Morning Discussion

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  Incoming 200 reply thread due to reflection of girl : pancake humper
  • Helvetica is a girl. Don't tell anyone, it's a secret : Drewus
• Why couldn't you be naked when you took that second pic?? >:( : bling1bling
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  people will just look at your wall and start shaking their head in shame as they mutter, "Nerds..." : askedrelic
  • Nerds! : Degenerate
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  so awesome, what contest? : drucifer
  • The Orange Box Paint Contest: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/49250 ! I've had them for awhile, I ... : helvetica
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  only thing wrong with the reflection is that it needs more helvetica you are lovely and should be prai : sesmaster
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    Shacknews - it creeps you out : jaga
    • seriously. : xxiv
    • haha no doubt, she is quite pretty though. : fletch_
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYUbUvzlvFw : deject
    • its missylu fever : askedrelic
    • Seriously, these posts are really starting to creep me the hell out. : Evil Benius
  • you guys really worry me sometimes. : mavmavv
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    Aw thanks, but that would've made the picture even more silly! I was trying to sneak out of the picture, ... : helvetica
    • After seeing the replies here I don't blame you for trying to keep yourself out of the pic. : Sapiens
• Awesome, I don't have anything nearly that cool on the walls of my den. But wtf, I want to see the pos... : vynn
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  you should put on clothes before taking a picture that will reflect! : Degenerate
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    She should reallly shave her chest, all that fur looks like a sweater... : Str8Dog
    • thats a Michigan woman for ya! : Degenerate
    • That fur keeps me warm in these cold Winters! : helvetica
  • I was going to say she's doing it all wrong. hasn't she seen those pics people take on ebay with their r... : FormerHPB
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  Love the '50s-cookbook style. : eldersveld
  • I think it's just the 50s. I have manuals for power tools from my grandfather and they look the same way. : eldiablo01
• those are cool. : xxiv
• fuckin' awesome! : deject
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  Damn! Where can you get posters like that? Can you even buy them online? : D45hiz
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    You used to be able to buy them from the Steam store, but when I was trying to find them last week, they ... : helvetica
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      http://store.valvesoftware.com/tf2/prints.html : pyide
      • Dude you rock! : D45hiz
      • Oh neat, I stand corrected! : helvetica
      • This looks cool too. http://store.valvesoftware.com/productshowcase/productshowcase_TF2RailroadLitho.h... : D45hiz
      • Awesome! Thanks. : Kentor
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      Do you know if there's a full set (i.e. one for every class)? I have a sudden urge to cover my hallway w... : Kentor
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        Dont think so. Just 4 atm. : Robotic Puppy Eater
        • Hmmmm...... : Kentor
• omfg Pyro *fap fap fap fap fap fap* : Cliffzorz
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  more pics of the lady in the reflection, plzthx =) : SlamDunk
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    Plushy Phoenix Wright (I had it made for my brother for Christmas) in the front, me in the back: http://d... : helvetica
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      very sly. : Goncyn
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        Actually I feel kinda bad about that post now, it was as little too sassy. So here's a goofy picture of m... : helvetica
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          Watch out! There's a little alien hanging from your ear. : Goncyn
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            Little aliens are all the rage these days! : helvetica
            • By which you mean, "Damn you, uncaring anonymous male, those aliens earrings are my most prized possessio... : Goncyn
        • are you married to Bam Margera? ;P : deviantpaul
        • Get a button from new coat and sew it to old coat. Return new coat and complain that it is missing a butt... : mem
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          Coats usually have a spare button sewn on the inside so you can remove it and replace a missing one. : Githyanki
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            I took that inside button off at one point, and I have no idea what I did with it. It's not in my button ... : helvetica
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              Can you take the spare button from the new coat and then return it? Who would notice a spare button missi... : deveus1
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                Oop, I forget to mention that the buttons are different. The old buttons are much smaller than the new bu... : helvetica
                • Oop again! forget forgot. : helvetica
        • If you can't find the same button, couldn't you get all the buttons replaced with similar huge buttons in... : Kentor
        • sexninja!!!! post : zakk
        • too sassy? oh I think not! : Degenerate
        • i prefer double breasted peacoats :| : askedrelic
        • why would you post this kind of crap on here : sexninja!!!!
• Those are awesome posters. : freshyk
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  They'd be cooler if they weren't tagged on. =( : not work safe
  • That's the best part! : helvetica
• Those are some groovy posters. I like : Drewus
• That is so awesome : rosewood
• Nice! Very jealous. :) : Serpico74
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  did adrian finol sign it he is so dreamy : sexninja!!!!
