Morning Discussion

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• i like how the reorganized the marketplace blade plus still wtf over canada's empty video store. i ca... : dantastic
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  Question on the divx update, does this mean it can play divx files that are burned to a dvd? : voodooraze
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    Yes, it can! : sandcrab
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      Hell yes! I had a kick ass dvd player that played divx files and then one day it died. So this makes me v... : voodooraze
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        If you want to save DVD's I believe you can just drop them on a USB drive. I have yet to test it out thou... : marmite
        • I definitely would like to hear the results of this experiment. : Evil Benius
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      are you sure about that? : moshman
      • They probably have to be encoded to a certain standard [mpeg 4 simple/advanced profile, I never learned a... : PlanetPerfecto
• I guess the interface is really good on the X360, but on the PC (I've installed that shit to play Gears o... : Nitrium
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  I like the Market place news thingy -- the streaming video was very cool. I'm surprised Microsoft hasn't... : marblehead
  • yeah the market place "new stuff" thing is excellent. You can look at ANY new stuff in one place, not ju... : paravis
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  What's the FoF interface like? : mancide
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    Friends tab like normal has a extra tab, "Extended Profile" or something. There you can see more profile... : paravis
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      Oh, so it's not like the recently played with list where you see everyone's FoF status? : mancide
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        Nope you have to browse each friend to see their list. : Jonathan
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          That's what I was afraid of... I was hoping they would make it easier. : mancide
          • ??? You really wanted a list of 10,000 profiles? : jake
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  can you play divx files, etc, from a shared folder on the computer like xbmc or do you have to run some p... : [fry]
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    well you could do it with software before, i imagine 'support' now means that's not necessary : JINKY
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      jinky i need real answers not what you imagine. you probably also imagine a day where you'll know the emb... : [fry]
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        i did it fry it works!!!! : JINKY
        • Now quit hugging that woman and get us some answers about streaming DivX man! Stat! : raeven
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    Yes, make sure WMP11 can play them, install klite codec pack. You have to use WMP11 to stream DIVX fil... : mancide
    • oh that must be my issue. I was sharing with the zune software. : bagelcc
• someone post some screenshots! : FrayLo
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  why don't they add FLAC/OGG support? Seriously, that's the last thing I need to eliminate the need for 3r... : paravis
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    someone will just dream up a new completely obscure piece of shit that is .07% and everyone will start us... : mega man
    • ? You mean codec? Far as I know FLAC and perhaps APE (monkey's I think) have been pretty much the standa... : paravis
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    Because FLAC/OGG are just pipedreams and will never dethrone the defacto standard? : mancide
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      so tell me, what is the defacto standard for lossless codec? : paravis
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        Audio? MP3. Video? Most likely DIVX. : mancide
        • neither is lossless : silent prophet
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          okay, gotcha, you have no idea what you're talking about. : paravis
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            I misread your question, but there is no defacto standard for lossless because no one gives a shit. 9... : mancide
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              okay, gotcha, you have no idea what you're talking about. You != everyone. For example, I'd say like 80... : paravis
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                80% of head-fi.org forum members is around 0.00005% of all music listeners. Fact is FLAC and other lossl... : gmd
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                  You can't tag songs in wav, so there's no way to record artist, album, title, etc. : afty
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                    put it in the filename argh : mwasher
                    • I read that in the speed racer voice. :D : Ebu
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                Head-fi.org may have tons of members. When I refer to 95% I'm talking 95% of mass-market consumers. The p... : mancide
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                  There are some of us with enormous music collections that will never fit a fraction of it electronically ... : .ka`boom.zZz.
                  • You're kidding right? yeah totally its not like HD space is up to 1TB drive sizes now lol, this isn't ... : paravis
                • so what about all those video codecs AND other audio codecs they've added support for that are hardly use... : paravis
      • .wav : gmd
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    lolololol stop using formats barely anyone uses : mwasher
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      you guys are pretty clueless heh. FLAC is the standard lossless format, and has been so for years. It's... : paravis
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        standard lossless format != highly used. just use wav files, which can be played on an XBOX, and solve... : mwasher
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          sigh. Why do people try and tell people what to do regarding something they have hardly any experience/k... : paravis
          • sigh. Why do people get so defensive when alternatives are offered up for the lossless audio problems acr... : mwasher
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        Yea, FLAC is great. But if it's not meant to replace MP3, why do people always complain when an MP3 devic... : mancide
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          Don't forget that FLAC is fucking huge, we might as well scrap JPEG and go back to BMPs while we're at it... : Majuju
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            If you're wanting archival quality photos, you're probably not going to use *.jpg ... Likewise, if someon... : dmason
            • hey, what are you doing in this subthread. You know what you're talking about! ;) : paravis
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            problem you need to understand why flac exists in the first place. Mp3s = COMPRESSED MUSIC, audio quali... : paravis
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              I don't think you see that I'm not arguing you on this point. I think the concept you fail to grasp is th... : mancide
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                paravis just seems to be going to all the sub threads and being argumentative. leave him to it. : mwasher
                • you've got to be kidding. THIS IS MY SUBTHREAD. Notice how all of the subthreads in my OP, are argument... : paravis
                • still laughing at this! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15706726 : paravis
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        I think you're pretty clueless about demographics. Microsoft is not going to rush to spend development t... : fishbone
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          You're clueless about how simple it is to add FLAC support. There used to be a simple WMP addon that add... : paravis
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            You think that more than 1 in 100 XBOX 360 owners is going to use their 360 to play FLAC files? I'm will... : fishbone
            • you have a huge stick up your ass as well. What were you planning to accomplish here? Are you like, Mr.... : paravis
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            HAY GUYS I'M PARAVIS! and i am here to tell all of you that YOU ARE CLUELESS AND WRONG! : mwasher
            • <3 : mwasher
            • HAI IM EVERYONE IN THIS SUBTHREAD WHO LIKE TO BASH PEOPLE FOR USING CODEC X, WHY?? I DONNO LOOLZLLZ : paravis
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              I don't understand why you guys are so against MS adding features to the x360 regardless of how much use ... : DarkWolf5
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                For me, its more of the fact that I have a ton of albums in FLAC format, and I'd rather not have to insta... : paravis
                • I'm so glad I use XBMC, where every single format just works like magic. : deveus1
                • I do too. But I plan on buying a squeezebox because my x360 is loud to the point of annoyance so I wouldn... : DarkWolf5
              • I don't think they're against it so much as saying it's highly unlikely. Even if you had 25% of the xbox ... : carnivore
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    did FLAC eat your guys' babies or something? FFS. Here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Lossless_Audi... : paravis
    • No they are just saying it's not worth the price of development to add FLAC support. I have all bootlegs... : RyDogg1
    • I don't hate any company for supporting it. I do see why some companies don't think it's worthwhile. The ... : mancide
  • This is one of the reasons I use WMA-Lossless instead of FLAC. So many more things support it. As much as... : nudel
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  One thing that kills me is that crazy price for the 120gb HD. I have my stock 20gb drive and its only got... : namelessone
  • It's actually tied to the profile AND the console. And when you compare quality external harddrives th... : mancide
• So what are the TL;DR details? Major changes? : pigvomit
