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  STEAK POST OF DOOM So after reading the thread on steaks last night, I figured I'd take the time to sh... : Matto357
  • good god! That looks amazing. : itsjames
  • Damn. : losder5000
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    That looks divine! It has been bookmark'd. I'll be trying this in the next few days/weeks. : re4ctor
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      also, how would you recommend doing 4 of these? would have to throw out the butter, garlic and thyme betw... : re4ctor
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        You can do two steaks to a pan easily. Do two pans at once and you're golden. There have been occasions... : Matto357
        • lol awesome. thanks! : re4ctor
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    holy lol at all that butter : filtersweep
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      Hehe, yeah. You throw away all of it, but you need that much to get enough milk solids to stick to the s... : Matto357
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        Doesn't the butter smoke like crazy? : SeaLlama
        • Yeah, but keep it moving and it won't burn. : Matto357
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    oh god that last picture is awesome. know what I'm having tomorrow night. : Degenerate
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      I hope my electric stove can get my cast iron pan hot enough :( : Degenerate
      • Yeah dude, you should be fine, thing is you won't be able to tilt your pan that much, but no matter, just... : Matto357
  • totally fucking trying this later, thanks. : thewriter
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    Looks amazing!!! Though the last shot is blurry. : soggybagel
    • I know, i was kind of in a hurry. : Matto357
  • no shit, you really do know what you're doing : askedrelic
  • looks great. thanks for the post. : wtf242
  • i am trying this tonight. looks so tastey. I have backup fish just in case ;D : deadfish
  • that looks oh so good. you vegans don't know what you are missing. : deathofrats
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    Nice. Looks pretty much identical (method-wise) to that Ramsay vid someone posted earlier. : action roommate
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      Yeah, just I think Rosemary is too strong of a flavor. And he didn't really sear his long enough for my ... : Matto357
      • I prefer thyme over rosemary for beef, as well. : action roommate
  • I would need two of those. : gmd
  • Are you taking requests? Do London Broil next! : Lunatic Angelic
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    Oh no, tonight is steak night but I only have dry Thyme. This looks so amazing. =( : zakazi
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      Go buy it! : Matto357
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        I didn't tonight (and it was still crazy good... see below post about wife at table) but will tomorrow. T... : zakazi
        • (I seriously can't imagine how good it is with fresh thyme) : zakazi
  • Hey Matto357, if I don't have cast iron can I do this with a steel sautee pan that has a really heavy bot... : action roommate
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    Thanks, this is a great post and I can't wait to try it at home. : tashtego
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      one question though- given that the pan is so hot, what keeps the butter from just getting burned? is tha... : tashtego
      • The basting keeps it from getting too burnt. : Matto357
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    So how long did you baste the steak? Did you just do 2 mins a side? : bRAINsick
    • Also I guess this probably couldn't have been done in a skillet huh? It seems you would need a pan with ... : bRAINsick
  • I just made this steak. Holy shit, I think my wife just had an orgasm at the table. : zakazi
  • My chest hurts just looking at this. Might make it for someone else though. : Pettytheft
  • need to do 3-3:30 minutes on each side, and only cook in oven for about 8 minutes to get medium : kgargs
  • Saved for later steak yummies! : punchdog
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  Mmm, you peppered it squarely, and sizzled the meat. But, all the rest seems superfluous to me. : great-white
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    It's not. But whateva. : Matto357
    • gotta admit, i didnt actually check it out. Its an achewood thing: http://achewood.com/index.php?date=... : great-white
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  I think I make the best steaks ever, but even I will tip my hat to that. : afty04
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    If you like them, then they are they best to you! Which is all you really need in life. Rite? : Matto357
    • Well, that and seeing my enemies driven before me while listening to the lamentations of their women... :... : mn3m0n1c
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  bookmark'd. i am always annoyed how my steaks never taste as good in a restaurant- is this how? i get m... : Klebold
  • This is one way how. : Matto357
• Less butter, less salt for me, but I guess that is all a matter of taste. I linked a Gordon Ramsey video ... : spdon
• Here's a video of Gordon Ramsay doing it, but with rosemary: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VjmHaCJUSA : Ziggurat
• Whoa, great stuff : watcherxp
• I'm gonna try it this weekend. : shwortdogg

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  Don't they have tons more footroom? : Cygnus X-1
  • ^^^ usually about an extra foot : electroly
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    Yes, they do. I am on the tall side and I try to get that row. I can't believe they might be charging now... : Fred Garvin
    • If you have any miles at all on your frequent flyer program they probably won't charge you. I've never ha... : bostrov
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    About half a foot more space... : Jonathan
    • Depends on the plane. Rows 15 and 16 on a United 757 have a ridiculous amount of legroom. : riptyde
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    indeed, but usually they reserve them till the end and give them to able bodied helpers. first time i've ... : dahanese
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      Where are you flying? Just wait until boarding and see if you can't get a 1st class upgrade. They're usua... : bostrov
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        to baltimore. 6 hour flight. i don't really want to pay for the upgrade, however. :-( : dahanese
