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  I'd go with Vista64 bit right now. I mean, I guess if you're reformatting no matter what at the end of th... : feek
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    Will existing 32bit games (and some older titles) play well with Vista64? : RevRaven
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      http://www.vistagamedoctor.com/GameList.aspx : dognose
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        You're my hero. : RevRaven
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          No that would be RomSteady, it's his site :< : dognose
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            Props to everyone who is more informed than I! : RevRaven
            • And now you're one of the informed! Screw everyone else! :E : dognose
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        crap i can't play extreme paintbrawl : prancing_jackanapes
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          I can't believe he owns, loaded, and tested Extreme Anything. Wait yes I can. : dognose
          • Sometimes, it pays to be a completionist. Still going through testing games. I'm surprised at some of... : RomSteady
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  Go with Vista. Pros: DirectX 10, shiny stuff. Cons: None. : nudel
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    You wouldn't consider the huge overhead incurred for what basically amounts to DX10 support a con? : ieGod
    • What huge overhead? Show me the benchmarks and keep in mind everything I mentioned here: http://www.sh... : nudel
    • You are misinformed. : FushigiDenki
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    none? you serious? what about poorer graphics drivers, extra system overhead, and the occasional softwa... : Postal
    • The graphics drivers are fine these days, the extra overhead doesn't seem that big a deal (see my reply a... : nudel
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      there are compatibility issues with some software but from what i've seen the gaming performance is on pa... : prancing_jackanapes
      • This is my biggest problem as well. : feek
      • Shit like that has got me wanting a Mac. : FushigiDenki
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    cons: none lol do you work for microsoft or something : kill9
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      No, but I've been using Vista on my main machine since January and I'm sick of the FUD. : nudel
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        saying "cons: none" is just flat out denial : kill9
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          It's a generalisation, just as "DirectX 10, shiny stuff" is not a complete list of the pros. Of course... : nudel
          • Thats not what you said. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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        I'd have to agree with nudel here. I've been using Vista as my main OS since mid December and aside from... : Tripps
        • Or maybe some people use the OS very little and don't encounter problems that frustrate others. : TrptJim
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    i got rid of vista to use ubuntu because it was such a cluster fuck of horribleness. : eeeealmo
    • What was? Ubuntu? I agree completely. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      As always with "Vista sux" posts you don't elaborate on what was so horrible so nobody can understand or ... : nudel
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        ok ill give you an example of the final straw for me . . . i was trying to search the text of a bunch... : eeeealmo
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          So because you didn't see the "Include non-indexed files (might be slow)" checkbox in the search dialog y... : nudel
          • Haha. Pwn right there. :) : nosseman
        • xp did the same thing to me yesterday. that "find text wthin file" feature is apparently broken in xp too... : prancing_jackanapes
  • iawtp, Vista is awesome so far : ColoradoCNC
  • I'm happy with Vista, there's a lot of little browsing features that make it more worthwhile than XP. ... : Sailor of Fortune
• XP. No question. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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  Drivers for 64bit Vista are still full of bugs. Some games don't work as well. I'd stick with XP for whil... : Pettytheft
  • I have had literally 0 problems with vista 64 with my nvidia card + Q6600 + p35 board, depends on your ha... : nukewinter
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  I strongly reccomend 32-bit Vista. 64-bit drivers are much worse and buying a new XP license at this time... : Uthar Wynn
  • I have heard the opposite. Avoid 32bit Vista at all cost. : nosseman
• There are a lot of little annoyances with Vista. The control panel sometimes shows up blanks, and Adobe F... : Tommy Toolbag
• With a new machine, I'd do vista. I havent had any problems with it, performance is always on par with my... : kelerian
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  I just built a new PC last Thursday and installed Vista Home Premium 64-bit. Running a 8800 GTS and game ... : a weakling spaz
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    The FlexiJack's mic support doesn't work if you connect another cable to the card itself, e.g. to enable ... : Sapiens
    • I was using the mic jack on the front panel. This shows up as microphone as opposed to line-in for the fl... : a weakling spaz
• I built a new rig with Vista last week, no issues with any games yet (besides needing to set a few as 'ru... : Senor PoopyPants

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  they could have done much better by leaving "kingdom of" out of it. : Caboose
  • IAWTP : guido anchovy
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    Indiana Jones and the the Crystal Skull? : Odoyle
