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• Wait, I don't remember seeing that. : NFXFSX
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  Your mouth will be even more sour once you realize that half the menu options in the game aren't even ava... : Chris Remo
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    I bought it earlier, and can confirm this sour taste :( : exigence7
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      The really ridiculous part is how blatant is is. I mean, all of those puzzles you can't play in puzzle m... : Chris Remo
      • insulting profitable I really hope somebody's business metrics, somewhere, show this to be a bad thing... : Moleton
      • Yeah, but it's still cheaper than the PSP version. Oh wait... : Gonzo
      • Isn't it mostly due to MS's lame 50 megabyte rule? : Sexpansion Pack
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  The usage restrictions are the same as for any other Arcade game. You can play it on other machines so lo... : Balboa
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    Incorrect, re-read the restrictions. You can't redownload it. : festivalman
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      That's a fucking disgrace - if you pay for it you should "own" a copy or be entitled to a copy - period. ... : abrasion
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        P.S Go email one of those rumour monger websites which will make a big deal about it - maybe kotaku, joys... : abrasion
        • Reminder: Urban Dead Go to any one of these buildings, as close to Caiger Mall as possible. : Flynn

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• I hope you're not still 22. : Jonathan
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  Read the Two Red Dwarf Books by Grant Naylor which is actualy two people I belive. : theghostofsmdever
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    Yeah read the two original books and leave the other two - they're not worth it and you'll feel like you'... : Jonathan
    • I think we are stuck in a white hole : theghostofsmdever
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  Good Omens. : losder5000
  • ^^^ : ]aratex[
  • Second this, reading right now. : graceofdragons
  • Memorized it... : TotalFusionOne
• Terry Pratchett. He worked with Gaiman on Good Omens, and writes the Discworld series, which is awesome. : Arcanum
• Terry Pratchett's Discworld is the be-all and end-all of comic fantasy. : peanut-
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  how is it no longer innaccurately named? : Clay
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    I think he means it's no longer increasingly inaccurately named because Douglas Adams is dead and can't w : Schnapple
    • i knew what the bylines are, but yeah, I guess it should now be "the forever inaccurately named Hitchhike... : Clay
• If you can find them, try Dan McGirt's non-trilogy about Jason Cosmo: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jas... : Thud
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  She's 17? O_o : Ebu
  • ...at least five years younger... : alexthegreat2

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• ::( : ki11_viru5
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  Welcome to the Real World, where Nothing Lasts : FiReaNG3L
  • That's just it, the 80% of original life that's reported I can cope with, the 52% that it's ceasing to ch... : Toraz Chryx
• You forgot to put the lime in. : sgtsanity
• oh for gods sake, that's even OVERREPORTING 39% == 0% battery = fucked and the worst part? ... : Toraz Chryx
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  http://img120.imageshack.us/img120/2888/picture1fc1.png I'm more :( than you : b e n
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    Seem to me that's because you aren't reading it properly. Yours is charging to 2828mAh MINE is ce... : Toraz Chryx
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      And now for an experiment.... I'm going to mark the time and pull the power cord out of the PB, whilst... : Toraz Chryx
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        Are we dead yet? : sanchez
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          no, the shown capacity has dropped from 53% to 43% in 7 minutes though. I'm going to mark THE END TIME... : Toraz Chryx
          • And, running PowerFractal.app at a huge iteration count to peg the processor... with the screen at 80% : Toraz Chryx
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  how often do you exercise that shit? : dopeman
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    you mean do a recalibrate cycle? every other month, give or take. : Toraz Chryx
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      Oh shit. I don't know wtf then. 94% Capacity 163 loadcycles 37 month old mac -though the battery is ... : dopeman
      • 4171 mAh capacity. : dopeman
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      Also -I used to cycle it every few weeks. Not so much anymore though. : dopeman
      • You should NOT load-cycle lithium-ion batteries. They don't suffer from memory like ni-cad batteries do.... : Arcanum
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  Is there a similar win32 program? I'm curious about my battery. : skunk_ape
  • you should always use Notebook Hardware Control, it's pure awesome in software form. http://www.pbus-167... : rookieone
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  oh fuck +++++ NOBODY HAS ANY FUCKING APPLE 12" PB BATTERIES 2-3 weeks goddamnit, well that's just f... : Toraz Chryx
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    you don't need it immediately? I mean the battery still works! : moshman
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      .. I don't call 10 minutes till the machine goes totally dead and I lose whatever I was working on 'worki... : Toraz Chryx
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        For all those times you need to run fractal generation software on the train? : ChibiJosh
        • No, I just didn't want to have something like aperture with it's damagable library running when the power... : Toraz Chryx
  • I ran into the same problem, but solved it by buying an OEM battery off ebay. It's been great actually, a... : cdbeckman
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  isn't it pretty normal for a laptop battery to be completely fucked after 2 years of usage? : OrkO
  • not necessarily 2 years. but you'll notice some difference by then : Postal
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  I called Apple over a battery that died within a single summer, and they had me verify the cycle informat... : cdbeckman
  • Toshiba need to hurry the fuck up with that non-losing-capacity lithium Ion + something else tech. : Toraz Chryx

