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  I shoot with an HD camera that uses PCMCIA memory cards called P2 cards. They're 4GB each, and at 10 : Wheatloaf
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    1 - loop routine to look if card is in 2 - if true, rsync 3 - no idea how to eject it sounds kind of... : tacocat
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      Well I could stand to lose the eject function, no biggy. Why is it a pain to program? : Wheatloaf
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        It occurs to me that the program can be called by Windows when the card is inserted... : Wheatloaf
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          If you're really interested in doing this yourself, here's my advice. Since I don't think batch files wi... : tacocat
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            I am definitely not interested in learning to do it myself. The data being copied is hundreds of dollars... : Wheatloaf
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              Actually the hardest part in this case is "getting on the same page with the client." Your flowchart lea... : tacocat
              • Sure. 1) A P2 card is inserted into laptop. Windows sees it and mounts it as a removable device. ... : Wheatloaf
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              are there command line tools to talk to your various devices? If so, it'd be pretty easy to code up.. : dextius
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                The P2 cards show up as removable devices in Windows. They act like normal drives. My current workf... : Wheatloaf
                • I don't think it'd be terribly awful, could just be a little console program that you run when you put yo... : fletch_
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                  how fast do you want the procedure to go? I'd recommend doing MD5 checksums, but that's not practical if... : tacocat
                  • I'd say that it would need to take less than 10 minutes for 3.5GB. These files range in size from a few ... : Wheatloaf
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    Check out the Windows Scripting Host: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us... : yonderboy
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      http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13781358 : Wheatloaf
      • Caveat emptor. If it's that important, you should probably pay someone to do it. I have a sampl... : yonderboy
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  You guys gone to bed? I guess I'll repost it later? : Wheatloaf
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    Go for monday. You'll get a better collective response. : tacocat
    • Ah yes, good thought. : Wheatloaf
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      I agree. It could be done with script, but C# would give you a friendlier interface. I'm a newbie, so I t... : haokah
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        Yeah, they're all only going to have 2 things in the root: lastclip.txt and /contents - all the time ever... : Wheatloaf
        • repost for the monday-at-work crowd! Hey Shack programming/scripting kiddies menz! I really need a : Wheatloaf

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• Right by the lake too. That would be brutal. : bogombo
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  take a vacation and come down here! it's only -1C atm but today has a high of 14! : kbnerd
  • Stop living in the past, man. :) : SilverSnake
• Oh shit, I live there! Heading in to work now... wish me luck. : SeaLlama

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• http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13779000 : kbnerd

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• nothing, you just wanted to stay in. Nothing wrong with that. : bogombo

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  you have a gift! im puttin everything ive got on the colts! : cygnus
  • don't come to me if it doesn't turn out to be true heh. : paravis
  • He does have a gift! I'll keep stalking Manning outside his house for a while longer : drbriefs
• So who won? : abrasion

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  Writer-directors Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer seem to think a half-baked imitation of the original c : elwood00
  • unfrtunately 90% of the midwest, would agree. : VegasX
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  It was sitting on 0% for a few weeks. Who are the jerks that reviewed it positively? : aeg1x
  • Some Owen Gleiberman jerk >:( : Sacred Sperm
• I'm really surprised it got any positive reviews. I can't imagine how anyone could justify giving it a po... : protozone
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  Almost every week, the top movies are the bottom ranked ones. There's a negative correlation to movie rev... : BlackCat9
  • they really should get their tastes in line with the general public! earn their keep! : ermac
  • I understand 40% and up doing well at the box office, because often reviewers are way more picky than the... : byorn
• But note that out of this week's top ten, only four (40%) aren't rotten, and they were released (technica... : Scrimbo Obeer
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  I don't really think you can believe the ratings of rottentomatoes anymore. They have rated every movie ... : Q-ball
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    P.S. I'm not saying epic movie was good, but just saying I don't really buy the ratings on that site anym... : Q-ball
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      I usually base it on the type of movie. Such as action, horror, and comedy always get low ratings so if i... : h o s t i l e
      • Yea that sounds like a good way to view it... I just tend to be sad that the majority of categories get 4... : Q-ball
      • this is exactly how I see it. Ive been using this method for a while now : klearlyunseen
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      Dig a little deeper and find out WHY the reviewers rated it as such. It is not like RT is rating these mo... : byorn
      • yeah, sometimes a low rated movie got positive reviews from people who "get it" : ttyRazor

