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• I liked the install, too. And I think I saw a memory diagnostic tool when you boot from the DVD, too. : crummynz
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  Oh, yeah, I know there is a way to disable all these warnings that keep popping up. I'm not very familiar... : SockMonkeh
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    you'll want to hit up google on "Disable UAC" : MikkleThePickle
    • Ah, sure, UAC. Thanks, I got it now! : SockMonkeh
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    The right direction is not to disable UAC. Doing so just removes a minimal inconvenience but strongly red... : tcs
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      It really is more than a minimal inconvenience. : pyrogen
      • No it's not. MS finally has the chance to improve the security and the first thing uneducated users do is... : tcs
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        It's a pain when you're first starting out, installing tons of programs, but after that it's really a goo... : feek
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          For instance. Unless your daily computer activity is non-stop installing software and reconfiguring the s... : tcs
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            Unless your daily computer activity is non-stop visiting random porn sites and clicking "INSTALL" I don't... : aeg1x
            • And exactly because you don't see how it could ever become an issue you should keep it activated because ... : tcs
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      I maintain that only tards (or IE users, but maybe they are the same?) have security problems with XP/Vis... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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        You can use IE and not have issues if you aren't a dumb ass. : sigpro
        • It's true. I did it for two months and didn't get anything but a couple tracking cookies. And that includ... : Orange Pylon
        • How exactly does 'not being a dumb ass' fix a vulnerability in a browser? You don't have to click install... : tcs
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  Did you get the Ultimate edition? : warcrow
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    If so.....DreamScene! http://windowsultimate.com/blogs/extras/archive/2007/03/14/windows-dreamscene.as... : warcrow
    • I had the entire final battle scene from Advent Children set as my dreamscene wallpaper once. It was pret... : Orange Pylon
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      that only works in Vista Ultimate? or the others too" : Break
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        I'm afraid it's a moneyhats only feature. : Orange Pylon
        • Or just use a video player with a "background" option in it. : ArtilleryMarker
    • No MM support : rosewood
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      holy shit I want this. The puddle with the raindrops is just awesome, but im afraid I only have vista bu... : ant_hillbilly
      • The video pauses when you have an application in fullscreen, and like Aero it stops automatically when yo... : Orange Pylon
    • Oh snap! : SockMonkeh
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  Post your Experience Index score (control panel -> performance information and tools). Mine was 4.2, b : Orange Pylon
  • lol 3.9 thanks to my processor : SockMonkeh
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  I am too, but I'm getting extremely slow speeds on the HD I installed it on. 500KB/s slow. If I boot ba... : pyrogen
  • Is it SATA? http://www.vistaultimate.com/increase-sata-disk-performance.htm : Orange Pylon
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  Hmm, the first thing that seems to be giving me trouble is Mirana IM. IEView doesn't work anymore. Oh wel... : SockMonkeh
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    Also, Logitech's Mouseware isn't supported on Vista so I'm not sure how to rebind my side buttons to midd... : SockMonkeh
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      how the fuck can something like that still not be supported by Logitech? : Cygnus X-1
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        It definitely is supported. I don't think he looked hard enough :( : aggressor
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          You sure? It's definitely not officially supported but if you have it working I'll go ahead and install. ... : SockMonkeh
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            It definitely IS supported and has been for a few months now. Example: http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/... : aggressor
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              Oh, you are talking about Mouseware. What the hell is that, the old version of Setpoint? Is your mouse fr... : aggressor
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                It's an MX500, lol. It's great. Maybe SetPoint supports it now? : SockMonkeh
                • It should support it! : aggressor
    • Try installing the SetPoint software, see if that works for you. From the page it says they're looking in... : Orange Pylon

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• should be FPS, really. : radula
