Evening Reading

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• yeah i was kinda bummed with the ending, still liked the book but yeah : Ziz
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  I loved the very end. The climax was a bit weak, though. Wizard and the Glass was the best of the ser... : brickmatt
  • Agree with everything you said. : bcyde
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  Yeah, what books/series' have you guys read that had an awesome ending? : Vantage
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    I think a "crappy ending to books/etc" might be more productive. It'd definitely get more replies. =( : brickmatt
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      Anything written by Neal Stephenson. : deathofrats
      • Hahah I knew this was gonna pop up. : bcyde
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    I don't know about "epics", but for individual books... looking through my bookshelf, I note Ender's Game... : Zero|DPX
    • im currently reading the stand : tuneapan
• i stopped at god emperor dune : nacatamale

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  Have you seen Forbidden Zone? I love the movie. : spiderfill
  • I never have, I should add that to my Netflix queue. I kept hearing about it but I was like 4 years ol : Lunatic Angelic
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  Wow, that is pretty good. Sounds familiar... : Ebu
  • Wait. "A million years of evolution / we get Danny Quayle" Yea, evolution isn't all success. </pee... : Ebu
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  Is there any theme music better than the original Batman? The answer is no. : spiderfill
  • Indiana Jones, Star Wars, Batman. : not work safe
  • Jurassic Park, hells yeah : Modica Sol Solis
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  I was a huge Boingo fan back in the day. Did you ever go to a Halloween concert? Its the perfect atmosphe... : sixfoot6
  • Yes, the video I posted was from their Halloween Farewell concert. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Can I add that this is how you put on a damn show. This is something I'd be willing to attend. Not a ... : Ebu
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    Heh, is this your first exposure to them? : Lunatic Angelic
    • Indeed. Never even heard of them before. But I'm loving that song. : Ebu
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  huh. I've heard of them, but never actually heard them. After your links I will definitly pick up some of... : Fredrik S
  • Best O Boingo is probably a must @ $4 on Amazon, you're getting the best of their 80s Devo-esque synth, t : Lunatic Angelic
• Oingo Boingo are still my fave to this day. I just listened to Dead Man's Party this week and man, too c... : grover69
• And some classic Oingo Boingo...the horns just rock: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qXglCB5isFc : grover69
• they sound like a sesame street band. : jadefalcon

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• I feel the same way trying to upgrade my tracks to DRM-free in iTunes. : thaperfectdrug
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  I give up, I'm going to bed. :( : yoonix
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    Haha, just woke up and tried to make an appointment again. Seriously, I'm gonna have to choke a bitch. : yoonix
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      You can't go to the post office and do it anymore? : theghostofsmdever
      • Yeah, but it's faster to do it through a regional center. Way faster. I just need an appointment. :( : yoonix
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  you should see university of toronto's online registration/status system. only open from 8am - 8pm! om... : dodob
  • Sound's like Mac's. Worst system ever. : ieGod
  • Ryerson has a similar system. Actually I think they might share the same garbage. : lingo
  • UWO's had actually gotten pretty good over the past few years. Weird really because their comp sci progr... : Anti_dentite
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  Give up. Even if you ever get through, which took me HOURS of hitting redial, they'll tell you that you c... : BlackCat9
  • So should I just take this to a post office or something? I need to do a DS-82 form (corrections 1+ year ... : yoonix
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  <Insert comment about many people wanting the government to run MORE shit> : DinK
  • Except that passports started taking forever to get after the making of them was privatized a year ago. : BlackCat9

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  get a mac : naabster
  • Apparently this is the new "install linux". : rasputinreborn
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  Maybe one of these? I haven't used them, so don't know which is best. http://www.acrosoftware.com/ ht... : Nixx2004
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    primopdf has done me well over the years, I've also heard good things about cutepdf and pdf995 : MikkleThePickle
    • Another vote for PrimoPDF : alnya
    • Primo is what we use in our lab for the students to make PDFs : uglysad
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  pdfcreator : eyegeegeewhy
  • ^^true http://sourceforge.net/projects/pdfcreator/ : OrkO
  • ^^ Winner! : razorblade79
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  I use Cutepdf, primopdf also works, pdf995 pops up ads when you print though : d fluke
  • another vote for cutepdf and stay the hell away from pdf995, it's the devil. Also look into the pdftk ... : rookieone
• http://www.pdfonline.com/ free online version : onji
• Thanks guys! : cr00kedview

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  Who remembers Phil & Dixie comics from the old Dragon Magazine? Just me? Thought so. : cerealSAM2
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    I do, I probably still have a few issues laying in a closet somewhere. : Old_Fart
    • Buck Godot: Zap Gun For Hire? The covers to the Myth, Inc. series? Of course we old skool geeks know Phil... : AxeMan808