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  Couple jolts, maybe three, nothing you haven't seen before. Not as violent as Children Of Men. : dognose
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    Seriously? I thought people were saying it was cringe-worthy violent? : dltrem
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      i'd say there's 2 or 3 cringe worthy moments, but there's worse out there. : kenmis
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        That goddamn bug made my skin crawl. Also, there's the scary old eyeless thing eating fairies : Rotten Deadite
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          Dude, the human violence was way worse than any of that stuff. : Conan
          • yeah the first scene w/ the old dude and his kid was pretty nuts. : wetard
          • The frigging scene with the guy sewing up his own cheek freaked me out. I was expecting them to cut away : Barnahog
    • I think the "cringe-worthy" description comes from how wonderfully the violence is shown: you really feel : Bold
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    children of men's violence was your typical everday you turn on the TV and watch the news violence.. the : beastrabban
    • oh and pretty heavy spoilers above. do NOT read if you haven't seen either movie. : beastrabban
    • I agree with all your comments the violence was "matter of fact" except for the captain's knife wound ne : Super Sparker
    • I kinda considered it appropriate for the fairy tale setting which was meant as an escape and distraction... : ttyRazor
• There's gore, but it's not gratuatious (save for one shot near the end). Regardless, it's worth making i... : Super Sparker
• There's definately 3-4 gore moments but you know they're coming, so your woman can hide her head on your ... : romulan
• Don't take little children to the film. There are a couple violent bits, but nothing out of the ordinary : Bold
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  very violent. I had to turn away a few times. If I saw this movie when I was a child I would be pretty em... : wtf242
  • Yup, Luckily all the revies have mentionted its not for children and its rated R, so hopefully not to man... : snowwolf
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    with that said, 2nd best movie i've seen in the past year : wtf242
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      What's the first? : CrustaR
      • The Fountain : wtf242
• Pan's Labyrinth? More like Shoot you in the face Labyrinth. Good lord... preview is nothing like the mov... : jhof

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  gamewith.us : trOmblyj
  • http://shackers.gamewith.us/wii/ to be exact. : ThomW

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• Wow. I can't imagine what it must be like to see that in person. : tacocat
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  are they speaking english? : Mansmells
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    speaking newfie. It's an odd dialect : Morgin
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      Odd indeed. I watched/listened to the entire clip and didn't understand a SINGLE word. Or course, the aud... : LeapingFool
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        they talk so funny. There's a guy in my office who's from there. : redfive
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          Is there an audio clip somewhere that sounds good so I can hear what newfie sounds like? : dognose
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            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3m-y-qAbpL0 : redfive
            • Bork bork bork!! : Busta J
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              but that was a joke right? Deliberately un-understandable? Is there some real example of why newfie is ... : dognose
              • I just watched the video in the original post, which is worth it, do those people understand each other? ... : dognose
• That's cool. It's moving so fast. : Nixx2004
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  Crazy.. I wonder why it happens. : unlurker
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    My guess: it isnt quite cold enough to freeze the surface of the ocean water due to the strength of the c... : SolrFlare
    • nevermind my comment this one sounds better :) : majestik
  • I assume a combination of the tidal effects of the moon's gravity and the fact that water expands in volu... : majestik
  • Haven't you heard, Bush is responsible for all weather phenomena. : capt tripps
• I like the guy that shows up with shorts and a t-shirt. : paravis

