, blonde girl can't sing worth crap :) : MikkleThePickle
  • saw them live in copenhagen at : http://www.pressplayontape.com/default.asp?pid=concerts_crc2005 Was o... : imperator

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  last game that really cracked me up was Metal Arms on the xbox. : burning eye
  • i played the demo on the ps2 it seemed to be a pretty good game and i bet it's about $5 now. : kbnerd
• i think most of the problem is that it is so hard to do well in games and so hard to convince anyone to b... : kbnerd

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• looks fine to me. If it offers resistance seems like it works as advertised. : burning eye
• It would make your shoulders monstorous if you used it on a table top regularly. : abrasion
• How so? Bikes burn calories. That thing is just a cheap exercise bike without the attached seat and tub... : DinK

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• Is the onboard video enable in the BIOS? If so, you should be able to go to Device Manager and just insta... : LexLuther
• I just RMA'ed my 9800 Pro. It would overheat after 15 minutes. I got back a "new" replacement two weeks l... : gorilla
• maybe your video card problem is similar to what happened to mine. mine was overheating yet the fan was s... : Mansmells
• My brother has a vanilla 9800 that couldn't handle the default clock speed out of the box. Underclocking... : DinK