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• Sounds like the fast track to success. : project13

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  You are buying a $300 video card and plan on powering it with a $40 PSU... 1) Buy a socket 939 board /... : rosewood
  • not to mention a better mobo. spend the extra $50 and get an asus or dfi board. : GrimmyD
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    i think the power supply thing is overblown. I have a older dell 4550. I assume it has the cheapest p... : sucko
    • Yes, but when a cheap power supply goes, so does everything else in your box. : Bean
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  I just found out this week that new PCI express video cards need a special 6-pin power connector. I have ... : weaselmeister
  • nor the mobo, or cpu, or RAM... : yosemiteclimber
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  See, told ya I didn't know shit about this crap. Thanks for the input. : CheezyPoof
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    What's your price range? Shackers are pretty good at putting together budget ed systems. : yosemiteclimber
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      I kinda wanted to stay under $550. : CheezyPoof
      • And have the bestest vid card and cpu for gaming that $550 can get. : CheezyPoof
  • LOL! Go cruise some hardware forums...or give us a budget and goal. : jodiuh
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  Consider a 939 processor like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103537 it... : plunkymeadows
  • Oh, Rosewood already said most of this with his post. Nevermind. : plunkymeadows
• Here is one setup: https://secure.newegg.com/NewVersion/Wishlist/PublicWishDetail.asp?WishListNumber=198... : bolus
• is this an april fools joke? : Mr.SEX
• I would get a 939 mobo/cpu and a cheaper video card before a 754. : Lightzout
• Okay, after you guys tried pointing me in the right direction I came up with this stuff. I tried to stay ... : CheezyPoof

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• that commercial scares teh shit out of me : sKetchflow
• for reference: http://skittles.com/advertising/index.jsp click "the beard" : hobosapien

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• bump for a pricecheck plzthx?! : dextius
• Hey I was looking for something like that. I you dont sell it in a week let me know. Putting it on shacki... : karlk79
• It boggles the mind why anyone pays for a Plextor drive when every other drive is like a third of the co... : Svperstarr

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• I've been getting so many damaged discs lately. I think I got 2 seasons or so of totally fucking Simpsons... : j33uk
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  If Gamefly sold DVDs I would buy em. GF has been great. : Lightzout
  • Duly noted to check out later... : Magus
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    gamefly is nice but you pretty much have to get at least 2 games out at once because the turn around time... : derelict515
    • Someone mentioned to me that if you drop the disks off at the post office they scan em as they come in. S... : Lightzout
• are these long or short wait dvds? : mr brown
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  They've been throttling discs for YEARS. No one would believe me when I first posted in here :( Blockbust... : godwit
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    I just started up with Netflix last month... this is disappointing. :( : Magus
    • I've been very happy with my Netflix experience for the last 4 years, I wouldn't worry too much. : Halen
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  I recommend Blockbuster's online service. I put my discs in the mail on Monday and I have new movies by ... : skinlab133
  • same for me with Blockbuster : Degenerate
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    thanks for paying for my salary guys. : nyranger66
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      I'm canceling right now : Degenerate
      • That's okay, there are plenty of people that want Larry the Cable Guy movies. : nyranger66
    • I support BB corporate and field employees : skinlab133
  • same for me with netflix. no problems yet : ermac
• same thing happened to me, I was a pretty casual user too. 1 day turn arounds turned into 2, 3, 4, 5, day... : Patch-e

