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  Are these players from the CFL? : indosauros
  • Bahahahahha, that was good. : soggybagel
• I think Wiggans is by far your best pick. : soggybagel
• I've got Holt too. My other WR is TO (hahahaha, I figure I either do well with him or get Jack shit--I'm... : Omaha
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  Trent Green was a bad choice. And I'm a KC FAN. : sgtsanity
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    that was one pick I was really unsure of :( : aethyr
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      just to justify it a bit, the QBs picked before I chose my pick were: R1: Peyton Manning, (I could hav... : aethyr
      • This year, Trent lost one of his best blockers so he'll be more anxious and more likely to be sacked/rush... : sgtsanity
      • try to snag Jay Cutler on waivers if he was overlooked, Plummer will be out before October! : d1sregard
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  Neil Rackers is the best player there : Phreakin
  • Iawtp, which means it is one sorry ass FFL team. : cltcprd
• I think Roy Williams will have a huge breakout year. : wtf242
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  i hope westbrook wasnt your first pick : maulla
  • question for FF players: does your league give RB points for receptions? mine doesnt, and i always liked ... : maulla
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  Your team isn't looking too hot. None of those guys were drafted in the first round of our 10 team leagu... : Don Vito Corleone
  • We had a 12 team league, which sort of reduced some choices. : aethyr
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    lamont jordan is a solid top 10 back, hes a good # 7 or 8 pick : maulla
    • if you pick Lamont before R. Brown, I would kick you in the nuts. : cltcprd
  • did you look at their week 1 results? Couple of them had huge games. : d1sregard
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  the one way to sto the KC offense was to make herman edwards the coach : creep
  • stop : creep
• You're pretty fucked, sorry :( : orgcaptainnemo
• Stallworth, Westbrook, and Gore all had great games. Not a bad draft but you're screwed at QB and TE. R... : d1sregard

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• *sigh* time to flip a coin I guess : Nali4Freedom

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  is it scratched? : CoRDS
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    Brand new right out of the box, tried both of my DVD drives too. : Patch-e
    • Must be some new kind of copy protection on brand new DVD's or something? : Patch-e
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  If it is a Sony Pictures (or one of their assoc. houses) it may have ArcOS on it. Google will show you th... : Merconium
  • I just got the Lost Season 2 DVD set yesterday actually. I wanted to rip them to my drive for faster view... : Patch-e

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  dark chocolate ftw ! : nico2
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    good morning to you my almost birthday buddy. Dark chocolate seems to be better liked over all which is w... : kbnerd
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      Today's your birthday? : genjuro
      • nope. it's not until october his birthday is the day after mine though. : kbnerd
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  So you made a cake for your work buddys? That's very nice of you. : Tissen
  • basically yeah. it was for a birthday. : kbnerd

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  how does it compare to the version already out on dvd though? i used to care and want the unmodified ver... : smacknca
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    The DVDs with the 1993 laserdisc versions will also be coming with the 2004 DVD release versions. : Prozium
    • yea but since i already own those thats why i cant find a reason to buy the new ones. plus now that hd s... : smacknca
    • What we fucking need is the originals all touched up with 5.1 but no added CGI shit - just cleaned up. : abrasion
• Why not just redo all the snowspeeder/starfighter scenes with the latest and greatest CGI? Blasphemers. : theamazingrand0
• http://www.starwarslegacy.com/ : Ratsofatsorat
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  That's the faggy special editions though. :< : rand04
  • yea i just noticed a bunch of stuff thats updated and ofcourse the big fat 2004 on the image. damn im re... : smacknca
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    AGREED x999, I don't care how improved it is, it's not Swars, period. : abrasion
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      Empire Strikes Back is barely changed from the original, with the vast majority of work towards making th... : sgtsanity
      • Oh I'd agree on it being the least butchered by the updates but I don't know about improved. : rand04
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        CGI = unwatchable edition, period. : abrasion
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          Please justify this Star Wars fundamentalism. : sgtsanity
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            When I watch a 1:18 minute movie I've seen 20 times, I want it to take 1:18. It's like your favourite ... : abrasion
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              Ok, that's understandable. But I don't see any reason to preach that to everyone else, especially those w... : sgtsanity
              • So what you're trying to say is you'd like my balls on your chin? I can see where you're going with that,... : abrasion
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            I guess it has to do with something a little like this: Imagine they went back and cleaned up the prin : rand04
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              "I say loved movies are rewatched 90% for the reminder of that first experience." Really good line there... : abrasion
              • I guess that's why the changes don't bother me as much as some people. Even if I've seen Empire fifty tim... : Ratsofatsorat
  • Empire was barely touched, it's safe to buy ya freaks : Mondo
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  http://www.starwars.com/episode-v/release/video/f20060901/20060901_picview/pictureviewer.html?imgNum=32&w... : abrasion
  • That shot is an aberration. Get it? Abberation? :D : sgtsanity
  • the other 150 look good : Mondo
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  They could have at least bothered to do a new color grade on the original films. : Serpico74
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    Seriously, a tape-to-tape telecine would go a long way towards making the two versions look more like eac... : Serpico74
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      Hell, I could match a bunch of these myself in Photoshop (ok, I'm done, I swear). : Serpico74
      • While the new DVDs are my preferred way of watching the movies now (the restoration and sharper picture f... : Ratsofatsorat
• laster disc 4 lyfe! : mallocated
• My wife has the original, untweaked Star Wars trilogy on VHS. That's the only reason we still own a VCR. : Ride-My-Rocket

