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  Ask first, call the police second. : filtersweep
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    except if you ask first, they'll know it was you who called the cops. Give them till 10:00, then set ... : edgewise
    • That is a better plan. : filtersweep
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      Actually this is true, but he should have a manager in the complex that deals with this kind of thing. In... : L0opet
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        i don't think our apartment manager lives on the site. : FrayLo
        • Ours did, but they called whoever it was being noisy. I just wouldn't call the cops simply cause they mig... : L0opet
    • leave a note, tacked on to the door with a knife. : ki11_viru5
  • i was thinking this, too. we'll see. hopefully they just tone it down a bit. wouldn't want to contra : FrayLo
  • If you ask it may cause an unwanted confrontation later when you have to call the police. :( My buildi... : dantastic
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  First thing, you should probably go to the corner store and purchase some Kotex. : rasputinreborn
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    why, for my leaky vagina? : FrayLo
    • No, you can wad them up and shove them in your ears so they won't bother you anymore that's all : rasputinreborn
• In our last apartment complex "quiet hours" where from 10pm to 8am but I wouldn't call the police without... : L0opet
• Here in canada, you're not legaly able to be loud past 11. : r4wk
• yeah I have. I've called the cops on the house next to me 3 times. I swear they have a 12" subwoofer in t... : sigpro
• Ya, 10pm. After that, call the cops. : loboca
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  wtf go join them! Par-tay!!!! : cncpun
  • seconded. "GIMME A BEER AND GET ME LAID OR IM CALLING THE COPS!" : Intaglio5
• I had neighbors that did that quite literally every single night until 3-4 am. They had their music pump... : invisible_kid
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  My upstairs neighbor is a fucking bitch. She plays loud music a lot, she has a god damn pool table and is... : DOOManiac
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    All those thigns sound really shitty except the sex. Listen to that shit! Beat off to it! : invisible_kid
    • You have no idea what you're talking about. Loud noises, any loud noises, through walls at 4am on a w : Ebu
  • pix : sexninja!!!!
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    Get a microphone that you can stick to the ceiling. Record the sex, then slip a CD of it under her door.... : Barbarian
    • That is among the best revenge ideas I've ever heard. Made me laugh out loud, it did! : Enkidu
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  10PM, poor baby. I call the cops when when they dont shut up by 5am. : Cottc Cid
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    i wake up for work at 5am. so yes, i'm going to whine about it. : FrayLo
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      thats your problem not theirs! I think 12 pm is a safe time : cncpun
      • ..noon? i wish i was nocturnal : delataur
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  go knock on their door with a chainsaw and wearing a ski mask and ask them REALLY LOUDLY THAT YOU NEED TO... : sexninja!!!!
  • hahaha! I pictured that with the chainsaw running at full blast the entire time and the guy holding it we... : Cold Hate / Warm Blo
  • THE SHAVING!! THE SHAVING!! : zakk
  • Add in some severely burned oven mitts and it is awesome. : khaosman
• I called the cops on the social club across the street in college about twice a week. For some reason th... : jforman
• If my neighbors were the ethnically diverse couple of Thor and Zeus, I'd call the cops right now. One ... : Omaha
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  Are they watching the World Cup thingie? Or is that over? : tomservo
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    10am and 3pm est seem to be standard times for world cup i think? : ki11_viru5
    • I believe they're showing the USA-Ghana repeat right now : proclone1
• Maybe they're watching the World Cup and screaming, "GOOOOOOOOOoooooooOOAAAAaaallllllllllll". 'Cuz tha... : Enkidu
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  Several years ago our neighbor left her laundry in a shared washer for a week. When my wife moved it out... : romulan
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    does moving laundry like that really upset people? I think it goes with the territory when there's a comm... : delataur
    • I guess I should add that it doesn't bother me at all. :P : delataur
    • Only if you have their panties over your head when they come around to collect their laundry. : Barbarian
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  if you can't sleep cus someone is loud, you need to work harder for your money, cus you're clearly not ex... : graceofdragons
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    can someone translate this plz : FrayLo
    • [stupid graceofdragons post] : GloriousCow
• I live in a neighborhood where the houses are relatively close together. Not too bad, but it's not Bel Ai... : airrob
• Why call the police? Go knock on their door and let them know you can hear them and just ask them to bri... : paulatreus
• I have. It was like 3 AM and they were in the building across from my apartment on the balcony. Loud as H... : spl

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  I don't get it. : Ratsofatsorat
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    Imagine someone saying, with a straight face, "Street Fighter. It's a kick-based game." : mr.sleepy
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      Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah wait I still don't get it He's just comparing the met... : Ratsofatsorat
      • ratsofatsorat : mr.sleepy
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        How come you just aren't Ratsofatso? Why do you add rat again? I've always been curious :( : aggressor
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          Sadly, I've wondered about this as well. : Phil
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            me too : SockMonkeh
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              lol, me too. Ratso Fatso! Rat??? : suqur
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                Rat so fat, so rat? : ieGod
                • Rats of Atsorat? : RikiTiki2
    • it is though, right? there's THREE buttons for kick! : dodob
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  It's funny because Resident Evil 4 lets you use guns for combat! : deKaf
