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• yes : losimagic
• Does it run on Linux? I'll stick with Az. : Rich McNinch
• it is...me = behind the times then : sasowa
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  No. uTorrent sucked when I ran it. Very few connections and all of 4kb/s transfer even after hours. B : Ebu
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    I had that problem too. Running bitcomet now. All the flavor of auzereus but I can kind of Shack while ... : dognose
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      bitcomet is like supporting the RIAA dognose :C : moe6
      • wut : Ebu
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        Whaa? : dognose
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          It's a shady client from what I've heard, does things that go against the spirit of the torrent system (b... : fishbone
          • Shady? What the hell are you talking about, My Documents? : Ebu
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          bitcomet is so much crap it's banned on many torrent sites (don't ask me why, it's just the devil!!) : OrkO
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            Links? I don't want to use it if that's true (whatever "that" is) : dognose
            • I think there was a problem late last year with BitComet bypassing features that made torrents private. T... : ShekkyBoy
            • http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=4630 : johnny skidmarks
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    I thought it was slower when I first started, but I kept with it and I think it was just the few torrents... : Barnahog
    • Same torrent, same tracker, different program, 6-8 times the speed. : Ebu
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  no. utorrent goes much slower than azurerus. : broly1718
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    Easily maxed out my connection with it recently. : node
    • Same here, like a charm. : intothefray
  • check your port forwarding. and the newest version just gets better and better too. : carnivore
• I've never configured either of them properly I think, but Azureus has always ran faster than U Torrent a... : thief
• yes : Lethal01
• Utorrent works much better than the bloated nightmare of Azureus for me : j33uk
• depends on what you want. out of the box, they're both function about the same. utorrent has a tiny foo... : pupismyname
• Still sticking with Azureus here, might switch over if they stop updating or something : d fluke
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  hmm trying uTorrent but so far my torrents w/ 15 seeds and 50 peers is only getting 3kps. :( : kenmis
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    open your ports. : anthonybean
    • can you explain? which ports? :) : cncpun
• absolutely. utorrent is tight! : carnivore
• After being a long az user, I tried utorrent once and that was it. I love the thing. : d0gbert
• I use Az, and I like it. Therefore I have no need to even try uTorrent. : amrbean
• Azu > utorrent even though I use utorrent I only use utorrent because a) i dont have 2gb's worth of r... : moe6
• I like uTorrent a lot. It is a very elegant program. It's tiny, but it has a decent interface (meaning ... : mrfunky3000
• I haven't used Azureus, but I get pretty awesome speeds with utorrent, and haven't had any weird issues w... : Vincent Grayson
• uTorrent, fast and small memory footprint : filthysock
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  No, that's not the current vote at ALL : abrasion
  • wrong : chrisxtreme
• Azureus works just fine for me so I will stick with that. The interface and options are just right for my... : mofo
• I've tried 'em all and Bit Tornado works best for my comp. : SlamDunk
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  ABC is sweet and simple for the casual torrent user (me). : invisible_kid
  • have you tried utorrent lately? the thing is like less than 300k : carnivore
• I <3 µ : OrkO
• that would be correct : infiltrator`
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  i just want a client that has an IP blacklist. bitcomet does this, anyothers? : hirez
  • afaik utorrent does this too... : lordmedikit
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    You mean like a Peer Guardian type thing? : johnny skidmarks
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      yes, exactly : hirez
      • why not just use peer guardian? its pretty transparent. : johnny skidmarks
• by far : derelict515
• utorrent here and loving it. : edgewise
• I'm one of the people who tried uTorrent once and stayed with it forever. I don't think it's slow down... : DinK
• I went from Azureus to Bitcomet to uTorrent and I'm loving it. : freshyk

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  inf this shit right now! : Gaurav Sharma
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    +inf a MS beta? r u nuts? : redfive
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      We've +inf'd windows updates, antispyware tools, firefox releases...why not a new IE beta? : UtilityMaximizer
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        IE Betas generally don't get uninstalled nice and can cause unstability problems due to the dependancy on... : redfive
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          So then don't install it if you don't want to take the risk? I don't see the problem here. We informa... : UtilityMaximizer
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            Yes I hope they make it nice to uninstall which in this case it appears as it does. I won't install it... : redfive
            • Yup, I just uninstalled it with no difficulties. And even for people who do have problems (even with unin... : UtilityMaximizer
  • by inf he means nuke : rosewood
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    requires genuine windows validation : Gaurav Sharma
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      SP2 required eh, still not going to upgrade. : manlyman
      • Why not? : omnova
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        why are you opposed to sp2? : carnivore
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          There is no logical reason for an individual to be running XP but not SP2. : jrock
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            After I installed SP2 my memory usage went up to 500MB for no apparrent reason. No different hardware, s... : manlyman
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              did you notice any change in system performance? : carnivore
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                Yeah 500mb page file usage, not cool. : manlyman
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                  that's not normal. I've never heard of such a thing, and it would bear investigation rather than surrende... : jackrabbit
                  • Fusker. That is all. : Ride-My-Rocket
                • i dont have that problem. it doesn't even use that much on my x64 install : mallrice
                • not my point. did it impact the system's speed in any way? : carnivore
            • Then it's something else in your system. I have 3 machines and jus built one for a friend all up to date ... : Fred Garvin
            • The extra memory is being used to keep your computer safe from hackers, crackers, phishers, malware and p : Ride-My-Rocket
          • except it so incredibly fucked with my PC that I had to Format. Memory Usage Sky Rocketed, After attem... : graceofdragons
