Evening Reading

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• holyfuck, 5700 A DAY? : moshman
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  it only affects sluts (both female and male) and their offspring (sucks but their parents are sluts) and ... : CoRDS
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    dont forget the fags : filthysock
    • see: SLUTS : CoRDS
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    Sounds harsh but I guess your right. Except for the few unfortunate cases where someone get an erronous b... : scottythejock
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      Yeah and the few accidental rape victims. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/258446.stm And all the Af : MatzL.E.
      • good point : scottythejock
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      Wow, you do realize he was being sarchastic right? Anyone else who deserves to die while we're at it? : batkiwi
      • I didnt say anyone deserves to die. I said people are being reckless with regards to something that is... : scottythejock
  • That's either a massive pile of stupid or you're being a judgmental asshole. Which is it? : RatBastard
  • or people who got infected blood during transfusions. It's more likely than you think. : windowpane
• Lol first the black plague now this??? You're making me depressed. :( : Koral06
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  aids isn't terminal, everyone knows that. those statistics were probably made by usgs or nato or somethi... : bfzzzz
  • Yeah it's not that bad getting AIDS really. Reminds me of the "would you bang a girl with AIDS" thread. I... : razorblade79
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    lol nato : d fluke
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      i blame the jewish-christain-muslim conspiracy! : filthysock
      • Axis of everything : d fluke
  • AIDS is terminal if you live in a third-world country and can't get drugs. : tashtego
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    Yeah, I heard that AIDS is caused by global warming. : mrwolf710
    • i read that HIV is melting the ice caps : filthysock
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  still not much when compared to heart attacks! 12.5 million of the estimated 32 million worldwide hear... : ant321
  • heart attacks are slightly more acceptable though because it only affects the person in question (no chan... : Klebold
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  We should just have a worldwide quarantine area that we send all of the people with AIDS to so we can end... : contentious roy
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    we should do that same for fat and ugly people too : moshman
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      And to finance it we'll let rich people go there to hunt them for sports.. Licenses would be quite expens... : SilverSnake
      • Who would want to do that? No sport in hunting fat or sickly. : Githyanki
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      to be fair fat and ugly people are less harmful? :P Im fat :( : moe6
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        I wasnt' being serious, as I hope the poster I replied to wasn't being. also you're not fat : moshman
        • I have decided to only accept financial advice from rich people. Health advice from healthy people. skinn : Githyanki
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  a good start. Our planet is over populated. : Slowtreme
  • you take the lead we're right behind you man : aeg1x
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    I'm actually majoring in the science field. There has been a couple of articles (though, not many) protes... : Koral06
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      link to any of those articles, i find it hilarious when people go "OMG TOO MANY PEOPLE". With proper mana... : filthysock
      • Two articles were in an environmental ecology journal, and the other was in a SciAm clip. God I always sa... : Koral06
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        Yeah but why would we want to? less people = more resources for all. : theghostofsmdever
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          more effeciency, more resources for all. Take modern farming techniques for example, massively higher yie... : filthysock
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            The problem is though huge portions of the worlds population aren't doing anything efficient or productiv... : theghostofsmdever
            • absolutely correct, if africa developed the same farming tech as america, they could feed the world a few... : filthysock
    • I was under the impression that population growth actually slows in societies that have easy access to go... : pupismyname
• Anyplace that has a proper education and medical system AIDS isn't that big of an issue. : baron calamity
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  What i thought was quite interesting was the aids outbreak in third world countries was greatly worsened... : Klebold
  • also, sand in your vagina, owwwww : jcupitt
  • I thought it was just one, but younger the better:( Plus the SA govt going "nah nah nah, shutup shutup S... : filthysock
• I was just reading about AIDS. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/19/AR20071... : mmogger
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=piChUkmYjVI : wellesraphael

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  Just pretend that MS charged for Service Packs and you'll be ok. : capt tripps
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    MS really has no idea how to get people excited about computers. Or worded differently, apple is terrific... : flasher 907
