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  I've been looking at my options too and Dreamhost looks great and I will probably migrate my accounts the... : get_navi
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    Is dreamhost the one that's always being advertised on SA banners? Aren't they super-cheap but really spo... : Caboose
    • Yea they advertise it alot at SA. I have been using dream host for over a year, no complaints : oneequalsfour
  • They are super cheap and have a referrals program going on too (might be why it gets recommended so much) : ieGod
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    i hear their php performance is slow. i'm using gallery2 on my dreamhost and it's slowslowslow. : FrayLo
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      So am I and it's not slow for me o_O DREAMHOST RULES. : jessipoo
      • <3, maybe it's my gallery install :( : FrayLo
    • gallery sucks, flat file, there are better ones out there... : get_navi
  • Dreamhost is great for what you pay for it. : Helter Skelter
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  I'm pretty happy with TotalChoiceHosting.com. They have a few different packages, all quite cheap, and I... : Caboose
  • I've also used them for about 3 years with no problems at all. They do a nice job. : malevolence
  • TCH in my minds are one of the worst companies that exist and no way a real family oriented hosting compa... : Anon06
• thx muh peepz : skynet
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  1and1. I have dozens of accounts, 3 dedicated servers and years of experience with them. I've tried other... : celerity
  • seconded.. good service + cheap. : heff
  • I use 1and1 as well, never had any problems with them. : maddy
  • I've been using their free service for 3 years and it's been great : cryptical
  • My free service with them ends in a few months so today I signed up with www.hostmysite.com because they ... : iamgoat
• I use bluewho. More expensive than dreamhost but super reliable : deKaf
• i lease a dedicated server for $115 a month. :[ : wtf242
• shitbox + $5 domain name + zoneedit FTW : gokart.
• surpasshosting.com is awsome. : hobosapien

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• I still mostly use godaddy. Not nessecarally always the cheapest, but it is a decent price and does not d... : Nation
• you web host? Mine registered the name for free. : BongSlayerB
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  ……………………Ã... : Visceral Monkey
  • Y helo thar sur. : Orange Pylon

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• Very interesting. : majestik
• What song is playing towards the end? Is that Motorhead? : Porkasaurus
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  dognose Vantage Rosewood Phil sammyl rasputinreborn : drucifer
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    Thanks drucifer. This is a valuable service that you provide to us lucky few. Looks like an awesome... : Vantage
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      I could not agree more. BRAVO! : Phil
      • I enjoyed the trailer as well : rosewood

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  remember, yell a lot, then taser. Yell a lot, then taser. : GloriousCow
  • but remember always aim for the crotch : Ziz
• Knock off all the shenanigans! : Sarcastro
• Where pants, for sure... : Malum
• why you asking him? all their laws are related to kangaroo handling. : edgewise
• Make sure use of force is always reasonable. :) : TastyWheat

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  you try the MS RAW file viewer/thumbnailer app? http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotogra... : PlanetPerfecto
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    No, the files themselves are gone. Folder shows 0 bytes. :( : stuka
    • what does the command line say? : GloriousCow
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  chkdsk x: /r : Shadowdane
  • A winner is you. This brought all my files back. Thank you sir!!! : stuka

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• omg, about time : drucifer
• looks like ProcessXP w/ a few more features, neat! : BongSlayerB
• nice.. looks very useful. : Shadowdane
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  How does this apply to a normal user? Does this show everything your computer is running and the path to ... : DM7
  • That program wouldn't be for "normal users". Its more of a troubleshooting tool. Now, if you want a re... : bording
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  I think these are just the Systeminternal tools. I don't know what happened, but looks like Microsoft now... : Modulus
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    MS bought Systinternals a while back. This is a new tool combining several of their older tools : ckj
    • I'm glad it combines so much! : Merconium
  • Microsoft hired the Sysinternals guy, and they moved all the tools to Microsoft's site. Process Monito... : bording
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    yeah, MS bought sysinternals a few months back : Merconium
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      I can't decide if that's a good or a bad thing... : basketofkittens
      • Well, definitely good for Microsoft. One of the sysinternals guys was the guy that exposed the Sony ro... : Barbarian
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  What I want is "Windows FOCUS Monitor" - for all the times when a program steals the focus and you can't ... : celerity
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    Uhm the MS PowerToy TweakUI has offered the ability to prevent focus-stealing for years. : jrock
    • Dude, I never noticed that setting, thanks. : Fred Garvin
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      It doesn't stop ALL focus stealing though :( : celerity
      • This thread helps fill in TweakUI's gaps: http://useful-sounds.de/pivot/entry.php?id=102 : celerity
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        between it and pop-up blocking I've yet to see an intruder : jrock
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          So, basically TweakUI=Jack Bauer? : celerity
          • Stops focus hijackers cold. : jrock
• cool thanks for the link : Str8Dog
• That does look useful. : Goncyn
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  Everytime I start the program it reboots my system instantly...win2k sp4 here, says it's compatible with ... : sanchez
  • hacked by chinese sysinternals. : basketofkittens
• Does buying sysinternals mean End Task may finally do what it's supposed to i.e. kill that process dead i... : node
• finally.... nice find, thanks ! : melancoholicz
• Holy jesus, look at all the stuff that's happening at once! I have no idea why some of these registry ... : famine101