          • I cant validate my copy so that would be a good enought reason for anyone : oneshot
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        sp2 added lots of great stuff... : land
        • yes, the software incompatibility, the useless firewall, the awesome socket limiting. I <3 SP2. : Capricous
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      yah, I think all their betas require this now. : inarius
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        damn near anything that isn't a core component patch requires this. yet, like all things microsoft and a... : rosewood
        • What's the problem? SP2 has been out for ages, I can't see any reason NOT to install it. : Fred Garvin
    • They hate me. :( : NFXFSX
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  I find it funny that I am downloading this while using Firefox. : manlyman
  • Same. :X : omnova
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  oh goody glad to see they stuck validation into this as well. validation makes me feel so much safer. t... : smacknca
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    I downloaded it from Firefox with no validation... "we got them pirates good we did! Yar!" : melkore
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      Genuine advantage is very easily bypassed : Angry_Badger
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        And validation is in the installer...shucks : melkore
        • oh, nevermind then : inarius
    • hmm, you are correct sir. This can't be a mistake on their part. I'm sure they ust feel it is more imp... : inarius
• I'll wait to read some reviews. I hate switching browsers and I finally use FF consistently at home. : jrock
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  Is there a clean way to uninstall this if it is crap? : sharkII
  • set a system restore point? (which it may do automatically) : inarius
  • Add or Remove Programs in the Control Panel, check "Show Updates" checkbox at the top, scroll down... it'... : yakz
• RIP HOLLY HACK! Good riddance! :) : Zakko
• Yay. : yakz
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  Its pretty slick so far allthough the toolbar area or whatever they want call it is pretty busy now. Nic... : stgdz
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    does it have the thumbnail mode they demo'd at CES? : mallrice
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      Yeah, though I'm not sure how it's useful. : yakz
      • Porn. Duh. : mallrice
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  Shackcomments on IE7 using ~30mb Shackcomments on latest firefox using ~35mb Dare I say a beta of IE7... : Blackdawgg
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    running extensions on firefox? : inarius
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      None. : Blackdawgg
      • continue browsing with both for a few hours without closing them and then check your memory usage. : Dynotaku
  • Yeap, im sure that benchmark! : rosewood
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    i fail to see how memory footprint equates to "runs better". : pupismyname
    • I have no problem with any software hogging memory as long as it's benefiting the program. However when y... : intothefray
  • Dare you look silly saying so?? YES! : rasputinreborn
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    IE's memory usage is deceptive because it uses a lot of API built in to Windows that's always loaded by t... : mikecyb
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      If IE uses stuff that's loaded anyway and firefox doesn't, why isn't that better? : Kerath
      • well its a lot of internal MS API's which have security holes.. with IE so integrated into Windows like... : Shadowdane
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  Ha ha, I think there's a problem with IE7's CSS: http://utilitymaximizer.shackspace.com/ie7andcss.jpg : UtilityMaximizer
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    dunno the detauls but: CSS Improvements Addresses many of the major inconsistencies that can cause we : inarius
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      All the links seem to be in the right places; it's just the images that are out of place. : UtilityMaximizer
      • Probably a side effect of Haiku's "Super-Image" that he builds the page off of. : enigmatic
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    Woah, just checked the screen. Is anyone else getting this? I would randomly guess its got some seriou... : inarius
    • yup I get the same thing here.. : Shadowdane
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    You didn't have a previous, non-public version installed did you? I haven't seen that effect on this rele... : yakz
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      No, no previous public betas. Just the latest version of IE6. It's always screwed up, although it's n... : UtilityMaximizer
      • I just uninstalled IE7 without difficulty. Everything is back to normal. : UtilityMaximizer
  • Just happened to me now : stgdz
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    Try this: scroll the window at varying speeds and it breaks the images differently! Also: why is it using... : flox
    • Yes. This aa on my crt is annoying the hell out of me. : johnny skidmarks
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      i don't think you understand cleartype. : pupismyname
      • Oh I understand it all right. I just think it looks bad in all circumstances. : flox
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  Arrrrrrr im getting sick of XP 64 not being supported by the faghats who made it. : mega man
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    You are sick of a beta piece of software not being supported on your OS? : sharkII
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      Windows fucking Update doesnt even work with XP 64s default browser. You have to switch to the 32 bit ver... : mega man
      • Sorry. My only complaint before was lack of tv tuner drivers and that's all fixed now. I'm a happy x64 ca... : intothefray
      • i got sick of having to keep the 32bit version of xp around to use my camera, my scanner, my printer and ... : jccalhoun
• I would install this but as a developer (web and otherwise) I need to be able to develop and be sure that... : Schnapple
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  First 5 min impression: It's Firefox with a new skin! : nomaad
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    yah, some of the similarities are a little sickening. Many of the icons used, and the look of the little ... : inarius
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      hahaha fiance is the masculin form you're marrying some dude : gegtik
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        Well jebus, first time anyone has informed of that (engaged for 2 years). I submit that only a heterosexu : inarius
        • it's not gay if you think he's a chick : alexthegreat2
      • Beat me to it. =P : Ride-My-Rocket
• Ca it be uninstalled? I have AV and form filler software that might not work with it. : Fred Garvin
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  I can't get into the shack comments from IE7... actually, half of my pages don't even load. It's like ... : sharkII
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    BTW, CTRL-Q is pretty fun. : sharkII
    • oooh, it works while a page is loading... that IS FUN! : sharkII
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  Wow, MS released Firefox! : TastyWheat
  • Srsly. I just realized I've been using the same keyboard shortcuts as in Firefox... they all work. I'm... : nomaad
