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• this is a good thing imho : PlanetPerfecto
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  Yeah, because it's a good idea to rush an OS to market. : Fred Garvin
  • No shit, I say push it back to '08 at give us the new file system. : Iscariot47
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    There's a distinction between "rushing to market" and "managing competently", neither of which seem to ha... : sgtsanity
    • They already changed the entire development system for Vista because they saw how flawed it was. They adm... : Fred Garvin
  • I'm pretty satisfied with XP, what are the most compelling reasons to bother with any of the Vistas, when... : carrioN luggagE
• I wonder what percentage of sales is to consumers, cause I kinda have a suspicion that MS gets it's os-sa... : trove
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  hehe its just chair shuffling, that company is seriously fucked up : HighSea
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    Seriously fucked up? Please to explain. : Fred Garvin
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      http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1942069,00.asp : HighSea
      • must be nice throwing out billions out of the window (hehe) : HighSea
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    yea that company is seriously in the shitter. i bet they go under in a year. i mean no one even uses thei... : nadasurf2
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      Needless to say that linux is getting more user friendly as we speak so that will make a large dent. Linu... : te[R]ror
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        Linux barely has a few % in the desktop market, even less than Apple, it will be quite a while before Lin... : Chod
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          Not according to what they say in Wooplayunga : te[R]ror
          • Well, get back to us in 100 years and let us know how the roof is doing. : Fred Garvin
      • Linux is in NO danger of making a large dent in Microsoft's desktop sales. Especially in the home space. ... : Fred Garvin

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  Wanna bet in the next gen of 360 titles they will be able to do that shit just by using the multiple proc... : Fred Garvin
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    I hear the new CPU architecture used in both the 360 and in the PS3 are relatively poor at physics and AI... : PlanetPerfecto
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      It's a weak spot because no one has the experience needed to maximize that type of CPU for those types of... : Fred Garvin
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        I think you are being unrealistic about optimization and the time it takes to get some level of physics i... : PlanetPerfecto
        • add/edit to above post "time it takes on this specific hardware " : PlanetPerfecto
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          I took a month as an example, not a firm or realistic amount of time. It could take more time or less dep... : Fred Garvin
          • Forget about PPU's for a moment. I think you need to re-read the arstechnica article and a couple of othe... : PlanetPerfecto
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    it will be interesting to see if that's the case or not. I'd find it pretty funny if this physx shit took... : thebigbeefsandwich
    • Trouble is, consoles will always be more bang for the buck. Thus, at least to me, there's nothing to com... : cam3lt0sis
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  I don't understand why these effects would not be possible with some more efficient coding. Sure it would... : angrytaxman
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    Me neither. Why can't you do this without a physics chip? GIMMICKY. : Rice-Rocketeer
    • Physics calculations, like 3D graphics calculations, involve a lot of floating-point operations, which ge... : omnova
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    same reason a system without a videocard would have to run graphics in software mode... : thebigbeefsandwich
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      Have you ever seen Pixomatic? http://www.radgametools.com/pixomain.htm DX7 level graphics in softwa... : Fred Garvin
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        DX7 level graphics are a far cry from DX9+ level graphics... Also, your "throw enough CPU power" idea : omnova
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          That's today, but what about 2-3 years from now. That's what I'm saying. You get new fangled physics in a... : Fred Garvin
          • That's today, but what about 2-3 years from now. 2-3 years from now you'll be able to get more out of... : Toraz Chryx
    • http://www.gamespot.com/news/6136639.html Seriously why do people want a PPU anyway? It's just another... : ovrlrd
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  I think we need a seperate chip for physics but doing it on a seperate board wont fly. Make a deal with v... : sanchez
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    but then you're paying for a new physX chip everytime you upgrade video cards. : Prozium
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      And what happens when you have an older PPU chip that's slower than the shiny new one? Do you get less ba... : Fred Garvin
      • Not sure, but I think it would work a lot better integrated into a motherboard than a video card. : Prozium
    • good point I'm sure there would be room for imporvement in the physics chip...but I don't know if it w... : sanchez
    • Yeah, I'm a little worried about having to add another card to the 2 year upgrade cycle but I also think ... : bolus
  • Since current gpu's can handle physics, that'd be a tad redundant :p : Toraz Chryx
• http://www.gamershell.com/download_13035_preview.shtml there's some ingame footage of that CellFactor... : AlexXdude
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  Such bullshit. If you look at it from the standpoint that without the existance of the Physx then it woul... : ovrlrd
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    Yeah, like the somehow the extra smoke and fire particles are physics based and yes people are that stupi... : Fred Garvin
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      What knocked that guy down, the one beside the car? Oh, smoke inhalation? If we're able to use the enviro... : carrioN luggagE
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        Are you trying to say that you couldn't do ragdoll + damage radius right now? : Fred Garvin
        • I thought the whole point was that this WASN'T ragdoll + damage radius? That it was, instead, an actual ... : Zero|DPX
• Oh. Oh my. It moved. A lot. : carrioN luggagE
• So pretty much it makes my guns more powerful? Neat. : Carfaz11