  • That's because it's a gun-based game : mr.sleepy
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    In pokemon you use monsters for combat! : Toxy
    • That's because it's a pocket monster-based game. : bitter ego
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  Wait, isn't zombie based? : paravis
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    You don't use zombies for combat : mr.sleepy
    • You use zombies to weed out the weak! : cerealSAM2
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      Actually that's not what the Combine said in their biological warfare demonstration. : bargeld
      • I enjoy watching sex-based porn : mr.sleepy
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  I do not enjoy mr.sleepy based posts : Gauss
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    your reality isn't obscure or expanded enough : sKetchflow
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      hmmm IIRC gauss reads stephenson and gibson so i'd argue that, but maybe he just doesn't like me! :( : mr.sleepy
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        it's 5am, cut me some slack :( you're the harmless strange shack poster, rosewood is the one I really ... : Gauss
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          but rosie is a sweetie. : kbnerd
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            everybody has three posters that drive them up the wall, rosewood is one of mine : Gauss
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              i agree with this actually. i think it helps that i've met rosewood in person though. : kbnerd
              • I've never met him in person and he's nowhere near the top 3 on that list. : Ebu
            • I bet i am in the top 3!!! : sharkII
  • I second this opinion. : mavmavv
  • I don't enjoy mr.sleepy laughter-based posts--it usually seems like he's laughing at things he doesn't qu... : Bold
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  Hey guy! What's going on in this internet-based website? : carrioN luggagE
  • to hell with your word-based posts! : Experiment IV
• Thats like saying I hate Mr.Sleepy because he's an american based african. : not work safe
• Mr Sleepy, are you abusing substances? : Athlon7

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  that reminds me, anyone have a link to the old old (quake-era and such) prey screenshots? : draconic
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    How about video instead? ;) http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-7059948460611903588&q=Prey : VegasX
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      this one is better...from 1998 http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-8058336897463815214&q=Prey : deathofrats
      • lolololol : electroly
      • Cool. I uploaded that one :s : deKaf
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  Well, unlike DNF, it hasn't been in contiunous development for 10 years ;) : nyranger66
  • DNF hasn't really either, if you think about it. They haven't been making one game for 10 years so much a... : SpaecKow
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  huh? No it only took 5 years : VegasX
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    pretty sure i heard of it back in 98 :\ : dodob
    • you did, but it was put on hold and they stopped development on it for several years. : deathofrats
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      3D Realms stopped developing it, then several years later Human Head were tapped to continue working on i... : Serpico74
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        yep. Development stopped in 98. Prey started development in 96-97 I believe. So it only took Human Hea... : VegasX
        • Actually, they stopped in 1999, according to a Miller interview. : SpaecKow
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          lol @ only 5 years. Damn, didn't realize it actually took them 5 years to make it..that's quite a gamble... : deathofrats
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            Any modern, AAA game has a bunch of years behind it. It's basically derigeur now. : SpaecKow
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              lol Any (poorly managed and poorly planned) game needs 5 years. If you have a good team, with a good s... : deathofrats
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                not saying that prey isn't a good game, I just cringe at 5 year development cycles. I wouldn't want to s... : deathofrats
                • to be fair I dont think they got the full doom3 engine till like a year into development. : scatti
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                Everything planned out rarely = good game. Everything planned out is how Raven does its thing. Se... : SpaecKow
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                  Hi spacecow. I give a fuck because this is the industry I live/work/base my future off of. : deathofrats
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                    Just saying “lol 5 years = embarrassment” and then following up with â€�... : SpaecKow
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                      He's welcome to do better :) I can't think of many 2 year FPS games that rocked the world (after the ini... : GeorgeB3DR
                      • It's great an independantly wealthy developer like 3drealms can spend as much time as you want creating t... : deathofrats
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                      Actually, mister hyper sensitive, I was mainly commenting on your insistance that 'five years standard' f... : deathofrats
                      • To clarify, I wasn't directing my ire towards Prey, but towards the thought process that the longer the d... : deathofrats
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            I wish we got 5 years to make a game :| At least my schedule isn't boring though! : Krypt_
            • I wish too, but it isn't necessary. : deathofrats
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            It's kinda of scary how long it takes games to be made at this point. 5 years for one title is pretty fuc... : aggressor
            • Didn't the Little Mermaid take like 4 years to make? Granted that's cel-drawn animation, and its no DNF ... : wunderbred
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  Was there ever any question DNF would be great? No, there wasn't. : dognose
  • I questioned it, but then you bent me over your car and....well, i dont want to talk about it. : klearlyunseen
