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  Oh my god, you are my hero. Informative!!! : tomservo
  • The joyous open mouth on the Chicken cracks me up every time. http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/images/... : tomservo
• god i love that comic. even named my kitty after it <3 : changejar419
• this is so fucking awesome. A+ : dahanese
• I'm saving these. <3 : rudds
• Nice! How long did that take? : helvetica
• That is fantastic. I tip my hat to you. : Ecks
• Fantastic! : nomaad
• they should have done the shark one--I tired to do it with my roommates but the snow wasn't right. these... : thief
• nice !! it would have probably taken you 2 whole days to do the snowmen crossing one though :P : qwpeoriu
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  Is it possible that you could turn these black and white, maybe adjust the brightness and contrast a bit?... : tomservo
  • yes, all the whiteness does seem to wash away the awesomeness that this is. : bakanoodle
• that's absolutely money. : snagger
• haha.. thats awesome! : Shadowdane
• That is Epic! I've always wanted to do those. : hobbespanache
• this is the best thing I've ever seen, ever. : aethyr
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  I have every single calvin and hobbes book and newspaper cutting [ which i personally cut for years ]. I ... : vikramwillrock
  • Haha, in my mood i fergot to say thank you for the heads up. Nice to see some folks still finding simple ... : vikramwillrock
• that's beyond awesome : grabbie
• Great Stuff. :D : DM7
• truly glorious : Fish_Bulb
• love the drowing one, oh noes :O : d fluke
• That is fan-fucking-tastic. : chazums
• OMG this is so bookmark'd! F'n awesome. That cannon looks like it was hard to do. : Ojalo1982
• This is the coolest thing I've ever seen : action roommate
• haha spectacular! : mikecyb
• Love calvin and hobbes, excellent work. : Subarushian
• Pure awesome : gnomish
• I wept And it's so hot around here : zehh
• Hahaha, I always wanted to recreate Calvin-ish snowmen as a kid but was too lazy to ever do it. Totally ... : Krypt_
• I always wondered how these would look in real life... I love it. Congrats to your awesomeness. : voodooraze
• crazy awesome snowmen madness : ariakaz
• thats so awesome :D : virus
• Someone set up these poor folks with a decent domain! : mystifier
• That's in the top 10 of coolest things ever. : eldersveld
• this really made my day. thanks : cpt. ken
• Absolutely incredible. I wish we had that much snow instead of this ice we have. : plunkymeadows
• reason #4356 why I wish we had snow here. : cltcprd
• Awesome tribute to the best comic strip ever. : omnova
• that was sweet, great tribute : kydaimon
• That rocks : khaosman
• lol.. I want to work there! : Megara9
• awesome ^ 10 : Holesinswiss
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  OMIGOD, I can't believe I missed that. I also can't believe they did that in the middle of the courtya... : Thresher
  • Yep. We had a meeting across the campus and when we walked over, we saw them. I'm actually trying to ... : zipper76
• Awesomeness defined. : MatzL.E.
• This is really good. I'd set it as my desktop if it wasn't all white :( : socksta
• fucking awesome! : ckj
• Oh God Damn, THAT RULES : king_darius
• lols, indeed. : nyranger66
• Makes me want to buy a snow making machine. : Durandal07
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  i've got some pics saved from about 5 years ago where someone did this exact same thing, their execution ... : zagzig32
  • pix+divx plz : sigma
• My homage to http://www.angelfire.com/wa/zzaran/townflk.gif is http://celerityfm.com/snowaliens.mov .. bu... : celerity

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• Very very good. : sgtsanity
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  extremely good.. Don't you live in austin? I can let you borrow them.. although I am going to reread them... : wtf242
  • Thanks for the offer seriously but Im the kind of person that likes to keep all the books I read so I can... : noobja
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  Altered Carbon - Richard Morgan Broken Angels - Richard Morgan Woken Furies - Richard Morgan Takeshi... : Str8Dog
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    second'd : phokz
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      Have you seen he has two new books coming out this year? Black Man and TH1R TE3N : Str8Dog
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        Yes! I'm very excited. As another Morgan (well, Kovacs, at least) person, what did you think of Market ... : Teiresias
        • i thought market forces was pretty good if you could get past the road warrior stuff.. i found that prett... : Str8Dog
  • How does Broken Angels compare to Altered Carbon? I got Woken Furies by mistake - thinking it was the ... : thewriter
• http://www.baen.com/library/067157793X/067157793X.htm It's sci-fi, it's free, it's enjoyable and the s... : geedeck
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  Song of Ice & Fire rocks, but be warned is (a) long, (b) depressing & (c) unfinished. Did you read the : Zhaneel
  • gah, hit post too soon. =( Foundation is a series of Asimov's novels, also very good. But that is a ... : Zhaneel
  • Yea, for the Feist, I havent finished all the rest of his novels, but I have read some of them. So Im thi... : noobja
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    Oh God do I hate Robin Hobb...If I want to be depressed I will go listen to some Emo shit. Man I felt lik... : TroughLollie
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      I LOVE Robin Hobb's books. Read the Farseer trilogy and be amazed by the depth of the characters and the... : Ravenkettle
      • Err, that was supposed to be a suggestion to the original post. : Ravenkettle
• Yeah, definitely get Song of Ice and Fire. Really excellent series. Don't bother reading the rest of th... : Krypt_
