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• i've installed ubuntu on several pcs, and it just works. i wouldn't be too worried about getting it set u... : cpt_gloval

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• Thanks! I'll check it out and let you know. :) : Sylvanus
• That map look pretty nice. Can we get some UT2k4 shack battle action to test this? : melkore
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  hey, that looks really cool. Love the elevated roadway in particular. Are those big generator whatever th... : kungfusquirrel
  • I found those meshes at the top of some level and I liked the fins, then I found them in another level ma... : ease_one
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  looks great, but sadly making maps for UT2004 anymore is futile given that scarcely anyone fucking plays ... : videlectrix
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    Every dev I've ever spoken to - even recently recommends it. It's a great starting point with a buttload... : Sylvanus
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      Yeah, 2K4/UE2 is a still great base to work from - good tools, good workflow, good content, and good reso... : kungfusquirrel
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        Actually, that's really good advise. Thanks :) : Sylvanus
        • *advice :/ : Sylvanus
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    It is for a level design test. So I didn't have a choice on what game to to make a level for. : ease_one
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      oic. are you taking some game art/design course or something? : videlectrix
      • No, I applied somewhere and after a phone interview they requested I make a ut2004 Onslaught map based on... : ease_one
• OK - I really like it. The only thing I'd add is a jump node on either core side so the walkies don't ha... : Sylvanus
• That level looks badass. : dltrem
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  Danger: (hopefully) constructive criticism There are some problems with the map that I think all aspir : omnova
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    umm, ease_one worked at Swinging Ape for awhile, and was there when they were bought out by Blizzard. He ... : Frozen Pixel
    • He could be CliffyB and I'd still take issue with some things in the map. I don't know what work he's do : omnova
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      ease_one, did you work with Nathan Martinez on Ghost? : cannelbrae
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        Oh yea. We worked together. He was doing network stuff. : ease_one
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          Cool. :) Hes up here at Monolith now doing MP/gameplay programming. : cannelbrae
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            Small industry this. :) Where you at now ease_one? : node
            • I am at home. : ease_one
  • Yeah I was given a layout. I can change what I want and give reasons for changing it. When someone give... : ease_one
• Well because a mod was nice enough to informative this I better post some non old screenshots. http://... : ease_one

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• owned by hype : Mr.Fusion
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  Guess $200 for water cooling is looking good now? ;) : davantalus
  • No way, if it hit 3.2ghz I would've purchased an 8800GTS and got into gaming again. Instead I think my... : abrasion
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  It got 3.15 somehow - this is wacky. : abrasion
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    just give it more powa! : radula
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      Tried more power, tried less power, tried 400mhz, 366mhz, 350mhz, 333 mhz, 310, 315, 300 tried 6, 7, 8... : abrasion
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        You haven't tried "giving it to TastyWheat" yet. That might fix the issue. : TastyWheat
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          Well it didn't cost anything so ok. no]s : abrasion
          • I'm too crushed to reply properly, so I've ask my good friend Ms. Wench to reply on my behalf. http://... : TastyWheat
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            could you use a thermalright Ultra-120? : conandan
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              Surely if i won't post at 3.0 another cooler won't help? If it's posting and crashing due to heat, ok bu... : abrasion
              • all chips aren't the same.. not all of them are gonna hit 3ghz+ I got lucky with my E6600 I 'can' run ... : Shadowdane
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  holy shit, that thing is stock 1.8, right? How do you clock it so damn high? : Halen
  • most go higher : abrasion

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  Ever been to an auction? : pyrogen
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    well he's right.. you don't auction a Renoir with a starting price of $100 and then say "but it will sell... : jaga
    • sure you do, my ex an antique dealer starts everytihng at $1...they go to whatever people deem worthy, as... : papaskot
• lol : abrasion
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  You can report him for keyword spamming. He probably put "Gears" into his listing to attract more views. : tomservo
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    I see nothing to suggest that he isn't selling gears as part of that group... : Jonathan
    • Oh, oops. I misread. : tomservo
• well yeah he has to sell it if you are the only one to bid at that 20 price, but its an auction so anyone... : papaskot
• er DOH, i meant craigslist. wow I screwed that up. : paravis

