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  stop being a sissy and get her something made purely of human blood. : Toraz Chryx
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    In Popular Science last month they said something about a company that will turn your deceased loved one'... : m0nkz
    • Which apparently appeals to Lunatic Angelic http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11713196 : m0nkz
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  Can you expound on #2 and #3 please? : AtaR1
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    the general reasoning is that money from the diamond mines goes to brutal dictators in the region to supp... : -Panther-
    • Very well put...it is like directly supporting brutal murdering warlords. : gnoleb
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    Are you being sarcastic? : Lunatic Angelic
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      No, I don't follow diamonds of all things, sorry. : AtaR1
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        I'll expound a bit on #3 since everyone else is explaining the blood diamond aspect. Diamonds, arguabl : Lunatic Angelic
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          I love how 100 years ago diamonds weren't something women really wanted, and now with all the advertising... : orgcaptainnemo
          • It is total marketing / b.s. Diamonds should not be something that has anything to do with love / mar... : gnoleb
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    http://gnn.tv/videos/2/The_Diamond_Life : Delithio
    • The above video is pretty graphic. Executions, etc. : mallrice
    • Please mark NWS. : Delithio
  • the diamond market bears high prices because the limited amount put on the market by the Debeers brothers... : gnoleb
• wow this is the first ive heard of people being against diamonds : klearlyunseen
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  http://www.apollodiamond.com/ : -Panther-
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    Very cool...I will check this out. Thank you. : gnoleb
    • There's one more company in FL which has a different technique but is also producing literally perfect di : -Panther-
• Incinerate her and press the carbon into a diamond along with various items around the house ... it's al : Lunatic Angelic
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  http://www.polarbeardiamond.com/ : Morgin
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    i've recommended these before (not that i've ever purchased a diamond ring). They are quite blood free. ... : kbnerd
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      How can they be blood free when they are made of polar bears? :[ : Lunatic Angelic
      • polarbears are filled with icewater not blood. : kbnerd
      • they're undead vampiric polar bears. : Toraz Chryx
  • Thanks again...I will check this out, as well. You guys rock. : gnoleb
• man made diamonds or Canadian mined diamonds are alternative to blood diamonds. I think the Canadian m... : BobBarker
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  Maybe it's more about her and what she wants/likes? : GeorgeB3DR
  • If she can't abide not supporting mass-murder for her sparkly things... well I don't know what to tell yo... : -Panther-
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    Umm... Yah. This is an excellent point. *YOUR* ring can be diamond free; but if she wants something spe... : Zhaneel
    • What, are you fucking kidding? He's paying for it. : orgcaptainnemo
    • Why should he have to fuck with his morals for her? If she can't see the flaws in her hypothetical diamon... : abrasion
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    No, it isn't about her, dude. It is about the union of two people. If she isn't up for what I strongly be... : gnoleb
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      you mean you don't like Tool, baby? IT'S OVER!!! : PUPSTAHS
      • This may hurt a little but it's something you'll get used to. : Toraz Chryx
• Get her a Ringpop. It shows you care, plus it's delicious! : Krypt_
• Does your girl like any other gems? I personally would have preferred an emerald versus a diamond for my... : Zhaneel
• if xvdl still posts, he's a jeweller so he may be able to answer some q'ns : abrasion
• I feel the same way you do, but I'm not looking to get married anytime soon. So I don't know anything abo... : feek
• I bought my wife a Tanzanite ring. It's nowhere near as durable as a diamond, but everyone who sees it sa... : Gnowknayme
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  people who were like 'wtfdiamonds?' heres a good article on De Beers etc. http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/... : 60days
  • That was an excellent read. The advert techniques they used to open the diamond market in Japan were very... : silent prophet
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  The one thing about girls is they go to work and show everyone. Christ they show everyone where ever the... : mp7rox
  • my sister VenusK (she posts and lurks on occasion) went with Zero|DPX to pick out her ring. it's a gorg... : kbnerd
  • yes, her bragging rights are much more important than his integrity and beliefs. : deathmuppeter
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  Look, of all the things you can take a stand on, does this have to be it? Because unless you happen to fi... : freqq28
  • this is honestly something i would take a stand on. I really don't like how diamonds look when they are t... : kbnerd
• FHITA Then give her a cubic zirconia. : mrsnoogles

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• Funny.. Furries were the selling point for me :| : TotalFusionOne
• I'm with you wtf is up with that shit? : slicerd
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  re #147, you KNOW no other game will let you kill furries like Oblivion will. Just think man, a normal h... : DinK
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    Yeah this might just be the saving grace for me with this game... it's the ultimate furry slaughter simul... : Psychic Potato
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      Imagine, traveling the world until you have completed your genocidal quest and killed all furries in the ... : Iscariot47
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        I think I just came a little. : Psychic Potato
        • ...thinking about furries. : Ebu
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  Now, I'm kind of a furrie fan, being a former player of Furcadia* and all... But in my opinion "cat me... : SilverSnake