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      I agree with your sentiment but System Restore and Time Machine are actually pretty different. (In realit... : crummynz
      • Ok my mistake. Bad example :) : flasher 907
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        honestly, one of OS X's greatest strengths is the portability of User Settings/Files/Apps between install... : SolrFlare
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          Sounds like *nix's strengths to me ;) But that's beside the point, you're right trying to do the same thi... : flasher 907
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            Yeah, it's definitely a *nix strength, definitely not just an OS X thing. Although OS X makes the entire... : SolrFlare
            • I'm not sure it is just the UNIX lineage that helps with your specific example of migrating the old setti... : taronish
      • The visual interface of Time Machine is nothing like the file restore in Vista. It actually isn't a heada... : Serpico74
      • System Restore is worthless. Time Machine is soo much easier. : derelict515
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      Have fun using System Restore when your hard drive dies. : vigilante
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        TimeMachine fixes broken hardware? : flasher 907
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          It's a literal time machine. : Merconium
          • Can they guarantee my safety? : xcmantis
          • It was sarcasm in case you couldn't tell. : flasher 907
        • As long as you watch out for the Morloks, then yes. : SolrFlare
        • No, it clones them. : vigilante
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          Dude don't you get it? You must not get it. It's a Mac. Shit why don't you get it? : the city
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            I find it hard to believe that people would actually discuss something as simple as Time Machine without ... : vigilante
            • ^^^^ this guy drives a delorean : Enigme
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              I'm just giving you shit. I enjoy making light of the ridiculous way people worship mac applications, bu... : the city
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                "Macs are the In N Out of computers" What does this even mean? : pres589
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                  They offer less customization but a great deal of simplicity. It just works, and it's good. Real good i : the city
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                    Perhaps you've never been to In N Out and thus don't get the analogy. It's pretty straightforward and I ... : the city
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                      http://www.badmouth.net/in-n-outs-secret-menu/ Do what now? : pres589
                      • I'm aware of their secret menu, but it's secret so it's not part of my considerations in this analogy! : the city
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          No, it's a rolling incremental backup system to... another disk, so your disks "current state" can be rec... : Toraz Chryx
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            Almost sounds like RAID 1, but not. I have a hard time believing every Mac ships with two HDD's though. W... : flasher 907
            • *useless : flasher 907
            • It requires two drives, the second drive can be a firewire external or whatever though. And it not onl... : Toraz Chryx
  • The different releases of OS X(10.0, 10.1, etc to the current 10.5) are vastly more involved than any Mic... : SolrFlare
  • Leopard added more new features to OSX than Vista did in terms of usability. The service packs are nowher... : derelict515
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  lol. MS has become a monolithic beast that can't seem to do anything right in my book. They have scores a... : askedrelic
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    What about that Xbox 360 thingie? : Dave-A
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      you mean the red ring 360? : not work safe
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        that's just a handy indicator light to tell you that you've just had too much awesome : Dave-A
        • It's a undocumented "feature" that slipped into the final hardware product intended to notify the user to... : flasher 907
  • Consumer products aside (everyone analyzes those to death), their server software has been doing awesomel... : eldersveld
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  apple has a much smaller ecosystem to work with. they have 5% of the hardware. they can break compat with... : mallrice
  • MS's position is not exactly desirable. I'm sure Apple is making great money doing what they do anyways. : flasher 907
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    They'd still have the limited hardware compatibility issues to deal with even if they were 80% of the mar... : not work safe
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      the reason you have diverse and fragmented PC hardware is because the mass market has vastly different bu... : mallrice
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        but the problem would be the shitty 3rd party devices, not apples os. or am I misunderstanding ? : not work safe
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          look at the past 10 months of vista complaints. how many of them relate to compat issues with third party... : mallrice
          • ahh i did misunderstand. : not work safe