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  Probably give this a shot since FF 1.5 crashes every 30 mins for me, including my PC (even after fresh fo... : paravis
  • Extensions can cause some serious problems; try disabling any you have one by one to troubleshoot. : rasputinreborn
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  Anyone know if this works on Win2000? : fusionrx
  • it doesnt : packav
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  anyone who installed this, can you tell me if they finally have proper forced font size zooming like FF d... : tunis5000
  • it zooms the whole page : chrisxtreme
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  did anyone else just have fun playing around with the moving text? : jokemon
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    what is this you speak of? : sharkII
    • click on the link after about 10 seconds some text will start scrolling by you can move it around ... : jokemon
  • *raises hand* : joesnizzle
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  well that was fun for about 10 minutes. back to firefox. : mrspyral
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    Does the latest version of firefox still have a memory leak like I heard? : Scotty22
    • I believe 1.5.01 fixes that problem and I can confirm using this version is very satisfying. : PlanetPerfecto
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  Does the Phishing Filter slow down surfing? : amrbean
  • I don't see why it would, I'm sure its just working with a blacklist that is maintained by MS. : inarius
• All in all, this is a pretty interesting version of IE. I assume MS will allow for greater control of the... : johnny skidmarks
• ok, why can't i drag the file menu to the top? ... : sirkne
• mmm mmm! can't wait for the final version! : Pink0r
• Works awesome for me. I really like what they've done. Don't know why everyone's hating on it so much. ... : Korban
• It reminds me a little bit of Safari, which isn't a bad thing at all. I really like how they simplified ... : CaptCommie
• I won't be able to use the full-blown version (I run Win2k) once it goes gold, so no IE7 for me. Besides... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Ugh too many annoying bugs, UNINSTALL'D : tunis5000

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  i don't like the keyboard and you're missing a mouse : RikiTiki2
  • I have USB mouse. Yeah, the keyboard is a cheapo, looking for something that just gets the job done. : Experiment IV
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  NCQ hard drive function isn't support by AMD chips, only Intel. Didn't you just sell a computer? : fusionrx
  • Thanks for the info. Yes, it was the correct thing to do at the time. Now I'm sitting on a fat wad of cas... : Experiment IV
  • The SIS and nvidia southbridges do NCQ/TCQ perfectly for AMD64. : shassard
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  On board sound should be fine - it's served me well for years. Most of the Shackers seemed to swear by t... : chazums
  • I love my P180 case... but P180 case + good PSU = 300$ CDN.... just for a tower, basically : mnok
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  you forgot laurgasms : crummynz
  • and felicia and andromeda, how could I forget our lovable les....ahem : Experiment IV
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  For 50 bucks more you could get a 7800gt with a free motherboard http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications... : stgdz
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    That's actually the same price as my current vid card/mobo with a 1day rebate of $20. : Experiment IV
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      Isn't the 7800 a lot faster then the x800 also. : stgdz
      • yea its much quicker, its a different generation entirely : grimiv
• my Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black just got delivered today for my htpc build. i can't wait to get... : wvuong
• Not sure if this helps, but seemed like a great deal to me, plus free shipping. Maxtor 250GB L01R250 16MB... : BigCooter
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  you should get 2 gigs of RAM. : Cygnus X-1
  • found 2 sticks of corsair for $164, bought'd : Experiment IV
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  The A64 3200+ is quite awesome but also a little weird. I've got two of them, the Venice and the newes... : TwiLyght
  • um, San Diego 3200+ ? what? there is no 1MB L2 3200+ S939 ?!? : Toraz Chryx
• I reccommend not getting a beige DVD drive with a black case? Antec LifeStyle SONATA II Piano Black St... : eXcess
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  if you're going new... don't get x800xl with that system.. you might be disappointed... get the mobo/7800... : sludge vohaul
  • I think an x800xl is enough that he would be cpu limited unless he overclocks it a lot : alexthegreat2
  • actually I'm looking at the numbers and the 7800/mobo combo is looking good now...and for only $167.50 th... : Experiment IV
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  I say ditch that sound card and do onboard if its not that important. Also, use onboard lan. I say sp... : rosewood
  • sound card = ditched, i'll take a look at your other suggestions : Experiment IV

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• That only took 35 years to make it to beta! : guido anchovy
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  +inf Pretty cool! Anyone tried it yet? : ArtilleryMarker
  • I have no accounts to add as friends. :( : sharkII
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  Wow. I can't believe it took them this long to get a BETA of a freaking friends feature. Hope it's good... : PUPSTAHS
  • funny thing is, it was in the steam beta, and 1st release then it got axed at one point : sigpro
• Right, like anyone using Steam has friends. : i am the baker
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  Add shark_jlc as a friend plzkthxgg. : sharkII
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    Added! If anyone else is trying this out, add Dusty_Slim . : Dusty_Slim
    • I CAN'T BELEIVE I'M ADDING PEOPLE TO MY FRIENDS LIST !! Also, Dusty Slim - yours wouldn't work. You su... : crummynz
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  Does anyone know if it's possible to change account name or transfer my purchases to another account? : freshyk
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    I think the names Chandler, Ross and Joey are already taken. : TwiLyght
    • Atleast Monica isn't taken! : freshyk
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  i don't know how accurate this is anymore, but here was my friends list when the fucker actually worked: ... : draconic
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    yeah i remember that shit. All of us put "shacknews" as part of our name to make it easy to find everyon... : cltcprd
    • can't do that now. and a lot of these don't work. :/ : draconic
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    Good Lord. : sharkII
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      90% of these don't work. i'm not sure why. i got a few out of it though. : draconic
      • wonder if they have to be running the beta also? : cltcprd
• +INF this please : Serpico74
• man, I wish I could find bugs that fast at work by just posting a wiki page on the internet :P : cokefiend
• Add KoolAidMan please, email is oganai at pacbell dot net, in case there are multiples. : Serpico74