  • Forgot the link to Furcadia, for the curious crazy furry fans. * http://www.furcadia.com/ would nev : SilverSnake
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    Ok, now you see I'm not AGAINST cat-men per say, I'm against men wearing cat masks. No severely fucked up... : Psychic Potato
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      It's kind of a fine line between creepy and believable. : Psychic Potato
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        Ahh, I see your point then. I hope you'll be able to enjoy Oblivion anyway, because it sure seems to be a... : SilverSnake
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          But what would you RATHER have? ANOTHER human race only this one happens to have fur on their faces an... : Psychic Potato
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            From a biological viewpoint it wouldnt make sense. How could all those species indiviually evolve sentie... : Cottc Cid
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              This is a fantasy world! It's made to have all kinds of unbelivable sentient beings. Look at some of the ... : Psychic Potato
              • With magical experimentation, damn near anything is possible. FIREBALLS from your friggin HANDS. : Ebu
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            For example, which would be cooler: Furries: http://www.elderscrolls.com/images/art/ob_xbox360/obx24B.... : Psychic Potato
            • Just from the artistic perspective alone, the men wearing masks look so boring and unnatural. The B&W wol... : Psychic Potato
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  So basically an athropomorphic thing that you approve of (Tauren) isn't furry simply because you like it,... : Dynotaku
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    Tauren do not look like men. Those lion-men things in oblivion look like men wearing masks. How hard ... : Psychic Potato
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      Well, you're just talking about lazy artists. Just don't think that 'an animal standing upright weari... : Dynotaku
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        Maybe so, if you have a very broad definition of furries, I classify them as grown men (or women) who pla... : Psychic Potato
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          Well, as a matter of semantics, that's a fursuitter. And don't get me wrong, I like some furry stuff, ... : Dynotaku
          • But it's such fun to say!. : Ebu
• Agree, Tauren are not furries. A furry is a person who takes upon the appearance of an animal, either pur... : reign27
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  "Its ok to play a tauren even though I hate furries because I like them and therefore they aren't furries : Cottc Cid
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11712005 : Psychic Potato
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  Kill yourself. : filtersweep
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    Show me pics of your fur suit! <3 : Psychic Potato
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      Less posting, more stabbing. : filtersweep
      • I will stab a furry Oblivion merchant in your honor. : Psychic Potato
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  I think you're taking this way too seriously. You've got some serious irrational hatred for anthropomorp... : Arcanum
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    I'm not flip flopping at all, read my posts in this thread, I think Dynotaku cleared up some of what I'm ... : Psychic Potato
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      Fursuitters like to play videogames too probably. : Cottc Cid
      • Already done. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11711901 : Psychic Potato
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  I thought they looked bad as well, although furries didn't come to mind. My big problem with those is ... : Barnahog
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    Basically I think they didn't want to do an entirely new animation set for the characters that would look... : Barnahog
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      It's strange that they would put so much work into the engine and landscapes but then skimp on the things... : Psychic Potato
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        Yeah, I'd be interested to hear what the developers have to say. I want to give them the benefit of the ... : Barnahog
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          I think it's a hold over from previous elder scrolls games, but back with morowind you could claim they l... : Psychic Potato
          • Could be right. Although I liked Morrowind as a game, art direction was definitely a bit stale. Kind to... : Barnahog
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          I've read that they didn't want to make hundreds of separate animations and new clothing/armour models fo... : Saint Lucifer
          • Ok, well that makes sense. I only hope they make it possible for the fan base to replace such a integral... : Barnahog
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  a furry has to have anime eyes and/or a dick up it's ass or it doesn't count : thebigbeefsandwich
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    I'm guessing you don't have anime eyes... : gegtik
    • unfortunately I do, and I get raped by strange foxes everyday ;_; : thebigbeefsandwich
• why is it a problem? i don't get it : Mansmells
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  Dude, it's fantasy. That means they can add whatever the fuck and it'd still fit with the world so long ... : timmie
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    I am playing Arena through dos box then daggerfall then morrowind. anyone know how long arena and dagger... : runnerct
    • Never played arena, never finished daggerfall. Had too much fun just wandering the countryside killing at... : Ebu

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  Care to explain what's going on there? The people who seem to post there aren't mods, right? Are those ... : Ecks
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    No, man, those are totally real mods really talking about the stuff mods really talk about. Really. : UtilityMaximizer
    • lol black people : rand04
  • Well, the title of the image says fakemodboard4bt.jpg... : Bean
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  oh god this placed is managed by asshats : mallrice