  • If he did, he must be one of the more scribbley signatures that I can't make out! : helvetica
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    wrong : boomstickah
    • >:( : dravalen
  • He's in the far bottom-right of the first one under the TF2 logo. :D : sgtsanity
  • How could you not recognize The Finol's signature?! Banned. : Portax
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  I've got a couple of those posters up in my office along with my Q3A: Road Tour poster \M/ \M/ : dravalen
  • Picture of awesome Q3A poster required. : Kentor
• Now that I am jealous of. =( : brickmatt

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• oh noes : gmd
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  First rule: diversify Second rule: you haven't "lost" money until you sell : finalthrill
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    Third rule: Stay out of the stock market for now. : snuff
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      Fourth rule: Don't worry too much about down days. Other days you'll make way more from stocks than you ... : nurglich
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        Fifth Rule: Don't ever make me do a rules list! : woodchuck70
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          Rule Zero: Don't even bother with the basic stock market. There are better investment vehicles. : jrock
          • what are these better investment vehicles that give greater potential for growth at lower risk? : FrayLo
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    Rule 1 : Don't be afraid to take a loss Rule 1a : Don't be afraid to take a profit Rule 2 : Don't hold ... : mmogger
    • many stocks "come back." there are plenty of stocks that are undervalued by the market, you just need to... : FrayLo
  • #1 - The first rule of Fight Club is, you do not talk about Fight Club. #2 - The second rule of Fight ... : Sylvanus
• Watch the fast stoch, buy when it's at the bottom! Also, the entire market is down today because of th... : jasonepowell
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  that's not putting money in stocks, that's gambling : FrayLo
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    Yes, buying single stocks when you dont have the money and knowledge is pretty much gambling. : Githyanki
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      to be fair, losing $150 in a day on a $3000 investment isn't that bad, the stock only lost ~5%. if you l... : FrayLo
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        ALL of my stocks have lost me 2%-4%, so it's not a big deal, just really fucking annoying. Sirius lost m... : snuff
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          2-4% each that is. : snuff
          • which is the same as 2-4% total lol : jaga
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  I wish I only lost $150 this year. : johngloid
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    if it wasn't for AAPL i would be much worse than $150 down : FrayLo
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      Are you selling any losers before year-end to recoup tax losses? : johngloid
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        I took a chance on RIte Aid almost all year after reading about how they gained a bunch of stores throug... : FrayLo
        • My only winner this year is GME =/ : johngloid
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  Everyone shits on me for keeping most of my money in a 5% cd, but at least I can say im up 5% this year :... : nukewinter
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    The market as a whole still did better than that this year. When you subtract inflation you're not reall... : ann thracks
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      djia is only up about 7% on the year, and that includes a pretty good recent recovery : jaga
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        A below average performance. But still better than a CD. : ann thracks
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          ...right, but the point of a CD is that its not a risk. DJIA won't pull 5% in 2008 : jaga
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            you'll never have enough for retirement on 5%. : festivalman
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              you'll never have enough for retirement if the market averages drop dramatically, what's your point? : jaga
              • over the long term, has the stock market ever dropped and not recovered? i realize that is a pretty lame... : FrayLo
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            Nobody can predict the market. Over the long term it averages about 11%. Consideration of the short ter... : ann thracks
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              ah, but assuming that the market will continue to grow at that rate, or continue to grow at all over a lo... : jaga
              • In the absence of a credible alternative model, past performance for all of modern history is the best we... : ann thracks
  • if you want to "not l;ose money" then that's a fine way to do it. most of us are willing to take risks t... : FrayLo
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  tangent: so how can I better invest my money, safely? I have ~15k and its all sitting in a 4.75APY online... : epit
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    I think a nice balanced mutual fund is your best bet for "safely" investing your money. : nukewinter
    • or actually multiple mutual funds : noven
  • Do your research and find a handful of good mutual funds with nice track records. : DinK
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    Vanguard stock index funds. Really can't go wrong and they have very low fees/expense ratios. I'd recom... : ann thracks
    • ^^ Good advice. I've had a Roth IRA with them for a few years. They have a large number of funds availabl... : cannelbrae
  • if you want to play it really safe you could do CDs, i guess. beyond that there are blue chip mutual fund... : sexninja!!!!
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    a good hedge fund run by talented managers is the best way to go in the current market economy : dewdman
    • it's the "safest" aggressive investing you can do, but i know there are certain entry barriers (net worth... : dewdman
• what stock, and why? : jaga
• KO (coca cola) has been making me money since i bought it in 2004...im up about 10k : agentlead
• instead of dumping all of it into one stock spread it out some to mitigate any potential losses : sexninja!!!!
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  Read a lot of investing books. That's what I am currently doing, and it is helping me see where to inves... : OmegaRed59
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    Are there any particular books that you (or others) would recommend? : hiloopy
    • For why anything other than index funds is flushing money down the toilet: http://www.amazon.com/Random-... : DonkeyPopsicle
    • Don't know if you are going to see this since it is an older thread, but here is a great list: http://... : OmegaRed59
• you could also just find a financial advisor and have them do it all for you -- sure theyll take a cut of... : sexninja!!!!
• one day is nothing, my 401k has gone down by $5k then back up $6-7k in the past two weeks. You are in fo... : gmd

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  Introduced my sister to Guitar Hero. :-) We had about half an hour before going to a Christmas dinner an... : Johnny Law
  • That's exactly what happened with my sister as well. Apparently the drunken dudes she hangs out with at ... : Jobos
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  Rock Band + cousin's 360 GH controller = 3+ hours straight of Rock Band. Everyone loved it. Even my wif... : FormerHPB
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    Yeah i put around 20 non gamers through the ringer on rock band, most of them in their 30's and 40's. the... : Silent Wolf
    • My father was getting annoyed at the drums. He's a drummer so he was trying to play what he heard instea... : FormerHPB
• Not my Wii, but my mom and all of her siblings/in-laws were chattering about playing Wii sports after we ... : Deathlove
• We got my parents TiVo for their birthdays, which are one day apart back in September (I used to always f : Schnapple
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  I introduced my family to the Wii during the holidays last year (my then-bf brought his over so we could ... : perstephanie
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    We've invited non-, casual- and hardcore-gamers over and all of them want a Wii when they leave. Some hav... : Schnapple
    • My sister wanted a Wii last year but held off for a year telling herself she didn't need it. Sadly events... : perstephanie
• My Sister and Brother in Law got a Wii for Christmas for their kids. I was impressed at how quickly my 4... : rosewood
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  My dumbass step-sister got her kids a Wii. I begrudgingly drag my ass over there for lunch yesterday and : Phil
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    I love story-time by Phil. : Ride-My-Rocket
    • IAWTP! Thanks for the xmas gift to the shack phil!!! : FormerHPB
    • Me too : Waffles!