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  Yah, I put 16 inches by 16 inches, didn't I? Change that to feet. Freudian slip. : Shivawn
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    i mistakenly claimed i wanted to put a projector in a room 3.87'x3.87' yesterday... : skryte
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      LOL : kbnerd
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        yeah, i said five square meters when i meant five meters, squared. : skryte
        • observe: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13091690 : skryte
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  you may as well wait until february. New models are released around then and BB/CC/etc tend to clear out... : Prozium
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    oh, and the samsung DLP models tend to have the most lag for non-HD video sources. Plasma or LCD may be ... : Prozium
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      cltcprd said the newer samsung dlps have a mode where there's no delay, or you can modify the video delay... : FrayLo
      • I thought there was still some delay, just not as much as the older DLPs but still not as quick as most L... : Prozium
      • they have "game mode" which elimanates lag completly (at least to my eyes) : nadasurf2
    • In doing research (we're probably getting a 61" Samsung DLP) getting an HL-S model instead of an HL-R cos... : DianeOfTheMoon
• new sharp 42in tv is real nice, can probably get it for 1700 from BB or CC once ya haggle them http://... : ant_hillbilly
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  I think the 360 upconverts now. Gentlemen? : BenMurphy
  • it will upconvert DVDs over VGA but not component. It's always upconverted/downconverted 360 games to wh... : Prozium
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  I have the Samsung 50" DLP and I love it. Also you can get it for $1339 from Amazon (how I got mine about... : Evil Benius
  • I will probably pick up the 50" flavor. However, for some reason, I don't feel right buying a large TV... : Shivawn

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• Sweet. I'd prefer downtown, and I'd free up the schedule for any extra fun to be had before and afterward... : wild falcon
• Sweet. I'd prefer downtown too. I'd suggest some place like 322 E Illinois st where you can both get park... : Crimson
• That suit is black. Prefer suburbs but I know I'm an outlier so I'll just Metra/CTA around, just have ... : Deathlove
• I'm down, I'd prefer the downtown location, and I'm also cool with before and after food/drinking assumin... : PeteyPolska12
• Downtown works better for me as well. Deathlove can sleep in my bed, i've got a special outfit for him t... : Mr.SEX
• downtown is mo betta for seeing movies : ashkie

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  I've been having a lot of fun with it the past week, as well. It's a bit buggy, but solid entertainment. ... : feek
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    i've been playing a lot too. people just don't know what they are missing out on : Clay
    • we quit playing with trains at age 8 : zagzig32
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      I got it and was very disappointed. I ended up loading RRT 3 on gametap instead. : baron calamity
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        what's better about RRT3 over Railroads? : headless
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          Better scale, better economic system, more choices, slightly better interface, and less bugs. Railroads h... : baron calamity
          • I just checked out a video preview dealio, the larger scale does look cool. Do you get to build buildings... : headless
        • forget that, RRT2 4 life! : kingfish
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      i agree :D it's a ton of fun to get a massive empire of trading and industries bought in a bunch of citie... : headless
      • i had a small lan party at my house on saturday and we played some 4 player railroads. it was pretty inte... : feek
• I played it for a few hours last Friday night... gave it an honest chance and can't seem to fall in love ... : kgargonmagrix79
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  Agreed, it's a lot of good simple fun. I just hope they patch it soon. : Goncyn
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    fortunately it auto-saves quite reguarly - i haven't really lost a game due to crashes. : Clay
    • I haven't had a crash yet. Even played 4 player multiplayer flawlessly (except for losing). : TheArtMan
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  It's frustrating because the interface is too simple, I can't find stuff like how to change a train from ... : alexthegreat2
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    Click the track tool, then move your mouse over existing track until it shows yellow square. click, then ... : headless
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      no I don't think you understand, let's say I have three trains from paris->orleans, all on the same track... : alexthegreat2
      • you can do it by changing the train's route : Clay
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        If you use the 'dual track' to lay the second strand, then use the technique i posted, the trains automat... : headless
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          put lots of switches between the parallel tracks and the trains will do their own pathfinding. : smax
          • er, meant to reply to alex : smax
          • ah I gotcha, thanks.. Seems a bit counter to their philosophy though : alexthegreat2
• I have a few other beefs with it. 1. It's too easy to lay new track and make tons of money - new t... : alexthegreat2
• We need a railroads! Shackbattle. : TheArtMan

