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• NAS is SAN backwards and "network area storage" jumbled around is "storage area network" -- what's the di... : Madwacker
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  um, NAS is Network Attached Storage. What sort of level of gear are we talking? needed capacity? bud... : Toraz Chryx
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    Woops, you're right -- didn't proofread before I posted. My boss said to look into "entry-level" and "... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      What sort of capacity is needed? : Toraz Chryx
      • We need at least 9 - 12 GB raw capacity per "appliance" (or whatever they're called), since we'll be sett... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Solaris + ZFS + RaidZ I so need to try and make one of these.... : Chunks
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    X4500 = hawt : Toraz Chryx
    • I've got an x4500 on eval right now, haven't had time to mess with it. The guy who has says the default ... : sroylance
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  my recommendation? Start with figuring out your requirements. It's really hard to determine which vendo... : sroylance
  • Yeah, there's a huge gauntlet of stuff, Xserve RAIDs through X4500 via EMC and IBM stuff, or just a big t... : Toraz Chryx
• Not sure what youre looking to spend and how much capicity management/scalability youre looking for, but ... : Saman

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• lol!! do it haiku! : g0nk
• I suddenly love my job even more. : drucifer
• lol thats so awesome I want to use it for........something! If I had the money I'd totally put it on a bi... : mega man
• hahah : Mr.SEX
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  whatever you deliver, make sure it's upside down. : lowpoly
  • definitely, but make sure to send the original outline back to them too, so they get the joke. : edgewise
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  What company? :D I guess you can't say... =/ : SilverSnake
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    Yeah, I would rather not. They are pretty big there. : haiku
    • its a meatball company isn't it? : kevp
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      *rotates and enlarges picture* Well, I'm pretty sure I know what area the company works in, and consid... : SilverSnake
      • worlds #1 penis pump company : not work safe
    • I bet it's Ikea. That pdf looks like some of their assembly guides. : Prozium
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  do you speak Swedish? : Bean
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    Not a word! : haiku
    • Haha! That makes it even better! : Bean
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      Lies! You know "bork"! haha, no, that's not a real Swedish word :P : SilverSnake
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        In Danish its the sound of a chicken clucking ! : imperator
        • Trivia: The Swedish Chef was modelled after a hyper nervous Scanian dude (for you guys not in the know, S... : GreatGooglyMoogly
• hahahhaah. : edgewise
• Venger, Inc : sexninja!!!!
• So thats how shack posts are made. : skitzo
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  You're a designer, right? I thought that you would do storyboarding and whatnot - are you going to direc... : genjuro
  • Sometimes I do and sometimes I don't. In bigger companies where there is a lot of bureaucracy and meeting... : haiku
• hahaha borkborkbork : virus
• You won't do it. =\ : Magus
• your first problem is that it's upside down. : prime8
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  i don't see what's so horrible about it. looks like a scan of a sketch. : jvox
  • Aside from it being in sweedish ? : imperator
• Their arrows are changing directions as well, so you might incorporate that. : khaosman
• I wish I got stuff that was that easy to read =( : not work safe
• That storyboards is dildos : stuka

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• jumped out for food, back after Heroes! : synack
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  Ill join after Asstec is done. : AlexXdude
  • de_dust2 now : Flying h4x0r
• IGI 14 dust 2 : mista mista
• i'll hop on again later, i need to get some packing done : Mr.SEX
• IGI, 9 on office! : AlexXdude
• Idiot roommates watching 24 and recording Heroes so I suppose I'll play until 24 is over. : InfoBiter
• IGI : synack
• Good games everyone! : saundz

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  How can you vote against the Shockers? |,|| : buzzbat
  • Who doesn't like a good shocker? (Apparently firefox: http://rosewood.shackspace.com/random/firefoxhates... : rosewood
• vote`d : ki11_viru5
• I always vote for gradient. : sammyl

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  It's good but never use "I" in a resume. It's completely wrong to do. You might want to remove the summ... : grabbie
  • I agree... just leave out the words 'I am' and leave the rest of the sentence. They need to covey informa... : drucifer
  • Fixed. Thanks. : Wolfanoz
• you went from meteorology to a maters in IT? lol : vassili_zaitsev

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  i know you're going to learn a lot and stuff, but the most important thing you can do is find an experien... : electroly
  • iawtp for a different reason. An experienced partner gives you credibility. It's hard to command respect ... : nepharious
  • interesting, thank you : hobosapien
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  Are you going to be selling products, services or both? I have experience at both ends and my advice chan... : spiffymc
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    I will be selling products. : hobosapien
    • you start yours and you help mine ;) http://www.shopify.com : Neech