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    You've now been added to the "people we'll ban once we can think of a flimsy pretext" thread. And, oh, le... : UtilityMaximizer
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      I love you, UMax! : Bean
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        You've been added to the "Don't ban this guy, he's my friend" thread. : UtilityMaximizer
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          MODERATOR BIAS : mallrice
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            Haha! One of the first things I picked up, even as a kid, when getting into the martial arts industry (th : Bean
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              and I'd just be like "stfu n00b, banned!" to everything. but that's how it really is! : busdriver3030
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                stfu, noob mod! : UtilityMaximizer
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                  isn't it about time to go soak your dentures, grandpa? : busdriver3030
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                    Yes. :( : UtilityMaximizer
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                      i'm warming up the water for your sponge bath though :D : busdriver3030
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                        What a nice young man. What was I saying again? Where am I? : UtilityMaximizer
                        • Who are all these people? : rosewood
              • Hmm, good point! All the more reason to be on this list: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11711959 : Bean
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              and that's how you earned the really brown belt huh : mallrice
              • Nah, you learn that technique when you give your first argument at mock trial or moot court before a fede... : Bean
        • Yay! I will send you cookies! : Bean
• hahahahahaa : busdriver3030
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  i feel olde :( : nyranger66
  • same here mah brother : Scotty22
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    The timestamp on this photo on my hard drive is 7-11-2004. I can't believe it's been THAT long. I've b... : tomservo
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      I wonder if maarten could find us the oldest, still active, shacker. : sharkII
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        http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?person=Steve%20Gibson : busdriver3030
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          I said active. : sharkII
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            Oooh, burn! : Bean
            • *punches kelso in the arm* : sharkII
    • Dude, 6 years ago we were chillin out in irc :) : rosewood
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  lacker is an angry little man, edlin hates toraz, klerck hates black people and multisync loves his frien... : lightly inclined
  • edlin hates me? >:( : Toraz Chryx
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  So the mods are too good for dthread, is that it? Is that your big in-joke, that we all think it rocks wh : reign27
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    Did you see the first Adventures in Moderation movie? Did you notice how the modboard was depicted as a s : UtilityMaximizer
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      why didn't you depict it as such then? it would have been funny : carnivore
      • Well, one reason is that I couldn't find a good set to depict it as high-tech on the outside. Another... : UtilityMaximizer
    • I thought screams of the banned were more, you know, runny. You need the screams of sacrificed virgins to... : reign27
  • hahahahahahaha : tomservo
  • Fuck that noise, we're hardcore. : Carnivac
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  lol @ klerck's post on Jul 3 : yanksblow101
  • July 3d. "Holy shit, it sure is hot here. And my headache just wont go away." Oh wait, you didnt mean ... : Visceral Monkey
  • LOL @ All the Klerck posts on there : fatman
• wtf is klerck posting there? : fsck
• i seriously want to be a mod. : anthonybean
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  $5 for a moderatorship : rand04
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    $6 : Iscariot47
    • ^^ doesn't know how to haggle : sgtsanity
    • goddamnit this wasn't an auction... $75! : rand04
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      TEN THOUSAND DOLLARS! </buster> : fsck
      • *immediate look of horror* : sgtsanity
      • who you think you got? chelsea clinton? : rand04
  • I'll kill degenerate and make a human suit out of him for you guys : sigpro
• lol@sawthis@stoofoo post. : mista mista
• haha I remember when mods were secret and I found out dognose was a secret mod and was like amazed. I lov... : askedrelic
• What's great is that's still funny today. Maybe even more funny. I love Odoyle's comment the best. : brickmatt
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  You damn mods and your secret society. You're worse than the illuminati and MJ12 :( : Blackdawgg
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    You don't want to know the initiation rituals. Urgh. : Carnivac
    • I imagine it involves sodomy :o : Blackdawgg
  • http://www.andresbecerra.com/ShackUploads/FileDetails.cfm?Title=Illuminshacki&FileId=458 The Illuminsh... : laidback
• what the fuck is this shit? : redfive
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  I've often wondered how one becomes a mod in the first place... I mean, do they just randomly invite peop : Bean
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    Sexual favors. : ColoradoCNC
    • I thought that was a perk of the job. ;) : Bean
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=8928330 : UtilityMaximizer
    • Wow, that was a surprisingly useful answer and informative that I did not expect to get. I fully expected... : Bean
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  Does it still look the same? One of you super cool mods post a screen shot for us peons. : bozer
  • It looks pretty much the same, stylistically. I won't post a real screenshot because most of the threads ... : UtilityMaximizer
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  Sleepy is a mod? O_o : ColoradoCNC
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    yes, ever since haiku got in he's made sure blacks were treated equally : Luminair
    • I lol'd... : ColoradoCNC

