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  i am having the same problem right now, yes : grendel
  • also it was working fine for me earlier : grendel
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  might be a problem with their master server (or gamespy's? Do they use gamespy?) coping with the initial ... : aeg1x
  • That's probably it. : Ajax
  • Update: I just finally got in to a server. I think you are right; that would explain why it didn't matter... : OverloadUT
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  Is there any advantage of getting this on steam? : hirosushima
  • man I wish valve and other devs would work out a way to get their games to use the steam server browser. : aeg1x
• Getting this too :( Dunno why, but I always have problems with CoD games and multi on the PC. : Beady

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  You're turning the heat on this early? =( I'd say just crank it up. If it's setting off the alarm,... : fleabug
  • or you will burn and never live to see dnf released :( : meesterbill
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    I'm from California :( : dognose
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      What the fuck ever, I slept on the beach and it WAS FUCKING COLD. It's not even below 50 yet! : fleabug
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        It's 69 degrees in here, I can see my breath :( : dognose
        • haha no you can't i wish it was that warm here. 32F in toronto this morning. i thought it felt warmer : dantastic
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  I dunno much about your first question but I bet Audacity will do it. : crummynz
  • And you were right! : dognose
  • I won't touch audacity anymore after I realised that if you load a WAV file in and then save it out, with... : nudel
• i dunno. audacity? http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ : dodob
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  google says http://www.mptrim.com/ : meesterbill
  • Ooo I like this thanks all! :D : dognose
• one of my heaters actually ignited the dust in it : cpt_gloval
• rub two cats together : drucifer
• you need to call someone to clean out your ducts and have your furnace cleaned up/checked out. : IcomeINpeace
• turning the heat on in Texas? you wuss! I haven't even turned on the heat here in Canuckistan yet : Postal
• I think that this free sound editor may do what you want... http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ : trevis

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  $=demand * hype * fun / agro control : jasoncrowley
  • 50 DKP minus! : SilverSnake
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  That will probably change in a few days after ATIs annoucement. : baron calamity
  • Actually they probably won't go down much until the new GTS's come out at the beginning of December. : mrwolf710
  • only if the ATI card is equal in performance, lower in price and PLENTIFUL. Otherwise Newegg will just go... : Old_Fart
  • Yeah the demand will go up considering ATI's cards lately. : abrasion

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• 360 version if that matters : pun][sher
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  holy shit there's guys? SPOILER THAT SHIT SON : Dravenport
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    and a *dun, Dun, Dun* staircase..... : pun][sher
    • nuke this shit for fuck's sake : Dravenport
• I would recommend cutting your losses and trying again on an easier difficulty. : sharpie
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  lol. The TV station room? : stump
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    Yeah, what are your tactics?! I just reset the level to make sure it's not bugged...seriously it's redic... : pun][sher
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      This is what I did : Ran to through that first door into the huge room, ran straight ahead to the room at... : stump
      • I will try this when I get home...I just played it on the difficulty lower then vet...and I beat it 2nd t... : pun][sher
• It's just as big of a pain in the ass on lower difficulties i swear i spend most of my time looking at a ... : EagleSweet
• Playing COD games on Veteran is only for masochists, isn't this common knowledge? : rudds
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  The problem is that the whole COD series spawns enemies out of nowhere all the time. : stuka
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    It's really bad in this game. For instance, there is one store you run into and near the back of the sto... : stump
    • This is far too common in games. And it's usually fairly easy to recognize the situations as well. The... : SilverSnake
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    Yes, and at least with CoD2 it actually punished you for killing enemies in some areas because as soon as... : nudel
    • hahhah thats fucking awesome : jackalope
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      I imagine respawning right in front of you was a bug. Any self-respecting level designer knows to turn of... : johnsto
      • you're so imaginative : aeg1x
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        Nah, it happens all over the place in CoD games. : chazums
        • sigh :( : johnsto
  • It's 2007, can we get rid of random spawning already? : chiisu81
  • opening level some guy killed me 3 times because of that crap. on the final run i thought, im gonna run ... : smacknca
  • This is why I couldn't even make it through CoD1. Tried cod2 and 3 but couldn't make it past the first 2... : paravis
  • That was the one thing that really irked me when I previewed the game. I hate that shit. : Chris Remo
• stay close to the walls and sides. : Sailor of Fortune
• rosewood's gonna come over and punch your monitor. : jackalope
• Yeah it is hard as shit and there is even worse places later in the game. The difficulty in CoD games rea : Evil Benius