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• let me see if i understand this correctly: SELECT * FROM a, b WHERE a.col = b.col ORDER BY a.col? r... : itsjames

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  Go Costco. Trust me. : Rice-Rocketeer
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    I dunno, I'd go Future Shop again, and buy the extended warranty. : Majuju
    • Future shop has it on for 499.99 (non-l337) and it comes with Tomb Raider and Crackdown. Two games I wou... : judasen
  • Na, the MS warranty is fine as well. : rasputinreborn
• Unless you're going to buy used off eBay or whatever, I don't think there really is a place to get one "c... : Silent Sorrow
• If you have a last gen system you dont want anymore, you can trade it in and all your games and accessori... : ditchbag

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  there's a bridge around the corner here where that happens all the time. They are gonna install a riser i... : moshman
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    I would think it would make more sense to just design trucks that are not as tall with more room in the b... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • well, there are standards for everything, especially in germany. And they sure aren't going to make the t... : moshman
• Oh wow that is LOL. To ignore all those signals and warnings that guy must be pretty special. : Evil Benius
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  Did the NYTimes make a mistake? Shouldn't "plies" be "tries"? : Jeepy McJeeperton
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    http://www.answers.com/topic/ply To assail vigorously. : multisync
    • OK then. I was thinking it could be "pries" as well. : Jeepy McJeeperton
• When I was working on Long Island, I was heading to La Guardia one afternoon on the LIE, and there was a ... : riptyde
• Uh oh, it looks like Manhattan just messed with Texas. : rasputinreborn

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  add me, it's my shackname. i think i still have you from PGR2 days : multisync
  • Yeah I think so too, I'll go back and check though tonight. : Scotty22
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  http://shackers.gamewith.us/360/forza-2 : ThomW
  • what a lovely 404 message. : Scotty22
  • I FINALLY SIGNED UP, LEAVE ME ALONE : multisync
  • alrighty, got my account updated and I see shackers woot! : Scotty22
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  id love to play later tonight, I played almost 6 hours straight last night without flinching. It was THAT... : mavmavv
  • There is levelling? How does that work with racing? do you race equal levels? : Skoal^Fyfan

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• The industry is only allowed to use a feature so many times, think of it as a maximum quota. The game "Ju... : uglysad
• To bring you a cinematic experience. : red2lucas
• I think the motion blur in Crysis looks like secxs : -efx-
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  If it was done as a kinda temporal antialiasing then I can see it being useful but otherwise it's just po... : dooberzoo
  • Depth is already used, and ugly in many games. Crysis, and UT3, among others. It's an effect that's quite... : pillzer
• the motion blur in Gears of War works pretty well : OrkO

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  A close friend of mine was recently offered a 2-3 month technical writing gig with a local tech company. ... : PlanetPerfecto
  • bumped'd for the morning crew : PlanetPerfecto
  • Search salary.com for your are and job title : Phreakin
  • $12 / hr? $15? I'd bet it's in that range. : ra1n
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    I'm assuming it's a contract position. ~$30-$40/hr That's based on a entry level salary of $43k with ben... : twostar
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      wtf your annual to hourly conversions are waaaay off. if he goes in looking for $30-40/hr for a $43k/yr j... : MisterPhoton
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        What you get paid as a contractor and what you get paid for a salaried position are two very different th... : pyrogen
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          if hes going to get paid that low, I'd just as soon recommend he sticks to his current job, which pays a ... : PlanetPerfecto
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            He could always ask for more since all they can do is say no. Tell him to throw out a high number and se... : pyrogen
            • Always the way, I agree. He's really just asking what a realistic low-ball offer is, and I personally... : PlanetPerfecto
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          yeah, its a lot different, but not that different. benefits and stuff are not worth an equivalent $20-40k... : MisterPhoton
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            You also have to consider that the tax situation for contractors is WAY worse. : pyrogen
            • That's why its better to be a contractor on W2 instead of 1099 : MisterPhoton
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            They estimate at my job they spend an estimated 55% of your salary on benefits. I think that numbers p... : carazy
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              do you get something like 4 weeks of vacation or something? time off is really the most expensive part of... : MisterPhoton
              • I think I'm at 3 weeks right now, but theres also insurance, 401k, pension plan, and a couple others. : carazy
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    This is always depending on where you are.... here like twostar said it would be probably around 30-40 wi... : carazy
    • tech writers with little-no experience are looking at closer to $25-$30/hr on a contract : MisterPhoton

