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  I love the art style that you guys have. I just wish you updated more frequently. : Ecks
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    Once a week, like clockwork. We just don't have time to do it more often. :( : systatic
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      I figured as much. Keep up the awesome work :) : Ecks
      • Thanks! : systatic
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      Am I wrong or has there been no comic in almost six months? : cajuncook
      • I'm in a really, really old chatty. : cajuncook
• And just for the record, these are our worst: http://www.herzogthevile.com/comic.php?id=89 http://www.h... : systatic
• You guys suck monkey balls. : MC Kingsley
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  It looks beautiful, but I don't get it. : theghostofsmdever
  • I don't think anybody does. :( : MC Kingsley
  • That's because it is one page in a narrative. It isn't a self contained joke. : systatic

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  Someone here MUST like ATHF besides me... : indiginator
  • never heard of it. Is it a band? : drucifer

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  very cool. Problem is nobody ever wants to play mercs. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • I prefer playing as the merc :( : Silent Wolf
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  How can you do slo-mo in MP? : SMBYourFather
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    That is probably just a debug cheat used to make the video. : MrLobo
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      that proximity hacking tool is OWNAGE. hated having to be right at the terminal with your back wide open ... : maulla
      • cant wait to see what other cool gadgets we get in this version : maulla
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  Mercs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vgrsWnxQhWQ : mem
  • fantastic that the mercs can finally jump over stuff : losimagic
• oh man. so very cool. that Merc drone is great. : porp
• Awesome. At this point Splinter Cell is a Multiplayer Franchise to me anyway. The SP is nice, but the mul... : enyakk
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  Double Anal? : Turd Ferguson
  • Dick Alert, actually. : K1Bond007
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  I'd love to see a HUGE lasting community for Splinter Cell Spy vs Mercs...the gameplay is fantastic. Unfo... : Skoal^Fyfan
  • thats because they leave 6 month gaps between full releases. : Turd Ferguson
• That's pretty rad. I like the new tools a lot, but it's really all about the map design being cool while : brickmatt
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  I'm most interested in seeing evidence that you no longer need to invest tens of hours learning the maps ... : GilesH
  • I remember the maps being fairly small and open in Pandora Tomorrow...Never played Chaos Theory? : Skoal^Fyfan
• dark videos with white background page are unbearable :| : voodoochildtm

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• outlook : indiginator

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• You know everytime I did a whois on a site I wondered about this... I always just wrote it off as so many... : stonedonkey
• Wow, that's fucking low. Hope they get fucked by some trademark holder. : Fred Garvin
• Domain abduction! : Rich McNinch
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  i'm doing a search for ChestertonHoldingsSucksD*** now to see if anything happens :) : Ziz
  • You'll be happy to know the website is now taken... yep ChestertonHoldingsSucksD*ck.com is in use : Ziz

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  Shackmsg Zero|DPX. He's the Shack's resident FF developer working at Google. : Bean
  • That doesn't mean he's working on google sync right. : ki11_viru5
• in before dnf delayed again jokes. : chazums
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  I dunno about Google Sync, but firefox bookmarks are in: C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Applicat... : DOOManiac
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    Ah, awesome dude! My bookmarks were corrupted and were deleted due to a bad shutdown, and I was pretty da... : DingoStoleMyBaby
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      ^^^ you can also find a bookmarks.bak file that you can rename to .html to get them back. : anthonybean
      • usually multiple backups : Draugluin
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  If you havent synced on another machine yet, yank it from the network, open the browser, and then save th... : sharkII
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    Ah, smart man. That should work. : GeorgeB3DR
    • Don't forget to make a backup copy of the file just in case something like this happens again. ;) : Bean
    • I will quote you on this. ;) : sharkII
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  Wow, I didn't know about Google Sync. So I assume Google data-mines all your cookies, history, and bookm... : Barbarian
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    You can select what you want Google Sync to save. : freshyk
    • Yeah but whatever data you do save, they comb through, yes? : Barbarian
• I use Google Bookmarks and the Google Bookmarks Button extension instead of Google Sync. Bookmarks availa... : johnny skidmarks

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• UPDATE: STILL CANT FIND IT. : cbslf

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• Clerks II had a good script. The original was two guys who were pointing out all the problems they saw in... : BlackCat9
• Love the movie. Would definitely watch again. This one definitely had more of the "get your shit together... : pobone

