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• G15 : Prozium
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  http://shop.store.yahoo.com/pfuca-store/haphackeylit1.html : tacocat
  • The only reason I would not consider this is because there is no space between the arrow keys and the key... : te[R]ror
• I have the saitek and wouldnt trade it for any other keyboard. : johnny skidmarks
• I having had both of those, recommend the g15. The saiteks keys are pretty large and awkward, making typ... : paravis
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  Any more suggestions guys? : te[R]ror
  • touch her? : Morgin
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  The G15 doesn't have the weird problems in games the Saitek KBs do. : Zero|DPX
  • What problem is that? I have the Saitek and would like to bitch about this in the future and possibly bl... : devi| dog
• Tried the Saitek, bought the g15. : ArtilleryMarker
• G15 for sure. it's pretty awesome. i get a little weirdness with the lcd applets in oblivion, but other t... : feek
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  Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 Lame name, but it's pretty nifty. http://www.microsoft.com/hardwa... : erotic sock
  • Best keyboard I've ever used. : -efx-
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    But I've never used an ergonomic keyboard : te[R]ror
    • It takes some getting used to if you don't type properly, but you'll love it after a week or two. I'll us... : godwit
• G15 with out a doubt. I've owned both, and the G15 is the clear winner. And programming for the LCD is pr... : Bantis
• What about the Eclipse? http://www.saitek.com/row/prod/eclipse.htm I think it's like a newer and im... : Frank_Mackey
• G15 is huge. monstrous. gigantic. unless you have a lot of desk space avoid : lord cecil
• I own the saitek. it sucks. : Rotten Deadite
• I didn't like the feel of the keys on the G15. : Matto357
• I've had both (actually the eclipse, the back version of the one you linked) the G15 is vastly superior. ... : Dynotaku

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• Little twice=little twist. Gah. : aggressor
• ... haven't really checked this, but: B = width H = heigth L = length We know that: L = 2 B V =... : roggor
• box is length by width by height meters l = 2w, lwh = 10 so ... 2wwh = 10, so h = 10/(2ww) now ... : jcupitt
• Thank you both for the help. I was going at it completely wrong (Like I would a basic max\min problem, on... : aggressor
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  I hate calculus :( I need help setting up another one, though this is the last one, I swears. -- A r... : aggressor
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    You can simplify your S = equation a bit. You can move things inside a power, if you raise it to 1/po... : jcupitt
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      also, we need a superscript shacktag :-( : jcupitt
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        Heh, yea, it's going to take me a min to decode what you said. I think I understood, though. You moved th... : aggressor
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          That's right. You can cancel out two of your r terms is what I'm saying. : jcupitt
          • ax^y == (a^(1/y)x)^y reasoning: ^ distributes across multiplication, ie. (ax)^y == (a^y)(x^y) ... : jcupitt
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            Yea, that helped a lot. After getting sq(pi^2 * r^4 + 81\pi), differentiating got me: (4r^3 * pi^2) / ... : aggressor
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              Damn, still didn't get it. From here: S = sqrt((pi*r)^2*r^2 + (pi*r)^2 * (81/pi*r^2)^2) = sqrt( pi : aggressor
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                Wait, more like sqrt( pi^2 * r^4 + 6561/pi*r^2 ) Okay, from here: S = sqrt((pi*r)^2*r^2 + (pi*r)^2 * (... : aggressor
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                  auug, you're right, I forgot a ^2, sorry S = sqrt( pi^2 * r^4 + 81^2 / r^2 ) hmm, a bit simpler tha... : jcupitt
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                    This is crazy. I hate my teacher :( : aggressor
                    • Well, I have no idea if it's right, but my final answer was a radius of 2.63 and a height of 3.73. : aggressor
• i remember doing this, but I dont remember how to do this. Global mins, global max, local min, local max.... : buzzbat

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• boooooooooooo, hisssssss.. : virus

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• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-498739066594624155&q=prince&pl=true http://video.google.com/v... : -TKF-
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-322344458515460889&q=katamari&pl=true : deathmuppeter
• What a performer, I'm always impressed. : Hiro
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  prince...... is the KING : SlamDunk
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    of the pixies. : spdon
    • you mean pixie sticks. : kbnerd
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  Gawd the amount of pantsy that would drop if I could play 1/2 that good :( : kanix
  • A friend of mine can play half that good, and you're right, he get's tons. : Hiro
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  I'd have to say he's a good guitar player. : Patch-e
  • Yes, he rocks. : c0bra
• I think this is the whole video: http://youtube.com/watch?v=8GZKBTpMllc&search=prince%20guitar : c0bra

