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  I'd say go new. She'll likely go through at least one upgrade of the Creative Suite while there, so the n... : zakazi
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    when is the new software coming out? : mccreadypj17
    • Probably about 2 years since CS2 just came out. Then again they may release some special x86 version for ... : zakazi
    • Adobe has said they aren't putting out a universal binary until they ship the next installment of Photosh... : kevp
• MacBook Pro, no question. She'll be slow going for a bit (but still usable), but once those universal bi... : Barnahog
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  Photoshop runs plenty fast on the new Intel processors. : electroly
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    ...no it doesn't. I'd get a 15" or 17" PowerBook G4 for now, and look at getting a MacBook Pro once Phot... : Postal
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      this is kind of what I figured by reading reviews and stuff. She doesn't need the laptop until the begin... : mccreadypj17
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        Next semester as in August? If that's the case, then definitely hold out for the MacBook : Dechter
        • hm, possibly. the challenge is that we don't know when Photoshop will go UB. it could be as soon as Oct... : Postal
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      How much more faster can photoshop run on a mac??? plus ive heard you can dual boot on the new macs (wind... : Rageaholic
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        I never understood the whole photoshop running better on a mac, but then again, I'm not an artist. She u... : mccreadypj17
        • it's optimization for the OS (and hardware to a degree). : Postal
    • hey yeah because i'm not running Photoshop on an Intel Mac right now, as we speak. : electroly
    • Too bad G4s suck ass and there is no universal binary for Photoshop yet. : zerofunk
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  Buy a PC and really make a statement. : Sniper21
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    If we are talking about art students here, then that statement would be that you are going to find yourse... : ovrlrd
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      what is it Macs do that PCs can't? I don't want to turn this into a mac vs PC thread, but I'm pretty s... : Sniper21
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        Ok, I am a graphic design student. So all we use at school are Mac's. Here's the deal. Yes a PC is faster... : adev
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          Thanks for the rundown. Seems to me like a tradition that needs to change. : Sniper21
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            What for? Just because PC's can be bought cheaper? I don't really see the logic in that. People use Macs ... : ovrlrd
            • it's not necessarily about the price, it's about choice. People shouldn't be pigeonholed into buying a mo... : Sniper21
          • yes. Switching to OpenType down the road will fix some of the problems. As I can use my PC and Mac per... : adev
      • Design Student here too, use a PC, one of two in the major actually (hey, it's a freebie, work provided).... : zakazi
  • Unless you meant that she would have to endure the disappointing looks of others while they say "corporat... : Sniper21
• The MacBook Pro in comparison to the Powerbook is way way faster, even with Rosetta. Photoshop will run p... : ovrlrd
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  http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?query=girlfriend+apple : personaljesus
  • Hahah, I sense a trend here... (I'm wagering they're all for themselves) : zakazi
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  So much bad info in this thread that I think Im going to explode : rosewood
  • Yeah. Lets clear it up a bit. 1. the macbook pro is much more powerful than the g4 powerbook 2. Ad... : Prozium

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• HALO 2007 WILL BE GREAT, DON'T YOU WORRY. fuck you may be right ;( : nomaad
• Don't forget the fact that Bungie was practically born on the Mac. Now, whenever they are asked if there... : manlyman
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  it's more Microsoft's problem than Bungie's. if they feel that making Halo 2 Vista-only is necessary to ... : Postal
  • It's not. I have nearly zero drive to even see what Vista offers. : Ebu
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  Yeah, it's really disappointing, and a bit depressing. With Alex Seropian already gone, I wouldn't be al... : Chris Remo
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    LOL the odds of that happening are slim to none. Everyone assumes bungie's buyout was such a bad deal for... : Silent Wolf
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      Well, like I said, Seropian left. And if they were gung ho themselves about the Vista requirement, the... : Chris Remo
      • Alex left a long ass time ago though. If anything i'd be more dismayed over pete parsons leaving, though ... : Silent Wolf
• who cares... most people will switch to vista anyways and im sure if you were in bungie's position with m... : infiltrator`
• it is a ridiculous requirement (there's no valid technical reason why Halo 2 couldn't run on XP) but MS i... : ariakaz
• Microsoft bought them the building they are working in. I bet they are very happy working with Microsoft.... : bozer
• they have money now. end of thread. : Gaurav Sharma

