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• gobble gobble : podizzle

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• fucking bookmarked. : orgcaptainnemo
• tagged fonts : ki11_viru5
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  infomative.... but is this stuff legal to use? : TPSReport
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    not if you plan to make money off those fonts, no : mikage
    • Exactly, free for non-commercial use. : notd665
• holy fucking bookmarked, manbat! : Ebu
• whoa. that's a shitload of fonts. : mindmann
• sweet bookmarked as well! : Galadriel07
• Another great font site: http://www.dafont.com/ : bolus
• tagged fonts : Chris Remo
• Bookmarked! : NFXFSX
• omg sweet fonts! : loboca
• tagged for fonts : maulla
• dunno where i'd use 'em, but they're very cool : sirkne
• Wow, that's awesome. : thejm4n
• muddafugging tagged for font awesomeness : Tissen
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  fonts tagged shacknews needs tagging capabilities : Mr.Fusion
  • http://del.icio.us/ is your friend : midgetherder
• sorry yankees C-MONEY MONROE with a 3 run shot with 2 outs in the 9th thats detroit tigers baseball!!! wo... : podizzle

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  nero does it : Omning
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    Yup. Burn as DVD-ROM. : rand04
    • On a Mac, Toast does it. : spazzium
• wtf... : OrkO

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• I hear ya on that one. : paravis
• If you need a SATA driver to install vista you can use a cd-rom or a USB drive, no more stupid floppies a... : GloriousCow
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  Windows XP supports sata devices out of the box. It just depends on your motherboard and chipset : rosewood
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    Isn't that only in emulation mode? I mean IDE emulation, and not native SATA support. : Fred Garvin
    • Yeah, I think it's actually the mainboard being clever instead of XP. : bargeld
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      slipstream is your friend : rosewood
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        Your confusing friend. http://www.petri.co.il/windows_xp_sp_slipstreaming.htm : cbslf
        • Yes, slipstream technically only means the SPs and the like but you know what I mean : rosewood
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        Making a massive slipstream disk blows. Tried doing it a couple days ago. Didn't fly. : tsuba
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          Just use nLite. : sharkII
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            Autostreamer also seems good. I've made a disk with it but haven't used it yet. : ieGod
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              I did a maual slipstream once and fucked it up royally : moshman
              • *manual : moshman
          • I did use nlite, but I was loading gateway drivers, for two nearly the same models, so there were some fi... : tsuba
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  uhh wtf, i have a pc with ONLY sata drives and it installed fine on that : CoRDS
  • i think he is referencing a current XP install with his original comment : PlanetPerfecto
• Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't later original WinXP CD's (I don't know, maybe it was the one that ca... : DN_

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  Baby carrots. That's what I try to snack on. A banana is also a tasty snack that has a lot of nutrition... : Goncyn
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    And yes, I read the part where you said no fruits/veggies : Goncyn
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      I'm all for raw fruits and veggies, but I am looking for other alternatives. I can't stand carrots, but ... : Matt Burris
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        Sugar Snap Peas! : jessipoo
        • I tend to favor snap beans, and when I can, mung beans. :D : Matt Burris
      • What about trail mix, or just plain nuts? You would have to be disciplined about serving size, but they ... : Goncyn
      • banana chips are usually doused in fat. it sounds like you eat a lot of junk food over the course of a... : PlanetPerfecto
• Beer. Totally Serious. : sKetchflow
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  I use small hard sugar free candies/mints for that purpose, works pretty well for me. Plus all the hippi... : cheshirecat
  • Oh and those generic mini pretzels. They're remarkably low calorie per size. : cheshirecat
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  Popcorn without butter or very little of it can be very filling and it's low calorie (without the butter)... : rahba
  • More specifically Orville's smart pop is something ridiculous like 15 calories per cup of popped popcorn.... : rahba
• Can't hurt to eliminate those potato chips from the picture. Switch to pretzels bread sticks or something... : Ely
• cottage cheese sprinkled with salted almonds. : YamatoTwinkie
• I drink tea or water. It's not a tasty snack but it does the trick for me anyway. It's a lot healthier ... : jforman
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  I love those soy potato chip thingies. It's important to find a good brand (I can't for the life of me r... : festivalman
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    only 300-400 calories? Might as well eat one and a half snickers. : jforman
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      ideally, I don't think you eat the whole bag. : lakren
      • Then you don't understand the snacker. :) Eat 'til it's gone. If someone has problems eating too much, ... : festivalman
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      300 calories is a good number because it can be burned off with 40-60 minutes of walking or other light e... : festivalman
      • 300 calories is nothing if you work out, it's a lot if you are sedentary. Most people on the shack I'l... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Didn't know they made soy potato chips, I'll have to look into that. I love soy milk, drink it often for... : Matt Burris
• just cut your portions by 1/3 , if that doesnt work, cut to 1/2 its so damn simple. : CoRDS
• drink beer instead of eating : Experiment IV
• dude at least you have mever had your doctor tell you that you have to start dooing exercise or your bone... : EvisRaptorOne