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  Even though I am at Step 3, my order details say it will be shipping from PA. So at least it's telling m... : gendail
  • Same here. I think thats where all their video games ship from. : liqker
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    How do you get to step 3? I ordered, and it told me I was at step #1, and that they were sending me some ... : Jackass1233
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      what payment method did you use? : liqker
      • Debit card, provided them with all the necessary information, unfortunately I gave them my new e-mail ad... : Jackass1233
    • I used my debit card and within 5 minutes had a "Successfully Charged" email from them and when I checked... : gendail
• no, don't repost this! We must keep this quiet so it doesn't go away :( : SolrFlare
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  overnight shipping is $18 WTF : multisync
  • Blame OPEC and Bush's Oil Buddies. : trove
  • I never do overnight with Newegg, I've never had it take longer than 2 days to get something from them to... : gendail
  • Thats pricey as fuck, but I did it for 2 reasons: 1) In store, the game is going to cost me like 63$ a... : Jackass1233
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  if anyone gets to step 4 let us know. : nyranger66
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    I doubt it would move to step four tonight. I would guess it will be tomorrow morning. But I've been w... : Degenerate
    • about 90% of your life : multisync
• more like buyer be waitin' : cpt_gloval
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  Please please please please. cursors on the checkout button : locater16
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    anyone? : locater16
    • capri pants : slickdoody
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  i ordered halo 3 from them when they put it up early and they didn't ship it until the release date : Mansmells
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    Well, if they don't ship it in the next day, i'll cancel for sure. : pigvomit
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      Maybe- with the Halo 3 thing, they wouldn't let me cancel my order, saying it had already been "released ... : tashtego
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        yeah, basically UPS had it and was holding it. When mine was released I looked at the tracking # and it w... : Mustang|
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          Oh that would be bullshit. They better not do that. : pigvomit
          • I would be on their ass constantly. No where on their webpage does it state a release date. There is no... : pigvomit
      • If that happens, can't you just refuse the delivery? You'll get your money credited back eventually. : wretchedradio
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    Did they charge your card right away? : liqker
    • i forget : Mansmells
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  has there been word on this being released early? or is everyone here hoping that a major website is brea... : erotic sock
  • I think that's pretty much it sigh : locater16
• This happened with Halo as well. If they do ship it they will tell fedex not to deliver until the 20th. : Subarushian

