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  it's a problem caused by a recent windows update, that breaks realtek audio control panel ....try a shack... : PlanetPerfecto
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    i think this is the right link http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14168075 : PlanetPerfecto
    • Thanks I'll see if that fixed it. : marmite
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  My mom was getting that error yesterday on her computer on bootup, everytime. I just attributed to the f... : phobium
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    strange because i have realtek audio and dont get that error, you on the latest drivers? : steve_o
    • meant for root post aswell : steve_o
• Some DLL wants to hax your box. >:[ : Damodred
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  http://support.microsoft.com/kb/935448/en-us : PowerofA
  • ^^^ this fixes the problem, got the same error on a couple co-workers machines today, too. : Goncyn
• Realtek sucks get the KB updates : Yanks
• I've been getting that, too. : Moonbase Commander
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  That's what you get for downloading warez. : razlebol
  • lol, nice catch : SiW73
  • ooh, busted! : yoonix
  • lol i see it now : oHnOES
  • hahaha owned +++ : Downforce
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    So, after how many "0wned" posts am I allowed to wish a pox upon your firstborn? : RomSteady
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      Two more : Ebu
      • Okay. I'm going to head home shortly, and during my 90 minute commute, I shall come up with the worst cu... : RomSteady
  • hahahaaaAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRR!!!! : Jayx77
  • hahaha awesome catch! : o0JediBeavis0o
  • LOLOLOL LOL ... : arizona bay
  • Gwahahaha! : ChibiJosh
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    Yeah I saw that I left that there after I uploaded the image - I downloaded it because the demo crashed t... : marmite
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      So, like an honest human being.. if it worked fine, you would have gone out and purchased it AMIRITE? LOL : jane911
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        well assuming he liked it and wanted to play online he'd kind of have to buy it : derelict515
        • ^^^^ Exactly - which is why CD checks in multiplayer online games suck :( Hi War 3. : abrasion
      • yup. I don't see why that's hard to believe. : marmite
    • Sounds reasonable to me. : SiW73
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  my cousin's PC was having the same problems... So I would just need to update the onboard audio driver? ... : Jayx77
  • read the thread? : PlanetPerfecto

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  The one I use and love is the real weapon names mod. That's the only one I use. Great friggen Game. : DM7
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    gotta link to the one you use? I'm finding different ones with ye ole Google. : icon_of_syn
    • This is the one I have: Fixed Real Gun Names mod v.2 http://stalker.filefront.com/file/Real_Gun_Names... : DM7
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  I've only changed two things. I increase the weapon accuracy with the mod I linked here: http://www.sha... : Arcanum
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    Aim better foo! ;D : DM7
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      How does one "aim better" when the weapons, firing single shots, will put those shots over an area 2-3 ti... : Arcanum
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        You get a better gun. It strikes me as ridiculous that most of these Stalker "mods" are basically just ch... : lplasmatron
        • You know, the AI also becomes more accurate this way. : Arcanum
• Maybe the next HL2 patch will pix this game. .......... :D : warcrow
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  Whatever became of the lol, stalker haxored my gfx story? : capt tripps
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    Whatever do you mean? : icon_of_syn
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      There was a story not too long ago that implied that Stalker had lifted a number of graphics from both do... : capt tripps
      • Link http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/46449/ : capt tripps
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  If anyone who wants to get this game super cheap Walmart has it on sale for $25 bucks right now also. : sigpro
  • This game needs more love. Sure, it has taken OMG LIKE A CENTURY to be finished. Sure, it's from a ... : zehh
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  Ok, here we go! (Please keep in mind, some of these mods may interfere with one another. I have a majori : Mikuya
  • This was the post I seek thanks a bunch. : icon_of_syn
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    Is the Darker Nights mod intended for people using Static Lighting? : coyoterys
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      Yes, it works for both static and dynamic lighting. : Mikuya
      • I like the sound of that with the SH detection mod. Nothing angered me more than the way AI would spot... : coyoterys
  • A few more: Invisible Anomalies http://www.sghi.info/archives/S.T.A.L.K.E.R._Shadow.of.Chernobyl/my/S : Mikuya
  • This is exactly what I've been looking for. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Sweet, I took a break so the mod community could catch up with most of the problems I have with the game.... : Pettytheft
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    do these mods require the patched version of STALKER? : hobbespanache
    • For the most part, yes. : Mikuya