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• That actually looks pretty neat. : pap26
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  what an absolute waste of time. gaming has gone to shit. I miss the old days *shakes fist* : silentzero
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    Way to make yourself look dumb. This is the kind of vision Sony has lacked so far and now they are finall... : enyakk
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      I would have called it vision if they'd come up with the idea first, but since they're pretty late to the... : xcmantis
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        How so? None of the other console makers have anything like this. Everyone expected Sony to just rip off ... : enyakk
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          And you're also basing your opinions on a VERY bias opinion right? : Phreakin
          • misreply? : enyakk
        • It looks dumb to me. It's VRML all over again. Why fuck about with 3D avatars when you can just use a dam... : node
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  Why do they need to badmouth the others? "Infinitely more innovative than what's on other consoles" ... : TroughLollie
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    THIS... IS... SONY! : TastyWheat
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      Sony's snide arrows will blot out the sun? : TroughLollie
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        Something like that, ya : TastyWheat
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          Then we will play in the shade. : GodZilly
          • A new age has come, an age of freedom. And all will know that 300 Sony Fanboys gave their last breath to ... : skitzo
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    Come on... that's hardly a tactic unique to Sony. : aeg1x
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      This is true, but generally in a promo video like this you would keep it clean, unless it truly was innov... : TroughLollie
      • and Miis : DinK
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      Statements like "infinitely more innovative" are pure Sony. : DinK
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        Innovate the weak spot for Massive Damage? : TroughLollie
        • Somehow I made that look French : TroughLollie
• the graphics are pretty, but i'm sure the novelty will wear off quickly and it will wind up being more an... : kill9
• That looks like it could be pretty cool. Could be, but I don't know if they're going to be willing to si... : DinK
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  i think the only cool part is the ability to stream audio/video/pics using the "virtual" TV's. : maulla
  • goatse TV! : moshman
• Haha, those speek-bubbles reminds me of Star Wars Galaxies. I remember when walking out from the spacepor... : nosseman
• Interesting, the idea of having people come into your private space and view your photos, videos and musi... : voodooraze
• I have to admit this actually looks kinda cool. : Goncyn
• that is a remarkable idea. : sikander
• so I paid $600 to play... sony's version of second life : mikecyb
• Woha, I'm getting Habbo Hotel flashbacks. : Tissen
• "Download extras at the Playstation store for that unique look" HAHA they are insane. I want to play ... : chuck577
• I want that. Just so i can be a grade-A asshole. : lapskaus

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• i like i like! : virus
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  Need to be able to select all the units of a given type, would be so much easier to upgrade :( : Nali4Freedom
  • the U key makes it pretty fast.. you don't make money fast enough to be able to be upgrading tons of towe... : boring gegtik
• byuump : boring gegtik
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  fuck those flying things in the ass. : jujubees
  • a couple of upgraded splash towers take them down well.. just make sure you have an air tower dead center... : boring gegtik
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  Is this how I'm supposed to do it? www.myinitialsare.dk/pics/tower_def_1.png Aside from the "easy" di... : Caboose
  • Yes, but you don't need to build a maze that big. It's better to have a few highly upgraded towers than h... : lapskaus
• this is very bad for me. I just spent 55 min not working : Slowtreme
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  they no longer enter from top and side? : judge
  • They never did on easy :) : lapskaus

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• ? : Rigor Morts
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  It blows my mind that the TI-85's haven't dropped in price the past 10 years. What are they, still 100 ... : Medster
  • i still have a ti-83 >:( : oHnOES
  • more like the TI-86 are still expensive as fuck >:( : creep
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  buy a ti-89 and be done with it : conandan
  • ^^ the 89 rules! : romulan
  • Can't use them on a lot of tests. : Ebu
• HP48GX 4 LIFE, YO! : ChibiJosh
• Look at this, ever since the XP-38 came out, they're just aren't in demand : eNgram

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• oh, the retailer is saturn. check page 1 http://www.saturn.de/frontend/showpdf/index.cfm?fa=getpdf&pos... : moshman
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  Release of the new black edition in April, move stock of the old one (rumoured) I beleive it will be 1... : abrasion
  • it must be, so screw all the hates who said MS wouldn't drop the price before PS3 lauch (hi Remo! :) : moshman
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  We've had a retailer offer a similar price in Sweden too so yeah, it's happened. : GodZilly
  • sony is fucked : moshman
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  Has there even been a whisper that this might happen? Thats just over £200, all the British pl... : peanut-
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    didn't some guy post recently that anyone wanting a 360 now should wait a while or kick themselves? : moshman
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      It just seems like the kind of thing that they'd be shouting from the rooftops, not just doing overnight ... : peanut-
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        It's so coming in HDMI black 120gb - the rumours out of Australia /Myer are pretty straight forward. ... : abrasion
        • I don't know, dropping the price of the current model to clear stock, in order to introduce a new one at ... : peanut-
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      (not that his post necessarily bears any truth) : moshman
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        Who said this? : abrasion
        • i can't remember his handle, was some obscure one : moshman
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  I just called the retailer, it's a permanent price drop (in their store at least) : moshman
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    Yeah it's clearly not some wacky "undercut the others!" promotion - MS are moving out all non HDMI v1 X36... : abrasion
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      the noise was never the cooler, it's the DVD drive. : moshman
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        I thought it was both? : abrasion
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          Fans are somewhat noisy, DVD noise drowns it all out though. : enyakk
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            mine is pretty much silent when not playing a game. : moshman
            • You can only hear mine when it's playing a game and then it's more of a HDD clickety click than the wooos... : marmite
• I just called the retailer, it's a permanent price drop (in their store at least) : moshman
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  I've read reports that Mediamarkt is selling it for that price including a bundle of PGR 3, Kameo, contro... : yemeth
  • the games, live + controller are another 25 extra, great deal : moshman