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• I can't even get the update to start :( : Chrrs

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• i'm seeing Madden 07 PS3 commercials, those aren't too bad : RikiTiki2
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  they're better than the PSP squirrels : cryptical
  • APPLY DIRECTLY TO FOREHEAD is better than the PSP squirrels. : timmie
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  I thought they were all pretty awesome, especially the eggs one. : peanut-
  • Yeah, I kinda liked them as well. : -efx-
• sony takes itself too seriously : gyokuro
• agreed, pretty horrible : kelerian

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  Camera control is the same on both versions. Squeeze the left trigger to recenter the camera on GC versio... : Serpico74
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    Duh, I just woke up and I'm a retard. If it is like Wind Waker than the Cube version should also have cam... : Serpico74
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      'Should have' yes. But is it for sure? :) : pillzer
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        No idea but I'd be surprised if it wasn't. It seems to be Wind Waker with new graphics. : Serpico74
        • That's something I'm quite anal retentive about. I'm playing Majora's mask again these days and damn does... : pillzer

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• I am equally Wii'less today. Dammit >:( : drucifer
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  Speaking of component cables, did anyone see any? : WorkParticle
  • Nintendo says first-party cables should be in stores in early/mid December. No idea about 3rd party cable... : reign27
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    i saw a spot for it at best buy, but it was empty. no idea if they sold out or if they don't have it yet... : ermac
    • ok, i'll try giving them a call. All the EB Games/Gamestops around dont have them and said they didnt get... : WorkParticle
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  http://dustglove.com/supguys.png <3 : deKaf
  • I'm sorry, you ordered Red Steel =( : paravis
  • omg red steel but no zelda wtf : moz
• it was all fun & games when ebayers went after PS3s : RikiTiki2
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  I was a little too far back in the line at Target to get a ticket, but they were letting people in to buy... : Borzoi
  • either way; he wins : oHnOES
• Didn't get one either... I do have component cables, Zelda, and an extra remote though :\ : c_man_tmt
• I managed to get some component cables from Nintendo's online store when the link was posted here. Appar... : timmie
• I lucked out because the manager decided not to let a whole family have 4 Wii's. Thanks, Sams! I'll nev... : snagger
• I didn't get out of bed until 1pm or make it to a store (BB and Target next to each other) until 3pm, and... : Dante
• they should have had limit 1 per customer : gyokuro

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• bunch a PBS haters. WHY DO YOU HATE SCIENCE, Shack? : fatman