• I've been using it for a while now (Obviously. Take a gander at the Wiki page). Haven't run into any sh... : Zips
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  <---- Shadowdane - Add me Please : Shadowdane
  • u can try my email: shadowdane at planetquake dot com if my name doesnt work : Shadowdane
• <--Add me plz. :D : sgtsanity
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  this shit rocks my CPU useage up to 100% : maulla
  • It will only do that for a very brief period when updating. Once updated fully it will go back to normal... : Zips
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  I added sharkii but now it seems I can't add anymore. Maybe I'll try restarting... regardless, I'm crummy... : crummynz
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    NO! YOU ARE MINE NOW!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAhahaha : sharkII
    • its true :( oh wait. i was able to add shadowdane via email address. WHEW! : crummynz
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  all this talk about steam friends and no one playing cs? : osiris_brad
  • Why? Friends is like CS:S, except with all that annoying shooting between spates of chatting. : sgtsanity
• I added a few of you guys but everyone is showing up as offline. :( : al9000
• I really don't understand what is so difficult about implementing this friends list. : derelict515
• I'M IN! add deject. I was able to add Zips, sharkii, and shadowdane, but not anyone else... : mrfunky3000

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  you do know that you are downgrading in video cards, right? : themelon
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    The one in my old machine is AGP, so it wouldn't go. Besides, the major problem I'm having right now i... : jimmy-buffett
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      Couldn't you... upgrade your RAM? This rig seems pretty expensive for what you're getting, in terms of... : tigeN
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        I have 4x128MB RDRAM right now, to go from 512MB to 1GB would run me $250-300 or more. My hard drive, mo... : jimmy-buffett
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          Did you compare HP? They have the Athlon64 X2s. : tigeN
          • One of the Dell kids is on our board, I got a discount. : jimmy-buffett
• damn it man watch where you swing that thing : industro
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  why raid 0? : cpt_gloval
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    Just for speed, it was only $110 it and it will help big time for the load times to get into CS and BF2 m... : jimmy-buffett
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      it actually won't, plus it's a liability, so dodge that bullet now and abort the raid 0! : Luminair
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        ^^This man speaks the truth. raid-0 doesn't improve load times for games. Now, if you were into video e... : Prozium
        • ^^ this is only true if you have a shitty raid controller. : mallrice
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      Bad, bad bad. For the love of God either go raid 1 or one with redudancy or dont go raid at all. The im... : Chod
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        I want to offer a defense for Raid-0, it is a very inexpensive way to increase a the output of a very imp... : scorpiusman
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          I go into business complaining that their computer won't start, diagnosed over the phone as bad hdd. ... : Ebu
          • shit, not=now : Ebu
        • I've used RAID 0 with 2 36gb raptors, the performance difference was abysmal even though I'm a heavy user... : abrasion
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      Nope, that's a complete and utter myth, RAID-0 is useful for streaming multiple DV video streams around, ... : Toraz Chryx
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        god I wished it wasn't true when those articles came out :( : abrasion
        • TL;DR = access latency > * I've decided I want a 1u rackmount with a big battery, an infiniband conn... : Toraz Chryx
  • So he can post this in 6 months: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11503562 : Fyunch Click
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  yeah, dell support is great. you're gonna get your moneys worth with that warranty /sarcasm If you... : Prozium
  • Dell support isn't that bad - I've had a little frustration once other times was awesome - especially the... : abrasion
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    I did on-site support for 3 years in college, and I've built my last 3 PC's. So it really isn't about th... : jimmy-buffett
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      Thats the joy of current dell support my friend. You call them, do all the diagnostic work for them,... : rosewood
      • PS - ITS NOT TOO LATE! Even if this hardware is sitting in your living room right now, 0 questions asked... : rosewood
  • I've actually had really good luck with Dell support thus far... Got a replacement HDD for one system. ... : maddy
• I'll buy that audigy 2 off you if it's cheap :-P : Athlon7
• That thing's gonna burn yer house down! : rasputinreborn
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  I'd stick with the dual core. I'd ditch raid 0, it's a mess - i've done it before, never again (unless y... : abrasion
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    2.8GHz dual-core over 3.4GHz hyperthreaded? for pure gaming? I don't do any of the things that a dual... : jimmy-buffett
    • for pure gaming you'd have to be a complete imbecile to buy a Pentium 4, honestly. http://www.techrepo... : Toraz Chryx
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  My first three thoughts reading your post: ----------------- 1 - Dude, tomorrow's February 1st not Ap : jrock
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    3 - So you went with RAID 0 so it'll blow up I picked RAID 0 for performance reasons, I don't mind the : jimmy-buffett
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      You wont get a performance increase in games with Raid-0 trust me. : Chod
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        No, that's what the RAM is for, so I don't have to hit the disk all the time. What the RAID 0 is for i... : jimmy-buffett
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          1x raptor 74gb will own those 2 160's and it'll not crash and die 2x easier. : abrasion
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            It was $110 for twice the space and RAID 0, why shouldn't I do it? Again I'm not building this machine... : jimmy-buffett
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              If you didn't want criticism you should have never posted in the first place. Don't like it oh well suck... : Chod
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                I don't mind the criticism. Some people need to realize that not all of us build every PC we own every t... : jimmy-buffett
                • Okay then, you should cry over the crappy machine you'd have just paid someone else to build for you then... : Toraz Chryx
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              That's nice but you're essentially asking our opinion BY POSTING IT. I'm not lying, I'm not biased cau... : abrasion
              • Oh yeah, 1x raptor 74 (which is cheaper due to 150gb coming out) plus a 300gb drive for data is 10x bette... : abrasion
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              you will care when one drive busts and you lose everything. Also the access times, which matter to u... : Luminair
