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  nope mine is fine, but my 1st gear sometimes sticks a bit on my jetta. : vassili_zaitsev
  • I guess it's just certain transmissions.. my integra had a shitty 2nd, and this one has a shitty 3rd. I t... : lakren
• fuck 3rd gear. : lakren
• I have the same problem with second. The mechanic said it's probably a worn synchronizer, I don't remembe... : m0nkz
• Syncro or shift fork or something else is fubar from what it should be. What kind of car is this again? ... : pres589
• Top Gear is where its at. Fifth Gear sucks. : zanzares
• mines fine.. its 2nd gear on my WRX. That 1st to 2nd shift on the WRX sucks, or maybe its just my g... : Shadowdane
• varies from model to model and even trans to trans. some models are prone to certain types of wear but a ... : cpt_gloval
• you're driving an automatic. that's not 3rd gear... it's reverse... : Korban
• i'm assuming this is manual and no, that sounds bad. all gears should be great. : dahanese
• lakren, what kind of car is it? : CrustaR
• shifting into 2nd sucks for me but into 3rd is my favorite cause thats when i really open it up : eeeealmo

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  Ottawa just passed a bill sometime in the last week to open up competition for cellular providers. : ryuuseki
  • found a link. http://www.reportonbusiness.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20071128.wwirelessspec1128/BNStory/robN... : ryuuseki
• still beat the hell out of the competition. bell is a fucking scam, almost $10+tax of fees on top of mont... : gokart.
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15664907 : sikander
• Apparently you can ge ta good plan on an HTC touch, http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5... : Tincan
• my internet connection has been rock solid from them for years now. : ghost hacker
• i'll provide the matches. it cost me 25$ for 500KB of downloaded data WTF : Enigme
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  Telus is presently offering the BlackBerry pearl with unlimited data for 15$ a month. I happened to pick... : tboomer2
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    What does your total monthly wireless bill come to? : Milleh
    • I havn't gotten a bill yet as I just renewed but we'll be getting a family share plan and the two data pl : tboomer2
• Roger's recently offered up a $15/month for unlimited personal email on a Blackberry Pearl. Still not a ... : cookblaze

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• 30 Rock is great. good choice. : empathe

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• And I also liked dancing in Flux : conandan
• you and I need to circle jerk sometime. : g0nk
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  I'm going to say the combat overall isn't so much what frustrated me, as much as the Benezia battle itsel... : geedeck
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    That battle was probably a low point in the game as far as the combat goes. After a couple of tries, I fi : Mad Jack McMad
    • I thought that that battle was awesome. I put my goons in one spot while I covered another, and it worke... : conandan
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  agree agree agree. I also was surprised at what you could get away with using charm and intimidate. The r... : Mad Jack McMad
  • some of the situations that you are put into with the responses that you can give are just overly excelle... : conandan

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  http://images.google.com/images?hl=en&q=tomato+sauce&btnG=Search+Images&gbv=2 http://images.google.com... : dognose
  • I think Richard Simmons would get me SurfControl blocked for promoting a homosexual agenda. : RomSteady

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  You can have a mold inspector come and check your place. It runs about $200 though. If you have a reall... : midgetherder
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    9 months. the place is 100+ years old. it had a to-the-studs remodel sometime in the past 20 years. i ... : mallrice
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      did you get a building inspection? : Dravenport
      • i had a regular inspector go through it. it's technically a condo (house split in two) so he only went th... : mallrice
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      Well, that does kinda sound like a good case for mold. IIRC you work for MS in WA, which would be damp a... : midgetherder
      • not for the past 20 years. big sigh. : mallrice
• when i moved into my last apartment, my nose started running and it never stopped. i'd use up half a box... : electroly

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• No, it'll show tomorrow. it always does. : slickdoody
• paypal has been issuing rebates on transactions as a special promotion, maybe thats what happened? check... : Jayx77