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• Jesus wouldn't like Whiskey Scented Air Refreshener, he would like Moonshine Scented. : devi| dog
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  No. It will make you smell like a worthless drunk. Down the tube go your job, marriage, sex life... Befo... : Athlon7
  • That is my job already! OH SNAP! wait whu... : Rauol Duke
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  you bought stock in companies that make breathalizers didn't you? : digitalburro
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    shhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh I just love the smell of a nice glass of whiskey. THAT DOESNT MAKE ME A BAD PERSON. : Rauol Duke
    • A heavy drinker. Not a bad person. : sKetchflow
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  That is such a bad idea I can't even comprehend. The scent of alcohol after a hard night's drunk is just ... : Deathlove
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    You don't understand the beauty of my vision. No one understands me. :( : Rauol Duke
    • I understand you. The smell of Whiskey reminds me of Christmas, and who doesnt love Christmas? in before : kikilupo
• That would take money that could go towards whiskey! It's fatally flawed. : sgtsanity
• 9/10 hobos agree! 10/10 hobos would rather have real whiskey, however. : Krypt_
• I can think of at least one other scent better than that : rintumscrinctum
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  Whiskey Scented Mouth Wash : hirez
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    Mmmmm, boy that Hennigans goes down smooth. And afterwords you don't even smell. That's right folks. I ju... : aethyr
    • Man.. for a split second.. i thought you were talking about Alyson Hannigan.. it would be funnier if ... : speedycerviche
• smell like a wino without all the hassle of drinking! : edgewise
• You'd make a lot more money with something that COVERED UP the whiskey smell. Gawd that would be so awes... : Priest77
• AB already made something like that . . . but the market is just not ready :) : jedi_27

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  Umax, I would really love to hear what you have to say about tradedeficits. I thought that trading is ... : SAS_Ale
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    Here's a previous post on the subject: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8149148 And a related post o... : UtilityMaximizer
    • thx buddy, I appreciate your reply! Umax is truly the best! : SAS_Ale

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• I love these. : deeveee
• The whole "American flag stands for murder, rape, etc." clip is not from this year. Dope's latest album ... : invisible_kid
• that was awesome : slickdoody
• * C H R I S M O R R I S ' D * not the CNN one, the british genius one :) : inchwide
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  OMG I want a downloadable version of that BADLY. That is awesome. : jrock
  • you can download from google video. : carazy
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    http://www.bushyoga.com/movie.htm http://www.bushyoga.com/bushwhacked2.mov : inchwide
    • i love you, thanks!! : jrock
• rooflestiltskins :D : Magus
• We must offer every child in America... three nukular missiles :D : jrock
• that is so awesome : SqueegyTBS

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  Then they left her on fucking antarctica. What a stupid movie. : Wheatloaf
  • She had a snow plow to take her back to the boat, what do they care? : das_runt
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  Man I thought it was super lame :( : Chris Remo
  • I agree. There was *one* cool part however... When the Predator comes flying out of the sky/snow t : Sniper21
  • I did too. I like the technical work on the queen. Other than that it was a snore fest. I liked how the s... : timaste
• I thought it was pretty shitty really. It seemed like they were trying far too hard to make the predators... : thecray
• crappy acting imho. : personaljesus
• I thought it was passable entertainment despite all the hate. It could have been a hell of a lot worse. : omnova
• We need an Aliens USCM marines vs Predators in an all out war movie. : n0v4
• Every movie is good if you don't think about it. : mikecyb
• Even though I hated how it ended. I liked being able to see predators (plural) fighting alongside each ot... : unknown_fiend
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  They just hugged. Aliens and predators don't hug. LAME. : losder5000
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    If you call hugging bumrushing an alien and hitting it so hard you knock it through a stonewall then pick... : unknown_fiend
    • I saw a dude in a predator suit hugging on a dude in an alien suit and then falling around on dusty styro... : losder5000
• I was very very disappointed this movie when I saw it in theaters. :( I enjoyed the first half a bit, esp... : Begawkiness
• It was crap from start to finish. Bad acting, bad story, bad writing. : tree8
• You must define "Nice and Unexpected" differently from me. : Jonathan
• Compared to Uwe Boll, its Masterpiece Theatre. : Magus
• i kinda thought it sucked balls except for a couple of the fight scenes. they needed a lot more alien vs ... : infiltrator`
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  I at least agree with you Squeegy...I didnt think it was all that terrible... : Saman
  • lol so many haters. While its definitely not at the top of my list, it was a good action flic that kep... : SqueegyTBS

