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• if its constantly loading, and your HD is going, sounds like more of a memory problem... maybe throw anot... : GloriousCow
• That's roughly what I have, runs fine. Maybe it's Steaming it still? : Damodred
• Stick textures on medium. Failing that there's some mip console setting mentioned on the shack. Either sh... : node
• I have no sound in the game. Intro movies have it, menu & game do not. : Code RedBeard
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  Everyone should> 1. set textures to medium 2. right click MM Multiplayer > properties> verify game files ... : grandmasterlee
  • Setting textures to medium fixed all problems! Now levels load a lot faster (HL2 speeds) and no more c : tp42mxp

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  What do you wish to accomplish with the language you wish to learn? : dopeman
  • a better understanding of how languages (modern) are structured. make simple applications that i wish exi... : vault 03
  • Well, I guess my point is that you should learn something you wish to do something with -that way it migh... : dopeman
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  Flash Actionscript if you want to make $$$. : ChibiJosh
  • as in macromedia flash 8? : vault 03
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    Only if the guy is good with art. Just programming? I'd definitely hit C#, which you can program fo... : ThomW
    • hot, free? even better. : vault 03
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      Not true, actionscript coders are in HIGH demand. Most people can't program actionscript worth a crap, a... : Hiro
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        and with Flex growing in demand I can see more pure programmers approaching that field now that Actionscr... : zakazi
        • This is true, it is quirky as hell, and I would definitely not recommend it as a first language. : Hiro
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  C# : skynet
  • ^iawtp : chazums
  • this man is correct : FushigiDenki
  • Pretty much. : nomaad
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    you can even get C# Express for free : Clay
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      http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/visualcsharp/ : Clay
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        Express edition can suck my balls. I have to use it to work with XNA and it's so incredibly hard to go f... : Ecks
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          since i'm a noob i'll try to express out and move up with experience. remember i haven't used anything si... : vault 03
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            What are you trying to learn exactly? : Ecks
            • c# express, to be honest i'm trying to learn whatever. i have a c# for the absoloute beginnner book from ... : vault 03
• Ruby: http://www.pragmaticprogrammer.com/titles/fr_ltp/ : Neech
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  Java is nice if you're interested in cross-platform apps. : basketofkittens
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    Anal is great if you are interested in cross platform sex. : Neech
    • hahahah, i'm going to have to use this : FushigiDenki
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  python or ruby. : cheshirecat
  • ^^^^ : wtf242
  • I'm a Perl programmer, but I'd vote for Python as well. You don't 'learn' Perl. You just 'use it.' : hawke
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  It's gotta be COBOL or Pascal! Man, it's all I ever learned in 18 months of software engineering. No ... : aavenr
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    If you stayed with it, you could make big bucks as a mainframe consultant as all these old dudes die or r... : sharkII
    • That's actually very true. Heh, the two COBOL professors I had both made the big bucks working with banks... : aavenr
• ML or Scheme : kgargonmagrix79
• lisp : electroly
• Some simple languages i.e. you don't have to do much to get something thats pretty useful are SQL, HTML. ... : saundz

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• take a couple more (for illegitmate pain reasons) : raunchy
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  shouldn't that be a good thing? since you're taking them for legitimate pain reasons? : wetard
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    no, I like the high feeling. : mr brown
    • heh well cut it in half or something. : wetard
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  they don't make you feel nearly as high if you've got legitimate pain for them to act on i'm pretty sure : derelict515
  • or if you didnt snort it : spector