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  I have heard Perpetual is fairly furious at our story, but also hasn't flatly denied it in any responses,... : Chris Remo
  • Anonymous sources make all these news posts seem so damn cool, like you guys are secret agents infiltrati... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Nice how they use my quote almost in full but don't attribute it to me. :( : RomSteady
  • lol i just posted that below : grabbie
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    wow so what shacker just plagiarized that? : kill9
    • No idea, but at least they didn't rip off one of my song parodies. : RomSteady
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    sue 'em! That's your intellectual property! All 62 characters of it! : slickdoody
    • Unfortunately, funding dried up so I wasn't able to release the second sentence. : RomSteady
• who's site is that? they sold Romsteady's line http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15643538 : grabbie
• that sucks, i would have gotten into that one myself. : ghost hacker
• i have a friend that works there. they're not overly confident it's going to be around much longer. : ibrokn
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  "fee's" :( oh apostrophe, we have failed thee : Goncyn
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    your just jealous : Sapiens
    • how's your alive doing? : Chris Remo
• I would've thought the owner of the Star Trek MMO rights would have been more careful in choosing a devel... : classicfork
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  STO has been delayed and seems to have not gone anywhere for the last few years. But is this such a bad t... : thewindcriesmary
  • While this is true, a WoW clone of Star Trek would suck, this was not in the slightest what STO was about... : Modica Sol Solis

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  the last one i setup had a web interface to configure it.. just plugged it directly into my ethernet ca... : Shadowdane
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    How do you get to the bridge's web interface? : pokerman33
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      open a web browser and type in xxx.xxx.xxx where the x's are the IP address for the web configuration pag... : Prozium
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        Im not able to access the page.. When I connect the bridge to my computer it says limited connection a... : pokerman33
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          You probably need to manually set the IP for your system then. Seriously, RTFM for the bridge! : Prozium
          • godamn he got it off of ebay. Im getting the manual online now. its a wireless music bridge which im ... : pokerman33

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• There is a ferret in the background!!!!!!!! : Zero|DPX
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  What kind of wierdo shows their Grandmother that! : robotsincharge
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    Jackie!! : darcspeed
    • he needs to talk to somebody : stuka
• rof that is fucking great!! his laugh at the end..excellent! : agentlead
• god i didnt even know there was puke involved too : aurealis
• ok i have just seen it for the first time. undescribable : ghost hacker
• Somebody's not getting anything for Christmas this year. I don't understand why people turn away, but ... : BlackCat9

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• hahaha : slickdoody

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• hahahahha : Shadowdane
• My fucking ears are bleeding. : aggro crag
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  Coheed is not a band I want to hear people try to sing like : wasylm
  • But the song is too awesome for me not to try! : Audhuml4
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  If you are singing, how do you know what the lyrics are? I don't see them on screen anywhere. : oatmela
  • they're scrolling at the very top of the screen. : skinlab133
• DIEEEEEEEEEE! : Audhuml4
• Not to be mean but are those guys mentally retarded? : mrwolf710
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  he actually sounds better than the real lead singer of the band. : mindshot
  • booooo! : skinlab133

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  jesus christ. you guys and wwtdd.... like the 100th time the site has been linked today : wtf242
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    I really don't get the hard on everyone has for the site either. : soggybagel
    • Agreed : Kaerof
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      WWTD is the online version of those checkout-stand papers like US and STAR and stuff. It has that same at... : ConfusedUs
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        except wwtdd is hilarious and 99% of the other celeb gossip out there is garbage : mallrice
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          That implies that 1% of celeb gossip isn't garbage : Kaerof
          • Unless you're allowing a margin of error of +/- 1%. I can dig that. : Kaerof
      • yeah i read wwtdd for the writing. kind of like why i read maddox : cpt_gloval
  • if people would stop posting this and portal related crap id be happy : Dravenport
  • I'm thinking that TD wouldn't waste his time posting about Britney Spears on some web site. : capt tripps
  • woah woah woah here, lets not get out of hand : oHnOES

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• buwahahaha : dmason
• needs more Curls : jake2000
• The staff of UMKC is probably more worried about getting caught up in a drive by shooting than they are a... : pres589
• EXECUTIVE APPROVAL! : vassili_zaitsev
• made more awesome by the fact that it was sent by Dr. Cuddy. : empathe
• Hahahahahaha. : sgtsanity

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  X : maulla
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    Don't spam the button though or it'll skip through your own dialogue options and just do the default one. : moogle
    • Thanks. : trove
    • you can hold down/right or up/right while pressing x and it will select those top or bottom options while... : Big Luke
  • Does that skip the dialog, or interrupt the person? : walker270