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  Why would you need to upgrade for Mass Effect? : Jonathan
  • (because my current setup is 2 years old) :x My last upgrade was for Doom3.. : pillzer
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    Yeah, 360 exclusive for now pillzer :( : megarust32
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      Say what? D: Exclusive?? I thought.. aww crap. :s : pillzer
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        Time to pony up and buy that 360! :) : FushigiDenki
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          Except there are like 2 games that interests me on it.. :/ (Gears, Viva Pinata, and maybe a couple Arcad... : pillzer
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            the cost of the 360 will be 1/4 the cost of an upgrade to play it on your PC. : edgewise
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              hum. Good point. I'll still need to upgrade for Crysis though. :/ : pillzer
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                It's coming to 360 too :) : FushigiDenki
                • Haha, true, but I want to have fun modding it. :) : pillzer
                • it is? they've confirmed it? : edgewise
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    Oh and for comedy check out the Bioware board - they're all in melt down over there. Half the fans refuse... : Jonathan
    • they've locked them all? generally they keep one open : kydaimon

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  I think that Demonik game he was working on was actually supposed to be a real game to be released on the... : prime8
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    It's a real game being developed for 360. : EvilDolemite
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      oh, so they cancelled the Xbox1 development and switched to 360? : prime8
      • IMDB trivia says they ran out of cash to develop the game. : snuff
      • It was being developed by Majesco, then they lost a bunch of money and I believe it was sold off to someo... : classicfork
• do yourself a favor and use a little green next time too, movie is enhanced 10-fold! : feratu
• I was really surprised by how funny that movie was. I went in not expecting much, and I came out with man... : Ctrl-Phreak

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• Can't wait to read this :D : AlexXdude
• Man, I need to upgrade my computer. : SockMonkeh
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  Excellent work on the street crossing GIF. Do you have others for different situations like crossing a Da... : Fail_Safe
  • Yeah, that'd be awesome to see. I love reading/watching/hearing about this kind of stuff. : AlexXdude
  • Thanks. There are a few other animated gifs like that, but not too many. If I knew a better and easier wa... : Dslyecxi
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    that last guy crossing would get shot from the right side of the street because no one is covering him : redfive
    • It's explained in the text. : Dslyecxi
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  Looks awesome. I remember seeing most of those previously, but I still await the text that goes with the ... : DOOManiac
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    The demo is extremely limiting for our purposes, unfortunately. :( I took it off of our server after t... : Dslyecxi
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      $40? I could do that. What I really need to do is get off my lazy ass and upgrade though. :X I'm st... : DOOManiac
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        Yeah, an upgrade would certainly help. You'll thank yourself for it later. That whole "freshly upgraded" ... : Dslyecxi
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          Yeah I know. And the worst part of it is, it's not that that I can't afford it, it's that I'm lazy and ha... : DOOManiac
          • Oh man. Upgrade and play Stalker as the first thing you do. The game is just dripping with amazing atmosp... : Dslyecxi
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  Really looking forward to reading that! By the way, I saw that you had about the same hardware I do. ... : forktaileddevil
  • I get that too with my X1800XL. : AlexXdude
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    What version, the demo? It could be the settings you're using. What texture res are you set at? : Dslyecxi
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      Mostly everything is set to normal. Postprocessing is set to low, AA is off, AF is set to the max and vie... : forktaileddevil
      • Might want to try updating your drivers, there have been a few people (including some Shackers) who have ... : Dslyecxi
• Your attention to detail and love of these games makes me want to play it pretty badly. I gotta give my ... : Tripps
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  if only the game worked properly :( it's so broken for me! : silentzero
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    What version, and what issues are you having? : Dslyecxi
    • I bought it through Sprocket, and it's patched to 1.05. Basically, I'm just getting all sorts of freakish... : silentzero

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  Right now, I'm an Anthropology major. I'm pursuing my B.S. in the field, which means that for my universi... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Why don't you try to get a job working/writing/traveling with the national geographic people. : skitzo
    • Because I would think that's a very competitive job and while I'm a good writer, I'm not great. Not yet. ... : Modica Sol Solis
  • I would guess most computer science classes that you would be taking for a minor probably wouldn't involv... : fanax
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    You should look in to getting in to Geographical Information Systems (ie, ArcGIS), that would pretty much... : feratu
    • I know a few people in GIS and it sounds dreadfully boring. I'm going into Geography to study human cultu... : Modica Sol Solis