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  Is no one watching BROTHERHOOD? I Love that show and no one mentions it here or in real life =( : Cygnus X-1
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    Brotherhood's definitely good. I think SHO has a better lineup than HBO at this point. : festivalman
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      its not really a question at this point. HBO has Entourage (which isn't even on at the moment) and...? : derelict515
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        The Wire Jan 8th? 2008 - Keeps HBO at the top... : VuduChild
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          for the paltry 1 million that watch it I guess : derelict515
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            Yeah, audience is irrelevant. It's a masterpiece. If you don't like it, you don't know from good TV. I... : TShandy
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              I'm sure its great, that doesn't change the fact that HBO only has 1 big show at the moment and Showtime ... : derelict515
              • *shurg* You may be right. I, however, I am thinking about signing up for HBO just because of The Wire. : TShandy
              • Yeah HBO was on top with Sopranos, Deadwood, and SIx Feet Under. Now Showtimes on top (lol @ Entourage). : Cygnus X-1
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          is season 4 on dvd yet? : Cygnus X-1
          • Early December is when it arrives. : TShandy
    • i hope they can tell me you love me : mattsull85
  • Yes, I've watched Brotherhood, Dexter, and Big Love since the beginning, all pure awesome. Also, Durham c... : Milleh
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  Do you still have it out for Dexter for being based off a novel that ripped off your unpublished novel? : sammyl
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    jesus : thewriter
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        mary : cause&effect
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          holy ghost : Lightbulb
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            flying spaghetti monster : felicia
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              gilligan : SeaLlama
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                Scooby Doo : baron calamity
                • hiro nakamura : dantastic
              • Hastur! Hastur! Hast... : Lightbulb
        • chain : Postal
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  I thought Big Love was an absolutely terrible show and that Bill Paxton was wooden as usual. And polygamy... : Modica Sol Solis
  • Bill Paxton is actually decent in it, you're never sure if he's this guy who honestly believes in "the pr... : thewriter
  • I'm not sure what show you're watching, but I love it : Bantis
  • they don't make it out as freakish, imo. the compound folks they do to greater and lesser degrees but tha... : stgulik
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  I'm not sure if people think that's how polygamy actually is, but it's...not. Real polygamy is pretty bor... : felicia
  • Big Love is kind of like that, exactly like that, except the competing for affection is toned down for th... : thewriter
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  I watched the first 4 episodes of Big Love and hated it. : baron calamity
  • The thing about Big Love is that by the time you realize you don't even like it, it's too late to quit. : Guypz0r

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• is that the 320mb or 512mb version? : busdriver3030
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  Actually, I have been wondering the same thing about my system: Athlon 64 3200+ Radeon x1800xt 512MB 2... : OmegaRed59
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    There's only a 512 MB version that I'm aware of that's out, and that's what I have. : omnova
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      Argh, meant for busdriver3030. : omnova
      • I think we are in the same boat, except your video card is quite a bit newer. When are the Wolfdale supp... : OmegaRed59
• It is awesome, and my 3700+ is definitely holding my pc back. =\ : Magus

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  I ran into that with my iPhone...I was all like 'Ohh, I can have an emulator, and ssh, and all this other... : DianeOfTheMoon
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    someone just made a net radio streamer (today i think) and it actually works. most of the stuff though ... : smacknca
    • yeah, i saw that, its great actually. But I play minesweeper all the time, like constantly on the subway... : snowwolf
• Install NES roms, and some ebooks? : Matt Burris
• hax ctu!!! their ip is 123.456.789.muffins : johnsto

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  Immigrant Song. : Prozium
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    Shrek 3 almost ruined that song for me :( : nyranger66
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      Note to self: NEVER EVER EVER see Shrek 3. : Prozium
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        Yeah, saw it in a plane. Soooooo bad. : nyranger66
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          haha that's where I saw it. it was like a horrible train wreck, I couldn't stop watching it :( I neve... : mikecyb
          • Shrek 2 wasn't too bad.. never seen 3 though ( and not planning to after this revelation ) : Lightbulb
• Shacker Indy's Hearth and Home : glio1337
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  Time by Pink Floyd : SockMonkeh
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    that should wake just about anyone up (then put them to sleep) : Postal
    • That would not wake me up. At all. I used to put on Dark Side to help me sleep back in high school and ... : slax0r
• At the moment, Radiohead - Reckoner : sgtsanity
• Song 2 by Blur always worked for me when I used to use PC alarms : RikiTiki2
• dave mathews, what day is it; or radiohead's paranoid android don't ask why I dunno : Draugluin
• Are there any alarm clocks that can wake my laptop up from sleep? I don't want to leave it on all night. : airrob
• Anything by Andrew W.K. : Matt Burris
• the honk song. it goes like HONK HONK HONK HONK HONK and then i shit the bed : mega man
• For over a year mine was Iron Maiden's Transylvania or Ides of March. And I never grew to hate them, a... : carrioN luggagE
• I usually pick a song I don't really care for, because I tend to start to hate my alarm song after hearin... : Sacred Sperm
• Speaking of Citrus Alarm Clock, can anyone get the fade-in to work on Vista? : pwnage1232
• Today I was woken by the tune "Meow! Meow! Meow!... Meow!" by Hungry Meowski. : nudel
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  Not sure why they acted like they were tuning their instruments at the beginning there because they sure ... : Chris Remo
  • yea, it's the best I could find, sorry :( posting my copy would be illegal :( : Foxhawk
  • haha I keep my clock radio tuned between AM frequencies so it's picking up this insane mix of foreign lan... : aeg1x
• The Demons From Adrian's Pen. doom 1 soundtrack : CoRDS
• If I could, No Cars Go I think. : johnsto
• For a long time I used Weird Al's "(This Song's Just) Six Words Long" God I hate that song. : slax0r
• I wake up to "so here we are" by bloc party : JohnnyDanger
• A version of Montagues and Capulets (Dance of the Knights) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uu09uLZJsMI : notext
• Paragraphs Relentless by Dälek: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvM5iVq5Nag The danger I have wi... : Alicey
• i have a clock with a usb stick in it and 4gig of songs... today it was Anouk - Lost and then White... : dfz0r
• Whatever my slimbox decides to play. This morning it was When Smokey Sings. :D : Beady