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  Lois > Chloe : Prozium
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    Lana > Lois : action roommate
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      lana in superman 3 > * : dodob
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        Lana in Superman 3 = Martha in Smallville. Time, you are a cruel bitch. : buroja
        • 25 years is a long time. : Totenjaeger
        • http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/6/69/Lana_A-T.jpg : voodooraze
• answer to 3) Clark is an emotionally spineless idiot who needs to be taken out before he reaches full pow : Megara9
• Tons of problems that need to be ignored if you want to enjoy the show. The writing isn't so great. : megarust32
• you can't think about anything while watching smallville : brewsterdog
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  Did y'all ever notice Mrs. Kent's ginormous hooters? : cerealSAM2
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    she did nudity in her younger days, I forget the movie. : Old_Fart
    • Picks you rebel scum! : SpaecKow
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      'Cat people' among other movies. : pillzer
      • Google My memory to the rescue: http://www.celebritymoviearchive.com/tour/movie.php/2877 I always digged... : pillzer
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    no, but ewww, she was both superman's mother and girlfriend. that's sick. : AbortedFetusChristi
    • SUPERMAN:THEMOVIE'D : Totenjaeger
  • I think I noticed a lower-back tattoo once : OrkO
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  2) Often times farmers use their land to secure operating loans and basically go from season to season pa... : grizzo
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    Not to mention the huge property taxes. : Totenjaeger
    • And grandpa Clark had a mean smack habit : zakazi
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  Haha My grandmother LOVES that show. She has ever season that's out on DVD. Watches it everyday... she's ... : voodooraze
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    It's slightly creepy that you know that. Or did she explain why she loved the show one time? : Totenjaeger
    • She said that she loves him, but not in a sexual way as she doesn't want to dishonor my grandfathers memo... : voodooraze

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  rent before buying : RikiTiki2
  • That costs more. Late charges add up. : dognose
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  how violent was the cop? : Mr.SEX
  • No Sonatine, but pretty damn violent. Ran a dude down with his car. Too bad he let his buddy get his ASS ... : AxeMan808
• more like violent pigcop amirite? : ErneX

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  I still haven't decided if I'm going to go. It's getting close, and I'll need to start saving like now if... : mmogger
  • just go. it's fun even if you're a bit older there are all ages of shackers that show up and have a blast... : kbnerd
• You do know they capped the age limit at 21 this year right? : Spoetzl

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• I gots a Mood Staff. : changejar419
• so would pumping massive amounts of semen into my rectum be good for my depression? : GloriousCow
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  Semen contains hormones...some of these are absorbed through the walls of the vagina and are known to ele : helvetica
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    The abortion is a real mood-killer, though. : woddemandred
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      use the pill then. : spdon
      • God bless Carl Djerassi for enabling women to avoid semen withdrawal. : helvetica
• LOL @ "semen withdrawal". Maybe this is the answer to post-partum depression. : Jeepy McJeeperton
• Does swallowing improve the uptake of the anti-depressnts? "feeling sad? give a blowjob and swallow y... : Fyunch Click
• I'm going to print that out and hand it to depressed chicks : OrkO

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  suing? like real, or in game : Slowtreme
  • for real. CCP intimates to it in a dev blog that went up a day or two ago. : MisterPhoton
• What? More details? : Goncyn
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  lol, over a fucking game. OH NOES!!! : Phreakin
  • No, it's money and we all know money is serious business. : darcspeed
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  CCP posted an indepth look into the supposed event riggings and claim that developers were helping partic... : graincloud
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    I just read a small part of this, but even that is interesting: http://goonfleet.com/open_letter_to_CC... : Phreakin
    • The whole truth and nothing but the truth http://myeve.eve-online.com/devblog.asp?a=blog&bid=472 : graincloud
  • from the dev blog: "The volume and timing of these near-simultaneous references is no coincidence: we ... : graincloud
  • Unless the "smear campaign" was organized by SA itself and not the just the forum members, that'd be a to... : Hiro