    • Sounds like a Harry Potter title. : Chunks
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    see Hollywood, its not hard, just ask nerds to name the damn things and its done. : CoRDS
    • And yer done. It's elementary! : duncandun
• Anyone think they'll chicken out and call it Indiana Jones 4: kingdom of the crystal skull? : scottythejock
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  I think the Bible related ones have been the best (1+3). : matthaeus
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    i love 3 . i can watch it over and over and over. : CoRDS
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      the only one I really like is the first one. : trOmblyj
      • It's certainly the most balanced of the three. : eldersveld
  • The ones that included those villains of villains, the nazis, too. Nazis. I hate these guys... : Omaha
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  Anyone else deeply concerned for this film? : Omaha
  • if they keep lucas far away from production it should be fine...crosses fingers : grabbie
  • I went on a camping trip with my brother this summer, and one night we camped next to this dude who was P... : basketofkittens
  • Id love another one but Ford is mega old and the Last Crusade was a great ending to the series I thought.... : bozer
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    Isn't this the one with Area 51 and aliens and shit? If so, how could anyone possibly be concerned? E... : walker270
    • are you serious? now im more interested : bozer
• I thought it was Indiana Jones and the Deathly Hallows. : Masem
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  Fate of Atlantis : not work safe
  • hell fucking yes : Drewus
  • Fate of the Atlantis Kingdom of Crystal Skulls : gmd
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    they really should have just gone with fate of Atlantis, the story was done, its got nazis. a strong fema... : CoRDS
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      "The bigger they are.....well, you know the rest" : Beady
      • a fine sample of bi tumen . : CoRDS
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      Why, so it could be very similar to Disney's Atlantis which itself is already very similar to two other m... : action roommate
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        the only bit that would be similar would be that they are looking for atlantis. so based on your log... : CoRDS
        • . <------ the point, you ------> ¯\(o_º)/¯ : action roommate
• I love Indy but...that's terrible :( : PenicillinX57
• If we go by the theory that every other movie in this series sucks then this 4th one should be the worst ... : mrwolf710
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  Ya but when you think of it, is "..and the Raiders of the Lost Ark" or ".. and the Temple of Doom" any be... : dante2010
  • the original was just called "Raiders of the Lost Ark", so yea, they should have stuck to the 3 word thin... : aethyr
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  Hey guys...just thinking out loud here, but isn't fucking impossible for us to suggest alternative titles... : digitalsneek
  • What are you, stupid? Everyone here knows everything. Everyone knows that. : Omaha
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    Indian Jones: Old Balls : boring gegtik
    • Indiana Jones and the Saggy Nuts Teabag : anthonybean
  • Indiana Jones and the WIZARD KING OF SKULL MOUNTAIN! : c0bra
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    Indiana Jones and the GIANT FAGGOT SKULLS : gmd
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      please never use my catchphrase again : boring gegtik
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        I will use your catchphrase with hesitation : gmd
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          my beans let me show them to you : boring gegtik
          • - Perfect Cell : gmd
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    Indiana Jones and the Talkturnal Emissions : Lawgiver
    • BARF : boring gegtik
    • haaaaahahahhha : lookitzpancakes
  • Indiana Jones and the Deathly Hallows : Orange Pylon
  • Indiana Jones: Give To Me YOUR Buttocks : smackpiece
• so, Indy loves the KoCS! I knew Mr. Ford was a shacker : zagzig32
• They could call it Indiana Jones at Jessica's slumber party and I'd still be there on day one. : voodooraze
• Still not happy they're making this : Begawkiness
• Indy loves the KOCS! : ted1001
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  So it is about the Mayans. Bummer I was hoping it was about the Ark. : Crimsonbeak
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    Maybe they're trying to have the series come full circle. The original initiated with the Mayans (althou : hatelull
    • Ok, maybe they weren't mayans, but it was a south american location I believe. : hatelull

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  you can watch it on tmz, and no, she does not look hot at all http://www.tmz.com/tmz_main_video?titlei... : kill9
  • Haha holy fuck. So washed up. : tyrelhill
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    heh, for a normal person, she still looks pretty hot. For a celebrity... : mavmavv
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      ^^^ that's the sad part.. but I agree.. No way in hell I would throw her out of my bed if I knew her as ... : laidback
      • Fleetwood Mac was there? : robbomc
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  dear britney. if your going to be coked up and try and perform you need to have some form of talent : CoRDS
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    I remember when sTeve was counting down the days until she turned 18 on Evening Reading... How times h... : seven
    • lol, thats a good quote. : mavmavv
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  sarah silverman said: "Have you seen Britney's kids? Oh my god, they are the most adorable mistakes yo... : industro