  • lol : xxiv
  • You're christmas story just warmed my heart (and made me feel better about my own family). : mrwolf710
  • hahaha, thxs for sharing that : grabbie
  • hahaha, "WE CAINT UNHOOK THEM CABLES" : Magus
  • apparently there's a dancing with the stars game for wii, did they get that too? : FrayLo
  • lol of the day : bozer
  • Ohh god they is some dummies. : Githyanki
  • hahahaha : qwpeoriu
  • please promise me you will never die. : Mustang|
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    I love this! I'll never get to experience something like that so all I have is your experience that is al... : haiku
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      My mom is a pretty level headed chick (plus she knew it was Philadelphia and not Boston) but somehow when... : Phil
      • Got any pics? : marblehead
      • Ahhh Pentecostalism good fun : angrytaxman
  • Heartwarming Christmas Story right here, folks! : Lightbulb
  • you need to write a book, seriously. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • god bless us, everyone. : pyide
  • Feel-good story of the season. : ScrawnyJohnny
  • hahahahaha holiday lolz : sevogajre
  • please dont ever leave the shack : hobosapien
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    So at what point during this circus did you start drinking? : AndyGoin
    • Hopefully it was as soon as possible. : project13
  • would read again : agentlead
  • this is a good story! : datoo
  • THIS is the "feel-good holiday story" I've been waiting for! Thanks again, Phil! : mn3m0n1c
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    I watched American Beauty for the first time last night and you remind me alot of Kevin Spacey in that mo... : askedrelic
    • Ok now I want to see a video clip of Phil saying "I rule!" :D : mn3m0n1c
  • Wow, at least my dad admits he doesn't know wtf with his tv and encourages us to fix it / set new stuff ... : perstephanie
  • wow this was TSM-esque (for those of you who read SA forums back when it wasn't complete crap) Nice work... : jrock
  • "Phil's family christmas" (MORE STORIES PLZ) : virus
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    I nominate this for the holiday contest. : snagger
    • What holiday contest? : Maddog_Delphi97
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    kikikik : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Whoops, I meant to say "LOL". I guess I had the japanese caps lock or something. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
      • isn't it "kekekeke" and isn't it korean? : OrkO
  • lol!!! My wife just gave me a "what are you laughing at?" from the other room. I'm dying here. :) : ThomW
  • "because we're about to fucking roll on Shabbas" haha, good touch : alarm cock
• Same thing happened at my house Christmas morning. My MIL was jumping around and shouting when she'd get... : mrwolf710
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  Didn't work the same way for us. Took my Wii to my grandparents house to try and get the family playing ... : Tripps
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    It's not like it lost to the Macys day parade : geedeck
    • Yeah, true that. : Tripps
  • Who wouldn't rather play Rock Band over a Wii game in a big gathering? : mrwolf710
• spent almost the entire day teaching my cousin to play the drums. : lakren
• apparently MOST of my family have Wii's at home. I found this out when my little cousin busted out Guitar... : metalremains
• too much travelling. only one stop had a console running, PS2 with DDR for some little kiddos to jump aro... : Downforce
• Is there a way to put a hook on the ball, or is as basic as it seems (i've only played it once so far)? S... : phipple
• Rock Band with my Dad, Uncle and Sister all day. : great-white
• Rock Band with my two sisters, little brother, brother-in-law and the other sister's boyfriend. It was fa... : quadeh

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  stickers : lakren
  • http://www.customnames.com/images/calvin_Chev.jpg : FrayLo
  • Unicorn Stickers : mrwolf710
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  I rotate the monitor on the right into portrait mode, and then I just get a really friggin huge main moni... : SLUDGE^
  • Damn, that setup is awesome. : royalally
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    Wow, that's nice. I was thinking more desktop stuff, including start bars, backgrounds, icons, whateve... : felicia
    • Ah, cool. Yeah, I just run Mac OS X with the stock themes. It's the programmer in me. : SLUDGE^
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    what're the sizes of those monitors? : epit
    • From left to right, 15" Macbook Pro, 27" Samsung, 21" Dell rotated to portrait mode 1440x900, 1920x120... : SLUDGE^
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    What is "Sludge's Dowel" used for, or should I not ask? : stonedonkey
    • My girlfriend got it for me. : SLUDGE^
  • Lemme see your dowel baby. : great-white
  • I've got a setup like this at work; 24" widescreen in portrait mode = lots of code : mockery
• Ajax bobblehead clip-on. : omnova
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  ultramon : Silent Wolf
  • ^^^ : flox
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    This is what I use too : chungathebunga
    • Bunga in Malay means Flower : moe6
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    I can't tell if its free or not. : trOmblyj
    • It is not, unfortunately. There may be a trial version, though. : flox
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    What does Ultramon do that you find useful? It's always seemed like something that doesn't do much yet co... : nudel
    • I disable nearly all its features, actually, but it does dual taskbars so well I can't go without it. I u... : flox
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  hookers and blow, AP : moe6
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    Hookers on monitor 1 and blow on monitor 2. Does it get any better? : Fred Garvin
    • cash on the third monitor. hells yea. : moe6
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  wallpaper with huge fucking boobs. one for each screen. : xxiv
  • specifically of your own. in this case yours felicia : hobosapien
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    I don't know how anyone can have sexy images on their desktop. Apart from the embarrassment factor when a... : nudel
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      ILTC posts have now resorted to guerilla tactics! : bling1bling
      • All NIN fans are gay for Trent. : nudel
    • You are assuming that people with those desktops even have people over. Remember, internet people. :) : lplasmatron
    • yep. never did the hottie as a desktop thing. : xxiv
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      why would you be embarrassed? I mean sure not at work, but at home who cares only friends are going to se... : jaga
      • screen caputure of jessicaslumberparty.avi : xxiv
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        lets just say if you invite some female friends to your house and they see naked pix spread across two 24... : tomatoactivator
        • Especially when the left monitor is three old guys sucking each other's cocks and the right monitor is tw... : nudel
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          no it isn't.. they usually go "who's that?" : jaga
          • "That's Candy modelling a 13 inch cock up her ass" (Bill Hicks) : nudel
    • yeah, i dont get it either. totally embarrassing : feek
• os x : not work safe
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  I got a bunch of dual-screen wallpapers from http://www.mandolux.com and put them into folders for the le... : BlackCat9
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    How is Windows multi-monitor support 10 years behind the times? I agree that it sucks that there isn't an... : nudel
    • honest question: what OS isnt 10yrs behind? : epit
• spinners : xelencin
• racing stripes and a go-fast spoiler : Modica Sol Solis
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  http://degenerate.shackspace.com/Shack/DNF_Teaser_Shot.jpg on one monitor and http://degenerate.sha... : Degenerate
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    gay much? : Fredrik S
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      constantly! : Degenerate
      • :D : Fredrik S
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    holy shit that ironman! is that cgi or RD in the suit? : eldiablo01
    • thats an actual suit : hobosapien
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    I thought you'd have close-up shots of beer as your wallpaper. : CrustaR
    • If you find me an awesome one I'll use it! : Degenerate
  • that duke screenshot is my wallpaper at work :D : SockMonkeh
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    the Ironman suit even LOOKS like painted plastic. isn't it supposed to be \m/. metal .\m/? : jrock
    • would you wanna be the actor who tried to do dramatic stunts in an all metal suit? : sKetchflow
• get a shitload of those figurines or whatever. : wetard
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  Wait, did you say boss? Did I get timewarped? : jimmy_legs
  • boss is still book, sir. : connor
• first i would try to post pics of b00bs, then i would get some dual screen wallpapper. and then post pics... : sexninja!!!!
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  romsteady had a super mario bros wallpapper on his dual monitor setup that was like the whole first leve... : sexninja!!!!