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• the faces look creepier than ever. :( : pyide

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• he's missing at least one shacker at Valve, pink0r : ErneX

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  ...don't do it? : lie bot
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    I've never played this type of game so I wanted to give it a try : Phreakin
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      I would say, join GCR or Goon Squad, or some other decent guild. Especially if you're not playing with ot... : Ratsofatsorat
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        ^^^playing with other people, especially friends, makes any mmo much more enjoyable : sanchez
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          I seriouosly thought any groups or whatever wouldn't want a n00b hanging with them. : Phreakin
          • Nah, people make new chars all the time so you'll have someone to level with even if you're a noob. : sanchez
          • it can be very hardcore, but there are a plethora of newbs to play with too. it's really a game for every... : rigg5kthx
  • agreed : Bantis
• Make a list of things that you need to do that you can't do while playing the game and cut them out of yo : ovrlrd
• Don't roll a healing class unless you want to be pimped around all the time. I started with a priest and... : chuck577
• Play with friends or shackers... just people you know you'll have fun with. Going solo is really boring. : aeg1x
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  Seriously. Don't do it. Just don't. It's not worth it. : cam3lt0sis
  • UPDATE: Still not worth it. Don't do it. The only people who will tell you it's a good thing are peopl... : cam3lt0sis
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  Update: I thought I was about to, apparently the install takes about 2 hours. : Phreakin
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    Don't forget the patches, wouldn't be surprised if that's another 2 hours. : Nixx2004
    • I downloaded the client, do I still need to patch it? I would think Blizzard would keep the web client up... : Phreakin
• melt down the installation discs : mallocated
• Its gonna eat your soul, dont do it. : Cottc Cid
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  Have fun, don't be a retard and show no self control. : enyakk
  • Seconded. : yemeth
• Join a shack guild - friends Play a warrior or a mage enjoy yourself, enjoy the game. It's really a lot... : Slowtreme

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  You suck because First Post is up. : drucifer
  • also, I remember hiding in the lockers to get by : drucifer

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• http://www.paypalsucks.com/ : metalremains
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  how much was the DVD, it blows that you got a pirated movie, but it might end up being more trouble then ... : Yabrodan
  • yes, lets all put a monetary value on human morals. He should have never said anything about it to a... : conandan
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  MPAA would be happy to stop him, but I wonder if they give one shit about you, since you were attempting ... : Slowtreme
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    Uhhhh, buying a used movie is not illegal or anything... : c0bra
    • I didn't say illegal. But if you walk in my bookstore, and tell me how you bought a used book from som... : Slowtreme
  • Yeah, if it was up to them, no rentals either. : Githyanki
• Ebay owns Paypal and it's a total racket with that kind of shit. I don't buy movies off Ebay any mor... : ThomW

