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  Gents, I have a relatively simple and odd question. What's with Vista and XP's UI? See the thing i : abrasion
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    Explorer laggy on launch is it figuring out what is in the removable drives. CD has to spin up. : zanzaban
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      I know that, why do I need to be held back for that? Don't show me the info till it's ready and keep on d... : abrasion
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        Well, by executing Windows Explorer, you are telling the computer you want to read those drives. So your... : Faluzure
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          No, when opening explorer it spins up those drives in case you want to look at them, rather then doing a ... : asylumn
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            Exactly. The lag is the software initialising the hardware. You seem to recognise that already. What woul... : nodebug
            • And your average end user is going to see the "nothing" there when they click the drive and try to click ... : AhmNee
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              A well programmed operating system does not need to 'halt' when doing shit with a fucking drive! I ope... : abrasion
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                are you by any chance a developer who works on operating systems? : Clay
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                  No, and you knew that - what's your point - is my suggestion not simple logic? : abrasion
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                    my point is that you don't know what you're talking about. : Clay
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                      Well I guess my point in my last post (and this one) is that your reading comprehension is bunk. http... : abrasion
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                        but you do lack the knowledge of the underlying mechanics of how all this stuff works. copying files a... : Clay
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                          so why does OSX not do this? : flibble2k
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                            I haven't seen OSX stumble to a halt because it's polling an optical drive? : Toraz Chryx
                            • that's my point. to abrasion's original point, i think it is a problem with explorer. why haven't micros... : flibble2k
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                          I don't understand why I would need the underlying information, I'm looking at this from a project manage... : abrasion
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                            He's just breaking your balls, I think. It makes complete sense to me and I've bemoaned the same thing... : Ebu
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                              What concerns me Ebu, to get back on topic is not this one peice of shitty code in explorer, I can unders... : abrasion
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                                Maybe the code is 100% new, but based on the same architecture? : sharkII
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                                  Sorry I don't know what you mean, plz elaborate. : abrasion
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                                    You're saying (kinda) that it hasn't been updated. I'm saying it could be brand spankin' new code, but... : sharkII
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                                      Ahh I see, I thought you were reffering to like intel and x86 vs PPC or some kind of stuff. Yeah I spo... : abrasion
                                      • If you have thought this much about it, you may enjoy this blog: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/defaul... : sharkII
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                                        i think you're way, way overestimating how much code is "thrown away and then rewritten" as you seem to b : electroly
                                        • I absoloutely agree with you, I don't think it's thrown away - problem is not only the marketing babble b... : abrasion
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                              I'm not really breaking his balls, I just find it annoying when people with no knowledge of the design or... : Clay
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                                However, a degree is not required to realize that things aren't working like they should. And I agree, th... : Ebu
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                                  stop comparing things that are nothing alike : Clay
                                  • No : Ebu
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                                Why do I need to understand the code in order to apply logic to what's actually happening, what is possib... : abrasion
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                                  If I wrote software for an automated tank which can turn and drive, but my poor implimentation just went : Clay
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                                    What part of it works fine on other OS's don't you get? What part of it's simple logic don't you get? ... : abrasion
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                                      Clay is making a valid point though. : sharkII
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                                        Clay is derailing a thread which is specifically about Windows UI shortcoming and general, 'clumsy' feel ... : abrasion
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                                          I'm curious- how long is the 'pause' on your system? 'Cause I've been clicking the 'My Computer' icon on : mn3m0n1c
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                                            About the same amount of time, maybe even 1.2 seconds. But you've made an excellent point to highlight... : abrasion
                                            • OK, just wondered if it was stalling on your rig or something! :) : mn3m0n1c
                                    • I miss those years. : invalidat10n
        • Note, also it will enumerate any mapped or connected drives as well. If you have a ton that will be big d... : bombay
  • I've been using this since Win9x to speed up the Start Menu delay when switching to different folders... ... : tangles