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• oh comeon now. Description, pics divx? : boomstickah
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  Wait till someone gets you mrhands.mpeg : rosewood
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    I can't believe he fits his whole cock in there :X : gegtik
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      You people are going to have to start posting pics+divx. : broly1718
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        mrEd.avi is something you'll never watn to see. Lets just say a dude died while taking a horse cock in hi... : boomstickah
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          It doesn't happen to be the same guy that killed himself is it? : Lunatic Angelic
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            People claim it's the video, but I doubt it. : aggressor
            • Chirpy, is that you? : capt tripps
    • He doesn't it's like half - and it DID kill him. : abrasion
• You have failed at posting. Pics+divx are required. : freshyk
• that ... is quite ... an ass. :O : virus
• Watts? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• tagged!!!!! : mystifier

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• Its the apple cube version of the shack comments =( : not work safe
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  I told you the solution :) Javascript at the bottom that, upon execution, displays the image. : Iscariot47
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    that's probably what he means by hackish.* *I'm not a web guy. : nyranger66
    • No one cares how it's done under the hood as long as it works well. : Krypt_
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    I know that! But that is disgusting! The whole idea behind me doing these is that I don't have to touch a... : haiku
    • thnks fr the laugh! : supermonkeyballz
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  And you know what else? When I was putting up the Shadow of the Colossus theme, I decided... fuck it, and : haiku
  • You do it to yourself, you do. You and no one else. You do it to your self. : not work safe
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    this is what you get for not doing Bubble Bobble : sKetchflow
    • oh hell ya bubble bobble needs to be done : supermonkeyballz
  • * S E L F O W N ' D * I love the colossus, but you've got to do what you've got to do. : brickmatt
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  DO A HALO THEM NEXT, either that or Psychonauts : Dan 101
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    Oh what the fuck would I even do with a halo theme?? Here's the warthog everyone!! It's driving across th... : haiku
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      Ignore him, do an Armed Assault or Operation Flashpoint theme next. :D I might even pay you to do that : Dslyecxi
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        I think we might just have to do "Generic Tactical Combat" month where I cram as much shit from all of th... : haiku
        • Can we have a Deer Hunter month? : sanchez
        • haiku I really love you, I do. : nomaad
    • hah, I liked your second idea there : AtaR1
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      i recommend tie fighter : lord cecil
      • ^ I could get behind this as well. : Dslyecxi
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      Classic games haiku, classic games, the king from kings quest, duke, doomguy, somekind of ship from wing ... : abrasion
      • Kings Quest. Jesus... the memories. AHHH. LIFE GIVING WATER. NECTAR OF THE GODS! : tomservo
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        is it so hard to do a Zelda theme? : sKetchflow
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          I can tell you right now that a Zelda theme is not going to happen or is not likely at all until the next... : haiku
          • a super smash brothers melee would be awesome little characters battling it out to stay in the comment... : Break
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  It looks fine to me, what's the problem? : orgcaptainnemo
  • The problem is that you can't click through posts in a thread without the colossus bunny hopping and flas... : haiku
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    i switched to threaded mode and yea its bad.. click around in a thread a few times and he sticks around..... : supermonkeyballz
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      Yeah I noticed that too. The fact that it's perfect in dThread is like lemon juice on a papercut for me. ... : haiku
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        Who doesn't use dthread? : ThomW
        • I don't, and Pogo Collosus is kind of annoying. : Crimsonbeak
• make it an animated gif that starts black ;D : BenMurphy
• haiku, don't ever change, you're hilarous. : nyranger66
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  Deus Ex theme, or I will annoy the shit out of you... constantly. Until the day you shut down the Interne... : tomservo
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    no one likes that dumb game anyway : Krypt_
    • It's true. It's so true. :'( : tomservo
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    A key piece of criteria in order for me to actually create and integrate a theme is that I had to have pl... : haiku
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      Oh jesus, servo's head just exploded. Do a Castlevania:DS one. : brickmatt
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        I think how it's going to be for a while is pretty much "big obvious ones". Eventually I'll get to do stu... : haiku
        • That seems like a good plan. Appease the masses, etc. So far I really like the way you've portrayed the... : brickmatt
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      Nah. It figures. I'm cool. :D : tomservo
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        When that came out, if I recall, I was way into tribes, or just online stuff in general anyway and wasn't... : haiku
        • Yeah. About the time it came out, I had barely moved back home with my Dad and was stuck with dialup. So ... : tomservo
        • That's because Tribes 1 was the best. : brickmatt
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        Who are you and where have you hidden tomservo? : node
        • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11712449 : BigT
    • have you played xcom? because i want an xcom theme :( : Morgin
  • Megaman Theme! : robingchyo