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  it's political correctness. he should have spit in al sharpton's face. : [fry]
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    I wish just once, someone would say, "It's America, change the channel/station if you dont like it shitcu : Rauol Duke
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      Except you have to keep in mind that when you are watching Chris Rock or Eddie Murphy or Red Foxx that yo... : sesmaster
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        This was on Imus's show, he was not announcing for the game or anything like that. If my 7 year old is up : Rauol Duke
        • Rauol, being a black person(half actually), I really found that last part of your comment really funny. : sesmaster
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        If you want control over what your 7 year old sees and hears, it's your job to do that, and I object to y... : sroylance
        • I do not have a child. And when I do I will do my best to monitor all his/her sensual experiences in life... : sesmaster
    • Hah hah, I completely disagree with your opinion. It's utterly senseless. : Silent Sorrow
• he called some people nappy-headed hos : kydaimon
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  People want free speech, but don't want to live with the consequences. I don't like the guy, but if you ... : deathofrats
  • free speech isn't the issue. it's over his career. why would you want to advertise on a show that would s... : cygnus
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    he can say what he wants, and people can complain and have a fit. that's free speech. : Mansmells
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      I think it's retarded that they demand he be fired. File your fucking complaint and don't listen to him. ... : Simulacrum
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        yes, you are! you go girl! : Mansmells
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          I demand you be fired for gender discrimination. : Simulacrum
          • file your complaint and don't listen to me! : Mansmells
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    they're not arresting him, they're just not going to associate with him anymore. free speech isn't an is... : kydaimon
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      well when the airways are controlled by a few who dictate what can be said over them, then yes, free spee... : theghostofsmdever
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        hist radio destiny is ultimately up to his employer. this isn't about free speech. : kainen1
        • exactly, it's not impeding free speech for his employer to say "i dont like whats coming out of your mout... : kydaimon
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    I fully support his ability to say whatever he wants. I just don't see any particular reason he should g... : Arcanum
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      he is being paid because he has people listen to him, that in turn buy products from people who advertis... : theghostofsmdever
      • Yes, I know why he's being paid. That doesn't actually have anything to do with my opinion that he shoul... : Arcanum
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  I thought this was about dog food :( : SiW73
  • hahaa : smax
  • druciferrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr : genjuro
• People need to stop being offended by everything they see or hear. It's just like that South Park episode... : shred.
• I read this as Itunes shitstorm :( : The Key
• why would you think it's working to his advantage? also, he's suspended for two weeks by NBC. so no... : Downforce
• It's about racism. Duh. Luckily, Imus admits he's not racist. Much to my relief, Richards also admitte... : greendonuts

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  I was installing Small Business Server today and got to the 5th and last CD only to discover that underne... : trOmblyj
  • That's where I'd put it. : intothefray
  • haha same thing happened to me : grandmasterlee
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  So is the new Office any good? : aeg1x
  • It's very good. : Fail_Safe
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    Absolutely. Best Office version ever. : nomaad
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      What's the advantage of these new ribbons? seems like the same menus but with pretty pictures.... : Smellsy
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        Ok here's one example. If you wanted to change the paper size in 2003 and previous versions, you had t... : nomaad
        • Styles preview with your current data. Templates can be inserted or replaced without loosing your curren... : capt tripps
      • all the menu items are in more intuitive places and buried under far fewer menus. And most things like dr... : derelict515
  • word pisses me off. They decided to make all these auto-format changes as the default. Like spacing betwe... : Sparhawk6

