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• I model! I look damn sexy with my bikini zone waxed. : skitzo
• What's it like being a developer. I've always wanted to program games, but I ended up going to school for... : StuMan1337
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  http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1431143756487268572&q=developers+developers&pl=true : the archvile
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    Thanks for getting that stuck in my head again. >:( : Ojalo1982
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      http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4502824053167890776&q=duke+nukem+forever&pl=true : stgdz
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        I really wish that was released back then. It would have been amazing back then. Now it will have to co... : melkore
        • Man that boy sweats : indiginator
  • I'm dancing to this!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
  • oh my lol : moonbreaker
  • oh wow, that word lost all meaning : BenMurphy
  • bwahahahahahahahahah*breathes*hahahahahahahaha tagged : xphil
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  I can be the positive vibe merchant for 3DRealms! : Matto357
  • you sell pot? : ckj
• I'm having to work as a manager type at EB Games, because I couldn't find anything again. Save me George.... : mikage
• how about electrical engineers? : infiltrator`
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  I remember reading the 3DRealms website as a strapping young lad and seeing how awesome it was to work in... : timaste
  • Highlight of my year: Being called one of Jeff Tunnell's boys by John Romero at GDC. That's when I knew I... : timaste
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  Obligatory question: Does this mean DNF is almost done and you need new people to start working on someth... : nudel
  • Time to start it probably. : Ratalon
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  Do you need an angry network administrator?! : stump
  • Heh, or how about an inexperienced systems analyst? : Ojalo1982
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  Ahhh I'll mention this again, SUMMER INTERNSHIPS! I don't need a job right now, but would you do intern... : askedrelic
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    I like the idea of internships, but we're a small company and don't really have the management bandwidth ... : GeorgeB3DR
    • One time exception??!? Thank you anways, I will come back in a few years once I'm more experienced I gues... : askedrelic
    • do all interns have to share a glock? : Break
• Would it require moving? :-( : Ratalon
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  But I just started a new job.. =( : spl
  • You're not a slave :) : GeorgeB3DR
• you should post this in the EA employee tribe on tribe.net : not work safe
• i can make coffee : deviantpaul
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  Gearing up for the next engine change? :P : johnny skidmarks
  • ^^^^^ this guy knows what is going on!!! : runnerct
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  I do shit in C#/.NET and I'm on like Chapter 2 of this DirectX book... does that count? :) : Schnapple
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    lol, this made me laugh. : Maddog_Delphi97
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      But in the good way, right? since it's true : Schnapple
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        Again, this made me laugh! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
        • George saw those Microsoft tutorials and decided VB.NET was the way to go - time to start over again! : Schnapple
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          what is so funny - although C# will never be as fast as C++ - its highly possible to create a game in C# ... : X Fuzion
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            I downloaded a version Quake 2 source code that was compiled for .NET. I can't remember where I downlo... : Maddog_Delphi97
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              http://www.vertigosoftware.com/Quake2.htm Managed C++ and allows for mods in C#/VB.NET or any other .N... : Schnapple
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                Yeah, that's it!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
                • Also, I'm wondering if they'll try to do the same thing with the source code to Quake 3 Arena... : Maddog_Delphi97
          • He's laughing at me because 1) C# is in no way what 3DR is using right now. 2) I'm a n00b @ DirectX (... : Schnapple
          • The managed directx stuff is pretty decent. When it comes down to it a carefully written .net app can be... : cokefiend
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  • Theater room with 10 foot DLP screen. : megarust32
  • The one in my office is only 6.6 feet so I guess 3DR has the moneyhats to go above and beyond the call of... : angrytaxman
  • Lost viewing parties : thekidd
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  Does this include concept artists? I'll send an e-mail your way regardless. : robingchyo
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    ^^^^^^ if you take any one of us losers, take him : RikiTiki2
    • Haha. Thanks! : robingchyo