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  Anyone have a link to the release notes? Looking for a list of what video formats/codecs are supported n... : genom
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    for video pretty much everything but .mkv h.264 .mpg files are still also limited to 2 channel audio. : sigpro
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      Damn...was hoping for mkv support. Looks like I'll still be transcoding those =( Good times with DivX... : genom
      • Someone said they had good luck with the MKV passthrough in Videoera to get it into h264 .mp4 which WMP11... : mancide
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        Don't forget that mkv is just a container. You shouldn't need to transcode the audio/video streams, just ... : rock elf
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          except you can't have 5.1 sound then. You only get 2 channel audio from h.264. : sigpro
          • Oh, shame. Still, my point stands. Video containers and streams can be pretty confusing (I don't pretend ... : rock elf
  • http://blogs.msdn.com/xboxteam/archive/2007/11/30/december-2007-video-playback-faq.aspx : mancide
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  I thought you meant Live the band and I got all excited. :( : skynet
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    I always thought of Live as the prequel to Creed for some reason. : pigvomit
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      live was so much better than creed : FrayLo
      • amen : silent prophet
    • agreed. Their albums did have a lot of "filler" tracks, but overall as a band >>>> creed. : paravis
    • Creed made some good music but Live kicks their ass. : skynet
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  wmp11 makes me cry. i've been able to avoid being forced to use it since its inception this thing is ... : ^-SeaWolf-^
  • It's the best WMP to date, imo. : sharkII
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    just set up the sharing and be done with it. You don't have to use it for video playback on your PC. : sigpro
    • Yea, setup your monitored folders, copy things to monitored folders, they show up on the 360. : mancide
    • i dislike that it's adding all my porn even though i explicitly told it NOT TO : ^-SeaWolf-^
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  Put your ShackName as your motto! The update adds your motto to the view when browsing your friends list.... : Yanks
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    Yes please. I'm getting friend requests from people I don't know and going to gamewith.us to look at the... : silent77
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      Damn it Thomw. Fix your leaderboard script. I am about 3000k points lower on there than I should be. Than... : sigpro
      • Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! Beetlejuice! It's updated. : ThomW
• I'll be able to watch Top Gear on my TV finally! Thank jebus! : boarder2
• Please to be adding 16:10 support in spring update MS. : Tincan
• I will add my shack name when I get home. Add me: fobouspod : pun][sher

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  lol @ brain age : zebosausamite
  • ditto : SiW73
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  you and your damn Medic blade! at one point you'd think it was a Spy's knife without the need to backsta... : Postal
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    god. i love the bonesaw. it does a crazy amount of damage, and it's so fun to kill with. : mindmann
    • It seems to have reach that exceeds the attack animation. Kinda annoying. : Moonbase Commander
    • It crits on headshots (or so I think) : Majuju
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  he may have killed you and just respawned if it is instant respawn : eldiablo01
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    You don't get the "you were killed by" screen in instant respawn because ... well ... you've already resp... : AhmNee
    • not true i have been killed and seen my killer in spawn because they went down just after me. i guess the... : eldiablo01
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  mine from last night : http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2016/2086284059_33cb98e6df_o.jpg What the hell ... : laurgasms
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    he's going to uber your box? : deject
    • my box is already ubered (lol impenetrable), i'm the medic. i saw that and thought it looked like the ... : laurgasms
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  Those last two were great. Heres a bunch of mine from the last week or so. I'm not gonna describe the... : re4ctor
  • The underwater heavy makes me laugh so hard when he's firing his gun. : carrioN luggagE
  • Haha, oh man that Flammable scout/train one is perfect. : ieGod
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    finally, someone has a screenshot of me! : mXENO
    • http://ikilled.bcyde.com/mxeno/ The third one is pretty cool with the lighting. : bcyde
    • oh my god, me too :> I got noticed on the internet! yessssssssssssssssssss : windowpane
• Watch where you stick that thing: http://carrion.luggage.googlepages.com/bcydeislookinggood.jpg Balls : carrioN luggagE
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  We're master strategists http://i145.photobucket.com/albums/r217/Duffman8369/cp_gravelpit0002.jpg : Duffman8369
  • haha maddogs comment : mXENO
  • lol as a red pyro i truly adored your strategy. : laurgasms
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    AHAHAHA : jenisthebest
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      sup JEN :D : laurgasms
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        JEN IS THE BEST THATS ME JEN (THE BEST) : boring gegtik
        • more like penisthebeast : boring gegtik
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    This actually worked once for my team on Granary on a pub. We infiltrated every point and took them one r... : ConfusedUs
    • i could see the other team switching to all pyro pretty quickly : dantastic
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    Out of the themed class attacks, the all soldier one worked the best. : bcyde
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      That was pretty tough... until we had like four heavies and four medics on our team beating you guys back... : laurgasms
      • Heh, I was on your team. We were beating guys backs together. not gay : bcyde
    • It did, but I felt the most scared when a posse of pyros started chasing me up the left side of A :P : Waffles!
• TONIGHT is TF2 practice night! that brain age screenie is just awesome! : m0rfus
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  these shots are great...i cant wait to play tonight. : m0rfus
  • I can't wait to blow you up with stickies tonight :) : NastyJack
• It's because killing you is repetitive and boring! I need to stay sharp somehow! : Waffles!
• i got some good suicide pyro's in last night. I hope to hop on again tonight. : astonish
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  b33tle is who? Great shot of him: http://rosewood.shackspace.com/tf2/b33tlesaw.png : rosewood
  • damn that looks like a scene from starship troopers after one of those bugs just blew up : Waffles!

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  congrats Clay, will they have a Panther themed nursery? : PapaBoo
  • Why turn the kid gay? wtf? : Wolfanoz
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    Yes, and perhaps some Tar Heel stuff too. I've told my mother that if she gets the child anything Duke... : Clay
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      Starting the "Buy Clay's kid a Dukie jersey Fund" right here. : cltcprd
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        more like "Dookie" jersey amirite? : PapaBoo
        • no i stand by my Dukie statement. Hopefully Clay's kid grows up to be a Cameron Crazy :) : cltcprd
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      switch to ECU, problem solved : PapaBoo
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        I treat ECU like every other NC school except Duke - I'll pull for them as long as they aren't playing UN... : Clay
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          I would pull for a 5-man squad of Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam, the Devil, and Ryan Seacrest if they played Du : tashtego
          • lol it's funny cause it's true : Clay
        • hey, ECU at least knocked off UNC in football this year. That was something to be proud of. : PapaBoo
• Welcome to the club! Enjoy less sleep and less free time! I kid. It's awesome. : Wolfanoz
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  Grats Clay! : Phil
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    I'm so feeding the kid crackers and filming it. : Clay
    • Haha it'll be good times. Just make sure he has at least 2 teeth first. : Phil
  • Since this is your first kid, out of respect for you and your wife - I won't be asking for pics of her te : Phil
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  SHUT IT DOWN CLAY : gmd
  • The wife will take care of that once the kid arrives. : FormerHPB
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  At first, I wanted a boy when my ex was pregnant. Then later I remember wanting a girl. By the time we ... : action roommate
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    Yeah, we did the ultra screen stuff today, which checks for Downs indicators and stuff. Everything that c... : Clay
    • It'll be fine man. Just enjoy these months, take lots of video, have fun with it. It's good stuff. : Phil
• congratulations! : Jayx77
• congrats clay. : wvuong
• Congrats! : suqur
• NICE! Congras Clay and the woman responsible for shutting down Squabble! ;) : FormerHPB
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  owned : filtersweep
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    no kidding, as it turned out, I defeated two different forms of birth control lol : Clay
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      haha, this post is going to be awesome when I send it to your kid in 20 years and tell him he was an acci... : sammyl
      • I'm pretty sure his kid will know by then. : spaceninja
      • somebody is projecting... : Clay
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      your sperm has natural grappling skills : tashtego
      • not even an IUD can take him down. : Phil
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      Ball of steeeeeel! : deveus1
      • err. balls. shit. : deveus1