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• But Vista looks prettier when it breaks things! : SolrFlare
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  I hate the whole XP/Vista folder situation. Seems like I can never get Windows to the point where ALL my... : Chris Remo
  • I never had a problem with it in XP, but in Vista it's pretty bad. Sigh :~( : aggressor
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    Has always worked for me in both 2k/XP. Dunno if you are doing it right. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      There is a limit to the number of folders it will apply it to in XP, after a certain amount it will just ... : Chod
      • Yep. I use many, many folders. : Chris Remo
      • [Late reply] You can change this value with TweakUI. It's set at 400 by default. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Me too.. I'm sure there'll be a way of doing it but like everything in Vista it seems to be buried pretty... : cause&effect
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    DOSshell ftw : FushigiDenki
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      X-TREE Gold FTW. : cause&effect
      • oh hell yeah. : tacocat
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  you might need to change the type of folder from music to data? : oatmela
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    I want all folders like that. I would I universally change it? I don't even know how to individually : aggressor
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      Oh. OH. I think I get it now. Tell me if this is right: When I select "apply to all folders", it re... : aggressor
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        If that's the case.. I hope someone makes a VB / Powershell script to do this or exports the appropriate : cause&effect
        • So far it's working :D This+finding out how to reduce the window boarder size = happy me : aggressor
    • thread hijack: anyone know how to do this in OSX? : moonbreaker

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• new copy every year : Trepex
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  Followup question: When purchasing the software, can I do more than one return without paying more? : amrbean
  • Yes, good question...I need to know this as well : kainen1
  • yah I've used my dad's copy every year.. we do 4 returns on it every year. : Shadowdane
  • yes you can do more then one return, we do at least 4 : RobFlinn
• Second Followup Question: have lived and worked in two states this year. Can I do two state tax return... : amrbean
• Sorry to piggyback. Anyone recommend which Version of TT? : kainen1
• personally ... i like quickbooks.com (the online version). no software to maintain, download, etc. been... : ngsmack
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  just use turbotax.com : FrayLo
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    ^^^You can file here for much cheaper. : byorn
    • ^^ What he said, I used the basic, and it was cheap. Here's a link with discounts. http://turbotax.in... : Athlon7
• I've heard good things about taxbrain.com : yoonix

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• pretty sure it's the small one : spl
• anyone still have one of these and know how many blocks this is? : byorn

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• they should be fine in the oven, just flash them in the broiler when they are done : drucifer
• Probably too late, but this is some great sauce for wings: http://www.topsecretrecipes.com/recipedetail.a... : TK-421
• i got my red wings a loong time ago :) : nrgXs
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  hey Mr. Morris, what's the situation with your Mac purchase? still going through? : Postal
  • Haven't pulled the trigger yet. But I think I'm gonna go with the MacBook Pro 15". : MorrisatCNN
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  if i can find all the right stuff i am too : deep gray
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    The kentucky bourbon is the hardest one to find and the most important I think. : bozer
    • I went with Makers Mark. Seems to have worked fine so far. : MorrisatCNN
• Hmmm. I think they'll be great. I've never made them in the oven but I dont see why it would mess it up. ... : bozer
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  Also, its 19 degrees here. Am I crazy if I BBQ these today? I'm seriously debating it, : bozer
  • you told us you were hardcore : digitalburro

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  Yea, I'm still surprised that I enjoy it so much. : FushigiDenki
  • I was just gonna play for a few minutes then watch a DVD but ended up playing for 3 chapters. heh. : DOOManiac
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  THIS MY KINDA SHIT! : notd665
  • WOO!!! : chazums
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  Look 'it all 'dat juice! : oldRivers
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    oh god. worst Slow-Walk-Before-Hard-Fight ever :( : dopefish
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      I hate how they put the checkpoint right BEFORE the slow walk too. And how the slow walk is unskippable/u... : DOOManiac
      • Yeah, they do that in a number of places. : Arcanum
    • hostiles : ttyRazor
  • Jesus fuck.. I almost stopped playing there. I had to give the game a break for a bit just to keep from g... : Rauol Duke

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  pics of garden this summer, please. : trOmblyj
  • indeed : drucifer
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  dude that is highly suspect. im putting you on the watch list. : PlanetPerfecto
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    you will not be on my salsa gift list >:( : drucifer
    • good because im like ben stiller from that movie when it comes to hot stuff :((( which sucks too becau... : PlanetPerfecto
• Duuude... totally sell me some "tomatoes" once they're fully grown. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Yea I bought a bunch of seeds on Friday. Not $60 worth though, wtf? : c0bra
  • (I'm on a vegetarian diet) : drucifer
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  Brussel Sprouts are awesome. Great late season veggies. : fugu124
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    I'm gonna grow cabbages instead... it will keep better : drucifer
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      plus...homemade sauerkraut : drucifer
      • Homemade saurkraut is awesome. Easy to make, too. : Arcanum
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        We have a farmers market around here with people that sell their fruity shit for cost. They think they a... : rosewood
        • I was raised with a garden in the back yard... I'm excited about doing this : drucifer
• So... uh.. you holding? We can hang out.. watch I Love New York and chill out, I'll order Chinese. Whatev... : Rauol Duke

