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  you would pay that much money just to "try it out"? : bradsh
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    I have ultimate free from work - now about my q'n? : abrasion
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      i would disconnect all other drives and install it fresh on a spare. i just went balls out and nuked my X... : bradsh
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        I specifically want both on the same physical disk, diff partition. : abrasion
        • this will end in disaster : bradsh
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  i installed vista ultimate after XP on a different partition and both work fine. : filthysock
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    So Vista has it's own new bootloader I hear right? I reckon I'm gonna be fucked for installing Ubuntu ... : abrasion
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      Yes, Vista does have its own bootloader. Installing Vista then XP will fuck shit up (I did this once), bu... : hellspit
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        So in order to get Ubuntu in, I'd want that last? I know Ubuntu - > XP = FAIL I know XP then Ubuntu =... : abrasion
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          If XP then Ubuntu works (what, does it actually list Ubuntu in XP's boot up menu, or does Ubuntu make its... : hellspit
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            Ubuntu does it's own menu. When I installed deleted I had to use some kind of acronis boot manager thi... : abrasion
            • Vista is guaranteed to nuke Ubuntu. The only way to get what you want is doing it in order of XP, Vist... : protozone
• Yeah, when I installed Vista originally, I did it on a seperate drive than XP, but it was the drive where... : feek

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• You would certainly save money at first by doing it yourself, however, with your company's lack of a true... : painangel
• It's good to have that warranty for servers in a business environment. We have had Dell and HP. Haven't h... : pimpium
• I HIGHLY recommend going through Dell. Pay for the hardware onsite support. : Phil
• I'm sure the professional server guys will chime in here w/ more sound opinion s,but here's mine Go w... : synack
• Dude get a dell. If you truly want redundancy then you should use a clustered data base solution so ther... : woodchuck70
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  Ok so dell it is, even though we will be spending twice the ammount. I am not going to get the blame for... : stgdz
  • 2003 without a question : Patch-e
  • Definately 2003. : pimpium
• It'll always be a hectic situation when stuff goes wrong with your server. What makes that situation mor... : festivalman
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  Dell's quality has gone way downhill over the last 2 years, and of course you can always get better bang ... : Andy Hanson
  • we are going to get a regular IT guy around here so he should be able to manage all the servers and every... : stgdz
  • We have quite a few HP servers and I am impressed w/ their continued quality improvement. : synack
  • I agree, we have switched from Dell to HP the last two years. And I must say HP is much better then Dell ... : BigT
  • HP servers have always kicked Dell servers to the curb, hands down. On that note, HP servers have improv... : Scrimbo Obeer

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• oh boo everybody's moved to First Post... : Uthar Wynn

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  ctrl+f5? : strider_
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    doesnt seem to work in firefox or Ie. I think it's to do with the proxy here at work. : marmite
    • A random query string on the embed usually tricks it in to thinking its a new file. file.swf?tempvar=num... : Click89

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• Aren't you too old for games now? ;) : losimagic
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  Tonight we dine...... IN HELL !!! : Ra5putin
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    Tonight we dine...... AT SBARRO !!! : g0nk
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      why did you repeat what he just said? : flagg209
      • why did you repeat what he just said? : SockMonkeh
• enjoy your birthday, same age as me person! :) : Fredrik S
• Congrats! Welcome to the old boys club. : Tissen
• it has been nearly 12 hours since I watched 300. It was awesome. 24hours before said 12 hours I gave u... : moe6
• I've been trying to do the insane difficulty with my roommate. We're working on act 4 now... its pretty ... : carazy
• Tonight I dine, at Arby's or some shit. : jonin
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  sup old man! : felicia
  • Ah you know, the ususal... TOTAL CARNAGE! MUhahahaaa! Thanks to everyone for the well wishes. :) : Sylvanus
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  TONIGHT I MAKE... A 300 REFERENCE! : mikecyb
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    THIS IS MADNESS! : notd665
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      SPACE....MADNESS! : Ebu
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        SPACE DEMENTIA! : thewriter
        • THIS. IS. SHACKNEWS!!! : PenicillinX57

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  http://www.metacafe.com/watch/345236/the_italian_priminister/ : sikander
  • Former prime minister. Left office in May, 2006. He got in trouble in January if you remember. http... : notd665
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    from the comments on that page... 1) this is from a german movie 2) that is not Berlusconi 3) that sch... : alexthegreat2
    • But Berlusconi is such an allround asshole the clip might have been real. : MatzL.E.
• Hey, Italians elected a porn star. They will always have my respect for that. : Fred Garvin

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• WAHHHH, I'm rich and buy fancy cars but now I have to wait a little longer to get my car made of solid go : baronzemo78
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  Cry ne a rover, : MatzL.E.
  • Arghl: "Cry ME a Rover." : MatzL.E.