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• http://www.sinepisodes.com/?blog : manlyman
• Dude, I think I just filled the cup. : NeoMoose
• Its very cool, but the image is somewhat wavy since its being projected on suspended particles... wouldn'... : GloriousCow
• Damn that's awesome. Too bad they didn't have any in-game footage! : Athlon7

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  Make sure to inform them of your large american penis. : Blackdawgg
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    Large American Penis ...the oxymoron of the new century! : PlanetPerfecto
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      ^^^ Canadian : Blackdawgg
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        Nope, mediterranean + european ftw :) : PlanetPerfecto
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          so... you're implying mediterranean isn't european? : tigeN
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            Trying to nit-pick? Mediterranean as in Italian, Greek, and European as in French [northern France on ... : PlanetPerfecto
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              like how staten island isn't part of NYC? : jaga
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                He's being a euro-snob let it go. : TheArtMan
                • This is one of my all time favorite replies : PlanetPerfecto
  • Oh they know. Trust me. : usnpandaat
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  the best and worst part about being in japan, is that I stick out. Im taller, more tan, and dress differe... : usnpandaat
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    chicks in japan just started hyperventilating whenever i tried talking to them. i couldnt ever figure out... : diddlyd
    • just scared for their lives. : ki11_viru5
    • take your penis out after you get back to the hotel : donuthead
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  I'm hoping to visit Japan myself in May but the thing holding me back is that I've heard pretty much no o... : TwiLyght
  • just do a hip thrust, nod, and then smile. : tomatoactivator
• Fucking enjoy that man, I am envious! Damn. : askedrelic
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  I'd like to go to Japan but the airfare is so expensive. : StuMan1337
  • It's actually cheaper to fly to Thailand via Japan than it is to fly to Japan itsself! Go figure. : ChibiJosh

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  Next thing you are going to tell me is that it is going to be called Nintendo GO! : rosewood
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    Maybe it will have a classic Tetris to download for you to play too :P with the original music! : c_man_tmt
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      The music does it for me too. It's why I like the original tetris best. : zohar79
      • i really like the remixes in Tetris DS... for some reason they are really catchy, but still they are the ... : barichnikov
    • Its going to own. : rosewood

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• hehe that image says lube on it : Patch-e
• Sure. Here's a quick and 'imprecise' way of doing it: adjustHeight=function(){ targetID='x1'; : ieGod

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• That and EVERYBODY loves Pr0n : smdever
• you are bitching to the wrong people : mr brown
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  well do you relate it to other sucessful bizneses? Do you give them market saturation and potential grown... : karlk79
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    Yes, yes, and the business is going to launch in phases with phase one being the cheapest/smallest. : Fred Garvin
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      you need to only sell phases to people who are scared of the real deal. if you got a buisness you launch ... : karlk79
      • Thanks for the suggestions, we've already done tons of what you mention. I was just venting more than any... : Fred Garvin
      • and fres I am sure you are smarter than me in buisness. I just know how to talk to old people, they re a ... : karlk79
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  why do you need VC? Can your deal not be done "part time" or start off small? Are you approaching peo... : Nation
  • It's too small for VC, it's angel investors. : Fred Garvin
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  whats the underpants gnome? : edgewise
  • http://static.flickr.com/9/13047656_6d4e71cc37_m.jpg : Fred Garvin
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  okay, how mucha need Fred? : freqq28
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    $50-100K is what we are going for. : Fred Garvin
    • Not too bad. Things are looking better. Vent when you need to and keep at it. : freqq28

