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• "Monolingual". : ventro

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  MUST DO MORE SHACKBATTLES! Sorry I bailed so early.. I just wasn't feeling the vibe tonight. : beastrabban
  • I hear you. I played like crud all night, it was a bummer. : geedeck
  • I couldn't join you all, had to work. :-( I agree - hope there's more of them, I definitely prefer BF1... : theisle
• It was a blast, except I started sucking hard the last 2 maps. : tested2
• whenever you announce it. themelon told me that it takes about 30 seconds to setup the server. : kbnerd

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  See you're doing it wrong. Step 1) Toss your MGS2 disc into a flame Step 2) Buy used PS2 and MGS3 St... : genjuro
  • I think you should play mgs 1 + 2 before playing 3 to get the full effect : gegtik
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    But wouldnt I wanna play 2 before 3? : mavmavv
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      gegtik is right, but I just hate MGS2 so much. The gameplay and environment were the most boring part of ... : genjuro
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        people rip unnecessarily on MGS2. Yes I know raidens a fruitcake but the game is still fun : gegtik
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          Well as I said, I did not like MGS2 environment or gameplay. Running around the Big Shell got really bori... : genjuro
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            the surreal ending sequence was brilliantly executed, you have to give it that : gegtik
            • I'll give it a kick in the nuts and thats about it. : Turd Ferguson
            • Do you mean the Fission Mailed! part where everything goes apeshit? If so - yeah that's one of the mos... : genjuro
          • What? You didn't like the rollerblading fat man? : ChibiJosh
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  you were scared of Raiden. : kbnerd
  • Do you mean Alucard. : Totenjaeger
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  The beautiful thing about MGS2 is that it cured me from thinking MGS had an interesting story to tell. : bargeld
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    I hate you all. I just wanted to enjoy a game dammit. : mavmavv
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      Just play it. You'll love it. It's a damn fine game. : raija
      • I have been, slowly. Just beat the first boss. : mavmavv
  • Yep, after the awesomeness that was MGS1, and the little fade out at the end with the whole Mr. President : Begawkiness
  • perfectly said. : Silent Wolf
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  It doesn't have CQC >:( : ieGod
  • But it also doesn't have that horrible medical interface, which is a big plus. : ChibiJosh

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  People here like www.dreamhost.com : redfive
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    I have their unix plan. lookin for windows (dont think they do that) : epit
    • Why do you need a windows plan? I mean, you want your server to be UP right? : mancide
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  Try http://www.cyberpixels.com though really I have no idea what they use. Pricing is decent : glio1337
  • Looks like it's linux-based. : Helter Skelter
• www.webhost4life.com : trick
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  GoDaddy does Windows, I believe, but they kinda suck. Why do you want Windows, anyway? Most serious we... : protozone
  • maybe he's gonna host ASP pages or something. : personaljesus
  • need the ability to read access databases. my website handles data entries, and imports via csv files. bu... : epit
  • I wouldn't use them, simply because of their awful Super Bowl ad. >:( : ChibiJosh
• http://www.gearhost.com Ive been with them for 2 years now and love them. : Str8Dog
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  HostMySite.com, i've been on them for 5+years now and love it. : El Tigre
  • i love their customer service. They are really great. : personaljesus

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• Why read the shack when you can make psychedelic shapes with your fingers? : Beef-
• SOLD! For sixty thousand dollars no doubt. : Rotten Deadite
• That will be some hot as hell tech when it becomes available for consumers. : Tripps
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  update: still pumping come : freakord
  • yeah, I agree.. This kind of stuff is like, 1 step from the UI in minority report. Maybe nintendo was ri... : dextius
• wow, that is definitely an incredibly technology. just as long as i can still use my mouse and keyboard ... : Korban
• holy crap coolest thing ever : verginator
• omg i want it!!@!! ! : Shadowdane
• Betcha need one hell of a computer to do that stuff, too. : ChibiJosh

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• I know you care! : warcrow
• yeah, it's very easy to see all the tricks and other ideas welles used have been countlessly reused over ... : grindking
• A shame the ending has been ruined for most people by one million pop-cultural references. : ChibiJosh