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• Hey Jack Thompson! Video games made me hate PigCops! : dognose
• what a dick : prime8
• Jack Thompson should sue Digg. That's instant publicity. : sgtsanity
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  I'm with him on this one. I hate kotaku. I think its the worst site on the internet. : haiku
  • worse than 4chan? : sexninja!!!!
  • Why? : Magus
• Why does Jack do this to himself? Does he realize people think he's a fucking idiot? Does he realize th... : cam3lt0sis

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  Guitar Hero 2? Super Paper Mario? Not much new this month. : FushigiDenki
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    I have GH2 for the ps2. :( : dopeman
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      Trade in your ps2+gift card for a PS3? : FushigiDenki
      • hahahahahahaha : scottythejock
      • I already have a ps3. Jokes on me :( : dopeman
• An argument. : Wolfanoz
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  http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14264813 ^_^ : DM7
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    I'll cut you! : dopeman
    • keke! : DM7
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  What consoles do you have? Or do you want PC games? : suqur
  • I have everything but the 360. PC games are fine. Do I need Doom3 to play the expansion, or can I jus... : dopeman
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  how about some USED Pokemon! : metalremains
  • He may be into used Yu-Gi-Oh. : Wolfanoz
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  C&C3: Tiberium Wars is a lot of fun. : wild falcon
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    It so lacks strategy though :( : FushigiDenki
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      It's a Michael Bay-action kinda game, which is enjoyable. : wild falcon
      • This is true. It's damned pretty. : FushigiDenki
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  how much on the card? : SockMonkeh
  • It's like $20, but I'd be willing to throw down whatever else. I just want to use the card. : dopeman
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  How much are we talking about? Does it expire? I'd just wait until something I want and would get an... : InfoBiter
  • Well, I'm usually pretty cheap about spending cash on PC games so I figure I'd spend it on something I ha... : dopeman
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  God Hand : megarust32
  • This is supposed to be the shit and I'll be getting it soon as well. GET THIS! : knitemare
  • ^^ just bought God Hand. I'm about to have some retarded fun. : dopeman
• You get nothing unless you've preordered! : TenaciousPimple

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• 20~60 minutes, sometimes multiple times a day. I use to shower 3x's a day in the military when I was on ... : skitzo
• Maybe 15 minutes? Showers are a fucking chore. Baths however are awesome. : eldersveld
• Overnight. : not work safe
• shower? maybe half an hour. bath though... more'n four hours : AbortedFetusChristi
• by myself? 30 minutes or so. with company? until the hot water ran out. and then a little longer with no ... : deathmuppeter
• if my hot water lasted that long i would have. its a large point of contention between my girlfriend and ... : Smellsy
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  If I lie down in the shower (yeah I know) I will go till as long as the hot water stays hot. : ki11_viru5
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    People do this? I don't get it. : eldersveld
    • well, it's a combination bath/shower, so it's like a bath, just with running water. : ki11_viru5
    • ive done this, its very relaxing : oHnOES
• The hot water at my place runs out after 20mins or so :( : crummynz
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  These responses makes me sad, since we are on tight water restrictions here and are limited to only 140 l... : furiouscrak
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    How do they enforce that? : angrytaxman
    • Neighbours report you. : aeg1x
• This goes hand and hand with your longest fap session... : buzzbat
• Steve would fall asleep in the shower. He would not wake up when it turned cold. He probably has taken 2 ... : Githyanki
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  Too fucking long. Water got cold, hands looking like prunes ... probably an hour or so : InfoBiter
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    hehehe he said time in between showers, not time in the shower. : red2lucas
    • ahh crap!! wrong thread hahahaha I have sore eyes.... yeah that's it. : red2lucas
• An hour or so with my wife while she was in labour. : thewriter

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• NM ER is up and i will have forgotten I made this post and won't read your replies. : dognose