  • Overclocking Windows would slow down your computer. : capt tripps

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  You'll have 'em paid off in no time once you get a decent job. A friend of mine had his paid off within ... : CrustaR
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    wtf, was his 1st job a six-figure salary? 7 years after graduation... still paying, here. : eskimo spy
    • I had mine paid off in 6 months, but my dad covered half of em, so I cheated. : SenorSpine
    • Well, he also lived with his parents, so I guess he didn't have any bills or anything to pay. : CrustaR
    • it all depends on: How much debt you have How much money you put towards it - - subpoint - how high yo... : Nation
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      Yeah, the Financial lead of a big Oil and Gas company who is probably bringining in $150/hr said to me th... : The Key
      • lol women and money : buzzbat
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      Wtf did you do, major in history or something? : askedrelic
      • acctually, lots of people take many years to pay off student loans. They are the one type of loan tha... : Nation
    • I'm still paying mine, 8.5 years after I graduated. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Hahaha I wish. 70k worth is not going away fast, even paying $500 a month. : Evil Benius
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  hah, right, I'm 130 in the whole :( : ra1n
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    hole, god damn it : ra1n
    • yeah, I wont comment : conandan
  • why? : Nation
  • $130 eh, yeah that would take me a while too : headbone
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  4 years after not graduating...still paying. But then again, I only make 19,000 a year. : Magus
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    I make that each summer (my only income), and I have absolutely no debt. : SwiftyPants
    • I live just within my means, unfortunately. =\ And I have many other bills and unfortunately work-rela... : Magus
    • I wish I made even 1/4 of that each summer : derelict515
    • Sounds like a potentially very cool laid back lifestyle. ...If you're single forever that is. Alt... : DinK
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      Sorry, I mean half that. This summer, however, I'll be making that much, but paying through the nose f... : SwiftyPants
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        What do you do? porn? : skitzo
        • I programmed a suite PHP data management applications for tracking devices from fab to shipping for a sma... : SwiftyPants
• I'm 5 years out from graduation, still paying mine. Fortunately I don't have tons of them, just over $15... : DinK
• consolidate those as soon as you can to lock in a nice interest rate, if you can : mr brown
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  Also, "subject: any debt" and your post still makes total sense. Just keep that in mind when you DO grad... : DinK
  • http://www.salon.com/ent/video_dog/comedy/2006/02/06/debt/index.html : Nation
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  yay for being an English grad who lived at home! (boo to having a harder time finding good work afterwar... : Postal
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    what type of "english"? : Nation
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      English Lit, natch... I know far, far too much about the nuances of the language now : Postal
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        you interested in writing, editing, teaching, and/or analysing? Those are the four big uses I see. : Nation
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          I'm writing now - I thought about going on to a PhD for teaching, but I don't know if that's really what ... : Postal
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            that's cool. I sent you a SM about some stuff you might consider. : Nation
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              If I may intrude, as a fellow English-emphasis student, I'd love to hear any suggestions or tips for the ... : Modica Sol Solis
              • I am cool with chating or whatever. I think I had mentioned some of it to you before ... already SMed you... : Nation
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  I work for a student loan company. If you're worried about how you're going to afford your payments, I s : lefthighkick
  • ^^^ good info : edgewise
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    and your financial aid office should've told you all of this if they were worth anything :( : FrayLo
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      Unfortunately, I'd guess that maybe 5% of our customers know even half of that. :( It's the kind of thi... : lefthighkick
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        that sucks. my school had us all of us attend an info session about student loans and our options for re... : FrayLo
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          Yeah they're supposed to do what's called "entrance/exit interviews," but people forget most of what is c... : lefthighkick
          • ignorance is bliss! : PapaBoo
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            Our entrance interview was simply a PowerPoint presentation and then a 5 question quiz, all online. : electroly
            • same here ... at Penn State : PapaBoo
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    A copy of what kind of orders? : Magus
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      The piece of paper that tells you you're going to report to such-and-such place on such-and-such date. I... : lefthighkick
      • cool, thanks for the info. : Magus
    • I gave my mob orders to my school when I got mobilized back in 2003. : Fail_Safe
  • thank you - good to know : PapaBoo
  • and if you are going to consolidate, do it immediately. I waited 4 years and by that time I had payed mos... : kevp
  • Oh wow, I never thought I'd go to a message board, for fun, and see someone talking about my boring job. ... : Zyrrael
  • Way cool. Further example why the Shack rules. : Lightzout
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    Do you lose your deferment options if you consolidate? : Jiven
    • If you are in Grace, and consolidate, you will lose your grace period. If you are in a Deferment, for an ... : Zyrrael
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  Subthread: whats your interest rate on your student loans? Mine are 3.25% on half and 4% on the other ... : sammyl
  • 6.84% :( : PapaBoo
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    0%. thank you subsidized loans. : electroly
    • ^^^ :D : buzzbat