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• If it wasn't freakish driver error, the right rear brake caliper/drum locked up and pulled the car to the : Lunatic Angelic
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  It looks like the right rear brake locked the wheel, but I can't figure out why. Taillights don't seem t... : Caboose
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    Actually, an ex GF of mine had her pads in the right rear just fall to pieces and jam the drum at 75mph, : Lunatic Angelic
    • how did they just fall apart? christ :(( : burning eye
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  i wonder if he got that chick's number : QMS|superdave
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    The rider was a she. : Lunatic Angelic
    • that makes it even better : QMS|superdave
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    they say its a she also, its amazing how retarded people are at accidents "lay on your back" "NO she ... : Morgin
    • most people dont remeber what to do with an injured person, the fact that they rarely have to deal with o... : QMS|superdave
• that is crazy. I wanna ride but I am scared of getting killed :[ : SAS_Ale

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• Bloomberg = douchebag : johnny skidmarks
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  that sucks, he could have given him a warning or something. : Dan 101
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    Maybe he did. Maybe the guy was a habitual goof off. : GeorgeB3DR
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      I fail at reading. Still I have little sympathy, as I'm sure there were other factors that contributed. : GeorgeB3DR
      • Or Bloomberg is a dick. That answer might work too. I sincerly hope there are other factors. : Fred Garvin
• where are the Union storm troopers? : proclone1
• Bloomberg is a douche bag. : timaste
• Hard to know where I stand on this, I hate asshats who play fucking solitaire at work (even though I brow... : abrasion
• I'm sure Mr. Bloomberg is clean as a whistle : phobium
• A warning would have been nice, however, I don't know the full story. Maybe he had a prior warning or the... : K1Bond007
• What a bag for holding the water or fluid used in douching. : flibble2k
• Another reason why I hate Solitaire... it gets you fired! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  man got fired for not following rules, no big deal. you can't call bloomberg a douchebag for having low t... : Gaurav Sharma
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    I dunno, I've showed up late to work plenty of times and that is most certainly against the rules. Never ... : qwpeoriu
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      coming late is often beyond one's control. playing games isn't. : Gaurav Sharma
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        Lunch.Time. : abrasion
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          i have no idea what you just said. : Gaurav Sharma
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            He said, did you actually read the article? : Fred Garvin
            • yes i did, it does not mention lunchtimes. : Gaurav Sharma
  • Bloomberg is a douchebag. Always was. This only confirms it. : johnny skidmarks
• This sort of reminds me of that Orwell short story (the one about the elephant). : ayesel
• I think the best part here is the guy was a fucking NYC employee who worked in ALBANY at a lobbying offic... : zakk

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  but you are paying for that class... : drucifer
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    But it's a 3 hour environmental biology lecture. I don't want to be there. : yoonix
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      I get mad when they cancel my classes. I wanna get my learn on. : drucifer
      • I'd be mad if they cancelled tomorrow's classes, since I have Eastern Philosophy and Weight Training (two... : yoonix
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        hahaha ^^^HUGE NERD : Luminair
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          Classes are expensive. I may not like all of them, but when I pay for them, I certainly expect to learn ... : lie bot
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            I paid for the diploma, not the classes. 90% of what you learn in college is useless or irrelevant in th... : mikecyb
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              I guess that statement would depend on what you are studying in university. : lie bot
              • the percentage probably varies, yes, but for the most part it's true unless you're getting some hands on ... : mikecyb
            • ^^ I found this to be true. When I went through undergrad I already had experience in my industry from fr... : El Tigre
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              I agree to an extent. Particularly those random university requirements that you spend your first two yea... : bostrov
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                You realize that lots of people in other fields view the science/math classes that they have to take as B... : skizl
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                  Yes, I meant that I wish a sub-4-year degree were offered that would be 100% in-major focused. : bostrov
                  • Oh. Okay then. :D Nevermind, I kind of agree with that. Although, I think sometimes all fields have somet... : skizl
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                well, I don't agree, because I think gen eds help you become more well rounded. in fact I would even adv... : mikecyb
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                  I'm not suggesting that the full four year degrees be completely abandoned, I'd just like an option that ... : bostrov
                  • but you're not a communist >:( : mikecyb
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  Fuck, they've decided to hold the Env. Bio. class, just have it start later. :( : yoonix
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    Are you sure you got that e-mail? I mean, maybe you didn't check again after you saw you weren't opening ... : skizl
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      I am pretty sure he couldn't get that e-mail. : personaljesus
      • if he could've, he wouldn't have made the root post :9 : thekidd
  • Teacher didn't show up. :( : yoonix