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• interesting. it hasn't even been aired yet. I watched the first part and it looks like it's got potential... : edgewise
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  "we're sorry blahbla but the cip isnt available from your current location...." see this kind od discrim... : Hoax
  • that and the lack of any orthography and grammar in that post : Hoax

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  definitely Jews. : sikander
  • "In my country there is problem..." : trOmblyj
• peak bees. : abrasion
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  I blame Al Gore and his invention of the INternets. : pimpium
  • Don't forget his invention of global warming, too. He even won a Nobel Prize for his work-- there was so... : Dechter
• They are planning an attack! : skitzo
• X-Files Aliens. : MatzL.E.
• http://www.newsobserver.com/102/story/550848.html : haccess
• It's been all over the news in the states, the New York Times had a rather long story last week. And y... : c0bra
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  So long and thanks for all the pollen. : Fyunch Click
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    The book had it half right. :( : felicia
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      If Vogons show up I'm soooo going to be upset. : Fyunch Click
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        I would think it would be awesome : abrasion
        • Please validate your opinion by signing Here Here Here and Here. Then please take your form to level Q, s... : sasowa
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          shut up abrasion! : felicia
          • Well at least life would mean something then and we'd know of a bigger picture, breifly. : abrasion
        • Death by poetry. : Fred Garvin
• I heard on NPR that it had to do with something that was burrowing into their hives. : Totenjaeger
• i heard about this awhile back and have actually noticed no bees around : zagzig32
• Dudes, AIDS :[ : PenicillinX57
• bee disappearance links: Good Australian article on it: http://www.cosmosmagazine.com/node/1087 Fro... : Hiro
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  Good riddance. I hate those things : bozer
  • you hate food too dont you? :| : RobFlinn
• gatorade : romulan

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  dont take it to a shelter if you dont have to. Find a Dane Rescue instead. : Degenerate
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    make sure it rescues dogs and not Hamlets or sweet pastries! : Fyunch Click
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      but sweet pastries are good : Degenerate
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        but you can only rescue them from fat people. : Fyunch Click
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          good luck attempting that : Degenerate
          • it's why they rescue dogs instead. :( : Fyunch Click
• take a pic!! post. : rnpvenom
• Please take to a no kill shelter if you decide to do that.... but try to hold off as long as possible :( : tomservo
• you might want to take it to a shelter just to get it scanned. It might be chipped. I know both my russia... : Str8Dog

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• but it's Windows powered.. "Sir, i'm picking up signs of.. *BLUE SCREEN* OH SHIT! MY SHIRT IS RED! *BO... : g0nk
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  I wonder just how much of an influence Star Trek has had on technology. I like to believe I have a fli... : mad hatter
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    By instinct, I open my phone by flicking my wrist. It just feels wrong any other way. : smegmar
    • great way to break the inside of the hinge of the phone there slick.. : g0nk
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    You haven't seen the Discovery special dwelling on that exact question ? You should, I think its an 2 h... : BigT
    • I don't get the hate for the holodeck. It's a great thing imho, I'd love to have one. : xxx2xxx
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  LAME! I want a holo deck already... so I can bang Jessica Alba and Jessica Simpson nightly. Oh and CS:hol... : voodooraze
  • ^needs to be invented...altho jessica simpson?! did you see thse pics...wtf is up wrong with her mouth: h... : papaskot

