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  the way i conceived the idea, it's just junk from around the house... i don't even think looking at post ... : cpt_gloval
  • ^^ That's what I'm doing. Just picking up random crap from the house and stealing random stuff from the ... : bcyde
• Go through their post history to find out what they like/dislike. Then send them whatever you want. Usual... : Drewus
• i just grab all the best crap i have laying around that i dont care about/use anymore and send away. h... : virus
• Your WE partner should send you duct tape for your mouth so you don't talk at work. Send your partner,... : Zhaneel
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  All I know is that if I got an Xbox controller from you, I wouldn't touch it. : FormerHPB
  • lol : ThomW
  • ick : PapaBoo
• Peters 4 Lyfe in case your WE sender is reading this. : The Key
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  I'm doing a combination of both. Some random stuff, as well a few personal things from what I know of th... : Vantage
  • Yeah, I'm sending to America as well, but whatever, it's for fun. :) : The Key
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  i wish my recipient would update list the consoles he owns. : j0nchan
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    what does he list? Atari Jaguar, 3DO, Sega Odyssee? : drucifer
    • KC Munchkin represent, dawg! : RomSteady
    • Neo Geo : Totenjaeger
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  I don't have a set money limit to spend on my WE - I just know that I'm going to go pick up a couple of t... : spiffymc
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    dude, keep it cheap : cpt_gloval
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      Since I got rid of most of my personal weird stuff when I moved I went to Goodwill(sidenote: Holy shit th... : sesmaster
      • send her! : drucifer
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  At least you're not shipping to ICELAND. FUCK. : pyros
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    My WE is pretty close. : Drewus
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      Yeah Mine too (relatively speaking). One province away :D : Solstice
      • mine three, he's in the next state over from me : MisterPhoton
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    ironic turn of events considering your shackname : cpt_gloval
    • clever! : Draugluin
  • lol, I'm sorry :( : gakera

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• You missed the first one, Breastfeeding my Husband. : trove
• also Shacker Birthdays: captain hampton may have a present waiting for their 27th. Or not ! Congrat : askedrelic
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  This Old LOL Pile: The top 5 LOL'D posts from yesterday. Don't miss the funny, if there was any to begin : askedrelic
  • I made the lol pile with those guys? I'm honored. : rosewood

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• *bump* : MagicWishMonkey
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  The N standard isnt final yet. : Lord Grey
  • who cares, there are plenty of devices that support it. as long as it works i'm happy. : MagicWishMonkey
  • what would that mean it becomes "final". I see Wireless N routers all over the stores now, I'm assuming ... : paravis
• you are correct in your gigabit assumption except that you could probably get away with regular cat5 for ... : cpt_gloval
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  Regarding your last point, if you're comfortable with linux you could set up iptables to do your routing ... : Horn
  • true, but I already have a fileserver PC thats always running (underclocked and cool-n-quiet underclockin... : paravis
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  Gigabit on a wireless router is worthless. If you're going to run a GigE lan, just use a switch and upli... : yonderboy
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    I don't quite understand this. I was just saying, that a router that can use 3rd party firmware that ha... : paravis
    • to be more specific, I wouldn't be transferring data from a wireless N nic to the wireless N router then ... : paravis