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                AND it's noisier as the drives read in tandem - kind of makes this reverb echoing effect Dunno why ... : abrasion
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                  Some, at least, are back to 5 year. : Ebu
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                    Well I guess I can see Luminair's like for them then - but Seagate is virtually silent too. I used to ... : abrasion
                    • noise depends on the model, not the brand. When deciding which drive to buy, read the reviews. In the... : Luminair
                • Raptor is fastest and most reliable in its class. SE16 400gb is a consumer drive based on the hardware p... : Luminair
                • also more power draw and heat and lack of internal space for upgrading later, but yeah : Luminair
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        With Raid-0 your sequential rates will go up at a rather big increase however, your seek times SLIGHTLY i... : scorpiusman
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          StorageReview is filled with hard drive experts, and those guys are totally anti-RAID 0. I can't find a ... : Luminair
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            Well that is your opinion, but there are many reasons to be "anti Raid" too, so it's a valuable way to of... : scorpiusman
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              it's not an opinion, it's fact -- just look at the numbers. I've already read them, so I don't need to r... : Luminair
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                Hrm it's opinion though because you only offer the cons and it is obvious that is your opinion, just read... : scorpiusman
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                  Here's two pro's for RAID-0 1) contigious space 2) high sustained transfer rates and the cons are ... : Toraz Chryx
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                    1) massive unreliability Hypothetically, it's 2 times a single drive's failure rate. I don't know if ... : jimmy-buffett
                    • You have twice the data AND twice the potential for it all to be lost in one go. That upgrades to mass... : Toraz Chryx
                    • I think the expression of RAID 0's unreliability might be more complex than 2*single drive unreliability,... : Luminair
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                    Actually that's not simple enough. Technically your sequential rates are increased, but in technology wor... : scorpiusman
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                      Did you actually just say what amounted to "Yes, it has a negative effect, but how negative is variable a... : Toraz Chryx
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                        Actually it would be hard to prove any of your comments as fact, because of the variable factors, so in a... : scorpiusman
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                          dude, why are you championing it? everyone else agrees it's worse for games. where do you get the idea it... : tigeN
                          • I am foremost not "championing" anything, and honestly I cannot gauge accuracy of a topic when speaking o... : scorpiusman
        • I'm gonna throw round a guess that you've never RAN raid 0 but you've read up on it and know all about it... : abrasion
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          does many caching operations to pagefile lol You want to cache something by... PUTTING IT BACK ON T... : Toraz Chryx
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            Hrm what's so funny about that? Oh I know, you are getting off on this... because you are somehow "super ... : scorpiusman
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              NO you won't you clearly don't understand what's going on here. If you have two hard disks NOT in ra... : abrasion
              • ^^^ Two independent spindles with a seperate pagefile on each can operate asyncronously, two spindles ... : Toraz Chryx
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                You'll need to state your case a little better and why you are arguing your point, before you should make... : scorpiusman
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                  One pagefile split over two spindles that have to be synced, with the increase in access times that cause... : Toraz Chryx
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                    Err, in raid0 they don't have to be 'synced' at all? It still doesn't mean raid0 is worth it, though. : zakk
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                      You'd need a pretty elaborate controller to do delayed transactions in RAID-0 ? : Toraz Chryx
                      • Umm no? the whole point of raid0 is the discs can act asyncronously. Why the hell would they need to sync... : zakk
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                    Your defense is "access time is better for the pagefile" and you basically explain the dynamics of access... : scorpiusman
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                      Sweet jesus. Ok I'm going to try to explain this one last time, once you get it - can you please tell ... : abrasion
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                        Honestly, explaining the dynamics of a inter-related piece like a hard-disk or certain configuration by u... : scorpiusman
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                          Every single post you make on this subject comes across in a condescending tone and none of them actually... : zakk
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                            "the trait of displaying arrogance by patronizing those considered inferior" I believe a couple of the... : scorpiusman
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                              It's not a contradiction. I never said I wasn't condescending. : zakk
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                                True, but you never said you weren't either... : scorpiusman
                                • You're grasping... : Ebu
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                              Where exactly is the bias in objectively identifying the weaknesses of different implementation methods? ... : Toraz Chryx
                              • Give up man, it's a brick wall. So did you like the 150 raptor? I found it too $$ and too slow to cons... : abrasion
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                                This is alot better than some previous posts, we are starting to really explain things here and I applaud... : scorpiusman
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                                  conversely, large fragmented datasets also benefit more from lower access times than largely theoretical ... : Toraz Chryx
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                                    Data fragmentation is a bitch! ;p actually I am very interested to hear if there are any ways to improve ... : scorpiusman
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                                      the only real solution until we have cheap+reliable+high capacity solid state storage is to throw more sp... : Toraz Chryx