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    I was actually just reading the contest comments and TroZ is the dude who made it: http://www.shacknews.c... : mikecyb
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      hmm, it looked different than that. it was groundlevel and had a lot of sky : sexninja!!!!
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        dunno... he said he just finished it so maybe he had an earlier version? : mikecyb
        • that one is still cool though! i shackmsgd romsteady maybe hell be able to hook me up :O : sexninja!!!!
      • i think i know what you're talking about, i have a folder on my computer at home full of those types of t... : pukerat
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        http://tn3-1.deviantart.com/fs11/300W/i/2006/171/5/b/Super_Mario_Desktop_by_BrawlKoopa.jpg its another... : fleabug
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          Got it. http://customize.org/wallpapers/40762 There was a more retro one in an even higher res that... : fleabug
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            There is also this one. http://www.izrath.com/mario/mario.jpg dognose just asked me what I was doin... : fleabug
            • http://desktopgaming.com/display.php?file_id=225 more on that site, click 'browse' at the top. : onji
            • I'm using this on my 24" monitors: http://serpico74.shackspace.com/SMB_1920x1200.jpg Looks pretty grea... : Serpico74
  • i have the one you are talking about, if you don't find it SM me and I'll dig around my HD : zagzig32
• I think its called Ultramon is what I use... seperate taskbars, similar behaviours on seperate mons... pl... : Q-ball

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• A bathtub, dog, and an m16 (and a bottle of scotch) : rosewood
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  I'm gonna make mine a Zombie Escape Plan-slash-Apocalypse Survival Plan using tips and tricks I learned f : sgtsanity
  • I really love the idea of mapping out all the pawn shops and gun shops and grocery/convenience stores. I ... : felicia
• Guns. Lots of Guns. texas : NeoMoose
• i'm screwed, not only do i live n a major metropolitan area, there is also a hospital a block away. : fletch_
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  In the case of a zombie apocalypse, the chance you will be zombie is greater than the chance you will be ... : spiderfill
  • I plan on killing myself after I run out of supplies :( I'll leave one round in the shotgun. : felicia
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  Play that Jingle Cats CD linked in today's comic. That CD's at my parent's house, if they haven't destro... : helvetica
  • like the ending of Mars Attacks? : NeoMoose
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Zombie_Survival_Guide : jimmy_legs
  • plagiarism! : felicia
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  Escape plan? Escape to where? WTF does that mean? I don't know about escape but I'll tell you what I'd do... : SockMonkeh
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    I'm going to contact a millionare to make a giant, floating utopia. : felicia
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      like a balloon city? : jaga
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        Maybe a Zepplin that can be like a Sky Carrier for you planes and you can use it to be Sky Pirates. : Sailor of Fortune
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          so... there's something like 10,000 millionaires in the world right? NONE of them are crazy enough to pay... : jaga
          • Paul Allen makes spaceships, so that's close. : Johnny Law
• First stop, pharmacy. You need amphetamines. Are you REALLY going to sleep with zombies running around?... : fleabug
• I got the guns and ammo, I just need the extra hands to man them and help me build an exact replica of Wi... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Yeah I'm fucked. : not work safe
  • actually if i could get to the lake id hijack a boat and go to one of the water pump cribs. i reckon id b... : not work safe
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  Hike into the mountains. I never see people, much less zombies, out in the back country. Cities are whe... : xoque
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    Read World War Z.... You might change your mind. : Str8Dog
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      ^^He's right. Stamina has nothing to do with it. They don't need to eat, sleep, breathe. They can travel ... : felicia
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        They can also be frozen so don't go to Canada. : Euro Trash
        • ^^^^^ they thaw : felicia
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          WWZ covers Canada nicely as well... : Str8Dog
          • I was hoping they'd have expanded into talking the eradication armies going into Canada. Great book, thou... : Euro Trash
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        I was referring more to getting to places that they wouldn't be able to get to. Rock climbing, etc. But... : xoque
        • In WWZ, the Rockies were used as a fortress so you're not off on the concept at all. : Euro Trash
• There are about 5 firearms of various capability in my home, so I'd take 3 of those and head towards the ... : Magus
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  grilled cheese sandwich. : bogombo
  • Screw them vegan zombies! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Funny that you should bring this up. Me and my friend had an email that went back and forth about Zombie ... : sesmaster
  • How would smoke bombs distract a zombie? also, lol @ white women can't handle a zombie. I think a smar... : felicia
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  Head to a pub. : edgewise
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    ^^^this mans knows wtf to do! nice SotD reference : dedgecko
    • Don't forget your old albums and your cricket bat. : phil_mckraken
• kingdom of canoes : jessipoo
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  1) Establish an exit route from the building 2) Locate supplies (guns, blunt weapons, food, water) 3) A... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Btw, running zombies (28 Days Later) would make all of these about 1000x more difficult. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  What do vegetarian Zombies eat? : capt tripps
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    GRAINS! : Ride-My-Rocket
    • HAHAHAHA : jenisthebest
    • awesome. pure awesome. : seven
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    And what happens to the fish and animals? Do we get Zombie Fish and Zombie Dogs? : capt tripps
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      The Walking Dead says no. Animals mostly just get eaten. 28 days later says zombies don't care. : aaarrrgh
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        if zombies live on brains then don't most of them die rather quickly in the case of a massive outbreak? o... : jaga
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          Well, that's where it gets tricky. Once again, 28 days later obviously interprets the myth differently, a... : aaarrrgh
          • but if we do cant we just use magic wands instead of guns? : jaga
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        Well, really, the "zombies" in 28 Days/Weeks/Months(?) aren't really undead, they're humans who have gone... : Euro Trash
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          I think it is necessary to create a family tree with different zombies. Obviously, zombies such as th : aaarrrgh
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            so if there IS a zombie invasion, how do you determine which archetype you're dealing with? this is cruci... : jaga
            • I'm sure the events leading up to it would give you an idea. If someone decides to engineer the Measles v... : Sailor of Fortune
          • Of course of course. Things have changed quite a bit since Romero's moviemaking days. He simply stated th... : Euro Trash
    • watch the australian movie "undead" for some sweet zombie fish action. : AbortedFetusChristi
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  trick them into following me to a gas station. car is filled up, the rest is for PYRO TIME : Downforce
  • That reminds me of several tactical incidences in X-COM. Heh. : Euro Trash
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  I'd know the exact location of every firearm shop within 30 miles! : Eric Slug
  • This will be the best boon I have in you as a friend. So...want to hand over that info? : felicia
• Lock myself in a room and stave to death. The plan has some rough edges but its something I can stick wit... : baron calamity
• Offshore oil rig. : NastyJack
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  Assuming my loved ones were all dead or lost, I'd drive to the nearest Walmart for one stop food, guns, ... : lechuck59
