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• Wow.. that's pretty impressive. : stonedonkey
• Oh wow. Inf+ this post! : jcutner
• The original alpha was posted on here a while ago wasn't it?or is this something else? : ki11_viru5
• That's incredible! : SpaecKow
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  Wow. That blew me away. It's like Unreal Tournament '99. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    That's probably because it IS UT99 - it uses old unreal textures and shit, and that level geometry smacks... : SpaecKow
    • the sniper rifle and other sounds are great. : oatmb
• Wow, very amazing. : Chris Remo
• sweet! very cool :) : timaste
• that shit is baaaaad ass! :D : virus
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  The "w32.Enhancer" it wants to install has me terrified. Not touching it. : wesn
  • I installed it and my PC exploded :( : Chris Remo
• theres a quake version of the phosphor shockwave engine game thing from some years back iirc. : moe6
• http://www.spiegel.de/unispiegel/wunderbar/0,1518,grossbild-606183-409557,00.html : Hoax
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  would I be a dick if I said I wasn't terribly impressed? Now getting it to run quickly in shockwave, that... : lord cecil
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    I had 0 problems with the mouse. Running a FPS at 55 FPS (that I was getting) on Shockwave over the net..... : graceofdragons
    • I was getting about 30 fps. What kind of cpu you running? I have a P4 2.4 which isn't great, but it's alr... : lord cecil
• pretty amazing stuff here.... ran super smooth : MikkleThePickle
• huh... : Tawler
• pretty cool : X-GOUKI
• neat and tagged for later. : thief

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  Sounds good. I wish there was some place we could hook up a couple of 360's and just play a bunch of mult... : sharkII
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    there's that cyberjocks place that looks cool. here's their list of games. http://www.cyberjocks.com/ind... : wtf242
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      i've got guitar hero : RikiTiki2
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        if i show up and we do this, i'll own your ass :D : biskits
        • wouldn't surprise me, i just mash my way through the expert levels : RikiTiki2
    • never seen that place. i gotta try that out with my brother when he visits. : maltrogg
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  Hula Hut? Personally I prefer some Big Kahuna Burger. : rasputinreborn
  • It IS a tasty burger! : nyranger66
• Excellent, I should be able to get off work for that. : Athlon7
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  i might drive down : mr.sleepy
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    you should : wtf242
    • If he's hardcore, he'll hitchhike : dognose
  • me too! : bling1bling
• I <3 Hula Hut. Good idea for a meet. : maltrogg
• I'm going to try and make it. Guitar Hero would be cool. : mrwolf710
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  Hey, I'm in (I've been a shacker for years, and have never done one of these here dealies). I'm buds with... : Joshvar
  • Was there last night, and we waited for about 2 hours. Bring your <insert networking nerd gadget here>s, ... : maltrogg

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• Isn't tomb rider that necrophelia game? : mrwolf710

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  Now it's down until 11. I HAVEN'T PLAYED WOW TODAY; I NEED MY FIX! : Sarcastro
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    I just wish a giant gorilla would enter the MMO scene to compete against them. The fact that this game i... : stonedonkey
    • I am keeping my fingers crossed that Bioware is working on some sort of Star Wars MMO, but a good one, wi... : deathofrats

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  I guess they cut out the loading... screen? that alone would be 1 hour and 36 minutes : JohnnyDanger
  • Yes, they cut out the loading screens and appended all the segments into a single file(and also made demo... : SolrFlare
• Wow, almost one hour faster than the previous run. 144 segments? What the heck? : MrLonghair
• Holy crap, even after he ditches the hovercraft he's going at least as fast as before :O : nomaad
• i love how he nods for Freeman when people are talking to him.. hahaha : g0nk
• How the hell do i get rid of the load screen? i want to play through the game again like that! The load s... : supaslasha