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  i tried to trudge my way through it after picking it up for like $2 used, but i just couldn't do it. the... : sirkne
  • yeah i would probably be pissed if i had bought that game back then when it came out, the only reason i'm... : Hoax
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  Storyline is compelling? Hm, I got bored when I had to infiltrates some medical facility. All I remember : genjuro
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    The Riddick game was a prequel to Pitch Black fyi :P : AlexXdude
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      Ararrgh you know what I mean, it was based on a movie license. : genjuro
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        >:( : aaarrrgh
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          El-P sucks : genjuro
          • What. : aaarrrgh
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          haha which reminds me that ive still to play butcher bay. maybe i shoud throw IW away and look for riddic... : Hoax
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            movies were great, so is the little Anime short that connects them. So is the game. : graceofdragons
            • i'll believe you about the game but pitch black was barely ok and it isnt just me that wasnt very fond of... : Hoax
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            It's definitely worth playing. You can blow through it in 8 hours so it's a good weekend game. : genjuro
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              Oh and it's based on the prison that Riddick was in before Pitch Black - so yeah, none of the enemies loo... : genjuro
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                I really liked chronicles : cellofsplinter
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                  Maybe you can argue with your buddy from Ayne Cell. : sgtsanity
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                    I finally got this joke. Sgtsanity, you son of a bitch that was corny : genjuro
                    • Congrats, you win the prize: an undying sense of self-hatred. and no, you can't return it if you alrea : sgtsanity
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              cool i'll check it out for the next weekend then. : Hoax
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                You can buy it online for 20 bucks and download it (legally, of course!) http://www.riddickgame.com/us... : SilverSnake
                • thats a pretty cool way of distribution i'll check ebay first though. : Hoax
• I rather enjoyed it, felt free form to me in a good way and the load times didn't bother me at all : graceofdragons
• I love deus ex, one of my favorite games of all time. I love invisible war, not the greatest game, but w... : judge
• Invisible War was a comparative disappointment but still a good game IMO. Over simplified somewhat, but t... : node
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  Would more ram help the load times maybe? : sharkII
  • 2gb here, so i doubt it : sirkne

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  George R.R. Martin has an Esque? I thought it was pretty typical fantasy. Good, but not overally original... : graceofdragons
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    I certainly found GRRM to be atypical fantasy. "Things" seem to happen in his books that I wouldn't expec : flibble2k
    • Me too. I'm about half way through and it's slowed way the fuck down though. It's like this whole book is : node
  • The Song of Ice and Fire series is hardly "typical" fantasy fare. : lightly inclined
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  I got a new PS2 yesterday just so I could complete Suikoden IV. I want to get through it soon, because I ... : Orange Pylon
  • Well, they're unrelated story-wise, and I thought Suiko IV was a steaming pile. Suiko V is far more li... : Vincent Grayson

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  how did the dog break your desk? : Blackdawgg
  • He threw it at the cat when it was chewing on the wire. : not work safe
  • was waiting on a delivery, so i had him tied to the desk leg in my office with me door bell rang, he f... : Clay
• i am very lucky my cats don't chew wires. the orange one does like the sound of breaking glass, howev... : dahanese

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  it's cause you need to add 100 more to your 260. : dmiller
  • Tried that, didn't take. =( : brickmatt
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  Anyone have any ideas? : brickmatt
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    You sure you don't have any firewalls running? I remember my mother board had one going. : cookblaze
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      yeah I had the same problem when I setup Media Connect Make sure you don't have any firewalls running : MikkleThePickle
      • I had this trouble too.. and I can't remember what I did to fix it... Something about finding an olde... : TotalFusionOne
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      Where did you look for that? I have Windows Firewall off and the Router firewall off. : brickmatt
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        Check and see if you have an Nvidia firewall installed : cookblaze
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          or norton internet security : Prozium
          • No to both. I have nvidia nforce drivers, but that's it. : brickmatt
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  Try setting a static IP on either your PC or your 360, or both. Mess around with router settings. It's re... : nomaad
  • static IP won't impact it : mallrice
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  where in the xbox UI are you going to find the PC? : mallrice
  • I go to media, then music, then it looks for a PC and can't find it. : brickmatt
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  I don't know if the WMC uses Multicast communication to broadcast it's availability to the Xbox 360, but ... : Mr.Fusion
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    It should be using multicast (upnp) in both directions. So if the PC sees the xbox, the xbox should see t... : mallrice
    • UPnP is enabled on my router. Is there some INI shit I shoudl mess with? Wtf is going on here. : brickmatt
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  I hope they update WMC soon to prevent it from scanning your computer for files to share EVERY TIME YOU R... : mankeroo
  • Yes it does, it made this process a lot longer. Also, it's broken. =( : brickmatt
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  This is really pissing me off. =( : brickmatt
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    Finally found a 360 though? Sweet. : khaosman
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      Yes. Also, Microsoft Customer Support Sortof just solved my problem, yay. : brickmatt
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        so what was it? : Prozium
        • I changed about 80 things at once, but I think the kicker was ICS had a service running that I noticed an... : brickmatt