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  I hope you also watch The Shield! If not...start now! : pimpium
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    i watched the 1st and i think second episode. it was ok but ill give it more of a chance once im caught ... : oHnOES
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      Oh man. Please do. Everyone who watches it here will tell you it gets better each and every season. So do... : pimpium
      • Also, if you want to get the seasons. 1-4 are still available at Best Buy for $20 a piece. : Totenjaeger
• except maybe veronica mars and lost dude. : abrasion
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  Where do you go to watch them? Bittorrent? Honestly I'd love to watch Heroes or 24 but how on earth can I... : avatar_58
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    All the Heroes episodes are on NBC so far. Up to 18. http://www.nbc.com/Video/rewind/full_episodes/her... : pimpium
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      Says it's not available in my location. Canuck hate? :( Damn.... : avatar_58
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        Oh, sorry. I guess its US only. :( Thats the only free place i know of off hand. :\ : pimpium
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          Yea thats what I figured. CTV (canada) has shows on their website, I wonder if Heroes is there? They only... : avatar_58
          • well if you want to pay $1.99 per episode itunes has them... : Jonathan

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  Since when is a comic book death big news? Especially a Marvel character, those fuckers die and come back... : Vincent Grayson
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    Superman dying back like 10 years and then people flipped out and they resurrected him. : askedrelic
    • he had died once before then as well : fletch_
• I heard it on NPR on the way home and was pretty disapointed they did that too. : carazy
• I don't even follow Civil War but I agree, it's fucking retarded. So uncool. : askedrelic
• harry potter vs Captain America.....now theres a battle....no, wait....i still don't care =) : Rigor Morts
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  seriously dude its a waste of time, they don't care or else they wouldn't have done it in the first place... : Yabrodan
  • Waste of time, maybe. But I sit here at work everyday with absolutely nothing else to do. So, in a se... : amrbean
• I don't care if they spoil harry potter I just want to know if he ever gets with the chick : jaga
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  Yeah, they announced it on the radio here and stuff. Didn't really know wtf they were talking about at t... : Vantage
  • won't he just come back to life in 3 months? *shrugs* : jaga
• AP is impervious to complaints from any source. Good luck though! : asylumn
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  On my local news they spoiled it too, without eve thinking twice. I was utterly confused because they NEV... : avatar_58
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    I doubt they even thought about it so much as to say, "Hey, everyone who care already read it!" More like... : Goncyn
    • Well when I checked CTV just now for heroes I typed "heroes" into the search bar and the first result com... : avatar_58

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  Google can: : asylumn
  • ..une very male construction of the female body. The stripped legs anticipate, make imagine the flesh by ... : newek
  • As you can see, it doesn't translate that well : lostgoat
• I have no clue, but it doesn't translate well from babelfish: "a very male construction of the female ... : kbaxter1
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  is the lesbian chick hot? : Degenerate
  • Nope, she's not. And it's funny I just found out today she's actually lesbian. Up until today she just se... : lostgoat
• http://www.liberation.fr/vous/231468.FR.php Translation: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl... : Jonathan

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  Any chance of co-op in this? : Mondo
  • *REMO SIGNAL* : Mondo
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    Yep, it's been confirmed. : Drewus
    • wowowowowowowow ^_^^^^^^ : Mondo
    • Oh really, co-op man that will be awesome! The game so reminds me of what I would do with my old school a... : valcan_s
  • http://www.primotechnology.com/issues/001/21/mercenaries-2.html : notd665
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  So fucking pumped for this game. Mercenaries 1 is still my favorite sandbox game. : Drewus
  • Fucking signed. They need to make it BC asap! : NFXFSX
• Yes please. : TimeDoctor
• The part where he blew up the huts looked really bad, not much destruction. The buildings appear to all ... : manlyman

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• Go to the fucking ER. Trust me. : TastyWheat
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  I read a story once of how some guy had aching balls, went to work, proceeded to get worse and vomit ever... : Drewus
  • Oh yeah. Go to the hospital. : Drewus
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  You may have Testicular Torsion. Enjoy. : CrimsonHandHiro
  • Damn, my nuts are achin just for reading this, ouch. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Testicular_torsion : Izakhar
  • http://scrotalsafetycommission.com/ : mikecyb
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  fair enough , ER it is. Soon as my cousin wakes up for work, I am driving him to work and then hitting th... : ghost hacker
  • BUT YOU COULD LOSE YOUR BALLS NOW : oHnOES
• http://gwally.com/avatars/images/ssc.jpg : Dechter
• don't go to the ER, the wait will be incredibly long. go to an urgent care center or a walk-in clinic. af... : Supine
• wtf what kind of doctor did you see the first time?? : Flying h4x0r
• Keep us updated about your balls! : carazy
• Go to urgent care, NOT THE ER : judge
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8FVfSihX7E :D : Lunatic Angelic
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  my balls are aching from reading this thread : OrkO
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    My balls are aching from all you fuckers talking about your balls aching. : newek
    • aching for love amirite? : papaskot