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        misreply. : edgewise
        • lol : Phil
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        That would be the case if it was filtersweep we were talking about here.. : FormerHPB
        • read down a bit more. Edgewises post says it all. : sigpro
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      http://womenshealth.about.com/cs/birthcontrol/l/blcontraceptfai.htm : mindshot
      • lol it was a patch and a shot. i dunno, maybe they canceled each other out : Clay
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      We should form the Brotherhood of the Unbreakable Sperm. I've got one nut, had the other shot with radia... : filtersweep
      • another filterhippy jr.? God damn man, that vegetarian diet gives you super sperm. Congrats! : cltcprd
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        shut it all down man : Degenerate
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          calling my urologist in the very near future : filtersweep
          • tie dat dick in a knot boyeeee : EvilDolemite
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            you and I have been saying that for a long time. You post is all the more reason for me to make it happen... : sigpro
            • Seriously get that shit done like yesterday. : filtersweep
      • we've had an outbreak of children in my family one of my cousin has an almost 2 year old, w/ another one ... : Clay
      • Dude I bet the radiation in your one good nut made that shit super sperm. : sigpro
    • statements like this terrify me. it's her tits from now on. : [fry]
    • Would these two methods be the rhythm method and pulling out early? Congrats too. :) : hiloopy
    • Armor-Piercing Fin-Stabilized Discarding Sabot Sperm FTMFW : coldfusioncs
• Congratulations! It's the weirdest/best thing ever; our little dude turns 6mos next week. : Wadmaasi
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  Will you name it after your wife's EQ character's name? : ghost in my shell
  • probably not : Clay
• Congrats! : Crw22
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  I hope you have a Girl! congrats! : hirez
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    well that's just mean : Clay
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      nah. You'll thank me later when you do have a girl. Little girls adore their Daddies and I mean that in a : hirez
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        lol honestly i don't think i really care one way or the other, boys are just what i know : Clay
        • GIRLS ARE EASIER...until they hit that tween, adolescent stage and then it just sucks. : m0rfus
• CONGRATULATIONS CLAY!!! :D :D : virus
• have you ever considered it wasn't you who defeated the bc? lol j/k congrats clay : boomstickah
• My friend has a coworker whose daughter knows how to kill zombies ("Headshot!") so don't worry. We aren't... : perstephanie
• omg! congrats! : drucifer
• grats Clay! it's a hell of a ride, that's for sure. : beastrabban
• He will grow up to be a Falcons fan. congrats! : edgewise
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  Assuming you and the wife both work, start getting on waiting lists at day cares NOW. : TenaciousPimple
  • wife's not working, no problem there : Clay
• SHUT IT HIM/HER ALL DOWN CLAY : Postal
• Oh wow, congrats man! You'll do fine with a girl. : Zhaneel
• Hey, congrats, Clay!! Hope it doesn't end up looking like the mailman. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Shut it all down clay. : thekidd
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    damn, beaten. All right, well is this Kandace's doing to get a new house? : thekidd
    • not that i know of. she quit her job so she can't exactly demand a bigger house :P : Clay
• Someone to farm your gold for you! : Slowtreme

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  i think they are stored locally :( : Iwannaacura
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    yeah, I just googled and realized this. im so upset now. ugh. new PC will trump this issue... but jeez, a... : chilln
    • You can't copy the files over? : moogle
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      now those of us with lower ranks will finally have a chance! They might as well give new players rocks an... : heff
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        haha what? here are the types of guns and perks you get at the start of the game, if you cant do anyth... : -=kodiak=-
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          yes, you get those weapons, but your ironsights take up 98.7% of the visible space on the screen. Not t... : heff
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            yeah its all about red-dot basically. scope on a machine gun though is kinda dumb lol. : chilln
            • grip > red dot : dantastic
          • M16 + Red-Dot = one of the best combos in the game : AlexXdude
          • not with the rpd btw sniper scope on the machinegun is useless. you need to put the grip on it for pi... : dantastic
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            stopping power is a perk you get from the start. Those are your stronger bullets the RPD has one of the ... : -=kodiak=-
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              oh yes, i know all about martyrdom. I just got it yesterday and nearly cried tears of joy. I have been k... : heff
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                martyrdom wont help you get there grip is a weapon unlock... you dont get weapon unlocks by killing w/... : -=kodiak=-
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                  augh.. at least you told me this. I would have likely spent 5 hours spamming people for nothing. : heff
                  • yep, you strictly only get weapon unlocks by killing with them. so killing w/ grenades, grenade launche... : -=kodiak=-
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            Dude, no. One of the best/cheesiest score-whoring weapons is a default kit - M16 + M203. Even level 55 pl... : Noobler
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              this is my 'overkill' class at the moment m16, grenade launcher, (kill you at range) ak47, grenade la... : -=kodiak=-
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                i cant take the M16. the burst fire drives me crazy. i use the m4 instead. on objective modes i'll use... : dantastic
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                  my god man! THAT IS MADNESS!!!!! but whatever is working for you keep using it i can only tolerate the... : -=kodiak=-
                  • i'll have to give it another shot : dantastic
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                Oh christ, I just tried it, and sure enough, 4 grenades. As if that shit isn't annoying enough... can't w... : Noobler
                • m16 grip here I come! : heff
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  most likely the save game files in your windows profile (that is now gone?) : metalremains
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    its all gone. I used the same HD the one part of new pc I kept. formatted. =/ : chilln
    • lol : VegasX
    • Shackmessaged. : project13
• I read that if you copy the profile over to a game folder that was installed using the same cd key it mig... : Cygnus X-1
• i can send u mine if you want. I stopped playing been playing war3 again, but i'm rank 49 i think : Iwannaacura
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  Another COD4 question. On PC is there any way to get high graphics settings? Not that the game looks b... : te[R]ror
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    its extra settings. its low/medium/extra. Extra = high. : Iwannaacura
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      Ok, so how do I get to Extra? Because the highest I can see is Medium. I've got a pc that should be able ... : te[R]ror
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        hmm not sure ill check when i get home. im at work so i cant check. If your talking about textures rig... : Iwannaacura
        • yeah textures, because all I can see is low and medium : te[R]ror
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  http://www.darkstarllc.com/services/game-servers/call-of-duty/cod4-unlock-all-guns-level-55-crack.php : mystikal
  • i dont think punkbuster likes that! : Iwannaacura

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  current or former? : PapaBoo
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    ... : Degenerate
    • "are/were" = brainasplode : Sapiens
  • ....... : TastyWheat
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    I meant anyone who used to serve, i.e. Pup who did four years in the Air Force but is out now : PapaBoo
    • he said "are/were" : Degenerate
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      served at any time. : xxiv
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        shit, o.k. - PUP, & bigdeezer : PapaBoo
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          both Air Force : PapaBoo
          • k got em. : xxiv
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  I did 2 tours in Nam. I don't talk much about it. : Phil
  • You went there in 1993 to start a sweatshop : genjuro
  • You talk about your wife everyday Phil. : sharkII
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    Of the whorehouses? : skynet
    • I SAID I DONT TALK ABOUT IT : Phil
  • Slumber Party Division right? : DrZettl
• I was embedded with the 84th airborne when the shit hit the fan in GRENADA!!! : theghostofsmdever
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  I'm former USCG. : Degenerate
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    he said military :o : Nihilist
    • I kill you! : Degenerate
• I'm a corporal with the Allied Free Sentients (AFS), 149th battalion. : skynet
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  I was in the King's Own Calgary Regiment for 5 Years, attained the rank of Master Corporal. Drove a tank.... : Solstice
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    get a haircut hippy : Degenerate
    • Kiss my ass redneck ;) : Solstice
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    PS: I suppose you'd classify that as Army, unless you aren't counting foreign military : Solstice
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      all countries count, added you in. : xxiv
      • Excellent :D : Solstice
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  I was the Hero of Kvatch : pancake humper