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• No. : airrob
• yea its been having random issues since friday afternoon. Sometimes i would check and i would get serv... : Iwannaacura
• The RIAA got 'em. : Trips
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  I think they got cyber-Monday'd I was having all kinds of issues ordering upgrades for my PC last night. : Awun
  • something is going w/ them. i checked my gmail account this monday and saw two orders for 21 x 8800GTS (t... : gdestiny
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  one of these days we need to have someone give the shack a DNS lesson. : paravis
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    here: http://www.opendns.com/ use the servers they give as your dns servers. It should work then. : paravis
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      the thing I hate abt opendns is you cant use the addressbar in FF as an 'I'm feeling lucky' search on goo... : epit
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        ^^^^ Ding ding ding. More and more people are catching on to this and it's lame. My ISP is even serving m... : dearjamie
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          Verizon started doing this on my FIOS service recently, too. Pissed me off. Only mitigating factor was th... : Goncyn
          • 4.2.2.1 is verizon : cpt_gloval
      • wow, fuck that noise. : riptyde
      • seems weird tho that you'd use the address bar to search when right beside it is the google search box... : paravis
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      those nameservers have crappy "added features," use 4.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.6 instead : Goncyn
      • I agree. It's so easy to remember and it probably never goes down. : Portax
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        Would you like to know more? [√] Yes [ ] No : omnova
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          Hmm? Are you asking to know more or are you subtly mocking OpenDNS? I can't tell. : Goncyn
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            No, I would genuinely like to know more about the 4.2.2.1 - 4.2.2.6 thing you mentioned. : omnova
            • they're verizon nameservers i think : feek
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              these are verizon's dns servers for their isp customers. pretty much open and free to use and very reliab... : cpt_gloval
              • And the more people that use them the higher likely hood that someone will goto the effort of inserting a... : liqker
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        what are these "added features"? I've used 4.2.2.1 etc etc many times, and have left them there, but eve... : paravis
        • according to opendns, the non-resolvable search results page is a feature. they also attempt to block phi... : cpt_gloval
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  hahaha i read this in the Operation Flashpoint radio voice : SockMonkeh
  • ahaha! I didn't even think about that, but after reading your post I went back and cracked up. I miss the... : Pacalon

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  One I keep meaning to go back to. I'll add it to my list of games to try when I build my retro rig I thin... : node
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    Nice, whats your retro rig consist of and what games you planning to play on it? : niceguynick
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      Primarily Carmageddon 2. SLI Voodoo 2s, high end P2, DOS, Windows 98SE and whatever else, basically. : node
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        Wait, Carmageddon 1. Still the best, still only runs in Glide or horrible software. :( : node
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          I've been debating on whether or not to dust that one off and play again. I loved that game so much, but... : ADSliv
          • I agree with that one, playing Carmageddon gave me some of the happiest gaming days of my life! : niceguynick
• I loved this game but only made it to map where you first get the casino. : baronzemo78
• "BEWARE! THE LORD OF THE LAND APPROACHES!" God I loved hearing that. Best game ever : Trips
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  Speaking of Bullfrog, I have an itch to play Magic Carpet again. : shyguy74
  • I want to play 2 some time, properly. It was meant to be the better of the two, much less aimless. : node
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  I need to bitch slap some little imps. That game was awesome although I never really went into first per... : bcyde
  • i did a lot of lair building in 1st person mode. digging out dirt as a peon : radula
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  I *wish* Evil Genuis had been as much fun. But, alas, it was not. : Zhaneel
  • Was evil genius by Peter M or Bullfrog? : niceguynick
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  I just replayed this one again. I loved it so much that I suffered through all of the patches & hacks to... : mafu5150
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    Oooh do tell? got a link? : niceguynick
    • http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=50 : mafu5150
• I used to love it. I still have it around here somewhere. : jonin

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• Nobody plays Rock Band? : airrob

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  Antec Solo for $25 after rebate: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16811129018&CMP=AFC-C... : omnova
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    But it's so ugly : ( A wonderful case other than the early 2000's look! : Athlon7
    • I think it's a perfectly good-looking and serviceable case for an unbeatable price, but then I never boug... : omnova
• I love my P182. The B-25 doesn't really do much for aesthetically. It's up to you if the look is worth ... : mathyou
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  I really want someone to buy the A10 and report back. Thats the case I'd get but I decided to put off my... : smacknca
  • That is a stunning case, but hellishly expensive. I think that a lot of Lian-lis will run at higher temp... : Athlon7
• The B-25 is pretty, but I'd take the P182's better noise-dampening and thermal performance for the slight... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Aftet seeing the inside it doesn't have anything on the P180. I think the P180 probably has better build ... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  That case looks like a standard $25 cheapie or an enlarged WD Onetouch backup external drive or whatever ... : paravis
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    Interesting... I had written off the cosmos due to its massive weight (steel construction), but I liked y... : Athlon7
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      By the way, I think I'm sold on the cosmos. Holy shit that thing is feature rich and innovative. Now th... : Athlon7
      • Argh and now I see that thermal performance for the GPU is subpar... What to do... : Athlon7
• I have the P180b and I am super happy with it. It's quiet, it cools like crazy and it looks nice. : Fredrik S
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  I bought a Lian Li case last year... it's pretty awesome. I don't plan on having to buy another case for ... : MagicWishMonkey
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    also have a lianli and it rocks : Foxhawk
    • It's really nice having tons of room to work with and built-in cable organization. I curse a lot less ... : MagicWishMonkey
  • that case is so bad ass : oatmela
• looks really nice, I just wish they would put the power supply at the bottom instead. : ant_hillbilly
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  I got a P180 2 1/2 years ago and I love it. If I end up building a HTPC in the future I'm going to get an... : shred.
  • for an HTPC?? I agree the p180 is a damn fine case and has withstood it's years very well and it served ... : paravis