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  could be the dell execs buying them to create an image of demand, much like record label execs buying cds... : filthysock
  • Naah, they're going to be E3 demo machines. $10K is cheap for more frames per second on the E3 show floo... : mattleexbox
• that is fucking insane. ugh. : virus
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  sold out eh... and how many did they produce : Toraz Chryx
  • "Under 30" : MrLonghair
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  Win one: http://dell.eprize.net/xpsrenegade/ Starts on the 10th : sanchez
  • Nobody ever wins those things. you just get spam and some VP's son gets the computer. : Rotten Deadite
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  There is a guy here at work that bought one. Granted he gets paid about $20 an hour, is 30 years old, ... : liqker
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    even if I had that money I wouldn't buy it! : Postal
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      i'd buy it. then put it on ebay. : Gaurav Sharma
      • now there's a solution I can work with! : Postal
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    That's really not much cash to blow 10k$ : abrasion
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      It is if you have a tiny dick. : Rotten Deadite
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        wut? : abrasion
        • Look, it made sense to me! <napolenon>GOD!</napoleon> : Rotten Deadite
  • so in other words, he doesn't make shit, he just blows cash one stuff because he is a loser. : virus
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  Didn't Dell just buy Alienware ? : balaams_ass
  • yup , they sure did. : kbnerd

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• I too would be interested in this : mr zigg
• there aren't much theories about molecular biology though are there? the assumptions have a lot more grou... : Gaurav Sharma
• I haven't found one, but try looking into Evo-Devo, it's really interesting. For this I'd recommend Endl... : Athlon7

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• Look for Jos-A-Banks' sales. They have really good suits for not a lot of money. I got the suit that I ... : plunkymeadows
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  express men, go pick up a nice jacket + pant combo.. they have some pretty nice stuffs : Patch-e
  • I'm going to have to disagree with this recommendation. You don't want a suit you're going to be wearing... : Priest77
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  Men's Wearhouse : johnny skidmarks
  • You're going to like the way you look, i guarantee it. : skitzo
  • Second'd. This is a good place for interview suits. : jforman
  • ^^^^Hells yea, I wish I could buy a whole store and just dress fancy every day. : askedrelic
  • This did me well, I got a $400 suit by Jones New York. Lasted me for months of interviewing, and people ... : Rasnowl
  • For under $500 they're hard to beat. If you've got a little more to spend, Nordstrom's has some good s... : mrfunky3000
  • Yeah, gotta say this is good advice. Good looking stuff for decent prices. Great if you are a wear a suit... : eskimo spy
  • pleated fronts suck : kevp
• I do Men's Wearhouse. It's cheap and all their fake brands, but their clothes look pretty damn good and t... : silly
• brooks brothers. : d0pamine
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  Armani. Zegna. Abboud. Façonnable. : notd665
  • ^^^ you can get a base Armani suit for around $800. It's worth every penny : digitalburro
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  wherever you go, make sure and get help fitting it so it's tailored perfectly to you : judge
  • ^This makes the difference, right there. Tailored = Teh Win! : Bean
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  Wear what you wear to the job to the interview. If that's business casual, wear that. Just don't wear... : SLUDGE^
  • Err, wear what you wear to the job. Duh. : SLUDGE^
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    Always wear a suit to a job interview. A suit is appropriate whatever the everyone else is wearing, but u... : peanut-
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      shouldn't suck up unecessarily. wear what you want. the more you think marketing yourself to them is goin : Gaurav Sharma
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        appearances matter. wearing a suit instead of business causual shows that you are serious about the job. ... : kbnerd
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          there's more meaningful ways to show you're serious about the job. i don't mean to argue this unecessa... : Gaurav Sharma
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            when it makes a difference is where the candidates are close. the person in the suit is more likely to br... : kbnerd
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              It always baffles me when this argument comes up... anyone who says that dressing in a suit for an interv... : gegtik
              • you are so right. though i must admit that for my current job when i interviewed i didn't wear a suit... : kbnerd
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      Yep. A buddy of mine was recently involved in the hiring process at Monster.com, and said one of the can... : Ride-My-Rocket
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        Yeah, it's all about respect. Suit == "I respect this company" : Hiro
        • Thanks guys looks like I will be checking out Nordstrom : MuteMode