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    Some hero. The whole city was burned to rubble! : stump
    • some hero you were : Degenerate
  • no, that was ME! : thetangent
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  U.S. Army, active duty. Currently deployed! : emnii
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    really! Iraq? Afghanistan? : Postal
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      des moines? : drucifer
      • the horror : Jayx77
• Army, commo, Germany, fuck yeah germany! : skitzo
• http://shacknews.com/profile.x?person=usnpandaat one of my bestest friends, Navy, currently in Atsugi,... : laurgasms
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  I am an Eagle Scout. : hirez
  • Was a girl scout.... : Koral06
  • lol you fag. : nyranger66
  • lol : Unleashed
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  i wear camo cargo shorts, does that count? : mindshot
  • I have a camo castro hat, but don't consider myself military. I don't think you count either. : DrZettl
• looks like you already got me. usmc with three years to go. : mindfk
• I served 4 years in the USMC back from 1990-1994. : malevolence
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  I'm currently the only human Spectre. : nyranger66
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    Apparently those bastards on the Council have been lying to both of us! : Degenerate
    • Don't you have some illegals to sink? : DrZettl
• I bought COD4 last night. : lodgiikal
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  my dad was an MP in the Army so I guess that makes me a military brat if that qualifies. : beastrabban
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    it qualifies you for military family, but unfortunately not having served :/ : xxiv
    • you ever live with an MP? I feel like I've served.. =) : beastrabban
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  I rode a tank Held a generals rank When the blitzkrieg raged And the bodies stank : Rauol Duke
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    Pleased to meet you. : Solstice
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      Won't someone guess his name : rosewood
      • it's Enis : drucifer
      • Well I know whats Troubling you. : Solstice
• UNSC, Captain Level 1 : snagger
• Did just shy of 4 years in the Royal Air Force as an Imagery Analyst, or Photographic Interpreter as they... : scottythejock
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  ok everyone that replied so far (that was serious :P) i've put in afaik. : xxiv
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    Holy shit!! We could start our own Military. The Shack shall over throw the WORLD! : Solstice
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15701966 : delataur
      • Faie enough I suppose :D : Solstice
• Sergeant in the U.S. Army. 6 years in. Deployed to Iraq in 2005. : sexydingo
• currently in the army guard : whore
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  you should add roushi on the list :( : Degenerate
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    What was the name of the guy who loved Miatas? : dltrem
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      xocsida : FrayLo
      • He was in the army. : skynet
      • That's it. : dltrem
      • he's an mp, added. : xxiv
      • did he get perma'd or something? : steelsamurai
  • done! : xxiv
• USAF : ShortStop
• future cadet for starfleet academy. : j0nchan
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  USMC. \m/ : Dslyecxi
  • got you already, dummy. : xxiv
• US Army, Combat Engineer 2003-2007 : whistletits
• USARMY 11b : fuzzydamnit
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  I'm currently in the Air Force. : glio1337
  • Active too, wish I would've done guard. : glio1337
• Soldier for Blu Industries team. : edgewise
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  I am currently in the U.S. Army, at Ft Gordon, re classing to 25S(Satellite Communications) : notext
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    This is bugging the shit out of me, what was the name pool hall next to hooters and knights inn? : skitzo
    • I use to go their all the time, I want to say Rob's or Roys or something. : skitzo
• Air Force Academy cadet. Will be graduating in about 6 months. : gyrfalcon
• I didn't serve, but had some friends/family that did and still do. Much respect for everybody in this th... : Jayx77
• Soldier of fortune! : Majuju
• ok updated it this far, if i left you out shoot me an sm. : xxiv
• I STAND ALONE! : Degenerate
• Army; Counterintelligence; Early 90's. : hadronflux

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• Well, its ass is obviously happy about the picture. : RomSteady
• That is one cheerful spider : uglysad
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  lols : Degenerate
  • I love the name.... 'happy face spider' : drucifer
• :D : Serpico74
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  It's only on 3 islands, kill it now. Wipe them out. : Fyunch Click
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    signed. a dead happy spider is a good happy me. : Trips
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      be nice to spiders ;; : drucifer
      • I know an old woman who swallowed one. She died. :( : Fyunch Click
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        agreed - my policy is: if a spider enters my living space (my house, car, whatever) and I see it, it's de... : thetangent
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          Don't kill Daddy LongLegs that are in your house. They are beneficial. : CRasterImage
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            explain yourself : trOmblyj
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              Daddys can't bite you. They eat other insects. : CRasterImage
              • they also eat other spiders. : re4ctor
            • they pick your nose while you sleep. : Fyunch Click
    • Fucking agreed. /shudder. Happy face or no NUKE FROM ORBIT : Solstice
    • Your weakness is revealed. I'm going to use a spider spray in TF2. : ieGod
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      But they can be pretty: http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1239/1466059298_0243c0278a.jpg . : helvetica
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        What the hell is that? The rainbow penis spider? : ieGod
        • its an arrow pointing to its "pleasure-zone" (and its ghey) : virus
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          yes, native only to ontario : Omning
          • you should see it leading the gay pride parade, you'll never hear more girlish screams anywhere else. : re4ctor
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          easter egg spider. : j0nchan
          • when you open that plastic egg you get a nice little treat of spiders jumping on your face : hobosapien
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  Anyone wonder why spiders are freakier than insects? I think it's because insects are constantly moving t... : spectr3
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    more legs : drucifer
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      plus, they are aggressive : drucifer
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        and horrific. : virus
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          and have a huge fucking sack attached to them that makes me wanna die every time I think about whatever i... : h o s t i l e
          • While you sleep, spiders teabag you : Nighteyes
  • Cause they lay eggs in your throat while you sleep. : skitzo
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    actually i would say that i'm slightly more freaked out by centipedes than spiders. : jenisthebest
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      house centipedes freak me the fuck out. they move at blinding speeds with their billion little hairy leg... : electroly
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        Oh man, those things scare the bejeezus out of me. So creepy looking, and so hard to squish. : helvetica
        • and nothing that small should be able to run faster than me. : jenisthebest
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      i heard an african centipede can take down a giraffe is this tru : hobosapien
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        a whole herd of giraffes, actually. : jenisthebest
        • look at the bones! : re4ctor
    • This dude's a badass. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f3/Giant_Centipede%2C_Trinidad.j... : spectr3
  • Because %94 of all spider species can kill you? : snuff
• He's friendly : ColoradoCNC
• I think they're pretty rare here. I've never seen one, but if i did i'd murder its entire family. : burning eye
• All of them need to be burned and then burned again. Fuck. : Wolfanoz

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• LOL! Cute kid. : marblehead
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  Ha I was just thinking the same thing. : Koral06
  • I think it's the hat and the head-tilt. : Caboose
• "Say what again muthahfuckah! I dare ya! I double dare ya muthahfuckah!" : Rauol Duke
• "Ok. That was poop." : changejar419
• POOP'N! : Fredrik S
• pimpin' : chazums
• I make this shit look good.... gotta keep my pimp hand strong... : Str8Dog
• "I came from where????" : baron calamity
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  haha sweet! : El Tigre
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    p.s. anybody who doesn't realize helvetica is the awesome needs to read my WE writeup :-) http://www.s... : El Tigre
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      Anyone who doesn't already realize needs to GTFO. : Rauol Duke
      • TITS OR GTFO : trOmblyj
      • agreed : flagg209
      • I think everyone realizes this, and I concur with your GTFO if they don't. : re4ctor
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      haha, I recognize that NES! and the fact that my name and address is on one of those carts.. I loaned : SiW73
      • lol, so this NES is kind of like that Masters of Doom book in a way :-) : El Tigre
• "What do you mean no more breast feeding?" : voodooraze
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  "WTF?! WHAT IS SHE DOING WITH THAT CUP OF SHIT!!?!?!? OH . . . . MY . . . . GOD!!" : sesmaster
  • hahahahaha : El Tigre
  • lol. i approve :D : AMikaboshi
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  Tigre - photo shop into that pic some of those amsterdam monies and do a side by side shot of you as fore... : flagg209