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  Prologue Most everything starts with good intentions. Agent Orange, the defoliant used during the ... : ochuxgoon
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    rage virus, eh! : thaperfectdrug
    • less zombie and more crazy, can run be killed other ways besides the headshot so on and so forth, but set... : ochuxgoon
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      Have you seen 28 Days Later, ochuxgoon? If not you should probably check it out, because your prologue s... : Krypt_
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        actually no, but since your the second person to mention in i'm going to assume it has alot to do with pe... : ochuxgoon
        • Don't scrap the idea, whatever you do. Keep at it, finish it, and then put it away somewhere. Then watch ... : Modica Sol Solis
  • my suggestion would be to tighten up on the "show, don't tell" for example, instead of telling us tha... : Megara9
  • I've never been fond of prologues that explain the story and force-feed it to you. It's more interesting : Modica Sol Solis
  • Megara9 is correct. What you wrote can probably be used in a decent exchange later on between the antagon... : pauk111
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    i improved it for you: Prologue Most everything starts with good dicks intentions. Agent Orange, th : [fry]
    • Needs more penis : crummynz
    • you certainly have a rare talent : derelict515
  • Needs more tentacle demons rape scenes. : melt_core
  • Megs makes a great suggestion, take a page out from a writer like Martin and do the same. Hell, it sti : lightly inclined
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  Dude. These guys liked Snakes On A Plane. Go to a writing forum. : Vangoghs Ear
  • I recommend everything2.com :) : Damodred
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    I liked Snakes on a Plane and I write for a third of my salary. Hah! : sgtsanity
    • Hah! If you were better it could be 100% of your salary. : pauk111
• www.zoetrope.com : kydaimon
• Writing a book is like building a house--by yourself--that no-one will ever see. It takes a certain kind ... : The Key
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  How you uh, how you comin' on that novel you're working on? Huh? Gotta a big, uh, big stack of papers the : Modulus
  • that part of the episode was harsh : lacker
• writing is for sissies : jessipoo
• I wrote a 300 page book and I can't get it published, so take my advice with a grain of salt, but please.... : llamameat

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  I just scheduled one not at Treyarch unfortunately for Wednesday. I'm scared :( : derelict515
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    with activision though? which studio? : smalakar
    • no, completely unrelated except that its programming related god I hope I get it and can stop worrying ab : derelict515
• Chew an apple it will make sound convidence : dumb_acid
• Good luck dude, we might be working together soon :D : Krypt_
• Good luck to you both (smalakar / derelict515)! : cause&effect
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  oof... it's done, i don't think he was very impressed :( : smalakar
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    that's what my friend said about his Google interview and then they hired him asked him to come back for ... : derelict515
    • lol ... awesome : smalakar

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  what exactly would you be filing? : kydaimon
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    well i was sent my tax forms as usual.. : Shodai80
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      were there other forms of income? : Prozium
      • nope : Shodai80
• go for it, see what happens! : brewsterdog

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  Because they order units solely on how many preorders for a game are made? : mechanicalgrape
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    I think it's more than that. Hardly anyone has any, it seems. : Arcanum
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      I walked into BB and bought mine. Mind you, it was the last one :P : Damodred
      • Out of about 6 BBs within 25 miles (or whatever the radius their website searches), exactly one claims to... : Arcanum
• because all the girls bought them all : Degenerate
• Same here. I went to Walmart, gamestop and Target. I finally ordered it on Best buy's website and picke... : slambast

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  The original Frank Grimes, or the one with his son? : Vincent Grayson
  • The original : uglysad
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  Hank Scorpio FTW. : eskimo spy
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    I think that has to be it. There's tons of great episodes but thats one that always springs to mind first... : Tincan
    • awww the Denver Broncos... : oldschoolbob-o
  • ^^^^^^^^^^ : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    Those are both in season 8, no? Along with the insanity peppers and the beer baron episode. It should ... : Vincent Grayson
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      i fucking love the beer baron episode : porp
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        Wherever you are, Beer Baron, I swear I'll find you. : allowat76
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          no you won't : kydaimon
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            Yes....I will : drbriefs
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              won't : kydaimon
              • I will. : drbriefs
    • beer baron episode is the best : kydaimon
    • Mr. Sparkle and the X-files are episodes are also in season 8. That was definitely the peak of the Sim... : Medster
• http://ralphwiggum.ytmnd.com/ : The Key
• I don't have a specific favorite. Rather, I like Itchy & Scratchy shorts : RikiTiki2
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  I read an interview with Matt Groening a while ago, and he said that it's his favorite episode as well. : ripper9
  • in 2006 he ranked it as his #6 in a top 10 i was looking up quotes from the episode and that turne... : pharoah mike
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  In hopes of seeing this episode, I checked my tivo to see if any of the million stations airing simpsons ... : Prozium
  • im still pissed that malcom in the middle reruns are still on fox : oHnOES
• The City of New York vs Homer. Its subtle but I esp. liked the part when he is causing the traffic jam : cap n KRUNCH
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  monorail! : smax
  • (written by Conan O'Brien) : smax
  • I'd be inclined to agree. : SeaLlama
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  The Last Tempation of Homer in Season 5. (Homer Loves Mindy one) : renegade732
  • what's the matter homer, you never seen a naked chick riding a clam before? : kydaimon
• The one with George H.W. Bush moving next door to Homer. : Optimus Prime
• Halloween ones, esp. the Toaster one... 'These weiners will give me the quick energy i need to escape the... : Smellsy
• So many good episodes seasons 2-8 : hobosapien