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    Bad plan from the get go. Walmart already employs zombies! : baron calamity
    • Yeah, but they're fat and/or geriatric so it shouldn't even be necessary to dispatch them. I will simply... : lechuck59
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    zombies don't have to swim, they don't even float. You'd have to breathe to float. They just walk on the ... : felicia
    • but wouldn't the sea eat their rotting fleash within days? : baron calamity
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      zombies don't breathe? how do they get their muscles to function then? : jaga
      • Wasn't this explained in either the Zombie Survival Guide or WWZ? : Euro Trash
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      So zombies can walk underwater. Are they intelligent enough to be suspicious of an anchored sailboat, li... : lechuck59
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        It's not about being suspicious, all mythos or whatever the gay call it say that they're able to detect h... : felicia
        • In most movies they move towards lights, sound, or humans they can see - what generally happens is as lon... : perstephanie
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          I think the nerds have taken all the fun out of the zombie apocalypse. : lechuck59
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            I think the factual thinking of a zombie apocalypse is realizing there's no fun in it! : felicia
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              Well my point is that the facts are whatever we want them to be because it's a fantasy after all. When w... : lechuck59
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                We're not making this stuff up, though. The zombies walked underwater in Land of the Dead, for example. : perstephanie
                • Hah, what? We're talking about zombies! There are no facts. : lechuck59
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          In WWZ they were able to detect small mammals deep underground and would mindlessly dig down until they c... : Psigun
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            Thus a sailboat is best! Properly outfitted it is a mobile fortress. I'm totally going to win the zombi... : lechuck59
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              Better have a good motor or you're going to wind up getting swarmed by zombies during a dead calm. : perstephanie
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                Definitely not. Even if they can walk 10 miles out to sea and find me with their zombie radar they can't... : lechuck59
                • you can swing by my Gas N Guns Emporium. will swap deer/bear/buffalo meat and fuel for fish/shrimp/things... : Downforce
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                  Decomposition gases would make some of them float. : MaJeStu
                  • Depends on the zombie. Some zombies are depicted as not decomposing at all. They keep going until they ta... : Psigun
                  • Fine, but no zombie is coordinated enough to swim out to sea and chase down a boat. I'm not worried abou... : lechuck59
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                  Okay, if you have a big enough ocean, you're right, but what about when you run out of food / water / fue... : perstephanie
                  • Well I addressed this in my original post. Provided you have good maps and some guns, you can reduce the... : lechuck59
• Open my window and ascend the ladder into my waiting zeppelin, plainly. : A Sponge
• i would cut a deal for the location of the human hideouts in exchange for the safety of my family, friend... : xxiv
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  Drive to Normality's house. Await further instructions upon arrival. : Ajax
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjMiDZIY1bM : baron calamity
• You know I can't reveal details of my plan. When your “floating utopia” fails and... : BanjoBoy
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  depends if they're fast or slow, and how close they are to my position. do i still have a day to plan? ... : davislovestacobell
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    Why wait for zombie outbreak to get your weapons? : lacker
    • don't have the money right now. besides, i'm not sure which one i would get. the majority here seems to... : davislovestacobell
• I'd been thinking about that more than makes sense a few months ago because we Netflix'd the Night of the... : perstephanie
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  I don't think zombies could get into my apartment building so I'd just hang out at home until they all di... : jenisthebest
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    Apartment buildings will totally get you killed. Also you have to have enough food for at least a month b... : perstephanie
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      The problem here is electricity and goods that tend to degrade. We humans are a pretty weak species if ou... : felicia
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        Powering it using bicycles, even with a bunch in parallel, would be about as feasible as this, I'm afraid... : sgtsanity
        • I don't know...You can house a ton of people in an aircraft carrier. Even a little bit would help. I woul... : felicia
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        all the calories you would burn by having so many people having to run all the time would drastically up ... : xxiv
        • Keeping the people in shape would up their chances of survival if they had to come to shore for supplies ... : perstephanie
      • IIRC most are nuclear powered. that should last a while. so yeah, ninja looting an aircraft carrier is... : Downforce
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        carriers have nuclear reactors, and are powered by steam! no running out of gas there. : papaskot
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          Yes. They will run in spite of us for generations to come. We need to assemble them off the coast of so... : fleabug
          • Just raid coastal cities in temperate climates during winter. All zombies freeze while there would be a l... : Psigun
    • Well, I live right smack in downtown Toronto, so if I left I'd be zombified in about 2 seconds. If I st... : jenisthebest
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  I'm going to get the biggest, baddest, most brutal speaker setup mankind has ever built and crank it to 1... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • Or they might die laughing when they realise how crappy Gall's drumming is compared to the first album : Kerranger
• I would steal a yacht, become a legendary pirate of the zombie seas. Yaar. : shortbuscaptain
• my dad has a house in the ozarks on a hilltop, Id imagine we would stockpile food, booze and weapons ther... : mindshot
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  Have had one since the mid 90s. Can't go into detail other than it's currently at 98 pages in length and ... : RevRaven
  • Why can't you go into detail? : lacker
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  Well, what kind of zombies? Is it classic Romero zombies? In that case it's pretty simple: Go out during ... : SpaecKow
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    Also, if the zombies show themselves to have extremely poor motor functions then you can just blow out th... : SpaecKow
    • a zombie pyramid would beable to get up to you and eat your brains : gyokuro
• I'd try to buy or steal a semi-auto rifle with a suppressor if possible, a shotgun, a handgun, ammo, and ... : contentious roy
• I would probably die, because I wouldnt leave my family behind. If I made it out with them, I would try ... : Jayx77
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  Aircraft carrier. self supporting for 2 years : grandmasterlee
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    you.. have one of these? or do you think they'll be waiting outside your house, empty and waiting for you... : jaga
    • I'll build it out of legos : grandmasterlee
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    Keep in mind aircraft carriers are going to have a military crew. Good luck on getting them to take you a... : Psigun
    • And man, nothing like being out at sea on one of those if one of the crew should happen to get infected. ... : SolrFlare
• I don't know, but it would involve around 3000 rounds of ammo and lots of molotov cocktails. : Jumperus
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  I would just go home. With 10 people per square mile, zombie infection status is drastically lower. : buzzbat
  • totally. just head out to the country. there are guns - there's a low population density - there's ... : seven
• I think I'd probably take a load of psychoactives and just try and assimilate myself into zombie culture.... : Grim_Grom

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  aka make me an offer fags : sexninja!!!!