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  nice, did you perform those tests? : personaljesus
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    me = stupid + no reading skills : personaljesus
    • hehe, yup, calculated relative theoretical scores. should be accuratish and kind of correlate on the r... : Gaurav Sharma
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  Nice Google ad. lolz : ThomW
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    yeah, i feel like i'm shilling my site (along with everything else it seems these days), but genuinely en... : Gaurav Sharma
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      It was really the only thing I saw on the screen when I fired up your site. Maybe move it off to the sid... : ThomW
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        Or make it a different size/shape. Go for a more rectangular style. : glio1337
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          changed it to rectangular now, and yeah, it does blend in much better. thanks! : Gaurav Sharma
          • Oh yes that is muuuuch better : glio1337
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  The console relative performance graph is misleading. You need to be careful (specific, descriptive) with... : yakz
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    Also, link references at the bottom of your posts so everyone knows you're not just making stuff up. : yakz
    • sure, i'll add more detail and explain sources, thanks for the input. : Gaurav Sharma
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  Did you create a site on Blogger, register a site and then point it to your blogger? So I could make w... : kanix
  • you should be able buy kanixpics.com and then forward it directly to your shackspace folder transparently... : Gaurav Sharma
• those are some pretty deceiving relative performance scores in regards to the 360 vs. the ps3, but oh wel... : grindking

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  How 'bout we just go to Central or South America >:( : dognose
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    Tengo el gato mis pantalones. : deKaf
    • Yo como el gato. : donuthead
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  Can I just wait until my 2% milk curdles, and then use that? : sharkII
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    uh, yeah. do that. : gegtik
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      well, since there are no grovery stores around, what other options do I have? : sharkII
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        move to some place with culture! : gegtik
        • or more mexicans. : al9000
• Noted. : nomaad
• This is also named "Nata" in some countries. And you are correct BTW, that shit rules. : stuka

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  In short, my computer will not boot. More specifically it will not fully boot an os. It locks up always o... : baron calamity
  • http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ Run the diagnostic tests. I had a buddy who was having some strange iss... : warcrow

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• www.newsgator.com web-based is just more convenient. : Carnivac
• Thunderbird! : oneequalsfour

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• man, this is hard as hell. I'm stumped and/or stupid : JohnnyDanger
• want a hint? : MatthewPhillips
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  Think zigzag. Start with one square bottom left and work your way up and then down again. : deKaf
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    That really doesn't help. : Dynotaku
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      Bottom left - then go up and right one - then another square should be below and right to that. Only two ... : deKaf
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        wait wut? : Rotten Deadite
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          http://www.dustglove.com/images/matches.JPG : deKaf
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            I did the first one, felt all pleased with myself after thinking I was dumb for about 10mins, now I'm bei... : sasowa
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              It's the same concept as the first. They all pretty much are to an extent. : deKaf
              • I see now, stuck on the 4th now though, I see a cycle here too :P : sasowa
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            That still doesn't solve the puzzle though. At the bottom it says 'every match needs to be part of a squa... : Dynotaku
            • wut? : moshman
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              http://www.dustglove.com/images/dynotakushouldbebeaten.JPG : deKaf
              • goddamnit that's so simple I want to kick myself in the face for not figuring it out : mikecyb
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  I can do the 'delete 9 matches' one but the rest make me feel dumb. : Dynotaku
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    that's the one I can't do : melkore
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      the delete 9 matches is flawed, it only detects one out of the many rotations / mirrors of the solitions ... : imperator
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        ______ |__|__| | |__|_ |_|___| |__|__| : imperator
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          heh that didnt work too well. my ascii skills suck : imperator
          • needs more code tags : lapskaus
      • yeah I was about to complain about that: http://noxel.net/~cyb/damnedthing.GIF I thought I was going c... : mikecyb