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• doh i have the video on my home computer but the name of the guy was like secaf or something. try googlin... : infiltrator`
• http://loboca.shackspace.com/sand.wmv : loboca

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• if it's just CD audio, give WMP a try. It has integrated burning. : BenMurphy
• CDEX http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdexos/ : dognose
• What kind of burner do you have? : Bean
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  you can create a playlist in iTunes and just click the burn cd button : OrkO
  • i don't like itunes because it doesnt have the really nice normalize feature that nero does... and i like... : Break
• I found this the other day, seems to work well enough. http://www.cdburnerxp.se/ : Nixx2004
• I too had skipping issues when burning audio cds in Nero 7. I just ended up using itunes to burn them. ... : tarpozo
• Try using winamp to extract them to wave files first. : bundy
• Did you patch Nero? : sharkII
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  Try Mediamonkey. I'm an unnoficial shill for them! Seriously though. I only use good apps. DO EEEEEET!!!! : PlanetPerfecto
  • That looks like a iTunes rippoff if there ever was one http://www.mediamonkey.com/Assets/images/mmpanel.... : OrkO
• Foobar2000 has a dikwriter option. Takes your selection and creates an audio cd image. : Andy Hanson

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• Over 100 days without rain here, though...nice weather but I think we'll be burning up this fire season :... : freezejeans

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  i think it would be cheaper just to buy an xbx and a copy of halo2 for it : X-GOUKI
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    lol @ totally missing the point of being able to use mouse+kb and also internet multiplayer and mods and ... : infiltrator`
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      None of that stuff really matters except for the kb+mouse. : Ebu
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        yeah thats key selling point for me. if they could actually integrate mouse + kb really effectively like ... : infiltrator`
        • I believe there is some sort of Xbox live integration with Vista also. : stgdz
    • That does sound fun now that you mention it. Plus using 360 controler for warthog demolition derbys. : Lightzout
• You'll be picking up Vista no matter what.... You won't have a choice : mnok

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  Anyone ever get anything interesting from them before? : xelencin
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11609712 : conandan
• Doh!! Those went quick : joesnizzle
• that pisses me off. loaded the page right at 10, clicked i want one, and because the server is so slow, ... : ermac
• damnit i always miss it. i wanna be the lucky one to get like a new hdtv or home theater system!! : infiltrator`

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  more 360 patches?! :( this is a bad precedent to set : byorn
  • Granted the games have been out for almost 4 months now, I don't think they are fixing anything major, so... : sharkII
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    You realize that many original Xbox games were "patched", right? The policy is - no patches for single p... : CA Flynn
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      And sooner or later games are gonna start getting rushed for Christmas and the like with the thoughts "we... : SilverSnake
      • At least it's better then getting rushed for Christmas then never fixed, which is what frequently happens... : Chris Remo
  • more maps for PDZ and online co-op plus tweaking things people complain about sounds like a plus to me. : bozer

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• It's not a popular zone. It's mid level, out of reach of the masses of lowbies, but passed by quickly by... : Zakko
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  Ashenvale is a rather sparsely-populated zone; most players of the appropriate, pre-mount level for BFD t... : Cognoscenti
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    makes sense. Reading on Thottbot, BFD looks like its a pretty cool instance. http://www.thottbot.co... : ezanga
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      It is, too. It was one of my favorites (along with WC) that nobody ever seemed to want to do. :( : Ebu
      • I agree. BFD/WC/Ulda are awesome (granted, I've never tried high lvl instantes yet, I'm still 49). I f... : mystifier

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• search through First Post.... : gorilla
• Nevermind, I found them :( : wunderbred
• it was like yeah.jpg : infiltrator`

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• I agree!!! it also helps when your mobo doesn't suck limiting your fps to ~4 : kbnerd
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  2 GB for $100????? : dognose
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    Or dod you already have 1.5 GB : dognose
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      Possibly 1GB if he got cheap stuff. : Githyanki
      • I haven't forgotten about you ;o : dognose
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        Corsair Value 3200 Dual Channel 2 x 512mb $120 shipped (Canadian monies!) : mystifier
        • Hell: http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=12104&vpn=OCZ4001024PDC-K&manufacture=OCZ%20Technology ... : mystifier
• Yea I went from 1gig to 2gigs + a raptor and now im always one of the first people to load up new maps. : deeveee
• Yes, indeed it is... Lord everything is sexxy with 2G of RAM. : zakazi
• Argh I am so so tempted to grab 2GB of it myself :-D : Athlon7
• Heh yeah 2gb always allows me to be first into the game and grab the jets. And since I never die I like t... : eldiablo01