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• i'm going to DL it when i get home. FEAR was so great that i have high hopes for it. : kbnerd
• needs more multiplayer. Bumfights Online! : Postal
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  Thread hijack: Is Chronicles of Riddick on PC a good port? it's the same type of game so i figured i'd st... : kbnerd
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    It's meant to be. I've only played bits of the Xbox version. The demo seemed horrible to me but when I pl... : nudel
    • okay thanks i'll add it to my probably purchase list. : kbnerd
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  where's the jump key. : flasher 907
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    Right beside the Any key. : Afterglow
    • All this computer hacking must be making you guys thirsty. Why don't you order a tab? : blackhawk
  • I don't think there is one. The level design never really needed one, and when you needed to get to an ar... : sigpro
• I played a bit on a friends 360, defo getting it on PC. <3 Monolith. : node
• Just finished the demo, it has a really good atmosphere, definitely going to buy it : losimagic

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• Teen girls at the mall Swaying midriffs unnoticed I am married now : dognose
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  These new sunglasses Oh god help they're ugly Bug Eyed Women Spring : geedeck
  • this is so true. : kbnerd
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  i like big butts and i cannot lie you other brothers can't deny : dodob
  • rofl : chazums

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• "some spyware/malware crap" doh, sorry for the error! : Optimus Prime
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  NOD32 is the best AV out there. also http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11674888 : redfive
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    A: It's AV only B: Expensive so it won't fly with my folks. :( : Optimus Prime
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      NOD32 isn't just AV according to their blurb: "Real-time protection against viruses, spyware, adware, ... : nudel
      • Anyone selling it cheaper than $40? :( : Optimus Prime
  • I recently switched to this on shack recommendation - it really is light, fast, and pimp. Seems to rate g... : node

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• i've been medic paddled before :( : chazums

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  april fools! there aren't any 360s in stock!! hahaha good joke, right? : mikecyb
  • "Is brickmatt gonna hafta choke a bitch?" =( : brickmatt
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  why would they refuse to sell a product that launched 5 months ago? : pupismyname
  • Because they can't reveal that they don't actually have any until they have a line waiting for the store ... : reign27
  • No idea. But the manager said they aren't selling them until the 1st, and I can fucking see them in the ... : brickmatt
  • they are all being held for a special advertisement. they are doing some gaming drive time thing to get m... : maulla
• That is not Microsoft's call, Best Buy is doing it. : Evil Benius
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  noone ever fucking listens to me: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11892603 : maulla
  • That's how I knew Bestbuy was doing this. It doesn't make me less ragey though. =( : brickmatt
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  Try Target. I walked into one two days ago that had two or three premiums and a handful of cores. : walker270
  • My island lacks Target. =( : brickmatt
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  That's absolutely fucking retarded on Best Buy's part. Way to piss off your customers, dumbasses! : PenicillinX57
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    Seriously. I'm a sad panda. =( : brickmatt
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      I know how you feel, I have been looking all over heavily the last two weeks since I have been on break. ... : Evil Benius
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        They fucking better have them, or else they go on my list. : brickmatt
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          Does that list involve cake? Can I be on the list? : bargeld
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            Mmmm, cake... : brickmatt
            • i'll bake you a cake just as fast as i can. : kbnerd
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          If Best Buy is the only place that you know of that will have them then I say buy one there BUT don't bu... : HuggyBear
          • this isn't a very nice thing to do and just makes more work for the cashier and stockers. It will have no... : kbnerd
    • why so blue panda bear? : spector
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  Go to CostCo damnit, they all have a bunch and the bundle is a good deal. If you don't want PGR3, just s... : khaosman
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    My CostCo doesn't have any. Bam. : brickmatt
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      My costco doesn't have any either... grats on the wedding, I'm a week in from my wedding! Seems like the... : bawbeh
      • it makes up for all the divorces this past summer. : kbnerd
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  further fuck ups to this release, what a joke. : abrasion
  • ♫ you say you want a revolution ♫ =-) : kbnerd