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• Even in riots with hundreds dead monks prefer a smooth, clean head. Burma-Shave : Dave-A
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  what? you didn't play portal? : XchumpoX
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    I did. I would pick Crysis over Portal for GOTY. : Arcanum
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      What about Bioshock! : SpaecKow
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        Not even close. I'd probably put Portal ahead of Bioshock. : Arcanum
        • but then you'd come out behind BioShock and it would all be confusing : Dave-A
        • I'd put Mario Galaxy ahead of both. : Drewus
        • I'd go: Portal Crysis EP2 Bioshock : oatmela
      • LOL! It has to be a joke. It was pretty but the fun stopped there. : Pneum0
  • portal.. goty? lol what? : dilutedq
• i have a small stack of games here i need to play and crysis isn't even there yet. i need a time bubble : delataur
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  I totally agree. It felt like I was in a cgi movie near the end. : CrustaR
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    Or how about running through the wooded streams? Incredible. (where's that patch?) : Jobos
    • Yeah, the whole game oozes with atmosphere. It really shows off the potential of the PC. : CrustaR
    • One of my favorite moments: I'm making my way up through some relatively open forest towards an rendevou : Arcanum
• My friend bought it yesterday with that BB coupon and paid $30 total for it. As much as I want to get it,... : shred.
• I beat the game today as well and I am thoroughly impressed. I'd have to go with this as GOTY, even over ... : freshyk
• Yeah! I simply LOVE the firefights with the KPA soldiers. So much fun, so satisfying and never exactly... : SlamDunk
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  I can't believe some people liked COD4 better. WTF? In COD4 everyone played the same game. In Crysis, ... : Jobos
  • A friend of mine refuses to buy Crysis because he thinks CoD4 is way better. :[ : CrustaR

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• Never works, a kid tried this in my swimming class back in high school and he still got shit I am pretty ... : JecksS

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  Everything about Alive is awesome. : AlexXdude
  • Even Frampton? : shavenewok
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  Still the best video ever... http://youtube.com/watch?v=nPBmXEO3yUU : zebosausamite
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    I love it when the robot astronaut guys enter the picture. : pigvomit
    • I like the chicks in the old-tymey swim-suits the best. : zebosausamite
  • I really like Revolution 909's video also http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8umB1xBGpU : deveus1
  • Too Long/Steam Machine>all : JecksS
• i h8 u : m0rfus
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  /me hugs his Daft Punk tickets for next weekend. SO PSYCHED. : snagger
  • They were so fucking awesome in Berkeley on this tour. Mother fucking pure awesome. : Zhaneel
• Highlight of the new album. I really wish I could see these guys live. People don't even spin this ... : fleabug
• No fucking kidding, i am even looking forward to going to Melbourne in 2 weeks, THAT'S HOW PSYCHED I AM A... : Arsenal
• that entire album is greatness : mikecyb

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• c'mon this is an exciting topic! Jump on the post wagon and throw in some plug-ins! all your friends are : phipple
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  It's called Turbo Tax : digital_d
  • blah, plug-ins are free sometimes! : phipple
• I don't want to pay big bucks for payroll software when all I want to do is plug in weekly gross pay and ... : phipple
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  LOL the company I work for does this (more or less) as their entire business model. Good luck finding so... : Enkidu
  • I found a template that microsoft provides :P I only have mac excel and it's a cab file so I can't get it... : phipple