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  Get a credit card, hippy. : weaselmeister
  • I have one ...AMEX stupid visa mastercard argh!! : Ulfie
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  Point cards are like, the ONLY accessory i can find locally.. : g0nk
  • Go figure ive been able to find controllers but not points cards ...sigh guess there is no rhyme or reaso... : Ulfie
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  Why do you not have a VISA check card with your checking account? : byorn
  • didnt even think about that!!! * smacks self* ..... : Ulfie

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  The Guiness thing is a frisbee. Take it out of the pouch and it pops open. : plunkymeadows
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    Yeah I figured it out, though it took me about 20 minutes to find a way to get it to go back in the pouch... : ejectorpod
    • You got yours back in the pouch? :( : halophoenix
    • Ha, Took me a long time as well. : plunkymeadows
• i feel cheated. : orgcaptainnemo
• Max Payne is pretty fun on the Xbox. Third person games work well with controllers. : Fred Garvin
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  wut? http://www.collegeisforlosers.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=3216 : Super Sparker
  • So, we've all seen the lower back tattoo. Is now the age of the "above the pussy" tattoo? : Fred Garvin

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• The x360 one is pretty cool. I wonder how long until more magazine start doing this : chazums
• That's a pretty cool idea. I just wish all the screenshots were clickable to see a high-res version. : iamgoat

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• Fucking Furry : Crimsonbeak
• Yeah my pedo senses were tingling as well. : videlectrix

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  might take a while, ive done all my page1/2 offers and it took a day for some, (and they tell you to wait... : Unleashed
  • oh right. ok :) Im just a little anxious i guess. I don't really have many offers on page 3 that seem t... : burning eye
• diet.com blows apparently =\ You're gonna end up eating $20-30 no matter what but you can get the $60 or ... : derelict515
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  It takes time but it sucks. On page 3, I recommend you do Advantage Language, the Onlingo offer (you can ... : yoonix
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    that ebay one is kind of weird. Can you cancel it? looks to be 39 bucks and it didn't register right aw... : burning eye
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      You can cancel it and get a refund. : yoonix
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        perfect man :) How long should i wait before calling and cancelling? Also, do you recommend doing any o... : burning eye
        • Don't do the credit card ads. I did PeoplePC and it cleared pretty quickly for me. For the eBay thing, ju... : yoonix
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          PeoplePC and Sunrocket credited pretty quickly for me though others have had some trouble. Vonage still h... : derelict515
          • the sunrocket one, does it require you to choose the 199 dollar deal or can i just pick the cheapest one? : burning eye
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  I'm worried I'm gonna get burned since half my page 3 is credit cards that were declined... : quietb0y
  • If they audit you, they'll just have you do more page 3 offers. : yoonix
  • i screwed up and started with page 3. I thought I was going to get screwed, but a new offer appeared and... : digitalburro
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  My girlfriend just signed up for another free Macbook site, this one has only 6 offers to do, but the two... : BlackCat9
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    Yeah, she's probably doing something different from what we're doing. Check infiltrator`'s post history f... : yoonix
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      The one she's using is http://www.producttestpanel.com : BlackCat9
      • http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13718898 : yoonix
• In the interest of keeping the "FREE MACBOOK" spam low, does anyone want 3 movies from Blockbuster online... : nyranger66
• General question about it: I keep hearing people talk about their things being confirmed. Is this diffe... : mtgDoofy

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• try picking while driving a stick shift. : conandan
• stay the hell away from me : opengl128
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  lower your standards. http://processing.org/ : tacocat
  • no really, i have to do picking. grr why won't it work :'( : trelain
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  What is happening instead of what you want? : Omaha
  • It's not picking ... Basically I have a white square, I want to be able to move it around when it has bee... : trelain