    • Bump for another vote to the CHO. I want to see this man's stuff in a cartoon or game so damn bad. :( : laidback
    • IAWTP... His art is awesome. : fechols
  • please hire this man :( : crummynz
  • Wish i could be a Concept Artist for 3DR... :D :( : Micki93
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  Tagging for later - What is your main form of Coding C++? : X Fuzion
  • Yes. C++. : GeorgeB3DR
• Tagging for later : -efx-
• tagging for later! : darweidu
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  Tagging for "WAAAAH I don't even have a portfolio to send :(" : SpaecKow
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    Shadow Warrior II?????? : runnerct
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      lol I hope not, SW wasn't that cool that we need more. : SpaecKow
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        No way. We need a next gen Shadow Warrior STAT! : robingchyo
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          Shadow Warrior was awesome....great character...awesome weapons....I want more WANG!!! : runnerct
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            He was just a chinese flavored Duke Nukem, there aint much to that, character wise and gameplay wise. :/ : SpaecKow
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              You know you wanna watch wang wash wang : runnerct
              • It's true! I do! :( : SpaecKow
            • WHO WANTS SOME WANG?! : newek
          • 3...2...1... Nuclear Weapon: Ready. Then you here everyone else on the LAN let out an "Oh, shit". Grea... : theamazingrand0
        • we are still waiting on next-gen DUKE! shadow warrior is second! : chilln
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  Is relocation necessary for all of the posts? : -Panther-
  • Also, will you be reading our post history as part of the screening process? :( : -Panther-
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    for a game team? very likely. you'll probably have to attend design meetings and engage in a lot of bac... : Postal
    • Yeah generally speaking it would seem to me that if they didnt want someone on site they'd look for contr... : SpaecKow
    • I was hoping the programmers could be remote. Oh wells... : -Panther-
  • get phil to find you the babes : crummynz
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  I really really wish there was more of a need for motion graphics designers at game dev companies. televi... : mankeroo
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    When you say motion graphics designer, do you mean stuff like adobe after effects and such? : SpaecKow
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      yes, exactly.... http://www.motionographer.com for general examples : mankeroo
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        Well, learning new programs is not a terrible thing... what kind of education do you have? Perhaps some s... : SpaecKow
        • I have a BFA w/ a concentration in computer graphics. I can model and animate in 3d, do level design, all... : mankeroo
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    DNF could use spiffy art directed displays for the montors! : Serpico74
    • monitors : Serpico74
    • Yes, lots of artsy porn and strippers! : godwit
• Tagged for sending spiffy resume (thanks kainen1!) to 3D Realms! : Arcanum
• i'm looking for a job. you need a chemical engineer for anything? : mindmann
• Got an AS/400 that needs administering? :D : o0JediBeavis0o
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  how are the benefits? I've currently got a great benefits package. :D : malloc
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12080111 : scatti
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  I'm an Idea Man, Game Designer and Great Supervisor, but I can't Program or Draw...what can I do? : graceofdragons
  • Write press releases? : notd665
• Freelancers o.k. on some positions? Remote work possible? : Frosty3D
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  If I was waiting on a TS clearance to be finishing in a matter of weeks, I'd so totally turn an applicati... : Omaha
  • Should be wasn't waiting : Omaha
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  Are you hiring shills or just guys you send checks to and you aren't sure what they do? I have a good re... : rosewood
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    I wouldn't hire you to lick stamps. ;) : Frosty3D
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      Lick stamps? I better get hazard pay for that shit! : rosewood
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        I hear it's dangerous. : Frosty3D
        • No shit. Im thinking about bringing a lawsuit just for mentioning it! : rosewood
• I would be all over this if I were graduating this spring. : omnova
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  I'd be all over this if I didn't already get a job before I gradutaed. : podman405
  • I shouldn't be allowed to graduate now. I can't spell. : podman405
• I would hate to see your inbox by now. Oh how I wish I got more into C++/DirectX/etc. - I'm just starting : Draco
• Uh oh, this sounds like an engine change again :O : Phreakin
• if you need any contract work done on the art side - please let me know. http://www.doghell.org (ch... : doghell
• Need any Netops guys who have experience in running a large internet operation? :) : Grandmoff