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  cool! how'd you win that! congrats! : hirez
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    Amazon had a giveaway where'd they gave out 3 a day for 31 days. Think I followed a link off of the Hero... : theargent
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      Did this want your SSN? i had a guy call me about some contest askin for ssn number and he was concerned. : Iwannaacura
      • http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?ie=UTF8&docId=1000132741 haha which one is you!? : Iwannaacura
• i hate u :( : mXENO
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  That's cool but I keep thinking it's gonna get ripped off when you send it in for repairs :( : .sticks.
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    /sticks fingers in ears NAHNAHNAHNAHNAH! CAN'T HEAR YOU! Besides, it's super power is that it's invul... : theargent
    • Seriously though, it really is a cool prize. It'll last for at least 6 months, also I'm just jealous. : .sticks.
  • It looks like the heros artwork on it is just a vinyl skin. I had an all black one on my 360 for a while.... : sigpro
• wow holy shit is right. congrats! : flasher 907
• nice work :) : spaceless
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  I foresee a red ring in your future... : Trips
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    Yeah, i don't see the point in custom made 360's when they're pretty much guaranteed to red ring. : Drewus
    • Ones you pay for anyway^ : Drewus
• That's fucking cool. Congrats! : yoonix
• bah! Lucky! I've never won anything :( : pun][sher
• whoa awesome! : askedrelic
• I just threw up a little in my mouth... not cause you won that, thats some epic loots and congrats!, but ... : paravis
• Lucky bastard! : razlebol
• Score! Enjoy. That's a sweet 360. : jason bergman
• You bastard, that's mine!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• holy shit - thats AWESOME!!! CONGRATS LUCKY GUY!!!! : virus
• That's AWESOME!! well done congrats. jerk : red2lucas
• Looks fantastic. Also, isn't that a skin for the 360? : Sailor of Fortune
• Nice score. Good for you. : ieGod
• Too lucky. : great-white
• You lucky bastard : Ebu
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  are you my brother? he wins shit like that all the time. lucky bastard that he is : AMikaboshi
  • opps wrong tag. sorry! : AMikaboshi
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  HEROES question: Who is the character on the side of the case? Have we met him yet? : byorn
  • The big robot looking guy? Nope, the artwork is by the guy that did the 8th wonders comic from the series... : theargent
• i'd kind of like to punch you in the cock. but i'd also like to be your best friend. : ibrokn

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  Also, when does S4 start? : rosewood
  • No time soon. : zanzares
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    March according to the commercial during Razor. : NFXFSX
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      Pay the writers their fucking money already. : rosewood
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        They were gonna split the season anyway. The 10 episodes they were gonna show are already filmed. : vigilante
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          i read last week that if the strike goes on too long, they might not film the rest of them. It's the fin... : grabbie
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            That sounds like a bluff : rosewood
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              i hope soo. Here's what He said about it http://www.rondmoore.com/Site/Blog/Entries/2007/11/17_Galactica_... : grabbie
              • NBC, if there is one show to pay the writers, make it BSG. WE WANT IT! : NFXFSX
        • I can't wait. This show is fantastic. : rosewood
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  and when does S3 come out on DVD? It's already out in the UK >:( : DonkeyPopsicle
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    March :( : NFXFSX
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      WTFWTFWTF : DonkeyPopsicle
      • Crap, I was wrong. According to Battlestar Wiki it is April. :( http://en.battlestarwiki.org/wiki/Batt... : NFXFSX
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    wasn't it supposed to come out in august? : ttyRazor
    • damn, it didn't, that sucks. my friend who's had it on his netflix queue isn't crazy then. : ttyRazor
• i finally saw the finale last week before razor and it was amazing esp with Lee's courtroom speech : grabbie
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  I liked the boxing flashback episode. Not so much the boxing but the flashbacks were good. Especially A : vigilante
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    Tigh is fucking awesome. : NFXFSX
    • yeah the line ''We're on the side of the demons. We're evil men in the gardens of paradise, sent by the f... : grabbie

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• Just got back from Best Buy with my copy, going to watch it tonight. Good times, good times indeed. : playerhater