  • hahah NICE I think I will have to do this : El Tigre
• "I see Titties and it's lunch time, bitch." : K1Bond007
• p.s. http://www.andresbecerra.com/PictureGallery/Andres_Jr/Random_Funnies/ChokeABitch.jpg : El Tigre
• LMAO!!! "I say Red eyes Fork you!!" http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film/DVDReviews23/a%20ben%20stiller%20... : Solstice
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  am i the only one who's disappointed that helvetica didnt scribe the letter, or at least her name, in hel... : j0nchan
  • NOW i'm disappointed. : Warlock
• THE FUCK YOU STARIN' AT, NIGGA? : Wolfanoz
• bitch i don't how much longer I can wait for this Wii i been promised, cracka-ho! : deviantpaul
• "I got a freezer FULL of popsicles!" : thetangent
• CAN I HAS CHEEZBURGER : Morgin
• What you say bitch?!?!? : ColoradoCNC
• "I look you in the eye while I poop." : jahulio2
• 'Please warm the thermometer up this time!' : shavenewok

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  Good: Variety Lots of games released this year have a good variety of game play either with simple mi : NoCopy
  • Awesome post, very insightful, would read again. : bcyde
  • You make some pretty good points about steam. : slickdoody
  • I agree 100% on your critiques of Steam. : afty
  • Non-skippable cut scenes are the worst thing to ever be included in a game. There should be a law agains... : electroly
  • RE Adult Gameplay - have you noticed that The Witcher seems to have got really bad reviews in the UK? Edg : cause&effect
  • I've read so many "steam if a pos" posts, and yours is just so nicely thought out and clearly written - h... : jbury
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    I want to address the "license software model" point briefly. I've developed software in the past unde... : RomSteady
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      I am seriously concerned by the proliferation of more invasive forms of "activation" and copy-protection ... : Goncyn
      • By the way, I have no idea why I posted this as a reply about licensing, because it's related only obliqu : Goncyn
    • thanks for posting about licensing, i get confused on why it pisses people off until i try to explain it,... : yAak
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      And in this case, the Transferable license can apply (and already does) in the steam environment. They ha... : NoCopy
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        I agree with you about the gift service for Steam, although from a security standpoint I can see why they... : RomSteady
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          Point taken about security but surely they could provide some reasonable safe guards (such as phone autho : NoCopy
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            You can transfer any of your licenses to another Steam account, but it is a manual process and they charg... : RomSteady
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              I am not trying to bust your balls, really, but can you point me to where you have read that? I have j... : NoCopy
              • When we dealt with similar issues on "SiN Episodes," it was handled similarly to a CD key reset, but requ... : RomSteady
  • The only way steam can solidify trust is for a disaster to occur and to see how Valve handles it. We need... : avatar_58
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    By "Simon Says Mini-Game" do you mean the sort of thing that was found in games like God of War where you... : hatelull
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      i actually enjoyed those sequences... as long as they are not the mainstay of the gameplay... I think ... : dedgecko
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        Thats not it at all. He's talking about the same thing I hate - DDR/QTE moments in games where they do no... : avatar_58
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          Indigo Prophecy was a huge culprit of this. : Psigun
          • Depends on how you look at it, since 50% of the gameplay was QTE moments. It also didn't just "spring" on... : avatar_58
        • This is correct. I have never played God of War (or any playstation game for that matter) so I don't know... : NoCopy
      • no he's clearly talking about the things like the GoW mini-game : mikecyb
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      I think he is saying that "Simon Says" like "God of War" is okay when failing does NOT result in instant ... : RomSteady
      • Hahah... well, there are times in both God of War games where missing that button screws you over to dea : Omaha
      • If you die in the game do you die for real? : Chod
    • Hacking in Mass Effect is the worst example. You get one chance to Simon Sez that shit and if you don't y... : Simulacrum
    • These are usually called Quick Time Events (QTEs) and are generally said to have started with Shenmue. : rock elf
    • God of War is the only game I've found that did it really well. Tomb Raider: Legend was ok, since the se... : Arcanum
    • I love the cutscenes where you have to hit the button at the right time. Die Hard Arcade 4ever :( : Cottc Cid
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      I actually like those sequences. I like the cinematic views it provides while still retaining some gamepl... : edgewise
      • Sometimes I'm not even aware that it's a QTE and not a cutscene. Like in Resident Evil 4, where I got st... : Grimp
  • Thank you. You voiced concerns with steam that, I too, have harbored. As a result of some of these e... : jasoncrowley
  • While I totally agree with both your good and bad points about steam I have to say I think you're wrong w... : marmite
• I'm just glad there are so many good games that were released, truly an epic year in gaming history. : Jayx77
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  Bad - Mini-game compilations. : robotsincharge
  • "Nobody puts Baby in a corner...unless it lets me get a 4-in-a-row, then it's okay." : RomSteady
• bad ... It's 2007 and we still have to deal with CD checks. : hatelull
• I think this year has been pretty awesome for gamers all round, one of the best i can remember. That sai... : Wiimope
• Did you get the Orange Box ? : Solstice
• I know one of my top 3 bad ones is Kane and Lynch was so disappointing after all the videos made it look ... : thejm4n

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  so you don't use windows media connect anymore? : FrayLo
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    it's built into media player 11. If you want to stream divx files to the 360 use WMP 11. : sigpro
    • okay. i don't use my windows pc that often anymore, i had no idea that WMP 11 was how you streamed things... : FrayLo
    • You can't use 360's media Center? : pun][sher
  • Media connect was not the supported way since WMP11 came out. : mancide
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  Thanks for the info. It's working for me. First thing I noticed is that I have a ton of files that are us... : OverloadUT
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    I have no preference, klite just seemed to be the one that came up first when I was searching to get WMP1... : mancide
    • I like the k-lite one better than cccp from my use of both. : sigpro
  • The CCCP faq is pretty interesting reading http://www.cccp-project.net/wiki/index.php?title=FAQ : slickdoody
  • yeah, CCCP is much better and simpler than k-lite. : razlebol
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  I think I nuked WMP11 from orbit in Vista :( : rosewood
  • Fucking crazy. It is gone off the start menu, it is gone from everywhere I can find it... except when I ... : rosewood
• i dont have a 360 and have no idea what all this shit is, but +INF : boring gegtik
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  wmp is such garbage though! i'll use anything else, i cannot be forced to use wmp11 it sucks. it's so... : ^-SeaWolf-^
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    It's actually pretty damn nice once you get used to it. For streaming/sharing video from pc to pc on a ne... : sigpro
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      What do you mean sharing video from pc to pc? As in across the internet or just a local netowrk? : Jenings
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        Local network. I can stream / share video from my desktop to my laptop with it very easily. All I had to ... : sigpro
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          ok my only gripe now is that i can't scale the resolution... i'd like to watch widescreen videos using my... : ^-SeaWolf-^
          • There should be some options from the menu bar for zoom and stuff like that. I haven't been home long eno... : sigpro
          • One of the zoom options should get it, but it sounds like your video is widescreen in a 4:3 format. The 3... : mancide
        • yeah thanks, I do use orb just thought that maybe this was some unheard of feature in wmp11. : Jenings
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  I'm not a big fan of codec packs. : sharkII
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    Read that CCCP faq that was linked above please : rosewood
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      Why? Does it convince me to like codec packs? : sharkII
      • Only if you can read! : Sapiens
  • Neither am I. But apparently CCCP isn't a codec pack, despite it's name. I installed some random codec ... : slickdoody
• Well I just shared 17,000 files at just over 1.5 TBs so we will see how x360 handles that : rosewood
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  what's with the wmp11 hate? it's awesome : feek
  • It's great with its seamless xbox 360 integration, but I only use it for that and for watching/listening ... : paravis
  • i know right? wmp11 is incredible. : yay4furryanimals
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    its crash happy? : Bantis
    • ive never had it crash, and i pretty much never close it :( : feek
  • I hate the interface. It was better 3 or 4 versions ago : bozer
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  so how do I do this with OS x : Omning
  • vmware fusion : slickdoody
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    http://www.nullriver.com/index/products/connect360 : mafu5150
    • <3 : Omning
    • is there one that's free? :( : Omning
  • haha OS X doesn't do wmp11 nub. Install windows : boomstickah