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  Get a baseball and throw it at the bat. : Matt Burris
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    still lolling : synack
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      hang on dude, i'm on my way over : TheBlonde
      • uh that was for root right ? : synack
• If you wake up a vampire, stay indoors. : skitzo
• its a good way to get rabies, kill that beast. : boomstickah
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  D is for Dra-cuuuu-la : porp
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    abra cadabra!! : ghost hacker
    • Abra-ca-pocus! : carrioN luggagE
• I went around the whole house banging a pan trying to flush it and no luck. This thing is really pissing ... : JShadow
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  you're gonna get the rabies. : OneLessMoment
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    but I don't want rabies =( : JShadow
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      i'm sorry, the choice is not yours. : OneLessMoment
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        at least his oxen didn't drown. : mindmann
        • why oh why didn't I pay that indian to take me across?! : mikecyb
• Download this high frequency tone generator http://www.nch.com.au/tonegen/index.html , turn up your speak... : cyb0rgninja
• You do realize they love closed in spaces right? I would look behind books in book shelves, behind applia... : ovrlrd
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  Update: flushed the fucker to the basement. I've got my air rifle and a baseball bat. I'm going in! : JShadow
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    Make sure to play some dramatic war movie music : Blackdawgg
    • He better be blasting Ride of the Valkyries. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClLnqYq62qM&search=Ride%20... : skitzo
  • BoomBox playing Techmaster PEB or Raw Fusion - Live From The Styleetron FTW...The bat will think you're t... : AxeMan808
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  Tennis racket. They can't "see" the strings. : jake
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    Ah yes, the Chaos Grid. : festivalman
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      for those who missed it: http://70.86.201.113/imageserv2/stilltemporary/PBF094ADTheChaosGrid.html : yAak
      • I <3 PBF so much : PlanetPerfecto
• Bats are cute, don't you dare kill it. : eldersveld
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  You have contracted Porphyric Hemophilia. : Merconium
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    Awww, damn, I laughed at that. : Stoned Gargoyle
    • Obviously you didn't do the quest then. : Gonzo
• Check the toilets. : deeveee
• Apparently his foray into the basement failed, and he is dead. R.I.P. JShadow. 7/6/06 : land
• you need one of these: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12403199 : Borzoi

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  acts_as_tree doesn't tickle your fancy? http://ar.rubyonrails.com/classes/ActiveRecord/Acts/Tree/Class... : tacocat
  • Looks promising. I found the part in the Agail/Rails book that talks about Single Table Inheritence... th... : BulletPro
• At some point, the model does break down, and there's no elegant RoR way to do something. If you want all : theamazingrand0

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• tons! Adium = IM Transmit/Cyberduck = FTP hmm...try this list: http://www.applematters.com/index.... : halophoenix
• free stuff: MSN / ICQ etc: Adium (http://adiumx.com/) IRC: Colloquy (http://colloquy.info) Text edito... : Sabaki
• Windows emulator. : Kerath