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• Its not in the game's main folder somewhere? : niceguynick
• should be installer in the directory or on the cd like most other games. : Iwannaacura
• in bin32, named editor.exe : oatmela
• Needs to be installed. Sandbox2.exe or some stupid shit. : carrioN luggagE
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  Run the editor/sandbox2 installer from the DVD. it's a separate install. : burningtrees
  • lol, I NEVER would have looked there! : Jobos

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• That is TRUE LOL.....Really good : Mrc32
• Bump for the night crowd. : risimage

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  haha! Hey why hasn't Valve made a spy intro video? : spiderfill
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    they did, but it musta sneaked past ya and you didn't notice : Dave-A
    • I guess I'll randomly set things on fire until I find it : spiderfill
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  related: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=related&v=iiuUY8f9hvQ : feek
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    dude wtf. : hirosushima
    • Exactly. Why is that related? : Enkidu

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• XP didn't have much competition I guess, whereas Vista has the Mac on one side and XP on the other. Tough... : Dave-A
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  Why does Search Indexer run while I play video games? Or any time that I am using the computer? Seems lik... : yakz
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    it *should* only run when idle... mine waits till like 3 in the morning if i'm not on it (I hear it start... : mwasher
    • It doesn't. It seems to run fairly randomly, and it tries to index things like giant disk images, which m... : yakz
  • Is this XP? I just uninstalled the desktop search thingy and never had to worry about indexer again. : h o s t i l e
  • Yeah, I mean, who needs a fast search engine ABOVE ALL ELSE...? : melt_core
  • It shouldn't, but you can change how much you care about updated index versus performance in Power Option... : Merconium
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  More like Vista isn't ready for RELEASE amirite : TastyWheat
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    nourwrong vista is excellent in it's current state assuming you have a halfway decent pc : mwasher
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      I do, and I still regret ever installing it. : TastyWheat
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        I installed it once, then uninstalled. Then dual-booted, and now have just Vista but I miss XP. I might ... : oatmela
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          Why do people still stay this dumb stuff about dx10? Seriously we go over this every time. : kelerian
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            Because it's all worthless technicalities. There aren't enough companies making full use of DX10, and the... : ovrlrd
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              oh god here we go again RELEASE THE IGNORANCE!!! : kelerian
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                What ignorance? This is from other people's experience with Vista and DX10. I realize that you might be f... : ovrlrd
                • There really is a very small performance difference, its been very exaggerated. http://www.firingsquad.co... : kelerian
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            Well, one of the big selling points (some might argue the only selling point) of Vista over XP was DX10. ... : oatmela
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              But its been this way with every directx ever released in the early going. Its developers getting used to... : kelerian
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                Of course it happens with every DX version, but as opposed to every other DX version, this one requires a... : ovrlrd
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                  You cant keep patching up an old version of an OS to work with a totally revamped system. The way the dri... : kelerian
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                    I agree that the changes are essentially good, but the problem is the perception of said changes. Most pe... : ovrlrd
                    • Yeah that probably would of been the better route for sure. : kelerian
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  who the fuck buys Microsoft operating systems before the 1st SP? Probably the same people that bitch nons... : wtf242
  • Exactly. I remember thinking people were crazy in 01 and early 02 for even thinking about using XP inste... : Horn
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    While this is true, then why doesn't Microsoft just actually make a decent OS release for once instead of... : ovrlrd
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      there is so much different hardware out there that windows has to work with, it's not really surprising t... : wtf242
      • I understand, but they would be better off starting from scratch. I think the biggest issue they have is ... : ovrlrd
• More like there's no point in 'upgrading' for 90% of computer users. Lame and slow, no thanks I'll stick... : arizona bay

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• You can do a 1-click install of Subversion on a Dreamhost account and can then restrict access to a repos... : SiW73
• Sourcegear's Vault is free for a single-user instance, if this fits your needs. : TenaciousPimple