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  Wasn't that called "Terminator"? : davantalus
  • Oh wait, I have it backwards. : davantalus
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    I saw that yesterday, good times. : drbriefs
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      You saw the Snake+JohnConnor picture or the actual movie? : davantalus
      • Uh...both? : drbriefs

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  http://www.skullcandy.com/product_info.php?urlLocation=crushers&category=38 : kydaimon
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    From the picture, I would have to say the cable looks like the new modern style 'fucking too tiny and del... : abrasion
    • Call me crazy, but the complete lack of technical specs also makes me suspicious. : Arcanum
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  So... you do want a neck/head band of some kind, or do you want separate buds? Check out the Sennheise... : ChibiJosh
  • Like this - seperate buds, standard styling. http://www.tech2.com/media/images/img_3212_mitashi-mps-mpf-... : abrasion
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  do ear muff headphones exsist where you can crank it and people around you can't hear? I hate to keep mi... : cncpun
  • The ones with the rubber seal ends are good for that but dangerous - you can't hear the outside world at ... : abrasion
• Check out the Shure products...they are pretty pricey, but you can have your volume control, something li... : DianeOfTheMoon

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  Isn't Doom on the 360 marketplace? Is it coop? : CrustaR
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    Player 1 holds the flashlight, Player 2 shoots! : SockMonkeh
    • I meant Doom classic, but Doom3 is coop. : CrustaR
• Resistance is a lot of fun in co-op mode. : MagicWishMonkey
• Earth Defense Force. GO GET IT NOW. (Local co-op only, 2p.) : crummynz
• Guitar Hero 2 : gargy
• terrorist hunt R6: Vegas : Super Sparker
• GRAW2 Online Coop campaign. : Fail_Safe

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• I haven't read any of it yet, and I'm debating whether or not to bother. Is there a consensus as to wheth... : Vincent Grayson
• What I liked best about Civil War is that it actually changes the status quo. How often have you read a c : shyguy74

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  Italian. This is coming from someone who speaks nearly flawless Russian. : yoonix
  • Couldn't agree more. I'm close friends with a Russian family and my uncle/step-aunt both speak it as well... : glio1337
• * : melt_core
• German : stump
• Spanish. : paravis
• Esperanto. : mechanicalgrape
• Spartan : Fail_Safe
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  Have you seen the movie 'A Fish Called Wanda"? : harbl
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    The central tenet of Buddhism is NOT 'every man for himself'. : Deathlove
    • Wait, what was the middle part? : harbl
• Xhosa : SwiftyPants
• Perhaps you have not heard my 'Queens accent'. : TheArtMan
• um. Every language? : VegasX
• I have a Russian friend, and whenever he is on the phone with his Ruskie family, it is far from beautiful... : lplasmatron
• Portuguese Though, I'm kinda biased. :P : Pacalon
• That "mmmmfffmmmmffffmmm" sound when the mouth is full of penif? : hatelull
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  russian accents are very hot : oHnOES
  • indeed. : zakazi
• Regina Spektor: Apres Moi. Listen immediately. : jessipoo
• nope. especially spoken by women. : greendonuts
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  Whatever the girl spoke in Ong Bak. : sgtsanity
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    oh yeah for sure shrill broken wailing is pretty sexy : boring gegtik
    • My freshman year roommate had an aunt like that. She spoke in English, but it came out as a shrill, atona... : sgtsanity
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  C++ : DOOManiac
  • DOOManiac strikes swiftly and owns the thread. : SockMonkeh
  • haskell :D : Mr.Fusion
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  posting from the Gulag or something? : grandmasterlee
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    yes will you show me the way with your Mac : eldersveld
    • lol I've no idea why I said that. Apologies. : eldersveld
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2001/09/28 : BenMurphy
• Anything other than german. : AlexXdude