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  When it supports mpg2 and avi I'll get excited. Divx is a good step though. : Dynotaku
  • That's my gripe. Media Center can stream Mpeg2 to the 360, but WMP11 can't. WMP11 can do AVI, but Media C... : mancide
• xbox media awesomeness. : xxiv
• Oh man this is sweet and works so well! : Thud
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  Vista business w/ no firewall on it and WMP11 running and showing the 360 as shared. When I hit X and go... : rosewood
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    Yea, mine is not showing everything in my Library of WMP as available on the 360. I dunno WTF is going on... : mancide
    • More than what I get :( : rosewood
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  Waiting for workaround to not have to use WMP11 bullshit/ : Lord Grey
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    Why do I have the feeling that even if it does work, I'm just going to have one 17k long list of videos a... : rosewood
    • this is why they need to fix the MCE support. : cltcprd
    • it does sort by folder... : xil-reno
    • That's why I'm just going to get an external hard drive enclosure. I'd rather watch my media on the TV a... : boarder2
• awesome.. can't wait to get home to try this! : Shadowdane
• thanks for this btw, good info. how i winstall FLAC?!@ u halp me k?? ;) : paravis
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  wait so lemme get this straight... i can view divx movies if i use the wmp sharing within the video tab o... : xil-reno
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    Correct. MCE doesn't support the AVI container. : mancide
    • why. =( (semi-rhetorical) : xil-reno
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  After fooling around with the update all day my personal conclusion is: XBMC is staying right where it... : lamfear
  • I don't think it would ever be a replacement for that considering what XBMC does. : Fred Garvin
  • XBMC doesn't do high def : EvilDolemite
  • It's sounding like the linux port is coming along nicely... I cannot wait. I don't need a myth box, I... : Chunks
• most of my pr0n works... thats all i care about.. =D : ssj4megaman
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  Can the 360 play videos off a standard network share? I hate the way options like WMP/MCE remove the dire... : nudel
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    It uses directories now. Say your network share is \\server\media\TV Shows\ and then you have them all sp... : mancide
    • BTW, it's actually used directories since the last fall update. : mancide
    • can it do that with music now? please say yes : monikerdaven
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  wow awesome. this is what I had to do - Import media to WMP11 - Enable sharing in WMP11 - Download me... : dael
  • yeah, this method worked great for me. Everything is working : Mustang|
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  what about media center XP? : -=kodiak=-
  • Media Center can't do DivX according to the XBOX FAQs... : mancide
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    nope. : cltcprd
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      well my friend wont be happy about that. He's tired of transcoding. : -=kodiak=-
      • me too, so I'm going to use WMP11 until the media center portion gets an update. : cltcprd
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  Update seems cool. The blades seem snappier. However, WHERE THE FUCK IS MY VIDEO CONTENT? Come on MS, wor... : Fred Garvin
  • Dec. 11th for Canadian marketplace they announced today. : xoque
  • I wonder if it's due to lack of DMCA (for now) ((among other things)) : geedeck
• Are the classic Xbox games available now for download? : EvilDolemite
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  Hmmm, I am missing Windows Media Player Network Sharing Service from my services. I have WMP11 installed ... : Fred Garvin
  • Quick reinstall did the trick. : Fred Garvin
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  Wait what, you can't skip forward in mp3s??? : dael
  • Does anyone know? Can you not do this? Like podcasts and audiobooks, do you have to start each chapter ... : dael
• Are there any NAS systems out there that have both a USB and a Gigabit ethernet plug? : cltcprd
• tagged for later : dewdman
• i'll have to try this. thanks : khaosman
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  I am still using TVersity for this. Transcodes if needed, otherwise does the same as WMP does. : TreMetal
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    why would you want to transcode if you don't have to? : cltcprd
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      TVersity transcodes _if needed_, otherwise does the same as WMP does. : TreMetal
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        how does it know to transcode or not? : cltcprd
        • It is setup to recognize the formats the 360 will play natively and shares them normally, otherwise it tr... : TreMetal
      • I've been using TVersity for months and I gotta say the WMP11 sharing system and menus is a lot smoother.... : dael
    • Did you even read the post "Transcodes if needed, otherwise does the same as WMP does." If it needs to tr... : marmite
• Thanks for this. Just tried it out and it worked great. : malevolence
• Now if only it could play asf :) Since I don't want to have to convert everything : Nighteyes
• FYI, linux/freebsd with ushare works great with this update too. Useful for you guys with unix based n... : zakk

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• Trillian : rookieone
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  Pidgin : devi| dog
  • another vote for Pidgin : Arsenal
  • This is a great program. : stygian_whisper
  • This is what I use : chungathebunga
• Meebo.com : NeoMoose
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  net send : j0nchan
  • net send * Wanna fuck? <me> OH SHI........... : Phreakin
• ^^^ three of the best right there. : Demius
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  miranda EOT : Clay
  • ^^^^ Miranda is awesome : deKaf
  • pidgin EOT TIMES INFINITE TO THE INFINITE POWER. : xxiv
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    Got a question, Clay... how do you set up miranda to give you more of a notice when somebody sends you a ... : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Does anybody know the answer to this? : Maddog_Delphi97
    • you can add sounds and stuff? would that do the trick? : Clay
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  Gaim...blouses : HojuSimpson
  • oops, I forgot that Gaim transformed into Pidgin :( : HojuSimpson
  • anyone want some grapes? : GenericRage
• pidgin : dudehoyt
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  pidgin : mikecyb
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    nerd : Degenerate
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      how 'bout them bears? : mikecyb
      • stupid cheating Giants >:( : Degenerate
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        Don't make me change my Directv password! : cltcprd
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          stupid cheating giants >:( : mikecyb
          • damned right! : Degenerate
• Pidgin : ThomW
• pidgin : boomstickah
• another vote for pidgin : mwasher
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  I like Pidgin but there are just a couple very small things it doesn't do that I'm too used to Trillian d... : OverloadUT
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    ctrl-shift-a (well just shift-a) makes the current post your viewing on the shack go up one post.... :| : mwasher
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      Actually that's just "a" - When I'm running Trillian though it always overrides ctrl-shift-a doing anythi... : OverloadUT
      • so it is -- i always have my fingers on ctrl and shift cause i use them for changing tabs in firefox and ... : mwasher
    • i think just "a" does that : ucanbfuzzy
• pidgin has gotten really good lately. I use it to connect to AIM and gtalk (aka jabber) : Goncyn
• they all suck, meebo.com : snagger
• pidgin : Pittst3r
• Trillian Pro/Astra : digital_d
• I concur with all the Pidgin votes : joesnizzle
• pidgin : MikkleThePickle
• Pidgin is it. : Nihilist
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  What does Pidgin have that miranda doesn't have? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    it works awesome out of the box? : MikkleThePickle
    • that makes it sound like miranda doesn't work out of the box : Clay
  • a purple bird mascot : mikecyb
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  Gtalk! Woohoo AIM integration! :D : cdbeckman
  • I finally did pidgen due to the fact it does Gmail, AIM, ICQ, maybe something else, but those are the big... : devi| dog
• Another vote for Pidgin! : Sapiens
• Trillian? : NaklsonofNakkl
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  I use trillian but I'd switch if something would import all the renamed contacts I have and the history, ... : rosewood
  • At least with AIM the username aliases are stored remotely so it should carry over into another client li... : Sapiens
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  So is Pidgin just the flavor of the month or is it noticeably better than Trillian? And in what ways? I'v... : Dynotaku
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    Pidgin is snappy and responsive, something Trillian doesn't do quite as well. It's more along the lines o... : ieGod
    • Correction: http://tapas.affenbande.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2007/04/pidgin-latex1.png : ieGod
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      Pidgin is Gaim. AOL made them change the name. : Sapiens
      • Sweet jesus am I stupid. I thought it felt familiar. I guess they must have ironed out some of those kink... : ieGod
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  Pidgin trounces everything else. : ieGod
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    I tried pidgin . . . thought it sucked ass went back to trillian : fuzzydamnit
    • Your thoughts are wrong. : Sapiens
• Pidgin. : jan0r pants
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  why is there no meebo love at all :( : NeoMoose
  • Meebo isn't stand alone, as great as it is. : glio1337
  • I hear Pidgin is quite good... : rudds
• they all suck : feek

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  does it blend? : heff
  • it does : sumo-hacker
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  how is babby formed : pancake humper