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  Looks like I won't be able to use it. :[ : Busta J
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    if you have flashblock or whatever you can always permit certain sites : PUPSTAHS
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      psst... it's not Macromedia Flash, it's just what their calling their synchronized thing: http://content... : aethyr
      • There is flash involved. I guess only for the sound. : rasputinreborn
    • acutally this was a dumb joke I forgot to follow up on. It's because I live in Alabama. :\ : Busta J
• They let you upload custom flash files or they automagically generate the flash from the gifs/sounds you ... : rotten element
• heh: http://wtfgasolina.ytmnd.com/ some people just don't get it... : rand04
• I love it, I have always been a huge complainer of the fact that ytmnd used embeded audio and animated gi... : ovrlrd

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• or the president could have known about Palmer the whole time and was just playing dumb like he's apparen : mikecyb
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  President is working directly with Henderson and the terrorist. The VP was made to look guilty, but I gu : EvilDolemite
  • That's not possible. Here's why: Wayne Palmer was headed for the presidential retreat and stopped at a c : protozone
• I have nothing to add, I just wanted a nice long line of one spoiler, like the posts above me. : theamazingrand0
• Wouldn't it be crazy if The president was working for someone else who was the main man behind all the se : NaklsonofNakkl

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  wasn't there a video posted on this guy a couple weeks ago? kinda freaky : MikkleThePickle
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    yeah, I have it at home somewhere. I am pretty sure it's on youtube or google video too though. basicall... : moshman
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      here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U58ncsCTDvc&search=steroids : MikkleThePickle
      • holy crap : sanchez
      • oh coz they look sooo attractive, and it doesn't look like each of his arms is pregnant with twins at all... : skitfish

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• Grrr...this show makes me angry. My mother and sister watch it all the time. This one time, though, I ... : Rice-Rocketeer
• Yea, my sister watches this show as well, i see no use to it but whatever is on i guess... : NaklsonofNakkl
• Love that show...fuckin Dean is the only boy that's ever deserverd the girl of my dreams...er...the ficti... : graceofdragons
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  all i know is that girl who was in Sin City with the blue eyes was cute as fuck : Flying h4x0r
  • yea, she's less sexy in gilmore girls but that's ok. : ki11_viru5
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  So how come you watch womens programming? : SpaecKow
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    More like Gilmore Girly Menz am i rite : megarust32
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      It's not like we're watching brokeback mountain. : ki11_viru5
      • I'm just teasing, i've honestly never seen it. : megarust32
  • I've seen about 2 or 3 episodes from the each season. I admit it. I don't mind the show. It's not like a ... : K1Bond007
  • saw it once many many moons ago and enjoyed the interaction between the mom and daughter and been watchin... : sikander
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  This show actually used to be really fun to watch back in its first three seasons... But lately it's just... : mittense
  • >> The interesting dynamics between characters seems to have dissolved into a strict formula very true... : sikander
  • The dialogue has always been kind of trite for me. Like...*NO ONE* talks like that. And also all the c... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Dude : rosewood
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    Sweet : Katarn3279
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      WHAT DOES MINE SAY? : fsck
      • DUDE : shred.
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  I missed a few episodes. What did Logan do? And I agree with the second part of that... it can only lea... : Galadriel07
  • oh and if it is between Jess and Logan I vote for Logan all the way. He is hot, rich, and madly in love ... : Galadriel07
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  There are Gilmore Girls Men? : gakera
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    yes we commonly refer to them as fgts i watched a few seasons forced by my girlfriend. thats why i'm bitt : Hoax
    • I'd DVR the show and watch it and fast forward though any part that didn't contain Loralai. : lordlobo

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  is that for real? lol : Optimus Prime
  • doesn't look like it. German funeral services wouldn't have "Funeral Services" in english. : proclone1
• There was a Playstation 3 advert in England that was like this. It said “Take a running ju... : physio

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  Yer fast today! :< : dognose
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    i've been getting most of the "first post is up" posts lately. If you want a turn i won't do it tomorrow.... : kbnerd
    • Nah I've had plenty, and I have had trouble thinking of insults lately. It's kind of a relief when I che... : dognose