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• Wal-Mart, maybe? : sgtsanity
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  I've seen them at walmart for like $15. : Prozium
  • Seriously? An IDE cable at walmart, I can't even imagine that unless you steal one out of a hard drive p... : devi| dog
• Fry's? Nearby shackers' homes? : Caboose
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  Also, is it normal for motherboards to only have one IDE port? I thought they had two. You can only con... : Chris Remo
  • SATA is starting to become more popular so mobos are including more SATA ports and cutting back to 1 IDE ... : Prozium
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    Newer ones tend to have only 1 (but they probably have 4 sata ports to make up for it). You can only hav... : Horn
    • Ah ok, thanks. : Chris Remo
  • You've probably got a newer motherboard with additional SATA headers. And yes, you are limited to two dev... : Ajax
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    The ones that only have one tend to have more SATA ports right? : Frozen Pixel
    • Yeah looks like I've got six SATA ports actually : Chris Remo
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  (I'd have to drive dozens of miles to get to a Fry's or Wal-Mart so I'm probably out of luck based on the... : Chris Remo
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    Do you still have your original xbox? There's a normal IDE cable inside it. : Prozium
    • Salvage a normal ide cable from damn near anything, including a DVR box from your cable company : rosewood
• Thrift store donation drop offs. : feek
• make one with celery, a diced hosepipe, two washers and a miracle. : johnsto
• Depends on where you live and how far your willing to go to get one, say like grandma's house... or I hea... : jasoncrowley
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  I put the eVga one in the box I thought. Check the bag of cables in the motherboard box : pancake humper
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    Nope, I definitely checked there first :( : Chris Remo
    • Hmmm I haven't used IDE in years so I am pretty sure the cable was never removed from the box. I can doub... : pancake humper
• jumper cables + box of pins + soldering iron it's what all the hardcore kids do : IcomeINpeace
• Break into a neighbor's house. : riptyde