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• Commiserations dude, but seriously, Radio Shack? : Carnivac
• oh man =( poor drucifer : kelerian
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  radioshack still exists? : hobosapien
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    related question. why would you order the WII from radioshack? : afrochops
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      it was one of the only places selling it online. : celerity
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        I don't think they ever really were, I think they were trolling to get people who would buy the games fro... : drucifer
        • that sucks. oh well. atleast you should be able to find one in the next few weeks if you are tenacious. : afrochops
        • my above theory has been confirmed in the Amazon thread from a Radio Shack employee... they were told wee... : drucifer
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          Wow. That sounds like a borderline illegal bait-and-switch. : Arcanum
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            Radioshack was famous for that back in the day. : drucifer
            • Man you guys see conspiracy in everything. ;) : theghostofsmdever
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      Bigger question, how does one order World War II? : Sgt_Boomstick
      • Start a hostile take over of Europe. : lightsam
      • Invade Poland : theghostofsmdever
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  http://www.sears.ca/gp/product/B000KQVH9M/sr=1-4/qid=1163949672/ref=sr_1_4/103-7759961-6228653?ie=UTF8&se... : Tincan
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    yea but they don't ship til at least nov 25th. once ordered, it says they are on back-order. : jcutner
    • it's a good backup though since they are easy on returns : alexthegreat2
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  CompUSA got Wii's, one of my friends picked one up with no problem & no line about an hour after they ope... : Shadowdane
  • I just made the rounds locally... and was told I was about 1 hour too late. KHAAAAANNNN!!! >:( : drucifer
• You are not alone, holy shit: http://www.amazon.com/gp/discussionboard/discussion.html/ref=cm_cd_dp_tft_t... : celerity
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  wait. drucifer plays games? O_o : dodob
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    I used to play a lot... SOF2, UT, etc. : drucifer
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      play UT again : felicia
      • ^^^ : omnova
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      Soldier of Fortune 2 was the best multiplayer FPS ever. You heard it here first. : fatman
      • I totally agree. I had to quit playing video games all together, because I was wasting 4-6 hours a day on... : drucifer
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        sorry, that crown goes to the original quake : oHnOES
        • YES! fucking quake world almost wrecked my first year of University : theghostofsmdever
        • yep, q1 all the way im afraid. : hobosapien
        • u r wrng : fatman
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      then you bought a Mac : Degenerate
      • it's true, but my gaming rig is still sitting in my room :( (not being used) : drucifer
  • with our minds. : Postal

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• economically, how will it work? : reverend~heresy

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  killer deal on shipping man... : mavmavv
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    Yeah, I know... I did a rough shipping calculator on it and it came out to $46. I'm not trying to pad the... : systatic
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      If you or anyone knows of a cheaper way to ship it let me know. : systatic
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        I dunno, I sent back fricking steel car parts and it came to like 50 lbs and it didnt even cost me 50 buc... : mavmavv
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          Hmmm. I'll talk to the UPS store. : systatic
          • Definitely. eBay's shipping calculator is really broken for oversized items. I had some bicycle wheel... : yonderboy
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            I just talked to the UPS store and they quoted me over $60 to ship and about $25 to package it. :O : systatic
            • sounds about right. You're not gonna save any on the shipping and the piece of mind is worth the $25 fee... : Prozium
        • no, the shipping price for that is right, possibly a little low too. Giving that about 3" of packing mat... : Prozium
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  dude.... don't sell that! ;0 : reverend~heresy
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    btw, where you shipping from? : reverend~heresy
    • -5 reading comprehension. ignore plz :) : reverend~heresy
• So bad ass dude... : celerity
• i want it :( but i'm po'. : sparhawk
• Wow, I would give anything for that. Except I have no money. : wykd
• Christ, that thing is huge. : tomservo
• So there is no 'Buy it now'? : wykd
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  Personally I would be interested in that but not for $50 shipping : soulr
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    same. i will be in tx monday - saturday. i'd love to buy it :) : reverend~heresy
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      Monday as in tomorrow? : systatic
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        Oh Mon - Sat. Hmmm. : systatic
        • yeah. i'll be in austin on the 20th, 23rd and 24th. houston and dallas on the other days. : reverend~heresy
  • it's 3'x3'. This isn't some album sized print. : Prozium
• I may consider purchasing this item. : Omaha
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  I posted about it on Robot Walrus. http://www.robotwalrus.com : wtf242
  • Thanks. Sorry for shitting on your tastes the other day. :( : systatic
  • dude i really like your site. you have way better taste than whoever runs iheartprints. : mXENO
• I want it, but I just spent all my money I don't have on a Wii : ColoradoCNC
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  What are you hoping to get for it? I don't have an ebay account but I would love to buy this. : not work safe
  • i wish to know this answer : reverend~heresy

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• lol : NFXFSX
• hahahah : skynet
• I like it : action roommate
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  I can't make out the text. : Prozium
  • i see what you did there : takio
  • Brilliant. : warcrow
• Haha, first laugh of the day : SLUDGE^
• hahaha, awesome : BenMurphy