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  That's neato. Although I ended up with a big Acura, I was always curious to know if a 6'1" large guy suc... : festivalman
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    you wouldn't like the back seat but the front seems very spacious. The sales guy was about 6' and he nee... : bolus
    • Since I think I might be going smaller for my next car, it'll be a hot competition with this vs. an RSX. ... : festivalman
  • sixfoot6 drives one doesn't he? : FrayLo
• I would definitely break off that turn signal selector. It looks tiny. : PhoenixArisen
• Oh yeah, might want to blur out your license plate. : PhoenixArisen
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  I have a mini cooper s : LucyLuBot
  • what year is yours? : bolus
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  congratulations. That looks beautiful. Why did it take 8 months? Was your configuration particularity ... : sucko
  • That's the wait for the S model on the west coast. I could have got it back East for a 6 week wait but ... : bolus
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  i don't care what anyone says those things look cool and i want to drive one : Mansmells
  • The car is a blast to drive... at least for the short time I drove one. Acceleration is pretty dang goo... : khaosman
• You got it woth the Works package? How ur moneyhat? : Gnowknayme
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  Hows the torque steer and understeer? : not work safe
  • I'm still in the break in period and taking it easy but I dont have any comparison because my last car wa... : bolus

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• dregs : Geordish
• flavor grenades : BenMurphy
• you're supposed to shake the bottle first like a spraypaint can : Prozium
• Beer Goggles!! : ghost hacker
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  figured it out http://www.gadgetopia.com/post/3371 : mr brown
  • Holy crap. It cost $13.5 million to make that thing. : ventro

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• because shes a dirty half-betazoid whore, thats why... : buzzbat
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  Usually she wears the jumpsuit as she has ben given leway with the Uniform. However on Official Business ... : graceofdragons
  • I remember that one episode where Picard went on some secret mission and this real hard-ass of a captain ... : Cognoscenti
• that teal dress > * : Clay
• she wore the jumpsuit for about 4 or 5 seasons, then in later seasons she wore the teal standard uniform : FrayLo

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  nope. steve jobs hates old apple stuff. : Gaurav Sharma
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    I'm confused : sKetchflow
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      iirc steve jobs hates retro apple stuff, anything that reminds him of the old rainbow apple where everyth... : Gaurav Sharma
      • Yeah but they said they were going to do something for it at his last keynote : ventro
• I thought they were going to =\ : derelict515
• APRIL FOOL'S : not work safe

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  ahahah the gator fever has reached truly catostrophic heights in town man.. I can't believe this shit : TotalFusionOne
  • you never answered me, are you going to UF? : conandan
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  Except when the Seminoles are involved. : graceofdragons
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    LOL @ Seminoles. : johnny skidmarks
    • :( FSU FOR LIFE! : graceofdragons

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  i thought it was amazing :( : buzzbat
  • it was a year ago. but if I hadn't seen it before I would have thought it was amazing now. : sharpie
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  have you tried it yet? I wonder what performance is like with it... I thought apps like this might run li... : El Tigre
  • it seems pretty instant to me. When i selected it to show folder size there was no slowup or anything to ... : buzzbat
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    It depends. If I open any normal drives with normal sized trees underneath them, then it seems to be near : weaselmeister
    • Yeah i just tried my 'games' folder and it took about a minute for my 80gb 'games' folder : buzzbat
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  Welcome to 1999 : FiReaNG3L
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    Welcome to 2006 : buzzbat
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      Welcome to shacknews guys! have a wonderful stay! : Mr.SEX
      • welcome to your mom : cucumber1972
• This is cool, except that the author says it crashes and makes things slow once in a while? Also the inst... : Mantle
• been using this for ages, great app. Better than any of the pay apps that do this. : Silent1
• does it sort properly yet? : pupismyname
• treesize 4 lyfe : Gaurav Sharma

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• I think boobies are great. : industro
• he basically said Armageddon = Braveheart. he's wrong. so very wrong. : Ctrl-Phreak
• King Arthur is in the same vein as Armageddon, not Braveheart. : DonkeyPopsicle