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  sweet we can eat with the elderly! : fletch_
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    i misread this at first and thought it was going to be a post about zombies :( : Mr.SEX
    • zombies or dragons : fletch_
• Odds of me having to work saturday: 97.812313% >:( : lordlobo
• I'm making time for both the dinner and the drunken Guitar Hero debauchery festivities afterwards. Count... : wild falcon
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  I'm in for before and afterward and movie. And I just got Guitar Hero II so you KNOW that shit will be on... : Deathlove
  • Mods: Plz to inf parent post ok nice nice? : Deathlove
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    wait? you already got it? I hate you so much. And quit posting in the SA SAS threads so damn much.... : cltcprd
    • :woop: : Deathlove
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      Also check your local Target, they broke street nationally so you might get lucky. : Deathlove
      • I checked last night. No Luck. I'm flying out of state for the weekend also so I'm just waiting till ne... : cltcprd
• How are we handling tickets? I don't like our odds for sauntering in 20 minutes before showtime and getti... : -Panther-

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• bless you sir : optimistic
• Those are amazing. : SirX
• Thanks much, very cool stuff. : buroja
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  Which one is the best? : PenicillinX57
  • my friend told me to watch 14 : p4ck3tloss
• tagged these look amazing. I'm so worried that I'm gonna hate the controls though :( : skinlab133
• Tagged for after class. Thank you sir! : Awun

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• http://www.undergroundhumor.com/books/ways_to_die.htm : ColoradoCNC
• I just spend 30 minutes reading over that. Neato. : Athlon7

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  Accept no less than twice that and your own private yacht. : omnova
  • I dunno about the yacht... I feel like Peter Gibbons...I don't know anything about my job, really, and... : MisterPhoton
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  Managing a team of programmers? I'd settle for no less than 65k depending on where you are located. : Zakko
  • Location: Pacific Ocean. : omnova
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    location: Washington DC : MisterPhoton
    • WDC has a high cost of living. You're getting ripped off. I am a lowly developer and I make 1.5 times as ... : mr brown
• You might ask Clay about that. : Maddog_Delphi97
• I think that you should be making a lot more than that but i guess it's all based on experience. Perhaps... : trevis
• Generally managers (from what I've seen) make ~20% or greater than the ppl they manage. For offshore emp... : Hiro
• For what you will have to go through involving communication issues, over seas code reviews, conf calls a... : project13

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• ... maybe if you're a retard baby because otherwise it was pretty awesome. : lord cecil
• I can't watch Mr. Garison. I totally had to skip through that, although I saw one thing with floppy tits... : losder5000
• you must have broken your funny bone or something : derelict515
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  it was pretty awesome. : broly1718
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    The end was retarted to me. : xelencin
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      Misreply. It was retarted and great at the same time. : xelencin
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        WTF is "retarted"? Retard. : AhmNee
        • Upon reflection, I should have mentioned I'm kidding. : AhmNee
        • Don't be redarted. : abrasion
    • True genius right here. : zuga
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  i thought it was pretty funny : jcutner
  • I'm gonna have to agree with this dude right here. : K1Bond007
• i just liked the parts about the Wii : burgertime
• I really didn't need to see Mrs. Garrison getting f'ed in the monkey hole, but dammit if I don't keep say... : PhoenixArisen
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  The Buck Rogers part was fucking awesome. : Totenjaeger
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    The BSG scene was better. :P : K1Bond007
    • What BSG scene? It was all Buck Rogers from what I can remember. : Serpico74
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2I470eM5oc My lord that killed. : Serpico74
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      holy shit i used to love that show : bozer
      • It was a great show until they did the Star Trek stuff with the hawkguy and the starship. : trove
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      mmmmm, erin grey : virus
      • mmmm, virus.. er.. erin grey : rasputinreborn
• You must be crazy, it is among the best this season. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  my dvr cut out at this hampser appears on screen and thats it : oHnOES
  • That's pretty much it. A few seconds later it says "to be continued" : festivalman
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  no the worst one was the one with Oprah's Minge. : SenorSpine
  • ^^^ correct answer. That episode was terrible, one of their worst ever. Pretty much everything else has b... : Serpico74
  • Oh god, I'd forgotten that one. That was pretty awful. : five_percent
• loved that episode, though the wow one is still my favorite this season : klearlyunseen
• the only funny was garrison's explanation of evolution. the rest (yes, including the ass ramming into ga... : virus
• It was fucking awesome. You are nuts. : zuga