• Cant believe its already been a year here. I still cant believe I live in Texas. Shackers w/ any kind of ... : scatti
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  Time to staff up for Duke Forever project kick-off! About time to get this ball rolling. : Barbarian
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    Naaa.. either Blake Stone or Rise of the Triad : baron calamity
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      Rise of the Triad! god i hope so. : italiano3d
      • Yeah, especially if it also has a 'shroom mode, lol. : Maddog_Delphi97
• this is both encouraging and yet strangely discouraging all at once. : giroml
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  no one ever wants to hire unexperienced producers. i dont get how anyone ever breaks into that side of t... : smacknca
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    Generally producers come from internal promotions or they start in QA or something then more to assistant... : GeorgeB3DR
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      thank you for this post George it's something i've always wondered about. : kbnerd
      • I know that pretty much all the producers at Microprose came from QA. Which made for some strange situato... : baron calamity
    • Seriously, who wants to join 3d realms when those guys are hiring :D http://www.gopostal.com/company/job... : PnCia
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  I'm scared guys. Where's dognose? : TastyWheat
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    he fainted. : flibble2k
    • They should hire dognose to just do cheers and keep their morale up while they code furiously. Just righ... : losder5000
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  Finally getting started on DNF huh? : Wheatloaf
  • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
  • I was thinking the exact same thing : ]pm[chem
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  Do you guys have in-house beta testers? there's a chance that I may end up in that area of texas (depend... : Prozium
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    your gf should go to UNT for gradschool. : kbnerd
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      well she's a chem major with a minor in classics (basically greek/roman mythology) Supposedly some schoo... : Prozium
      • lots of schools in TX. i don't know of an art restoration program here though our school of visual arts i... : kbnerd
• it says it must be US citizen ... too bad : buttawippo
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  do you need any music : mr.sleepy
  • I need music for my video game. It's a firefighter game. go! It's for my Serious Games class at USC. (htt... : podman405
• Are your level designers and texture artists the same people though George? In other words what if I am a... : italiano3d
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  George, any interest/need for marketing/business types? : ezanga
  • Duke sells itself with anti-hype!!! : ShadowRam
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  If you decide to make an RTS game, I'll lead that shit up and make you millions. : gnoleb
  • we could use another good RTS gamer in the office :D : scatti
• I swear if I didn't already sign my life away to do computer programming for an investment bank, my resum... : MilkDud
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  This damned well better be for DNF2 >:[ : osiris_brad
  • Could be that they're looking to do the console development for DNF in house? : megarust32

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• Thats kinda cool. : deeveee
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  It's going to bug me now, whats that from? : skitzo
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    nerf maverick...somethingawful has a couple threads on modding and painting them... : davislovestacobell
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      i think i wnet a little overboard on the dry brushing though :( : davislovestacobell
      • I used to paint warhammer miniatures, and the process was much the same for weaponry to make it look aged... : phokz
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    He painted a Nerf cannon gunmetal. : Lunatic Angelic
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      No, it looks like its from a game or anime. : skitzo
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        It may look like its from an anime or something but it is still just an awesome nerf hand cannon. http... : DarkWolf5
        • oh, i just imagine it being from any futuristic movie, like aliens, or firefly, or what have you. i didn... : davislovestacobell
• tsuba and I are going to paint ours tomorrow. That's badass. : TheMonkeyWench
• http://www.personal.psu.edu/users/w/c/wcd112/DSC04718.JPG that actually looks very nice with the patterns... : SpaecKow
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  Kit? Or crazy amount of hand fabrication? : Cottc Cid
  • http://i5.ebayimg.com/01/i/06/e8/92/a1_1.JPG : Ctrl-Phreak
  • i just took apart the gun, did a couple coats of krylon fusions flat black spray paint until it looked co... : davislovestacobell
• OMG I heard about this but I had no idea they looked that cool when they're finished. I'm so doing this. : Ojalo1982
• That first pick I thought it was going to be a render. : Turd Ferguson
• Dude, sick! : askedrelic