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  One observation I've made since working in the software industry is that frequent major releases are a pa... : omnova
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    Tell me about Vista SP1. : vigilante
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      It fixes stuff, and probably breaks more stuff. : omnova
      • Sounds like 10.5.1 to me. : vigilante
  • Apple also seems to improve on their OS by adding apps to it, which MS seems to do in a low-key fashion -... : Dave-A
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  Based on talking with people I know at Microsoft, the problem is that the company is too big with too man... : Serpico74
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    Steve Jobs summed up the problem with Microsoft the best anyone can. The only problem with Microsoft : haiku
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      Ah, silly Mad-dog. Microsoft Bob puked more taste than any of Apple's soulless white geek-fetish-objects ... : Dave-A
      • Also, nothing can beat: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000341.html : Dave-A
    • I'm not trying to argue your statement or anything (sarcasm off) but: black t-shirt + jeans != taste : Pittst3r
    • they tie rooms together : feek
    • funny because I'd think having no taste is at least better than having horrible taste ala Steve Jobs. : paravis
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    Its all about the Politics @ Microsoft. : Madwacker
    • they have to push the pram alot. : Dave-A
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    It IS kind of ironic that if this is true, it basically means that because of their monopoly, they may so... : kaddar0
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      Same thing happened when they squashed IBM way back. : Serpico74
      • ...if we're talking about nimble little company beating old behemoth that can't keep up... : Serpico74
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  Part of it has to do with Microsoft's reluctance to sacrifice backward compatibility and encourage people... : Scrimbo Obeer
  • absolutely. I can't wait until the day Microsoft manages to kill the Registry though. That, honestly, i... : SolrFlare
  • Very true. It took Microsoft a decade to be willing to say goodbye to Win16 compatibility. : RomSteady
• If you read any of the MS developer diary type articles, they basically try to work with a bunch of crap,... : terath
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  "Leopard" and the like aren't OS's. They're Service Packs. : EvilDolemite
  • No, see, you don't get it. Mac fans are supposed to be the ones that act irrational and say obviously wro... : vigilante
  • it's hard to put a finger on it, but I'd say it's somewhere in between. For each shiny new feature they ... : ttyRazor
  • This is retarded, seriously. : taronish
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    Not really. In the Windows world, a service pack typically is comprised of a compilation of already rele... : rt702
    • so basically, MS just has to refrain from releasing any changes/patches/additions, and release them in a ... : paravis
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    Sure, If Vista is a service pack for Windows NT 4 : Toraz Chryx
    • He's probably just some guy with an MCSE who's a bit disconnected from reality. : taronish
• Look at the timeline. OSX releases are getting further and further apart. Apple was able to do what they ... : lord cecil
• Apple isn't afraid of completely breaking shit. They'll take something they've made standard over five y : filtersweep
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  I think it is a combination of things. Apple controls the hardware, so I think that simplifies things con... : taronish
  • Ah yeah, you reminded me of this: http://moishelettvin.blogspot.com/2006/11/windows-shutdown-crapfest.... : vigilante
  • people don't realize that, even though its HUGE. APPLE CONTROLS THE HARDWARE. MS DOES NOT. MS has to t... : paravis
• not hundreds, THOUSANDS of programmers :( Holy shit, I can't even see how that would work : filthysock
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  As a power-user, I'd really, really, really like it if with EVERY new iteration of windows microsoft woul... : windowpane
  • I guess I'm not much of a power user because I have no clue what you're talking about =( You talking abo... : paravis
• Contrast with Ubuntu Linux, which gets a new release every 6 months or so (and I get application and secu... : johnsto
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  I wish Vista was 64bit only. Sure there would have been a huge amount of initial whining, but there are c... : fen boi
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    The main problem is that It'd have given a lot of Core Duo owners the finger. : Toraz Chryx
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      Core Duo or Core2Duos? The C2Ds run on 64bit just fine correct. If/when I eventually go to Vista it will ... : Old_Fart
      • Core Duo... hence me saying... Core Duo.... : Toraz Chryx
• You won't see a 6 year Windows dev cycle from Microsoft ever again. Lots of stuff was just broken at Mic... : mattleexbox

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• This guy needs to invent something on accident. Those are the ones are the most important, typically. : dmason
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  http://stevenf.com/2007/11/kindle.php : jake2000
  • It definitely is a bit BSG/Star Wars/Star Trek : d fluke
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  Most people aren't going to rate it highly because they aren't aware of how fucking amazing it is for peo... : the city