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• Yep. Not that it really matters. 1ups reviews are pretty lazy and worthless, imo. : Sexpansion Pack
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  he wanted something inspired by D&D not an actual D&D product. : Fyunch Click
  • that's exactly what NWN is though. Its primarily a way to make online DnD and DMing possible. : derelict515
• What a horrible review. The game has been described as a translation of the D&D ruleset since day 1. Wh... : amankhan
• That's by far the worst game review I've read. His complains are: RPG has rules (wtf), dungeons are smal... : egg5hen

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  Only the 160's and 200's I believe : Toraz Chryx
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    damn it thats what i was affraid of. school is selling the 2.33 with the 120gb for $1999 but I'd really ... : smacknca
    • Why? I don't think a single platter 120GB 2.5" disk is doable just yet. : Toraz Chryx
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      do you need it purely for the extra storage? because as far as I know perpendicular tech doesn't offer an... : carnivore
      • higher areal density in the same area = higher sustained transfer rate, all else being equal. : Toraz Chryx

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• The old animated series had that DKR scene complete with Frank Miller style. I think it was called Leg... : dodob

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• nice, what are they going on? <3 black wheels : ghostmac
• New shoes are always fun. : Deviaant
• your wheelbarrow thanks you : raunchy

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  because we're already taking care of that : Korban
  • http://wiigonads.ytmnsfw.com/ (nws for lyrics) : the archvile
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  why advertise for something that there is a limited supply of? : drucifer
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    because on launch there will be 5x as many Wii as PS3 : Korban
    • So they will be 5 times easer to find than "impossible" : DinK
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    because high demand + low supply = money hats : mr brown
    • http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=212 i'm sorry to link to vgcats but i swear it's relevant!! : ermac
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  They don't want a mass of kids freezing themselves : red2lucas
  • *B O R I N G G E G T I K ' D * : Korban
• i think they're marketing it like they did with the ds - not a huge campaign, maybe so it doesn't get eve... : ermac
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  It doesn't make sense to spend money on ads until there are units waiting to sell. That probably won't h... : DinK
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    ive seen ps3 ads : raunchy
    • that's sony for you : Korban

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• The Rabbit is a great drive. They've really made quite the solid little car with that one. I was debati... : bounty838
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  Subaru Impreza 2.5i : Shadowdane
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    My girl has one, it's quite nice. : geedeck
    • I'll second this. Imprezas are pretty nice. I have a WRX TR and while there are some obvious mechanical... : DinK
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  Honda Fit : warpdude
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    this car is VERY highly rated compared to other tiny cheap cars. (yaris, etc) : DinK
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      Started A Feast for Crows Monday, just finished it about an hour ago. I really like it and can't wait for : Old_Fart
      • wtf is with the mis-replies lately? : Old_Fart
• New or used? : filtersweep
• Love my Mazda 3. : cookblaze
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  Used RSX Type S. : TreMetal
  • ^^^ i'm getting about 28 mpg driving all city. : lakren
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  I like my Rabbit. Although you can probably find something comparable with better fuel economy. I just... : zakk
  • the only thing I've read that's bad about the Rabbit is that the engine is apparently a bit pokey - do yo... : jasonepowell
• Buy a used Honda Civic and $10000 worth of aftermarket accessories. : ChibiJosh
• Mazda 3. Had it since the model came out and never had a problem. : ArtilleryMarker
• Scion xA : maddy

