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• I gotcha package of the future right here baby! virtual five... : thaperfectdrug
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  I predict Max / Maya will merge in the future. : deKaf
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    Discreet has both right? : SpaecKow
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      Autodesk has both. : aeg1x
      • test : aeg1x
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    Just as long as they don't call it Maya to the Max. : LeapingFool
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      Maya^Max? : Ebu
      • 3DS Mayax ;) : Gaurav Sharma
  • Absolutely no way this will ever happen. A) They are way to different, B) Maya is still huge in the film ... : timaste
• pfft. It's all about Creator I hate this fucking program >=( : kikilupo
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  Definitely XSI and Zbrush, though I would say Zbrush is in a category all its own. Maya and Max are go... : ayesel
  • If they can get their shit together on FX. FX suck in XSI compared to Maya. I really like the scripting i... : Ben Barker
• I use both max and maya. I've noticed there's a natural tendency for max (only) users to assume that bec... : Karnov
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  my vote goes with softimage. their entry level package is affordable and their whole all round documentat... : Gaurav Sharma
  • Have you tried Blender3D ? The free-open source package. I'm just wondering how professionals think it co... : theamazingrand0
• Max/Maya + Zbrush. I doubt Max or Maya will go away. They both have fans. : GeorgeB3DR
• Poser, obviously. : Krypt_
• It's kinda been divided up by the various fields. Lightwave is movies, Maya is TV, 3DSMax is games. ... : theamazingrand0
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  modo : armaduck
  • i liked modo a lot. i'm excited to see 2.0. : ibrokn
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  My bud is raving about the WETA app called Mudbox. Apparently it's going to kick Zbrush in the rear. : Fred Garvin
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    I've been dying to get my hands on Mudbox. Does your buddy know when the hell it's coming out? It's hard ... : ayesel
    • I don't think he knows any more than anyone, but he works at a fairly well known gaming company and a lot... : Fred Garvin
  • Hmmm... ploughing the Mudbox? : five_percent
• It doesn't matter what software you're using really. The same fundamentals apply to all the programs.... : DooBall

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• oops - #2 should say "season 4" : virus
• Almeda spent some time in Federal Pound-me-in-the-ass Prison season 4 explains all : Toraz Chryx

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• Good thing it wasn't the metal kind or the support beam would have chopped his little head off :( : Ben Barker
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  cant stop laughing at this vid : spector
  • me too hahaha : sanchez
• poor little dude, dignity took a beating. : steelsamurai
• that was so awesome : El Tigre
• how did the guy not bust out laughing is beyond me. I wonder if this is a recurring thing that he decided... : steelsamurai
• That hamster wheel kicks some hamster ass! : askedrelic
• OMG HAHAHAH : ventro
• Hahaha! That's great! I <3 cuteoverload.com. : ChibiJosh

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• posting r nobody ): : happynoodle

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  no. : poppasp1ce
  • guess i can put up with miranda's mild annoyances then. : gokart.
• try trillian or gaim. I'm not sure if you can customize the systray icon but it might work :/ : ki11_viru5
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  try this: http://apatch.ikhost.com/ allows you to strip down MSN messenger to barebones getting rid... : fleshgore
  • ^^^ this thing fucking wins. it even somehow managed to de-gay the Live beta. thanks much! : gokart.
  • Bookmarked. Remove all the extra crap from MSN Messenger . : Ride-My-Rocket
• yes. 7.5 plus msn mess patch http://www.mess.be/ the link is sorta hidden in teh annoucements box ... : Morgin

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• the cs:s one? : spector

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  WWJBD? : Prozium
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    Jack would take the disc, cuff it to a chair, scream in its face, threaten it, beat it, torture it, befri... : virus
    • update: jack killed it : virus
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  discs aren't always flawless. go exchange it while you still can. : pyide
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    this truely saddens me. What a pain in the ass. : virus
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      I'm going to try to rip an image of it and watch it. This is just fucking ridiculous. : virus
      • update: didn't work. >:\ : virus
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  Well, I'm off to get season 3 replaced and pick up season 4 : virus
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    update: season 3 ending was good. can't wait to start season 4 - its said to be the best season out of... : virus
    • skip 4 :( : Morgin
• jack says no :( : mystikal

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• going in to kill the negative powers : spector

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• you can have multiple dogs : conandan
• But what about things like Animal Crossing - 1 game/player per cartridge? Also, there isn't enough mon... : zipper76

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• One of the AMD FX series + DFI UT NF4 SLI Motherboard. : Athlon7
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11500247 : thekidd

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• Have been working all day : ( Damn you people who have freedom! : Athlon7