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          6 hours is pretty short but it's long enough that the 1st class upgrade will be more like $150-$200, but ... : bostrov
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            yeah, not a big deal at all. they were all empty when i asked -- which was why i asked. i've never ha... : dahanese
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              You don't fly united much but you have 35k miles in the past 10 months? : bostrov
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                well actually it turns out my travel agent used my USAir miles to book this flight, so whatever. and y... : dahanese
                • So the whole point about airlines giving out frequent flyer points and status upgrades is to keep you wit... : bostrov
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    I generally try to get an exit row seat because I'm really tall so regular seats are hard to fit in. : deject
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      You know I don't mind the side to side cramping, but by the end of a long flight my knees feel like shit ... : Fred Garvin
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        It depends a bit on the airline too. American economy class is pretty roomy really, LH economy class is q... : bostrov
        • Yeah. Southwest is one of the most comfortable airlines I've flied on, especially compared to other carr... : deject
        • Air Malta is the lol for room. When I flew them I actually couldn't put my feet on the floor, because I ... : riptyde
• That's brutal.. what airline? : stonedonkey
• Wait, why did you offer? And how did this come about? : Schnapple
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  Haha. What? It's not like you're doing them a favor - people line up for those seats. It's nice when th... : adpalumbo
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    i have like 35000 miles on my damned flyer card. not a ton but all flown in the past 10 months or so. : dahanese
    • What airline? At 50k on United is when I started getting exit rows basically every flight. : riptyde
• lol, what? I would think if anything they would take some money off your ticket. : ant_hillbilly
• Well you have less chance of dying... last in first out! OUT IN THE JAW OF A WHITESHACK. JOKE IS ON YOU!!... : Utopia
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  virgin airlines? : jake2000
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    lol : pancake humper
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      heh actually I said that because I'm pretty sure Virgin Atlantic charges for exit rows. though you're wel... : jake2000
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        it's united, actually. : dahanese
        • if you have 35k miles you're united 2p already. It's odd that they didn't bump you up. : bostrov
      • oh, I thought it was a joke about how suicide bombers have to pay $55 to sit there because of the whole 7... : pancake humper
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  "Offer"? Man, I fight tooth and nail for those seats, and I always lose out to some tiny asian lady whose... : stuka
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    why she gotta be asian???? I : Utopia
    • because they're so shifty... : bfzzzz
    • Dunno, ask them! Always at least one, I swear. : stuka
    • because we're punctual, unlike you shiftless round eyes. : edgewise
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  I few United over the holidays and it was the same way. Not only that, but their regular coach seats wer : afty
  • I flew United and the flight out of Charlotte was so delayed that I had to fly on a later flight out of W... : Jonathan
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    my flight just was delayed because the pilots aren't here and then a kid threw up next to me. i hate t... : dahanese
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      Hahah my parents got all depressed because I didn't sound excited that I was going home for Christmas... ... : Jonathan
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        Tack on 36 hours of transient tents in Kuwait and welcome to my life. : bostrov
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          i was there in a power outage where there wasn't any AC :[ : deadfish
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            I had the opposite this last time. No power and no heat, and it was 35-40 F at ali as saleem overnight. : bostrov
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              heh shitty if you don't have your sleeping bag. i brought my outter cuz I knew it'd be cold as fuck at ni... : deadfish
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                Nothing at all. Every time through as Saleem I end up buying new sheets and comforters at the PX and leav... : bostrov
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                  i'm glad I only went though there once. We usually went though Manas and i got my 2 beers a day :D : deadfish
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                    I go through Qatar at times but the customs are getting crazy. No military equipment at all. Got a helmet... : bostrov
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                      customs at Bagram was pathetic. I could have brought back so much crazy crap. : deadfish
                      • So THAT'S where all the WMDs went. : bostrov
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  Dear Short People: Stay out of my emergency row seating. Thank you, Tall People. : windowpane
  • sign'd by a 6'5" shacker : Demius
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  An exit door procedure at 30,000 feet.. the illusion of safety : jaga
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    the exit doors are for after you're back on the ground. Don't jump out at 30,000 feet. : bostrov
    • now a question of etiquette, as I pass do I give the ass or the crotch.. : jaga
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    The real illusion of safety is the fucking flotation devices. When's the last time a plane hit a body of... : riptyde
    • Passenger planes need parachutes, imho. of course, jumping out of a plane at 35,000 feet will be kind of : stump
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      sigh.. its a quote from a movie, you guys really are dense : jaga
      • I think we all knew it was a quote. We were just busting balls! : soggybagel
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  it fucking sucks when youre in the row in front of the emergency row because your seat doesnt recline >:(... : sexninja!!!!