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  NWN2 is getting much more consistent reviews. Dark Messiah's reviewers have been complaining about its l... : wunderbred
  • Also, from what I've heard Messiah's still got a bunch of technical issues. : algernoN8
  • Yes, it is. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/linearity And that's really dissapointing. I don'... : Arcanum
  • Messiah is a FPS with fantasy garb and rpg elements. Like Rune. : trove
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  Any other comments? Anybody? Beuller? : Arcanum
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    do you have a ps2? : geedeck
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      Yes, though I'm not especially interested in modern JRPGs. I like my RPGs to, at a minimum, have plenty ... : Arcanum
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        You know where I'm going and it's totally awesome. It's really a break from JRPG standards and plays more... : geedeck
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          I assume you're referring to FFXII? In what way does it break the standard modern JRPG mould? : Arcanum
          • (I.e., if you want to sell me on the game, I need a bit more of a detailed gameplay description. Also, I... : Arcanum
  • Get both. : trove
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  I personally would pick NWN2, but I'm an RPG nut.. Action game + some RPG-like components is OK, but no... : ]aratex[
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    I like both types. It's worth noting that I never finished Baldur's Gate 1 or 2, or either NWN expansion... : Arcanum
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      I personally thought NWN:SOtU was way better than the original campaign : AbortedFetusChristi
      • And Hordes of the Underdark was awesome, too! : Rice-Rocketeer
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  If your concerned about the on-rails experience, ask yourself this. Would you rather play an rpg in the ... : capt tripps
  • I don't particularly care? Anyway, as trove pointed out, Dark Messiah isn't really the same type of RPG ... : Arcanum
• I wouldn't miss out on Dark Messiah. This is coming from someone who hasn't had any significant bug prob... : megarust32
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  Both games have some fairly serious technical issues, though I say that based on hearsay for Dark Messiah... : Krypt_
  • Dude, rope arrows. Nuff said. : megarust32
• I really like DMOMM so far. Good times. : brickmatt
• dark messiah is sucks : grendel
• Fuck NWN. I got a few hours into it and brought up the save screen to save my game. I noticed that al... : Ziggurat

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• Mylo's destroy rock and roll is a damn good album. Give it an ear . . . : ghostmac
• theres alot of stuff like that do a search for some DFA albums or Kitsune its like electro weirdo rock ... : Break

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• Can't go wrong with either Canon or Nikon. Some other brands are OK too (Fuji, Olympus, Pentax maybe), b... : Nixx2004
• I picked up a Digital Rebel with a kit lens, Quantaray bounce flash, and a 256mb memory card for $450 shi... : basketofkittens
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  I was pretty set on getting a Canon or Nikon for awhile, but then I checked out the Pentax 100d and I'm g... : Zakko
  • You can use pre-digital lenses on Nikons and Canons as well. : tfboc
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    ...backwards compatible with pre-digital lenses... As far as I know Canon and Nikon have that too. ... : Nixx2004
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      No idea, I just know what I've read and heard which seems to show that the Nikon and Canon can use a cert... : Zakko
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        My D200 can use any Nikon lens made since 1977 and I'd assume the lower models can do the same. One of my... : tfboc
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          F1.2? Niiiiice. : Nixx2004
          • Oops, I meant f1.4 not f1.2 but it's one of the best lenses I've ever used. Tack sharp and silky smooth f... : tfboc
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          Ah, just looked it up. The key difference is the IS in the body for the Pentax. So you can use that 197... : Zakko
          • I haven't looked at their digital offerings but the old Pentax 6x7's are all kinds of awesome. : tfboc

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• sounds like your frustrated there... : jonin
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  tldr I can't beat the challenge of posieden multiplying dog fucks. : kevp
  • haha you suck. : edgewise
  • Kill `em while they're small. : Johnny Law
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    its the challenge of poseidon, so.... you're somewhat screwed if you haven't leveld up your poseidon's ra : GloriousCow
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      Not true. Levelled up Blades of Chaos works too. : Arcanum
      • eh, i had a bitch of time with it. Secondplay thru was pie cuz i made sure i had PF. : GloriousCow
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      do the small ones stop coming after a while? that's all well and all, but you can only use that rage ... : kevp
      • I think so, yes. Plume of Prometheus is good for whacking the little bastards. I seem to remember the p... : Arcanum
      • kill em while theyre small : raunchy
  • equip the sword of artemis and dont forget to rage up. dodge move quickly to the biggest dog and kill the... : ultramega
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  ALL IS WELL go back to your normal shacking I have defeated the cerebi. I thought the little guys kept c... : kevp
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    The game was like that for me too: get stuck at some one frustrating point for fucking ever, then make th... : basketofkittens
    • I get stuck in games a lot, but didn't have many issues with that game. A few of the jumping/climbing puz... : oatmela
• this was one of the best PS2 games ever. : mr brown