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  move jobs. frequently : bagelcc
  • I've been at my first job for almost 10 years now. I keep wondering if I should leave... : suqur
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  * 1 1 , 0 0 0 ' D * : Phil
  • haha I still can't help but laugh at this. : pimpium
  • Tonight we dine at Arby's! : Lunatic Angelic
  • hahahaha : edgewise
  • Tonight we dine at White Castle! : creep
  • This is $5.75 an HOUR!!! : edgewise
  • bwahahahah : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I don't get it. : MatzL.E.
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  She could always turm it down and not make 10% more : Phreakin
  • That's exactly why they make an offer like that. I am telling her to quit : kgargonmagrix79
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  The more things like this come up, the more I start to buy into the open salary idea. : riptyde
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    What's open salary? : kgargonmagrix79
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      So everybody can see what everybody makes and start big fights. Why does the janitor get paid almost as ... : carazy
      • In Sweden it's public official records how much a person paid in taxes the previous year, IIRC. That can ... : SilverSnake
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  10% > 4%. I'd be jumping for joy for a 10% increase (unless of course my duties tripled or something) : RookieCAF
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    Unless you make 100k what does a 10 percent increase do for you? Maybe eases a bill? Helps pay 1/4 of y... : kgargonmagrix79
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      why would you expect a massive raise over such a short period of time? : lakren
      • because its a promotion and not a raise, promotion should be a bit more. : stgdz
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        My question to you is why wouldn't you expect a massive raise? Who's taught you that you're not worth it... : kgargonmagrix79
        • You do know that any companies most controllable expense is its employees don't you? : RookieCAF
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      If I got a 10% raise I might be able to afford a car actually... : RookieCAF
      • A 10% raise would make me less embarrassed to admit my wage :( : Ebu
• generally you can get more pay if you shift to a new job at a new place rather than working your way up i... : mikecyb
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  Salary growth within a company is always going to be incrimental. You almost always have to jump to a new... : ChibiJosh
  • Wow. That post was structurally terrible. : ChibiJosh

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  oh, it will be for games, WoW, CS:S, TF2, other newer stuff I've missed out on. : Rigor Morts
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    For low end get a core2duo e6300, asus p5b motherboard, 2 gigs of ddr 800 and overclock it like a bitch. ... : marmite
    • well I mean value for money rather than LOW end. lol : marmite
  • Would you be interested in purchasing an already built system? I have an Intel Core 2 Duo E6600, 2 gigs o... : slip42o

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• omg : ventro
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  That's got nothing on the third one down here. http://www.mir.com.my/rb/photography/companies/canon/fdr... : DrZettl
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    what in the hell would you take pictures of with that thing? Uranus?? : g0nk
    • It's for sporting events, duh. The ones held on Mars. You can photograph them from Earth with that thi... : mmogger
  • What the hell? That's insane. : ieGod
  • A lens on RAILS! Scheisse. : greendonuts
• that thing is bigger than the stanley cup! : GonzoRookie
• That's OMG HUGE, but fuck if I don't want it! : Bean
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  Perfect for holiday pictures. Direct link: http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/english/news/200_500_28.htm : bundy
  • I clicked expecting an extreme closeup of granma's nose. : Merconium
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  You are going to need an equally impressive tripod/head to stabilize that beast. It even has its own lcd ... : Durandal07
  • You're going to need an equally impressive wallet too, I'd guess. : LeapingFool
• jebus, I wonder what the price on that will be : losimagic
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  Honestly, unless you're shooting sports or nature why bother? And both things are moving so you'll want m... : Vangoghs Ear
  • "My lens is bigger than yours! :p" - That's why people will bother :) : losimagic
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    Low depth-of-field is pretty good for shooting nature, especially quick animals (birds, predators and suc... : SilverSnake
    • Low depth of field can look good - but when I've had to shoot something moving fast (such as a football g... : Vangoghs Ear
• where's the camera? :O : mattsull85
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  lol!! http://www.sigma-photo.co.jp/news/img/200-500_28_s.jpg : g0nk
  • omfg : riptyde
• http://www.dpreview.com/news/0703/07030805sigma200500mm.asp : OrkO
• They should name it Monstro! It looks like a fucking whale : adev

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• Or you could go with the 60" for $2340. http://www.amazon.com/Sony-KDS-60A2000-Grand-1080p-Projection... : slip42o
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  I have this TV and I absolutely adore it. It is one of the few things Sony makes that is actually top no... : Faluzure
  • I tell you what, I mean it when I say it was the nicest picture in the store (including the 60" version o... : Saman

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  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119709/ :-O : tomservo
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0363307/ : g0nk
• ^^^ whole thread of not clicking. : edgewise