• seems pretty odd to me personally, but grats none the less! : Bantis
• Your kid, your choice. And bonus points if he ends up joining the FBI. : sharpie
• Not to offend or anything and I don't have any idea what kinda names are usually preferred in western sen... : xphil
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  kick his ass, seebass! : jcutner
  • It's high school all over again, thank jcutner! :D : classicfork
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  Fox Vandal? Unconventional I guess... : airrob
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandal_Savage : sgtsanity
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      Thats actually where I got the name from... :D : classicfork
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        I don't entirely appreciate the middle name but then again I plan on naming my kid Random so my opinion d... : graah
        • Randy'd be a fitting nickname. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        .....from a ..comic? : oHnOES
        • well, if he got the first name from a TV show, why stop there? : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • nothing wrong with comics. : sharpie
• Drop the middle name? : d fluke
• Dare to be different! : Orange Pylon
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  i suggest Norman Winston Seebass : shavenewok
  • those are my initials and no one else can have them : Yabrodan
• Art Vanderlay Seebass : scottythejock
• Fox Moulder Seabass : SpaecKow
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  Fox Vandal? What the fuck. : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • Sounds like the lead in a Squaresoft game. : Rotten Deadite
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  how about Randall Vandal? : drucifer
  • He could go straight into WWF or WWE or whatever it is and immediately kick ass. : PlanetPerfecto
• Austin Danger! Powers. : CoRDS
• Van·dal (vān'dl) n. 1. Vandal: One who willfully or maliciously defaces or destroys ... : marmite
• The name strikes me as wtf, though it sounds kinda cool. I don't think I'd ever name a kid something lik... : DinK
• I had a kid in my classes in elementary school named Fox. What a weird kid. He always got made fun of. : conandan
• my last name is Fox in RL, and I go by it socially after college when I was dubbed by my last name. I ca... : phokz
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  In high school he'll get teased and called Fucks. : mrwolf710
  • somehow I can't see how it would be a bad thing if all the ladies think of fucks at merely the mentioning... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • I'm the father of 2 boys. Unique names are nice, but the route we took was to let the boy (his actions, ... : krillin
• i'm pretty sure i would hate my parents forever if they named me Vandal : kill9
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  he and justyce can form a superhero league : boring gegtik
  • Haha, they do both sound like comic book heroes. Also if it's a chick, it's easy to change the first... : helvetica
• I like Fox. Vandal doesn't do it for me, but its not my kid : retardhumper
• Instead, I recommend "Wolf Visigoth Seebass". The Visigoths were much cooler than the Vandals and wolves... : Vantage
• oh the iron if the kid becomes a Goth. That said, I don't like the first name much. : steelsamurai
• Vandal Fox Kickass is my preferred version. : steelsamurai
• Vandalay Industries? : dodob
• I vote Mutated Laser Seabass : marmite
• X-Files reference? Check Green Lantern reference? Check This looks fine to me. : Omning
• Tony Stark Seabass. : Rauol Duke
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  I rock a mic like a Vandal, Light up a stage and wax a chump like a candle. : Hiro
  • Dance! : kbnerd

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  yeah it was a lot of fun! I really jumped up in points : adev
  • i left early so msync could get back in, and i couldn't find anyone to race with after that :( : pyide
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    Yea, I gained about 30k. I also just sent you a friend request, please add. : knitemare
    • ok i will add you tomorroq : adev
• Just found this awesome tip thread on the official forum: http://forums.forzamotorsport.net/forums/thr... : NoCopy
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  olololollolo dahanese's a girl ROFLMAO!!! : warcrow
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    Omfg a girl plays video games, someone alert the fucking internet :P : dravalen
    • im pretty sure he was referring to the scientific fact that girls can't drive : Modica Sol Solis
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  The fact that some people are having difficulty keeping the car straight right off the starting line blow : Ajax
  • Tell that to the back end of Brickmatts car on Laguna. : sigpro
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    yeah, i don't get it either. that and people forgetting that you need to slow down to turn. then they... : FrayLo
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      That drives me nuts too, but it's like... DUDE. Release the right trigger. Gently turn into the skid.... : Ajax
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        Poor training from decades of arcade racers It hink : EvilDolemite