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• OOOH SNAP!!! http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12542590 : digitalburro
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  We're getting excited over tech demos now? I thought we all hated them after the PS3 hullabaloo. Wha... : genjuro
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    you got excited over Black/White, you've got no say in the matter : digitalburro
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      You need to open your mind you racist son of a bitch : genjuro
      • Then why are you complaining about being open to a tech demo? : carnivore
• I think I pee'd a little watching that! so fucking cool! : Jayx77
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  my poor poor brothers... : g0nk
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    do you feel guilty playing Jedi Knight and blasting storm troopers? : sigpro
    • yes, but then i play some Republic Commando and feel better.. : g0nk
• DMM and euphoria are my two favorite upcoming technologies. : SockMonkeh
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  that was amazing. however it looked like it went from gameplay to cgi . . . odd : jedi_27
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    Looks like the whole thing is cgi to me. : bad_fish
    • iawtp. We need actual gameplay : lord_omega
• tagged next gen starwars : someWayne
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  So they are more refined ragdolls now and it's supposed to give us boners? Call me when they have fully d... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    dude, it's star wars. : jcutner
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      But we had force powers in the last three Star Wars FPS games, what's the deal? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • not like those force powers... : drucifer
  • inverse kinematics : nacatamale
  • It did look like a large amount of the environment could be interacted with, as evidenced by thowing the ... : hbalce1
• ohhhhh myyyy face : jcutner
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  lol, a little too powerful, huh? : drucifer
  • I half expected him to force push the TIE. : brickmatt
  • Yeah, its a little retarded imho. : johnny skidmarks
  • Too powerful? Pfft! Jedi don't die. Unless it advances the story. : ]aratex[
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    Why have a light saber when you can just throw buildings at people : bolus
    • Just in case you run out of buildings. : SwiftyPants
• lol great!!! : nacatamale
• JEDI POWERBATTLES 2!!! : ki11_viru5
• Why do a preview of dynamic animation technology then have all but .8 seconds of the reel be keyframed? : 60days
• well this proves it, magneto is a jedi. : poppasp1ce

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• I'm moving downtown in September to start school. : wild falcon
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  I remember flying into the smog over Chicago... I wouldn't be jogging there... : drucifer
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    the smog floats above the real air dumbass. Mostly because the factories release it so high up and becaus : ki11_viru5
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      then why did it smell like a fart in the airport? : drucifer
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        Only you can answer that. : spazzium
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          :( : drucifer
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            Maybe you have fart amnesia : carnivore
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              The fart was so intense he actually passed out for a few seconds...which reminds me "Don't wake my friend... : soggybagel
              • commando is going to be on AMC in a few minutes : Turd Ferguson
• the best cross country running races of my life were on lake-shore. It was awesome... : proclone1
• Lake Shore Dr. is gorgeous. Lake on one side...pretty much the whole downtown in view on the other. And... : owly
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  What's the point of this post? "Damn" as it something good or something bad? (Never been to Chicago excep... : LeapingFool
  • you've gotta see it to understand. : drucifer
  • hotties am i rite : not work safe
  • here's what I think he saw. two things. first he saw two bums mutually masturbating right on the sidewalk... : kingfish
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    The projects in Chicago are fucked up. Not even that, it's like they go on for miles and miles (at least ... : qwpeoriu
    • I thought Lakeshore drive was a little upper crust though? : mr brown
• I've been thinking about moving up to one of the 'burbs lately. May or may not. Depends if I get a job of... : K1Bond007
• Welcome! Caboose and I live in Wicker park (diff apartments). Its about 3 miles northwest of downtown. we... : Crimson

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  ohhh. I completely forget what the add was for. I think it was for these customizable adidas shoes. IT wa... : ki11_viru5
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsuFaPjjaI8&search=adicolor http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxIndQSJzDw&mo... : ki11_viru5
    • Adicolor green.. that's some pretty strange stuff there. I'm like... "what?" after that commercial. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  easy, the new Hummer ads : drucifer
  • This sounds like a winner. You can point out that the commercials depict eating healthy as an unmasculine... : BlackCat9
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  SHACKNEWS APPLY ON FOREHEAD! : spiffymc
  • !!! GUN !!! : Solstice
• I lost my post... anyhow, California cheese http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGwbK4xbiTk : drucifer
• The white girl beating down the black girl... was it Sony?? : cncpun
• http://experimentiv.shackspace.com/mutti.jpg : Experiment IV
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  ^^ all excellent suggestions, but it has to be for a retail store or a product from a store. : evil-cow
  • the psp is retail : cncpun
• i'm lovin' it makes me wanna burn down every mcdonalds i see. : holycow