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    20 rape dollars. : mavmavv
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      20 nape dollars. : jrock
      • 20 tape dollars. : r3dn3ck
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  Keep it! 2 monitors > 1 : d fluke
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    yea but 2 different size/shape monitors is just weird! : sexninja!!!!
    • I have a 22" wide and a 19" 5:4 and it works out great. : mavmavv
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      in the display properties you can set the position of the 2nd monitor so that when you move off the scree... : dantastic
      • yea, i have a 17"somewhere that i got for free a while ago, it just looks too weird! : sexninja!!!!
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      turn your 20" into portrait mode. : Sailor of Fortune
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        thats potentially possible, i suppose : sexninja!!!!
        • (though i'd rather sell it and put that money towards the new one) : sexninja!!!!
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  Like 150 I would assume, just about any type of LCD out now is going to have a much better looking screen... : qwpeoriu
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    S-IPS even from 2001 is gonna be better looking then a lot of monitors out there. TN monitors are still t... : SpaecKow
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      and S-IPS doesn't suffer the input lag larger PVA/MVA LCDs do (like the 2406/2407 do), which some gamers ... : jrock
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        2405/2407, that is : jrock
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          Does the 2405FPW really have a significant input lag? Maybe this is one of the contributing factors to wh... : Goncyn
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            well here's the classic example video of it, done on a 2405: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pi2OE6hSh00 : jrock
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              is that all LCDs or just that one? : sexninja!!!!
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                It's larger MVA/PVA panels that suffer from high (aka noticeable) input lag. It's most noticeable in FPS ... : jrock
                • I should finish this thought better: It's most noticeable in FPS games where you are most likely to quick : jrock
• thee . fiddy : RobFlinn
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  I sold mine for $250 a few months ago. : dmason
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    oh shit. on where? locally? ebay? craigslist? : sexninja!!!!
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      To a friend of mine. He already had a 2001FP and he wanted another one to have dual-monitors. : dmason
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        does he want tri-monitors? ill go for $200! : sexninja!!!!
        • Haha, lemme text him on the off chance... : dmason
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  also what is the bee's knees monitor in the 24" widescreen range, for the money? dell E248WFP? (saw it on... : sexninja!!!!
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    http://www.nec.com.au/35B8633B78264A7E8071FC5FB9BC662C.htm Always look for S-IPS panels for best pict... : SpaecKow
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      what is s-ips? or tn? : sexninja!!!!
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        Different types of LCD's. LCD screens have mulitiple manufacturing standards, TN, IPS and PVA are the mos... : SpaecKow
        • hmm. looks like the HDTV i bought a few months ago is S-PVA. i got it for $900 so i cant complain! (42" 1... : sexninja!!!!
    • oh jesus christ thats expensive : sexninja!!!!
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  150-200? we get brand new 20" acer LCDs for $200 ea. : cpt_gloval
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    yea but this one was actually used by SEXNINJA!!!! from SHACKNEWS.COM i'll even autograph it too for n... : sexninja!!!!
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      right in the middle I bet : deject
      • duh how else would you be able to see it? : sexninja!!!!
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  i gave mine to askedrelic for free STOP BEING A JEW... oh wait : multisync
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    hey askedrelic you wanna buy another one for dual monitor support $200 its yours : sexninja!!!!
    • I already have an iMac, can it do triple monitor support? : askedrelic
• I'll give you $100 : jaga

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  Another year another list of games I liked and games I was disappointed in. Last year my list was dominat... : baron calamity
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    hmmm I did a copy and past from Word (you know, to spell check and all) added some funky characters. Sorr... : baron calamity
    • Looks fine from here - teh shack's a little hit-or-miss with unicode characters, sometimes you gotta refr... : mn3m0n1c
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    What did you think of the DNF teaser? :D : dognose
    • I'm pretending it didn't exist and I'm waiting for the real trailer. : baron calamity
    • I'll let you know what I think, the music and 3DR logo splash section is incredibly revving. : Sailor of Fortune
  • you failed to mention world of warcraft :the burning crusade! : Iwannaacura
  • While World in Conflict is faster than most RTSs, it also makes you deal with less things. : deject
  • don't rate RTS low just because you're terrible at them : Foxhawk
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    As an artist I was quite underwhelmed with Bioshock. : not work safe
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      and quite satisfied with TF2. : not work safe
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        Seconded. I really didn't dig Bioshock that much. TF2 can have my babies though. : lplasmatron
        • I thought it was a decent game and the environment was excellent. d fluke recently gifted Vampire the Ma... : bcyde
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      I was underwhelmed that it was 95% the same as System Shock 2. The biggest difference is the graphics. : deject
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        The problem with Bioshock is that it was not like SS2 enough. It felt like a cheap, for a lack of a bette... : Autocrawler
        • I didn't mind that really, it just didn't seem like its own game enough to me. Even the plot device of h : deject
        • My thoughts exactly. I didn't even finish Bioshock and yet SS2 is one of my favorite games of all time. : mrwolf710
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          As someone who played System Shock 2 for the first time this year I think you are all a bit daft. SS2 was... : baron calamity
          • what. : Downforce
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            Ladies and gentlemen, Baron Calamity. : genjuro
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              Yeah I'm the only one who raves about Bioshock.... eyes = rolled. : baron calamity
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                You're talking about a game released 8 years ago and comparing it to its shiny new spiritual successor. I... : genjuro
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                  You missed that this subthead is people comparing Bioshock to an 8 year old game? : baron calamity
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                    playin an 8 year old game THIS year isn't the same though, our perspective of it when it was released is ... : cygnus
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                      But by the same token, people have a tendency (not only in games, but in every other cultural expression ... : Silent Sorrow
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                        Yeah, go back and play GoldenEye for N64. Same situation. It was great when it came out but doesn't hol... : OmegaRed59
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                          That reminds me. Wasn't their going to be a Goldene eye like multiplayer game released for the 360 by Rar... : baron calamity
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                            http://xbox.ign.com/objects/662/662966.html Be glad that you missed it. : Ajax
                            • Wow thats ugly. : baron calamity
                        • Not really. See, people came along after RARE's GoldenEye and did what they did, except they did it bigge... : Ajax
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                          no, GoldenEye sucked then too. The controls were always abysmal but its only worse now that everyone is u... : derelict515
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                            Hmm, I don't think GoldenEye sucked. At the same time I have a hard time giving it as much credit as othe... : qwpeoriu