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          I think I should play with you good guys, that shit pisses me off too. Hows the lag for people with high ... : moshman
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            I've noticed some minor sliding here & there, but the nasty lag crashes of the original game seem nonexis... : Ajax
            • nice, I will try to get on some shack games, timezone permitting : moshman
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        some slower people in my rfactor league always brake later than the fastest guys for corners. really? i c... : cygnus
        • Haha yeah. I build a lot of my lower class cars for cornering and maximized braking (which is evident whe... : Evil Benius
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    fuck that. Burnouts are awesome and should be done every available chance! : Degenerate
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      do you have this game? i want to play wif joo! : multisync
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        Indeed I do. I'm scared of your S-Class Mini though : Degenerate
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          it's like 2000lbs with 420 or so hp! VROOM VROOM it is also pink with a giant butterfly on top and 'COCK'... : multisync
          • Truly a force to be reckoned with : Degenerate
          • Why am I not surprised... : FormerHPB
  • Seeing the back 4 or so people wreck into each other right off the line in my rear view was pretty LOL la... : Evil Benius
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    I can't even understand how a racing game can not be playable if I floor the gas and hold there until my ... : Rauol Duke
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      Raoul, if you ever drove a car that had some power, you would understand this. ;P : FormerHPB
      • I drive a lot already. A sim of that where I can't even smash people would be like me shitting up y'all's... : Rauol Duke
    • hahaha seconded. : ThomW
• Definitely good times. I'm not that good though although I appreciate the compliment. Now Ajax/Lunatic/... : SolrFlare
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  Haha not only is multisync's car distracting, but that thing is a little rocket. Thank god it (or he I am... : Evil Benius
  • i got 20" racing tires on it now and it's an S-class :( : multisync
  • my car is basically a jet engine strapped to a car with no handling : fletch_
• Someone invite me next time you guys play. : soggybagel
• Dahanese hitson everyone. EVERYONE. Corrected that for you. : The Key
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  I learned some Shackers will headhunt you when you drop a class to try and make things more competitive.. : Lunatic Angelic
  • I love when you are in our races because it pushes me to drive better. However my best lap time is usuall... : Evil Benius
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  a girl can't drive?! NO WAY : Clay
  • she lost when everyone dropped 2 classes below her :( : multisync
• I really need to get in on this ... maybe I'll pick up the game today :D : Damodred

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• vector gone stupid!! : deep gray
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  It's going to appeal to the young crowd. Definitely. : johnny nada
  • the 2-5 crowd maybe. : thecray
• wow. that's garbage. at least they still have plenty of time left to fire that advertising agency and hir... : Bean
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  i just realized the pink shapes are supposed to say "2012" : electroly
  • and the 2's aren't even the same... : johnny nada
  • Oh man, I missed that too. This thing is insanely awkward and awful. : sgtsanity
  • Oh wow, I didn't see that at all. : Zero|DPX
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    http://www.shacknews.com/ja.zz?id=14519312 : marmite
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      there's no dot. it's part of the second 2 that extends under the 0 and comes out the other end. : dodob
      • I realise that is the case now, but why doesn't the first 2 look similar and have the same overhang bit? ... : marmite
• I don't get it, at least they could have gotten it to represent the shape of GB and Ireland vaguely, or t... : moshman
• the blowjob imagery is so stuck in my head now ... damn you shack. : imperator
• 1992 called and wants their pastels backs. : d3pr1ved
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  Here's the Beijing one for comparison: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Beijing2008_logo.png : judo680
  • yeah, that sucks too, but still better than the 2012 one : moshman
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    And the one for Chicago's 2016 bid. http://www.chicago2016.org/images/chicago2016logo.gif Take that... : sgtsanity
    • I think they were told they were not allowed to use that one for some dumb reason : moshman
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2W_gInR3gXs : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • hahahah! : Dalant
  • I was just going to post this - fantastic! : alphane
  • That is AWESOME! Ahhahaha. : marmite
  • hahaha I can't stop laughing. : classicfork
  • that is so great, it makes me want to spead my anus : moshman
  • lol this one needs more looooooooove : xphil
  • hahaha, is this real? : JohnnyDanger