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  yes, extremely : oHnOES
  • you think? At the Imax here they took out the whole floor section of seats and only left the stadium seat... : voodooraze
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  How much did 300 tickets cost you? : drucifer
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    I actually changed the post from "300 Imax tickets acquired" to avoid that joke. But you had to go the... : peanut-
    • it is beyond my control :( : drucifer
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      It still works because "Imax tickets for 300" can mean that you're getting tickets for 300 people! : yoonix
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        No-one wanted this. : peanut-
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          I see it as a huge over site from the producers. They shoulda named it CCC : drucifer
          • Actually it's a Greek story, so it should have been called τʹ thx wikipedia http://en.w : smegmar
        • That is the sound of inevitability, Mr. Anderson. : node
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  imax tickets ... all sold out >< doesn't matter. girlfriend wants to see hannibal rising instead. >< : dodob
  • save your money. It's meh. : ghale
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  Which imax? not so i can stalk you : marmite
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    London, the one at Waterloo with the giant iPod ads on the side. : peanut-
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      Yeah, I'm seeing it there too man, when you booked? Think I'm like 6 on the Saturday, right smack bang in... : node
      • 8:45 on the Friday. My best mate's flat is about 100 metres away from it, not sure why I've never bee... : peanut-
• I saw it last night (in imax) at a sneak peak thing that was held by a local radio station. My friends an... : Valiant
• thanks for reminding me, tix aquired for smallmax. : paravis
• I'm skipping out of work for a couple hours tomorrow night to see a midnight showing. :) : Helter Skelter
• I saw Crouching Biker Hidden Secret Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon on the iMax in the 3rd row... had to en... : tomservo
• not really. i saw v for vandetta on imax and it's not much different. : arizona bay

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• Or actually, maybe Locke did know.. and figured out what "Enter 77" would do and took out a communication : Patch-e
• If Sayid or Kate had told Locke about the C4, then they would have violated one of the key rules of the s : dante2010

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• Nobody? Vegas was incorrectly marked on the box and I can't find any of the info online, so I really w... : DOOManiac
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  i would like to know this also, vegas and gears pissed me off : EagleSweet
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    Gears pissed u off? cause it was 2 player co-op????? : Skoal^Fyfan
    • No, they pissed me off because they didnt have 4 player split screen. Sucks when u have more than one fri... : EagleSweet

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  I said that after the Desmond episode. Then there was the Jack episode =\ : derelict515
  • Then there was the Jack Hurley episode. Fixed : getfrisky

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  Its okay guys, CBS has a couple of good shows. : stgdz
  • I'm warming up to this show, esp. after the last few ep's. Just hope they keep the sappy stuff to a minim... : mn3m0n1c
• I watch it but usually not until the weekend. I like the last couple of episodes so far and how its going... : pimpium
• jerhico? more like jerilol : oHnOES

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  Should be by the stalls in the back of the bathroom. : fry975
  • I'm so pissed. I went into the bathroom and "changed clothes" because that was all I saw. Played for an h... : oatmela
• Click on the soap on a rope in the shower stall. : Skoal^Fyfan
• it only works in the game. : ibrokn

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  Sure its not a flyover? Certainly looks like the guy by the camel and the other guy on the right are look... : pimpium
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    maybe he has a sixth sense ? : sikander
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      Oh shit! Thats Bruce Willis by the camera! : pimpium
      • Camera? You idiot. You were supposed to type camel. :( : pimpium
• A lot of google images imagery is actually by a plane with a high res camera stillcool but not satelit... : abrasion
• You realize the US government most likely has higher res images then this of every square mile of every c... : voodooraze
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  Why is it only showing that small area in that resolution? When you zoom out it gets all fuzzy. : nosseman
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    they are terrists : mad hatter
    • I believe they have weapons of mass destruction in that "well". : voodooraze
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  was that even taken with a satelite? I mean a lot of those guys are looking up like its a plane or somet... : carazy
  • def a plane and same question i have 'bout zoom! : papaskot
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  how do u get it to zoom in so much, i zoom out and cant go back in : papaskot
  • yah same thing here.. no clue maybe some craziness with the URL? : Shadowdane
  • http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-03-07-n12.html : sikander
• Shit! Just when I moved into a glass home! : hadokennn

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• that's cool. : abrasion
• That is all kinds of awesome. I approve. : Goncyn
• wow, thats sweet. : chazums