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  i should specify that since a lot of you might attempt this, just remember to keep the orange part in the... : davislovestacobell
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    One could always paint a real gun orange, then maybe walk around in public with it. Sweet blaster, btw... : Rich McNinch
    • Felony... : Lunatic Angelic
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  Reminds me of Hellboy's gun. Too bad that movie sucked :( : PenicillinX57
  • Too bad you're a liar :( : Vincent Grayson
  • No U! I loved the movie! : CRasterImage
  • ah, the samaritan... http://www.sideshowtoy.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=hellboy_props&item=8911 ... : davislovestacobell
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    I was so disappointed. I thought Perlman was great and almost everything else was crap. : Chris Remo
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      Indeed. I don't know what the critics were smoking: http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hellboy/ : PenicillinX57
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        Whoa, it did that well review-wise? Weird. I saw it opening weekend and tried to like it, but it just was... : Ratsofatsorat
        • Yeah, I was stunned when I looked it up just now. I just don't remember enjoying it all that much. Mayb... : PenicillinX57
    • I thought it was fun. A lot of fun. My dad did too, but thats it. : not work safe
  • that was a really fun movie : byorn
  • I rather enjoyed it :( : carnivore
  • No, it didn't. : Halen
  • The comic is fucking rad though. : midgetherder
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  http://www.drac.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/02/guns.jpg - i painted mine just for shits and giggles. i di... : draconic
  • actually, i had a spring left over that i can't remember where it went. everything works like it was sup... : davislovestacobell
• That is sweet man, very nice! : loboca
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  Isn't a federal law that you have to paint the barrel tip orange now? : Omaha
  • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12079980 : davislovestacobell
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    Yeah and my brother has to go and paint over that orange tip on all his airsoft guns. I keep telling the ... : Ojalo1982
    • Doing that to an airsoft gun is crazy since they are replicas, even down to material and weight. : jake

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  The restarting one is like circa 1998.. I seldom reboot XP if ever, typically only when a patch comes out... : stonedonkey
  • Yeah... plus, I have to reboot my Mac when there's a big patch, so it's about the same. : ChibiJosh
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    My current XP desktop uptime: 21+ days. : Arcanum
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      you should apply your updates and restart! : fatman
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        I think I just did a week or two ago, and they didn't require a reboot. I'm sitting behind a router/fire : Arcanum
        • I haven't payed much attention recently.. I usually shut my machine off at night anyway. But I thought th... : fatman
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    Yes, for us, the savy people. Just think how often joe shmoe has to reboot due to spyware & viruses. : Hiro
    • Not often. My dad is an idiot and he never reboots either. People too often overestimate how badass and... : FushigiDenki
• Their catchy slogan should be "Even we don't know why we're so smug with 5% of the marketshare" : Phreakin
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  I saw the virus ad last night. As a mac user I want them to go to hell. If nothing else, I dont need ap... : smacknca
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    The only reason OSX and Linux and all that are 'safe' is because their market share is so small and in ge... : mikecyb
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      Also, I should note that it's far more likely that a Windows user won't know what the fuck and the averag... : mikecyb
      • Linux users I can deffinetely agree with being more savy but the average mac user being more savy then a ... : carazy
    • It is certainly one of the reasons. Why do you think it is the only? Also, they don't claim they are ... : vigilante
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      This argument falls apart when you consider that most web servers run apache/linux yet IIS ended up with ... : magila
      • The reason their are worms out there for IIS is because people fail to maintain their shit. Same can b... : liqker
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        I'm speaking in terms of desktops here mainly, but servers are generally going to be more secure than des... : mikecyb
        • sophistry. : vigilante
        • well.. you're talking about desktops using Apache and Sendmail as a examples? That doesn't make too much ... : fatman
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      There is also the whole thing where XP has you automatically logged in as root, while OS X and Linux don'... : Serpico74
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        because there is no root in windows? You are limiting your terms to the who *nix crap. You can have diffe... : carazy