                                      • Hrm yes I can see that as a more "brute" force approach :) : scorpiusman
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                          This is not a filesystems sucks issue, this is simply the issue of a device which takes more than 0.00000... : abrasion
                          • OR you have a seek bound application that benefits highly from concurrent access. You rig your stripe siz... : zakk
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                      BUT the hard-disk has the speed at which data is transferred and that is the flaw of your specific post. ... : Toraz Chryx
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                        "tends to be" isn't exactly science and this only expands on the point a pagefile is highly variable as i... : scorpiusman
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                          Okay then, so answer this Where is the logic in designing a system that is deliberately optimised to p... : Toraz Chryx
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                            "most likely workload" and what would most likely be for all of us? This is a rhetorical question, becaus... : scorpiusman
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                              pagefile data is going to be fairly similar for all of us yes, it's not going to be huge chunks of linear : Toraz Chryx
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                                And with your statements you reveal why systems are inheritenly slow at some points and possibly you coul... : scorpiusman
                                • I didn't even say anything about the filesystems themselves, that was abrasion. : Toraz Chryx
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                          Ok so you don't understand disks, we've answered that - thx. : abrasion
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                            By the way, I'd like to take this oppourtunity to apologise to any and all shackers here I've ever argued... : abrasion
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                              Wrong and Right are subjective to everyone. : scorpiusman
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                                Not when you're dealing with empirically reproducable data that can be honestly taken as correct. : Toraz Chryx
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                                  There is no argument that is which another does not exist. And there is no "faux" style of philosophy in ... : scorpiusman
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                                    plz lay off the _\|/_ thx. : Toraz Chryx
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                                      Haha, well you know someone just has to be on drugs if they talk all philosophical like--back to the circ... : scorpiusman
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                                        talk all philosophical like... and misreply. : Toraz Chryx
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                                          No just replying to your statement on "lay of the drugs" however, in context drugs are not needed though,... : scorpiusman
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                                            The post I replied to when I told you to lay off the drugs.. WAS A MISREPLY, it reads as a reply to Zakk ... : Toraz Chryx
                                            • Haha, well actually in the flow of posts from us it seems like your reply would fit and who is this odd M... : scorpiusman
                              • Holy crap. stop with the silly faux-philosphy argument style. : zakk
    • Raid 0 sucks for performance, it's a damned myth - I hate to admit it cause I didn't want to beleive, but... : abrasion
    • You're so masculine and aren't afraid to go against the grain. jimmy, I <3 u! : rasputinreborn
    • get newegg to build you one, it'll still be cheaper intel blows, amd dual core is better than the inte... : abrasion
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      Spec me a Dell XPS with an AMD chip. Oh that's right... That's your problem for going with Dell. So yo : jrock
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        If he's already ordered it, well, really, he deserves the ridicule even more for not consulting zee shack... : Toraz Chryx
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          I have to sadly agree. I wouldnt buy anything pc wise without consulting the might of the collective fir... : Visceral Monkey
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            I would, but that's mainly because I'm the switched fabric through which the shack collective operates, I... : Toraz Chryx
            • Be carefull...opps..to late. Watch that ego, it's a doozy! :) : Visceral Monkey
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          The point wasn't to get this place's approval. First things first, this place would have me build ever... : jimmy-buffett
          • Really, we are not trying to rag on you. If that's what you want and it works for you, that's cool. : Visceral Monkey
          • There's nothing wrong with Dell notebooks (in my opinion) - because frankly I don't want AMD in my laptop... : abrasion
• jimmy check your SM : PlanetPerfecto
• Wow, that's a hell of an expensive upgrade for a slight CPU & RAM increase with a weaker video card. : DinK
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  Ahhh, holy shit dude, cancel that order. Someone here can build you a fucking KILLER rig with that money... : Visceral Monkey
  • Yeah, 2 grand makes for an ass-kicking PC. I was just looking at prices for another post and a 3500+, 2G... : DinK
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    If I were looking to do that, I could have built it myself. It's not a question of ability, it's just a ... : jimmy-buffett
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      then have one of us do it. I've done computer build/repair for 7 years now and I would never fucking buy ... : sigpro
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        I don't know what makes Dell so different from anybody else, to say that you would never buy from them. ... : jimmy-buffett
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          Dell isn't bad, but it is overpriced. I'm on a Dell Inspiron 6000 laptop right this very moment! : guido anchovy
          • Well, overpriced in the desktop performance arena. : guido anchovy
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          The only thing I don't get to choose is the brand on my hard drive Really?, so why didn't you order an... : Toraz Chryx
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            Or something other than a "6800" or a "7800GTX"... : jrock
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              Oh I'm sorry, the only thing I didn't get to choose that I actually gave a shit about, I forgot I should ... : jimmy-buffett
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                I'm not cheerleading the BFG stuff at all, especially not the factory overclocked stuff, but the simple m... : Toraz Chryx
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                  I know that the AMD's are faster right now, you can stop posting links to support it. Look back through ... : jimmy-buffett
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                    Exactly how big is your discount? 'cause really, the convience factor isn't there, just think, if you' : Toraz Chryx