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• That sucks. My parents go in mid April. I joked the other day that by the time they get there the island ... : K1Bond007
• You definately picked the wrong time of year... : yosemiteclimber
• go find some forest to run around naked (or nearly naked) in the rain. Fuck it, man. Use what you're g... : Juno
• I live on Oahu and the rain has sucked ass. I ride a motorcycle to the University 5 days a week. The gr... : wanker67
• You've been in Hawaii for 2 weeks. No complaining....I'm in seattle. : skunk_ape
• how can you be in hawai and complain? :( : Gaurav Sharma
• haha no shit! I'm in wahiawa, it's funny seeing a river going my road every day. : burning eye
• I was in Hawaii for one day a few years ago and it rained half the day I was there, but it was fucking aw... : Patch-e

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  http://www.baydreaming.com/norfolkattractions.htm : redfive
  • Thanks. Looks like there's one on a battleship and a cruise around the base. : stump
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  Check out Nauticus while you are here. Question: are you actually picking Norfolk as a vacation spot o... : prfectjon
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    No, I'm planning to go to D.C. and just looking a quick side trip. Amtrak says it's around 3-4 hours by ... : stump
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      When will you be in DC? : sHugamom
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        Not 100% sure yet but probably in August for a week. Still trying to coordinate holidays with a friend o... : stump
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          Darn. I'll be there next week and then again in June. July and August are usually more humid and not-s... : sHugamom
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            sHugamom is going to be in DC the first week of April? I'd call for a Shackmeet since my wife is going t... : Wadmaasi
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              Got a 3/2.5/2 house right here: http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=1103+S+Queen+St,+Arlington,+VA+... : sHugamom
              • Shit, that's practically next door from us. : Wadmaasi
          • I'll definitely think about late september then. I don't want to spend my days sweating out of every por... : stump
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  Per my experience ... please wear a hat or something to cover your ears. There's a constant breeze at th... : sHugamom
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    haha I was going to make fun of you, but then I realized it was you. <3 shugamom and motherly advice : askedrelic
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      Hey, I gotta keep up the stereotype. It's in my contract. shh! I'm actually a whiskey drinkin' chain- : sHugamom
      • LOL LOL LOL....can't contain laughter. today is going to be a great day =-) : kbnerd
  • I'll pack some ear muffs. :( : stump
• Virginia? norfolk'n chance! : nrgXs

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• ...to do: photoshop cowbells and birthday cakes into humorous situations!! http://img40.imageshack.us/... : Caboose
• ^THIS POST NEEDS MORE COWBELL!!! : Bean
• Needs more cowbell. : yosemiteclimber
• bump for morning dose of COWBELL : Caboose
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  It's Christopher Walken's birthday, and he has a fever : dodob
  • ...and the only perscription is more COWBELL. : Totenjaeger
• He actually died in 1978 after a Russian Roulette incident, but his awesomeness could not be contained in... : Afterglow

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  How VIP? Like limited backstage access? Full back stage access? Everything, get fucked up with the b... : skitzo
  • Also, what band? : skitzo
• i got VIP at a dave matthews concert before - it was beyond cool. you dont have to worry about anything, : virus
• yeah, lots of em. Some friends work for a TV station and get VIP tickets to lots of stuff and thankfully,... : moshman

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• IKEA. : d fluke
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  ask a girl : cerealSAM2
  • a lesbian girl. : blackhawk
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  http://www.lakehotel.com/Medieval.htm : drucifer
  • Comes complete with leather mug set! : Rotten Deadite
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  http://travel.yahoo.com/p-travelguide-2798359-action-imgsearch-london_dungeon_london-i : dognose
  • london dungeon even rhymes! : kbnerd
• Here's some furniture links. Most of these have modern stuff. I'm not even sure if all of these work an... : Busta J
• men decide what they want. and match basic strong colors. : Crimson
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  Grey walls are cool if you buy black furniture and bed stuff. : dognose
  • oooh that sounds swank. now i wish i could paint my apartment. : kbnerd