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  WHERE IS MORE THAN A FEELING?!!? : maulla
  • yeah seriously... these song packs kinda suck : prime8
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  I think it's retarded that they can't package the songs individually. : Bean
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    Cowboys From Hell and I Love Rock & Roll in the same sound pack? Why not just kick all the 360 players... : DOOManiac
    • Yeah, that's just a dick move right there. : riptyde
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  They should come up w/ a way to get us PS2 Guitar Hero players more songs. : FPSDavid
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    Socom2 allowed players to purchase maps and download them to USB thumbdrives that they would plug into th... : Prozium
    • That'd be cool. : FPSDavid
  • they have, it's called buy a 360 you jerk : mikecyb
• I guess they don't plan on dropping the "pack" stuff and going to $2 bucks a song instead. They'd sell a... : FushigiDenki
• more GH1 songs? WTF is that bullshit : oatmela
• I have to say, these are much better songs than the first nine, but I don't know about $18 for them. : EvilDolemite

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• chyeah, and monkeys might fly out of my butt : mikecyb
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  Then next week, they would be like, "oh, sorry, we're going to delay it again." : CrustaR
  • wtf you think that would be sweet? : not work safe
• They get a lifetime free pass for tardiness for making HL & HL2. : EvilDolemite
• not really, what with the endless follow up threads a week later, 'ZOMG this game is SooOOoo buggy!!!' : lowpoly

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• No announced release date. lol at people jumping the gun. : Magus

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  Right after you check your e-mails I'll let you know what's going on in NYC. : Super Sparker
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    Done and done. Now tell me what's up : cookblaze
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      http://cityguide.aol.com/newyork/ You booked your trip a week too early, it seems. : Super Sparker
      • and you miss the Seinfeld-related classic Puerto Rican parade. : Super Sparker
• Check the Google group http://groups.google.com/group/NYCShackers?lnk=iggc and you should probably let : ttyRazor
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  i'm railing you in the ass, pretty boy. I hope you like alcohol? : askedrelic
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    My tolerance sucks. I'll be bending over after half a beer. : cookblaze
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      wanna head to a bar this weekend? :P Any word on the tickets? : Super Sparker
      • Nope...nothing yet. : cookblaze
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    i'm trying to piece together saturday night but it's just not working out. dinner w/efx walked 5miles ... : multisync
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      why didnt you fgts come meet me out while I was there? :[ : bagelcc
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        we actually walked by that place around 11.30ish but saw a huge line so bailed, later we realized the lin... : multisync
        • haha I was probably outside when you walked by bumming cigs. China club had a HUGE line (and lots of nic... : bagelcc
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      something like http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14262750 After numbers, we goto my place You throw u... : askedrelic
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        good fucking times : multisync
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          gee i'm sad i missed THAT shit show. : dahanese
          • no u aren't : multisync
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        don't forget ringing our fucking buzzer at 2am you fags hahaha msync you are supposed to be old and matur... : mikecyb
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          seriously i have never puked once when drinking WTF : dahanese
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            Then you aren't drinking enough. Funny thing for me is I puked all the time when I was 18-21 and now I ha... : sigpro
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              i think i have good genetics for drinking and i am careful about not drinking TOO too much. that is not t... : dahanese
              • lol @ "in front of remo." SHAME : eldersveld
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          u guys should answer your door, so old and homely! or atleast let us in :( i think the vomiting was in... : multisync
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            i didn't open the door because you would have PUKED ON ME : dahanese
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              we were completely sober the first time! : multisync
              • the first time i was still knocked out on migraine meds : dahanese
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            haha it's always a good idea to bust out the tequila shots after you are totally sloshed : mikecyb
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              oh yea, tequila. I even forgot that part. : askedrelic
              • when did we get those, and more importantly WHY : multisync

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  Olevia http://www.circuitcity.com/ccd/productDetail.do?oid=163702&c=1 : mavmavv
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    Its great for the money and once calibrated correctly. : mavmavv
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      I have one of the super-cheap Olevias and it has terrible ghosting - what (if anything) can I do about th... : tashtego
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        really? what model? : mavmavv
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          226V. HDMI is not bad, VGA has almost no ghosting, component has terrible ghosting. : tashtego
          • Thats strange, I have the ATI chipset in mine and I have no problems at all. : mavmavv
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        Some models were built with an ATI chip that absolutely sucks. If yours is one, there's really nothing to... : Merconium
        • that's mine! =( : tashtego
  • yeah i have a 332H, great for the price. kind of lacking in in/outputs, though, specifically SPDIF. : yedrin
• I want to know this too...also, what are the best stores to buy one? Like a Best Buy? : invisible_kid
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  If you can spend 1250 get the panasonc 42'' HD ready. : krym3
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    1024x768 :( : kevp
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      that's fine if it's a plasma - rectangular pixels : tashtego
      • that is correct. : krym3
• I dumped a grand on a Polaroid 37 inch, and I couldn't be happier. I was eyeing the Samsung 50 inch DL... : fleabug
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  Get a Sharp 37" LCD, it has 1080p as well : AlexXdude
  • "Cheap," not "Assrape" : cam3lt0sis
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  I'm looking at this one: http://www.circuitcity.com/rpsm/oid/174523/rpem/ccd/productDetail.do Is it w... : invisible_kid
  • no. Not for that size. You can get something a TON larger for that much money and still have a great pict... : mavmavv