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    I think that question still exists actually. You do know they still haven't anounced a solid release d... : blackhawk
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      Does a solid data equal good game? Halflife 2 sure as hell showed it didn´t :-) : -TKF-
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        3DRealms hasn't even mentioned a period when the game might be released. Half Life 2 might have been off ... : aggressor
        • That reason could very well be that they weren´t satisfied with what they had. As long as they... : -TKF-
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          Does Spider-Man announce when he is going to swoop down and save the day? Did Bill Hicks announce when h... : dognose
          • I'm announcing that in 2010 I will make popcorn. : Halen
  • Yes there was. Lots. And there still is. It's not in any way doomed to failure, though. : Orange Pylon
  • no, because highly anticipated products always deliver on every promise. : verbatim
  • Prey will definetely ease some minds out there on that topic : deviantpaul
• Or it would be great if we were still stuck in 1998! I'd probably like it back then. : bargeld
• Demo was OK, not "great" though. Some of the gravity stuff was fun and good, nice gameplay moments :) It ... : SlamDunk
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  Prey is about a 4.5 year game. It was going for a couple years, then we killed it, then it sat for 3 yea... : GeorgeB3DR
  • how long has DNF been being made? : carazy

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  Misfits of Science : digitalburro
  • Hahahah I loved that show. Corny as a tortilla chip and chessy as pizza. Plus Courtney Cox was actually h... : Solstice
  • lol so true: http://youtube.com/watch?v=6U7XjzmZXEk : burningtrees
• Actually, I've found that a good number of the movies and shows I liked have held up pretty well (includi... : riptyde
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  WTF, Top Gun was awesome. Best Homoerotic Musical to come out. : Kaiser
  • still is awesome. : stravaganza
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  Goonies :[ : manero
  • Hey fuck that! Goonies rocked, and as of last night's viewing still rocks. : Solstice
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    Umm Goonies is still great. I <3 the Oregon coast : MisterPhoton
    • Hippy. : iamgoat
  • Eat a bag of genjuro. Goonies was probably the best movie out of that time period. Damn, we need li... : Kaiser
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    watch this and be convinced of The Goonies' greatness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHGq_zdgUx0&searc... : Schnapple
    • forget that link, it cuts off at the end Go to the source http://www.thegoonies.org/The_Goonies_Vac... : Schnapple
  • He's right, it doesn't really hold up. : rudds
  • Think anyone would notice if I banned these Goonies haters? :| : Kaiser
• I remember Colt Seavers was my role model. You know, bounty hunter stuntman. If one tough guy job make... : jackrabbit
• Just for you: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEq4cqqp7WI&search=fall%20guy%20intro : digitalburro
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  Ice Pirates never get's old. I think the best 80's tv show that still holds up today is Magnum P.I. : sigpro
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    Have my babies. : jackrabbit
    • I already have 2 kids. I'm done procreating the little bastards sorry. : sigpro
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  I had Heather Thomas on countless occasions in the 80's. I was excellent. : Phil
  • actually that was Thomas Heather and he tells a different story : digitalburro
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  Automan. Goofiest show ever. : Degenerate
  • I loved how the car could take a corner in that show : sigpro
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    ok, maybe not the goofiest ever. but it was pretty god damned goofy. : Degenerate
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      wasn't Manimal on right after? Now THAT was goofy. : jackrabbit
      • oh god why did you remind me of that show : Degenerate
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      That was the dude that turned into a car, right? and had a glowing blue collar when he was in man-form... : Kaiser
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        yeah and the car turned corners instantly and always slammed the other guy into the window : Degenerate
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          What was taht show with that crime-fighter dude on the motorcycle? Night Ranger? Night Hawk? : Kaiser
          • haha StreetHawk F U gegtik : Kaiser
• top gun is still awesome : SockMonkeh
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  streethawk http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_C58TazP1m0&search=streethawk : gegtik
  • lol I remember that show : Degenerate
• Class of 96. I would kill to find this show, cancelled by Fox, on DVD or VHS. Yes, it probably sucks n... : MorrisatCNN
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  :/ I still like Top Gun and Simon & Simon. : maddy
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    don't forget Hardcastle and McCormick, and The Scarecrow and Mrs. King. : riptyde
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      Hart 2 Hart. : Kaiser
      • And of course Dallas. : riptyde
• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12299997 : eldersveld
• top gun is still awesome wtf : cncpun
• Manimal anyone? Well it was bad back then too. McGuyver(yeah I said it). The A-team seams so stupid nowad... : Stoned Gargoyle
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  SledgeHammer! http://www.sledgehammeronline.com/ : FirmButtstone
  • That show was awesome. : riptyde
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  Mama's Family :( I was fvcking OBSESSED w/ that miserable show...repeats were on 2 times a night locally ... : crypt_33
  • you have some serious issues : Degenerate

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• Ice skate+rock : Kerath
• call your friends and make a video of the ensuing carnage : redfive
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  Nobody answer. I want him to feel pain. : genjuro
  • GENJURO I COULD DIE HEPLME : jcutner
• ShackMD: Pull it out with some pliers. : Xhost
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  Put Juke Box Hero on and turn the volume waaaaayyyy up. Then quickly lie upside down, chug a liter of wh : sKetchflow
  • this is the problem, my parents went away on vacation for two days, and they would have all the dental in... : jcutner
• PUNCH YOURSELF IN THE FACE : sexninja!!!!