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  if I was a new customer taking out that contract on Vodafone, the N95 8GB would cost me £400!! : losimagic
  • I fucking hate Vodafone, so I personally would stay away from them, there's so many other better deals. T : scottythejock
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  you could get an iphone for not much more than that, couldn't you? : jcupitt
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    on the 18 month contract, it'd end up costing £535. on the 24 months with vodafone it'd cost Ãâ... : losimagic
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      iphone == £630 for 18 months, non? : jcupitt
      • (35*18) + 269 = £899 : losimagic
      • oops, forgot to include the handset, sorry : jcupitt
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  B imo. Shorter contracts are good. Whats T-mobiles coverage like these days? : chazums
  • I've been very impressed with T-mobile actually, moved to them from Voda 6 months ago and dont have a sin : nodebug
  • I'd go with the shorter contract as well. : johnsto
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  Does it have to be an N95? Check out the alternatives on www.expansys.com? You can choose the phone and t... : nodebug
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    Hmmm, looks like they aren't offering t-mobile on there anymore and they are the best if you are looking ... : nodebug
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      the trouble is I don't really know how much data I'll use, but 120mb on vodafone just seems a really smal... : losimagic
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        I'm not sure how much I use actually, I used mine a fair bit at first but only a couple of times a week n... : nodebug
        • Thanks, that'd be helpful I mean I wouldn't be shacking on it, just checking the news/weather/email et... : losimagic
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          LOL in October I used 5mb, shows how little I use mine, and thats probably a couple times a week web use ... : nodebug
          • Also, I end up turning images off to display web pages a bit neater but thats hardly going to make that n... : nodebug
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            Thanks and how many pages do you reckon you viewed? I'm beginning to sway back towards vodafone now... : losimagic
            • I dont do much travelling so its only for about 30mins at a time at the most I use it, usually just read ... : nodebug
  • ^ The xda orbit it pretty nice and has gps built in. : chazums
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  an N95 with no data is like a car without gas petrol :( : Postal
  • That is true - i'm just now having doubts about the battery in the regular n95 - the 8gb has about 30% mo... : losimagic

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  What he hell? Did he just bust into a room where two kids were playing Hitman ? : lyme
  • Yes. : SockMonkeh
  • Eh. As long as they don't do anything so obvious as comment on it, I can deal. Far better than Beastmaste... : Conan
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  Definitely not going to see this now. : AlexXdude
  • Quite the contrary here... : ArtilleryMarker
• goddamnit :( : Foxhawk
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  I could be retired... O RLY?? : dodob
  • i get retired all the time it sux lol : one baby to another
• Looks great. I'll probably enjoy it when it hits theatres (provided it's "R".) : wild falcon
• balls. : timaste
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  So........... the guys breaching the door don't know how to use explosives? : tomservo
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    no, he set a booby trap, they used a battering ram : RikiTiki2
    • Oh okay. Still. Eh. : tomservo
  • the explosives were on his side, they were using a battering ram. : pyide
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  it's been years since I've played a Hitman game, but is that the same voice for Diana? : RikiTiki2
  • Sounds pretty damn close. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • her voice is in a few other games. but thats it . . . : jedi_27
• ahahahahaha : mattsull85
• l : thewriter
• o : thewriter
• l : thewriter
• You guys have no idea how hard I am laughing right now. The first time I watched this clip I didn't notic... : mr.sleepy
• I ... I ... oh dear. : Daggoth
• o jesus... :( : [7]kami
• heh. where is the exception to the rule of terrible video game movies? : stgulik
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  He doesn't say "hello" when he picks up the phone. This movie will be fucking hilarious if Olyphant doesn... : Nick Breckon
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    Phone usage in movies irks me. People don't say hello, people don't say goodbye, people say shit like 'M... : slax0r
    • haha yeah, that bugs me out too. : JohnnyDanger
    • I used to think that no one in America said hello or goodbye on the phone because they never do in movies... : thewriter
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    TIM Olyphant? As in "Lassie" from Psych? (I can't imagine there is another Olyphant in the biz) Good l... : Lynn Minmei
    • Tim Olyphant as in Seth Bullock of Deadwood. : Old_Fart
  • He speaks in the other trailers. : ArtilleryMarker
• this movie is gonna rock : klearlyunseen

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  The PDF I got said 8:30-10:30 : ThomW
  • Sure it did Thom, sure it did. Maybe you need new reading glasses? : pancake humper
  • It's a trick! ThomW just wants all your Wiis! : BlackCat9
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  Amazing these things still sell out. There has been zero problem getting them in NYC for probably a year ... : bozer
  • They've been in stock here for months now. *shrug* : tension