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  no red alert intro?! : maulla
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    serious WTFs there. : mrfunky3000
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=85tMFIA6Dy0 :) : moogle
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  Kingdom Hearts is on the list, but not Fallout. Eep. : lechuck59
  • Dude =( "War...war never changes..." : Izakhar
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  Bit retarded to consider most of these since they don't even feature in the game, and they aren't differe... : ThrillKill
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    agree, it seem silly that most of the movies where from previews movies that are not in the game. i'm sho... : knightblade87
    • nah, when he killed his father was awesome : kydaimon
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  I always thought the opening cinematic to Diablo 2 was good. : i am the baker
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    The closing one was even better in my opinion. Baal walking down the hall with a line of a fire behind hi... : Anti_dentite
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      I loved the scene with Tyreal when he yells "STOP!" and his wings are spread as he comes over. : Chod
      • The swell of music there always gives me chills. I think that's the Act III cinematic. : sgtsanity
    • Oh yeah, how did I forget about that? : i am the baker
    • It wasn't my fault Tyreal *drooling* it wasn't my fault *weeping* : SolrFlare
    • You guys are making me want to install and play D2 again :< : cam3lt0sis
• glad they put the MW2 vids on there : cygnus
• Of those listed, I liked the FF XII video the best. : Tommy Toolbag
• Good to see Brood War on there. : FushigiDenki
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  Haven't looked at it yet, but Oshinamua(sp?) 3 better be on it... : Dimmona
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    Bah! And WTF with all the Halo videos on there - they weren't that great... : Dimmona
    • I think it's more "a few good videos in among a bunch of videos we've been paid to pimp". : Arcanum
• No Diablo 2? : stonedonkey
• Bullshit. Trailers should not be in the same category. : pigvomit
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  Wow they must not have been born when Q2 came out. : not work safe
  • Oh no shit, huh? : Ajax
  • TF1 Cinematic + Music > * : cam3lt0sis
• No DNF E3, no Sam n Max, no Day of the Tentacle, no Grim Fandango, no Wing Commander, no Red Alert. What. : algernoN8
• This is stupid. Commercials and trailers should not be in a list for cinematics. : Arcanum
• What a joke! ignore the whole poll. : niceguynick
• Not only were they silly to pick that for #1, they also got the director wrong. It was Kosinski, although... : sgtsanity
• No ending of MGS3 and intro of Onimusha 3 = failure : slacko
• Onimusha 3 intro cinematic (by ROBOT) was pretty badass. Ninja Gaiden had some sweet cutscenes too. No... : Magus

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  http://www.maxconsole.net/?mode=news&newsid=16106 : red2lucas
  • that sites about as solid as Jack thomsons "sources". I'll wait until MS or a major gaming news outlet g... : Prozium
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  So that's why the graphics suck. : FushigiDenki
  • That was my first thought too :\ : red2lucas
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    i'm not sure how many more times they need to say that the graphics that have been shown aren't final. th... : Mansmells
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      We'll see, I doubt it's going to turn into Gears of War anytime between now and release. : FushigiDenki
      • i don't either, considering halo usually has large open spaces : Mansmells
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        According to reliable sources, the SP graphics are a step above the MP visuals. Also, the scale of com... : EvilDolemite
        • I don't get it either. Halo 2 still looks awesome when I play it on my 360, and it's to the point where i... : Mansmells
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  THIS JUST IN - THIS IS ONLY FOR CUTSCENES I bet : grandmasterlee
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    IF this isn't BS in the 1st place. What you said is highly unlikely. : red2lucas
    • Not really, its exactly the type of crap MS marketing would pull. : grandmasterlee
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  Does this actually excite anyone? Honestly I'm hard pressed to tell 1080p from 720p. 720p / 1080i i... : EvilDolemite
  • yeah it seems like a diminishing returns kind of thing. as long as the framerate is rock solid (and hopef... : Mansmells
• I wonder if the game will be on 1 DVD. : Magus