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  i played aq2 briefly back in college, from what i recall it was pretty fun. : lightly inclined
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    I've played more aq2 than all other games combined. : te[R]ror
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      That game completely ruled. It was the game that made me actually care what video card was in my PC, or ... : pres589
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        I remember finally saving $290 to go and buy voodoo2 card. I got on the first bus in the morning and went... : te[R]ror
        • I traded a kid a KHL center speaker that came with a reciever I bought at Best Buy and 25 bucks for a Voo... : pres589
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      Bring back the stealth slippers and a sawed off :( : midgetherder
      • That was good. We had wars where people had hand cannons and slippers vs sniper rifles and silencers. : te[R]ror
• cannon whore! : dodob
• AQ2, that was some good times. : Serpico74
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  I was playing Cliff in AQ2 once when I had a Great Gaming Moment. It was a 3v3, and the two other guys on... : Daochi
  • Never really liked Cliff, I kept falling off for some reason. Cliff2 was one of those maps where everythi... : te[R]ror
  • We used to play with this crazy fucker from Hong Kong there in college who's mission in AQ2 seemed to be ... : pres589
• Oh AQ2 :( what a game, what a game. : abrasion
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  P.S http://members.iinet.net.au/~scottylans/barn.wav : abrasion
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    The biggest sin you could do in map City was running up to that room and shooting the radio that played t... : te[R]ror
    • OH I hated those guys :( : abrasion
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  AQ2 was so much fun. The pinnicle of dm. =( : brickmatt
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    you misspelled qw. : lightly inclined
    • You're on my list, zen. : brickmatt
  • It was pretty fucking great. : bargeld
• Hijack my own thread. What was the best map people? For me hands down Team Jungle from timm ( http://w... : te[R]ror
• i miss quake 2 generally. I'm getting all sentimental reading this.. :') think i might install when i get... : skitfish

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• heh, he already won. : laurgasms

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  I watched the first 12 episodes of season 2 of 24 (which is supposed to be better), I watched the first s... : SpaecKow
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    Im on season 3 of 24 right now. its good. : virus
    • I dunno about season 3, but I stopped watching because there was far too little Jack Bauer doing badass s... : SpaecKow

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  I don't know what you're talking about : Chris Remo
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    First front page shack repost in history! : skitzo
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      Nevermind, I'm insane. :( : skitzo
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        You are being SO CUTE right now! :D : dognose
        • But it really happened, and if it didn't, i'm scared. :( : skitzo
    • I think it's happened a few times before. I know we've had dueling ER posts, and I think news items have... : Caboose
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    orly? http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~ner102/shackgold.png : cipherbob
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      I want to have your childern! =P : skitzo
      • * V A L I D A T E D ' D * : virus
    • poor maarten : OrkO
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      A bald faced fabrication! Poppycock! : Chris Remo
      • * O M G H 4 X ' D * : virus
• www.wherethegoldat.com : ayesel

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• that is pretty spiffy nifty. : kbnerd
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  Yeah very cool but apparently dragon dropping is difficult to do with a mouse? : TastyWheat
  • I didn't understand that bit either, weird. This system looks very cool though, even a system with ju... : losimagic
• Very cool but looks way too slow, especially the voice command response time. Doesn't look like it has a... : Wombat Woo

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  Yes. iddqd. : brickmatt
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    But this was UT, do server errors like this happen, or was some admin having fun? : dognose
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      you won fair and square. : kbnerd
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        I wish. I walked through 6 rockets. I was sober. Server error. : dognose
        • maybe because of the lag it only seemed like you walked through 6 rockets. also, maybe the person shootin... : kbnerd
• it happens to me from time to time (in FEAR it seems to happen quite a bit in multi) i just play perfectl... : kbnerd
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  Sometimes in CS:S or DoD:S. It's crazy, you start to feel like some sort of god for a few rounds and then... : nomaad
  • hahaha this happens all the time in CS. ill be dominating - like 20-1, 20-2... then BAM - you're 23-10... : virus
• Used to have it in Quake II. It was the greatest gaming experience ever. : TastyWheat