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                              You can't front on Bea Arthur. You can't. : Ajax
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                                lol, no but Bea Arthur is definitely an acquired taste. When she and I get together we play out a Meals o... : qwpeoriu
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                                  Hell yeah. In my dreams a night with her smells like Vicks' Vaporub, Ben-Gay, sweat, ass and ACE bandages... : Ajax
                                  • hahaha, don't forget dust. I'm sure her pussy smells like my grandparents' basement. : qwpeoriu
                            • that was my problem, while I was busy playing Quake online my friends are all 'OMG YOU GOTTA SEE THIS GAM... : derelict515
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                    I'm not arguing about the production values, of course they improved! However, the core gameplay in Biosh... : Autocrawler
                    • I think it's getting really tough for a developer to sell a publisher on a single-player gaming experienc : Ajax
                  • I'm only comparing the two because Bioshock basically copied the gameplay verbatim from System Shock 2. ... : deject
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                  i'm always impressed by the amount of yiddish vocabulary you know : qwpeoriu
                  • this subthread is farkakte : genjuro
          • you are very very wrong : derelict515
          • rofl. Can you expand on that? You have to consider the gaming environment back in 1998. Bioshock had m... : deject
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          I really wanted coop. : Sailor of Fortune
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            I'm not sure how co op would work. Would you take turns beating dear old Dad to death with a golf club? : baron calamity
            • Just everything the same, but 2-4 people. Even the same finite set of resources (but scale up the things ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Kind of neat that the first list has so many casual/short/downloadable games. Also, I think you should c... : spiderfill
  • If you don't like TF2 you are a witch and we have to burn you. Sorry. : [7]kami
  • What x-com game is coming out? : Tincan
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    You do realize it's not TFC2 and is simply TF2, though, right? : carrioN luggagE
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      You realize that TFC is around 9 years old and in every way a better game ignoring graphics? : baron calamity
      • No you are wrong. : boomstickah
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        They can always make a Hunted map for TF2. : Magus
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          They are. : Snuffles-
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            They...who? Unless its Valve in on offical pack, it will never catch on. : baron calamity
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              Robin Walker to me show details May 22 Reply Hi Snuffles. There won't be a Hunted l : Snuffles-
              • Also, as people have discovered, Valve already has a 'civilian' player partially setup in TF2 (he doesn't... : mn3m0n1c
              • That just sounds like "We will just fuck around with hunted so that it feels nothing like it used to, jus... : Beady
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        sounds like you should try Fortress Forever (do people actually play this?) : Kazomir
        • Thats part of the problem. No one does. :( : baron calamity
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        I disagree. I, for one, sure as hell doesn't miss the grenades, and I used to play TFC religiously. : aaarrrgh
        • doesn't = Don't. erhm. : aaarrrgh
      • Incorrect. : project13
      • yikes. your eggnog hangover must be intense today. :[ : Downforce
      • Hmm I prefer TF2 over TFC. Oh well. : askedrelic
      • can you give some reasons as to why you think TFC is better in every way? : deject
      • What...what the fuck. :| : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I was expecting to hate the combat in ME more than I actually did, once I got the hang of things a lot of : qwpeoriu
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    No Witcher play? : Magus
    • No. The Witcher and COD4 were on my Christmas list and I didn't get either. : baron calamity
  • I couldn't agree with you more about: Pac-Man CE: This game owns my face. I love everything about it... : Jayx77
  • your list sucks . . . . : jedi_27
  • look, i know this is your list and all .. but, peggle at #2? seriously? :( : pandastrong
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  X-Com? Uh... what did I miss? Another "spin off" or cheap "remake" or a real deal? : Nitrium
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    Irrational's... err 2K Boston's next game after Bioshock is X-com. Worst kept secret in the industry. : baron calamity
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      That's actually a pretty rough gig. You're fighting against the memories of a lot of old nerds and tryin... : capt tripps
      • hey, just like bioshock! : mikecyb
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        All they need to do is use the same basic premise as UFO defense on how things worked, update graphics, A... : Chod
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          Agreed. I really hope they don't stray very far from the original's formula... I want base building, rese... : SatansFist
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            i don't know why this american style tbs/rpg thing like jagged alliance 2/x-com genre is so dead. hopeful... : JINKY
            • Personally I just don't think anyone has created a game that's as good as JA2/X-Com yet... Silent Storm w... : SatansFist
      • Memories? I've been playing X-COM on and off for around a decade now. I still play it. : Kentor
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    UFO: Afterlight was seriously underrated IMHO. It wasn't turn based and had a few funny bits in it (diplo... : dooberzoo
    • Yup, Afterlight is actually really good. : Ravenkettle
• well said. I agree with a lot of the choices. : bogombo
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  I know different people like different things but how can anybody not love TF2. Seriously. : mrwolf710
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    Its not balanced? Well it is in some cases because its so balanced both teams could just pick their no... : Beady
    • This post sums up all my problems with TF2. Thank you. : baron calamity
    • I forgot about armor! But I agree. I think it's why TF2 has kind of tapered off in fun for me. That an... : Modica Sol Solis
    • My only real problem with TF2 is the spawn times like you mentioned... I'm glad the grenades are gone per... : SatansFist
    • Crits are my biggest gripe with TF2. It seems lame on both sides when they happen. Like when you have t... : D45hiz
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  i wonder if brutal legend will have a guitar heroesque minigame were you can use the actual guitar contro... : shavenewok
  • if so i hope its optional : baron calamity
  • If I can't play it with my Rock Band controller I'm not buying it. ok that's a complete lie : Deathlove

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• shill : bling1bling
• I've always had really good luck with alltel customer support. : m0nkz
• what was the price for your integrity?? : NeoMoose
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  Crutchfield has fantastic customer support : Degenerate
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    crutchfield was ranked #1 by consumer reports for online electronics retailers in customer support! : [fry]
    • see! seriously I love Crutchfield even though their prices can be slightly higher sometimes. : Degenerate
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  Logitech - whenever I call them about a problem with a mouse, even if its like out of warranty and shit t... : veras
  • Same here, Logitech rocks. : sanchez
  • goddamn. my logitech mouse is fucked up, i should get something for that! : JINKY
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    i think since their business is based on their mice, they don't want people going around saying they had ... : cpt_gloval
    • Yup. This is why they're the go-to company for a lot of people when buying new mice and keyboards. Thei... : Arcanum
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    Whenever I've emailed Logitech about driver issues -- either bugs or design flaws -- I've been brickwalle... : nudel
    • Okay yea, Logitech drivers on OSX suck balls. That's the only annoying thing. : askedrelic
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    I didn't get a free replacement, but when my out-of-warranty Z-5500s were nuked by lightning, they gave m... : Jumperus
    • thats pretty cool of them : sexninja!!!!