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• put him in the dark : mega man
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  never seen a cockroach before? : RikiTiki2
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    gross is that what it is?? thought maybe some kinda beetle or cricket. :[ : jrock
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      its a lightning bug : mega man
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        I think mega man is right, it's not a cockroach. : Athlon7
        • I dunno, i didn't see it light up and it seems a bit longer and thinner than a traditional lightning bug.... : jrock
• roaches do indeed want into your hizzy : yakz
• Dildo bug. : ann thracks
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  Rapeopede. : filtersweep
  • yes you just cant see its huge cock from that angle : Jayx77
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  http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/roaches/german_roach_04.htm ? : wetard
  • doesn't really look like that. browner, way more slender, and the head doesn't look like that. the body ... : jrock
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  NorthEastern Death Roach : drucifer
  • This man knows his bugs! Has helped me many a times. : voodooraze
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  Looks like a click beetle to me http://entomology.unl.edu/images/seedpest/clickbtl.jpg : FlyingButtPliers
  • those damn clique beetles are so stuck up : drucifer
  • YES! I think this is it. Whew. Thanks =) : jrock
• http://morrowind.melian.cc/_images/_ingredient/b/i_70b.jpg : 60days

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• Omlets are always pretty easy. : losder5000
• French Toast is always my favorite. get some eggs (3) whisk. add a splash of milk. a dash of cinnamon... : kbnerd
• eggs, toast, honey, SRIRACHA HOT SAUCE! sounds like mine : rigg5kthx

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• we've been having some good games with the Early Morning Shacksquad-ness of late which will hopefully con... : kbnerd
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  did they fix the C4 bug? : suicidemachine
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    they did something with C4. what's the bug? : kbnerd
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      dunno about at bug, but they limited the distance you can throw it. or rather, you can't throw it at all ... : moshman
      • just drop? i liked having a little toss to it. you can toss all the other kit stuff like ammo and health ... : kbnerd
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  hey bro hows the lag for ya? : CoRDS
  • Haha!! According to our Monopolistic Benevolent national service provider teh next generation internetz i : saundz

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  Google "Boot.ini" : Schnapple
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    But Vista seemed to create a whole /boot/ directory instead of just the c:\boot.ini XP uses (and I didn't... : SilverSnake
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      nope.. I would maybe use the uninstall guide here to uninstall Vista & restore your XP boot sector. T : Shadowdane
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        oh btw.. you probably need to jump right to Step 3 on that guide. This will restore the bootsector for ... : Shadowdane
        • Yeah, at first when I read it I was thinking "but I cannot reboot to XP :(" but then I found step 3. I'll... : SilverSnake
• Consider installing GRUB I guess (it's a pain) : Yanks

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  That's pretty cool. Is it CGI? : Krypt_
  • EXIF data makes me think it's real (obviously with some work done to it). : Nixx2004
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    It was taken with a Canon EOS-20D from 15 overlapping images. Origin: http://www.dslreports.com/forum/rem... : ovrlrd
    • helllloooooooo wallpaper! : rigg5kthx
• Very cool, thanks. : dmason
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  i'd like to throw this one out, even though it's not even real: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Ter... : RikiTiki2
  • oh yeah, actual image is pretty decent sized, wallpaper-able : RikiTiki2
  • Can you imagine all the rich people looking down at the peasants on earth? : p4ck3tloss
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  you'll wish your wife were up there in about 7 years :p : edgewise
  • hahaha. i wanted to run away to the moon when she forced me to go to the dentist for "scaling" ... the pa... : sikander
• incoming g0nk site shilling after inevitable catchphrase ;) : rand04
• lovely! : jcupitt
• Nice, thanks for the new background. : voodooraze

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  I guess there's an original or something You're kidding right ..... I can't believe you just said that... : trelain
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    Oh shi I happened to not see some obscure movie from 33 years ago. Now someone will say, "Obscure? You're... : Hello Kitty
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      correct... The Wicker Man is far from an obscure film : captfarrell
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        i've never heard of it. : kbnerd
        • naked ass slapping and horrific bleak ending! A+! : rand04
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          Most people haven't. Just like most people haven't heard of "Brazil", yet Brazil and The Wicker Man are ... : SinistarX
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            if most people haven't heard of it does that make it an obscure film? : kbnerd
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              Yes and no. They are films that are obscure to today's moviegoers and DVD consumers, but they weren't ... : SinistarX
              • lol :( I haven't seen Lawrence of Arabia (in its entirety), but was that movie heavily marketed when it w... : dodob
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            Did the original have the main guy roundhouse kicking and punching women? I loved that part. The ending w... : Hello Kitty
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              Ha, no, the protagonist in the original never invokes Chuck Norris. Does the new one have anybody hump : SinistarX
              • Neither. No real weird imagery like that. One or two slightly disturbing looking people are there. The sc... : Hello Kitty
• the original was filmed in a big park near my home... havent seen the new one, although the original was ... : disembodied potato