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          No, but you are admin by default. Big huge gaping vulnerability right there. : Serpico74
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            You have to have an admin account to be able to install software and create non-admin accounts. If people... : nudel
            • From what I've seen they basically do that same thing. If you want to do an admin type task you have to e... : Fred Garvin
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              Yes it's called sudo and it's built right into the OS when you try to do something that requires admin pr... : ovrlrd
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                I guarantee that everyone who doesn't understand admin/non-admin accounts and the "run as" dialog in XP w... : nudel
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                  Sure, but OS X encourages people to be aware of when you need to type in your password. It isn't coming u... : ovrlrd
                  • I agree, that is a better solution. In XP you have to know in advance that something will require admin r... : nudel
                • you are incorrect. Some people are gunshy because they've hosted a Windows machine before and tend to rea... : fatman
            • The only magic when installing anything in OS X is having to enter the admin password from the default no... : Serpico74
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        Vista changes all this, FYI. : rasputinreborn
        • Thank jebus. That'll be nice. : Serpico74
    • Wait you just said security through obscurity, which is what Microsoft does, not Linux. Open source is th... : ovrlrd
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      Actually, no. Linux/Mac/Unix does not have you run with an administrator account. That is a fundamental d... : terath
      • Exactly. The thing that do required admin access are few and between, and they usually make a lot more se... : ovrlrd
      • Uh, you do not have to run as admin on Windows either. The only time you need admin is to do admin tas... : nudel
  • Yeah, I liked that guy from Ed that was in that commercial. He comes off as a tool in that ad. : FormerHPB
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    virus making community? don't you mean symantec and mcafee's private labs? yeah, because people sit... : virus
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      Take off your tin-foil hat, man. I'm sure there are enough Eastern European code monkeys to write viruse... : mrfunky3000
      • It's called outsourcing. : DapperDan
    • omg : boomstickah
• You have to remember that the people these ads are talking to are the ones who haven't patched Windows si... : peanut-
• Apples ads have always been this way. : Chod
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  they are awesome. deal with it. : digitalsneek
  • Awesomely lame, yes. : Fred Garvin
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  I find their ads too snooty for my tastes, but I still find this hilarious: http://img261.imageshack.us/i... : helvetica
  • Damn, that's some serious grease. : riptyde
  • You could spread half of what's used on one of those across all three. : mrfunky3000
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  It seems to go well with the current apple marketing schema. They market their products to the upper-mid... : liqker
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    hi how ur anti-Mac troll? some of us just happen to prefer MacOS X, thanks : Postal
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      I knew that would sound a bit trollish, but it's an educated opinion. I use OSX at work, and XP at hom... : liqker
      • really. so you don't think that OSX alone is a compelling reason to buy a mac? because I sure as hell do. : warpdude
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    Oh come on man, that's just bullshit. Everyone has their own reasons for buying a piece of hardware/soft... : Hiro
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      Yea, and a lot of those reasons is to be vapid and pretentious. This is what Apple is betting on when th... : liqker
      • You take your logic and get outta here! (i agree with you though) : mmogger
      • Your posts make me want to be vapid and pretentious, since it'd still be better than the way you are acti... : ovrlrd
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        This post is where the logic is in this series... I work with Designers (because I am one), and many do s... : zakazi
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          Honestly, there are snobbish people everywhere. There are Windows snobs who claim Microsoft is getting fu... : ovrlrd
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            Ofc. not all Mac users are snobs but, the thing is, the snobbery is part of Apple's official marketing. N... : nudel
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              You don't have to agree with the marketing, as I said it's not for everyone. You can disagree with, hell ... : ovrlrd
              • No one said they're worthless and you shouldn't buy them, we're just annoyed that the snobby overtones th... : zakazi
      • I plan on getting one of the small macbooks (going to mac for the first time) because I'm tired of carryi... : shred.