• You're gonna need a hacksaw. : suqur
• whatever you do, take pics+divx : fsck
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  too late I yanked it and tugged it, and it came out. So much blood :( Except, my parents took the digi... : jcutner
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    Oh yea, that was a tooth I got a root canal on a year ago, so I guess it dulled some of the nerves, I gat... : jcutner
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      enjoy the infection : grandmasterlee
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        oh christ, really? didn't think about that...FUCK. : jcutner
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          rinse with some listerine, or better yet, vodka : theamazingrand0
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            Pour some salt into the wound first. : stump
            • mix the salt with some iodine, then stir it into the alcohol. after you scrape yourself off the ceilin... : theamazingrand0
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              i don't know if you people are being serious or not. should I do that? : jcutner
              • at this point your best bet is to probably find an emergency dentist. : manero
              • your mouth is the dirtiest place on your body. you need to clean it out, but I don't know if listerine is... : Supine
              • rinse your mouth using rubbing alcohol : deadfish
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          Rinse you mouf with warm salt water. Don't swaller day shit, though. : carrioN luggagE
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            I did that, now it stings like hell... : jcutner
            • pain is weakness leaving the body!.. or cells dying.. one or the other! : deadfish
            • Repeat every half-hour or so, and see a doc tomorrow. You mouth is a cesspit, and the salt will help keep... : carrioN luggagE
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    Go find an ER and just tell them your tooth came out. They'll probably get some gauze and sterilization u... : Jumperus
    • When I had my wisdom teeth out, I asked a doctor friend if I could wait until the next day to start antib... : jforman
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  i think all these replies are bastard replies. SEE A DENTIST OR DOCTOR IMMEDIATELY. : bradsh
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    yeah, seriously. your teeth are VERY close to other important organs in your head. if you get an infectio... : suqur
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      what? important organs in your head? which ones? : deadfish
      • there aren't any, he's lying to you. : Ctrl-Phreak
      • Glands and sinuses, your ears are also connected to your nose/mouth. : Drocnoc
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    now you're getting me worried :( : jcutner
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      The only dentist I know of around here is edgewise. Otherwise, the internet is generally not reliable for : ieGod
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        I can't now, it's nearly midnight. : jcutner
        • At least call Telehealth Ontario. It's a 24 hour free service. A registered nurse will be on the other en... : ieGod
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      you'll be fine till the morning.* an old boyfriend of mine had a tooth that had like, half a root cana : dahanese
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        what do you define as keeping the wound clean : jcutner
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          well he didn't have a lot of blood (that he told me. i'm phobic of blood so he might have just lied). ... : dahanese
          • i don't think it's that big of a wound, it's not like the whole tooth came out of the socket or anything,... : jcutner
    • http://www.cigna.com/health/consumer/medical/urgent_care.html : Supine
• Also, since I should keep it clean, and I shouldn't eat any food, is Ice Cream okay? : jcutner
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  Wtf is up with all of you medically retarded people? If there's something wrong, go see a fucking doctor... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    i'm relying on shack advice to save me tonight. : jcutner
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      Who's your health provider? Sometimes they have numbers you can call to assess the severity of situation... : jforman
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        I leech off my parents for health care right now, as I work part time with no benifits. I think their den... : jcutner
        • Well, if you went to the emergency room it might count toward health rather than dental. Call your healt... : jforman
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  go see a dentist and get the remaining part extracted. You don't want a half a tooth in your mouth. An op... : edgewise
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    but then what? i'll look like a gap-tooth'd hick... : jcutner
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      you said back tooth. I assumed it was far back enough not to be visible. Nevertheless, you gotta do s... : edgewise
      • I'm 26, and I've had two.. :( both came from cavities inside a filling : suqur
      • So my three root canals before 30 are bad? : zakk
• I'm gonna go floss. : Merconium
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  update I'm not dead yet. Is it 100% guaranteed it WILL get infected if I don't get it looked at? : jcutner
  • call your parents and tell them you love them : nomaad
  • Dentist ASAP, seriously. Infection is very likely. Mouths are nasty places. : SqueegyTBS