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  done, not enough ap to do the bridge. : stgulik
  • I am just glad I could make it back home ... I thought I had a spell or something that would knock them d... : Nation
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  On a differant note: Is there a healing spell? One that my Sor could learn to heal himself and/or others... : Nation
  • nope, just have to take the medicine skill tree : stgulik

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  I just played against my flatmate. We have decided it's a buggy piece of shit. It feels like a cheap f... : marmite
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    Agreed on all points. Oh and the unlimited Ninja Rope use is a total game killer IMO. : Drewus
    • :( I still want to like it. These just don't seem to be things that can be patched. I just emailed ... : marmite
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    I've noticed a few bugs too, but the most annoying things are the same things that bugged me about the PC... : edgewise
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      I used to be able to do crazy AI like stuff in the original worms so it was possible, can't say i've play... : chazums
      • yeah, nailing someone across the map with a bazooka you fired in the opposite direction into the wind is : marmite
  • wtf happened to Worms :( Sounds like they ruined a great game. : aethyr
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    Im having fun with it *shrug* : bagelcc
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      I still like it alot. it's just got some bugs for sure. : edgewise
      • Yeah it's funny. Although annoying, they annoy everyone so it's still balanced and fair so I'm still enjo... : marmite
  • I've played about 10 games so far and I am having a lot of fun with as Bagel said. : c_man_tmt
  • Fuck, really? Oh man. :( I'll probably get this anyway to play against my friends, but you think they'd n... : node

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  What? That seems excessive : bamb
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    Finished auctions for similar products aren't much lower... : melt_core
    • oh crap I have one of them in a box. Gonna put it up on Ebay. : marmite
• Ok it's going for $200 now... what the fuck... It makes me worried :(... : melt_core

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• the first quarter of that video is a nike commercial. :( : pupismyname
• The bit around 2:48 (the guy waiting to do a corner kick) looks like some serious filming. : SilverSnake

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• Yeah it could, you need to make sure you have a good backup of the data to tape or something, and you kno... : bombay

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  Why didn't you just play a lan game of civilisation, I mean, srsly. : Toraz Chryx
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    Because diplomacy is the tool of last resort in Civ.... : Jonathan
    • Srsly, if I was China in Civ4 I'd just invade India and Pakistan in order to prevent a conflict between t... : yoonix
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      They really need to figure out a better way to do diplomacy in games. I hate the current version of I o... : Modulus
      • My main problem is that the detailed aspects of diplomacy has to be researched as if non-aggression treat... : Jonathan
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      I actually find it really difficult to play Civ4 offensively, I'm GREAT at having a defensive army and wi... : Toraz Chryx
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        Yeah - multiplayer games will get you over that difficulty really quickly.... : Jonathan
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          how so? : Toraz Chryx
          • Because the game really is decided by who is the best offensively.... : Jonathan
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        Yeah ditto, I totally don't get how people can build an army and crush the entire world, especially if th... : node
        • all you have to do is dedicate two or three cities to making troops and play aggressively with one or two... : alexthegreat2
• WHAT IS YOUR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE?!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  My IR class last year was deffinately one of the most enjoyable classes I've taken. Good stuff. : asylumn
  • This one was pretty boring for the first half of the semester, but we're just going to be doing simulatio... : yoonix

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• (Yoda-esque laugh) - quite the tool that man is. : Vangoghs Ear
• Ha more like: "my boss got in my face after I hurt relations between EA and Nintendo, I would now like to... : Modulus
• glad that's cleared up : jlavrenz
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  I don't get the hate. The rant session is meant to be a complete unleash/vent session where you can exagg... : node
  • He just wanted to be clever and interesting. But he didn't get a +interesting (nor a +clever but these do... : melt_core

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• "I'm gonna hit you, Steve!" should play each time the DB is down. : thaperfectdrug

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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=15937 ?? : g0nk
  • Going there with the [lol] script installed feels all kinds of wrong. :( : SilverSnake
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    and then from there you can move backwards to http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=15935 http://w... : carazy
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      This is the one I think. Actually I think we had a little thing going in that day's FP or something just... : Rotten Deadite
      • That was FP, there was this evening reading though: http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?comments=15928 : aethyr
    • 1400 posts? jesus, today that chatty would have 10,000 : edgewise
• man, 2001 feels like it was just yesterday, but in shack years it seems like ages ago. : edgewise
• was that the day kaber was finally banned? : DonkeyPopsicle
• 9/11 seems like yesterday to me, but the rest of 2001 really does feel like it was 6 years ago : mad hatter
• Thanks for the link: fascinating. Amazing that people connect this with Iraq now. : Vangoghs Ear