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    wtf people quit being stupid : sumo-hacker
    • honestly, what did you expect? ;) : pancake humper
    • Who's stupid, the one asking stupid questions or the one expecting serious ones on the shack? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  *farts* : boring gegtik
  • sorry; *farts*? : boring gegtik
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  Have you built anything cool with it? : ThomW
  • http://www.tanga.com : sumo-hacker
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  Wtf is ruby on rails? : Haku-Jin
  • ^^^ This one. : mindmann
  • Rails is a framework for the ruby language. : Pittst3r
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  why is php so much better : wtf242
  • Perl, motherfucker?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I have one. What the feck is ruby on rails? : jbury
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    it's a bunch of code written in the Ruby language that helps creating database-backed web applications. : sumo-hacker
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      Ruby language? Like in the land of Oz? : Haku-Jin
      • you're thinking of munchkin language : sumo-hacker
• why aren't you answering our questions? : pancake humper
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  Ok, serious question here: is it better to dev RoR on the Mac or the PC : stuka
  • Mac. Leopard comes with it pre-installed. : sumo-hacker
• Why is it overhyped and only used by a small percentage of developers? :) : Phreakin
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  does it still suffer from performance problems? I just remember reading a number of large sites had to sc... : epit
  • Hm, not sure what you are talking about. Rails scales the same as PHP or any other 'share-nothing' appro... : sumo-hacker
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  why not just use cakephp? : cpt_gloval
  • I personally like Ruby more than PHP. : sumo-hacker
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    Does cakephp come with built-in testing support? Can I easily write automated tests for each part of my ... : sumo-hacker
    • the most current alpha build does but not the latest release build. i was mostly joking anyway, i know ca : cpt_gloval
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      when talking about the ror vs. php thing... the majority of the time the only argument for ror i ever her... : mwasher
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        you have your own methods for testing scenarios like logging in as two (or more) different users and conc... : sumo-hacker
        • and stuff like rspec (http://rspec.rubyforge.org/) is just plain awesome : sumo-hacker
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          I guess I don't understand the ability to "write" automated tests for code. Take for example a registrat... : dante2010
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            There's http://www.openqa.org/selenium/ and a couple other tools for actually making a browser click thro... : sumo-hacker
            • .. but then how does that work when you come back to the application and add new functionality to it? If... : dante2010
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  wtf no local variable scope? : yonderboy
  • what? : sumo-hacker
• how do I wrote website : skynet
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  what is the significance of the "on rails" part of the language name? just curious. : dealie
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    I think "on rails" means it's really smooth and easy or something. And Ruby is already a friendly langua... : sumo-hacker
    • "Rails" is a development framework. "Ruby" is a language. "Ruby on Rails", runs Ruby code "on" Rails. ... : adpalumbo
  • It's not a language name. Ruby on Rails is a web development framework for the Ruby language. : Goncyn
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  An actual work-related question; is this site made in Ruby: http://jimz.amg.railsplayground.net/ (Ruby... : MC Kingsley
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    I think it is written in Rails. 1. <link href="/stylesheets/main.css?1193269179" ... That's a com... : sumo-hacker
    • Thanks! : MC Kingsley
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      #1 -- really? that pretty much sucks. the whole point of separate css and javascript files is so they c... : electroly
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        timestamp is based on when the file was last modified, silly. the timestamp changes when the file gets u... : sumo-hacker
        • ah, i understand now. : electroly
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    How would you host it w/o knowing what's behind it? Ask the developer --- you're going to need the sourc... : ThomW
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      I know, I know. I think the boss-lady wanted to have some idea as she was planning to pitch a redesig... : MC Kingsley
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        Why would they redesign? That's one of the nicest restaurant sites I've ever seen. Builtwith is coo... : ThomW
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          Boss-lady can sell anvils to drowning people. I don't ask questions, I just collect the paychecks. Jim's ... : MC Kingsley
          • Also, all-image-text is the strangest thing I had to do ever, a bit of a pain to maintain because of that... : MC Kingsley
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  python? : m0rfus
  • HISSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! : Xhost
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  Serious question dont mean to flame. Can it connect to more than 1 database at a time? : pieman
  • yes, it can. : piser
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    Yeah, but it's not "a happy path". I haven't had the need to do it. However, my application works wit... : sumo-hacker
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      I struggled with developing models with multiple databases and eventually gave up. I wouldn't be happy... : pieman
      • Thanks for the suggestion though, it's a nice language. But currently I don't have the time to play about... : pieman
      • It's not going to be as fast as a straight database connection, but it's definitely scalable. http:/... : sumo-hacker
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  Yeah.. whats the deal? What happened to notepad and straightforward html? Why do people need RoR? : jaga
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    How would you write the shack in notepad and straightforward html? : sumo-hacker
    • I cant think of 2 other examples where this is true, however.. : jaga
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      frontpage extensions sumo. frontpage extensions. : electroly
      • real answer: posts are emailed to steve and he manually updates the chatty html to include the new post : electroly
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  why would you post this? : eeeealmo
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    why would YOU post this? : sumo-hacker
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      Why would you capitalize you when it's understood that it's him. : devi| dog
      • Because he used it in the plural sense. : suqur
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  how would you educate someone on the benefits of model view controller programming? : Draugluin
  • with a baseball bat? : Ariakus
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  Have you tested your code on Rails 2.0 yet? : suqur
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    Yup. : sumo-hacker
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      It was kind of a pain to switch over. Mostly involving my tests. I was using a different version of a c... : sumo-hacker
      • heh.. assert_difference? : wtf242
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  It can get kind of slow, can't it? : GreatGooglyMoogly
  • sure, it's easy to write slow things in Rails. Don't think that's really specific to Ruby or Rails thoug... : sumo-hacker
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    Rails is a young but solid framework. It is a very powerful and consistent tool for (web) application de... : adpalumbo
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      how does it lack on scalability? : sumo-hacker
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        in exactly the same way as performance? there's nothing fundamentally stopping a RoR-site from servicing... : adpalumbo
        • performance is very different from scalability. A can perform much better than B on some hardware, and A... : sumo-hacker
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    I'm kind of new to it, so I don't know much, but doesn't fastcgi fix this (to some degree at least)? : Pittst3r
    • no one uses fastcgi for rails apps anymore. they use mongrel + some kind of proxy balancer : wtf242
• Why would I want rubies on a rail? : mnok
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  why hasn't someone cloned it to python on rails yet? : snicker-snack 2
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    because python is different from ruby : sumo-hacker
    • let me rephrase that then: what language features unique to ruby are essential to RoR? : snicker-snack 2
  • http://pylonshq.com/ : wtf242

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  Single Gun Theory : drucifer
  • http://sgt.com.au/ : drucifer
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  Maybe Bat for Lashes? She's a little inconsistent, but there are some real gems in the discography. : filtersweep
  • she rides a mean bike : drucifer
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  Give me a reason to beeeeeeeeeeeEEEee... A woman.... I just wannna be a woman!" Do you sing along? :) : pyros
  • I do :( : pyros
• delerium : -=kodiak=-
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  Zero 7 <3 : Modica Sol Solis
  • Also; Ladytron And the Yeah Yeah Yeahs : Modica Sol Solis
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    They have guest singers though, both female and male. Kind of like Massive Attack or Thievery Corporation : pyros
    • yeah I'm not really looking for those... of course I've heard zero 7. : lakren
• Bananarama : riptyde
• Poe, Jack off Jill : skitzo
• denali : rgoer
• U2 : gmd
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  morcheeba : smalakar
  • yes definatly morcheeba : sexninja!!!!