  • lol, whatver : moshman
  • And lets not forget the dumb shits who buy Mac for the simple reason they hate Microsoft, and are too stu : ovrlrd
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  Am I the only one only getting sound and no video? : TotalFusionOne
  • Maybe you need to restart quicktime? : FushigiDenki
  • Do you have Quicktime 7? : meesterbill
  • I did, in Firefox. Then I reloaded the page and it worked. : Zakko
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  It's no more obnoxious and false than these. http://www.penny-arcade.com/images/2002/20020712l.gif : BlackCat9
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    Except that Penny Arcade is a satirical web comic, and these videos are an official ad campaign. : ieGod
    • took the words right out of my mouth. apples to oranges : boomstickah
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    and four years later: http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2006/03/03 : Postal
    • still makes me uncomfortable... *shudder* (though the mac user that sits across from me in the studio re... : zakazi
• heh, my IE died watching one of those...karma. : ra1n
• I think it's interesting how the mac user and pc user are characterized in that commercial. http://www... : feek
• maybe someday a smug storm will cause them to get sucked up their own asses : lord cecil
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  I find it interesting how both mac and pc users both are saying they dislike the tone they take. It's alm... : Visceral Monkey
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    I think people are putting way too much thought into a commercial. I really haven't seen many commercials... : ovrlrd
    • If Apple said "Hey, by a Mac because they have X Y and Z special features and A B and C exclusive apps" t... : nudel
• I think I would hate them more if they weren't mostly true. : Boxelder
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  It's just marketing dude, it doesn't define anything or anyone. It's just there to get people talking... : get_navi
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    0_o I'm sorry but marketing very much does define things. It's the image of the company and all who buys ... : zakazi
    • Those are all generalizations, just like the ad. I'm leaving room for the potential that a corporation or... : get_navi
• As a Mac user I find them offensive. : RatBastard
• Someone needs to do one with them running a race, the PC busts his ass and wins while the Mac guy is stro... : SiW73
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  Doesn't anyone find the ilife concept almost laughably pathetic? : rand04
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    They actually work really well together and you get good looking results very easily. If I didn't use Fin... : Serpico74
    • Not the software - the concept. : rand04
  • Yes. : abrasion

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  weed [god im annoying] : PlanetPerfecto
  • Yes you are. : Bean
• i'm a fan of garlic (either actual garlic or some garlic salt) and worcestershire sauce : kbnerd
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  Do you just mean on top or are you making the meat to grill it? : SpaecKow
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    ...what a stupid question, sorry, I just woke up. You off course mean the meat itself. Here's some goodie... : SpaecKow
    • btw, after you've made them, I suggest moving them just quickly through a mixture of oil, egg flower (jus... : SpaecKow
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      The egg acts as a binding agent and helps hold the patty together and stay juicier. There's some other st... : Bean
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        Yeah that's it, basically. : SpaecKow
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          I find that if you're one of those people who likes to cook the burger all the way through, an egg will p... : Bean
          • Yeah we cook them pretty deep, so it works out like that. : SpaecKow
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  salt, seasoned salt, garlic powder, onion powder are all good palces to start. http://www.mccormick.... : sexninja!!!!
  • and so is the spicy version: http://www.mccormick.com/productdetail.cfm?id=6211 mccormick montreal st... : sexninja!!!!
  • and pepper too of course : sexninja!!!!
  • i'm a little sexfiend ground pepper, kosher salt, garlic/onion powder, fin. : Enraged Pineapple
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  diced onion : Albemuth
  • a lots of it : aeg1x
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  if you have montreal steak seasoning throw that on there for a quick seasoning or you can add chopped thy... : lumpymilk
  • Haven't done thyme, but yeah oregano is a great one. : SpaecKow
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  Cuman, chili powder, yellow onions, a bit of soy sauce. Yum. : cheshirecat
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    Oh and garlic. But that goes in everything. : cheshirecat
    • Also, for something a bit different, a small amount of either cinnamon or cloves is interesting. : cheshirecat
• salt and pepper only heathens : moshman
• onion juice! : dodob
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  I use the following rather bizarre mix: - kosher salt - freshly ground pequin pepper (you can substit... : Bean
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    I'm writing all that shit down for our next bbq, because I know you know what the fuck is up with meat an... : SpaecKow
    • In that case, make sure you mix it all up in a separate bowl to taste before you add the beef... because ... : Bean