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• I hate calling in, but once I do I don't worry about it because I go back to sleep. : mancide
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  The only reason I don't feel bad when I call in sick is because I know that I'll be able to easily catch ... : Vantage
  • Well, I work in a Production Center for a title insurance company, so this morning there were 13 orders s... : Ctrl-Phreak
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  I know at least 3 people at my work that seem to love calling in sick as they are sick at least 1-2 times... : sigpro
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    my office has about 100 people in it, there are quite a few like that. I know one person in my department... : Ctrl-Phreak
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      yeah he was out a ton last year. Then at the beginning of this year by mid feb. he had already taken 15 s... : sigpro
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        Maybe he has some sort of chronic drug addiction illness : theghostofsmdever
        • i think he just likes to stay home : sigpro
        • I have fairly regular stomach pain that I really need to get to a doc about...like, crippling, curled up ... : MisterPhoton
• It’s how you are programmed. Lots of Americans feel they have very little job security becau... : theghostofsmdever
• No, I don't feel bad, not one bit. I even take a sick day every couple months just to stay home and pl... : EvilDolemite
• wtf, i just called into work and was thinking the same thing, i don't like telling them, i know the reaso... : graceofdragons
• It's the calling in part that is the worst. Once that's over with, commence with slacking! : Simulacrum
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  Meh, I think I've called in sick one or two days in the past four years. If you're the guy that never ca... : Matto357
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    i've called in sick twice in 2 years... i've been sent home for going into work sick once. considering I... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • Thats not right dude :( What have they done to you? :( : theghostofsmdever
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      Dude, if you're that sick, you can either be at work not getting anything done and not helping yourself g... : Arcanum
      • oh trust me, I realize how retarded it is. I am sick today, I have a perfectly valid reason for calling i... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • Hmm, ok, can't say I understand you. I never call in sick, because I am never sick, but the moment I feel... : enyakk
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  i don't like it because it costs me vacation time. :[ i've never called in sick though. : trick
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    You don't have seperate sick and vacation days? : theghostofsmdever
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      at my job (I think per California Law) we accrue a set amount of Personal Time Off per pay period. I pers... : Ctrl-Phreak
      • A lot of companies are moving to this. : skynet
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  i called out sick once cause i got like no sleep the night before. but my job is very daily. i can never ... : dahanese
  • If you feel that way, chances are your management isn't doing their job right. They shouldn't be this dep... : enyakk
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  Nope. Those fuckers can eat my ass. They dont give a fuck about me and the feeling is mutual. I burn ever... : Rauol Duke
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    Totally with you. I use about 2/3 of my sick days without remorse. And probably am only really sick hal... : EvilDolemite
    • I haven't used crap for sick days of vacation days. Right now i have 16 hours in floating holidays 11... : sigpro
• Yep. I'm the same boat. In fact I'm trying to not take the whole day off, and I'm trying to rest and rela : eskimo spy
• I don't like people that don't ever call in sick, yet come into work sick. So if you are sick, please sta... : Simulacrum

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• Are you Ray Kurzweil? : skynet

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• ahahaha. Good for him telling it like it is. : FormerHPB
• Too bad the rest of the album is the worst one he's put out in years. Really really terrible Weird Al al... : mrwolf710

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• Hint: There are multiple endings. You probably got one of the two "bad" endings. : Arcanum
• Yeah then you got the bad ending probably. Did it unlock Julius mode for you? A tip: Check out tha... : AndyGoin
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  Argh, that's a pete peeve of mine. "Hey, congrats on finishing our game. However, you didn't do thing... : EvilDolemite
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    No, you can read the credits, and try right there from the save point to beat it again gaining the bonus ... : AndyGoin
    • Oh, well that's not so bad then. I dislike the games where there are three or four endings but you hav... : EvilDolemite