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  Bond is dead. : abrasion
  • All four of them? Some of them could actually play! Nooooooooooooooooo... : Lunatic Angelic
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  it's going back to how bond is in the book. Ruthless, and deadly. I thought the movie looks about 10x bet... : sigpro
  • i never read the books so i guess the only bond i know is the one ive been watching for the past 20 years... : smacknca
  • Where's the link to this, I'll check it out. Still I LOVE connery suave bond, I'd totally go gay for c... : abrasion
• dumped brosnan? i thought brosnan left on his own : RikiTiki2
• they didnt dump bronsan, he just wanted to move on : sexninja!!!!
• I think it looks like one of the best Bond films in a while(last few were fucking ridiculous). The only ... : uncle slappy
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  I've warmed up to Daniel Craig as Bond... I still think Jude Law would make the best Bond overall. I'l... : PlanetPerfecto
  • Jude Law would have been cool as a young Bond. : losder5000
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  I'll never understand what's the big appeal about Bond movies. That, and Star Wars. : slacko
  • Really nothing unless you are into the main bond actor and are excited to watch them onscreen. Even as... : PlanetPerfecto
• Watch the movie Layer Cake and you'll fall instantly in love with the guy playing the new bond. From the... : festivalman
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  At least there are no Rocket Launching, 2 wheel driving, Jet Propelled, Armor plated BMWs in this one : genjuro
  • those aren't as bad as invisible Astons : RikiTiki2

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  yeah it's funny. But Zoidberg will always be the best. : sKetchflow
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    ie the worst. : kbnerd
    • ie the best not worst : sKetchflow
  • love the Amok Time music in the duel between him and fry : mallocated
  • definately, without doubt. : abrasion
• i really love the arcs in that show they're pretty clever. : wetard
• Raise the laser proof glass! Fire lasers! OH NO!! : AxeMan808
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  ch10 getting the rights is awesom!! : CoRDS
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    I thought they had the rights years ago and treated it like shit like Fox did. : abrasion
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      nah Channel 7 initally had the rights : shavenewok
      • yep, 10 seems to be the only channel that is willing to give the good shows a try. (bsg, futurama, etc) i... : CoRDS
• my favourite is the robot insane asylum and the sales robot who explodes all the time. "WHAT?" *bang* : Postal

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  He was cynical about stuff :) : Phreakin
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    and wrote on a white board. : sKetchflow
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      Actually, no and no. He was completely different in tonight's episode. It was more of a character epi... : walker270
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        But next week... HOLY SHIT THERE'S A HORSE IN THE HOSPITAL AND IT'S UP TO HOUSE TO FIGURE OUT WHY : Ajax
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          Again, no... It looks to be furthering the character development stuff. : walker270
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            no, its a sci-fi alien abduction episode where a kid floats across the room. I AM NOT KIDDING! : majestik
            • Yeah, but they're bringing back the coma guy, which will probably lead to character stuff. : walker270
        • s/House/Dr. Octagon : zakk
        • I hope he's packing his space doo-doo pistols. : s2jason
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  he acted all holier-than-thou and everyone thought he was an ass. But he saved someone and figured out a... : broly1718
  • SPOILER MOFO! : weaselmeister
  • I really love that show, but it is the definition of formulaic. : slickdoody
  • but this time that wasnt the case : creep
  • Not at all. : walker270
  • hahahaha http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=12080419 : tomservo
• Someone came in with a [completely normal|weird] disease. House took the case. His first guess was com : theamazingrand0
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  fuck. i didnt know new ones started. : porp
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    No shit was it even advertised? : D45hiz
    • Blizzard sure as hell didn't tell me. stupid wow. : porp
• fuck i missed it too. : deadfish
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  the ending was great. : pupismyname
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    Was it? I thought it was just more of the same. He honestly needs to have more patients die, or at least : aggressor
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      but then he wouldn't be so awesome. : pupismyname
      • I liked the ending a lot. : brickmatt
• I swear that show is the same show each week with a few words changed :( I know he's a good actor and ... : abrasion
• big bad wolf blew another one down, huh? : nico2
• I really need to watch this show some time. : baron calamity
• House made witty comments and saved someone from certain death. : rand04
• nailed a 9yo : mallocated