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  You can't polish a turd, but you can Optimize it for Vista. : GloriousCow
  • Fuck you guys, I laughed. ;[ : lightly inclined
  • lol : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Why the fuck did they have to use the Shadowrun IP for this? Next they'll announce the return of Deus ... : peanut-
  • this thread is going places : yedrin
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    I think the World Anti Doping Agency would have something to say about nano-augmentations. : aeg1x
    • the anti doping is all a conspircy anyway : shavenewok
  • Deus Ex Football? I'd play it. : pyrogen
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    Bobble-Bobble RTS, please. : yoonix
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      Did you see R-Type Tactics? http://kotaku.com/gaming/r_type-tactics/ : pyrogen
      • wtf that was no joke?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    People need to stop crying about this. It IS a good game so quit it already. : razlebol
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      No one is complaining because they think it's a bad game. People are complaining because they think it's ... : zakazi
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        I am talking about the use of the ip. It is still a good use and if it sells enough, maybe they will make... : razlebol
        • Don't be silly - if it sells well we'll see another FPS shooter. : Jonathan
        • I fail to see how this game couldn't have been done without the Shadowrun IP. From what I've seen, it use... : zakazi
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      I will be a angry disgusted nerd for as long as I please >:( They can defile my classic franchises, bu... : peanut-
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        IAWTP x 100000000000000000000000 I hope this kills the franchise so hard that the company loses millions... : Rauol Duke
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          cry me a river. : razlebol
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            what goes around comes around? Let's start a subthread of Justin Timberlake songs that are relevant to th : Rauol Duke
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              But this could go on until the end of time! : yoonix
              • But time is cyclical : Ride-My-Rocket
        • Supposedly that already happened. :( : Fyunch Click
  • /agree'd. I'll never play this "Shadowrun" game.. if they ever come out with a RPG or a MMO of the REAL S... : g0nk
• Just by looking at some recent videos on IGN I'm gonna have to say I'm gonna pass. It looks pretty run o... : melkore

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  I'd rather lay down and pee straight up. : darcspeed
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    Well, there you have it. Either we bring the "I ate a cat" posts or darcspeed will lay down and pee strai... : yoonix
    • Really, it's a win-win. : smegmar
    • I vote pee straight up : Phreakin
• bears walk up to those posts man! : Skoal^Fyfan

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• Yep, the issue isn't legally "ripe" yet as far as MLB is concerned. Since MLB has brought the subject up... : Hiro

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• It would be very iffy and would take super-technicial-level soldering skills and equipment. But if they ... : DinK
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  I used to solder contacts on my TI-89, back home. They're no bigger than 10 mil. : smegmar
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    I used to bullseye womp rats in my T-16 back home. They're not much bigger than two meters. : Modulus
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      this is exactly what I thought of. : ra1n
      • That's kind of what I was going for. : smegmar
• I've soldered wires to a part like that before (doh, broke a leg off one) but that was a single one and h... : dooberzoo

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  I finally decided to search Meth Banana and hear this for meself. I can not stop my right eye from twi... : Slowtreme
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    Meth or Melt Banana? : liqker
    • see, i cant even type right. this is going to be a problem. I should just go home : Slowtreme
  • I haven't listened to any of their studio stuff yet but I'd imagine its better live :) : Omning
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  melt banana is for poor people and pedophiles : fletch_
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    Also the deaf. : Rauol Duke
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      or one man rocking that triumvirate of misfortune : fletch_
      • ^^ haters : Omning
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        "AH LIBE TUH MUYYEST CHIDWEN IB BY SMAAHHL TUDIO APAHTMEN!!!" : Rauol Duke
        • our work is done here : fletch_
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      The Deaf can still feel bad music. : Totenjaeger
      • ^^ hater in training : Omning

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• it's a dejavu - THE AGENTS ARE COMING : multisync
• I had the top graphic go missing. A shift reload fixed it. : terath
• I upgraded to .4 last night and the Shack is working for me fine. : Hiro

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• NEEDS MORE DOWNFORCE : multisync
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  And a repost of the cockmobile for the morning crew. http://img173.imagevenue.com/view.php?image=690... : mavmavv
  • I *almost* made a cock car out of the '61 Jaguar that I won. It's the prefect shape for such an experimen... : Degenerate

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• ah boy.... : judasen
• Man, that is just too easy. : Totenjaeger
• Well, there you have it. : Rotten Deadite
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0368608/ : aethyr
• Hmm... well... yeah, I've got nothing. : yoonix
• i love the _________ post. : mmaster_pw

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  lol send him a tell guys : multisync
  • ... I hate myself for having played WoW sometimes. I meant shackmsg, goddamn it. : lightly inclined
• Damn, where's ThomW when you need him? : basketofkittens

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  Zoo-porn has been around a lot longer than you my friend : kgargonmagrix79
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    but the sites all look so crappy : Degenerate
    • just wait until you see a float div'd horsecock : multisync
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    lol :D After some thinking I don't care that much about the other site, it's really targeted at a differe... : snicker-snack 2
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      So what's the site? Lets see yours or the other one : bozer
      • mine's far from being up yet, but the idea is something like the js-kit.com comments, but more full-fled... : snicker-snack 2
• you couldn't even come up with a unique user name. : Slowtreme

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• Kickass, I didn't know they were working on this. I also am a sucker for the job system and I still haven... : Mad Brahmin Disease

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• it was pretty good. it was basically the first one with a few more classes. i played both of them through... : kbnerd
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  Sucked. :( I played through and beat the first one, but the sequel had no flava. :( : Ebu
  • Note: this was single player : Ebu