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  v1.3 : Shadowdane
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    ^^^Correct. No beta patches for us. : UtilityMaximizer
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      good. i approve of this. : Sgt_Boomstick
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        Themelon has the server up and running. I'm going to jump in and verify that everything seems to be worki... : UtilityMaximizer
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          I think I broke the server. :( : UtilityMaximizer
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            whoah. what happened? : kainen1
            • I hear he hacked in a Tiger tank onto Karkand : Downforce
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              I'm not sure. Themelon left me to alter the server settings (set the maplist, server announcements, etc.)... : UtilityMaximizer
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                amen brother. I may have time to get it working sans bf2cc before the battle but I wont know until ~6 ce... : themelon
                • It seems to be working right now! : UtilityMaximizer
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      Do we have to use teamspeak? I have never used it before thats why I am asking. : eldiablo01
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        In game is good, but a lot of folks like team-wide communication. : Downforce
        • ^^^Right-on. We use both. In-game VOIP is great for communication inside the squad, and we recommend peop... : UtilityMaximizer
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  Dumb question: Is it possible to run BF2 widescreen? : Clay
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    yeah. Add this to your Bf2 executable shortcut: +widescreen 1 +szx 1680 +szy 1050 : kainen1
    • but it is cropping the top and bottom off the rendered image : themelon
• I was just on the server by myself and it is working fine with 1.3 : Patch-e
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  Major question for tonight, is punkbuster running on the server? I just tried to join a random pub and go... : d0gbert
  • Punkbuster will probably be off. But you should still be able to connect to punkbuster-enabled servers, a... : UtilityMaximizer

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  lol you think you are done after that? My friend got OWNED by that place. : med1c
  • My contract shit is up on the 3rd of August. I put this off for 2 years, so yeah as soon as I acquire my ... : K1Bond007
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  Get the Venture Bros season 1 boxset! It's cheap enough. I fulfilled a few days ago with this: ... : yoonix
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    WTF is Bogo? Anything to save a buck here.. I must know what this is! :P : K1Bond007
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      BOGO is buy 1 get 1 free. I only had to buy two titles to fulfill, but I ended up getting an additional 2... : yoonix
      • 808966 might be a working BOGO code, try it if you aren't using one. : yoonix
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        Oh yeah. I only have to buy 3. Buying: V For Vendetta BSG: S1 ----------- counts as 2 Free: Kis... : K1Bond007
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          Batman Begins Deluxe Edition? That movie was the shit. : yoonix
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            I have that already. It just wasn't in my list. ADDED now. : K1Bond007
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              Gotcha. They have a nice edition of Dr. Strangelove for $30, you could get that? : yoonix
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                OH, AND, you should log out and log in through http://www.columbiahouse.com/webdvd to place the order. Th... : yoonix
                • Oh wow! Thanks man. : K1Bond007
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  How are you not getting the Back to the Future Box set!? Or Band of Brothers?! The Godfather!? You're ... : TotalFusionOne
  • Because I already own those. See my list that I linked too. : K1Bond007
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    I think you're confused. That page he linked is DVD's in his collection already, I think. : timmie
    • ... My outrage is hearby retracted. : TotalFusionOne
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  There is a disturbing lack of Spaceballs and UHF in that list. : timmie
  • I'm not a big comedy fan. I've only seen Spaceballs once. Never UHF. These are too cheap anyway to waste ... : K1Bond007
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  I think Capote was the best movie I've seen recently. : woddemandred
  • Kilmer's a better actor than Hoffman imo : lord_omega
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  What really is the point of buying DVDs? u watch them like once and then maybe one or two times again lat... : Skoal^Fyfan
  • lol. For the ones that I actually purchased (and there are quite a few that I didn't), I've seen them all... : K1Bond007