  • DAMNT GO SEE A DENTIST!@@! : sKetchflow
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    hey guys, I just stabbed myself in the gut. Do I need to go to a hospital? : Prozium
    • no just keep posting as you feel your life fading away. : nomaad

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• does it scratch the disc even when it's off? : dodob
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  I think people grew a brain and stopped moving their xbox's while it WAS ON. : sharkII
  • I don't think it is the dumb that people think that it can be done, the ps2 is cable of doing it and a lo... : takio
• The stats is it's pretty dumb to move any disc player while it's playing the disc. : TenaciousPimple
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  It never was an issue. It says in the manual not to move it. : Degenerate
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    look, if something is cable of being swtiched between a vertical and horizontal position people are going... : takio
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      it says it in the manual not to do it. how much clearer can it be? : Degenerate
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        no, FUCK YOU, i'm going to flip my microwave on it's side while it's on. WHY? BECAUSE I CAN YOU DICK! lol... : Silent Wolf
        • seriously. : Degenerate
        • Excellent argument! : rasputinreborn
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      That's their fault for not reading the manual, or using common sense. : Morphius
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        As to your comm sense point, as I stated above, the ps2 and other devices that use disc as their media ar... : takio
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          You're really analyzing it TOO much. You leave your console in one place and leave it alone. I mean, we'r... : Morphius
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            Play the devil's advocate here, what if someone got the core and had a cable controller and the cable sta... : takio
            • N64 used cartridges, you can move that around. There's no little motor SPINNING a cd in an N64. Her... : newek
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      i've seen a video of a guy wrapping his dick in foil and sticking it in a power outlet. some people are s... : Ctrl-Phreak
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        ever use a sony discman? you didn't have to walk down the street holding it perfectly horizontal or perfe... : kill9
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          i'm willing to be it was specifically designed so that wouldn't be a problem because it's a device that i... : Ctrl-Phreak
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            However, it was designed to go between the vertical and horiztonal postion. People might believe that ore... : takio
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              it was designed to work in a verticle or horizontal position. not at any other angle. moving it while it'... : Ctrl-Phreak
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                I still don't think it is that stupid because the ps2 is cable of being moved. As someone else pointed ou... : takio
                • sorry, I meant cable = capable and it is refering to the 360 : takio
                • Because the majority of people are lazy, and would rather make an assumption than looking for the manual ... : newek
              • Deliberately being obtuse is awesome. Yeah, it seems the 360 doesn't handle the TRANSITION between the t : rasputinreborn
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          it was made to be portable, however : land
          • the point is there are devices that have been out for a long ass time that play cds and can be moved arou... : kill9
        • Yeah, but they spin at 1x, and a 360 spins at what, 52x? I'm sure you could move it around a lot more saf... : re-verse
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      The first time you said it was cable of it i thought it was a typo.... the second time, i'm confused. Ho... : re-verse
      • sorry, just a bad speller, I mean capable and not cable : takio
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  My 360 scratches my discs without moving it :( Granted, it took 135+ hours before it scratched my Oblivi... : Krypt_
  • My old 360 did this, but much quicker than yours. I have exchanged it for a new one which seems fine, but... : SAS_Ale
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  Microsoft, please fix conservation of momentum. : YamatoTwinkie
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    ...or since that's unchangeable, make a better design that can harm discs doing what the form factor is d : rasputinreborn
    • cancan't : rasputinreborn
• now they put a sticker on the tray itself warning you when you buy a new one : firehawk
• not to be a dick, but I cannot tell where you mean to use capable or cable because you are using the word... : p4ck3tloss

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• I use ephpod. Screw iTunes. : cerealSAM2
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  wow I put 4 gigs on my ipod yesterday and it took about 10 minutes O_o : sKetchflow
  • Almost 7 megs a second isn't all that bad. : festivalman
• I <3 foo_pod. Still doesn't work with foobar 0.9 :( : dodob
• I hate Itunes too, but that is taking way too long? Sure everything is working right? : soggybagel
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  sounds like your machine is a piece of crap : OrkO
  • agree, this isn't an itunes problem. : Slowtreme