• RISE OF THE TRIAD THEME FTW PLZ KTHX. : PlanetPerfecto
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  Needs more Guybrush Threepwood : SenorSpine
  • ^^^^ knows what time it is : nadasurf2
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  Did someone mention Lemmings yet? : bargeld
  • I was the first! : TastyWheat
• I think everyone knows what we really need is a Metal Gear Solid theme. : aeg1x
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  do a Brokeback Mountain theme and confuse everyone!! : g0nk
  • hahaha-I dare Haiku! : suicidemachine
• IKARUGA IKARUGA IKARUGA IKARUGA IKARUGA : gegtik
• lol in IE 7 beta he renders at the top and stays there until one manually scrolls and he gets out of view... : BigT

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  OFFICIAL JBPH THREAD STARTS HERE Don't screw it up for the Left Coasters! : Ajax
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    OH SNAP NEXT WEEK IS TWO HOURS. (I said Oh Snap! out loud) : jrock
    • Yep. Shit's going to go down. I just wish I knew what it was. >:( : walker270
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  Yep, and he's supposedly destined to become the single most hated character in 24 history. <--- very very... : walker270
  • Robocop gone bad, what has this world come to. : guido anchovy
  • Onl,y way he could do that is if he Kil,led kim, turned out he killed Palmer, then fucked the hobbit in t : Crimsonbeak
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  CAN YOU FLY BOBBY? : abrasion
  • Oh this is stupid 24 quotes, not Robocop quotes, this thread smells >:( : abrasion
• Curtis just manned up haaaaard : telex
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  I'm Gangsta! : creep
  • GO CURTIS GO AARON WOOOOOOOTay. \m/. : jrock
• good job mr pussy ass president and stupid fucking hobbit : creep
• AARON LIVES! : nyranger66
• oh shit : creep
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  omg GOOD STUFF : jrock
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    now who has a fancy detonator like that, i mean honestly : jrock
    • dildo detonator : creep
• Man, can you imagine the shit that the 1st lady is going to start once she gets ahold of that weasel fuck : Colleton
• dudes!! KIM is back next week : telex
• This episode was awesome. Even if you didn't like certain parts of it, Aaron kicking ass - FLAMETHROWER!, : K1Bond007
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  I don't know if anyone noticed, but if "the hobbit" even agreed with Audrey and wanted to warn the secret : K1Bond007
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    I'm sure the hobbit would have similar access, if not more because he is(was?) bill's boss : nyranger66
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      No no no. He got his shit stolen remember? : K1Bond007
      • wow, that's a really good point. I bet you are right. : sharkII
• um...EXPLODING FLAMETHROWER?!!! AWESOME : servweb2
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  I thought tonights episode was great, and next weeks looks like its going to continue that trend. I'm goi : mmt681
  • holy crap the mere thought of this never even crossed my mind. coupled with walker270's statement above i... : lord cecil
• http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000693/ : the archvile
• Good episode. : skitzo
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  Samwise got 112'D! : aethyr
  • I'm tata for 'taters! : byorn
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  Someone spoil it for me... I missed it accidentally :( : Katarn3279
  • Basically the hobbit gets al uppity and starts making stupid choices, at the end CTU discovers the attemp : skitzo
• Dude, when Jack Bauer got tricked.. just for the one minute.. it was clear that if anyone was going to pu : das_runt
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  question about robocop guy: seriously, who keeps an explosive clipboard in their office? : nyranger66
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    Robo cop does, apparently. : skitzo
    • The real question you should ask is: Why did the detonator look like a metal dildo. 0_o. : skitzo
  • robocop prepares for all eventualities. : stump
  • the only way it could have been better would have been for MST3K robots to pop up in silhouette at the bo : jrock
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  Aaron is the Secret Service version of Jack Bauer. : grendel
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    Aaron fucking held it DOWN tonight. Do not FUCK with Aaron. : das_runt
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      Your move, creep. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        what? >:( : creep
        • Dead or alive, you are coming with me. : abrasion

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  Here we go... : Chris Remo
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    Dude, that's not a typical MyDocs start... nothing mysterious about random men or pregnancy or "the other... : Bean
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      Damn, I missed the "wisdom" part. Yeah this is pretty mundane. : Chris Remo
      • Also, this doesn't come as much "after the fact" as most mydocs posts. : brickmatt
• Yes. : midgetherder
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  Yeah that was my estimate for the surgery + anesthetic. Was down to $60 per tooth if you just let the den... : sanchez
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    /cringe : cpt_gloval
    • I didn't get em removed :/ : sanchez
• That's about right. Mine cost $600.00 twelve years ago. : RatBastard
• i had 3 taken out for that much + the cost of being put to sleep so yeah : keeyawn
• Just grab some vice-grips and save yerself some dough! Think of all the gold in WoW that money could buy... : AtaR1
• I think that's what I paid to get 4 pulled. It totally didn't hurt as much afterwards as people said it ... : SenorSpine
• Mine were about $1300 CDN, which works out to be approximately $1100 US. : ieGod
• http://kaiser.shackspace.com/DSCN1641lo.jpg : Kaiser
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  Oh damn not too bad at all. I was afraid of having to spend $2k or so. : Enraged Pineapple
  • Mine were about a grand when I had it done ~4 years ago. : Bean
• i was quoted 2k after insurance up in WA 6 years ago..i really need to actually get them done at some poi... : kbnerd
• Mine were $80 a piece... including injections. They were flat extractions though. : TotalFusionOne