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• does your wife like the headset to fit in her ear or hang over it? Jawbone is amazing: http://www.bes... : Korban
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  we got a parrot for our car... the thing is awesome! : topkatz
  • link? never heard of a parrot (not sure if this is a joka bird] or a device) : Nation
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  No joke - http://www.parrotshopping.com/us/p_parrot_topviewed.aspx?f=203 Color LCD display, can pair ... : topkatz
  • BTW- BMW wanted 2k to add BT to the x5, this cost about 250 installed. : topkatz
• ...its called a bluetooth headset. you sound like my mom. : opengl128
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  I'd be interested in this as well. I was going to get my wife one for Christmas but don't know anything a... : baronzemo78
  • well, there was some input in the thread I linked to, but I wanted more. : Nation
• afternoon bump : Nation
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  People on Fatwallet say the Plantronics Voyager 510 is a good headset, and it has good Amazon reviews: h... : afty
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    I think someone last night mentioned that one too ... still just gathering data at this point. : Nation
    • I did, in my long post, and also Magus, who I think bought one partly on my recommendation in the long po... : Bean
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  List: 99.99, SALE (with google checkout) 6.99 - Motorola H500 Bluetooth Headset - Refurbished http://www... : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • thanks : Nation

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• Dry it out and say you're shipping jerky. : dmason
• pork chops and applesauce : drucifer
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  Only if you take out the stem cells first. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Why do you think I had them in the first place? They go great with Embryo Caviar : sesmaster
• They will if you don't tell them what's in the box. : timmie
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  attn sesmaster's recipient: if there is an xbox 360 controller in your box DO NOT TOUCH IT. : erotic sock
  • I knew he had a plan for it... : CrustaR
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    attn erotic sock's recipient: if there is a sock in your box DO NOT TOUCH IT. : virus
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      attn virus's recipient: if there is a petri dish in your box DO NOT OPEN IT. : Fyunch Click
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        you fucked it up : virus
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          this is a surprise to no one. least of all me. :( : Fyunch Click
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            attn Fyunch Click: Your username is useless : slickdoody
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              no u. /cries : Fyunch Click
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                how do you even pronounce it? : stalewood
                • I've heard it as: fie-unch or fee-unch. : Fyunch Click
• where do you want me to go? : AbortedFetusChristi
• only one way to find out : delataur

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  I'm not posting here because it would send not work safe into an uncontrollable rage. : ThomW
  • when do we get to see the uncontrollable rage? : Nation
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  I'm trying my hand at logo's right now... I'm doing something for a shacker and also a friend of mine. On... : voodooraze
  • cool, I look forward to seeing it. : Nation
• I'm currently freelancing for a nonprofit music organization, doing their concert programs, and starting ... : MisterPhoton
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  I do graphics, web but especially 3D and animation. : Fredrik S
  • What programs do you use? : Nation
• bump : Nation
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  ive stopped designing and have taken up programming. : not work safe
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    We better scan your apps for GPL violations then. : SiW73
    • why ill just copy it word for word : not work safe
  • Never program again. ;) : ThomW
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  ok just kidding. I am a full time graphic designer in chicago. I have worked as a fashion designer for a ... : not work safe
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    no more issues like the robot walrus one, right? : Nation
    • I don't really care. Its just become this stupid shack meme now where, ironically, everyone is copying ea... : not work safe
• anyone else this evening want to throw their name & all in? : Nation

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  there is a place 5 blocks from me opening soon that will be nothing but trappist stuff. www.thetrappis... : hamachi
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    huh? there's a ton of non-trappist stuff there.. http://www.thetrappist.com/ontap.htm : wetard
    • there are only 5-6 trappist breweries. so yeah. they have a ton of other stuff. but look at how craz... : hamachi
  • Heh, according to that article, those guys are gonna get sued. : Merconium
• Thanks--a really pleasant little read. I'd love to get my hands on some, but I'm loathe to go to ebay to ... : Merconium
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  Chimay can be found in a lot of places and is really good. I suggest that you try that if you haven't alr... : eldiablo01
  • ^^^ This stuff is great and readily available at decent stores. Sellout monks though :( : Pittst3r
  • and corsendank... think that's how you spell it. : -=kodiak=-

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  I'm not sure if this is exactly what you're talking about, but I've taken some classes that talk about tr : Fish_Bulb
  • Those are all tools you can use to assemble a whole. Systems engineering would take a broader approach an... : ieGod
  • I see how those topics fit. I am more interested in the social sector side of it all, but I have a str... : Nation
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  anyone else? : Nation
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    They name Herbert Spencer as more or less the origin of that '"field". I have read Spencer in the course ... : melt_core
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      I have just read that first intro; it seems to contradict itself. Spontaneous order is a term that des : Nation
      • Order is more in the "macro" sense here, when you take a step back and look at the thing as a whole. For ... : melt_core
• i do my research / thesis work in swarm routing algorithms, so, in effect thats self organization, which ... : Antilles_Prime
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  lunch time bump : Nation
  • one more bump : Nation