• The Knight by Gene Wolfe : jvox
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  I'd reccomend King's the Dark Tower series. It is a pretty cool mix of fantasy, spaghetti western, and s... : hobbespanache
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    for the love of god be sure to stop reading when king tells you to STOP FUCKING READING : Str8Dog
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      ^^ knows what he's talking about... but none of us could resist... it was defenitely the biggest disappoi... : hobbespanache
      • I liked it, I liked it a lot better than writing himself in as god, that was retarded : kydaimon
      • king has never really been that good at endings anyway.. so i should have known.. : Str8Dog
• I'm 1/4 of a way through A Game of Thrones, and I'm loving it. All the names and places can be confusing... : Omning
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  can anyone recommend some Sci Fi non fantasy awesome books? I've read enders. : paravis
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    Neuromancer - William Gibson : Haku-Jin
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      Snow Crash - Neal Stephenson : davantalus
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        I keep meaning to pick that up. : Haku-Jin
        • I just finished it actually. Stayed up till 6am finishing it on the second day. : davantalus
  • Anything by David Drake? Try With the Lightnings for a series-starter or Redliners for a standalone. : Wadmaasi
  • Armor by John Steakley. It's a damn good book (especially if you liked Ender's Game), and yes, I keep re... : CrustaR
  • http://www.kuro5hin.org/prime-intellect/mopiidx.html : davantalus
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    Hyperion by Dan Simmons. End of thread. : fugu124
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      definitely, but don't read The Fall of Hyperion. It's just disappointing. I'm not even going to bother ... : DonkeyPopsicle
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        I liked Fall. Took me a while to get into (had to start & restart 2-3 times) because so different than H... : Zhaneel
        • it tossed out everything I liked about Hyperion and kept everything I didn't. I loved Hyperion because a... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          I did too, but agreed on skipping Endymion, I can't even recall the plot in the slightest at this point. : SeaLlama
          • I still think about the plot and am emotionally moved by it even today. I don't even know how you can fo... : vigilante
    • lol how does that not count as fantasy? : riptyde
  • The Foundation Series - Issac Asimov Nights Dawn Trilogy - The Reality Dysfunction, The Neutronium Alche... : Zhaneel
  • Anything by Vernor Vinge, including A Fire Upon The Deep, A Deepness In The Sky, The Peace War and Rainbo... : Vantage
  • The Forever War, To Say Nothing of the Dog, A Canticle for Leibowitz : DonkeyPopsicle
  • nice thanks all, bm'd : paravis
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    Altered Carbon - Richard K. Morgan. : BrodieMan
    • good choice http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13894665 : Str8Dog
  • The Atrocity Archives and The Jennifer Morgue by Charles Stross. Excellent spy/nerd/Lovcraftian crossove... : Enkidu
  • I just did! http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13894805 Am I whistling in the dark? :( : geedeck
• The King in Yellow : kydaimon
• Lois McMaster Bujold - The Curse of Chalion (a broken soldier as the unlikely hero, and that trend contin... : woddemandred
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  also Steven Erikson, Malazan Book of the Fallen : kydaimon
  • how has this only been mentioned once : lakren
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  i'll suggest watership down i was told to read that after reading lotr and was not dissapointed. Its abou... : papaskot
  • Hate this book so much. Fucking bunnies. >=( : Zhaneel
  • lol I read that in highschool and I loved it. : noobja
  • i hated that book because it uses rabbits who are EXACTLY LIKE HUMANS : electroly
  • Woundwort is the most badass character in any book, evar. period. : hobbespanache
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  No Wheel of Time love in this thread? Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time is pretty damn good if you ask me.... : kenmis
  • I have heard far too many people describe it as a pension plan to even begin reading it. : sgtsanity
  • Eh, I've heard too many bad things about it : noobja
  • The first book was great. So were the next two. Then he became pedantic and repetitive. Did we really nee... : Modica Sol Solis
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  I'm going to throw CUSP out there, probably one of my favorite Sci-fi books of all time now, right up the... : duncandun
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    What does CUSP stand for? By whom? : Zhaneel
    • If I had the book still I could tell you(loaned it out to a friend last week) but It's by Robert A. Metzg... : duncandun
• The Deed of Paksennarion trilogy by Elizabeth Moon, and the Chronicles of Camulod series by Jack Whyte. : boring gegtik
• Thomas Covenant is a heavy read, but good. Stephen Donaldson can do some really good work sometimes. ... : mountdreamer
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  literature aside: what's the deal with Jane Austen and direct characterization? : DonkeyPopsicle
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    Product of the times. Read other authors of the same period. It was in fashion. : Zhaneel
    • I don't recall much direct characterization in, say, Thomas Hardy's novels...but it's been a long, long t... : DonkeyPopsicle
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  What about the Halo novels? I just remembered those : noobja