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  I don't know those bands, but Evanescence is good. : invisible_kid
  • don't forget Avril and Guano Apes : devi| dog
  • no. : kevp
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  Always Smoke City Morcheeba Brazilian Girls In One Album Esthero (only in Breath from Another) Sn : Kentor
  • Brazilian Girls are awesome. : Pittst3r
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  Sneaker Pimps (first album has the female singer) : mwasher
  • ^^^^^ : mockery
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  Radiohead : yoonix
  • close enough. : lakren
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  goldfrapp?? : dealie
  • ^^^ : Modica Sol Solis
  • Felt Mountain, maybe, but just about everything after that sounds nothing along the lines of portishead. : My Documents
• Everything but the girl : rookieone
• check out The Gathering. Not really like portishead but very very awesome. esp their last few albums (def... : sexninja!!!!
• Paramore, Ladytron, The Gathering, Lacuna Coil, The BellRays, Garbage, Jem, Rilo Kiley, Everything But Th... : Warlock
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  Sneaker Pimps. : sigpro
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    Didn't they get rid of their female singer? : Jonathan
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      yeah she was a bitch and contributed no other talent besides her voice from what I've heard : pyros
      • Her name is Kelli Ali! She made 2 great solo albums, actually! And from what I recall they were jealous... : xlarti
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      They might have. I haven't really even heard of much from them since 6 underground. : sigpro
      • Wikipedia says they are working with a new female singer for a new album also : sigpro
      • I own their subsequent next two albums- with the male singer. They are both excellent, though totally dif... : fugu124
    • Yep, they ditched Dayton after Becoming X and changed their sound. : Kentor
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      i see that my suggestion of this 7 lines up wasn't enough -- and as i put in my suggestion the female ... : mwasher
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        sorry i didn't see your post. I looked for it as I was shocked i hadn't seen them mentioned before. : sigpro
        • THIEF : mwasher
• zero 7 : Klebold
• yeah yeah yeahs : gummijoh
• Dead or Alive : Degenerate
• Kittie : Phreakin
• Espers : DonkeyPopsicle
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  Missing Persons : Degenerate
  • Berlin! : Degenerate
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  Moloko : shavenewok
  • damn, you i was about to say that : das_runt
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    godamnit, I'm gonna shave your ewok raw. : DrZettl
    • Let's make this moment last : shavenewok
• Moloko http://www.stage6.com/user/wolfga/video/1129822/moloko-fun-for-me : DrZettl
• Collide, really sexy voice and shes hot. : illwill18
• Mum, Aromabar, Lali Puna, Way Out West (mostly dancier, but some good downtempo stuffs), Sia (Zero 7 voca... : aux7
• There was a thread similiar to this awhile back http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=14990141#itemanchor_1... : carazy
• Guano Apes : icon_of_syn
• analog missionary : skynet
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  Kosheen : stamps
  • The first album was great - the second absolute rubbish. >:[ : xlarti
  • "Catch" is such a fuckin jam, powerful voice : zagzig32
• Cibo Matto -- two, even! : Postal
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  12 Rounds : dognose
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    Are they even still around? I still own their Pleasant Smell single I bought during high school. :[ : My Documents
    • Nothing since that 1998 album on Interscope and it's an RIAA release so I withdraw my suggestion. : dognose
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  Culture Club. Winger. Slaughter. : Fyunch Click
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    you forgot Poison : Degenerate
    • Nelson : drucifer
    • and Cinderella. : Fyunch Click
• Flyleaf : Jayx77
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  Oh man, I dig me some portishead : felicia
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    Speaking of, I'm turning that on and turning the base up GOOD BYE NEIGHBORS : felicia
    • bass. not base. in ur bass : felicia
  • i can't find any female vocalists that are as awesome :( : lakren
• OMG EVANESSANCE! : whistletits
• Conjure One : crockroches
• morcheeba, esthero, gram rabbit : lolkitteh
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  Elysian Fields : cpt_gloval
  • Jennifer Charles also did vocals for the Lovage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By : cpt_gloval
• siouxsie & the banshees : zagzig32
• Garbage : FiReaNG3L
• not really a female singer, but depeche mode is similar in some ways. : wtf242
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  tadpole! Although they are a little bit harder then portishead. : whodares
  • oh and anything with Johnette Napolitano in it rocks (Concrete Blonde and solo) : whodares
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  not exactly like portished and lamb but... The Gift The Gathering Lacuna Coil : doomed
  • Also watch a little clip of The Gathering here: http://www.gathering.nl/ : doomed
• haven't listened to lamb, but nightwish has a great female lead. The old lead was really good, but she go... : mindmann
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  What the fuck, no one has mentioned Hooverphonic. : Vincent Grayson
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15710140#itemanchor_15710140 :[ : My Documents
    • I missed it since it was in a subthread. Sorry :( : Vincent Grayson
• posting in this female vocalist thread. =D : fleabug
• lacuna coil has a female lead, but they dont sound like portishead : Dravenport

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• awesome sauce. : xxiv
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  I don't know a single person who uses AIM. : bakanoodle
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    it was the defacto standard for college IM when I started ~1999 : FrayLo
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      1998 was all ICQ. : devi| dog
      • 30883544 bitches. I know it better than my SS # : skinlab133
    • ditto, I don't use any IM service anymore though, e-mail only. : aethyr
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    i don't know anybody who uses any other IM service besides AIM. ANECDOTE REBUTTAL : electroly
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      At work everybody uses msn, all my friends use aim, a couple random people use gtalk :P : carazy
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        ^ likewise the only reason I use MSN is to communicate with people at work : MagicWishMonkey
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          everyone i know uses aim, except a few on icq. : xxiv
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            Luckily I don't know anyone who still uses ICQ The best thing about AIM is you can leave it signed on ... : MagicWishMonkey
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              The shitty part about aim is that you can't leave a message for someone offline, or at least you couldn't... : devi| dog
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                did people actually use that feature? i always just used email instead. then when i'd sign into ICQ i'd... : electroly
                • I've gotten maybe 1 spam message and I've had an account since about 1996, I think mine is set to authori... : devi| dog
              • you you still can't do that , but i usually send the message to the persons cell number (via trillian) wh... : MagicWishMonkey
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    all the cool kids use ICQ : deKaf
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      Those cool kids all had <7 digit UIN's and were using it BEFORE AOL bought Mirabilis. Nowadays its a sad... : sexydingo
      • the best part of ICQ was the "ytalk" mode where you could see the other person typing letter-by-letter be... : electroly
      • You don't have to use the official ICQ client :x : deKaf
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        hell yeah, 1939619 here. : dromo5
        • 7 is not <7 :P : Damodred
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    A ton of my non-geek friends still use AIM, but I use Pidgin to talk to them as opposed to the Gtalk or A... : Sapiens
    • Pidgin does such a good job of making the different protocols transparent that it hardly matters to me wh... : rudds
  • You're in Vancouver. Basically, in America AIM dominates, in Canada and Europe MSN dominates, and in Asia... : airrob
  • i dont know anyone who uses anything else : feek
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  YOU KNOW ME!!!! : sesmaster
  • meant for Bakanoodle! : sesmaster
  • ^^ Down wit OPP : Ajax
• nice and its already in the web version too which i use at work a lot. : smacknca
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  It pisses me off that the Gmail-GoogleTalk has all these features but the standalone client has none. Tha... : Modica Sol Solis
  • ohh, damn, i didnt even realize that. what the hell : feek
  • Yeah ive been waiting for Gtalk to support AIM natively and not use all these jabber hacks or whatever th... : Lord Grey
  • oh... damn. that sucks : bozer
  • wait what? : cdbeckman
  • Yeah, I just went to see if it worked there :( : megarust32
• Hopefully the Google Talk clients (for mobile phones, etc) will inherit this feature soon. : dealie
• i am happy : dahanese
• I like : Albemuth
• Add yahoo next and I can par down to 1 program. : Ebu
• fuck, this might get me to use it now. i use pidgin, but i really dont like it very much. : feek
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  So how do I enable it? I should be able to see AIM friends on Gtalk now, no? Or is it only in gmail? : bozer
  • only in gmail right now I believe. In gmail you just click on the options in the chat module and there s... : carazy
• Awesome, thanks for the info. : USteppin