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• here just capped it...song is stuck in my head :( http://icomeinpeace.shackspace.com/VIDEO/vietacomm.w... : IcomeINpeace
• Thank you for your e-mail and for your interest in our Panasonic Viera commercial. We have had many requ : Cognoscenti

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• I think watching that movie alone should be hilarious if you enjoy Borat's antics. But then I just though... : dkrulz

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• Hit it with a hammer! And then post pics. : Edges
• I see what you did there. : fuell
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  hahahaha what'd happen if you turned on sink? : proclone1
  • didnt even move, for a few seconds at least : eggnoodles
• pumpkin eyes :] : felicia
• Cats Spiders are fuckin' sink hoggers, all of them! : sanchez
• what a cool dude! : burgertime
• I have a Samson in mine every day when I get home from work: http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/9396/sam... : Old_Fart
• cool pic : carnivore
• that's one hairy spider : ghostmac

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  this guy has real ones but they are $99 http://www.omahas.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=7_186&produc... : Yabrodan
  • That looks a little too heavy-duty for me. : FPSDavid
• Theres: http://www.overstock.com/cgi-bin/d2.cgi?page=proframe&prod_id=1992629&AK=1 http://www.oversto... : FPSDavid
• give a local Army/Navy store a look and holy shit the PRL is low now : Old_Fart
• How about http://www.amazon.com/US-Navy-Type-Black-Peacoat/dp/B0006PWV0Q/sr=1-2/qid=1162519031/ref=sr_1_2... : FPSDavid

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• oops forgot to say that this sudden hankerin came about because I just found http://www.the-underdogs.inf... : MR 9000
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  Ebay is your friend: http://search.ebay.com/5-25-floppy_W0QQfrppZ50QQfsopZ1QQmaxrecordsreturnedZ300QQsati... : angrytaxman
  • I can't stand Ebay anymore. Its such a huge pain in the ass. If you don't get sniped by someone else in... : MR 9000
• You may be able to hit up some thrift stores like Goodwill or Salvation Army and find really old computer... : freshyk

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• whew that is a huge relief. when i read they were going to limit it i was pretty pissed. : eeeealmo

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• Dude :( : node
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  this is why I married a dentist's daughter. free stuff for life! : hamachi
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    but what does that have to do with her being the daughter of a dentist? : trevis
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      Umm... free DENTISTRY stuff? : David Craddock
      • this man is a smartypants. I get free dental stuff for life. cleaning, fillings, braces, etc... of cou... : hamachi
    • Nice dad willing to cover charges? : Moonbase Commander
    • All the novacaine you could ever want! : MaxPete82
  • Priceless! You drill her hole and he drills your... wait a minute! : Awun
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  Go see edgewise I'm sure that if you do some demolition work in his new kitchen or something he'll yank t... : angrytaxman
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    Well I've got a free consultation set up today through some place I found on 1800dentists, and I put in f... : ColoradoCNC
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      If you want to go to the worlds best oral surgeon (or at least the best one in the valley) call up Dr. Ro... : angrytaxman
      • Yeah, definitely SM it to me and I'll check that place out. : ColoradoCNC
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  How big a hole? That shit shouldn't happen in 1 year. : abrasion
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    Pretty small, but visible. I'm trying to remember if it's the wisdom tooth I got a filling in, since I h... : ColoradoCNC
    • Just stick a grain of rice in there or something. : eldersveld
    • ProTip! Go to UCLA Dental clinic. Half the cost of surrounding area, no joke. My wife is in dental sch... : exigence7
• Well, I just got back from my consultation with a dentist I found online. Fuckin' filling fell out of my... : ColoradoCNC