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  you can restore with the patcher, or simply rename tcpip.sys.old to tcpip.sys : johnny skidmarks
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    Yeah, I already went back to the original version of the file, I just need to find some way to kill the h... : Caboose
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      you're probably gonna need to reboot to load the originial file : johnny skidmarks
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        No, I replaced the original a while ago. I think you're missing my point - I'm looking for some command t... : Caboose
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          try this: netsh int ip reset c:\resetlog.txt : johnny skidmarks
          • OMFG I love you. : Caboose

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  they couldnt make that song any worse. : broly1718
  • only if you sang it. : ghost hacker
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  I kind of like Korn, sure they suck now, but back in the day their albums were bad. : suicidemachine
  • But you meant bad as in a "I love the powerglove, it's so bad" kind of way right? : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • i dunno I kinda like their latest album.. its definately a different sound from them but I like it. : Shadowdane

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• It lays eggs in your sinuses. : stump
• I post about it on the shack. : TotalFusionOne
• it's laying eggs right now and they'll explode from your chest in a couple of days. you may as well rob a... : [fry]
• You start to hover around poop for inexplicable reasons : PlanetPerfecto
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  Evidently it interferes with your ability to communicate. : filtersweep
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    It has taken control of my brain and insects don't like proofreading. : zehh
    • Is this zehh or the fly talking?!?! : filtersweep
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  You just digested the bad guy. : Rauol Duke
  • A+ for Inner Space reference. Well done. :P : [fry]
• its prolly crushed / writhing in pain on its way into your mouth. Bonus points if its in pieces. : wetard
• Lays eggs and the maggots eat into your brain through your sinuses. : Arcanum
• I recommend that you have a visit to the sinus fly planet. Bring your friends. : festivalman
• I believe you snort a cat to catch the fly to... : freqq28

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  RO > CS:S : cltcprd
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    ^^ this man is so very right it hurts! Nice tank driving yesterday, btw :D good times! : AlexXdude
    • you gotta let me shoot sometimes :( Also, get a mic. : cltcprd
  • Wut. They are different games, with different intentions... END OF SUBTHREAD. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I'm down. : dengar65
• IGI : Jonathan
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  I'm going in after I finish talking with my groupies : MrLonghair
  • groupies hair groomers, rite? :) I'm going in too : Postal
  • the lag sucked, then people left, then the lag was good again :( : MrLonghair
• wtf theres no one in there... : infiltrator`
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  JOIN FOR I AM LONELY. I'm going crazy talking to the server log :< : Orange Pylon
  • Never mind, you fags. : Orange Pylon
• i'm going in, come on bastards. : cucumber1972

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• i like the goonies one on the first album.....although its basically the cindi lauper song...still good t... : cellofsplinter
• mario 2 overwolrd is great too haha id lvoe to hear them live : cellofsplinter
• Funny, I've seen these guys live right here in rural northern california. : cucumber1972

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• Red Orchestra. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  RO is Red Orchestra. Fire up steam to get a look at it. : Tincan
  • I need to dig up an old half life expansion.... those cd keys work for steam iirc : Juno
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  very general education: "u bread loaf" http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10906642 klerck is dead :( ... : thekidd
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    oh, and also Thank you. no u we all collectively agreed that nou is passe. no one uses "nou" anym... : thekidd
    • no u : Zero|DPX

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  I got to meet James (Scotty) Doohan awhile back. Got his autograph and shook his hand and stuff. Nothing ... : Lynn Minmei
  • Cool : physio
  • I wouldn't call D-Day a skirmish ;) : trove
  • Wow... you are so much cooler than I am :( : SarahWearingPants
• I met William Shatner, had him autograph a book and figure, and then helped him pull a prank on Leonard N... : Prozium
• No funny story but I saw Majel Roddenberry and got a signed picture. Actually it is kinda funny that we e... : Tincan
• i met Jeri Ryan at her new orleans birthday bash, geez i guess about 6 years ago already, it was cool, wa... : nico2
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  At WonderCon, the chick who plays Leeta (Quark's Bar) was pimping her new jazz CD. I hadn't even intended... : shyguy74
  • She has a massive chest. mmmm hmmm : Chod