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  All torrent clients (the BT protocol actually) make your download speed proportional to your upload speed... : silentw
  • i know their was a relationship between dl/ul speeds. But I get the same download rate with an upload ca... : mwasher
  • IIRC, the BT protocol will snub you if you're uploading at less than around 1/3rd of your download rate. ... : yonderboy
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  There's no download cap if you set it >= 6KBps. : slacko
  • Really? Guess this is the answer I needed. Thanks. : mwasher
  • ^^ threshold : Foxhawk
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  With my Fios line, which has 5mb upload, i am able to download stuff super fast : bozer
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    i miss my FIOS line... this 384kbps upload on Comcast sucks! : Shadowdane
    • I'm pissed off it's not widely available in CA. It's like an insult since we have all these tech industri... : Sailor of Fortune
    • That's like 3x faster than mine! : Jobos
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  the point of torrents is to share, if everyone capped their upload noone would finish : zagzig32
  • The key is to set a cap to ensure that you don't saturate your connection, thus slowing down your downloa... : StuMan1337
• stop being a fag and share :D : Modica Sol Solis

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  any....body? : h o s t i l e
  • What isn't working? Where is wordList coming from? : manero
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  http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.io/ReadLinesFromFile.html : wvuong
  • are you sure you're referring to the file in the correct directory? sometimes i get the pathing messed u... : wvuong
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    The method I'm passing it to needs a Scanner and it reads in all of the words. This is what I'm passi : h o s t i l e
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      what's the exception? is the exception a problem with reading the file or is it something else? : wvuong
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        Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NumberFormatException: For input string: "buttercup" bu... : h o s t i l e
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          it's not getting a proper input from your first line. : itsjames
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            What do you mean? The number at the top of the list? : h o s t i l e
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              The class he provided for us is suppose to take care of everything. We are supposed to just put a scanner... : h o s t i l e
              • I don't know anything about Scanner, but Integer.parseInt() will definitely throw you exceptions if you t... : itsjames
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                I would guess your data format in the file is off as the scanner formatter is expecting a number where yo... : tmak
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                  yeah there are 9 lines, the first has a number 8 and after that it is 8 words. : h o s t i l e
                  • Like: 2 hello world ? Where is the word buttercup? I'm guessing it might be on a line around where ... : tmak
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  I've never used Scanner before. Are you getting an exception or is it just not working? : TroZ
  • It doesn't work, when I look in the console an exception is shown. : h o s t i l e

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  I think there are tons of examples Shadow of the colossus Bioshock Halo series has tons of backstory... : skunk_ape
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    i have a ps2 but haven't played Ico, Shadow of the Colossus or Okami. Must remedy. :) : Psigun
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      okami is gay : mwasher
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        aye, but its coming to the Wii!! so now we get to draw with the wii-mote : Demius
        • now it will be gay with gay paintbrush waving in the air gayness : mwasher
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        if by gay you mean one of the best PS2 games out there, then yes. : bakanoodle
        • no, by gay i mean it's stupid and becomes very boring after the first couple of hours, and makes you real... : mwasher
• Out of this World. : Wombat Woo
• mario paint : SockMonkeh
• madden oh eight : electroly
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  The Longest Journey. : razlebol
  • Very creative game. Can't wait for the new 'episodes' : Jobos
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  The term "games as art" speaks to me as a game communicating themes mainly if not exclusively through gam... : Draugluin
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    What about shadow of the collossus? : razlebol
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      SotC uses a lot of the same tricks but has nowhere near as much thematic content, at least that I could i : Draugluin
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        i would lump the Twinsen games in with your definition : cpt_gloval
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          i would also argue that all games are an attempt at artwork. only the ones that really work well as such ... : cpt_gloval
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            I would agree with that to a degree, but I think there are a lot of great and fun games that don't qualif... : Psigun
            • well, i do have a pretty broad definition of what exactly art is, but i do think doom 2 did tickle some e... : cpt_gloval
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    Flow is a great example of gameplay + style = art. : jason bergman
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      an example of gameplay + style = art + boring, you mean : mwasher
      • art + boring pretty much sums up the entire baroque movement :) : cpt_gloval
    • So Halo 3 would be gamplay + _____ = art? : Dave-A
  • By that standard, also that one flash game about terrorism where terrorism begats terrorism : spiderfill
• lumines : Foxhawk
• bioshock and alice : wetard
• Kyntt is such an awesome game :) : bakanoodle
• Indigo Prophecy : oatmela
• Rez : ThrillKill
• black and white, because it was sure pretty but there was no game there. : Fredrik S
• I can't believe no said Myst yet :O : Solstice
• Ico and Shadow of the Colossus. : Drewus
• Darwinia : graincloud