  • They're fun. But seriously, read that book I linked, they're similar kinds of fun. : geedeck
• MARTHA WELLS. Death of a Necromancer. Wheel of the Infinite. :( : felicia

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• obvious photoshop fakery. : GloriousCow
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  Hello, brother! Did yours ship out of NJ too? : yoonix
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    oddly enough, no. mine shipped from Ft. Worth : digitalburro
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      Weird. Technology Integration Group? : yoonix
      • yep : digitalburro
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  Probably too early to ask... was it all worth it? : davantalus
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    without a doubt. a few evenings spent signing up, a little time at work cancelling, and a bit of recordk... : digitalburro
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      Are you totally cancelled at this point? : davantalus
      • yep, everything is done : digitalburro
      • I'm shocked that you can successfully cancel everything and not wind up on 2 million mailing/phone lists.... : Ojalo1982
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  For those that did peoplepc, if you have broadband, how did you "activate" your service and get credit? ... : AndyGoin
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    I just logged in without dialing in, no problems at all. : yoonix
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      Logged in to the website or with the software? And how long did it take to get credited? : AndyGoin
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        It credited overnight for me, IIRC. : yoonix
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          And did you login with the software or just to the website? I think something for fucked.. >:( : AndyGoin
          • I logged in using the software. Couldn't get the software installed on Vista so I installed it on the liv... : yoonix
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            I just checked my email on their website, never had to even install the software : digitalburro
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              Motherbitches.. I've done that and still nothing. >:( again I say. : AndyGoin
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                so offers just aren't going to credit. i had to do 26 offers just to get 18 credits. : digitalburro
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                  Did you happen to do the Sirius one and if so could you give the details on how much that cost you and ho... : AndyGoin
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                    yes I did Sirius. It cost me ~67 bucks for the receiver. Once I got it, I called them and got a RMA num... : digitalburro
                    • Hmm! I may use that as our last item. We're taking it fairly slow, but we are also wanting to make sure ... : AndyGoin
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  godammit ;_; you bastards : derelict515
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    Calm down, little one, you'll be getting yours soon. Now how the fuck do I get Vista using Boot Camp on t... : yoonix
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      I was told you have to use bootcamp to install XP (as that's the only thing its capable of doing?). And t... : derelict515
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        Yeah, same reason I want to use Vista. Also, I can't install Vista on an external drive, right? : yoonix
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          That I have no idea about. In theory (at least on a PC), I don't know why you couldn't set the laptop to ... : derelict515
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            I just partitioned 32GB for Vista and I'll use an external drive for games. 32GB should be enough for Vis... : yoonix
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              I don't think you want to use an external for games. The USB speeds are really not good enough. IIRC last... : derelict515
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                Hmm, USB2 seems like it should be fast enough. I guess I'll try it out and see, cause OS X really is a ha... : yoonix
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                  How much space did it take up? There's a reason its preferable to go over the IDE/SATA bus rather than US... : derelict515
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                    Without any apps installed (besides QuickSilver and Boot Camp), it's using 17.59GB right now. : yoonix
                    • christ, I guess I'll still need an external for music afterall >_< : derelict515
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        If you're worried about game performance, why would you want to use Vista right now...? : Bantis
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          because I have a copy and I'd like to try it out. It seems that plenty of people are getting game perform... : derelict515
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            I would wait till SP1 on Vista for a plethora of reasons, but its your call. And last I heard, many of th... : Bantis
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              that was my understanding too, I was hoping enough people would have done it by now that there'd be an ea... : derelict515
              • Not that easy, also Bootcamp is in beta still right now anyway. It'll be a built in part of Leopard when... : SolrFlare
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  God that's getting me hard. How long did it take from voucher mailed -> mac recieved? : sammyl