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  Is this for the expansion? Can you play it without the first one or with a level 1 character? : Visceral Monkey
  • These codes are for the expansion only. The option to enter the codes gets enabled only after installing ... : vikramwillrock
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  ook I can swear i saw that unlock thing this mornign, and I didnt know what to type in, and now i dont fi... : barichnikov
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    oh yeah, it was in game.... not in the main menu. : barichnikov
    • Yeah, its there when you press the escape key. : vikramwillrock
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  Wow, the number of legendary items dropped seems to be very low with the expansion.... defeated a couple ... : vikramwillrock
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    i know, and it seems the bosses hero give a bonus exp amount. i am curious as if the patch release a coup... : barichnikov
    • Actually i was not very happy with the drop rate even with the original. The game has like a hundred lege... : vikramwillrock
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      I was confused by this as well. I was expecting a D2-esque increased chance of good stuff from unique mon... : derelict515
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        I got a lot of stuff droping when playing alone.. But when I am playing with my girlfriend, it seems like... : razlebol
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          I've basically only played sp. Its not that good things never drop (I'm still decked out in all blues and... : derelict515
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            You have a long haul ahead, i would suggest a speedrun through normal and then a slow tread through epic ... : vikramwillrock
            • Legendary parnassus and the like (anywhere there are lots of densely clustered mobs and some majestic che : dooberzoo
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  Any of you guys tried using the formula system yet? I got hold of a couple of formulas but still need oth... : vikramwillrock
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    I made a lesser artifact for my level 20 conjurer. Practically doubled my dps right there. But I've found... : derelict515
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      Ah, good fer you. I am a little confused about this whole expansion, did they expect me to play through t... : vikramwillrock
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        oh then i can understand your previous statements. my warden (hunter/defense) JUST had finished the game ... : barichnikov
        • I would but i have already gone through the game a few times and it is quite boring if i have to go throu... : vikramwillrock
  • I got 3 formulas as of now and was only able to make 1 which is the worst of the 3 but still not bad. Bet... : razlebol

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  I optimized the [lol] page for the Wii, but I don't have any way to help you with that one. : ThomW
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    :( Thanks, though. Why shacknews doesn't hire you is a mystery to me. : Fredrik S
    • I know. His design skills rock. Despite what poop others may fling. : thaperfectdrug

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• Longshot.... whats your SSID name... if its the default change it... I spent 4 hours on linksys tech supp... : BubbaPut
• under admin tools check if the DHPC client service is enabled : melt_core
• Have you tried repairing the connection in Windows? My wireless card does this every now and again. ... : Phearsome
• I deal with this shit constantly - CONSTANTLY I have 4 different nics for my laptop (PCMCIA, Mini-pci x2 ... : abrasion
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  Okay - to the three above * I haven't changed my SSID, but that honestly matters? Hmm, thats something... : avatar_58
  • have you tried removing the wireless card from within Device manager, then rebooting so Windows reinstall... : g0nk
  • are you using windows wireless thing or something that was installed with your wireless card? Also tha... : carazy
• Run HiJack this and see if anything comes up in there. Something odd is going down. : tsuba
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  Okay further replies - (thanks btw, because I don't want to lose my friday evening over this ;) ) * I ... : avatar_58
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    have you tried doing a hard reset on your router? : carazy
    • By hard you mean removing the power, waiting a few minutes and then plugging 'er back in? Yep. Short of r... : avatar_58
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  I'd guess your TCP/IP stack and or winsock is corrupted. Try this repair http://www.snapfiles.com/get/... : sigpro
  • Alrighty I'll try that out. Honestly I probably should have brought my laptop to work, I could have been ... : avatar_58

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• yeah - that cat thing was freaky - but in this case, they look similar, not necessarily the same. (IMO) : flagg209
• the cat reminded Syaid (or however you spell his name) of the woman's cat that he tortured.. I bet she's : g0nk
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  All that information, gone :( :( : felicia
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    is that a self portait in your profile? : SockMonkeh
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      Yeah :( : felicia
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        your left leg isnt even attached to the rest of your body :( : SockMonkeh
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          wahhhh : felicia
          • Detachable legs...hmm, possibilities... : Ebu
          • YEEHAW : SockMonkeh
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  yeah i can agree with this. what the fuck was he thinking when he left the guy on the floor to go play co : xxiv
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    yah that was soo stupid.. maybe he is a chess addict or something! lol : Shadowdane
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      given the last computer he had interaction with, don't you think he would assume there is more than meets : Patch-e
      • for sure, i thought about that. but he could have waited until somebody else was available to watch their : xxiv
  • Yeah it was like the patch dude was Jack Bauer the way he escaped being tied up. : bozer
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  what makes you think locke didnt blow the join on purpose : Patch-e
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    The more I hear shit like that, the more I think Patch-e is an other OMG! this guy is right ^ : flagg209
    • patch-e can't type either... join=joint : Patch-e
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    He didn't know about the C4 : suqur
    • You assume this only because it was never mentioned to him on camera : Patch-e
• also how about this: the flame, aka the communication headquarters, is where walt was being held, hence t : Patch-e