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    So if you're sat at your computer with the device and want to transfer a PDF you made yourself to it you ... : nudel
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      I think you can use the usb cable to do it. The product page does mention that you can send audiobooks vi... : famine101
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        No, you can't. The video states that you have to "email" your documents to it and Amazon will charge you... : RatBastard
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          The video never says you can't use the usb to transfer them, just that you CAN email them. You're prob... : famine101
          • Especially if the thing is a flop and Amazon shut it down. Then everyone has a $400 doorstop that's too l... : nudel
  • I read a ton of PDFs, and I doubt very strongly that this device is going to render them quickly and at a... : taronish
• The kind of "books" I want to read on it include lots of "images". If they can sort that out and it's wip : alphane
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  how can you argue the price? it comes with free wireless access with no contract. What's the average cell... : NoCopy
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    Access to what? DRMed text files and ass-rendered web pages? The wireless is only so you can buy shit fro... : Albemuth
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      It's for reading books. It's not an iPhone. The allure is great storage, battery life, no overheating... : the city
      • Ah, but the concept DOES interest me. I read a lot of books on my dinky Palm. I would pay ~150 for a more... : Albemuth
      • I'm very interested in it. I'm just not interested in the price. : broly1718
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      Says the guy currently looking at black and white text on an internet forum. Who cares what it looks l... : NoCopy
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        It does suck for news articles where images are important, and some technical manuals are printed with co... : nudel
        • and for sure, the system does have some drawbacks, not disputing that. Just saying that 300 bucks for an ... : NoCopy
        • Colour is possible, they just need smaller balls (err) if they want to do it with three coloured pixels l... : d fluke
    • Wow you're really angry about that electronic device. : xxx2xxx
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    You did notice the part about they charge you for every document it downloads? The "wireless" is not free... : RatBastard
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      This worries me as well, they should open it up for SD cards or slap regular wifi on there. A closed ass-... : d fluke
      • Wait, I'm stupid, it does have sd : d fluke
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      You need to brush up on your reading skills. The only thing they charge for is for you to email your ... : NoCopy
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        Show me where they say you can use the USB to move anything but audio books to this thing. Everything els... : RatBastard
        • http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=200137060&#connecting : NoCopy
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15597896 : jcupitt
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        http://www.engadget.com/2007/11/19/many-details-about-the-kindle/ : vigilante
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          Looks like word and pdf files have to be emailed, but it doesn't specify that for other filetypes. Als : slax0r
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            Who says it even reads other filetypes? Since when is DRM pretty neat? : vigilante
            • The article linked lists the other filetypes it reads. It's not just limited to .azw. And I never said ... : slax0r
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  All from people who have never used it. Aside from the fact that it is fugly, it seems pretty cool. : Serpico74
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    exactly. if ever there was proof that those reviews are stupid, we have 260 votes for a product 99.9% of... : smacknca
    • The fact that I'm always traveling with hardcovers makes this very very appealing to me. I wish there was... : Serpico74
  • yeah the feature list seems pretty excellent but its just ugly. If I was a bigger reader I would seriousl... : Degenerate
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  Apple will release one with 1/2 features (no nonDRM pdfs, no newspapers) for double the cost and everyone... : filthysock
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    There's nothing stopping someone form making a usable reader app for the iphone, heck there probably alre... : d fluke
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      As much as I love the iPhone, no way I'd read books on it. Kindle seems way better suited for that with t... : Serpico74
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        I was just listening to TWiT, and Leo Laporte says reading books on the iPhone is actually rather pleasan... : johnsto
        • Browsing webpages, which the iPhone does really really well, is as far as I go with it. Reading books for... : Serpico74
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  I'm actually really looking forward to getting my hands on the Nokia n810 for ebooks, I know people use t... : d fluke
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    the thign is, eink is really easy on the eyes. backlighted lcds are quite tiring. thats why i dont like... : smacknca