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• Not so surprising : dognose
• Nintendo always drops support of their old consoles too. : kbnerd

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  I've only read the first few paragraphs and so far it reads kind of muddled. You got to get a handle on y : rand04
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    While I absolutely want feedback, at this point I'm looking more for general, content-related feedback. W... : mittense
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      Actually, I misread the spelling mistake but yeah, I don't think it's a piece of writing that I could act... : rand04
      • Ah, no offense taken. I just post this thing hoping that I can get some decent feedback at all. Even if I... : mittense
• I want to write a book, too! :) I love Fallout. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I'm going to shake hands with the devil and "bookmark" this. I'd like to read it, but I'm way too tired r... : Ratsofatsorat
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    PS I dug through your post history for a second and saw that you haven't read Vonnegut yet. Holy shit, st... : Ratsofatsorat
    • Sounds good. I'm currently taking a bunch of literature-based classes, but over summer I'm planning on pl... : mittense
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  you write like you're describing something on a movie screen/sound stage... try to avoid describing every... : porp
  • That's what I was trying to get towards saying. The primary problem I had reading it was that he's narrat... : rand04
  • Yeah; this falls under the previous post about the style. I'm not all that used to writing description... : mittense
  • He's obviously visualising it, screenplay style. : abrasion
• Ok. I read the whole thing. I think the story is really strong. The first chapter is a bit choppy and... : Galadriel07
• Tagged for morning reading : Cottc Cid
• I scrolled past this 4 times before realizing it wasn't a dsylexci post :) : MikkleThePickle
• honestly - your phrasing is awkward and doesn't flow well. reads like a lot of internet fan fiction. so... : sting7777

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• it's a lot of fun! on Live it's hit or miss if there are open games when you look, but if you just create... : Mansmells
• This got delivered to me today so I'm looking forward to playing some of you later :D : losimagic

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  heh I'll watch it tomorrow... but what was it about? : MikkleThePickle
  • discrimination against racists. the audible discomfort level of the audience during the show was hilariou... : stgulik

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• Think I figured it out. Wish I could find a clearer definition... : omnova
• You taking a class or sumpin? : cerealSAM2

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• ...are you suggesting he pees on his lawn? : dognose

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• smart! : ki11_viru5
• so completely excellent : anthonybean
• There is no end to the possibilities! : NaklsonofNakkl
• HOLY CRAP THEY PORTED IT TO WINDOWS : sgtsanity
• Heh, yeah, I've had this on my Powerbook for months. So much fun. : Dechter
• I have used it from time to time ever since I saw it for the first time however long ago it was. It is an... : ovrlrd
• hahahaha I love it : MikkleThePickle
• hahahha oh god this rules : TastyWheat
• i wish it said MAN after everything, like: NOTEPADMAN PHOTOSHOPMAN FIREFOXMAN : pyide
• tagged for megaman awesome : Mr.Fusion
• thats awesome, but damn after a while it gets annoying : virus
• tagged for later... : mikefr24

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• almost as good as http://www.valusoft.com/products/prisontycoon.html : MikkleThePickle