    • Are you still in school, then? They're probably 6.8% : Zyrrael
  • consolidated to 3.375% fixed, originally was variable rate which seems to be now over 7%. : FrayLo
  • Somewhere between 2.6 and 2.9 fixed. I cant remember the exact number. : Lrd_Cujo
  • 8.5% but I don't really care since I only have 1.8k left. : carazy
  • Thanks to a most righteous financial snafu. I've got in-house loans from my school now..... interes... : SkeezPimp
• im so glad we have affordable higher education here in canada, my semesters only cost ~1000 CAD when i to... : derean

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• HD MODE!?!?! : pigvomit
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  unlock HD mode? What? Why isn't it a menu option? : nomaad
  • It's explained in the article's screenshot. : sgtsanity
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    because it was apparently hacked in at the last minute and lowers the framerate a bit, and it looks like ... : Ctrl-Phreak
    • Ah ok, I read the screenshot. Makes sense. : nomaad
• Interesting...I'll try this when I get home. : cookblaze
• Holy awesome. Definitely trying this. : basketofkittens
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  GOW2 HD at boot up before white scea text: L1+L2+L3+Square+Circle = purple legal screen FTW now i do : smacknca
  • i will have to try this! : inc77
• Sweet, will try this when I get back. : enyakk
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  480p, is that still considered HD? : Fred Garvin
  • no. : pigvomit
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    Well yes, 480p, 720i/p and 1080i/p are all considered HD resolutions. : manlyman
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      I thought hd was 720, 1080i, and 1080p? And 480i is sd, and 480p is progressive. : EvilDolemite
      • pretty much. only 480p = ED IIRC. : zakazi
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      You sure about that? I though it was normal res, but in progressive instead of interlaced. : Fred Garvin
      • ^^^ correct : biskits
    • 480p is not : Maarten Goldstein
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      480p is "ED" - extended definition, IIRC. : crummynz
      • Enhanced, I mean. Thanks sharkII. : crummynz
      • "enhanced definition" : cltcprd
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      nothing with "i" is HD 1080i is a fraud HD : CoRDS
      • Hell no, not with the way HDTVs display 1080i. Often there is no practical difference between that and 1 : EvilDolemite
      • I've seen both 1080i and 1080p side to side and there is not a huge difference. A quality 1080i signal is... : Pettytheft
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        1080i is officially part of the HD specification unlike 1080p That being said, I see what you're gett... : abrasion
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          to my eyes, still image for still image, 1080i and 720p look the same... until something moves. then i pr... : cpt_gloval
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            I find it roughly the same myself, except 1080i flickers on my hdtv and 720p is rock solid. : abrasion
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              Do you two both have TVs with a full 1920x1080 pixels and a clean 1080 source? I mean, unless you have... : DinK
              • abrasion has a CRT : electroly
            • my LCD has a hard time figuring out how to deinterlace a 480i or 1080i picture, so yea progressive looks ... : cpt_gloval
      • wrong. : klearlyunseen
    • I think you need 720+ lines to be considered HD. : DinK
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    So, perchance did you read the article? : geedeck
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      Yes I did Mr. Smartass and the title and the article both use HD. : Fred Garvin
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        I'm not being smartass, the image that's the original post says it's not really hd but they're just calli... : geedeck
        • So why did you ask if he read the article? : crummynz
  • 480p is not high enough to qualify as HDTV; it is considered Enhanced-definition television (EDTV). ht... : sharkII
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    I'm a little confused - GoW2 already has 480p support (and it looks great). What's the difference betwee... : Dimmona
    • Full Size buffers, whatever that means. : crummynz
    • If I'm thinking about this right, it's more of a difference in the way it renders 16:9 480p modes. The... : DOOManiac
    • Most games render to a texture, then modify that texture to get things like bloom or distortion effects. ... : Zann
• This brings me back to the days of mortal kombat, where you'd actually put in codes to do shit with the g... : sammyl
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  So this is different from the options for widescreen and progressive scan? : krym3
  • Yeah, I assume the regular prog scan mode still only renders at half the height internally, this "HD mode... : SiW73
  • i'm guessing they progressive scan option in the game isn't full-frame. : cltcprd
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  this works pretty well! looks a bit better, especially the character models- that appear much more crisp... : busdriver3030
  • So what actual mode does the game output it via the TV chip though? Upsampled to 1080i like GT4 or ups... : abrasion
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  I tried it and my TV stayed in 480p mode, the actual TV chip doesn't push out a new resolution. : abrasion
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    I suggest you read it again. : Ctrl-Phreak
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      It runs in 480p but uses a higher resolution internally it seems. I find this really odd, I'd explain ... : abrasion
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        i care .... please explain :) : virus
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          Ok virus, glad you asked. It's a simple question really but maybe hard to put into words properly. ... : abrasion
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            fill rate. They don't have enough so it effects performance. : Yanks
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              So basically the 'engine' isn't normally rendering at 640x480 for the game, maybe partially less and they... : abrasion
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                Seems that way. The message says they had some extra VRAM afterwards so they upped the res a bit. Also re... : Yanks
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                  so what resolution/output is it then? 720p? : virus