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  I love Emusic. Ive been using it for a few months now and I have stuff queued up for months to come. : Rauol Duke
  • Yeah, I think I might subscribe. I really need to devise some sort of a central storage thing for my MP3s... : yoonix
  • The thing I love the most about eMusic is that since the cost per song is so low, I have to problem riski... : DianeOfTheMoon
• Glad to have been of service! : Zero|DPX
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  katatonia is the awesome. i bet they would do well in the US if it got promoted properly : sexninja!!!!
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    can't anything do well if promoted properly? I mean just look at the total shit that has been sold en mas... : theghostofsmdever
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      thats not what im saying. right now the only promotion they have in the US is the fact that you can buy t : sexninja!!!!
      • well not really, they would become mainstream if promoted by the mainstream avenues of promotion and eve... : theghostofsmdever
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  what's the encoding quality on tracks off eMusic? I'll probably make the plunge if they're >= 192k. : warpdude
  • Looks like 192 VBR to me. : yoonix
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  Explosions in the Sky are fucking awesome. Their new album isn't their best one, but it's still really g... : mrfunky3000
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    I didn't like them so much before, but I figured I'd get the new stuff and check it out. GYBE is still th... : yoonix
    • GY!BE is pretty good, but they're way more drawn out than EitS. Sometimes I just don't have the patience... : mrfunky3000

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• Do I need new drivers to upgrade? : davantalus

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  the orphange is a vfx company. maybe that was what was listed? : ibrokn
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    oh yeah.. maybe. But then, what were the two minutes we missed? The trailers in Canada were Hobo Wit : oc3lot
    • http://imdb.com/title/tt0462322/faq#.2.1.3 : dognose
    • I'm guessing some of the gore got trimmed? hope it was the infected weener, no one needs to see that : dognose
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  There's an extra trailer in Canadian screenings that Yanks don't get, called "Hobo with a Shotgun" or som... : dognose
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    Hobo with a Shotgun ran with the real trailers, which threw me off a bit. It was the very first trailer i... : oc3lot
    • Yeah people in my theatre didn't know what the fuck when Hobo came on. It was pretty funny to see a thea... : Haku-Jin

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  I haven't even bothered to watch the last two episodes ;_; : derelict515
  • yup, i stopped when the president got knocked unconsious : broly1718
• Today's episode (previews) looks decent....the previous ones have been shit. : drbriefs
• IGI : opengl128

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• bump... i'll join soon, watching rome right now : kill9
• 1 on de_nuke, need backup :[ : AlexXdude
• ill be there in 40 minutes!! : virus
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  gah, rescheduling for 9 PM EST, since everyone seems busy :( : AlexXdude
  • 2 on prodigy, lols! : AlexXdude
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    Dumb fuck, that's when 24 comes on... my friend. Maybe 10. : WaterSign
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      Oh, lol, right. I totally gave up on it. : AlexXdude
      • That's very un-American of you. : WaterSign
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  Lets go OFFICE! : Tincan
  • bump : Tincan
• Something is weird about my new powersupply or something. When Symphony joins it crashes my computer. : intothefray
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  Oh, ok. Hang on. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • 5 on militia! : AlexXdude
• Fuck, looks like I'm gonna miss another one. Damn you Guam! I need to move to a real country. ;[ : lightly inclined
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  you faggots still better be there when I finish my homework in half an hour. : DrFlammable
  • theres 6 people playing on Dust atm and im going back in. : AlexXdude
• I'm gonna go watch 24. The game is still going. I think there's six on dust right now. : Maddog_Delphi97