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    that's a bit more than i usually like to add to my burgers..but i don't make burgers very often anyway. I... : kbnerd
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      Yeah, 99.9% of the time I'm an advocate of simple food and letting the ingredients speak for themselves, ... : Bean
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        i've actually grown to like lamb an awful lot though i wouldn't add it to hamburgers. Ground venison or e... : kbnerd
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          I've never tried elk in burgers, but I've done venison. It's alright, but not my favorite. Can add some d... : Bean
          • that's the only hard part. usually less than 1/3 venizon is ideal. : kbnerd
• used salt , pepper, onion power, paprika, and some parsley flakes. was fucking awesome. : CoRDS
• I like to dice up red onions, pour in some garlic salt, and some worcestershire sauce, then mix up the gr... : Matt Burris
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  ADOBE spicy seasoning, a little bit of seasoned salt and some cayane pepper ftw! : soulr
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    you mean adobo? : italiano3d
    • I think he also meant cayenne too. Morning coffee FTW! : Matt Burris
• Cherries, Cloves, Cinnamon, Ginger and Nutmeg. With some good swiss cheese. Also, brush the buns with s... : FirmButtstone

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  they take it down 2 times a month what? Also they have so much tied to live like xbox.com and all the oth... : sigpro
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    They seem to, yeah. I'm usually at work but I've seen friends complaining they couldn't play CoD2 online ... : nudel
    • dude, what!? I've been a member since the earliest days and I only remember it being down 3x for an exte... : bagelcc
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      ive been on xbox live since the beta. I can count the number times its been down on 1 hand. would y... : broly1718
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        It isn't an either-or thing. I'd rather they did maintenance and updates but organised their system so it... : nudel
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          this is like a one time thing. the service is pretty much never down otherwise. : Maarten Goldstein
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            It was down 2.5 weeks ago. : nudel
            • OH MY GOD! THIS IS INHUMANE! Seriously guys, we should protest or some shit like that... : walker270
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        ditto. two times a month? that deserves a hardy L-O-L : Holesinswiss
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          Maybe you guys don't notice it so much because it tends to go down when the USA is asleep. It's been down... : nudel
          • I check my xbox friends list via IM from about 5am pst - 3pm and i don't remember is being down other tha... : sigpro
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  Do you play WoW? : johnny skidmarks
  • i'm thinking no. : pyide
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  xbox live is 13 cents a day (@ $50 a year). you'll live. : FrayLo
  • It doesn't have to kill me to not be lame. : nudel
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    "for only 13 cents a day, you too can sponsor a gamer. you'll smile when you see the joy in your little ... : Postal
    • huh? : warcrow
    • haaaaaaaaaaaaahahahahaaha : sevogajre
    • Someone needs to do a fake advertisement like this. Just take some clips from commercials with those Eth... : guido anchovy
    • well played sir! : biskits
    • It's even better imagining Sally Struthers saying this. :D : o0JediBeavis0o
    • lolollolol... : Holesinswiss
    • one of the best inf in a long time! : xphil
    • this post is an instant shack classic : italiano3d
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  SRSLY! THey should use the same maintanace model that WoW uses! ;) : FormerHPB
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    Heh, well I don't play WoW but if it's as bad or worse than that is quite pathetic as well, especially af... : nudel
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      WoW is down every tuesday for maintenance. : sigpro
      • That's only scheduled maintenance, that doesn't include when they decide to swap the authentication serve... : acidnynex
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        Every tuesday?? For how long? (Gashing PRL.) : nudel
        • 3:00am PST to 11:00am PST : acidnynex
    • I don't play WoW either, but everyone comes here whining about it so much even someone who hates RPG's li... : FormerHPB
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  This is worse than an abrasion whine post : genjuro
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    Oh, I'm sorry, no more complaing by anyone ever, then, except when complaining about other people complai... : nudel
    • Adjust your skirt, your pussy's showing. :x : Ebu
  • There is no such thing. : abrasion
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  Someone get the waaambulance! seriously, give them a break! : losimagic
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    Why should I give them a break? I've been involved with big system updates and they shouldn't take this l... : nudel
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      Well then call them up and give them your advice on how to solve the problem! : dante2010
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        If that's a joke then it's just silly. If it's serious than it's also silly. : nudel
        • You really shouldn't be calling stuff silly in this thread. : walker270