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• you and the wife should open a dog grooming center, or maybe an icecream shop... fuck all this computer s... : drucifer
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  I can email you mine if you want to pretend to be me : themelon
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    well i'll work off that :D i *hate* building resumes. : Clay
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      http://www.battlewiki.com/wiki/index.php/TheMelon:Resume : themelon
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        This is cool--we have very similar backgrounds but I still haven't nailed a nice position like the one yo... : Halen
        • Nope. I just started a new job at a small company in Dallas. : themelon
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  melon! hook a brother up- i have one in the works but i cant seem to get it to "set" right - i wont use ... : GBeer11
  • I dont have refrences or personal shit on the version I posted above anyways. : themelon
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  Do you need to stay in NC or will you relo for the right opportunity? : Farbauti
  • Unless you like being around...well...not much...any opportunity is a good excuse to get out of NC :) : SKI242

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• Sorry, the training map link is broken. Try this: http://utilitymaximizer.shackspace.com/Shack_Training... : UtilityMaximizer
• I would like to play. : amrbean
• Add Phil please. : Phil
• me too! me too! : kbnerd
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  What's with going back to 1942? I never liked the game and I only have one copy. : intothefray
  • We are alternating between BF2 and BF1942. A lot of us like BF1942 way better. In any case, just don'... : UtilityMaximizer
• Matrix, soggybagel, Zero|DPX, Krypt_, mikecyb, Jonathan, clay, Kaiser, ki11_viru5, Ajax, Dante, geedeck, ... : UtilityMaximizer
• moved yet? : suicidemachine

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  FF1&2! bonus points if you play a party of all White or all Black mages in FF1 : kbnerd
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    That shit is hardcore. Much lols. : brickmatt
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      in addition to more conventional parties, i've done all bms (the Volcano boss is insanely hard with them)... : kbnerd
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        ??? with all bbs chaos goes down in like 2 hits : Experiment IV
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          more like they each do 32 hits = 2 damage. : kbnerd
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            Are you playing the same game everyone else did? High level BBs rock the shit out of pretty much every... : Vincent Grayson
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              they do except for Chaos. Chaos takes pretty much no damage from unarmed attacks (apparently). : kbnerd
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                When I played the original 8-bit NES American version I whooped Chaos's ass in 1 round with four maxed ou... : Experiment IV
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                  well my guys were not maxed out but they were masters and i couldn't do squat to chaos with them in the o... : kbnerd
                  • I'm pretty sure I remember 8hitting Chaos with fists for insane damage. : Experiment IV
  • Loved it. They really needed a bulk-buy for the healings, though. Sitting there for quite a while stockin... : carrioN luggagE
  • Or a single red mage. : cheshirecat
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  how far are you in trauma center? : boomstickah
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    Decent. Can't remember off hand. I've got the power, though I don't like using it. It's starting to ge... : brickmatt
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      most, vague, description ever. I never use healing touch. Never. You are still early in this game, se... : boomstickah
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        Meh, it's been a while since I've played it, but that doesn't mean I won't finish it. : brickmatt
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          Yeah I was being facetious. Actually, taking a long break really helped me a lot. I'm in chapter 5 now. F... : boomstickah
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            Yeah, I just fired it up, I'm near the end of chapter 2 it looks like. I totally remember how it works, ... : brickmatt
            • Ah, on to chapter 3! : brickmatt
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  Don't look now, but all those choices are japanese games. You really can't win. :/ Just kidding of cou... : bargeld
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    I think I meant Partners in Time. : bargeld
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      I like the game, but it gets a bit dull with a combination of turn-based combat with twitch elements. It... : brickmatt
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        I see. In that case I'd go with a nice PC game. : bargeld
        • I'm replaying P:T, but my CD/DVD-rom broke, so no PC games aside from Steam games until I get my replacem... : brickmatt
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  i had fun getting all the coins in NSMB. : pyide
  • I felt really cool when I got all 3 stars in NSMB : rosewood