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    i thought they bombed on stage...sarah and britney both... : agentlead
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      Yeah they were both REALLY uncomfortable. Sarah's jokes were bombing big time too. I'm glad, I hate that ... : pancake humper
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        shes the funniest female comic probably : boring gegtik
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          That's like saying "She is the smartest of the retards". : pancake humper
          • lol : anthonybean
        • Agreed - she's fantastic. : seven
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          Lisa Lampenelli is funnier not trying than SIlverman is trying. : stonedonkey
          • pretty much. : mavmavv
        • thats like going to the wnba to watch all the dunks : CoRDS
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          YES BOYS KEEP IT COMING MWAHAHAHA : boring gegtik
          • That's about as much as an accomplishment as winning a gold medal at the special olympics? : pancake humper
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          Paula Poundstone is funnier. : deathofrats
          • I hear she has a way with kids. : Fred Garvin
    • Yeah but Sarah bombed more because I think the crowd was filled with fucking plastic celebs who all suck.... : bozer
  • what sucks is Sarah will get publicity for this she doesn't deserve, cause she's not funny at all, she's ... : graceofdragons
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    the first ten minutes of the show was a big pile of steaming crrap : PapaBoo
    • 99.9% of that show was a steaming pile. : FormerHPB
  • She just comes off as a nasty bitch. : scottythejock
  • I turned it off after sarah silverman bombed - shittiest performance I've seen in awhile. : fathertime
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  She looks fat. : baronzemo78
  • atleast no pointy knees, yes? : mavmavv
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    She looks like a woman. If my future wife looks like that after 2 kids and all the mess she went through,... : pancake humper
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      plus if she shaves her head and goes fucking bonkers : boring gegtik
      • all women: a) do that monthly b) do that yearly c) do that bi-yearly d) YUOR ANSWER HERE! : mavmavv
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    How is that fat? Oh yeah, I almost forgot. This is the internet; the place where people who obviously... : ColoradoCNC
    • I wish I could look at something like Britney and think she's not fat. It would open up a lot more option... : royalally
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  I have a confession. I said I would watch Britney to see how bad she would be, and I didn't. : Slowtreme
  • That feels better now, doesn't it? : geneshifter
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  No embarrassing video to relish? The TMZ clip is tantalizing. : SatansLilHelper
  • The whole performance just seemed forced. She didn't look natural. Her lip syncing was horrible and she ... : pancake humper
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  that song actually isn't too bad, I started to bob my head. She looks pretty good too. But, no mic, and... : zagzig32
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    I'm going to bookmark this post in case anyone accuses you of having taste : boring gegtik
    • im speaking in terms/relation of radio pop nonsense : zagzig32
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    Please don't let the measure of a good song begin with when you bob your head...lol : HojuSimpson
    • it had some groove, that is all I was meaning. : zagzig32
  • I am speechless. : xtofuconsumerx
• anyone know when the nielsen ratings will come out for last night? This was supposed to be a pretty impo... : stgdz
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  it's strange how most everyone is more interested in seeing celebrities FAIL rather than perform. i ha... : industro
  • You're damn right I hope they fail. It's actually entertaining to me. Britney probably possesses the ... : royalally
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  yeah she looks pretty sexy in those pictures i definitely wouldnt mind some atm from her. but u gotta re... : arizona bay
  • yeah, thats why I said anyone can look good with the best makeup artists. :D : mavmavv
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  She was terrible last night. She looked lost on the stage, didn't dance at all. She had a big old jiggle ... : voodooraze
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    MTV sucks hard now. I never thought I'd say this but I agree with Justin Timberlake. : geneshifter
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      I don't understand how anyone could watch MTV. It is more entertaining to watch yourself flush a toilet a... : baronzemo78
      • too bad you can't do that all day. or can you? : feek
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      justin timberlake was the best part of the show. that man has endless talent and charisma. he's going t... : arizona bay
      • lol : Tommy Toolbag

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  i love the bit where kirk comes up with "my lifestyle determines my deathstyle" and they all laugh about ... : erotic sock
  • God I'd forgotten about that horrible lyric... : TabsAZ
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  Yup you summed it up pretty well. Watching those guys taking advice from a shrink in a Bill Cosby sweate... : Haku-Jin
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    Yeah I really enjoyed two or three of their albums. Really angry, fast, heavy. Great sound. Black was ... : EvilDolemite
    • Black was the last great album they made. : Drewus
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    Bob Rock. He got them to simplify their music and changed the direction of the band. : timmie