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  How much is this expansion going to cost? : WadeMcLain
  • No idea. Maps packs for resistance are like 2.99 so it should be close to that. : razlebol
• Once I'm done with Mass Effect, Assassin's Creed and Uncharted this will be my MP fix again. Sweet. : tcs
• Awesome, I need a reason to get back into this as well : Rasnowl
• Whoa that looks a lot better. If they offer it for under $10 I will get it. : d3tached
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  new map is looking sweet. Not sure about the dropship. I don't think it'll break the game or anything, ... : Boxelder
  • Looks like the made the explosions even cooler too, can't wait. : Boxelder
• or the other option is that they are bullshit renders. :( : empathe

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  There's a setting in the control panel where you can define a threshold that your account will shut off a... : zakk
  • Yeah, go to Status->Bandwidth Usage Under the per domain stuff there's a 'BW Throttling' setting. : zakk
• for an 11MB file you're never going to hit that limit, ever. i posted some porn on the shack, it was lik... : electroly
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  Bandwidth is a measure of data rate. You are talking about data transfer amounts per unit of time. : Lord Grey
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    and still we all know what he meant.. it's amazing : bamb
    • Just clearin things up, hear what im saying? : Lord Grey
  • well if we're being dicks about it, bandwidth is really the difference between the top and bottom cutoff ... : electroly
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  podcast about what? : xxiv
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    Probably how awesome EQ2 is ?? : mrwolf710
    • There could easily be a podcast about Norrath. WoW may be in everyone's minds, but Norrath has just a... : Ebu
• I offer 18GB worth of mashups and get about 1000 visitors a day just for those tunes, and still don't hit... : Matt Burris
• erm, you'd need to get almost a half million downloads. thats a HUGELY popular video on youtube. if you... : epit

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• bastards : khaosman
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  Econojon says: Does God want us to give him buttsecks?! Posted 19 minutes ago. wow... : stalewood
  • what's wow about that comment ? : qwpeoriu
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  now this is even funnier. http://god-hands.blogspot.com/2007/05/gods-hand-in-sky.html : mindshot
  • lolz : drucifer
  • stupid bitch. : sigpro
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    lol who posted the comment? : g0nk
    • I just posted the snopes link. : sigpro
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    haha which one of you idiots posted a comment to something from May 22 hahaha : mikecyb
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      you never know how much that person checks her blog. : sigpro
      • I looked at the main page and that's actually the third most recent update anyway :( : mikecyb
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    that lying fucking bitch! : virus
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      hahaha "NICE ANUS GOD" hahahahaha : virus
      • yeah it had to be said. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • you guys just got trolled : wtf242
• Last week was 2001 on digg : Mondo

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  Impressive! I'm assuming you were attacking. I love getting sentries in spots that aren't so common. : EvilDolemite
  • nope, we were defending. we held them off for a good 8 minutes or so until they wised up. this placeme... : manero
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    heh I used a few of the ones posted here and always get odd reactions from my team mates until the enemy ... : IcomeINpeace
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      The way I look at it, if you have a surplus of engineers, putting a sentry up just to fuck with the enemy... : EvilDolemite
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        the nice thing about that placement is that the LOS is over the bridge. it's not a very wide LOS, but it : manero
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          stickies would take it out : spectr3
          • the demomenz kept trying, but they kept failing. either they couldn't land them in a good enough spot, or... : manero
          • Yup, though if the engy was nursing it with a full dispenser it would take several at once, and the demo ... : EvilDolemite
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  I will stab you so hard. : dmason
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    ):D : manero
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      no love for my engineer hardhad frownyface : manero
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        I have mucho love for it. I just didn't want to say it was awesome and then be told it's a guy with a uni... : dmason
        • a non-committal surprise reaction should have covered all your bases. Belonging to me they are now. : windowpane
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    bring it on you fucking pansy! : Jackass1233
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      Was that you on that pub last night? : dmason
      • nope, i cant bring myself to play on pubs, it just doesn't feel right:( : Jackass1233
  • He will...he really will (the bastard). : mrwolf710
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  That's the problem with the engineer class. It's all about sentry placement. Once you've figured out the ... : sammyl
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    Nah. There are obviously key spots on most maps, but if you have more than one engineer, you can experim... : EvilDolemite
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      I like to play offensive engineer sometimes... put a dispenser up at a key choke point (behind the battle... : mikecyb
      • I love seeing a teleport with 20+ uses. Makes you realize how much you're helping everyone and also piss... : EvilDolemite
    • i like playing against offensive engineers, it can be a pain in the ass but it's challenging, in a fun wa... : Mmmmmoo
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    probably why i suck at engineer. i like putting sentries in stupid places. half the time i can't even get... : pyide
    • Experimentation is key. As long as you have the team to support it. How else can you find the next gr... : EvilDolemite
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  I get a 404... anyone have another mirror :( : Demius
  • 404 403 >:( : Demius
  • Yeah: http://netriver.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/c7/c7f09ed955358a47ae19528242fd37f5f0bfb6d6.jpg Bu... : dmason
  • http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/4988/c8633186ae5bdaa4c9964ffwm6.jpg : manero
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  My favorite placement of sentries is in the doors at the enemy's fort in 2fort. It's not uncommon for ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    Similarly, if you can get a dispenser + sentry up on your 2fort balcony (behind the wall on the left or r... : EvilDolemite
    • lol, I'll have to try that. : Maddog_Delphi97
• epic kill screenshot http://grimmadog.shackspace.com/TF2/attica_blue.jpg : Grimmadog