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• well by gym I meant pool, obviously. : thekidd
• lol @ clean their pipes. I can just imagine a bunch of schwarzenegger wannabe's masturbation furiously : moshman
• It's fun when you "beat the system" huh? : glio1337
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  You know it's too bad more people don't listen to the Lost podcast on here. It addresses a lot of the ... : thekidd
  • I'm allergic to podcasts... plus I don't watch lost : mikecyb
  • Hmm I've never listened to a podcast before but this intruiges me. I may have to download it, it would se... : Begawkiness
  • I'm actually scared that this will ruin the show for me. I don't want to know too much. Suspension of dis... : Geoffrois

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  PrimoPDF is what I use. I like it alot. : essdub
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    Seconded, works great. : nomaad
    • thirded : mikecyb
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  .PDF is a proprietary format associated with Adobe Acrobat if I remember correctly. Chances are, no. ... : hatelull
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    I stand corrected. Wow. : hatelull
    • ^^ haha check out how wrong this guy is i thought the same thing : Mr.SEX
  • PDF is now a standard - but adobe keeps adding to their version of PDF to keep it ahead of the standard t... : Jonathan
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  We use PDF Creator http://sector7g.wurzel6.de/pdfcreator/index_en.htm : ThomW
  • I use this as well. : sharkII
  • I, as well, use this. : Ebu
  • This, I as well use. : Zakko
  • As well, I use this. : 69shots
• CutePDF here... : zakazi
• cheap, as in FREE? http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ : shassard
• Thanks shack! I actually wasn't expecting any free ones but check that out. I"ll try out Primo http://w... : ariakaz
• wow i needed to know this too : X-GOUKI

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• id still tap it : med1c
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  looks too fake to me. Also I bet she's so loose you could only get one side of your dick wet. : alexthegreat2
  • hot dog down a hallway :( : mikecyb
  • i doubt it's that bad, she hasn't done a ton of porn with guys (hell, has she done any?) in a long time. ... : lakren
  • I think it would be awesome putting that theory to the test. : ThomW
• God Yes. : mavmavv
• Are you saying you would do a porn star? You weirdo! : Geoffrois

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• Come on you losers. Help fix the engine now so the expansion pack doesn't suck :( : sharkII
• ohh sweet we can try out of the friends beta. such a useful feature that went broke and never got fixed f... : infiltrator`

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• hot chicks there? : mnok

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• fucking genjurosized : Phil
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  It's much easier to play this way http://www.guimp.com/pacman.swf : ovrlrd
  • No aimbots! : Sgt_Boomstick

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  anyway, i'm doing it through this training program called 'team in training.' www.teamintraining.org b... : FrayLo
  • bump for the morning. : FrayLo
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  $25 donation made - have fun! :) : virus
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    come on guys, donate! : virus
    • much <3, thx. : FrayLo
  • It's per mile. The Office REWLS! : glio1337
• I thought the STP was for Multiple Sclerosis. Or is that another event? : Dechter
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  25 coming your way. one of my buds in dallas has leukemia, but has been in remission for a couple of year... : rintumscrinctum
  • sorry to hear about that. thanks for the donation, i appreciate it. : FrayLo

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• THE 'N' WORD!!!! Not quite as interesting as the 'L' word. : Fred Garvin
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  lol, "can you lend a nigga a pencil" : OrkO
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    Hahaha, I was just about to post that. Hilarity. : cr00kedview
    • Same here, lol. : Hello Kitty
  • That part was seriously incredible, I laughed out loud. : Chris Remo
  • I laughed, but I feel kind of bad about it. : lie bot
• that dude made me real uncomfortable. hilarity : donuthead
• That student needs to grow a fucking spine. Nigga plz, rly! : Athlon7