    • Schmucks. I liked the 9 minute songs with 12 guitar solos. : riptyde
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  the only good part about that movie were the invisible death rays coming out of the eyes of dave mustaine... : -=kodiak=-
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    He later went on Headbanger's Ball and claimed that he told them they couldn't use the shit they filmed w... : zakk
    • i dont buy that for a second : -=kodiak=-
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  Watch Mustane go nuts at Laars was pretty funny. But yeah it's a bunch of over the hill 'metal gods' g... : shavenewok
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    he went nuts on him? I thought they had a pretty nice conversation...didn't seem like he went crazy or a... : burning eye
    • i thought lars teared up after he really has a go in the extended version. : shavenewok
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  I nearly suffocated from lolling when Lars' Dad said "I would delete that." : vigilante
  • Lars' dad was awesome. : timmie
  • I like where he says "it sounds like someone howling in a cave". Lol. : Bonestormm
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  They started off with little talent and ended with less. : scorpiusman
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    I assume you haven't heard Master of Puppets or Ride the Lightning. : TexaSTX
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      Yes I have. None of it is inspiring. : scorpiusman
      • Get the fuck off the internet, and planet earth. : the city
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        worst post ever. MoP and RtL will go down, if they haven't already, as classic albums of any genre. : -efx-
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          i would put justice up there too... : agentlead
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            I actually stopped liking justice a while back. I could never stand the production and the songs lack the... : -efx-
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              Black album is pretty much the best produced album ever. : [7]kami
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                You're kidding right? The clipping on the drums in that album made it unlistenable to me. : Hiro
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                  user error : gmd
                  • Wrong, listen to the bass hits sometime on the more popular tracks. : Hiro
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            signed. thats the best one in my opinion : bozer
            • ^^ i second this signing : robbomc
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              Best songs but worst production (ignoring St. Anger). : nudel
              • I think it had the best production. i remember reading about how the guy who helped them produce it was l... : bozer
  • Got high standards there. : te[R]ror
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  Metallica pretty much ended for me after the black album. : gyokuro
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    I have hope for the new album.... they are still one of the best bands I've ever saw live. : TexaSTX
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      Hey Texas Texas. Where in Texas Texas are you? : EvilDolemite
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        Wichita Falls... about 2hrs north of Dallas. : TexaSTX
        • Oh Oklahoma, I get it : EvilDolemite
    • i heard they're going back to usings solos (not "stock" anymore?) and turning the snare back on for the d... : dantastic
  • you mean right after they ran out of stuff that Cliff wrote? : bostrov
• Haha close to the okies... but I try to stay out of that place. : TexaSTX
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  I don't know, we don't know what happened between those guys during all those years, James might of been ... : Big Luke
  • "rehabilitation is very structured" <-- Exactly. And it is very much his band. He's stuggling to both do ... : nudel
• Hammet's not normal. He's completely fucking retarded. I think Hetfield is the only guy who would be a no... : stuka
• Is this the documentary where Hetfield goes off to rehab half way through the filming? But yeah, i agr... : Drewus
• I am not a Metallica fan, but as a documentary I enjoyed it. : Fred Garvin
• it's like the Metallica - S&M of movies : boring gegtik
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  I saw it a while back on VH1 and yeah, it was pretty sad. I mean I know that they all have issues, Het... : Schnapple
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    I haven't really heard anything about Newstead since he bailed, has there been friction? : Chunks
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      He basically wanted to do a side project, and Lars and Hetfield said "No, it would interfere with Metalli... : EvilDolemite
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        I knew the beginning part, but I didn't know that he was picked up by ozzy.. Schnapple's post implied ... : Chunks
        • Yeah I didn't know the story as to why he quit - I just figured he was fed up with Hetfield. What I wa... : Schnapple
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    Meh, Dave Mustaine has turned into a complete asshole, though. He become a born-again christian, burned h... : nudel
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      I've always thought Mustaine fueled Metallica even for years after he was booted, but the man needs to ow... : EvilDolemite
      • I totally agree. He deserves some of the credit for Metallica's success, and not just for stuff on the fi... : nudel
      • Actually what I got out of the documentary with the part where the therapist brought in Mustaine was that : Schnapple
      • and he cant sing for shit! : sexninja!!!!