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  But its still one way in, one way out action-on-rails right? : Lightzout
  • Yes. This disappointed me somewhat. It's very heavily scripted as usual. : Silent Wolf
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  You're about the 10'th person to say how awesome it is - and I had 0 interest in this until tonight. ... : abrasion
  • I bought the game because of the MP beta. The SP is just a sweet add on in my mind. : pancake humper
• I took off from work to wait for a 50" plasma and have COD4 on the table downstairs. Can't fucking wait. ... : bozer

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• awesome : dael
• holy wtf crazy hair in #2. : chazums
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  I absolutely fucking love motown. That may have been the last era when #1 hits on pop charts were often ... : Chris Remo
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    I find modern R&B lacking in blues and sometimes even rhythm : chazums
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      Yeah really. It's one of those cases where the description stuck around through so much musical change t... : Chris Remo
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        Maybe it only bugs me because I like the real R&B or maybe I'm just an old fuddy-duddy. : chazums
        • i'm the same way. : stgulik
        • mainly because it's super lame : Chris Remo
  • Yeah I certainly don't think Temptations = Rick James or anything. But I love this shit. I love all the l... : SpaecKow
  • you should check out the Numero Group label if you haven't then. They are record collectors who go out an... : stgulik
• Just as long as you haven't bought any Human Nature albums. Ugh. : Bonestormm

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• Either that or they recently got a shipment... : SilverSnake

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  good question- im not sure how much "aiming" with my spells or pistols actually affects the chance of int... : Lightzout
  • Acroyear but I haven't actually partyed with anyone else. I'm mostly soloing in multiplayer. : baron calamity
• With my blademaster I usually just charge in and stand in one place mashing my attack button until everyt... : slax0r
• The only time I've found strafing to make a difference is dodging projectiles/leapers. Up close I haven'... : genom

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• Yeah, it surprised me, but I have : drucifer
• Alongside a google search - fairly frequently. Embedded in a website - don't think so. : Balboa
• i haven't - i've often clicked on music / book ads on amazon tho : cause&effect
• Not I, and no one I know. I swear I cannot for the life of me figure out how Google has a market captiali... : freqq28
• Often actually. I do regularly click on ads in general. Freaky I know. : baron calamity
• Rarely. Someone is apparently. : ThomW
• Usually the movie trailer square video ones. : festivalman

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  "safe mode" - maybe the gfx acceleration features are turned off by this. I'm on gutsy too, not problems. : xxx2xxx
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    it happens in normal mode too, i just used safe mode to ensure it wasn't an extension : johnsto
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      I get 5 - 15% CPU during the crossfade on gutsy/ff here, fwiw do you have compiz on? (I do) : jcupitt
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        no to compiz, it won't work. darn. : johnsto
        • strange, works great on my ancient ATI gfx laptop : jcupitt

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  I am not enjoying the single player campaign that much :/. I feel like they didnt really have to make ev... : choppp
  • i was LOVING the campaign all the way up to the two back to back timed missions. fuck whoever was respons... : maulla
• hmm... i had pretty much already tired of halo 3 so maybe i definitely need to pick this up : mwasher
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  Amazing graphics and presentation, but really too short. Only played an hour of Multi. Seems like Vegas... : Boxelder
  • uh, multiplayer like vegas? no, no, and no. not even close to right. : Foxhawk
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    Vegas, wtf? : Milleh
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      hes referring to the ranking system unlocking newer weapons and gear, etc. other than that I have no idea : klearlyunseen
      • vegas system is purely cosmetic upgrades iirc. : Foxhawk
• Ahh yes, but will Crysis be so good you'll want to rape their mothers? Indeed, answers only lead to yet m... : SpaecKow