    • It all depends on the LCD, if it's nice and sharp and you can have the backlight low it's not tiring at a... : d fluke
    • I agree eink or something like it is the way to go if you're looking to really replace books, but I'm sor... : yoshimi20
• I bet there's an unofficial memo being passed around at Sony headquarters in regards to this. : Matt Burris
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  why there's no native PDF or Word support: I think the reason might be (partly) technical. The screen ... : jcupitt
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    "Why did this take them 3 years to make?" They sell books, not make hardware. : flasher 907
    • true :( also, you can always save-as-html in word, then drag-n-drop to the thing over USB PDF is a bit... : jcupitt
• I'd buy one if the price was closer to 150, 200 dollars. : packav

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  Lasers that shoot out of high flying airplanes into houses and make popcorn are the most interesting lase... : kikilupo
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    Apparently, too many whippersnappers here don't recognize a good Real Genius reference when they see it. : treefingers1
    • I did:3 : duncandun
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  sharks with lasers attached to their heads : infallible
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    or irritable mutated sea bass. : Prozium
    • ill tempered : FrayLo
• Laser guns that kill people. : freshyk
• blue lasers : AlexXdude
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  The one that blows up nukes. : NFXFSX
  • agreed! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airborne_laser : thetangent
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  grass growing : vigilante
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laser_cooling : vigilante
• The kind of lasers coming out of the eyes of giant killer robots. Obviously. : Ojalo1982
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  Who the fuck would want to read about blu-ray/hd-dvd lasers? I'd fail you right there. : TwiLyght
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    Who the fuck wants to read about cancer stuff its so played out : AlexXdude
    • Seriously humans are the weakest link. Let's talk about our ability to build cool things like data storag... : ieGod
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  sharks with frikken lazers on their heads. : hirez
  • everyone deserves a warm meal : thetangent
• What about a new kind of laser that can do both? : Qapf
• the "LAAAA-SERRRR" (huge finger quotes) : the archvile
• my vote is on femtosecond lasers : lolkitteh
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  How bout a laser that transform fat ugly bitches into hot fucking hoe? : Utopia
  • that's called "alcohol" : slickdoody
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  alright fuck it im doing lasers on sharks that blow up nukes and make popcorn : infiltrator`
  • thats a very broad topic, you should try to narrow it down a bit : infallible
• the role of lasers in pop culture : burgertime
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  Why did the guns in Firefly sound like stupid lasers. Same with the Starship Troopers cartoon? : Sailor of Fortune
  • wow, I must be on something to switch the punctuation there. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Just write "PEW PEW!" on 12 pages. : SiW73
  • What about a couple of "ZAP!"s? : AndyGoin
• Pew pew pew! : Fred Garvin
• Blue Lasers because you can endlessly discuss the format war as well. : edgewise
• Arn't there tons of other cool uses for femtosecond lasers? : thane
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  how about lasers used to shoot down artillery rounds and other aeriel objects? MTHEL http://www.youtube... : ballystix
  • ^^^IAWTP : AxeMan808
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  how 'bout the kind used in playing tag? : j0nchan
  • Don't they send packets? It actually could be an interesting paper if they have ranged data transfer cap... : kaddar0
• Femto : dltrem
• BURU RAZOR! : fleabug
• win http://youtube.com/watch?v=F_XlBJOti_4 : godm0de
• SHARKS WITH LAZERZ3Z3Z PEW PEW PEW!!!! : JecksS
• Here they come! PEW PEW PEW dada dada dada DADA dada daaa daaa daaa... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  You don't kill cancer silly. Cancer kills you. : Malku
  • Smokey the bear says 'Only you can prevent forest fires'! : JecksS
• Whatever Val makes in Real Genius : PlanetPerfecto
• Lasers from DVD players that you turn into a burning laser pointer: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/756433... : timmie
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  Fuck lasers. http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/08/meet-the-medusa.html : stygian_whisper
  • Singularity gun > * : d fluke
• HAN SHOT FIRST : doomed

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  can i keep her? : mXENO
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    update: shes wet and angry. I like where this is going : askedrelic
    • Stings like a bitch, doesn't it : ConfusedUs
• my roomate and I started watching season 1 dvd's and we are hooked. Purty cool show so far. : whistletits
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  oh god i forgot this show was on i have to go watch it : SockMonkeh
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    i love series record on dvr. : Chris Faylor
    • i do but my dvr is fucked up the ass right now and it seems like it corrupts a lot of the episodes i reco... : SockMonkeh
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  What a crapface. : .sticks.