• this is a blessing in disguise. Go earn some offline achievements if you need to play so bad, or go outs... : malloc
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  Read: They are adding new features to Xbox.com that according to Major on his podcast will be really cool... : bozer
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    the last time i remember was when they got it ready a month before the 360 launch for gamer tags. I think... : sigpro
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      from the site, right? Thats what Im hoping for : bagelcc
      • yes I think so, but i'm most likely wrong : sigpro
    • I'm reading they took it down for 24 hours then, and also 24 hours back in 2004... WTF takes 24 hours to ... : nudel
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  http://www.microsoft.com/careers : jake
  • I already have a job, thanks. : nudel
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  Rosedamnit! Taking it down TO MAKE IT WORK BETTER! WTF IS WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE. They obviously have no... : TotalFusionOne
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    By the sound of it they're not adding new features to it, though. Just "maintenance". If they need to tak... : nudel
    • Or the alternative is that they're actually upgrading equipment that's going to take some time to come co... : TotalFusionOne
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      it has nothing to do with updating a database. they are probably adding a shitton of xbox live servers, w... : Maarten Goldstein
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        Adding new servers shouldn't require the old ones don't run as well (if it's a well designed system). If ... : nudel
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          "I mean, we're not talking about a small scale operation here. This is a custom-designed setup made by th... : Maarten Goldstein
          • Well, you're right, none of us knows how the thing is really put together or if there actually are, someh... : nudel
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          My friend wants to know what you're smoking, 'cause he wants some. I don't think adding servers for Xb... : TotalFusionOne
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            My "moms sewing circles server farm" being the trading system for a major investment bank, if you must kn... : nudel
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              Nah, I didn't really need to know. But when you're doing maintence or anything really that HAS to be d... : TotalFusionOne
              • Yeah, we do! If there is unexpected or scheduled outage during times that someone may want to be using th... : nudel
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  Looks like Xbox Live was last down for several hours for maintenance on 21st March 2006: http://www.my... : nudel
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    your bitching about nothing. : Silent Wolf
    • You're bitching about me bitching about nothing. : nudel
    • seriously. if he hates it that much, if he thinks it's that poorly run, then vote with your dollars. it s... : carnivore
  • and that is when they added the ability to add friends via the web IIRC, and yes they are adding features... : sigpro
• Is this a troll? Please tell me this is a troll.... Also I want to be called Major Carazy from now on. : carazy
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  admit it, you don't care about it being down for maintenance you just wanted a dashboard update : grendel
  • Well, yeah, partly. There were rumours before today that the downtime would be, in part, to deliver the b... : nudel
• 60 servers does not equal the xbox live servers. I think you're equating apples w/oranges personally. ... : PlanetPerfecto
• Read his comment, in the comments: Actually, if you listen CLOSELY it says 'in preparation for....' it : sharkII
• Aside from GRAW not working online for me, everything else does, and very well. If regular maintenance is... : Entity
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  I agree that there's little excuse to not have a high availability system these days. Especially from Mic... : MikkleThePickle
  • when it's down it's down for a while as they add major features just like they did today, and no it's not... : sigpro
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  Hey, look at that - down for a few hours and back with significant new features. : Holesinswiss
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    Is it just the "send messages from the web" and "see recent players from the web" stuff on Major Nelson o... : nudel
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      http://sigpro.shackspace.com/pictures/xboxpic.JPG is what you see now. It added a lot and changed how it ... : sigpro
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        Useful/nice stuff for sure, and I can see myself adding friends via the web while I'm at work (but couldn... : nudel
        • I guess to me it's about the context. Adding relatively minor features to a system that has the stability... : Holesinswiss
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        cmon that was probably 10 lines of code ;) : malloc
        • totally man : sigpro
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  Man I hope they release background downloading soon. I'm downloading the GRAW demo and it's taking foreve... : Blackdawgg
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    yes, absolutely. That is an upgrade that needs to happen sooner rather than later. You can't have your ub... : Holesinswiss
    • It's not too bad since I can switch from DVI to VGA inputs on my monitor and shack while it downloads : Blackdawgg