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  As was said on Fark, the whole idea of a Mohammed Blow-Up Doll has a certain ammount of verbal comedy. ... : zakazi
  • Heh heh ... blow up ... : AhmNee
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  That looks more like a lego guy : finalthrill
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    Y-you mean you can have SEX with those? *sigh* I, for one, squandered my childhood. : lie bot
    • I preferred hot love with the Duplo people : finalthrill
• Here's a picture of "Mustafa Shag" http://perform.antville.org/static/perform/images/bigmustafa.jpg (... : Vantage
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  ahahahahhaha europe is drawing aggro : creep
  • lmao, good one. : losder5000
  • hahaha, I LOL'd at this... =( : zakazi
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  Quite frankly, the damage has been done, there's no amount of apologies that will ever satisfy everyone w... : Cognoscenti
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    Or, the rest of the world comes to the realization that genocide is a necessary evil. : Githyanki
    • Or that, yeah. It's really a toss-up :) : Cognoscenti

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  Were there any extras on that FBDO dvd : DingoStoleMyBaby
  • It was widescreen so it met my criteria... but here's the listing on amazon... http://www.amazon.com/g... : ghost in my shell
• "Alan Smithee" means the director took his name off. : haloeXX
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  FBDO doesn't need extras. That's how good the movie is. : TwiLyght
  • the entire movie is already extra good : Luminair
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  I don't know much about the extended cut, except that it always seemed to be the one showing on SciFi lat... : Vincent Grayson
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    What? Ferris on scifi? : losder5000
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      i think he's talking about Dune. : kbnerd
      • sweet. I read 2 words out of the op. : losder5000
• The version of dune contains both the full, nearly 3hr feature (that's "Alan Smithee" directing), and the... : Masem
• I was a little bit dissapointed by the extended version of Dune but it's still a good watch... I prefer t... : mnok

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• other shackers support OK Cupid it's all free. : kbnerd
• yeah I recently found this out too : judge
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  because on-line dating wasn't already a worthless farce? : hatelull
  • You've got to be kidding. Do you realize how many women are turning to online dating sites because they'r... : AhmNee
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  What about this Hot or Not site that several of you link to on occasion? : Githyanki
  • i feel thats the best deal out there if you are patient .. still seeing my HoN girl : med1c
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  http://www.meritline.com/ Always had a good experiance with Merit. Lots of sales from time to time. ... : pimpium
  • Fucking misreply but hey, its a great online dating site too! : pimpium

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  neat. but why? Most of the effects would be an annoyance after the first day. Translucency and the... : DoubleAught()
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    yeah, as a Classic Mode user in Windows I fail to see how this would work out in the long run. Eye candy... : rookieone
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      it's all about Clssic mode. : kbnerd
      • Hell yeah : Chris Remo
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      Windows? Things have been going downhill ever since DOS 3.3. : bostrov
      • DOS? Pfah. It's all about the toggle switches. : Arcanum
  • The flip windows thing was Sun's Project Lookig Glass if i remember right. Apparently all the effect... : Geordish
• That was surprisingly neat. : nomaad
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  makes me want to just try the loonix : El Tigre
  • Do it and be prepared for dissapointment. : PlanetPerfecto
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  i really like the way it manages each desktop. I think tiger does this as well, although i didn't see (on... : Silent1
  • OSX actually doesn't come with multiple desktop support. You can kind-of simulate it with Fast User Swit... : genom
  • Nvidia's windows drivers has built in multiple desktop functionality that is usually disabled by default : sigpro
• slick : gegtik
• Most of that stuff I wouldn't use but seeing all your open windows at once i like. : lacker
• ... "for 2 weeks then realize..." : yay4furryanimals
• Did they mention what hardware this is running off? : gegtik
• And why can't I view this video? Grrr : yay4furryanimals
• Seems like Vista will have most of that stuff anyway. : rudds
• Kinda interesting, but looks like it's mostly a gimmick. I don't see much real world usefulness in it. ... : Zakko
• transparent windows still woo people? : tension

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  http://www.chappelletheory.com/ : ariakaz
  • how about his interview on oprah? I would believe that more than some account by someone that doesn't kno... : moshman
• scrumtralecent : med1c

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• Fry's, FujiFilm brand. : dognose
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  wherever they are on sale when i need them. i only buy named brand ones after a bad experience right afte... : kbnerd
  • Yeah I avoid GQ brand, cheap as they are. Got a deal on a spindle of 50 Fuji's at Frys after a coworker ... : dognose
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  www.meritline.com : essdub
  • ^^^ this is what i was trying to reply with but my fat fingers got the better of me. : pimpium