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  enjoy it while it lasts :((((( : infiltrator`
  • three seasons is a fair run, equally great shows have gotten less, a lot less. I will never forget you Fi : OrkO
• And it just got nominated for its last Emmy. But, so did Charlie Sheen for Two and a Half Men. :( : protoman
• I picked up the season 1 dvds last week, not really knowing anything about the show, and have watched it ... : Sacred Sperm
• Will Fox bring this back? Gotta love those crazy Bluths! : Nickodemis

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• I mean I am going to dallas, not houston. : cbslf
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  hahaha Houston shackmeet. it's happened ONCE. Three people showed. : NeoMoose
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    I meant to put Dallas, I am a retard. : cbslf
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      yeah, dallas shackers are great quite unlike those slacker houston ones. : kbnerd
      • Yeah, those Houston shackers are weird : matrix
• hell yeah! i'll drive down to wherever you want to meet me. make an official announcement of it and see i... : kbnerd

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  What's wrong with fractions? They'll give you a better picture of the overall rating as opposed to a rang... : ieGod
  • Because I want to represent the rating as a series of graphical stars and representing fractions this way... : trelain
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  Why not just write a summary of what you thought was good/bad about it and an overall impression? Why bo... : walker270
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    because there will be a facility for for users to rate several aspects of the restaurant as well as a rev... : trelain
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      translate fractions into precentages then profit. I charge 20% commission. : ra1n
      • you're worth the commsion though : kbnerd
      • see http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12439817 : trelain

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  sacrafice a calf to Zeus. All will be well. : baronzemo78
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    I've already sacrificed a goat to Hephaestus and 3 virgins to Apollo...I hope they don't miss their staff... : MisterPhoton
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      Gamestop doesn't have virgins. Because I love you MrPhoton I googled the problem for you. http://www.t... : baronzemo78
      • Well unless you count playing DDR together as intercourse, I don't know how the wierdos at the Gamestop I... : MisterPhoton

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• small, light, and high powered V8. I like it too! : FormerHPB
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  That is one gigantic engine for a small car (and not with a lot of horsepower). : nomaad
  • It's the same V8 you get in a Corvette (except the Z06)... they're VERY tunable, 420HP isn't that difficu... : Toraz Chryx
• eeek, sorry man, that's just fugly.. : g0nk
• Ugly, and its really not hard to quiet 325hp out of the LSx motors. Bet its a blast to drive though. : mavmavv

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  Wow, I am confused. : cbslf
  • Sounds like Super Mario Brothers to me... Fireballs, water and pimps.... Oh YEAH! : voodooraze
• because you are a total pimp i get this feeling too : kbnerd
• thanks! now can't stop humming the classic mario underwater song. : metalremains
• might wanna get that looked at :P : RikiTiki2
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  i'm happy to make it to 8-3 with the fireballs. the level is about 50 times easier. : manero
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    Getting fireballs in 8-3 is easy. Mushroom at Hammer Bros 1 and Flower @ #2. Then you are SET my friend... : rosewood
    • i'm talking getting it BEFORE makes the level easier. : manero
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  I saw rosewood and I immediately marked this stupid. I should have read the post in the first place. : redfive
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    ... so that you could nuke it? : rosewood
    • on my face plz : redfive
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  SHACKCHALLENGE: $20 via paypal to the first shacker to fraps themself running the original Super Mario Br : Experiment IV
  • I can do it in about 10 minutes with warps, maybe I'll work on this (that is, the whole game) later today... : Yanks
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    no warps? wouldn't the video be something like 2 hours long? : cryptical
    • This guy did it in 21 minutes with 2 deaths. http://speeddemosarchive.com/Mario1.html : Experiment IV
  • if i didn't have to work today i'd totally do this. : manero
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    i wish i had some way of recording me playing =-( otherwise i could do this quite easily. : kbnerd
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      Fraps? : nomaad
      • how can i use fraps when there is no way to hook my nes up to my computer? : kbnerd
  • does fraps even work with NES emulators? it only records opengl and d3d stuff, unless the newer versions... : mikecyb