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  Seems like a lot of shackers don't have insurance, kinda spooky. How do people not have insurance? : Iscariot47
  • Heh, we are self employed and have health, teeth, car, even apartment insurance.. Just no freakin' matern... : AtaR1
  • I'm holding out for the gov't to pay for my medical bills! : nyranger66
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    From what I've seen, wisdom teeth removal falls under cosmetic surgery under a lot of plans, thus even wi... : skruff
    • ^^^how it was for me. I have, and use my insurance, but footed most of the cost for the wisdom teeth extr... : Bean
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    i have insurance right now for the first time in 4 years or so. no big deal. i didn't need it. : kbnerd
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      You don't need insurance, until you do need it. Keep that in mind. : Bean
      • well even if i had wanted it i couldn't have afforded it. Now i have a job that that has pretty good insu... : kbnerd
  • 1) Alot of shackers are students 2) Dental ins. is rarer than medical : action roommate
  • it's pretty simple, really. : deathmuppeter
  • College student, self employed. I have catastrophic health insurance, like a $3k deductable. Dental i... : Enraged Pineapple
• get them all removed : mr.sleepy
• 1300 for mine and i just got them removed like a month ago.... 2 of them were still under the gum and th... : Break
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  isn't edgewise a dentist? : cam3lt0sis
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    he sure is. he is also quite tall and a really nice man. : kbnerd
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      just like Ray Romano : Degenerate
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        edgewise is funnier though. : kbnerd
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          ya, I don't think Ray would dig through trash for our enjoyment : armybob
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            I cant wait for Dentist Dumpster Diving 2 : Degenerate
            • in this episode our hero goes dumpster diving behind a best buy and discovers an employee manual on title... : kbnerd
• $300(AU) per tooth for me. That makes it $1200(AU) or $887(US) : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  Mine was 1,200 because some were impacted, but insurance cut it down to 120. : phobium
  • Also, insurance covered it, and they needed to since they were giving me headaches. : phobium
• a 3 year contract : shivfatale
• It depends on how difficult they are to remove, but the bill I had was a little over that. On a scale of ... : helvetica

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  My e-mail: Subject: Regarding recent punishment decisions Mr. Eric Trosch, I am e-mailing you re... : cam3lt0sis
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    I agree with you. it is ridiculous that this guy put the kid into a slower class. The fact that he was ... : Galadriel07
    • Yeah. I would disagree with suspension as it stands, given it took place off school grounds, but I would... : cam3lt0sis
  • The world needs more people like you. : abrasion
• My nephew goes to a Catholic elementary/middle school and the principal warned all the kids about the dan... : johnny skidmarks
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  until we start paying teachers as well as they are paid around the world, American schools will be run by... : eskimo spy
  • My sister is a teacher, and I'm dating another one, and some of my HS friends became teachers, and none o... : Dante
  • Before we start paying them more we might want to address the issue of the very powerful teachers' unions... : DinK
  • Is that argument really valid anymore? It seems to me teachers are getting paid pretty well around here.... : ThomW
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  haha, little harsh but maybe it knocked some sense into the kid. : sleepyvt
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    ruining his college career and his chances at getting a good job later on because of it is not knocking s... : Galadriel07
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      sure is it. he will be smart enough to realize that if he is gonna do something stupid like bashing your ... : sleepyvt
      • thats not the point. they shouldnt be punishing him on something he was doing OUTSIDE of school. its tota... : hobosapien
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    How was he lacking in sense though? It was a myspace profile made off-campus in his personal time. I've... : cam3lt0sis
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      How was he lacking in sense? Are you serious? The kid did a really stupid thing. That said, the punish... : johnny skidmarks
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        I don't think what he did was stupid. He's in high school. People make fun of the fucking principal if ... : cam3lt0sis
        • P.S. The fact he did it out of school should make him exempt from any critiques as well. The school can... : cam3lt0sis
  • that was quite the overreaction though. : carnivore
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  noone cares about high school anyways : monohydrate
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    do you guys still serve breakfast after 11am? : VegasX
    • This right here, next to I'm the Juggernaut bitch, is a likely candidate for cam3l's post of the day. : cam3lt0sis
    • http://load.pquinn.com/binaries/fries/ : Solstice
• Well if he wins the lawsuit, which i hope he does, he whould be able to buy his way into any college he w... : skitzo
• Here is an interesting read dealing with this subject: http://www.freedomforum.org/packages/first/Curr... : johnny skidmarks
• I sympathize with the kid. Seems to me his first amendment rights are being abused (and his potential col... : fiveassedmonkey
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  At the end of day, this kid went online and posted LOL FAT, I don't think anyone's losing the next noble ... : rand04
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    Breaking News: Even intelligent people enjoy laughter. : cam3lt0sis
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      My point is: LOL FAT ain't exactly clever, even less so when it's your principle and it can all be traile... : rand04
      • Smart people never say stupid things: FACT : SenorSpine
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        u fat pig : abrasion
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          lol nub ! : PlanetPerfecto