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• as long as they give you 24 hours notice they can do that. Check your lease for that information. : redfive
• I've never heard of that happening before to anyone that i know but they can do that as long as they leav... : kbnerd
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  that's kinda nice actually, as long as you don't have something illegal or whatever. in my last apartmen... : kch
  • Nothing really illegal. I do brew beer so having 100 bottles sitting on the counter waiting to be cleaned... : intothefray
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  just ask that someone is there when they come in, otherwise i'd be sketched out. my management allegedly ... : dahanese
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    i actually don't have a battery in my smoke detector. it got annoying so i took it down. : kbnerd
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      I had my apartment full of smoke and it didn't go off.. : intothefray
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        they problem with mine is that if i looked at it cross-eyed it would go off (this is a figure of speech i... : kbnerd
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          you can't cross your eyes? : dahanese
          • nope =-( i'm a failure as a human being =-( : kbnerd
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            Jeez I cross my eyes at least once a day for the hell of it. : intothefray
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              I envy you. I can cross only to a certain point and then one eye will drift off. Steve is the same way.... : sHugamom
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                I've always wanted to be able to shake my eyes, but as you can't watch yourself do it I have yet to figur... : intothefray
                • I'll take a movie of you next time you're here. Steve gave me an elph for Christmas and I am just taking... : sHugamom
• That is not normal. Normally you have to wait till something breaks then hassle the manager to get someon... : Lightzout
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  also, it's time for the "that does it you need to move to denton" comment. : kbnerd
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    Yeah but then my daughter couldn't play BF1942 with you. : intothefray
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      that's true. and i'd certainly miss getting run over by her but it would be perfect because then i could ... : kbnerd
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        I think she can fly better than drive, and that's not saying much. : intothefray
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          with mouse and kb or with a joystick? : kbnerd
          • Joystick for flying. She can't drive because I have my strafe(and steer) keys bound to shift and C which ... : intothefray
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  You might ask your property mgr. if there's a specific monthly maintenance schedule. If there's not, per... : sHugamom
  • Well I think the concensus is that it is not normal. I'll try to remember to call them on my lunch break ... : intothefray

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• Thanks. I'll search for & tivo it when it comes on. :) : sHugamom

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  is this a free game? : gegtik
  • no but there is a free demo. And the game itself is pretty cheap. : alexthegreat2

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• wireless is gay : cucumber1972
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  Friends have a Belkin and I have a Netgear, I don't think either of us have had problems. : Hello Kitty
  • though i must say almost anything is better than Belkin : kbnerd
• My Linksys is fine. It depends on your building think walls or lots of metal piping can really mess with... : chazums
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  Honestly if you want to get the best, get a Cisco. However, be warned those are quite expensive (and rea... : Ecks
  • the wrt54g is what 3 of my coworkers have and they have to reboot it like every other day. : imperator
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  For some reason my wifi router has to be rebooted frequently! guess I should have bought something besid... : poorkidd
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    My Conceptronic works GREAT with my powerbook G4 (Airport) but on the PC with a Concdeptronic Dongle is p... : excessus
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      Noone here have any experience with d-link ? http://www.dlink.com/products/?sec=0&pid=458 : imperator
      • i've got lots of experience with them (positive too) but not with their wireless options so my opinion is... : kbnerd
      • I have that exact router and I am happy with it. The wireless range is excellent even through three wall... : gireal
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  It's just TOTALLY pointless to go wireless IF you can lay a cable It's much much much faster, it's mor... : abrasion
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    Just want the cables away its annoying to clean, looks ugly and impossible to hide in my appartment. : imperator
    • Well go for wireless :/ you can still stream a DVD - just, games are playable, browsing is fine - torrent... : abrasion
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      everytime you notice a cable just punch yourself in the head. negative reinforcement works everytime! : kbnerd
      • Theres laws about punching my girlfriend everytime she notices one though. : imperator
      • I... SEE... NO ETHERNET CABLES... : carnivore
    • Tape them to the ceiling? Wireless is pretty dodgy. I did the same thing you're considering a few year... : protozone
• get a buffalo. : maulla
• In my experience, the best solution is a standalone switch, a standalone wireless access point, and an ol... : Arcanum
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  LInksys WRT54G V4 or less, hacked with DD-WRT has been insanely stable for me. I also have a WRT54GS w... : rosewood
  • same - 4gs with default firmware has been running with heavy use for 2 months now, without rebooting. : alexthegreat2

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• I tried it and can't get it to work. The program hangs for long periods of time, eventually detects my 3... : jahulio2

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• especially since it happens so often : kbnerd
• They're shocked because the prosecutors only requested a 20 year sentence, but the judge handed down a li... : protozone
• read the story. : spdon
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  Parent should make every kid watch Midnight Express at age 15 or so. : FormerHPB
  • OHHH BILLLY! : mankeroo
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  hard drugs i understand. but at the end, 20yrs for marijuana. MARIJUANA CAN'T EVEN KILL YOU IF YOU TRIED.... : reverend~heresy
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    Drug smuggling is drug smuggling. If these countries are sick of people bringing drugs through their cou... : FormerHPB
    • Do a few guys in a jail cell really get that message across? They need to do it old western style where ... : rosewood
• * B R O K E D O W N P A L A C E ' D * : skinlab133