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  mofos better show up... I swam for 20min then biked 1hr40min because I am so excited about tonight. Fuck... : proclone1
  • b to the ump : proclone1
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    props to the fellow triathlete! (at least, that's what I guess you are from yer workout) : fugu124
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      yeah I'm just starting out. I'm much more used to running in competition (just 5 & 8k's) I love to bike ... : proclone1
      • you injure it somehow? Never heard of that muscle hurting before, maybe post on some swimming forums, i... : fugu124
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  I cant wait. Really hope lots of people show up. Even though I bet we only get like 10. lol : deeveee
  • I invited some Goons as well, so we should have a fairly good turnout. We'll see, I guess. : Dslyecxi

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  sigh @ oblivion. all your friends are online playing a single player game! sweet! : mallrice
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    they need to hurry up and finish and donate it to me : Degenerate
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      You're going to be waiting a good long while, because Oblivion is the game that never ends! : Krypt_
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        it just goes on and on my friend : BenMurphy
        • Some people started playing it not knowing what it was : sgtsanity
• that guy is awesome! you stfu or i will beat you with Mark Prior's Arm! : jedi_27

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  risers on the mother board? : pokerman33
  • he tried it completely out of the case on a paper bag : wtf242
• either the mobo is doa or a picky piece of shit about ram : Experiment IV
• ok, so when there is power to the power supply the diagnostic leds are on but the computer isn't turning ... : Mr.SEX
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  Heatsink on the whole time? : Barbarian
  • yeah. he is just using the retail AMD pad thingy that comes with their cpus. : wtf242
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  does the mobo have those small 4-pin power adapters that you might be missing? the small square ones... : atom519
  • yeah, i've done that. : carnivore

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  Group buttons. : Ratsofatsorat
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    raid assist, maybe cast party if you're lazy : Experiment IV
    • Cast party is not for the lazy. It's extremely helpful and frees up very valuable button space by re-assi... : graceofdragons
• I'm a big fan of this one for my Druid: http://www.curse-gaming.com/mod.php?addid=52 I have it setu... : Chunks
• My priest needs ct_raidassist and decursive for raids. I also use Atlas, (instance maps), Gatherer (marks... : Sarcastro

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• I will be there sending virtual bullets into peoples faces. : deeveee
• go out shooting for those of us in rainy areas that don't want to get stuck in the mud at our ranges :( : Paranoid Android
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  Me again - www.1152pm.com/jonzygun.jpg : jcutner
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    Have you ever had any formal instruction in handgun shooting? : Dslyecxi
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      (meaning: Would you like some tips?) : Dslyecxi
      • Heading out now, so if you want some pistol advice, I can Shackmessage it to you when I get back.. assumi : Dslyecxi
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      He told me he didn't, which is why I made fun of the way he was holding his gun because he was whining ab... : AlexXdude
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        I wouldn't be surprised if he gets some jamming as well. : trove
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          Yeah, same here. It looks like he has a very, very weak grip on it.. Glocks can stovepipe if you're total... : Dslyecxi
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            How does grip effect something like that? Im a gun n00b. : deeveee
            • With a gun that is recoil operated like a semi-auto pistol (as in the picture), if your grip is very weak... : Paranoid Android
            • It's both grip and stance. See how his arms aren't extended very much, and he has the pistol a bit closer... : Dslyecxi
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  I tried buying RO earlier but Steam sucks so bad I won't let me :( : MrLobo
  • You did something wrong then. : deeveee
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    You have to be really careful about how you enter your address/info... it's stricter in regards to format... : Dslyecxi
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      Probably doesn't help that i'm trying to buy something with a canadian CC card : MrLobo
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        If all else fails, you could pick up the boxed version. http://www.gogamer.com/cgi-bin/GoGamer.storefr... : Dslyecxi
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          But I want to support Steam :( Seriously I can't comprehend how Valve can it so buggy if they actually... : MrLobo
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            Oh, have you tried checking the RO forums for Steam info? Or the Steam forums, for that matter? I know th... : Dslyecxi
            • No but I tried looking for something. Never saw any posts with good info. I tried sending a support requ... : MrLobo
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  god damnit... CST going in now : buzzbat
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    Going in now? It doesn't start for 1h50m. I guarantee you you'll be alone in there if you do join now. : Dslyecxi
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      isn't it 9 CST right now? : buzzbat
      • 7:15 CST at the moment. : Dslyecxi
      • Shack time is CST, so no. It's 7:15. : zerofunk
      • No...it's 7:15 CST right now : zakk
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        nevermind...i went the other way : buzzbat
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          go on.....*fap* *fap* *fap* : zakk
          • err...what? : buzzbat