• If you hate iTunes, then so do I >:( : dognose
• ...you moved something out of an indexed directory and you are surprised the software couldn't find it...... : drucifer
• That is NOT how to use the software. Create one music directory, and leave it there. Then drag all new ... : Optimus Prime
• Hey guys, I set my pagefile onto a USB harddrive and the unplugged it, why is windows crashing? WINDOW... : batkiwi
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  You just tell iTunes where to store music, and let it handle everything. Don't go moving it. Don't just... : genom
  • Exactly why I don't want iTunes. I want to be in control of EVERYTHING. : mrfunky3000
  • I don't think folks realize how much music Vantage has. I remember him telling me like over a year ago t... : Halen
• Ive never had a problem because I dont move core folders : cap n KRUNCH
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  This is why I bought a portable mp3 player that allows me to drag and drop music onto it. : Dante
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    PS all you guys griping about moving folders, this is Vantage you're talking to. He defined the way we al... : Dante
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      except sexninja!!!!'s way is better : kbnerd
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        Setting Opeth .mp3s as desktop wallpaper? I don't think so : dognose
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          now you've gone and made me look foolish =-( : kbnerd
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            I was trying to make either sexninja!!!! or myself look foolish :( : dognose
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              you fucked that up good and proper : CoRDS
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                Kmart! Kmart! Heh, plz don't forget about little 'o me. :) : Optimus Prime
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                  dude, its 2200hrs i'll go out tomorrow for you :) : CoRDS
                  • haha that'll be awesome dude. appreciated. :) : Optimus Prime
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              sup dognose. There's been like no comment from you on Prey. http://www.shacknews.com/jazz/search.x?user=... : Optimus Prime
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                http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12369751 :( : dognose
                • I could sell you parts of my rig. Runs great. Saving up for an Intel Conroe system. : Optimus Prime
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                  you can use my computer =-( : kbnerd
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                    The heat would kill it too :( : dognose
                    • but it withstands the head to TX so maybe it would be okay. : kbnerd
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    itunes works like that if you turn off auto sync : jcupitt
    • this man is correct. OR you can get the plugin for winamp so that you can treat your ipod like a usb d... : conandan
• I LOVE, that is L.O.V.E. itunes. If you take care of your tags, and import correctly you have a great too... : Flinz
• truth. itunes is the biggest piece of shit with an endless amount of problems. : thekidd
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  iTunes does not work the way you think it works. Thus, you have a shitty experience. Change the way... : Hiro
  • pwned. iTunes rocks. : rudds
  • Dude, his complaint is about the speed. He moved his folder of music and iTunes is choking on reimportin... : Halen
• wow, how much music do you have and what speed is your pc? : Mr.SEX
• you know, for a program that they've made as simple as possible to transfer files over to the devices tha... : grindking
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  itunes uses 140~ megs of ram after importing my entire music collection! that's insane. what a bloated pi... : wtf242
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    laggy? what? and if you have 1+ GB of RAM, iTunes at peak use isn't going to put a huge dent in your me... : Postal
    • sorry buty itunes shouldn't use 15% of my ram. that's ridiculous. I do more than just browse the web and ... : wtf242
• Anapod Manager: http://www.redchairsoftware.com/anapod/support/tome/overview.php : fr0x
• YOU ARE AN IDIOT FOR WANTING TO DO SOMETHING EASILY : 60days
• Just bought a Sandisk Sansa that allows me to drop from explorer. It's great. I got the 1gb version for... : megarust32

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  What's wrong with the car? : riptyde
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    Fuel injector assembly : sharkII
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      Pay a hobo $100 to steal it and drive it off a cliff. : slickdoody
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        and then what? The hobo carries the wife and kids around? : sharkII
        • I bet that will cost extra. : g.lee
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        Just make sure the police ball on the cruise ship isn't going by at that moment. : loboca
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          ^^^only applies if hobo's name is homer : slickdoody
          • Or Max Power. : loboca
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      1400 bucks? God thats why I do all my own work. Thats a 3 hour job, seriously. Its not even hard or expen... : mavmavv
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        400 is labor, the other grand is mostly parts. : sharkII
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          on what car? and that was a misreply before, but whatever. Unless you are getting all new manifold, fu... : mavmavv