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  I gave it a shot before giving up, it's a little hard to read some of the numbers due to size and quality : reign27
  • yeah that sounds likely : haccess
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  Does it come out to anything? : notd665
  • it didn't turn out to anything that I could tell, but I might have done it slightly wrong since some of t... : mtgDoofy
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  it looks like the sister to me. http://img315.imageshack.us/img315/4633/foxtrotcolor5at.jpg some sort of... : nico2
  • and yeah i colored it :\ no job = lots of free time : nico2

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  Which guy? note beforehand that if you're referring in any way to the Kubrick version I WILL cut you. : sgtsanity
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    I'm not sure which version it is. It's on the scifi channnel right now. also it's the main character that : ki11_viru5
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      Ah, it's the miniseries. Thou art in the clear. : sgtsanity
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        yeah the miniseries was a turd. : wetard
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          That version was directed by Stephin King himself, if I'm not mistaken... I think the producers gave him ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            its a shame he made such a shitty miniseries then.. i guess he'll never be able to redeem himself. but s... : wetard
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              Well, Stephen King already redeemed himself by writting the book that made The Shawshank Redemption possi... : Maddog_Delphi97
              • i was suggesting he never made a better shining movie and then died. tho i did always thing the end of I... : wetard
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        I hated the kid in that too, but that version still beat the crap out of that godawful Kubrick version. ... : dognose
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          lol, sgtsanity is gonna cut you! http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11945512 Personally, I think the bo... : Maddog_Delphi97
          • yeah i like the book best overall, i think you pretty much nailed it a couple posts up.. character develo... : wetard
• http://jndcfe.ytmnd.com/ : the archvile

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• Awesome. : nomaad
• very cool. some of the designs are just so awesome you'll have to smile. : -Panther-
• What the hell?? The last time this was posted there were hot chicks in tight shorts at 10:40 into the vi... : bolus
• unbelievably cool. also i'm a total dork. : dopefish
• so awesome. : aaarrrgh
• what's that phrase at the end of every one of the inventions? : the archvile
• Dun-du-dun-du-dun-KONICHI!!! : adhy
• Holy fuck, that is sooooo cool! : Rice-Rocketeer
• holy shit. if i could read japanese i bet those would be even more impressive, which i'm pretty sure woul... : gokart.
• beef taco nacho heat sink! : bRAINsick
• http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3812507039888532441 Long and a little slowly paced, but extra po... : reign27
• Makes me miss the old game "The Incredible Machine". They need a new version using Source. I seen all the... : Simulacrum
• I like the second-to-last one that doesn't quite finish. Pi-ta, su-ra, goo-i... chi? : the archvile

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  You mean the pop-up ones that take up 1/3 of the screen or the ones for Trek 2.0? : genjuro
  • No the stop animation with the action figures. : trove

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• Their products aren't cheap crap. They're pretty inexpensive but it's well built stuff. For the same pric... : intothefray
• Buffalo is a huge computer brand in Japan. Good stuff : protmind
• If you want to do real research to differentiate products you have to find out which chipset they are usi... : Mantle

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  42 JJJ boobies? That's a bit excessive : El Tigre
  • excessive is the 450 pounds attached to them : Gauss
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  i picture a 350 lb black woman when i read this : kill9
  • http://img331.imageshack.us/img331/4773/bigdamn5ns.jpg : oatmela
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    you're too gracias, I picture 600+ especially since she lives in america : haccess
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      too gracias? : kill9
      • gracious /drunk : haccess
  • www.naafa.org : mem

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  http://www.filleritem.com/ : sanchez
  • That's the last thing I ever thought they'd make a site for. : omnova
  • wow. that's amazing. i would've have thought a site like this existed. : mindmann
  • wow. awsome find. thanks a ton :D : AMikaboshi
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  http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0006VRWAO/qid=1144611509/sr=8-3/ref=pd_bbs_3/102-9967904-3040914?%5Fenc... : synaptic revolt
  • doesnt qualify. has to say it qualifys for free shipping ;[ : AMikaboshi

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  www.dangerden.com www.koolance.com www.swiftnets.com www.frozencpu.com www.crazypc.com www.corsair.c... : oatmela
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    I actually dont need it for a CPU, I need it for some Thermoelectic circuits. : conandan
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      have any experience with this : http://www.asetek.com/main/page.asp?sideid=727 : conandan
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        yeah, it's good. Comes with the basic heatsink, and then three different fans. One is loud, one is mi... : oatmela
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          know of any websites that show the thermal resistance graphs vs. LFM? : conandan
          • no, but the main hardcore site for water is http://www.procooling.com/ You might want to ask there. : oatmela