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    Voucher delivered to NuiTech 2-6 Status updated from "voucher" to "fufillment" 2-9 MacBook received 2-2... : digitalburro
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      consistent with the 10-14 days dynamic I"ve been hearing. So come Feb 26th, I'll be jumping at every UPS ... : boomstickah
      • Damn I can't remember what day I went to verification. Doh. Could be anyday. : zakazi
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  Can you check the tracking # and see when it shipped from them to you? : gameindustryplant
  • I never got a tracking number. My status on the website simply said "In Fulfillment" and the *BOOM* macb... : digitalburro
• lets nuke this thread just to be consistent : boomstickah
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  May I ask about how much this cost in actual money, not counting time spent? Anything other then time tha... : SilverSnake
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    I'm out of pocket about $120 bucks. Two things you have to keep in mind with that: 1) I refused to "w... : digitalburro
    • Heh, I paid twice as much as you did, but the wine alone was $80. $258.34 for me, including return shi... : yoonix
    • Nice. That's a real bargain. Especially considering you'll get some junk for those $120 spent as well, wh... : SilverSnake
• For those of us who missed the back story, how did you get this? : historyinthemaking
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  You're going to love it. Welcome to the club. Now point at all the ugly, uncool PC users and laugh ololoO... : warcrow
  • first thing I'm going to do is install windows XP -> vista. Its just nice having the option to go back an... : boomstickah
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=13780019 : digitalburro
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      what a fabulous uncle : boomstickah
      • My uncle doesn't even know that I go to college. :( : yoonix
    • is she hot : khaosman
• crap, i only have 2 left on page 3 and i had to wait since i didnt have money for all the damn $39.99 cra... : donlo
• Glad to see them comming in for everyone :) Congrats and welcome to the club :) Just remember: do not... : SolrFlare
• congrats im so happy for you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : infiltrator`
• i bet i'm in for another 3 week wait since i just sent my voucher in :( : FrayLo

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  Yes you have a point. Also, fuck those days of gaming! Replacing good design with cheap difficulty be... : EvilDolemite
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    Replace good design? Dude, Icarus ruled. : Omaha
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      If 90% of gamers can't beat a game, there's a design problem. : EvilDolemite
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        I bet that 10% is young kids. I had so much more persistence when I was younger. Back then I would spend... : helvetica
        • Exactly. There's this vocal minority on the Internet that somehow blames the gamer when a game is insane... : EvilDolemite
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    Theres tons of NES games I still have to complete after all these years. It depends on what you mean by g... : avatar_58
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      The difficulty was fine. It is a game. I should not be inspired to throw the DS against the wall whil... : Ebu
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        Some people enjoy challenges and don't resort to throwing stuff after failing. : walker270
        • I wouldn't actually throw it, I would just want to :( : Ebu
    • did you complete NSMB or just beat it? I beat it fairly quick, but it took me awhile to complete it (all... : aethyr
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  i love kid icarus. love it so much. played the shit out of it in gameboy. : dahanese
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    I had that version also. Was it the same as the NES one? : ShadeOGreen
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      No, if memory serves the gameboy version was "Kid Icarus 2" : Omaha
      • I had it, and yes it was. I never liked it as much as the NES one though. : avatar_58
      • yep, used the metroid II engine. kinda a bit prettier. oh god i loved it. : dahanese
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  I always remember getting dicked over by the credit card. : Omaha
  • YES! That happened to me yesterday. My money became 000 and I couldn't buy shit. It fixed itself after aw... : avatar_58
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  One game I could never beat. Fucking radishes. : askedrelic
  • dude - Icarus Fights Medusa Angels as the password (on the original) (it hooks you up) : flagg209
  • radishes? Arn't they eggplants? : deathofrats
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  Mike Tyson's Punch-out! was another game that if you beat, your friends would hold you in awe for at leas... : helvetica
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    This is no joke. Just beating Tyson alone was awe-inspiring. : Sgt_Boomstick
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      uh, if you beat tyson you beat the game : alexthegreat2
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        I know, but the Tyson battle itself was 10x harder than the game as a whole combined. I'm saying Tyson wa... : Sgt_Boomstick
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          I had a harder time with the guy before tyson than tyson : alexthegreat2
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            Super Macho Man was hard. : guido anchovy
            • super macho man was a little BITCH !! That fucking little spinny ass gay punch shit didn't fool me one bi... : qwpeoriu