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                    it renders internally at 640x488 for the 'HD mode' and outputs to the screen at 720x480p I imagine. : Yanks
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                      I'd be curious to know what the other resolution is? : Halen
                      • Same! I just realised they could have pulled a Microsoft and have it output to 720p and claim proper HD! : abrasion
• This GOW trick had better work on the PAL version! : Daggoth
• GameTrailers has a comparison between the the regular and HD versions http://www.gametrailers.com/play... : manlyman

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• yah it is awesome.. but I agree on the fake pics! : Shadowdane
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  SiW73's picture still cracks me up. So great. : helvetica
  • I like TheMonkeyWench : SockMonkeh
• man been awhile since I have been there, quite a few people thats cool :) : carazy
• re-verse has an excellent picture. : davantalus
• lol @ vassili_zaitsev BOLO WILL DESTROY YOU. : GrimmyD
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  The lightbox stuff is working again as of 10 seconds ago, and I made it so you can flip through all the i... : ThomW
  • you're full of shit! it's still broke! : Korban
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    MC Kingsley's picture oozes of greatness (but he's tied with Synaptic Revolt), laidback looks like he cou : skankcore
    • ack M2R2PT : skankcore
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  i cum whenever i see PoopStewart's picture. mmmmmmmm : Korban
  • he could be ice cube's cousin : JohnnyDanger
  • you should eat less blueberries I think : Jayx77
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  is wtf242 really that gay or is it just a joke? : Korban
  • In real life he looks more like Crispin Glover. : lplasmatron
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    that was a Halloween costume :[ : wtf242
    • rrrrrrright. and thom doesn't like taking it up the pooper : Korban
    • It is the Halloween costume of a man who is secure in his sexuality! i'd hit it : sammyl
• how come (in firefox) when i click outside the main frame with all the pictures it highlights everything ... : Zibro
• Vassilli is ripped :) : soggybagel
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  Is this really Maarten? http://shackers.gamewith.us/_uploads/pics-a/maarten-goldstein.jpg : ezanga
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    Is it so hard to believe? It's because he's lacking the hot wetness in that picture, right? : skankcore
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      WHAT? he is totally hot in that picture. you take that back. : dahanese
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        I agree with the hot, but I'm not seeing the wetness. Maarten requires both to live up to full potential. : skankcore
        • well it's only about 300 wide. full potential is phil sized. :-( : dahanese
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        I only asked if that was truely him . . . sheesh. : ezanga
        • It is, although when I met him his head wasn't shaved like in that pic. : angrytaxman
• done and done : Jayx77
• when i try to upload my pic (it's a jpeg) i get an error " * No JPEG create support * No JPEG cr... : jojomcbobo
• sucks. I gotta be logged in. : ultramega
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  my picture is real :D : jessipoo
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    wow your tits ARE huge : sammyl
    • haha i know rite? : jessipoo
• uploaded!! : Modica Sol Solis
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  picture changing seems to be broken * No JPEG create support * No JPEG create support : Foxhawk
  • yeah i have the same issue. : jojomcbobo
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    worked for me... I had to resize it down manually to 300x300 though : Jayx77
    • tried that, no joy : fletch_
• Lunatic Angelic's pic is the best. I know he races (or used to) but is that him? stdgz's and SiW73's pics... : Magus
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  And here I thoguht Dslyecxi was this big mean leatherneck. He doesn't look so tough with a kitten on his ... : DM7
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    That's his shoulder launched Kitty Mk. III : Fail_Safe
    • It has a 30m kill radius. : trOmblyj
• The pic of Modica Sol Solis is pretty badass... : meesterbill
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  why can't i update my picture? : fletch_
  • I can't either... wtf. : Yanks
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  >_> : Downforce
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    LAME. post real pics or go home. : sammyl
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      I just nuked a bunch of obvious fakes. edgewise and vassilli are both victims. While I appreciated ... : ThomW
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        vassili isn't bolo yeung?? my world crumbles : fletch_
        • I know. I liked that pic... :( : ThomW
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        Mine's real, but I ran it thru an Asian-ifier :( : dognose
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          Yeah I noticed that. haha I recognized that it was your head with some asian dude's eyes more or less... : ThomW
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            I don't look like Bolo Yeung D: : dognose
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              I have no idea who that is. : ThomW
              • you break my record? now i break you! like i break your friend! : fletch_
              • The guy in the pic vassili uploaded http://imdb.com/name/nm0001866/ I hope you have seen Enter the Dra... : dognose
• done and done : NFXFSX
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  THOM THOMW GAMEWITHUS LMNOPC LOL'D GREASEMONKEY BREASTS TITS NWS Now that I have your attention, fix y... : ieGod
  • It's my fucking host. I'm moving the whole site soon. Tell wtf242 to hurry up and get his new serve... : ThomW
• o shi... added. : krym3
• Ah man I love pandastrong's picture. : ieGod
• damn thats awesome - updated! :D : virus
• Done - although it kinda chopped off the top of my head : Piotyr
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  help I am surrounded by nerds : DonkeyPopsicle
  • It's clobberin' time : Magus
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  thomw you need to take a screencap from the genjuro jazz hands video and add it as his pic on that page (... : Goncyn
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    haha - What's the link? : ThomW
    • I think my copy got lost in my HD crash a couple months ago... and the only links I could find via commen... : Goncyn