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  www.oneacross.com ftw Good job... a crossword puzzle a day is supposed to prevent Alzheimers. : sukkot
  • yeah I've totally been using that :( that, and http://casr.adelaide.edu.au/cgi-bin/wow : thekidd
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    that sounds like an old wives tale since alzheimers is the degeneration of neural cells on a very basic l... : mikecyb
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      I think it's one of those "use it or lose it" things. If you stimulate your brain more often, you're les... : sukkot
      • Yeah, I've heard the analogy that the brain is just like a regular muscle, and that if it's not used then... : carnivore
• cheater! : mikecyb
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  Where could I find crossword puzzles ONLINE? : TotalFusionOne
  • http://crosswordpuzzlesonline.com/ sir! (I just made that up) : mikecyb
  • USA Today has a free one every day (go to the Life) section. NYT also offers old ones for free, one a da... : sukkot
  • I've done the Houston Chronicle x-word puzzles with Across Lite for the ~last 4 years. Daily puzzle+re... : AcesnEights
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  I've been doing suduku, it's like crosswords for idiots. : TheArtMan
  • sudoku? yeah I've been doing those too :\ : thekidd
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  I read in a newspaper (UK tabloid) a while ago that Britain is the only country that has cryptic crosswor... : physio
  • according to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryptic_crossword there are cryptic crosswords from the u.s. an... : strider_

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• Barely could make out the screen, but no chance of seeing the words.. Bad photo, bad photo... : mem
• I can *just* make out the GBA in that shot, nevermind text so I'll take your word on it ;) : losimagic
• "it realy is broken something awful isnt it" no, i dont think thats a SA reference. if it sai... : cellofsplinter
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  That's correct usage. : SiW73
  • It sounds totally foreign to me. I look at it and it doesn't even seem to make grammatical sense. : omnova
• I think it says "It really is broken something awful, isn't it?" I've heard similar things like "somet... : paulatreus
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  A translator that worked on FF4 is a goon. I probably worked on Tales of Phantasia too : MrLobo
  • We need more translators working on games, dood. : Amnesty_intl2
• that's how it's supposed to used. : Super Sparker
• thats actually not bad english I dont think, I hear that phrase alot in normal conversation used exactly ... : usnpandaat
• I think the phrase is genreally used in relation to pain, and in these games has been broadened to descri... : inarius
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  "Something wicked" is a common expression around here in Boston, it's used for emphasis, like, "man, I'm ... : Cognoscenti
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    If i heard anyone say that I'd have to punch them : strandgeck
    • Signed. That just sounds retarded. : omnova
  • something wicked this way comes, when the battle's lost and won : Postal
• It is an archaism usually associated with "crotchety," turn-of-the-century type characters (prospectors, ... : algernoN8

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• Why are people such assholes, seriously? : Amnesty_intl2
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  more likely that a chunk of your catalytic converter packing is loose and making the noise. : IcomeINpeace
  • Would that affect a smog check? : not work safe

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• Agreed. Preempted two weeks in a row for... college basketball?! : Bold

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  one of the coolest features is gesture recognition, cant wait to use that in some online games, i see a h... : klearlyunseen
  • fuck a camera I want muther copulating mouse support for games damn it. : cellofsplinter
• I want to be able to use this as a webcam to talk to people w/ cams on msn. : Iscariot47
• Oh I will nuke that ass anytime. : lowayne

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• you know...i actually like that idea...... : cellofsplinter

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  Certainly! : Orange Pylon
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    That was a misreply. : Orange Pylon
    • ...Yet so appropriate. : low-g

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  You can hook up a keyboard to it. That might help. : carnivore
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    I'd need a USB keyboard, right? And does a USB mouse do anything? : TotalFusionOne
    • Yeah, you need a USB keyboard and a mouse doesn't do anything. : StuMan1337
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  P.S. Fix the Online Professional achievement in PGR3. : cam3lt0sis
  • P.P.S. Lower the price on Smash TV to .99 so I havem ore friends playing :\ : TotalFusionOne

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• Saw an episode and it was pretty funny. That said, it'll prolly get killed mid-season in favor of another... : algernoN8

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• whats this you say : creep
• People on this website care about sports? : SarahWearingPants
• i don't think duke will lose tonight : Flying h4x0r
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  if Duke loses, that means UConn has a freakin sweet chance to win. I've got Uconn in my pool with my frie... : Juno
  • You and the world have UConn. I picked LSU over Duke.. : Chew

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• wtf is it with flash movies that they have to have the volume at 10000%? : vassili_zaitsev
• Must Love Jaws, AKA Brokeback Jaws. Entertaining, as a matter of fact.. B+ : mem
• Trailer remixing can be so damn funny. : Fred Garvin