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  Off to the Nintendo store! Woooo! : loboca
  • Get me one? I'll give you the moneyes at the next NYC Shackmeat. <3 : notd665
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  Why you sex the animals? : chazums
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    paging TFO : cam3lt0sis
    • We're plowing animals? Hold on to your butts! : TotalFusionOne
• Sleeping peacefully. : spazzium
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  I already bought Mario 64. I never played it and now I have one star. I suck at bowling, I rule at teni... : rosewood
  • Good choice with Mario 64. Great game. : ColoradoCNC
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    am i a bad person for wanting a wii just because of Virtual Console? : jcutner
    • No, but you're a bad person for those bodies in your trunk! For shame! At least keep them in the basem... : notd665
    • The classic controllers are fucking awesome. If someone finds a way to make them work with the PC, I wil... : rosewood

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• Saints Row? If you liked COD2 then you would like 3. Geometry Wars is a must on Live Arcade as well. : Cygnus X-1
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  the outfit? oof, what made you get that? but aside from that, i think you're good. : Maarten Goldstein
  • That little thing called Shackhype maybe. : Izakhar
  • I know some Relic guys and it was cheap. If it sucks I guess I'll just trade it. : Fred Garvin
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  Saint's Row and Kameo. R6 on Tuesday. : johnny skidmarks
  • Kameo 2nd'd. Cloning Clyde. Maybe chromehounds but the hype around that has passed i think : chazums
• before my 360 died I was enjoying Table Tennis a lot. And Joust! : deKaf
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  Outpost Kaloki X and Cloning Clyde on Arcade. Grab the demos and check them out first, but they're great... : Carnivac
  • I bought Cloning Clyde but I gotta say that I'm quite disappointed in how easy it was. Otherwise a fairly... : SilverSnake
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  CoD3, DoA4, Burnout 4 : tcs
  • You mean Burnout Revenge? : Fred Garvin
  • id pass on cod3, but I was bored to tears on cod2. : paravis
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  GoW & Oblivion are the only titles worth owning imo. : FushigiDenki
  • I can't believe it took that many posts for someone to mention Oblivion. : spire81
• I like Burnout and Saints Row : ThomW
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  dead rising. : afrochops
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Ulfie
  • yes : paravis
  • ^^^^^^^^^^ : mista mista
• if I bought a 360, Dead Rising & GEARS would be the first games. : moe6
• Kameo, Condemned and Dead Rising : armybob
• I recommend Fight Night : cpnkegel

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  No. Because you should throw out Dawn of War and play CoH until you can't see. : sasoi
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    Dawn of War is a pretty fucking good game. : moogle
    • Does it do widescreen yet? : tacocat
  • So wrong. Dawn of War is still an awesome game with its own qualities even with CoH out. : enyakk
  • It already gave my graphics card a nervous breakdown :( : Toraz Chryx
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  I wish they included Dawn of War in the US package. : freshyk
  • even better, it was on 'get it for £19.99 if you buy it with anything else instore' so I got t... : Toraz Chryx
• DoW actually includes some decently high-res unit textures, they just need enabling via a quick .ini edit... : Helter Skelter

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• "ckrename" is the only one I remember the name of (there's a lot) http://www.musicsucks.com/CKSoft/CKR... : dodob
• I like Name It Your Way. It's not free but it's very good. I think there's a demo version: http://www.niy... : malevolence
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  I like Bulk Rename. It's free and has lots of options. http://www.bulkrenameutility.co.uk/Main_Intro.ph... : wormmeat
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    thanks guys. used Bulk Rename... damn that's a lot of options. : ariakaz
    • Man, that is like a poster child of bad UI. : malevolence
• Acdsee will. : cerealSAM2
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  IrfanView : Scrimbo Obeer
  • Correct!!! EOT too! : Solstice
  • ^ First and last post in this thread : indosauros
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  You can do it in WinXP, if you want them all to have the same name with sequential numbers. Just select a... : Bold
  • damn you! I bow down before you instead : losimagic
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  built into windows: select the files you want to rename, F2, type the new name, enter and bow down befor... : losimagic
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    yeah, but who wants filenames with (1) (2)... (10) etc..? : cap n KRUNCH
    • It could be handy for NWS images, which is what the original poster implied he'd be using it for. For exa... : Bold