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            I think I didn't write something down as I'm only adding up about $750 in parts. They also want to do ... : sharkII
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              EGR? What car? Thats usually a 10 dollar valve. : mavmavv
              • I know the valve is cheap, they wanted to clean the whole system out, where ever it is. I'm going to c... : sharkII
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              '95 Chevy Blazer. So, I think the age of the vehicle may have something to do with part cost. I'm g... : sharkII
              • dude it sounds like you're getting ripped. srsly. might want to get a second opinion yo. : [fry]
              • fullsize or mini? If its a FS, thats a 10 dollar part with the TBI motor. The fuel system on that is lite... : mavmavv
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                Seriously, find a shop/mechanic you can trust, and work out a payment schedule with them/him. Lots of pri... : mn3m0n1c
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                  Well, like I said, I'm going to call the shop owner because I know him. He's a friend of the family and I... : sharkII
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                    Fully loaded, full sized, pimped out, whatever options has nothing to do with it. It's a GM vehicle.... : newek
                    • er, Mav. : newek
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                    Ok, so its got the 5.7 TBI still. A new TBI unit is dirt cheap. Really not difficult at all. Find out wh... : mavmavv
                    • :) http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=6767112 : sharkII
        • damn, what do you drive? : Patch-e
• ONRY ..... ah fuckit. : edgewise
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  you dont have $1400 in your bank account??? uhh...is this normal? : arizona bay
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    don't get them started... : edgewise
    • * O N R Y ' D * : rosewood
    • hahahahha : Mr.SEX
  • yes it is. Some of us are broke fuckers at times. : sigpro
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    Are you a rich asian too? : slickdoody
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      i dont think having $1400 in your checking account constitutes as being rich. i'm just surprised that so... : arizona bay
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        and sometimes these things hit back to back, wiping you out. : Slowtreme
        • Yup - I've gone through $5000 in savings in the last 12 months because of unemployment. I even had to bo... : action roommate
  • I'm not even a broke fucker and I don't have $1400...I did just buy a $600 exhaust system for my car thou... : not work safe
  • yes, actually :( http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12357175 : sharkII
  • I have a negative 174.82 balance at the moment. :D : Chunks
• ah think of it this way. It'll be cheaper then getting a new wife! :) : Ziz
• I just paid $900 to fix mine, but I had it in my account, and I might get some/all back from insurance so... : mikecyb

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• This post did not deliver panties. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I knew you were gay. : omnova
• This is almost as exciting as the idea of wunderbred hooking up with Flora again! : Jonathan
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  Oh sweet jesus the humanity. Where is the new place at? : huds0n
  • Candyland : Degenerate
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    Uptown Dallas. http://www.westvil.com/home.asp : action roommate
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      My brother used to be at a place on lemon right off of 75. Looks like this place is kinda close to that? : huds0n
      • Yes. Going off that first picture on the site, Lemmon is just out of frame to the left. 75 is just a fe... : action roommate
    • wow, that looks like a fun place to live. : edgewise
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      ok so basically youre living in the awesome part of dallas and im living in the barrio part of dallas :( ... : sexninja!!!!
      • got to be off the chain expensive - I saw some astounding numbers in that area when I was looking around : eskimo spy
      • $1560 I pay $640 for my 1br here in Plano, but if I stayed for another year my rent would go up to $74 : action roommate
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      Well, I live about 4 blocks away from you. : lookitzpancakes
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        wtf you live in dallas? Yet another shacker I never see @ the DFW shackmeets >:( : action roommate
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          he has been to one. you had zoe so you couldn't come. : kbnerd
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            also it should be noted that he's pretty cool and worth hanging out with. : kbnerd
            • Why thank you. I return the compliment. And let's have ANOTHER DFW Shackmeet. : lookitzpancakes
• requested: pix + divx of roomate action! : burningtrees
• needs more pgr2 action amirite : FrayLo
• Really quite hypnotic. : rasputinreborn
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  he's moving back to Texas? What happened? he finally finish fucking every hooker in NYC and got bored :p? : edgewise
  • He's never lived there. He goes every so often for a few days or a week at a time. : action roommate
• where are you faggots living? im moving to forest + 75 in a month : sexninja!!!!