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• This HDCP stuff is bullshit. Oh well, they won't be getting my money. : Jumperus
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  I'm holding out judgment on all of this HDCP stuff until I see what's really going on, all this shit seem... : qwpeoriu
  • It *IS* an attack on the consumer. It's not rumours, and it has been very well planned. We can hope for a... : protozone
• that's just stupid : keeyawn
• They were never advertised as such. Anyone who buys a pair of 7800GTXs expecting to use HDCP didn't bothe... : TrptJim
• Hope there is a consumer backlash. : Fred Garvin
• why would you spend $1500 to playback hi def anyway? the whole article is bullshit, a pathetic attempt at... : Gaurav Sharma
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  Yeah ok so BluRay and HD-DVD are going to be pretty much dead in the water. : nomaad
  • Nope and only because people will buy actual new dvd players. Only a minority watch on computer. : Edges
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    HD-DVD allows content ripping to PCs at full quality, not sure if they've enabled this for Blu-Ray. If no... : Gaurav Sharma
    • Except the content rip will be DRM'd to hell and nobody except you wants that. : rosewood
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  this is why i have my xbox 360 on my desk. : mallrice
  • What does that have to do with the price of rice in china this? : rosewood
• There needs to be an easy to share website that breaks down why we all need to just say no to bluray and ... : rosewood

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• and you would know! : sharkII
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  So when you said you had sex with 29 girls you mean you were just watching TV with them? : Flying h4x0r
  • thats all my mom lets me do. : ra1n
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  I've only had 1 HD TV - I guess that puts me behind the shack curve on this issue. : ra1n
  • oh no. I'm at 0 currently. : sharkII
• totally awesome performance from shaun white man loved his last show-off performance on the halfpipe. Th... : d3m0n5

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• Do you have access to the DHCP server for the network? : Caboose
• arp -a maybe? : dealie
• nmap will scan a subnet and then you can look for the mac address that way. Otherwise I don't know. : trove
• you can't unless you have backdoor information to the ISP : redfive

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• sounds like he lead a reasonably good life, at least after Jaws : Postal
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  Oh, I thought it was Jaws from James Bond. LOLOLOLOL : mavmavv
  • Me too. :( : Dynotaku
• RIP Peter. You wrote some fine novels that entertained me. : PenicillinX57
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  That sucks, he was a solid writer. : lightly inclined
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    I think it's more significant that he showed ecological concerns and didn't just believe that sharks were... : Postal
    • Yeah, I love how he was concerned with all the negative publiclity sharks got after Jaws came out, and so... : lightly inclined
  • I also liked "The Deep" very much. : SlamDunk
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  RIP. He spurred my childhood interest. I even wrote him a letter once when I was like 11. He wrote me bac... : mrspyral
  • if you can find it, post it online :) : Postal

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• interesting. Never underestimate the scene! :D : mavmavv
• cool i knew it would be hacked soon enough : Shadowdane

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• Jealous :( : sasowa
• it will probably be very beautiful (and sad if they play a lot of their earlier material) : Postal

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  I'll do it for 2000$. That's probably a lot cheaper than a lawyer would charge. : mnok
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    you sure? : personaljesus
    • hehe nah I have no clue. But i've been dealing with lawyers for my company and it's expensive as hell! : mnok
• shackmsg'd : ra1n

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• omg omg omg I hope it does not suck, I loved the first 3 : sanchez
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  hooray, steve guttenberg can feed his kids again! : phobium
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    i think he's dead :( : mrspyral
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      Nah, he's on Veronica Mars! : FormerHPB
      • i was thinking of Tacklebury....its been a while since i've seen this series :) : mrspyral
• Callahan will be in it, with her tits, no tack or zed tho :/ : abrasion
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  The Stonecutters did it again. They are trying to revive Steve Guttenburg's career. : Totenjaeger
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    The nightrider, that is his name. : abrasion
    • Remember him when you look to the night sky. : pres589

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• fun trivia: the singer's audio was recorded live and not overdubbed later : donuthead