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  I could only watch half cause my work net connection blows but it looks alright, although I didn't think ... : alexthegreat2
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    there's mroe to it than a calendar app you should let the whole video preload and then watch it : boring gegtik
    • no I can't watch these videos in their entirety at work, google vid or youtube, the loading just stalls o... : alexthegreat2
• I can't watch the video at work, but I saw this this morning: http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/10/21/scrybe... : sharkII
• the papersync option at 6:00 is really nice. prints out to-do lists and other information in a pocketable... : get_navi
• The author's father was a noted DNA researcher until he was murdered. True story. : SiW73
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  slick, Orgnizer 2.0 : g0nk
  • ps. go to www.iscrybe.com to register for the beta when it's released. : g0nk
• man, that looks absolutly superslick. Signed up for the beta testing. : Fredrik S
• Wow, that's amazing but does it sync with PalmOS? : Deathlove
• Holy crap, this is the type of application I've been waiting for. Google Calendar suffices for now but th... : freshyk

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  make a fake silver account in the UK. : sigpro
  • ugh, thats so dumb : jedi_27
• I just looked on Euro Live - it's not there : losimagic

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• $50K no less possibly more. : EvilDolemite

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  is there even a joystick to play fighting games? does the xarcade work? : zagzig32
  • X-Arcade does not work with XBOX 360. :( When Is Xbox 360™ Adapter Coming? We are recei... : freshyk
  • if you can find the Hori DOA4 stick it does work w/ doa4, sf II, and I am guessing MK3. I haven't picked ... : sigpro
• BANALITY! : BlackCat9

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• this is why i've stopped doing support for family. : sigpro
• Rachel Dratch needs to be kidnapped along with Tom Green. Then both of them need to be starved, force fed... : tomservo

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• wanna cyber? : mavmavv
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  Norman? : Lightzout
  • mother? : manero
• ahaha i love you. : dahanese

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• http://www.totalvideogames.com/news/Rainbow_Six_Vegas_Demo_Coming_To_Marketplace_10738_5561_0.htm : manlyman
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  my xbox cant come back quick enough! is it multi?! : mavmavv
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    SP only I think : losimagic
    • ill still take that. : mavmavv
• Even if they announced it was due out today it doesn't mean it will be out today. So many times someone o... : cookblaze
• I'm already sold on the game. Not sure if I'll try this first or not. Can't wait. : Bull
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  http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/11943/Rainbow-Six-Vegas-Demo-Available-This-Month/ Alright this clears i... : manlyman
  • Oh and someone on the GameTrailers forum has gotten a hold of it and posted a video. http://www.gametr... : manlyman
  • yeah Mr.Lobo has said it will come out in Nov. I'll take his word for it because he is working on it afte... : sigpro
• http://rainbowsixgame.com/uk/newspost.php?id=16752 so is it not coming to the EU live today then? :( : losimagic

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  2000 or 2005? : sharkII
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    2005. : Clay
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      See to someone used to working in 2000's interface (with two different programs) 2005 is great :( Do you ... : Jonathan
      • actually, there appears to be a Freeware version of Toad for SQL Server. Hallelujah! : Clay
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        I prefer 2000 tbqh : boring gegtik
        • that's because you're boring : Clay
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  It's 100x better than the interface Oracle gives you out of the box. :D : riptyde
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    I'm not disputing that. Between the two, they cover the whole spectrum of stupid. Oracle is ALL command l... : Clay
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      Enterprise Manager is pretty nice once you learn all the features. And it can double as an ETL tool if y... : riptyde
      • The data modeling tool used to be called Case Studio. I actually have a registered version of it, and it'... : Clay
• At least MSSQL gives a usable GUI out of the box. You get dick with Oracle. TOAD is nice, but it costs mo... : Simulacrum

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• i generally hit amazon.com marketplace for older titles. : NeoMoose
• Get the first Katamari for sure. If you enjoy it (a highly likely scenario considering how awesome it is... : Chris Remo
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  I find your lack of Guitar Hero disturbing. : Daggoth
  • ^^ LISTEN TO THIS MAN!!! : FormerHPB
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    I just bought my friend Guitar Hero for his birthday today. I'm about to go round to his place and check ... : red2lucas
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      Have you ever played before? : FormerHPB
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        No I just got back from my 1st session then, man that was fuckin awesome. Tempted to buy a PS2 for it. I ... : red2lucas
        • :) I bought a PS2 for that game. No regrets at all. You'll be waiting some time for that 360 version. ... : FormerHPB
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    I would find a friend who owns it first, and see if it suits your tastes. : ieGod
    • If it doesn't suit your tastes, you are dead inside. : FormerHPB
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  I just bought my first PS2 last week. Initially, to play "Bully", but eventually to play "God Of War", "... : MatthewPhillips
  • GH2 will be on the 360, yes. : riptyde
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  MGS3 or die : Foxhawk
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    If you go for MGS3, be sure to get the reissue, MGS3: Subsistence. It fixes the game's camera. : lechuck59
    • The camera is fine, consistent with other MGS titles. Subsistence makes it betterer. : SiW73
  • ^^^^^ : genjuro
• welcome to the club : slacko
• this is what i'm going to do with the xbox360 : Solar Jetman
• ico and shadow of collosus NOW : steve_o
• ICO and Ace Combat 4 : tomservo