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    I still remember the insanity in the room when I finally beat Tyson. Huge achievement indeed. : Serpico74
    • *winks eye* : redfive
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    Was it possible to knock him out ? For some reason I only ever remember beating him in a decision. : qwpeoriu
    • Yeah once you learned his face twitches before his punches you could knock him out pretty consistantly. ... : re-verse
  • i used to whoop his ass with the game genie : podizzle
• IIRC the power arrows are determined by the number of hearts you collect (or kills that you manage) : flagg209
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  can anyone tell me what the hell that first empty room is for? : das_runt
  • I think you can get an arrow upgrade there if you kill enough monsters before entering. But I think it's ... : SilverSnake
  • sex : justsayno
• I remember renting it for a weekend. Never got past the 2nd level. : ChibiJosh
• That game is ridiculously hard. Me and a few friends tried to beat through it recently and were quite uns... : ColoradoCNC

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  Does it feel just like a real pussy? : soggybagel
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    how could it, i think he got it for free : qwpeoriu
    • nice : action roommate
    • olo : hobosapien
    • SINISTER BURN : king_darius
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  OH MY GOD I BET IT'S THIRSTY! : notd665
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    After hitting Post Comment I knew right away that was wrong. :( : notd665
    • it made me laugh... quite a bit. : zakazi
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  congrats, now get us some pics!! : Unleashed
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    Kay, let me finish getting my ass kicked at Conquer Club first though. :( : yoonix
    • Took them with my sister's crappy camera and they suck: Box: http://img387.imageshack.us/img387/7425/i... : yoonix
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  I'm jealous ;_; : derelict515
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    It shipped from NJ and I live in NJ, so it got here fast, I guess. : yoonix
    • I'm in Rochester, NY so its not that much farther =\ : derelict515
• love it for me. : dahanese
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  When did you go into fulfillment? Last week like the rest of us? : mancide
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    Feb 11th. : yoonix
    • Cool, mine went on the 15th so maybe next week I'll have mine! : mancide
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      Damn damn son of a bitch :(. I went into Fulfillment on the 9th, ordered on the 13th and here I am still ... : R0CK
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        My order was placed on the 13th too, and it wasn't shipped out until yesterday. The only reason it got he... : yoonix
        • I live in West Virginia so hopefully tomorrow. Let Us Pray : R0CK
      • fulfillment on the 9th for me too ;_; : derelict515
    • mine went in on the 11th--where is it?! : thief
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  you son of a : digitalburro
  • lol : mikecyb
• gratz dude! : slickdoody
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  Where did it ship from, and what carrier? If you put the tracking # into UPS/Fedex, when did it say it wa... : gameindustryplant
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    Swedesboro, NJ UPS Ground Shipped on 2/20 : yoonix
    • Hmm I guess it took 7 days from order to shipping, if NiuTech ordered it last tuesday.. : gameindustryplant
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  Yeah well my Apple IIGS just shipped from an eBay seller. WHO WINS NOW? : eldersveld
  • Terrorists. :[ : ChibiJosh
• enjoy the fetish that is Apple packaging! : grendel
• Where did everyone sign up for this thing? : fluffy64
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  Whenever I read these threads I feel like I should have done it...but it seems like too much work. : rossimo
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    That I guarantee that the hassle of all this has ended. Exp-ect massive spam/phone calls over the next se... : Phreakin
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      ignoring the fact that I haven't gotten any after a month, if it was really that horrible its not that di... : derelict515
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        I'd bring up the huge issue of Identity theft like before, but it seems to be a moot point around here. I... : Bantis
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          you run the same risk of identity theft as you would in a store or other online store. everything is secu... : Korban
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            Not at all. You have no way of knowing that many of the deal sites were legit. You also gave out confiden... : Bantis
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              So are you one of those people who don't pay for anything online? Everytime you buy something online and ... : boomstickah
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                What are you not getting here? I'm not talking about Nuitech, and once again, you have no way of proving ... : Bantis
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                  The only legitimate point you are making is that these people have shared their billing information with ... : boring gegtik
                  • I disagree, but its pointless here; im just bringing up the chance of risk, but defend away : Bantis
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          again, change your CC number and...? Oh no they have my name and address... : derelict515