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• Does this look infected to you? : drucifer
• Is it supposed to burn when I pee? : pyros
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  mass effect = best RPG since _____ : Foxhawk
  • BreAD : g0nk
• Do these pants make me look fat? : theargent
• Sent one. : aggro crag
• Why did my mommy leave? : sesmaster
• Have you ever been in a Turkish prison? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Dear Chris, My boyfriend says that herpes doesn't spread if you do it in the butt and then he jacks of... : dahanese
  • LOL MIKE HAS THE HERPS!!!!1 : g0nk
  • wow, this one works on so many levels. : ra1n
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    I don't remember saying that but it certainly sounds like something I'd say... : mikecyb
    • do you butter her eyes? : g0nk
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      you're dating wtf242? kinky. : dahanese
      • I've made a huge mistake :( : mikecyb
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    i don't like you anymore :[ : wtf242
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      sorry i had to pick someone to take the fall because it would leave me too wide open and i couldn't remem... : dahanese
      • i have never once called you a sea whale or donkey or whatever. you're mean. : wtf242
  • Personal attack, nuke + ban. : soggybagel
• Microtransactions: Great gaming evolution, or the greatest gaming evolution? : Blucklesworth
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  Duke Nukem: Hero, or Saviour? : dognose
  • Hey now, he could easily be both. : c0bra
• Will I ever be as cool as you? : c0bra
• sent! : kenmis
• Will Nintendo pull some spectaular first party titles out of their ass next year besides samsh bros and m... : shavenewok
• Alright Remo, I sent you one. : deveus1
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  how many Pendergrass references will you make this episode? : Postal
  • ya he said my name pendergrass :( : Iwannaacura
• Why are there no UT3 servers? :( : TastyWheat
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  What were the Assassin's Creed review stipulations? : uglysad
  • Inquiring minds want to know. : Freon
• how many licks does it take to get to the Tootsie Roll center of a Tootsie Pop? : grabbie
• Please talk a bit about Deus Ex 3! : SpaecKow
• How much wood would a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood? : jabuck

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  Visio? : zebosausamite
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    Visio rules, especially when your underlings have no idea what all the different shapes indicate they can... : theghostofsmdever
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      Looks like there's a trial, I'll give it a shot. Thanks! : midgetherder
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        use Dia instead of Visio. free OSS alternative version http://www.osalt.com/dia : epit
        • I've used this before, it's not horrible :D : Chunks
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  pencil and paper : pieman
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    also, wooden desk and camera. : Agrona
    • whiteboard > * : t0ad
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  Omnigraffle is awesome if you have OSX access : Neech
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    ^^^ way easier to use than any of the other options in this thread : electroly
    • I loves me some OmniOutliner. Will give this a shot. Thanks! : midgetherder
• I've played with inkscape and graphviz, it's a neat combo : sroylance

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• (a) turning (b) squinting eyes as part of the o-face. : Deathlove
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  I think they are lying. I think the 'turning Japanese' was referring to a stereotype about Japanese touri... : drucifer
  • read up http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Vapors looks like I might be right. : drucifer
• Because it's "I'm going" rather than "I'm coming" in Japan? : AxeMan808
• I'm pretty sure that's not actually what it means, it was just speculation that happened to gain really s... : Chris Remo