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  Oh Christ that article should just be deleted. If Gearbox wants to let everyone know about how they've ho... : SpaecKow
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    ok you missed the part where they are editing BATTLE RAPER : jackalope
    • BATTLE RAPER 2 !!! : ArB
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      No I didn't miss it I just find it more awful that Gearbox needs marketing from Wikipedia then I find it ... : SpaecKow
      • well put. : jackalope
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    I don't understand what's bad about going from publisher to publisher. Gearbox is an independent studio,... : Chris Remo
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      I'm being derisive because I find their Wikipedia article editing in bad taste, something showing a lack ... : SpaecKow
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        Why is a company editing their own article in bad taste, again? From the edits on their own page that I c... : BlackCat9
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          I dunno I guess there's nothing wrong with it if you don't give a shit about Wikipedia. : SpaecKow
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            I'm sorry for derailing the thread jackalope, I didn't realize this was a point of contention, or maybe i... : SpaecKow
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              no I'm with you. It's hard to take someone seriously when the contribute to an article about themselves t... : jackalope
              • It makes no sense to me anyway, that's the sort of shit you'd say to business contacts to impress them, a... : SpaecKow
              • "Fuck everything, we're doing five As" (afaik the AAA thing comes from marketing and budget, and doesn... : Balboa
        • you're right about the journalists but not the professors. : jackalope
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      It sometimes indicates that publishers don't want to work with them ever again. That's certainly been the... : node
      • Well, they've been working with Ubisoft for the entirety of the Brothers in Arms series. : Chris Remo

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• Far out, man! : mem

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• I take it that means no... : ColoradoCNC
• Guess we were all m.i.a. : jasoncrowley
• i saw her two summers ago, pretty damn good. she might have a bigger setup this time around, so i say go ... : mattsull85
• i saw her at a festival, really good show : filthysock

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• Awesome...I should do this. I still have to order my remote sleeves. : cookblaze
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  Mines in the mail but i beat the game already :`( : grabbie
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    how far am I if i just got tetra off the ghost ship in stone form and i'm drawing a triforce on a door an : Deathlove
    • maybe about half way. You still need to forge the sword and gather the three metals to do soo There's q... : grabbie
    • pretty far. maybe 60-70%? : hamachi
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  I have it, it's nice, not something I would pay for. Now I just need a working DS to use it on =( : Sailor of Fortune
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    since you have it already, is it longer than a normal stylus? my biggest complaint with the game was you... : grabbie
    • It's bigger, like almost 2x longer. And it's transparent. : Sailor of Fortune
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  US/CA only, of course, because Nintendo hate white people. : nudel
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    I really like PH. I'm enjoying it much more than Twlight Princess, amazingly. : jcupitt
    • I really like it too (posted a few days ago about it). I'm not sure about the whole time-limit dungeon th... : nudel
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      I hope the concept of being able to add notes directly to maps continues, too. I wish it was in Metroid P... : nudel
      • yeah, I'd like names on the islands too, a couple of times I've had "go see poop on bum island" and I've ... : jcupitt

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  Maybe he'll write albums for each province in Australia? : Matt Burris
  • yeah goes his 50 states project is going gang busters :P : shavenewok
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  i saw him in philadelphia - it was SO BORING. I was into his stuff at the time too - just not a great sho... : mankeroo
  • I tried to get into his stuff, but I just couldn't. Like you said, it's too boring. : Matt Burris
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  Go see him. I saw him at a church here in Reykjavik about a year ago and it was GREAT. : gummijoh
  • i'm planning to. This summer is awesome for touring bands in Jan/Feb we have the awesome trifecta of ... : shavenewok