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                      Ha, the time spent contending with this thread is under my control, fortunately it just ended because The : jimmy-buffett
                      • building a machine on dell.com isn't an inherent faux pa, building an XPS is : Toraz Chryx
                      • If that makes you feel better. : Chod
                  • Not sure if we care, it's just a really stupid thing to do. Dell is not the only company out there. : aggressor
        • I would buy a dell because they pre load the OS with a ton of shit, their support sucks, their price suck... : sigpro
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          The point is you're not only paying a fair bit more, you're getting a LITTLE bit less video performance, ... : abrasion
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            I actually prefer the GF6 right now, the slot is PCI-E so I can always upgrade in 2 years, and I'll be ju... : jimmy-buffett
            • You're not getting much convience out of it by the time you strip off all the crap Dell 'helpfully' insta... : Toraz Chryx
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      I think it's a question of spending an extra $1000 to avoid an afternoon of PC assembly. : DinK
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        Kinda like spending $1000 to have someone change your oil. : guido anchovy
        • Heh, if I'm not in a big hurry, the oil change might take the same amount of time as slapping PC parts to... : DinK
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    * hits up newegg for three minutes * Newegg AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ X2 retail $301.00 Asus A8N-Sli P... : Toraz Chryx
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      Bump it up to a 4400+ X2, it isn't much more than that. : guido anchovy
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        And with the same $2169 to work to AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ X2 retail $301.00 Asus A8N-Sli Premium $166.... : Toraz Chryx
        • oic, I misclicked, it's $2039 for the Dell as he specced it. : Toraz Chryx
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      ^^ this post really spells it all out. A much better system, including better monitor, for hundreds less... : DinK
      • the lol goes on when you realise that I was targetting the PRE UPGRADE cost of the dell link in the root ... : Toraz Chryx
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      Toraz build my next system for me plz? Less crt though ;) : emcea
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        perhaps, where do you reside at + do you actually have any money? : Toraz Chryx
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          heh well i wasn't really serious about the physical building part but i may tap you for the spec-ing part... : emcea
          • You probably wouldn't be able to handle the sheer G-forces a machine I built would exert on your body any... : Toraz Chryx
• I'm going to sound like an ass: You just made a horrible descision, the dell are OK machines but the sof : snowwolf
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  You should have put the fastest P4 that your motherboard supports in your old PC and maybe the move to 2g... : pres589
  • 2.4GHz, already there. I'm running RDRAM too, 4x128 chips, to go to 2GB would be in the area of $600. ... : jimmy-buffett
• I've read the entire thread, and I agree with everyone here. You are throwing away money. : aggressor
• Don't do it man. 2 year warranty? Yes, if you jump trough india.dell.com's hoops and if they agree to s... : rosewood
• seems quite overpriced for the setup you are getting... sorry : MikkleThePickle
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  Thank you for calling Dell On Call. My name is Speedy and i'm here to help ^_^ nice system dude, remem... : speedycerviche
  • ^^^ obvious viral marketing plant! : Toraz Chryx
  • Don't trust him! It's really Bad Bird in disguise! : guido anchovy
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  why dont you give me 2100 and ill punch you in the dick instead, itll be the same in the end : maulla
  • This post would have to be my favorite in the whole thread. Hypothetically speaking, if I were to come : jimmy-buffett
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  And, just to drive home how astonishingly ripofflike the Dell is I've matched it spec for spec (ish, a... : Toraz Chryx
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    The 6800 on the Dell has 256MB, and the monitor is a G90FB, not the E90 (a little more pricey). Add in... : jimmy-buffett
    • (and technically I'm overpaying $60 for the CRT, the LCD they offer with it is $280-ish on their site, th... : jimmy-buffett
    • okay, so I'll swap in a more comparable mainboard, there's the videocard premium evaporated. shit, I'l... : Toraz Chryx

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  Okay since you Communists hate Half-Life 2 I'm going to keep talking about it. One thing that kind of ... : tomservo
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    Minor spoilers within... Ye be warned. You know, I really wasn't as impressed by the Combine soldiers as : Ajax
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      Yeah, rolling with the soldiers in Opposing Force was awesome... except the AWFUL one-liners that they wo : tomservo
      • has to be one of the best expansions ever. : spdon
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        There was nothing not cool about the Engineer using his cigarette to light his blowtorch, cutting through : Ajax
        • That part ruled. What about fighting the BlackOps guys? They definitley did that right. :) : tomservo
  • Yeah I made a semi-long post last night so I'll just post the link here instead... http://www.shacknew : Magus
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  personaly I think the marines in hl1 were much better. I dont care if it was all scripted, it worked. : spdon
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    It wasn't all scripted though. If you play and reload a battle 5 times, it will have 5 different outcomes : tomservo
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      the ai in hl2 wasnt very good :( and there were quite a few scripted things in hl that made the marines f... : spdon
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        I do agree to that actually. I did notice a few weird things about the Combine Soldiers in HL2 in my relo... : tomservo
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          i think thats a pretty lame excuse, especially as the demo videos had them doing all kinds of fancy shit.... : spdon
          • Oh I didn't say that to make it an excuse, more of possibly pointing out our own mental reasoning for fee... : tomservo
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  I should probably finish that game :( I'm not even very far : strider_
  • Name + post = :~( : tomservo
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  Outbreak outbreak outbreak! beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep! : Do_Or_Die
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    probably my favourite voice sample from the Combine : Postal
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      I've been trying to find the source file for that in the gcf's but haven't been able to. Anybody know whe... : Do_Or_Die
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        Ooooh if you do, post a bunch of stuff here. : tomservo