          • b& from job : 60days
  • Alfred Noble: inventor of stable gasses. : sgtsanity
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    the nobel prize has been shit ever since they gave it to jimmy carter. what a fuck... oh and besides, wh : proclone1
    • Isn't it odd what a crock of shit the Nobel prizes have become? : WaterSign
    • There are different nobel prize categories. There is the Nobel PEACE Price. Physics, Economics, physiolog... : PlanetPerfecto
• I think that in the long run, this is going to backfire for the school administration. Regardless of wha... : Toxy
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  just in case you copy and pasted that from your email client you spelled "reasonable" incorrectly. Als... : kbnerd
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    Well, luckily it's a typo and not an actual spelling error. (Wasn't a misuse of you're and your or someth... : cam3lt0sis
    • Even Public Universities can and will punish you for things you do off campus if it's made aware of them.... : kbnerd
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  I just got in trouble a week ago because of my school website. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    You forgot the the :[ : abrasion
    • Sorry, Cap'n. Here: :[ : Rice-Rocketeer
• I would have a civil suit lodged against the school and the principal in under a week if that happened to... : Crimsonbeak

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  In terms of the wireless, though, I wish I could just switch it on and off. They could still build in a t : armybob
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    Yeah I know. I wish I could just do it instantly. : Chris Remo
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      ah : armybob
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        that's also weird how your 360 doesn't turn itself on with the controller. That's how I turn mine on 100%... : armybob
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          It turns on, but it doesn't work. No video is output. I then have to go over, turn it off manually, the... : Chris Remo
          • still weird and sucks. it shouldnt do that : armybob
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            Remo, you have a broken XBOX like mine. My shit has done that since day one and it's gotten worse.. I've ... : porp
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              Yeah mine does the red light thing sometimes too and I get a big error message on the screen. Then I tur... : Chris Remo
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                yeah.. we both have those busted machines.. we won the wrong percentage lottery. all of those people retu... : porp
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                  also, i usually just use my bonus Media Remote to turn it on and off a few times until it boots up.. sinc... : porp
                  • Ah cool, I'll give that a shot, thanks. : Chris Remo
                • I'm not sure, I thought people had boxes that just didn't work ever. : Chris Remo
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                  It's cool like less than .001% of people actually had a fault, the reason you hear so many complaints abo... : abrasion
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                    You're completely making that number up. I'm sure it's a small number, but it has to be higher than that... : Chris Remo
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                      Sarcasm buddy :( : abrasion
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                        It's hard to tell. A lot of people have posted the same thing in complete seriousness. : Chris Remo
                        • I'm still in the crowd that truely beleive that thing is having more faulties than MS let on. : abrasion
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                        nice cover, not : Luminair
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                          I don't understand what "nice cover, not" means? : abrasion
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                            I think he was posting as if the following occurred: - You posted your .001% statistic - Remo pointed : crummynz
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                              I'm totally being fucking sarcastic, .001% my cock - every man and his dog is complaining. I'm sure it... : abrasion
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                                I've had zero problems. Had mine since launch. My friend Mike, zero problems. Since launch. My friend... : Iscariot47
                                • I should also note, that those guys aren't message board nerds like me. So you don't hear them not bitch... : Iscariot47
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                                It's no wonder why MS hasn't released anymore yet with so many issues. I don't see how they would have m... : AtaR1
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                                  Someone did a while back, maybe it was George3DR, and a decent number of people replied saying that they'... : Iscariot47
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                                    Of course there will be more people without problems than people with. That should never even be a quest... : SenorSpine
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                                      Plz provide link to proof that the ratio is "clearly higher than normal." : Iscariot47
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                                        Oh geez, for some reason MS hasn't made that available to me... weird! : SenorSpine
                                        • some quick googleing shows according to MS that the number of defective units is less that 1% of the tota... : sigpro
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                                  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11360990 many more no issues than of shit mine is dead there : sigpro
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                                    Sweet, that was the thread I was looking for I think. : Iscariot47
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                                      but even if it's 10 no issues for every one problem system (which it may or may not be I don't know) that... : SenorSpine