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• your wife was appaled at South Park. What did you expect? : spiffymc
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  A dude can't get raped unless you stick it in his butt. It's either going to be consensual or not happen... : losder5000
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    Just because you have an erection does not mean you consent or were not coerced into to sex. : theghostofsmdever
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      Ok, unless you are a porn star, or have been dosed with viagra, there is no way you're going to maintain ... : losder5000
      • Floppy penis being slapped around...LOL : theghostofsmdever
      • oh yeah you never got a hardon that wouldn't go away at the wrong time? : alexthegreat2
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  I don't particularly think it is nice or acceptable. I see it in the same way as see statutory rape conce... : theghostofsmdever
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    Well what I mean is - most guys find out some teacher fucked their student. And we see that the teacher i : Schnapple
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      Umm..but thats not my reaction. I dunno guess I am not a man or something. : theghostofsmdever
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        well, as you yourself said you want to bone a bald mr.sleepy and aren't really into the "whole sex thing"... : [fry]
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          Well I would like to think that my stance on thinking that sex with underage children is neither attracti... : theghostofsmdever
          • Well clearly it makes no sense for a hot young teacher to be attracted to young boys, but there's still a... : riptyde
    • Also, in the Debbie LaFave incident, the 14-year-old kid was going back several times for more. The kid w... : Schnapple
• Uh, explain to her that was the point, to appalled her? That's why they used Ike, and not Kyle or Ca... : Hiro
• I hope that "most guys" don't think that when they see child exploitation. : kevp
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  It's all part of society's double standards about sexuality.. If a woman has sex with 3 different guys i... : ]aratex[
  • Men are the ones in nature to spread their seed (so to speak), and women are the ones to "find that one s... : tomservo
• I missed this one, is it posted anywhere like the WoW episode was? : Halen
• Sorry but lol @ wife not getting it. IT WAS TRUE LOVE. : abrasion

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• Wife farts are worse. : Fyunch Click

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  Pastebug angers me. THIS thing: http://66.90.96.17/images/n20031007_01_psx025e5.jpg Sony put a lot ... : peanut-
  • That things been dead for awhile now. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSX_%28DVR%29 : bitter ego
• no idea : mrfunky3000

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• CDex + lame encoder.... go! : sharkII
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  EAC + LAME is still the way to go if you want to end up in the MP3 format. LAME alt-preset-standard ("... : nudel
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    yeah, EAC + LAME is the best you can do for MP3, in terms of quality. Also, have you considered using ot... : mrfunky3000
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      Thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it. What other codecs, ogg format? : Colleton
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        OGG and FLAC would be the one's I'd look at. The only reason I still use MP3s instead of OGGs is purely ... : mrfunky3000
        • OK, thanks. I'll take a look. HD space is cheap these days. : Colleton

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  I see absoloutely no reference to "legos" I do see this. "His severe injury reduced him to a "child-l : abrasion
  • Well...Americans call Maths "Math" .... Touche.... : PlanetPerfecto
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    I don't think Lego is supposed to be pluralized. I think it's already plural. Like "change" (when talking... : SilverSnake
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      I can add an S to anything. : rosewood
      • rosewoods right. : sharkII
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      I don't really think it's plural or singular; it's a brand name. Technically "Lego bricks" would be plur... : Chris Remo
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        fyi. lego is shorthand for 'LEg GOdt', meaning 'play well' in Danish. Supposedly, it also means 'I collec... : aaarrrgh
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          Or rather, it's derived from 'leg godt'. : aaarrrgh
          • I want to go to LEGO land again. :P : SilverSnake
      • why are you like the only smart one sometimes :( ]o : abrasion
• He's so awesome. I assume now he will probably skip out any future 300mph dragster racing. I don't thi... : PlanetPerfecto
• you say this like there is something wrong with being obsessed with Legos. : Clay