  • who are they firing? : dodob
  • Oh my god ahahahaha : tomservo
  • who are they firing? : dodob
  • Hahaha. : lightly inclined
  • hahaha, amazing : dmason
  • Dear god that's hilarious : ColoradoCNC
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    I am so glad thats been recorded for posterity. : chazums
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      prostate : Slowtreme
      • posterior : freakord
  • hahaah, i was not expecting that. : pyide
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    it looks like a guy getting a blowjob from a macrocephalic. : steelsamurai
    • oops, wrong part of thread. GG goatse BBC! : steelsamurai
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  It reminds me of the 1990 Nintendo catalogue http://progressiveboink.com/archive/nintendocat/1.htm : Balboa
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    Holy crap that second page. Wow. : sgtsanity
    • Oh, the text is fake. >: ( I'm so quitting the internet for the second time in a day. >: ( : sgtsanity
    • Where can I get some of those blue trousers! : marmite
  • "Note to left handers: you're just not bad enough." Assholes! I'll murder them as soon as I'm done ope... : Orange Pylon
• Did an elephant with a stapler shoved up it's ass draw that? : classicfork
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  lol It's like watching black oil from The X-Files in action, only more coloful. : xphil
  • And at ludicrous speed. : sgtsanity
  • The sound effects make me think it's Steve Austin's spirit caressing that swimmer's legs.... : drbriefs
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  I fail to see the "seriously fucked up shit" in there. The logo still looks awful, though. : SlamDunk
  • it looks like a short haired woman giving a blowjob. seeing them in a row in multiple colors is lol. : dodob
• the logo kind of sucks, but i thought that the animation was pretty awesome. : feek
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  I know nothing about graphic design, but I thought it was pretty cool of them to go with sharp lines, con... : peanut-
  • It's Myspace-garish, unreadable, and utterly unmissable. Which pretty much guarantees success, I reckon. : Balboa
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    I think it fails so hard because 90% of people that see it see something other than 2012. It took me ages... : marmite
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      Yet it probably cost £5m to come up with. : peanut-
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        £400,000 they said on the news. What a joke. : marmite
        • Almost a million US. That's a lot of money to give a graphic design team that completely failed to explai... : skankcore
        • I'm so glad we got the Olympics so taxpayers money could go to such worthwhile endeavours. The whole t... : peanut-
    • I just now saw it's supposed to spell 2012 :( : bamb
• is it possible to contract epilepsy? : smax
• They just misspelled 1986, that's all. : DinK

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• Congrats! : Haku-Jin
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  when & where did this "babby" stuff come from? 4chan? : RikiTiki2
  • The internet in general; SA did a reading : Balboa
  • http://www.somethingawful.com/flash/shmorky/babby.swf : megarust32
• how is babby formed? : deep gray
• gratz ! : qwpeoriu
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  did you....did you pixelate your babies nipples? : knitemare
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    haha, that's awesome! I didn't even notice until you pointed it out. I'm so socialized to be a conformist... : Bean
    • Haha, Yeah me niether. : Haku-Jin
  • I love you guys but some of y'all are freaks. : beastrabban
  • hahahaha : aeg1x
  • hahaha oh my god that's awesome : warpdude
  • bwahahahhaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I was going to comment on it. That's awesome. : smoove
  • hahahaha : riptyde
• Awesome! I wish congratulations, etc, translated into text better. : thief
• Congratz! And I love the mosaicing. : SiW73
• congrats! : mrfunky3000
• Awesome, congrats!! : Dimmona
• Congrats beasty! : moshman
• Sounds about like how it went for my wife our first time too. Hope she recovers from the C section quick ... : sigpro
• Gratz dude! Glad everyone is well. : YoYo
• Haha excellent pics man. Congrats!! : Phil
• CONGRATS BEASTIE!!! :D : virus
• Congrats. :) : Sylvanus
• awwww congrats! :) : xphil
• Congrats dude. How much Paypal $$$ for unedited version? : skankcore
• congrats to you both! : chazums
• Congrats man! : TroughLollie
• omg congrats! : drucifer
• Congrats BTW!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'm pretty sure this isn't the Kwisatz Haderach : Postal
• Congrats! New babies are always fun :) : mrwolf710
• Congrats to you and the wife! : FormerHPB
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  Just make sure you dress her up 80s style: http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/4008/xmas87jg4.jpg : aethyr
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    hahaha, that is him right? : -efx-
    • indeed :D : aethyr
• Congrats! : helvetica
• At this rate the shack army will be ready for phase II in no time at all. CONGRATS!!!!!! : voodooraze
• Congratulations! : Evil Benius
• CONGRATS!!!! : Jayx77