                                      • Well I agree with you, I really wanted one but I'm glad I held off, specially with the noise issues, I'll... : abrasion
                  • normal RMA rates for a consumer electronics device are like 3% : mallrice
    • a controller idling for 5 minutes before auto shutoff would take just about no power when multiplied by a... : Luminair
• Sadly, I haven't played as much 360 as I should have. I'm still on my first set of batteries. Like you, I... : Entity
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  They should have commissioned Logitech to design their wireless interface it seems. I've never used a be... : EvilDolemite
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    Yeah, I'm pretty happy with my Logitech wireless for my Xbox. : Fred Garvin
    • fred why are you so negative, I love mine so much I drilled a hole in it and fucked it, thats how good it... : Luminair
  • Those things' D-Pads are a crying shame especially given the overall quality of the rest of the controlle... : Entity
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  Man, what the fuck happened to this launch? So many people seem to have problems with their consoles. : Ecks
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    Nah, I don't think so. The sufferers just bitch loudly. : EvilDolemite
    • Mine doesn't even work until I turn it off and on twice, and I've barely bitched at all. I'm sure there ... : Chris Remo
  • That's not really a problem Remo is talking about. It's a design feature he doesn't like. : Fred Garvin
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    nah people who's work fine just dont make randon posts "hey guys my system works fine" so you only see th... : armybob
    • hey guys my system works fine :( : FrayLo
    • While that is certainly true, this launch definitely had far more issues than your average console launch... : SenorSpine
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  i have no problems with the wireless. if you're just now having to recharge it and you bought it and the... : grendel
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    Read my post, I have not been using this controller since launch. I've had my Wavebird for over a year a... : Chris Remo
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      So are you using batteries or the play'n'charge thing? Ditch the batteries. I have one controller that ... : khaosman
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        I don't have a play and charge because they're freaking expensive, but I'll probably get one now that I s... : Chris Remo
        • I bought a small rechargeable battery pack with 4 AA's. This way I can replace the batteries when they di... : armybob
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      from my knowledge of electronic devices.. if you dont use something for 4 months.. take the batteries out... : porp
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        Read my post also. I said a month, not four. (It hasn't even been out for four months.) Still, good ad... : Chris Remo
        • sorry, i just read your post that said, 'I have not been using this controller since launch,' and I just ... : porp
        • I've gotta be honest here Chris, you can't complain - buy fucking nimh AA's (2100's or whatever the new h... : abrasion
• my 30$ lik sang Xbox 1 "cosmo" wireless controller turns itself off :( : abrasion
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  The 360 wireless controlers do turn themselves off. I'm not sure why you think otherwise. I'd suggest p... : Iscariot47
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    I know they do. I'd just prefer a way to instantly turn it on and off myself. : Chris Remo
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      You can, hold down the glowing "X" button. When the menu comes up, there's an option to turn off the con... : Iscariot47
      • I know, I want to be able to just turn it on and off instantly like my Wavebird. : Chris Remo
• play + charge kit? : mallrice
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  You've got to be kidding me. My second controller just died. This better be the fault of the damn batte... : Chris Remo
  • It's cause the graffix are so crazy mad, yo! : AtaR1
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    Okay, this is some bullshit. The control is getting sporadically erratic now. I JUST WANT TO PLAY ZUMA, ... : Chris Remo
    • Since your actual system has problems like the bootup and now the controller(s), I'd return it and get a ... : armybob
    • Return it. It's obviously busted :( : nomaad
  • Stop playing trance vibrating games. : abrasion
• i only have the one wireless controller that came with my system (which i got on launch day) and it is st... : Mansmells
• keep in mind, if you are using Ni-MH rechargable batteries. That they loose their charge if left un-used ... : Dan 101
• This shit drives me nuts. But, since I can't even find a 360, fuck it. : brickmatt
• Damn, mine does the exact same thing! i keep my stupid xbox free remote thing on my night stand so i can... : Break
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  What did Nintendo do to those Wavebird controllers? I've had mine for years and it's still going strong. ... : Sacred Sperm
  • i think wavebirds are actually powered by the fairies from Zelda. the battery is only to power the hydrop... : kbnerd
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    Seriously, that thing has spoiled me on wireless controllers. I mean, with the 360 controller, I feel li : Chris Remo
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      That's odd. Isn't the Wavebird much bigger than a normal GCN controller? The 360 wireless only has the ba... : nomaad
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        it's not noticeably bigger (to me anyway) : kbnerd
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          It doesn't look too big or anything: http://www.firingsquad.com/hardware/wavebird/images/04.jpg But i... : nomaad
          • it is a little bit bulkier butyou honestly don't notice it unless you are looking right at both of them. ... : kbnerd
      • No, the actual part you hold is exactly the same. The only difference is that the middle part extends fu... : Chris Remo
  • Your WaveBird controller is powered not only by the twin alkalines placed inside of it but also by the dr... : Ajax
  • The Wavebird doesn't have rumble and 2-way communication though right? : Fred Garvin
• Well if you're using voice chat a lot thats going to put extra drain on the batteries. Also, get a new 3... : chazums