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• oh, that is, shadowdane's server for TFC : thekidd
• oh shit, its been years since ive done a conc jump map. gotta redownload tfc for this! : maulla
• it's full. : kbnerd
• kick the non shackers :( : maulla
• To hard. Couldnt get past #4. : deeveee
• got a few spots open now. : thekidd
• I'll join. Haven't played TFC in years :p : nomaad

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• I've not bought it yet, still not really sure about it : losimagic
• Bought it today, but haven't had a chance to play it yet. : Thresher
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  I haven't, but I probably will with my first paycheck. : TotalFusionOne
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    Out of curiousity, is there a detailed write up of how the multiplayer world works? I'd like to read more... : TotalFusionOne
    • Hmm - Not that I know of. I'll try to do a brief one, excuse any weirdness. Single player is nothing r... : re-verse
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  im really on edge. stop talking about it :( : maulla
  • * S P I D E R B O T A T T A C K ' E D * : Rauol Duke
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  At this rate we'll need a 3rd squad :) I'm cetainly enjoying it : chazums
  • Sorry for being afk about 7 hours ago. I hopped on to spec out a mech and that's it. I got some new M... : brickmatt
• I doubt I'll get it. I'm more interested in Dead Rising. : NFXFSX
• sucks I haven't been able to play at all this weekend. hopefully tomorrow I should be able to get some mo... : sigpro

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  There isn't, not until August 6th. : ovrlrd
  • What??? NO! : genjuro
  • what the fuck : smax

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  Not whoa, more like trading one pollutant for another. http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12528918 : Lunatic Angelic
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    Oh yeah, and vast majority of highway noise is rubber, not engine. : Lunatic Angelic
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      I find that hard to believe :) : SlamDunk
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        Haha, go try it for yourself. Have a friend drive by at 70mph with the engine off in a coast. It will : Lunatic Angelic
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          OK. But in the cities the noise would go down quite a bit. : SlamDunk
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            At stop lights and acceleration near stop lights, I am with you. : Lunatic Angelic
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              Ahh... dammit. I still refuse to believe that engine noise would play such a little part in noise polluti... : SlamDunk
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                I'm telling you, pushing air out of the way and the tires smacking the road (sounds crazy, but it's true) : Lunatic Angelic
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                  that is 100% false in my neighborhood (lots of cars with missing or bad mufflers. I can hear them from a... : cryptical
                  • You have a 60+ mph highway going through your neighborhood? Also, if they won't fix their own car's mu : Lunatic Angelic
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    The only real advantage would probably be localization of pollution, rather than widespread distribution ... : DinK
    • Power plants pollute a lot less than gasoline cars do, for this purpose : alexthegreat2
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    Okay, no more smoking for you. Can you really not see the difference between pollution created by a gr... : TotalFusionOne
    • I think the point is more along the lines that overall.. gasoline is a more efficient transfer from input... : judge
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      You mean all those power plants currently evading scrubbing laws and plant renovations? We need nuclea : Lunatic Angelic
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        And what's the problem with that? : alexthegreat2
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          We don't have enough as is and the public isn't letting us build them. Also, we'd need 20-30x the powe : Lunatic Angelic
          • The power problems in your area aren't much of an argument against electric cars. They will be adopted s... : alexthegreat2
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    What is your thoughts about fuel cell vehicles? Such as -> http://www.envbike.com : SlamDunk
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11923933 Again, hydrogen costs too fucking much to produce through e : Lunatic Angelic
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        BioPower doomed too? http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=11510828 : SlamDunk
        • As I just said, I am for diversity in the fuel demands, BUT there is NOT ENOUGH FARM ROOM for even 50% of : Lunatic Angelic
  • iirc generation at power plants (even with fossil fuels) is far more efficient than shipping out gas all ... : 60days
  • whats with the green period? : Crimson
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  As long as I can still drive my "old skool" car, I am fine with those. I love cars too much to really wan... : m0nkz
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    Why can't you love an electric car? :) : alexthegreat2
    • I'm gonna invent a machine that will make electric cars sound like gas powered ones. also... rumbleseats. : drucifer
• ... and might I add that converted Ariel Atom even with an extra 500 pounds from batteries is still HALF : Lunatic Angelic
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  i like the way they sound....all futuristic and electric. Awesome. : kainen1
  • high five! : SlamDunk
• imagine the acceleration on an electric superbike 0_0 : lord_omega