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            You might want to look a little deeper into identity theft : Bantis
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              care to explain? To my knowledge a cc number, name and address isn't near enough info to commit identity ... : slickdoody
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                a lot of places will authorize transactions with just that info : cpt_gloval
                • it still has to be a valid CC though : derelict515
            • my point was the only valid information they'll have is the same information anyone could get if they had... : derelict515
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    you still can do it cant you? : VegasX
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      nope. : boomstickah
      • ^^^^ : cncpun
      • oh its over now? thats dumb : VegasX
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        Boo!!!! Damn my procrastination. Anyone know of another reputable place to do this? : MorrisatCNN
        • ^^ Help the Morris, guys. : snagger
        • http://www.consumeroffersource.com/?as=29999&sel_card=13514 its not nuitech but i know people have go... : infiltrator`
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  Does it have a warranty? : snagger
  • My guess would be yes, a one year waranty, during which you can also purchase Applecare at any time to ex... : SolrFlare

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• er spoiler. : Squirrely
• It's a fantastic film, and much improved over the book. The Dark Knight is gonna be so awesome. :( : sgtsanity
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  When I saw it in the theatre my GF and I kept going back and forth on whether not it was him... he'd be t... : Zeeliv
  • Hahaha, oh my god I'm dying over "Lois Lane." :D : notd665
  • nice, thats a rad quote. : bakanoodle
• i liked it a lot : oHnOES
• I loved it too. As far as I could tell, everything was tied up and explaned, and unlike some other movie : exigence7
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  Awesome trivia for that movie (also spoiler): Bale actually used a slightly different accent for each of : PenicillinX57
  • cool, where can i read about this? : oHnOES
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    Bale is so fucking awesome it makes me kind of dizzy. : dahanese
    • im totally gay for him. and cheesecake. : virus
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  wait, Tesla was David Bowie? The GF and I watched it last night and I kept saying how he looked so much l : Bantis
  • Confirmed it through IMDB. : Squirrely
• I liked it quite a bit, though the end either went into silly sci-fi territory or ridiculously and pointl... : DonkeyPopsicle
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  What I love about all these "I saw The Prestige" posts is seeing everyone bitch about how difficult the e : notd665
  • I agree, it was very well done. Just a good popcorn flick with a few neat tricks. : Haku-Jin
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    the simple explanation that Tesla invented a replication machine? : DonkeyPopsicle
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      Yep. I don't see how any other explanation could be argued for. : sgtsanity
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        because the movie is about illusions and misdirection, not about absurd science fiction devices that defe : DonkeyPopsicle
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          But there's really no way imaginable to have an alternative explanation. The best/most-exhaustive attempt : sgtsanity
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            I prefer to leave it unexplained. Like in magic show you know that magic isn't real, but because the mag... : DonkeyPopsicle
            • Yeah, that explanation would fit better with Nolan's themes from earlier movies, most notably Insomnia. : sgtsanity
        • No, they spent a lot of the movie arguing That science was more magic then magic, where Tesla stated that : Squirrely
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    I don't think he was complaining about that, but simply saying that a second viewing was warranted to go ... : sgtsanity
    • Right you are. : Squirrely
    • I agree that' it's totally worth seeing multiple times. There are beautiful images and symbols and subtle : notd665
• I liked it so much in theaters that i bought it on dvd yesterday too. Nolan's films are great. : megarust32
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  http://www.rottentomatoes.com/vine/showthread.php?t=531777 I posted this before. Most of the Shackers ... : notd665
  • Most of that makes sense. : Squirrely
• oh wow, i didn't realize tesla was HIM until i read your message. : gdestiny
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  OK movie. The Illusionist was better though. : SlamDunk
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    wasn't the illusionist panned against the prestige. I definitely found the prestige to be MUCH better; th... : Bantis
    • Prestige was too... hollywood to me. I liked the feel of The Illusionist. : SlamDunk
  • wrong : Modica Sol Solis
  • i dunno that was kinda ridiculous with his magic tricks... the orange tree, the "ghost" people appearing : infiltrator`
  • The Prestige was much darker and more entertaining while The Illusionist was practically a family TV movi... : godwit
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    Oh please. The Illusionist was completely mediocre in every aspect. Nothing stood out with that movie. Ev : NastyJack
    • While I haven't seen The Prestige yet (sitting on my bookshelf) but they do at least present one theory o : NoCopy
    • Exactly, I can't imagine liking it more : Bantis
  • The Illusionist had better atmosphere, The Prestige better plot. : smax