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  Its Canada's Starbucks. I live in Ontario and I know what you mean. Canada likes it simple. : manlyman
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    http://web.sa.mapquest.com/timhortons/advantage.adp?transaction=search&county=&country=CA&radius=10&units... : jayares
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      You can do it with any major canadian city and there's like 100 of them. http://web.sa.mapquest.com/ti... : n0v4
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        It's starting to get out of hand, and the price is getting a bit high for a fucking coffee. : LexLuther
        • Are the prices different depending on region? $1.50 for a large doesn't seem so bad to me. $1.70 for an e... : n0v4
        • they have to pay for building all those extra stores some how : jayares
  • Pfft. Starbucks my ass. They have no vanilla bean frappucino's. : jcutner
• you shut your filthy mouth! i love my timmies. i damn near had an aneurysm when i went out west and ha... : gokart.
• Okay, I live in Ohio right now, but Timmy Ho's is the best thing ever. Iced cappucino & iced cinnamon rol... : skizl

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  Is this out on DVD yet? : trOmblyj
  • Serenity'd : jcutner

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• I'm not aware of a better way to do it. You have to store the ordering somewhere if it's not sorted by a... : omnova

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  The G15 is pretty awesome. : Clay
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    Fix my NeOmail or I will kill you so hard!! : Matto357
    • Ahahahahaha. : jan0r pants
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  If you buy a G15 GAMING keyboard make sure you dont use it for gaming. Typical FPS/MMORPG-gamers that... : nosseman
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    Had mine longer than that and it's fine. : yourname00
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      Ok, good for you but its not a isolated case. When I search on the net I find many people with the exa... : nosseman
      • I've had mine from release week and it still looks like it just came out of the box and I'm an everyday c... : edge198
      • I do Shack CS:S and tons of PlanetSide as well as plenty of other FPSs and mine is fine. : pwnage1232
      • My paint is wearing off on the WASD of my G15 too. It was worse on my Saitek Eclipse though. : Simulacrum
    • Me tooo. : askedrelic
  • The first production run had this problem but it's been fixed ever since. : n0v4
  • mine is fine too and I've had it since release day. : NeoMoose
  • They had a problem with that with a certain number of them. It has been fixed, and if you send in your k... : SenorSpine
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    WASD IS FOR GODDAMN COMMUNISTS AND DEVIL WORSHIPPERS WERD LIFE : Gauss
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      oh, and I embrace my lesser esdf bretheren as well (you ertf and rdfg guys are a little kooky, but you... : Gauss
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        What about numpad for the lefties baby! : Q-ball
        • Grudgingly allowed for my wrong-handed brethren. : Ebu
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      you sir, are on crack. : virus
      • oooh, a fight! no, wasd is for idiots, stupid people, and morons true upright, non monobrowed human... : Gauss
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      zxc + rmb 4lyfe : wetard
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        please delete your computer! : Gauss
        • how do i shot LLF : wetard
  • Typical FPS/MMORPG-gamers that make use of the "WASD" keys alot know where the keys are and dont need the... : riptyde
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    oh noes where is the A key i can't find it without the paint : kill9
    • heh it makes me laugh when people tell me they can't type in the dark. : wetard
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  It's showing up as $80 here. Is there a code or something? : synaptic revolt
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    look about an inch lower : mrfunky3000
    • oh lol : synaptic revolt
• thanks, i've been wanting one. cant pass up this deal : kingfish

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• on the back of the manual i think : USteppin
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  found it. what a horrible spot for it. whoever decided to it there should be throat punched : wtf242
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    Yeah its so easy to lose a manual but maybe thats why they put the key there. : Lightzout
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      I don't get this. You buy the game, it comes in a box, the manual is clipped into the inside of the box. ... : physio
      • While I obsessively keep my game boxes and manuals up above my desk, it's pretty easy to see how people w... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I'm convinced that the CD key placement is a last-minute task that gets foisted onto somebody in the publ... : the archvile
• It's on the back of the manual. : UtilityMaximizer
• Back of the manual i think. Took me a few mins to find also. : qwpeoriu
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  I had to post on the shack to find it too :( : buzzbat
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=10284552 Same. I almost panicked. :( : carrioN luggagE
• what i don't get is that would it be that hard to just print it on the CD? then, you'd never lose it. : Yanks

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  I saw that, fantastic episode, the dance was brilliant, best bit of TV I've seen for a while. Last night... : losimagic
  • Nah, 6 is perfect! Wish they did more of the paused time stuff they did in the first series though, that ... : johnsto
• They have music videos down to an art. Every video has the same plot. A guy sings and tries to seduce a g... : physio