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• So, what's this game like? : Fred Garvin

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  http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,16560395~mode=flat : nrgXs
  • cooooool thanks : proclone1

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• If they may any squeaky sound whatsoever. Try cleaning/oiling it. If it doesn't work just go out and bu... : iamgoat
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  I know its time when a fan goes like WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE. Then I oil it. : jahulio2
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    Ah so if it sounds like a sawmill, it's time. : zakazi
    • Haha, yeah. Definitely. : basketofkittens
• Sewing machine oil, really light weight. : spazzium

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• 2 : bagelcc
• i'm sorry your call could not go through as dialed please hang up and try again. : kbnerd
• :( i don't have either of those games : qwpeoriu

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• Well? : genjuro

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  dont get bf2, 1942 is far superior : deep gray
  • no u BF2 is fun : mrfunky3000
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  We're having a 1942 shackbattle next weekend (or the one after that). : silent prophet
  • can't wait! : metralgia

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  It's ok, your place is TFC. : Omaha
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    my current place is going to be my bed. : kbnerd
    • :C : Maddog_Delphi97
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  i am still trying to find my CDs : Jayx77
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    dvd > cds : kbnerd
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      its installed so all I need is disc one, I cant find any! My daughter was "cleaning" this past week, so I... : Jayx77
      • found it! dl'ing the 1.3 patch now! : Jayx77
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  check the refresh rate in the videodefault.con Open it with notepad, then change "renderer.allowAllRe... : sigpro
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    i don't see that file anywhere...do you know the path? : kbnerd
    • X:\My Documents\Battlefield 2\Profiles\(profile number/name) : carrioN luggagE
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  go into the video config files and reset it to 800x600 : Sgt_Boomstick
  • that didn't work =-( : kbnerd
• have you done full uninstall/nuke the profile in My Docs omghot folder/reinstall to new directory? how... : Downforce
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  Edit the shortcut so +fullscreen 1 is changed to +fullscreen 0 and see if you get an error message. : scanline
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    i got this error: http://kbnerd.shackspace.com/bf2%20error.bmp : kbnerd
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      did u try all the refreshrate hack?? BF2 usually tries to start at 60hz unless u change this config fil : Shadowdane
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        nope. my refreshrate is set at 85hrtz because that's what i had it set at in the options and it worked be... : kbnerd
        • well change that to 1 if you haven't.. especially if your using any refresh rate locking tools in ATI ... : Shadowdane
        • and the hack doestn't fix it. : kbnerd
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      .bmp still exists? o_O : maulla
      • i didn't mean too =-( : kbnerd
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  You could try setting agp to 4x if you happen to have an 8x one - work for me once. : chazums
  • not agp : kbnerd
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  Do you use a refresh-rate override type program? If so, turn it off and try again : Mustang|
  • nope : kbnerd
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  do you have clonecd or any type of cd emulation software installed? : Patch-e
  • nope. : kbnerd
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  We should play Starcraft instead : genjuro
  • boom. wiseman has spoken. : downrightevil
  • gogoogoggogogo, I'm game. (for right now) : kainen1
• If you have the patience I found that re-installing worked for me when I had that problem. : Tincan
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  Two questions: Are you trying to install any expansion at the same time (like Special Forces)? Doe... : silent prophet
  • nope i have not tried to install any expansion (nor do i have any currently installed). no it did not ... : kbnerd

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• Consider him Sicked! : skunk_ape
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  lol....the guy at the stove's pants are afalling down. : alcueso
  • both the drummers actually : icon_of_syn
• Damn that is cool : unknown_fiend
• OMG I just about died laughing at the 1:50 mark : johnny skidmarks
• This may be the single best video I have ever seen tonight! : wheat
• bump for daytime evening reading : icon_of_syn
• haha, what the hell?! : timmie

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  Yes i thought it looked and played amazingly well on an XBOX 1. : AndyGoin
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    Sad how in comparison the quake 4 port was so bad. : -efx-
    • the pray port is quite good though : sigpro
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      The demo seemed okay enough. What was wrong? : wunderbred
      • Framerate was shit. : NFXFSX

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  kekekek, i've got time for a game or two. : chazums
  • ok fuck it, i'm in for a couple : sigpro