  • i am angry : Clay
  • Seriously, bummer :( : askedrelic
  • Mohinder, you stupid twat - way to play right into Bob's hands! : mn3m0n1c
  • OH SNAP! : .sticks.
• was it that stupid girl always in a cheerleader outfit? : gmd
• :( : SeaLlama
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  I wanna hump claire until she stop regenerating!! >:D. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    think of this, she'll always be a virgin : .sticks.
    • whoa : Ebu
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      hahahahahaa wait, did you just diss me? :( : Maddog_Delphi97
      • hymen more like regenen! : .sticks.
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  Mohinder's special power is to always do the wrong thing : Clay
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    I want Mohinder to die. I really really want Mohinder to die : uglysad
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      Seriously, I want him to fall out of a plane, onto a spike, and die. I can't believe how much I've grown ... : Ojalo1982
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        Yeah me too, the character just unlikable and has litteraly little depth to make for his idiocy. : shirif
        • "character" ->*is*->"just" : shirif
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          And he's played out to be the "moral compass," but he's just in there to mess everything up. "Hmm, how... : Ojalo1982
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            maybe i'm missing it, but where do you get that he's supposed to be the moral compass?? as far as i see,... : mXENO
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              Well I was quoting what was said in the show, but Mohinder I think is at least written to be at the cente... : Ojalo1982
              • valid point. i guess i never had that much investment in his character because most of his commentary a... : mXENO
    • god yes - i was praying for noah to pull the fucking trigger on that stupid faggot im so sick of mohin... : virus
  • lolll : askedrelic
  • He actually has the power of SCIENCE! : TheQuad
  • Hahaha, this is so true. : ckaps
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  OMFG!! her blood rules!!! : Ovate
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    oh thank god : Clay
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      That one twist, while kind of lame really, just saved the series. : Ebu
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        hahah never have so many people been so happy at a obvious, cop out lame twist : Clay
        • Kinda what I thought. I love that quote though... "Stings like a bitch, doesn't it?" : jamesray
        • I was thinking the same thing. I totally saw it coming but I was really glad when it did : uglysad
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          for serious, right? what a great episode :O : Deathlove
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            what an awful episode. : pyide
            • I don't know. I liked it. At least it had Hiro showing his best stuff there for his dad. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • yeah , I agree with this post : Nation
  • yea, holy fucking shit. : askedrelic
  • I'm ashamed to type this. West is gonna earn his red wings soon. : djkenohki
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  Ahahahaha! What an ending - "Holy Sh-" indeed! : mn3m0n1c
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    Yeah. I hope all the people who complained about Season 2 sucking are enjoying their crow right now. Seas... : Tommy Toolbag
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15343108#itemanchor_15343108 : buzzbat
      • I never had any doubt personally :D : Solstice
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      the scene where hiro had a sword up to peter's throat - YES! that looks awesome. keeps in the theme wit : mXENO
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        Dammit, warn that the spoilers are for the preview and not the ep : Ebu
        • woops, forgot that some people avoid previews. my apologies. : mXENO
      • thanks, asshole. : opengl128
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      tonight was the best Heroes EP so far ... too bad there are only a couple more because of the writers str... : Nation
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        They said 2 more episodes, for the entire season or just for this span? : askedrelic
        • Originally for just the span, possibly for the entire season depending on how the fucking writers deal. : Ebu
        • there was talk that they were just going to shut it down until after the writers strike and all ... I am ... : Nation
        • Two more ep's before the "winter break" - who knows what they have in the can for afterward, though. : mn3m0n1c
        • For this season because of the strike. The stories have been tightly edited to wrap it up in the last thr... : Tommy Toolbag