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  You unbelievable bastard. : Serpico74
  • Don't you mean "magnificent bastard"? : Fred Garvin
• you suck :( : losimagic
• gimme it : JINKY
• Oh man it lets you jump so high : Chris Remo
• Would you buy it with your own money? : aeg1x
• Sweet! My friend and I played coop in the demo the other night and we each tried to get to 4 stars in tw... : Begawkiness

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• when you are loged into a charecter click the name of your faction. It will tell you where your stronghol... : Nation
• No stronghold yet, if you click on the faction name it will say the location there when we have one. If ... : chazums

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  shots of vodka - all the punch with minimal calories : fufux
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    of course that is based on hearsay, science may yet prove me wrong :| : fufux
    • yea, i think it is still about 90. : mattsull85
  • the amount of calories in a shot of vodka and a shot of beer might be the same, but it takes far fewer sh... : frostythehitman
• As long as that liquor is 100 proof Southern Comfort, you're all good. : voodooraze
• It really depends a lot on what you're drinking. : Conan
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  [citation needed] : snoozy
  • The amount of calories in alcohol makes me sad. :( I always assumed a serving of liquor had a lot fewe : Experiment IV
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  http://cbs2chicago.com/health/local_story_033181725.html : drucifer
  • fuck that, binge all the way, then cut back to perfect when your not binging. They average out the same. : askedrelic
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  Wine consumption burns more calories than it has. : Sylvanus
  • I think you've confused wine with celery : drucifer
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    Yeah, beer too. I've been on the beer diet for the past month and I've lost 620 pounds! : yoonix
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      how much is that in dollars? : drucifer
      • also, count rape dollars. : Crimson
  • true! http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Wine : tacocat

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• oh dear. : nyranger66
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  is there a cpu under all that fan? : elwood00
  • I would imagine so. Best be a fucking Core 2 Quad clocked north of 3.6Ghz too. : Toraz Chryx
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  I wonder how far into diminishing returns that is. Like, how much better does it get adding the SECOND 1... : DinK
  • Well, part of that is going to depend on what's under the thing, a highly overclocked Core2 Quad might we... : Toraz Chryx
• Whoa, a grill heated by a CPU! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  How does that not break the mobo when you turn have it turned sideways in the pc case? Also, how does th... : riptyde
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    I wouldn't be surprised if it bolted to the case, and like this http://www.coolermaster.com/product_commo... : Toraz Chryx
    • Still looks like it would be a nightmare to try and do stuff inside your case when that thing is installe... : riptyde
• It's a damn barbeque grill! : chazums
• http://www.coolermaster.com/product_common_images/fc95b93c2cde64c934ff17b4b470a133.jpg That just kills... : Teiresias

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• so... like... suggest some : SockMonkeh
• <3 Logitch G7, MX1000 was good too : MikkleThePickle
• MX Revolution ftw! : davantalus
• more love for the mx1000 : oHnOES
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  just go for the latest logitech mouse. can't really go wrong. : trelain
  • i kinda like the way the g3 looks and it isn't too expensive. : SockMonkeh
• MX518 representuh! : Salad Sammich
• the annoying thing is there is nothing actually broken on the mouse, just the little plastic piece that y... : SockMonkeh
• I have a VX Revolution. It's pretty nice, but kinda small. : nomaad
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  holy crap i just replaced it with a new mx500 and man i didn't realize how beat to shit my old mouse was!... : SockMonkeh
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    i swear i am going to stockpile about 50 MX500's to last me the rest of my life. : manero
    • fucking truth. : opengl128
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  It's a pity IBM's mice didn't hold up as well as their keyboards: http://www.tonh.net/museum/ibmmouse.... : eldersveld
  • yuck, the raised button era, back when you had to push the button down about 4mm before it would engage. ... : the archvile
• Just call logitech and they will replace it for you. I got mine replaced last week and holy fuck I m... : rosewood

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• this just makes me want to go continue my last FF7 play through. I had worked to get omnislash as early ... : DinK

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  I got a pot of veggie chili brewing away quite nicely : drucifer
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    I'm making dough for homeade pizzas. : trOmblyj
    • I hope you are making homemade sauce too : drucifer
  • I'm going to make some chili on the side I think, I better get that goin. : fugu124
  • veggie taco dip for me : cryptical