• back when i bought a VoodooPC years ago their support was great. : NeoMoose
• Logitech has been consistently first rate : MikkleThePickle
• nintendo, logitech and my isp teksavvy all have great cs. : re4ctor
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  I've never had a bad experience with T-Mobile customer support. : freshyk
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    kidding? every time i call about a problem with my phone I get told "Well I have that phone and I don't ... : NeoMoose
    • my t-mobile experience: me: blah them: [5 minutes of reading off a script really really fast] [repe... : cpt_gloval
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      I guess I'm just lucky. : freshyk
      • damn lucky : Flying h4x0r
  • Well they tried to screw a bunch of people out of a certain mail in rebate a while back because the rebat... : sanchez
• my electric company is typically good when i go in or call. : cpt_gloval
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  APC, another vote for Crutchfield, American Express : Robotic Puppy Eater
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    yea, APC is good (or was? havent used them in years). but several (like, 8-10?) years ago i had a UPS go ... : sexninja!!!!
    • When I needed a new battery for my home unit I called their 800 number and talked to a regular english sp... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  amazon.com has always been helpful for me... although i get india 50% of the time. : Iwannaacura
  • Amazon UK have been outstanding for me. I've had a few book deliveries that either went to the wrong addr... : nudel
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  Speakeasy when I had them a couple years ago. : boarder2
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    We actually haven't had that great an experience with them. : bcyde
    • Yeah, I've heard they went downhill recently. It's too bad because they used to be really amazing. On t... : boarder2
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    they are awesome. i called them up, asked them about DSL options in my neighborhood, they tell me i am ou... : cpt_gloval
    • I had some problems with Speakeasy, but since I worked in DSL support for a company that resells wholesal... : fleabug
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  Amex! I just lost my card and they are shipping me a new one overnight. That's taking care of you! : askedrelic
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    ditto Amex, never had a problem and they're always quick to resolve things even if it's when I'm getting ... : aethyr
    • oh, the only thing I didn't like about them was the shit-load of mailings I got, but once I found the num... : aethyr
• Dreamhost. Hands down, best customer service. Fast, nice, and really informative. : jessipoo
• can't believe Zappos wasn't mentioned yet : nadasurf2
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  newegg FTW : smax
  • ^^ I'll vote for this one too : RobFlinn
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  I only deal with Zombo.com. They have everything I need. : pancake humper
  • the impossible is possible with zombo.com : sexninja!!!!
• Logitech (Mouse/Keyboard/Speakers/Harmony Remote), Kingston (RAM), NewEgg (in general), Amazon.com (books... : Zakko
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  Nintendo for sure, they've always been friendly and quick. : ieGod
  • Ditto. English support guy, replaced my DS with just one stuck green pixel. Amazing. : node
• Boyd's Auto Body on Powell and Beaudry in Emeryville CA. They also do mechanical repair work. Always wond... : not work safe
• wow thats pretty amazing : hobosapien
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  Amex has always been great with helping me out. Earthlink back in my 56k days was also great. As far a... : great-white
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    PS. How are the rates on the card [fry]? Worth it? : great-white
    • Originally 13% now 9.5%. They lowered it without me asking and sent me a notice. Not ultra-premium but... : [fry]
• I've started classifying companies into two groups, those that have horrifyingly bad customer service (AT... : MagicWishMonkey
• mpix - My wife used them to do our Holiday cards this year, designed her own in Photoshop blah blah blah,... : Deathlove
• newegg is quite good. i had a frustrating experience with evga, but overall it was also quite good. : feek
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  god damn, i might get one just to support 0wnage like that. plus cabellas has lots of ammo so i could alw... : sexninja!!!!
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    also one time i ordered a mobo+cpu combo through some employee-purchase program when i worked at best buy : sexninja!!!!
    • I had fucked my previous AMD 64 X2 4400+ when I was trying to install m,y 8800GTS, and I had to buy anoth... : coraldayton
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    i also ought to give props to art.com. i ordered a framed print from them a month or 2 ago, and it came i... : sexninja!!!!
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      lol pawning off damaged goods to relatives : hobosapien
      • well it probably wouldnt have cost too much to replace the glass/plastic/whatever part of it! : sexninja!!!!
• bowflex has a great customer service department. fedex'ed a part overnight that came defective. : festivalman
• I've got a bunch to list off the top of my head: Nonni's (www.nonnis.com ), which also owns NewYorkSty : jrock
• shackstore : sexninja!!!!
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  Cox Business Services has great customer service. Home, not as much. : Ebu
  • Cox at home just fucks you. It fucks EVERYONE. Jesus Cox is evil. : Danny5225
• Ill look into this. Good customer service is hard to find. : mavmavv
• I have actually been very happy with Falcon Northwest's customer service. : Str8Dog
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  Bad customer service, esp. with cc companies? Really? I've never really had a problem dealing with either... : Euro Trash
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    I fucking hate Citi Bank. I've had a few home loans through them and it's always a pain to deal with the... : bcyde
    • Well, your situation there is obviously a lot more complex than mine. I just have a student loan through ... : Euro Trash
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  t-mobile, monoprice, amazon, zappos, and visual apex top my list : gameagog
  • *not amazon's sublets though. : mavmavv
  • ditto on t-mobile, every time I've called them they've been awesome. : dravalen
• USAA You do have to have military service or a family member that was in the military, but they are th... : fleabug
• Newegg. The best customer service is the one you never have to call. : Arcanum
• newegg.com - with a few bumps slicehost.com - always has a geek online & available. Apple - with a few ... : Hiro
• Strange. I honestly can't ever remember getting GOOD customer support on pretty much anything. Everyti... : stelth
• That's awesome, thanks for letting us know! : NastyJack
• <3 Fedex : steelsamurai