        • for this story 'arc.' It was always designed this way it's just that there should've been a chapter 3 thi... : derelict515
    • even the writers admitted that season two sucked dwarf cock until the last episode. haven't seen this epi... : Hoax
    • consider me eating crow. : virus
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  I have no will power. While searching for Victoria Pratt on Google, I stumbled upon the spoilers for the ... : Chrrs
  • Ahahaha : Kaerof
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  Kinda sucks we never found out abou hiro'sbdads power : stgdz
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    yes, however 1. we discovered what it is/was not 2. there is still the opportunity to find out either t... : Nation
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      It's funny how we know almost nothing of the powers of that original group. Peter's mom? Hiro's dad? T... : Dimmona
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        Bob is the head of the company, right? If so, we know his power... he turns things into gold! : ckaps
        • could he touch a human being and turn him into gold like medusa except gold : sherwinpg
        • crap, I had totally forgotten about that! : Dimmona
  • Maybe Hiro's Dad is like Bennett - powerless and given a kid to raise. : ThomW
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  Since moving from the East Coast to the West Coast I'm totally confused about air times for shows now. So... : Magus
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    For MST, it shows at 8 : Kaerof
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      Wait so that means they air it at 8pm east coast, which would be 5pm on the west coast. So they must air ... : Magus
      • Yep, Eastern and Central see it at the same time, but Mountain is an hour later and Pacific is two hours ... : Kaerof
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      err try 10:00 MST right after the awesome that is chuck. : Solstice
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        Eh? Chuck was on at 7pm MST and Heroes was 8pm MST here. Were you watching a Pacific broadcast were ya... : Kaerof
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          No I watch the same telecast EVERY Monday. Channel 16 (KXLY from the states here in Calgary). 9:00MST Chu... : Solstice
          • Also I might add, I have no Timeshift as I only have Cable and not sattelite : Solstice
          • I wasn't saying you mixed up the time, I'm asking if your channel fits some weird Pacific scheduling bloc... : Kaerof
  • it airs at 9pm on the east coast and 9pm on the west coast. It does not air on the East coast at the sam... : Galadriel07
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  Was last week's episode the flashback episode? : rosewood
  • Yes : Chrrs
  • Yes : askedrelic
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  Yes. Also I'm really glad they didn't actually kill off the most interesting character in the show. : Magus
  • i agree but i wish they wouldnt toy with us. either kill him and leave him dead or not at all. I guess : synack
• Whoah that was goood. Show has picked up steam and is heading toward destination" awesome : boomstickah
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  the last moments of this series were not out of the blue. claire had a similar situation in the 1st seas : grendel
  • er, last moments of this EPISODE i meant : grendel
  • Back when we first saw Adam's powers, I figured Claire was a descendent of him. I'm sure many of you have : djkenohki
  • I'm kind of surprised Bob didn't bleed her dry and left her for dead when he had her hostage. That would ... : ThomW
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  oh man surresh is a fucking retarded dick, i hope his penis gets turned into ground sausage. and i'd fuc... : bfzzzz
  • I think surresh and they dad planned this. He saw the painting, he knew he was going to get shot by surr : swoopx
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  What a horrible series of events. Everything was so predictable and bland - with one exception: I didn't : brickmatt
  • But parkman stopped short. Or at least he did on film...they never showed him forcing it out of her : boomstickah
• My prediction ( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15546446 ) was right, by the sound of this thread. : nudel
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  yeah, so why is claire so special to the company that had adam locked up for years and years and years. O : yAak
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    adam has aids : windowpane
    • spoiler =( : mmaster_pw
    • :[ : jamesray
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  God fucking damn it : rosewood
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    Oh thank god : rosewood
    • That's pretty much my series of responses as well. : Lionhart32935

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• internet : the city
• music fags : mega man