        • You can explore the source gcf files using GCFScape at http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=26 an... : Do_Or_Die
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        source sounds.gcf, \hl2\sound\npc\combine_soldier\vo It's a combination of a few sounds. : Helter Skelter
        • I was wondering if that was it. Doesn't the way they say "outbreak" increase in speed and pitch as they s... : Do_Or_Die
      • For lol's, look for the one called something like reminder_100credits.wav or whatever. : manero
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  You would really like FEAR. That game is all about the soldier AI and behavior. : EvilDolemite
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    Funny you should mention. What inspired me to post this (partly) was that I saw FEAR last night at Best B... : tomservo
    • oh, you'll be convinced... : Postal
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      I'll lay it out for you: the game is about the AI and combat. The levels aren't exciting and the story i... : EvilDolemite
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        It's funny.... dionex's video actually was the thing that convinced me. :D I actually just haven't picked... : tomservo
        • Demo was unimpressive. In fact that's not even an area of the game; it's a few bits stitched together wi... : EvilDolemite
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          You can have my copy, I know I'm never playing it again. : Pink0r
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            Awesome. Let me Paypal you shipping at least. : tomservo
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              Nah, just shackmsg me your address. : Pink0r
              • update: swooning : tomservo
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      dude that game owned...all over my face. BUY IT. : dionex
      • or...take advantage of the awesome shackers. Hi Pink0r! : dionex
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  But... the marines fought better than the Combine :( : DKo5
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    marines did a lot of totally random crap, which about half the time ended up being really smart, and the ... : pupismyname
    • That's pretty much the boat I'm in. I wasn't really trying to compare them to begin with, just show appre : tomservo
    • I thought the marine AI was a lot more fun to play against. In fact the AI is one of the things about HL... : Sexpansion Pack
  • Yeah you're right, but also the Combine are alien hybrids bred for repetitive police work. Maybe it's an... : EvilDolemite

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  Does it have the Troz vagina map? : stgdz
  • it's been fixed!! and it's better..and it's already been played so it won't show up for like 4 hours. : kbnerd
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  server -> Aus game called kbnerd password sploosh : kbnerd
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    wish i could play :( cursed work. : crummynz
    • yeah, i got owned by the office proxy or something. it says i'm not on the internet. : mallrice
  • IGI! : riptyde
• Getting invalid key errors trying to race online, can't browse the servers. This have something to do : Lunatic Angelic
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  come join me this is an interesting map. i'm all alone!!! : kbnerd
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    ill join! : jojomcbobo
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      how do i talk in game?? lol : jojomcbobo
      • Press the space key. Keypad = camera views. Enter = restart. : SlamDunk
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  Let's get some trackmania action going up in year yos! : sgtsanity
  • Where at? : megarust32
  • comin! : TastyWheat
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  Bad Proxy Error : bling1bling
  • keep trying. you'll get there. : SlamDunk
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  How the fuck do you chat : TastyWheat
  • spacebar. : Postal
• I was unable to use a controller button for teamspeak. Boo! : Zero|DPX
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  This was awesome. I loved duelity and megaspeed(?). : sgtsanity
  • goatse OWNED. : TastyWheat
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  hey i just finished a map (well, for testing. it doesnt have a whole lot of decoration). do i just zip up... : Maarten Goldstein
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    zip it > link it > profit : SlamDunk
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      www.shacknews.com/hex/mg1.Challenge.zip notes 1) first map ever 2) the medal times are way too hig... : Maarten Goldstein
      • sounds good, as long as it isn't like the bunch of maps we just played where it's entirely too technical ... : RikiTiki2
      • kbnerd if you could put this up for some online playtesting that would be cool :D : Maarten Goldstein
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        Maarten, I'll check your map out some time later and post/shackmessage you feedback. I got an alpha ve... : Zero|DPX
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          I'll take a look at it if you like, always happy to give feedback : adsquirrel
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            OK, I don't have it with me here at work, but either you can get it from kbnerd, I can email it to you la... : Zero|DPX
            • Shackmessage'd : adsquirrel
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        Spotted a fun cut in Maartens track :) http://personal.inet.fi/atk/kjh2348fs/mg1_slamcut_xvid.avi : SlamDunk
        • haha, impressive : Maarten Goldstein
        • Hmm. I haven't checked my track extensively for shortcuts. : Zero|DPX
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    i hope it doesn't take 2 minutes of blind loops to finish : RikiTiki2
    • That blind loop without arrows was so stupid. >: ( : sgtsanity
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  Isn't this the demo that's packing Starforce? : Languid_Heap
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    it is : Maarten Goldstein
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      Are people here having problems with that, or is there a fix for it? : Languid_Heap
      • i havent heard about any problems : Maarten Goldstein
• the server's totally eating a dick or something : RikiTiki2
• TRoZ: another track sent : Postal
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  My Server is up USA -> TroZ, kbnerd's server is having issues. : TroZ
  • GO GO GOOOO : RikiTiki2
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    add my map :( : Maarten Goldstein
    • pleaassee : Maarten Goldstein
  • and add my map too, please : Postal
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    am I retarded or is there a password? : Chunks
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      There is. I don't know what it is either. : LordPall
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        Generally kbnerd's server uses "sploosh". : Zero|DPX
        • (I posted that because maybe TroZ uses the same one.) : Zero|DPX
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  URGE TO BUY CONTROLLER RISING... : sgtsanity
  • I'm being completely serious when I say my times were cut in half when I started using my gamepad. I may ... : DKo5
• If you can map a button on the controller to a keypress, then yeah, you can use it for Teamspeak. : Helter Skelter
• I'm Going In to kbnerd's server : Zero|DPX