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  Prob a stupid question, but did you try it again after restarting? I've had fickle error's like this th... : atom519
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    Ya, it takes about a half an hour to get to the point on disk 4 where it freezes again, so I hate reinsta... : forgottenzero
    • Just borrow the discs from a friend or something? And make backups? Making an ISO will work fine, the ... : SilverSnake
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      If I could find my CD's I'd make you a copy of disk 4 :( I'll look around for 'em anyway. Gimme a minute ... : Chunks
      • I think I threw out my CD's :( I just went looking for the box, and can't find it. All I have is the 4 be... : Chunks
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      I'd hate feeling like a dealer. But here you go. http://www.fileplanet.com/158404/150000/fileinfo/Worl... : DarkWolf5
      • this will work, but some zip programs have problems with zips >2gb. If it looks like the download is cor... : Mo__

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  That's no communism. That's a space station capitalist autocracy. : Ratsofatsorat
  • A growing middle class will further push the reformation and loosening of government power. They're reall... : SpaecKow

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• hey everyone, they're playing cs_office. so go go go! : Flying h4x0r
• Hi vontoo playen laten tonighter. : CheezyPoof
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  93% chance TFO joins us.. : rosewood
  • Pretty unlikely then. : nomaad
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    I just tried playing a game... the 3d swirling made me almost throw up :\ Maybe when I'm better. : TotalFusionOne
    • okay http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11759724 : TotalFusionOne
• Come on bitches : cookblaze
• igi! come play! : lakren
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  i can't join. my brother is playing oblivion. what should i do? :( : lonestar3
  • kick his ass and play oblivion : Xhost
• I AM TEH WINNAR> GGS : mallrice
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  When will people learn that Militia is a server clearing map? : Fred Garvin
  • The same day people stop voting for assault. : brickmatt
• It's Aztec now, get on fools! : NexusOne

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  Fixes? Sure... ZALMAN VF700-CU 2 Ball VGA Heatsink : mofo
  • How about a fix that doesn't require more money. :( : rudds

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• Go, Diego, Go! : TotalFusionOne
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  heh, i tuned in, and suddenly I thought I was on hold, waiting for the next available representative. : NeoMoose
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    It's my softer/lounge-ish kind of stuff. It's perfect for when I'm doing homework (such as now). : ieGod
    • Haha, just as this song kicks in. : ieGod
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  Anyone who plays Victor Wooten has some seriously good musical tastes. Great choice, man. : amankhan
  • Why thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed that piece. : ieGod
• Thanks for tuning in everyone! I'll just let this last song finish before disconnecting. : ieGod

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• I can't understand all the hate the NBA gets, somehow it's just cool to hate it. : lakren
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  I've always hated the NBA. Worst people, worst refs. : sweat
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    You sir are going to feel the wrath of Maarten... It will burn. Yes down there. : buzzbat
    • Fuck the NBA. Fucking fuckey fuckers. : sweat
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    worst people? what does that mean? and the refs in the NBA are just as good if not better then the col... : lakren
    • I think he was comparing it to other sports besides college basketball : derelict515
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      Most NBA players come across as jerks, and idiots. For every Chris Bosh, there are 10 shaq's, Ewings, an... : sweat
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        How is shaq either a jerk or an idiot? : forgottenzero
        • they are rich man, they have to be : kelerian
  • I don't hate basketball, but hockey is the best. : soggybagel
• nowadays? try the last 5 years or so : jedi_27
• I want D-wade to beat Bron Bron....with each passing day, I come to loathe Lebron more and more : digitalburro