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  I give it about a year until we have X360BMC : zakk
  • xmbc took almost 2 year before being stable though. : razlebol
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    I'll bet you 200$ US right now that we won't. : abrasion
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      Unsigned code is already running on the 360, honestly the biggest hurdle is probably if the xbmc doesn't ... : zakk
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        Yeah but unsigned code isn't running on the 360 easily. : crummynz
        • It's running, which is all the hardcore devs need to start doing some dev work. It'll only get easier as ... : zakk
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      You're on, as long as the mediaplayer's requirements are to serve the same general purpose, and it doesn'... : famine101
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        You said XBMC - let's say this. Ability to stream DVD over the network like XBMC Ability to stream AV... : abrasion
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          Sounds good. (oh man this better not bite me in the ass) : famine101
          • sweet someone should bookmark this :) : abrasion
• they're working on porting xbmc to linux actually: http://www.xboxmediacenter.com/wiki/index.php?title=Li... : carnivore
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  rumor has it fall update (in dec) will have xvid/divx support : monikerdaven
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    I'm going to call you a liar until I see proof. Please be true : Ebu
    • Same. If I could easily play mkv files too, I think I'd cry. : Chunks
    • I probably am a liar, I hope its true tho story fall update is in dec -> http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/... : monikerdaven
  • I think that "rumour" which went around was found to be merely someone's wishlist. : TwiLyght
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  I *think* TVersity can play anything you have codec on the PC for except Quicktime. : Rauol Duke
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    Yep. TVersity is so bomb. : geedeck
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      I like Orb better. More features as it allows me to stream to pretty much any PC with an internet connect... : sigpro
      • Does it do this in HD? : rosewood
      • Better quality transcoding? Underneath all these programs use the same codecs and it's just a matter of ... : dael
    • tversity is so bomb until you realize that you're using your pc to convert videos in real time to a machi... : dodob
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    TVersity does work for the 360 but holy shit the playback was horrible. It's either a codec or tversity... : Wombat Woo
    • tversity keeps transcoding the file until it's done with the file. sucks : dael
• if you want to use the media center extender, you must have either windows xp media center edition or win... : andrew``
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  I just finished doing it. Use VME http://www.lightningware.co.uk/software/details.asp?code=LWS-VME Pre... : moogle
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    so i can get full mce abilities without needing to have media center edition xp/vista running? : smacknca
    • Right. You just need to run media center once to setup the extender. : moogle

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  might not be that true to the tone of the original poem I've seen the "teaching materials" the studio' : algernoN8
  • It's much closer than that, but it still strays considerably. : Conan
  • Meh, at least the main character was a detective. Besides, Will Smith needed an excuse to kill robots. : locater16
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  300 had fine talent involved, the people working on the visuals, the cast, there was no problem there. If... : SpaecKow
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    The only thing wrong with 300 was the added subplot with the queen. If they wanted to make the movie long... : SockMonkeh
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      Actually I think that was kind of sensible. Maybe I've aged before my time, but I really can't find much ... : SpaecKow
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        Maybe it's because you're a woman? : SockMonkeh
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          I don't know SockMonkeh anything is possible. : SpaecKow
          • To be fair, I've been stoned out of my mind every time I've watched the movie. : SockMonkeh
      • Maybe I've aged before my time, LOL. It's terrible because the Queen goes for the easy route, whores he... : midgetherder
  • Should have based it off of Gates of Fire by Steven Pressfield instead of a corny Graphic Novel.. I stil... : dilutedq
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    Butler was good, and the visual fx guys did a great job for the budget they had. But slow motion was used... : locater16
    • Don't speak too soon! There's plenty of chances that this will not turn out to be one of the finest thing... : SpaecKow
• The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that the creators are crazy for wasting so much money on a ... : Toth21
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  Shrek + Dragonheart + Warcraft + 300 + Dragonheart + Shrek : dodob
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    Err, no? : locater16
    • i thought dodob was right on : mattsull85
• Trailers are shit for determining movie quality. I have learned this the hard way, many times. : Subarushian
• the CG freaks me the fuck out because it's right on that line between real and CG so my brain tries to in... : mikecyb
• Funny, the more I see of it the worse it looks. And 300 wasn't any great shakes. : RatBastard
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  I can't wait for the "THIS. IS. SPARTA." "I. AM. BEOWULF." YTMNDs : SockMonkeh
  • Hello. THIS! IS! BEOWULF! Please leave a message after the tone. : timmie
• The worst thing about that movie is Ray Winston and his accent. : chazums
• It looks horrible IMO. : Drewus
• that movie looks like crap, there was an icelandic version of beowulf called Beowulf and Grendel a few ye... : jackalope