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• This sucks, I found a long and shitty way to do this and the destination OS is crashing for no reason. : abrasion

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  I'm still not sure on Vista. I like it for the most part but there are still a lot of crappy things about... : MikkleThePickle
  • I hope so....it feels a little bit more solid on every build, but not enough so to give that sense of sec... : drbriefs
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    No. : abrasion
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      Go on... : drbriefs
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        1 Word, Microsoft. : abrasion
        • You win. Still, us Window uzars will be using this thing in the coming months, so I was directing my comm... : drbriefs
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    If there to the RCs, then no, they cannot fix the final issues in 3 months. To really release something ... : Zero|DPX
    • How the heck? "They're". : Zero|DPX
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    5 billion dollars of research says the Back and Next button are where they are for a logical reason. The ... : R.Cade
    • Your ideas intrigue me and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter. : drbriefs
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    Ok I just read that article, WTF! WOW, WTF?! Jesus are they retarded? :( Consistency is so important. ... : abrasion
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      The $50 antispyware/antivirus thing I find patently offensive coming from microsoft.. the internal mon... : Toraz Chryx
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        A lot of those complaints about the UI are just because it's different. I did see the back button - 30 mi... : Balboa
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          No, it's because they're BAD... it's not weird in the absolute sense, but it does seem highly out of plac : Toraz Chryx
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            I think bad is subjective... the back arrow is exactly where you'd expect it to be, and does exactly what : Balboa
            • Yes, but the next button isn't next to it and is represented differently... aka it's an internally incons... : Toraz Chryx
        • Cmon dude that button placement is nothing short of fucking retarded. This stuff is meant to be gettin... : abrasion
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        I hate to agree but hot damn dude so true :( 50$ to stop bullshit happening that is their fault. : abrasion
        • so viruses are microsofts fault? how about the dumb user who opened the attachment in the email sent from... : nadasurf2
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    so far its been a fucking nightmare : CoRDS
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      I thought you liked it ? : abrasion
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        CoRDS != g0nk : roggor
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          are you sure about that ? : CoRDS
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            Well, no. I was just guessing that abrasion got the names confused. g0nk is rather fond of RC1. : roggor
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              yeh but we both have big white helmets : CoRDS
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                Really, what kind of helmet do you have? Surely it can't be as neat as g0nk's. : roggor
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                  same one : CoRDS
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                    Aha. I can see why abrasion got you mixed up. : roggor
                    • can we go back to normal posting now? : CoRDS

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  I'd describe the Turbo stuff as being "propular" too. : ThomW
  • It is? Not being sarcastic here. : Maddog_Delphi97

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• The web page you are trying to access doesn't exist on members.shaw.ca If you continue to have trouble, ... : Phreakin
• Awesome thanks for this :) : whippy
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  wtf... yea my webspace has been deleted and i cant login to it... the hell? Will have to do some inves... : madclown
  • ok my webspace has been fixed... u can now access http://members.shaw.ca/madclown for show info. cheers. : madclown
• nice...groovy...beats playing... check it out!! (the kock is active again after 2 days...whew...about... : SKI242
• Holy shit was that a hairdryer that I just heard a moment ago? Because damn if I didn't think the sound o... : SpaecKow
• bump for next hour : madclown
• bump for last hour 10-11pm pst : madclown
• this is some good stuff, thanks! : opengl128
• nice stuff man! i need to start streaming stuff again, perhaps i'll put a set together and get my KOCK... : OverBurN
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  deathgunfun on the KOCK - garage, hiphop, punk, junk : p4ck3tloss
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    still going... and going... and going. yup. 4:29am : p4ck3tloss
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      still awake, i just connected : nico2
      • do you enjoy the eclectic crapfest I put on? also, do you irc? irc.habber.net #radio : p4ck3tloss
  • Enjoy KOCK with your coffee. 6am. and still going. bank in an hour or so. : p4ck3tloss
• yay for late night shack musics : nico2