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  i think children are capable of so much more than are given credit (ref: the clip of that 13 y/o guitaris... : lolkitteh
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    I agree. there's a difference between MIDI with HQ samples and an actual person : RikiTiki2
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      i disagree. HQ MIDI = people. : jujubees
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        HQ MIDI = soylent green? : RikiTiki2
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          spoilers : AlexXdude
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            what? It's not like I'm implying that soylent green is people.... WAIT A MINUTE HOLY SHIT : RikiTiki2
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              Aw man I was halfway through the movie when you posted this. : kaddar0
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                Free Willy gets set free. : the city
                • aeris dies. : windowpane
• That video: amazing That comment: YouTube : tomservo
• heh : hobosapien
• *comment thumbs down* : Audhuml4
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  don't worry, i put him in his place :D : Korban
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    personal attack!!! : mXENO
    • I chimed in too : askedrelic
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    i made youtube proud guys : buzzbat
    • That was an uncanny impersonation, young man. Subtle, yet quietly rebellious. : Dave-A
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    you're a dj? : eeeealmo
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      worlds. colliding. : AlexXdude
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        two men. a website. one moment. : the city
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          in a world... : steelsamurai
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            where the art of the dj has been long since forgotten... : the city
            • one man discovers a hidden treasure, 2 turntables and a microphone... : Old_Fart
        • ..a little oil. : d fluke
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    I really hate people on youtube. I always feel motivated to tell them to shut the fuck up with their dum... : the city
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      What's the 'effect' (iirc) where stupid people think they are smarter than everyone and smart people don'... : Pittst3r
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        Youtube. : AlexXdude
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          Yeah, that's what I was getting at, but it has an official name and I can't remember it. : Pittst3r
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            It's Youtube. : PlanetPerfecto
            • I support the making of this word a scientific term for such asshattery. : the city
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    "Neighbourhood children make fun of you behind your back, and their parents think you're a pedophile beca... : systatic
    • hahahah wow : askedrelic
    • EPIC burn. : AlexXdude
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      There's a 500 character limit so I had to cut it short. : ArB
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        Work of art there. : Rag and Bone Man
        • You're a kind rag and bone man! : ArB
    • HAhaha, oh sweet fuck, I lolled hard at this. : the city
    • lmfao : Pittst3r
    • Fucking awesome. : freshyk
    • oh god, that was freakin great! : Korban
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    that get is feelin' the wrath. SHACK WRATH. : burning eye
    • lol, seriously, we're ruthless! : Korban
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  funny.. i was just watching all kinds of piano virtuosos on youtube. here's one: http://www.youtube.co... : industro
  • yeah his expressions are great. He plays beautifully too. : VencieraX
• Damn. Kid can't be from Utah, thats for sure. : Malku
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  wow, i thought it was only on the internet these people existed. my extremely arrogant and self-involved... : cpt. ken
  • you should call him a fat pig-fag. That'll show him. : fatman
• lol @ this comment and reply (NOT korban's): Comment: he's an autist, i'm sure. no normal person coul... : fatman
• I can do that, I just don't want to. : Waffles!
• this may be one of the very few times the shack is united in thinking someone is a dick. grouphug! : steelsamurai
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  So here he is with Bach: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PlXBT_nBxqs&feature=user That people can me... : steelsamurai
  • In your wallet, on top of your dresser. : Orange Pylon
  • on the hooker's nightstand : Old_Fart
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  How old was Mozart when he started composing? : timmie
  • Around 4 or 5 : Drewus
• tell you what. Show the clip to some other music fag, ask him to analyse it without letting him know a k... : windowpane