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• Unfortunately the real good deals at the closing stores will come after they start marking things 50% off... : sanchez
• That's how those going out of business sales work. Everything goes up to full MSRP then slowly drops som... : ThomW

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• +INF THIS! Oh god I laughed so very hard. : ieGod
• Doesn't work for me :( : woddemandred
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  It doesn seem to work on Vista : peetabix01
  • works fine on vista for me : getfrisky
• Pretty cool little game. : tyrelhill
• Wish it worked on OSX, gotta reboot and try this. : zakazi
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  WoW...on my 'Intel Extreme Graphics (845G) at work, it gets 1FPS. Not quite playable. : hawke
  • go to the command prompt in windows, and execute the game by typing "sumotori.exe _" that will turn off ... : Mr.Fusion
• lol, it's great when they spend 5 minutes trying to get up and bow. : burningtrees
• Hmm doesn't work here either (XP)... Anyone with Core2Duos having problems? : zakazi
• Hahaha what a fun little game. Watching them get up to try and bow made my day :) : Begawkiness
• Thats a cool little game! I've always liked the tiny games the come out of the demoscene like this, St... : TroZ

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• Kind of unsatisfying seeing it accelerate with almost no noise :/ : sanchez

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• This is NOT ment to be a gamepad vs ms + kb thread but I'm sure it will turn into one. : classicfork
• depends, if I switch frequently then it's no big deal, but if I spend a long time on one medium then the ... : kydaimon

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• Hahahaha shit this is cracking me up way more than it should haha. : tfboc
• Needs more MBP. : thejm4n

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  I really don't like Tom's. not one bit. : sharkII
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    Yeah, he became quite the cock over the years. : Fred Garvin
    • Koch? : basketofkittens
• 15-20 million dollars. jesus. : the_doctor
• Jesus. Investors learned nothing from the tech crash apparently. I'd love to see the buyer's number crunc... : pauk111
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  That place is worse than HardOCP, which says everything. Just bad. : Serpico74
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    Awh great I thought it was just me. Where do you go for your hardware review needs? : melt_core
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      Anandtech and Ars Technica, mainly. : Serpico74
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        Same here. I've heard nothing but bad things about Tom Pabst. : basketofkittens
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          I don't need to hear anything; his ridiculous reviews and horrible writing style told me everything years... : Serpico74
          • the sheer amount of ad content in relation to ACTUAL content put me off as well. One 5 page article sp... : slickdoody
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        I like Tech Report. Anandtech: they still can't write after all these years. Such tortured prose... : greendonuts
        • but they have the best graphs : lord cecil
      • Same. Two upstanding outfits that know technology and how to write! : sgtsanity
      • ars is great, but they don't do much in the way of hardware reviews anymore. The Tech Report is where it... : sroylance
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      I guess Tech Report, Ars and Anand. I used to include Sharky's and HardOCP, but I don't seem to perso... : pharoah mike
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        I really liked that feature on Sharky's as well. I remember when they had that here on Shugashack for a l... : Serpico74
        • what was the ranking level for shugashack? balls out, something else and tighty whiteys or something? : swoopx
    • I like HotHardware personally. : h o s t i l e
• MorrisatCNN buys Toms Hardware : Degenerate
• Does anyone still read Toms though? : abrasion
• With $5m monthly page views, whoever-it-was is paying about 5-7 cents a pageview, assuming they're paying : swoopx

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  Yep, either use a 2 line splitter, or get a line split. : PoopStewart
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    Sorry, let me clarify. 2 line splitter is a piece of hardware that can filter out DSL even when there's t... : PoopStewart
    • So if I walked into a Best Buy, CompUSA or RadioShack and asked for a 2-line-splitter, would they have an... : dmason

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  ugh, I got just got for $25 from the MS employee store. >:( : metalremains
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    oh the horror! : Patch-e
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      hey five bucks buys lots of hookers blow, ok you are right. : metalremains
      • but you must get good deals on alot of other things too, that would be nice to have! : Patch-e
• Just picked up the last copy at 1 of the local Targets. If any other shackers want it I'll be checking t... : Prozium