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• no, it's supposed to happen. just has a long interest life than many games. : dahanese
• back in line, citizen. :) : halophoenix

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  ganked FTL - I like that one. they are fun and obscure enough that non wow players wont think you are dum... : Slowtreme
  • Yeah, it's the theme of his site. Basically poking fun at china farmers by pretending to be one. If my ... : jlavrenz
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  Feedback - Resize the thumbnails for real so you can actually have half a chance at reading what the shir... : boarder2
  • And don't use fucking javascript popups for the zoomed in pictures. : SilverSnake

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  omfg.. i will never buy from those fuckers ever again. they totally hosed me over on my last purchase. ... : dextius
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    what happened? : kgargonmagrix79
    • He might have got one of their ultra-restrictive fuck you fares and suffered the consequences. : ayesel

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• the one in dubai? : synack

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• yea, it's fun - good to play on live : bagelcc
• hard on the upper difficulties, but fun. I haven't invested enough time to be real good at it yet though.... : sigpro

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  how did you find it and why? : CoRDS
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    AAAARRRGGGGGg : PlanetPerfecto
    • What, he's just asking. Sheesh. : brickmatt
• Ah Berkley grads, with a Masters in Mech ENG no less. : Lunatic Angelic
• The disturbing part is how much he's already written. You would think after the second update he would un... : ayesel
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  I got about two lines in before my cringing made it impossible to see anymore... I suspect I didn't miss ... : nephilem
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    a gem from down lower on the page - sushi n' dimsum in 1 day? what kind of hedonistic gluttons r we?! : PlanetPerfecto
    • [collateral head asplode] : nephilem
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  at first glance it looks just like when you open a jpeg file in notepad : AbortedFetusChristi
  • lol it does as well. : spdon
• ya rly sum ppl ned to lern to spel out werds n stop bein tards n shit yknow dood i mean cmon allready thi... : Jumperus
• real life mice r often cuter than drawn 1s. that's deep. : jasonepowell
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  for his most recent adventures, go here: http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~beno/fjournal.html Still hasn't ... : MisterPhoton
  • I'm ashamed to share that guy's alma mater. : Chris Remo
• asian people : pastab0y

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• put it on veteran and try to go rambo on a mission. It's fucking impossible. : sigpro

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• brain age. : j0nchan
• AC shackhype is dead. Metroid Hunters is great, but only for multiplayer. The singleplayer is meh. Pho... : brickmatt
• You've prolly played it a billion times but Mario Kart is really good. I wouldn't recommend it though unl... : socksta
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  Pretty much Advance Wars DS. : bargeld
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    fine choice, but you can't go wrong with a Castlevania either. : BulletPro
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      I think Advance Wars is a better choice since he already got a platformer. If you have a games library of... : bargeld
      • but Castlevania is just. so. good. I bought Dawn of Sorrow and Aria of Sorrow used last night, and let... : MisterPhoton
• Meteos is the game I have played the most. If you can't find it then Tetris. : mikecyb
• Phoenix Wright: Ace Attourney !! If you can find it, that is. : helvetica
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  Hijack: I'm buying a DS Lite for my little sister tomorrow and plan on picking up NSMB and Brain Age as w... : Experiment IV
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    if she's into 'taking care of things,' get her Animal Crossing. In the end its pointless, but its fun if ... : MisterPhoton
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      In the "taking care of things" vein, Nintendogs is good. : Arcanum
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        My young female cousin loves it. : Chris Remo
        • Animal Crossing too. : Chris Remo
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  Import Osu! Tatakae! Ouendan! It's my favorite DS game out of the 8 I have... : Wyeth
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    Is that available in the US, or do you have to import it? : Arcanum
    • Doh. Reading comprehension -1. : Arcanum
  • I just ordered this game like 2 days ago. : carazy

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  I saw that, it's bizarre. What the fuck do Microsoft know about making ECUs? I assume they're just goi... : peanut-
  • inorite besides which, isn't the Xbox360 sticking out of the top of the car going to ruin the aerody... : Toraz Chryx