• Have you seen "A year and a half in the life of Metallica"? Its a documentary about the making of the ... : retardhumper
• i don't know why people worry about metallica so much. it's obvious these guys are struggling to make an... : JINKY

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• now thats what I call a sticky situation : MagicWishMonkey
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  looks fair to me, it was in the contract : boring gegtik
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    Yeah. Sounds to me like he didn't know what he was getting into and now he basically wants free money. : dmason
    • "first the iphone is $200 cheaper, now this!" : boring gegtik
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    His phone was turned off. That's pretty ridiculous. : aethyr
    • His phone wasn't actually off, the guy is just an idiot. Your phone can't check email when it's off, it w... : Zeeliv
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    Under German (and to a degree EU) law such contracts, especially the small print, are open to control thr... : yemeth
    • Wow, a reasonable person! Kudos to you. I agree that these charges should be communicated and understoo... : phipple
• owned : Maarten Goldstein
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  yeah, ever heard of roaming? : mavmavv
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    While the phone is off? : lightsam
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      if the phone is off it doesnt happen : Maarten Goldstein
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        So the article is wrong? The iPhone regularly updates e-mail, even while it's off, so that all the mes : lightsam
        • Sounds like a design flaw to me. : PoopStewart
        • fuck yes the article is wrong : snowwolf
        • If it is off, it is off. When they say "off", they mean "even if you are not interactively using it". : taronish
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          Yes, the article is wrong. You seriously think a phone can check email while it's off? It was in standby ... : Zeeliv
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            Does the iPhone by default go into standby instead of turning off? : lightsam
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              Yes. It's like any other phone, you have to go out of your way to actually turn it off. No cell phone tur... : Zeeliv
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                I mean when you press the power button. Some devices go standby by default instead. : lightsam
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                  The button on the top puts it in standby if you press it, or turns it off if you hold it and then slide t... : Zeeliv
                  • Ugh, I hate that. : lightsam
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          technically it's not "off" it's in sleep mode, most people don't understand the difference. : Hiro
          • OMG people are stupid. : geneshifter
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  $24.99 for 20 megabytes How the fuck do you rack up $4800 at that rate? What the fuck was in his email... : mindfuck
  • Or between $5-$20 for 1mb for data in other countries. They had 3 iphones accessing 7 email accounts. : sigpro
  • Three email accounts with plenty of spam using PDF attachments? : SilverSnake
• Is there no way to stop it automatically syncing, except to put it into flight mode which means you can't... : nudel
• It's kinda bullshit....its actually a ton of bullshit. "Roaming" is such a made up revenue generator any... : Saman
• Ok, A. it doesn't download emails while it is off, shitty reporting. B. Don't you have to TURN ON inter... : snowwolf
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  So the collective thinks this is a fair practice? I think it's a pretty underhanded business tactic. I ... : phipple
  • it really depends on whether you have to turn international on yourself and get a disclaimer when you do ... : snowwolf
• LOL i know him : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  If this jerk has 3 iphones he can pay his fucking bill : Judecca
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    oh it's not fair that's for sure, but he didn't read the contract and he clearly didn't know fully how th... : ^-SeaWolf-^
    • pics+divx : industro
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  lol 1gig = $29 here at 3.6mbits a sec on a cell : CoRDS
  • Same BS in canada 5 cents per K : Judecca
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  "They have periodic updates on their data files, and they translate into megabucks," Levy said. "This is : Deathlove
  • no wait. this is akin to the government having access to your all personal information : boring gegtik
  • Yeah, shitty analogy in so many ways. : Tawler
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  What douche buys three iphones for his family? : deathofrats
  • he lives in the harbor, i'm shocked it was ONLY 3 iphones! : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • bitter tears as H.Q. Moneybags pays fees for his 3 iphones while on cruise in europe : boring gegtik
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  I successfully got a client out of paying a $9,000 phone bill. It was for an ISDN line. I was told to s... : trOmblyj
  • wtf i fail at proofreading. just ignore the 'and one one of the numbers,' part that doesn't make sense. ... : trOmblyj
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  I bet he dropped his monocle right into his caviar when he saw that bill! : Judecca
  • And farted a tornado onto a surprised dog! : Ebu