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• Good luck and congrats again! Take lots of pics at Google. : notd665
• I'm not sure what to say. Do I reply? Do I not? what should I do? : ki11_viru5
• ooooh. awesome. good luck man. : rsustudent
• Best of luck and see you soon, hopefully! : mofo
• Best of luck with the new job! : Serpico74
• I miss you and your illogic already. :( : omnova
• I was going to type Gooood Luck in the google logo colors, but (as much as I hope you enjoy it there) I'm... : jugglinmike
• when you do make it to google and start posting again, make sure you act like virus and include in every ... : sharpie
• Whatever you do, don't drink the water. Richard Stalmans Revenge : Qapf
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  Let's all work at google!!! :D : dognose
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    not much call for history majors there =-( : kbnerd
    • browsing history? i smell corn. :( : draconic
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      we could do what the Monks of old used to do. Translate the history to another language. In our case, w... : Galadriel07
      • we should just write the history of the internet and brew beer. : kbnerd
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    if the shack became its own department in Google, it would be the least productive :P : moe6
    • Well it should. It's where I get the best links. : dognose
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    IM TRYING IM TRYING!!! : virus
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      ps - i emailed your recruiter, and im having them get on with your submission :) : virus
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        I can start in 45 minutes, just need a haircut first. : dognose
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          wont need to. Google has an onsite hairstylist and barber. no joke. : VegasX
          • ^^truth : virus
          • Dude, hook me up. : Helter Skelter
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    already will. I start at Google on the 10th also! ;) : VegasX
    • WHAT?!? IN MTV?? : virus

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  Check with your university, they may sell it through their bookstore. For example, they sell it for $10 a... : shred.
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    I'm just seeing $81 for the upgrade CD at the university tech store : electroly
    • your school needs to be apart of the micrsoft certified campus agreement (MCAA) trying searching your sch... : smacknca
• Check with your university's cs department, they can probably give you a free copy. : d3tached
• At my school you can get a free copy of XP Pro through the MSDN Alliance (I think that is what it's calle... : Enraged Pineapple
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  mexico : mega man
  • Actually, taxes and weird import laws make it more expensive in Mexico. Ole! : rosewood

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  They are just jealous because Family Guy is way better. : dognose
  • family guy is funny, but i find south park much better. : broly1718
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    jealous? Matt and Trey are worth well over $100 million appiece. They don't have to be jealous of anythin... : lord cecil
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      They are jealous because they used to be funny (see: The South Park Movie) and they aren't any more (see... : dognose
      • lol I dont think they take SP serious enough to be jealous about anything, I dont think they give a shit ... : VegasX
      • no way. If you like FG thats fine, as I too like FG a good deal. But good ol South Park still called them... : lord cecil
  • family guy is just too random for my tastes. : pigvomit
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  I love how they go for every thriller/action movie cliche right down to the music. : Fred Garvin
  • The sliding Big Wheels and cop car was dead on. : Lunatic Angelic
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  I loved it. It was a huge excersise in Irony. I love both shows greatly. : graceofdragons
  • yeah both shows have their moments but also the critics are right FG is completely random and SP is hypor... : Hoax

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• Has to do with expansion, contraction, and intent. : dognose

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  The old lady's racist joke along with Ron's follow-up quip had me laughing for the rest of the show. : sgtsanity
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    Remind me. I had guests over who kept interrupting my viewing. That was one of the scenes I remember goin... : rand04
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      Gob: "If you didn’t have adult onset diabetes, I wouldn’t mind giving you a lit : sgtsanity
      • telegraph telegram. :( : sgtsanity
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        Everything Gob says is gold. : Serpico74
        • pop corn shrimp, with club sauce... : fsck
        • Woman: Frankly I'm getting sick of all the sexual innuendo. Gob: IN YOUR ENDO : rand04
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  I'm kinda surprised they turned down Showtime's offer to pick up the show. But I read an interview with ... : uncle slappy
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    Yeah, as much as I would love to have more AD, I am glad that it didn't stick around until it got bad. T... : s2jason
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      WHA?!?!? They had the opportunity to extend the show and declined? When did this happen? : angrytaxman
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        a couple of weeks ago. another reason, is that with all the bs with fox, he probably just didnt want to ... : broly1718
        • Well fuck a duck that sucks. I just read an article on sfgate about it :( : angrytaxman
  • The Russo Bros are filming a new pilot as we speak. Patience. : Serpico74
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  So can someone give me a one sentence summary of what makes Arrested Development so awesome? It's gotten... : Krypt_
  • I don't know, it's an American sitcom that took the faux documentary style and really ran with it, it's d... : rand04