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  Cool, we can have a Shack housewarming party at Quakeco..oh. : Deathlove
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    :( It's actually sadder then it is funny. : nyranger66
    • Quite =/ Oh, and thenthan : action roommate
• Can we force Multisinc's gimmick on action roomate? : ki11_viru5
• fabulous! : ChowYunCat
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  Who gets the top bunk? : filtersweep
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    Are you kidding? We're sharing a twin bed. : action roommate
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      I can wait for the webcast. : filtersweep
      • "can't." fuck. bedtime. : filtersweep
• Kick ass! I want to party with you guys and some Patron! Also, like Fraylo says, it really needs more P... : khaosman
• So who's the pitcher and who's the catcher? : Krypt_
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  Is he a folder or a wadder? : Hello Kitty
  • Dunno, but I will find out just for you. : action roommate
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  since I live 2 blocks away, does that make me PROXIMITY ROOMMATE? : digitalburro
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    Doesn't quite roll off the tongue the same way. If you weren't a fag w/a lease we could have done a 3b : action roommate
    • ^_^ : multisync
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  Does he bring lots of guys home? :) : land
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    his girlfriend has a mustache, does that count? oh shi, I'm completely kidding....I don't want to die : digitalburro
    • olo : Phil
• oh shi . . . . . : jedi_27
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  Young man, there's no need to feel down. I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground. I said, young : Rauol Duke
  • This post isn't HARD enough or GAY enough: http://youtube.com/watch?v=A9svV6iwR_4 : Kentor
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  Living with a shacker is good. : Matto357
  • I imagine you and Dante are like the Proby and his roommate from Rescue Me : digitalburro

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  Is this one of those things that sounds great but no developers actually take advantage of? : Visceral Monkey
  • yea, pretty much. nobody is going to sacrifice peformance to use 48bit colour. you might get some better ... : grimiv
• most advanced computer platform Yeah, sure. : NFXFSX
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  HDMI 1.3 on the $600 model, you mean. : eldersveld
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    Add another 0 to that number. : NFXFSX
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      HDMI 1.30 Happy now? Signs point to "No." : Zips
      • I meant to the price. :) : NFXFSX
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  ok so whats so awesome about HDMI 1.3? what are the differences between teh HDMI out now and 1.3? : Break
  • deep dick color. i think it uses 36- and 48-bit color instead of the current 24-bits and also updates the... : dodob
  • Most important aspect (form my view) is the support for all those funky new sound formats on Blu-Ray and ... : -TKF-
  • More bits per pixel, and more pixels too ... true 1080p60. More bits per pixel costs very little: the ... : jcupitt
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  And more copy protection for the failure called BluRay I bet! : rasputinreborn
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    Both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray gives more freedom than DVD´s* do. *Your not supposed to copy dvdÂ... : -TKF-
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      Gives more freedom if the author desires to do so; many won't I fear. : rasputinreborn
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        I think their will be a great number of titles that are allowed to be copied to "authorized devices". It ... : -TKF-
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          Heh, since when did Hollywood care about giving more value for the money - especially when it means consu... : rasputinreborn
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            Letting people copy content to a hometheater server shouldn´t really cost them money since they c... : -TKF-
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              HD downloads are bound to appear sooner or later. (And I'd prefer them to a new physical format too, but... : rasputinreborn
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                Yeah they will, but right now, with the current releases hovering around 15-18 mbit average bitrate it wo... : -TKF-
                • Actually on demand needn't mean available instantaneously. Think more in terms of Netflix turnaround tim... : rasputinreborn
    • This post exploded my grammar chip : riptyde
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      From the standpoint of standard copyright law, copying a DVD you own for your own personal use is complet... : Arcanum
      • isn't that disputed? you are violating the DMCA by copying a DVD : jcupitt
      • Does "fair use" hold up legally anymore in the US? : riptyde
      • Except the tools aren´t legal ? : -TKF-
• 1. Premium model. 2. Computer platform* * ... in countries where they have not lost a court case sa : K1Bond007
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  more tkm shilling : bradsh
  • fuck, -TKF- i mean : bradsh
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  They keep adding even MORE features that even LESS people have on their TV's It's either looking forwa... : abrasion
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    FF to 1 year, your reading the shack, "WTF, the PS3 doesn´t even support HDMI 1.3" Every video... : -TKF-
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      are you saying shackers could not afford a 1500 BR player? : moshman
      • Yeah? you don´t count you rich sob! :-) : -TKF-
    • I never said it's not a good idea - it's GREAT people look to the future for a change, it's BAD that Sony... : abrasion
    • As we've seen time and time again, the shack is such a niche demographic for technology enthusiasts. If y... : ieGod
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  can this most advanced computer platform play every A/V format that my PC can? no? well that settles that... : mallocated
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    Can your PC play HD-DVD and Blu-Ray with support for HDMi 1.3? : -TKF-
    • Can the PS3? : TastyWheat
• What is HDMI? http://www.electronichouse.com/info/specials/hdmi_basics.html : -TKF-
• What did you say? ITS GOT HDMI 1 POINT SHITTING 3!!!!!!!!!!! FUCK ME BACKWARDS IM BUYING ONE NOW! : Grim_Grom
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  In the future we may have technology that is capable of displaying images larger than 1080p. Can you thin : 60days
  • 1080h. Holograms, bitches! : riptyde
  • 1081 : Ebu
  • 1440p is the next step - 2560x1440 (double the res of 720p) : Shadowdane
• As much as I want to punch Sony in the face, this is a good thing. : DapperDan
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  Sounds cool, But how many of our TV's support that kind of color range?! : ShadowRam
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    The numbers I've seen said that at the end of 05, about 10% of American households had HDTVs. I'd imagin... : riptyde
    • I'd guess about 1% or less of HDTV owners have a set that can do 1080p. And 90% of those people can't acc... : DapperDan