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  how long is the loading time on this one? : sanchez
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    Ill go find the quote in the review for you sir : -TKF-
    • reading is hard for me :( I don't really care : sanchez
    • Just took some extra quotes for you: Even the PSP load times aren't bad. This is the only occasion : -TKF-
• That game was lots of fun on the xbox. Very fun drift mechanics. : Prozium
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  "The Xbox version: prettier than most 360 games, really." is that reviewer on crack? : OrkO
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    Eurogamer REALLY likes OutRun, and Sega in general. (I'm not agreeing or disagreeing with the review sin... : Chris Remo
    • They hate Sega compared to http://www.ukresistance.co.uk/ : nomaad
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  FINALLY someone's made a racing game for the PSP! : nudel
  • yeah, what's with the total lack of racing games before this on the PSP? : SilverSnake

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• Haha.. I saw that yesterday. I wish I was there man. :( My wife and I would have loved to head out to... : laidback

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• bump for mornin crowd and upside down people : IcomeINpeace

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  c'mon guys help a brutha out! : klearlyunseen
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    What video card do you have? Are you trying to play games or watch movies? : Lightzout
    • I have a 7800 gt and both...my tv is a philips 30" crt http://www.outlet.philips.com/b2c_redesign/b2c/pro... : klearlyunseen
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  Well, what I did was boot up the system with the vidcard connected to a CRT and the TV, then use the vide... : Omaha
  • http://www.netzwerkomaha.com/images/cvr/upnrunning.jpg : Omaha
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  update: ok i set my display properties to dualview and my tv's resolution to 1920x1080, and my desktop im... : klearlyunseen
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    well, with dualview, you actually have 2 monitors. Your PC monitor will be monitor1 and have all the ico... : Prozium
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      oh ok i see, so i guess my major question is how do i get my tv to play games and movies instead of my pc... : klearlyunseen
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        in the display properties check the "make this the primary display" box for the TV. : Prozium
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          lol ok i tried that and it works but when i click on a game the game flickers like crazy and the screen g... : klearlyunseen
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            well you need to set the game to run at 1920x1080i resolution. : Prozium
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              lol i figured that out right when i said that....sigh i didnt have my wheaties today. : klearlyunseen
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                so did you need to do any other tweaking to get the DVi-HDMI to work? I've got a 27" sony CRT HDTV and h... : Prozium
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                  well im fairly new to it but i just tried oblivion at 1920x1080 and it ran fine except there was a small ... : klearlyunseen
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                    if it's a CRT tv you're getting overscanned. you can use the nvidia drivers to compensate for this (it w... : dopefish
                    • 1776 x 1000 works great as a custom res with no overscan : Halen
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  is it normal on a 30" hdtv set at 1920x1080 to have everything so f'ing tiny you cant read shit? : klearlyunseen
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    is this a 1080p set? if its 1080i it's just going to be interpolated on a 720p native panel most likely, ... : Gaurav Sharma
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      yeah its 1080i, is there a better resolution to brows my desktop with then? : klearlyunseen
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        try 1280x768 or 1366x768, should be pin-sharp : Gaurav Sharma
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          hmmm, its not letting me put the 1366 in but 1280 workks until i start a game and then it starts to flick... : klearlyunseen
          • it only supports the HD standards. 1280x720 and 1920x1080 : Prozium
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            didn't realise this was a CRT. in that case it should probably get sharper the more you decrease resoluti... : Gaurav Sharma
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              so far the best resolution ive found is 1440 x 900, will playing around hurt my tv? ive heard mix things. : klearlyunseen
              • well if your TV is 1080i, then you have to use 1920x1080. And yes, shit is really tiny. Such is the natur... : ventro
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                could do, esp with CRTs. i'd do it anyway. also as long as it works with your consoles in HD you're prob ... : Gaurav Sharma
                • i might be wrong though, would be interesting to hear from anyone who uses an LCD TV as their primary dis... : Gaurav Sharma
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  alright guys bear with me, one more question. how do i go about getting sound to my hdtv? the link to my ... : klearlyunseen
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    soundcard -> stereo splitter -> RCA (white and red) on front of TV should work : Gaurav Sharma
    • actually they need to go to the back for the HDMI port. : Prozium
• I just bought a cable for this very thing. I have not tried it yet, but I will let you know how it works... : mikefr24

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  Damn, I hope everybody remembers the spoiler tags, because we won't get to see it over here for another 6... : physio
  • You're missing out. : abrasion
  • Well i've already seen a massive spoiler because of bold + spoiler mishap :( : chazums