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• I expected to laugh, but I didn't. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• Aulde Tiktok? : algernoN8

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• HOLYSHI : rand04
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  looks kinda cool. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • ...but the infantry combat looks sooo bad. : Sgt_Boomstick
• Stormtroopers and Vader are from Texas originally? : mem

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• Open your router all the way, no ssid , no encrypt, turn on broadcasting of ssid. Does it see it then? If... : karlk79

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  in a shoebox, in a far away land : NukeDukem
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    I just realised - you're like the anti duke from the mirror universe. : Jonathan
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      Doesn't that mean that is not where it is then? : Totenjaeger
      • Either that or he's on a mission to prevent Duke from succeeding. : Jonathan
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    Sitting in a warehouse right next to the Ark of the Covenant and a box of Everlasting Gobstoppers. They ... : hatelull
    • holy shit a b-wing? i want that >:( : Mr.SEX
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    Buried next to the Atari ET games... : SlamDunk
    • What do you think they put in the Ark of the Convenant? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11850836 ... : hatelull
• mom : arizona bay
• Compiling on a computer somewhere in Dallas. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• its in this computer http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11835925 : broly1718
• up your butt and around the corner. : ki11_viru5
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  This morning on Digg I saw this story Celebrating 8 years of Duke Nukem Forever as 'vaporware'. http : Schnapple
  • that would be awesome. i enjoyed lameduke when it was released. : NeoMoose
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    I've never seen the Quake2 engine trailer. Wow, looks like they had a ways to go, but had quite a bit do... : Halen
    • Yeah, neither had I. Looks a little lax nowadays but comparing it to q2 makes it look very impressive. : crummynz
  • they coulda released three duke games! :( : steelsamurai
  • That 1998 trailer looks pretty good to me for a quake 2 based game. : ki11_viru5
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  Making a good game takes time dude, really, I'm sure if you were 3D Realms you would understand :). : Amnesty_intl2
  • Making most of it 10 times takes even longer : NukeDukem
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  i dunno but its taking forever. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHAHA : hungry hero
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    Without the laugh track no one would know they were supposed to laugh at this post. : walker270
    • its funny because its true. : hungry hero
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  Where's Team Fortress 2? : Kiriakos
  • With Duke in Georges mind : MorkandMindy
• In our hearts and woven into our dreams. : Rauol Duke

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• RAID is not a backup solution. RAID protects against hard disk failure and nothing more. Get a DVD burn... : electroly

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  V himself is something of an enigma, whose history is only hinted at; it is strongly suggested that he is : genjuro
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    in the film he is shown to be burned over his whole body and therefore physically disfigured so horribly ... : PlanetPerfecto
    • omg i just forgot spoiler tags AND got PRL'd at the same time :((( : PlanetPerfecto
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    But is it the same in the comics? Is there like a V: Year One with trifold holographic cover with collect... : Rauol Duke
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      The book just goes more into how V caused the prison to blow up. The guards let him keep a rose garden : ChibiJosh
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        I may go to a comic shop or something this weekend and look for a collection or whatever you call those b... : Rauol Duke
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          haha, "trade paperback" :P : jugglinmike
          • Thanks buddy!! : Rauol Duke
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          You can get the entire run of comics in a single graphic novel. Easy and efficient! : ChibiJosh
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            Goddamnit, now is it Trade Paperback, or is it Graphic Novel? I dont want to look silly in the comic shop... : Rauol Duke
            • i'm guessing it's something like this: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0930289528/sr=8-1/qid=1143163362/... : cltcprd
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  It doesn't explain a lot more, but you spend more time there with a whole diary narration sequence, descr : jugglinmike
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    Ok, I thought it was cool they did that, but I actually interested in learning more about the character. : Rauol Duke
    • Yeah, the book teased that possibility too. If your interested, I would highly recommend it. It's basical... : jugglinmike
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  I am almost done the book now and I agree with Remo that it's almost 2 different stories with some of the... : Fred Garvin
  • Yes, Alan Moore's original grip against the movie was exactly because they made the stuff a bit more plas... : zehh
  • I agree there are a lot of differences between the two, but a lot of what works in a comic book series do : Toxy

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• i think the former is better on any setup : vassili_zaitsev