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  i'll shoot at you and you can kill me if you jump in right now. : kbnerd
  • i'm in the game if someone wants to shoot me. : kbnerd
• I'd play tonight, around 6-7 pacific. It's been awhile, but i want to get familiar with it in anticipati... : romulan
• :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• 6 people playing!!!!!!!!!! : thekidd

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  Only one blown tire there, looks like the spinout was intentional to save the airframe over taking it off : Lunatic Angelic
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    The spinout wasn't intentional, they were trying to let it run down the runway and slow down. 2nd tire b... : cncpun
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      That maneuver is in my flight manual. : Lunatic Angelic
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        thats cool i'm not trying to fight, but from what i gather from other military boards is that it was unin... : cncpun
        • Well, those high quality pics do show both wheels were already gone well before the turn. There was no s : Lunatic Angelic
    • Neat photos here as well - http://www.fencecheck.com/forums/index.php/topic,4587.30.html You can see t... : cncpun
• Very nice. Looks pretty textbook. The announcer played it way cool too. : mavmavv
• (yes it is) : lakren
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  now that's how to parallel park! : elwood00
  • LIKE A GLOVE! : Q-ball
  • Liiiiike a glovvvvve! : Caboose
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  Aha! The announcer's aftershow take: Great sequence! I was announcing at the time and was amazed tha : Lunatic Angelic
  • my work here is done! :) : cncpun

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• what class and all that. : xxiv
• lol. I totally just randomly ran into you at D'rose Memorial Psychiatric Hospital : hirez

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• its awesome. best multiplayer ive played on the 360. : johnny skidmarks

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• wow 50" plasma for that cheap. Sorry, just commenting that it's cheap, I'm happy with my 42" for the time... : maltrogg
• panasonics are generally regarded as among the best plasmas, especially given their reasonable prices. : edgewise
• It's a very good TV, as edgewise noted. I'm not too sure about the shop--be sure it isn't really a truck ... : Merconium
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  Great TV but I wouldn't buy it from there. They'll try and sell you a warranty plan and sometimes screw y... : cpnkegel
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    How can they screw you over by not purchasing the warranty? : romulan
    • Usually they delay your order or sometimes even end up canceling it. When I bought mine they gave me the ... : cpnkegel
  • oh yeah, this is one of those shady online camera shops. http://www.resellerratings.com/seller3471.htm... : Prozium
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  If I was going to order a 50" plasma, this would be it. I have the 42" and it's awesome. I reccomend ge... : TheArtMan
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    I'm getting my LCD in the mail any day - do places rent the Avia stuff, or am I stuck dropping $50 on it? : Deathlove
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      I think I saw one at Blockbuster a while back, and I'm almost certain Netflix has it too. That said, I ha... : edgewise
      • I got it with Netflix before and it was just the DVD, which was kind of useless, though it did help balan... : Deathlove
• So i'm considering plasma, the one thing that makes me wary is that the resolution is so funky, I'm not s... : afrochops
• don't buy anything ever from those "photo shop" online retailers. they are all pretty shady, and somehow... : kill9

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• can't seem to get www.google.com/translate to make heads or tails of it. : jwnin
• was that supposed to make sense : spigot
• No wonder he's single. : yoonix
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  what? : Degenerate
  • 25, circumsized & non-caucasian. : edlin
• SO he ended up jacking off? : theghostofsmdever
• his profile explains it all. Interests * Somali poetry & BBW. : p4ck3tloss
• Wow he gives my fellow Ottagonians a bad name, and that's saying a lot. : dengar65
• That was pretty cool. : crummynz

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• You should catch Peruvian Death Flu. : Arcanum
• I've called every place around here in hopes someone would have atleast one left. No go. :( : freshyk
• to hell with it i set it up at work :p : patd

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  Amazon.ca is doing the 100$ Xbox 360 thing too? : AlexXdude
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    Has anyone priced it out, with exchange, shipping, etc.? Probably not. : basketofkittens
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      Oh, I didn't get to that part. In that case, yeah, Amazon.com won't ship to Canada. Sorry. : AlexXdude
      • It does actually but like the post below says not for "candidate items." : moogle
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  Please note that none of the candidate items ships internationally. http://www.amazon.com/gp/holiday.h... : opengl128
  • Oh well. There goes that idea. Free Trade my ass. : treefingers1
  • You can use a third party service such as http://www.mailforwarding.biz/index.asp or http://www.myus.... : thetoaster