  • my thought is you're gonna die anyway if that shit crashes, so let the chairs recline. : dahanese
  • fuck I can't get off this plane some asshole has his seat reclined!!! : mikecyb
  • yeah that extra inch of inclination really makes it comfy... : Str8Dog
• The one time I picked the emergency row I found out why it was empty. This fucking 6'8 350lb guy sat nex... : Blucklesworth
• You can wait until you're on the plane and you can possible upgrade for free. : Agrona
• I've never been charged for emergency row seating. : ColoradoCNC
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  reminds me of a business flight i had to take from atlanta to seattle. my boss and our sales vp signed up... : cpt_gloval
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    Sitting close to the shitter is the worst on a flight. So many people going in and out of there makes it... : stump
    • yep and eventually a line will form right by your seat, so you got a bunch of farting motherfucks hoverin... : cpt_gloval
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  Southwest FTMFW. Their new boarding procedure is nice and quick (no more lines!) and very no hastle. : OverloadUT
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    is that the pick your own seat shit? i would totally win at that because i am paranoid and always get to ... : dahanese
    • Nah, for SWA these days it's all about hitting the interweb exactly 24hrs out to get that group A : riptyde
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      Yeah it's no assigned seating, but the brand new thing they just did is that every single boarding pass n... : OverloadUT
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        This happens with Alaska airlines in some respects. You can get all your boarding pass and info from the... : Q-ball
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          assigned seating > Southwest IMO. I shouldn't have to log on exactly 24 hours before just to get a good ... : cltcprd
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            it's also amazing that so many people can't grasp the idea of lining up based on number. I've seen kinde... : Prozium
            • Hah, see my post below. : spazzium
      • Problem is when they first instituted that and I had a number at the front of any particular group and at... : spazzium
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  Short girl taking the seats with extra leg room, being 6'3" i dont like that. Especially cuz of my 16... : oldschoolbob-o
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    i'm not short i'm 5'6 :-( : dahanese
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      Flying to Bag End? : hardfl1p
      • lol. : edgewise
      • Not nice oh god I loled : node
      • bwahahahaa : thewriter
      • BWaaahahahahahahahahaha! : Super Sparker
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  they read your psych profile and know you might jump/open door midflight : multisync
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    i'm going to be in NYC this weekend want to go eat brunch so i can poison your food? : dahanese
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      OMG U DIDNT TELL ME U WOULD BE BACK! why did u even go home? Set up the shit dood! TIME TO GET DRIZZUNK... : multisync
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        ^^^ why I wish I lived in a city with real shackers and not rosewood. : pres589
        • I still ahve a video card for you : rosewood
• I don't think that is why they are charging more for your seat. :( http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pac... : skitzo
• When stuff is blowing up no one is going to look for a woman to find a way out. There I said it. : pres589

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  I think the PS3 is the only Blu Ray player with hdmi 1.3 support. : Wombat Woo
  • The only downside is that it won't output the untouched TrueHD or DTS-HD signals to a compatible receiver... : Prozium
• PS3 is the only answer, it will be BDLive compatible with a firmware upgrade, + games as an added bonus. : baronzemo78
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  no, we are not. but wtf is the point in getting a player for roughly the same price as a PS3 : moshman
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    cuz i hate sony and i hope they all get ball cancer :[ : deadfish
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      Sony owns Bluray anyway. : nomaad
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        For the last time, they do not own Blu-ray. It's a Sony-developed format, but they don't own it. : jason bergman
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          FOR THE LAST TIME!!!! : Cygnus X-1
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            Seriously if you don't want this to continue support HD-DVD... at least we know that's owned my Microsoft... : Jonathan
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              Yeah, okay... : Fred Garvin
              • Too close? I was going with Warner Brothers originally... : Jonathan
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                hey look garvin in a MS and Sony thread : moshman
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                  Hey look, another genius commenting on a Garvin post. : Fred Garvin
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                    Hey look, Fred Garvin : cowbs
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                      Hey look a Sony employee. : Fred Garvin
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                        Hey, look ... OK, I got nuthin'. : Silent Sorrow
                        • hay guyz how do i crackz my DVD player (9EXPENSIVEONE) to play blu-rayzzz : sticman77
                  • why don't you start a website where just YOU can post if you don't like replies? You're so blatantly con... : moshman
                • this should not be as funny as it actually is : NeoMoose
          • THE LINE MUST BE DRAWN HEEEAH! : Lightbulb
        • Did they own BETA too? : DM7
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      They're a large corporation, none of them really care about you. Get over it and enjoy some HQ content. : ieGod
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        more like literally everything Sony I bought broke inside 6 months... for like 2 years running? : deadfish
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          That's an unlucky streak :( At least it was covered by warranty, right? Right? : ieGod
          • mostly I just returned them and got Samsung or some other brand. : deadfish
    • but you'll buy blu-ray? : moshman
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  Also: http://www.bluraysavings.com/ : jason bergman
  • thanks : deadfish
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  is all this blu ray specification 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, not important when buying a new player tho? : Klebold
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    it is if you want a player that support the newer features. I think there's only 1 statdalone player tha... : Prozium
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      Here are the differences: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray#Player_profiles : Fred Garvin
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        yeah, I doubt there will be many 1.1 players that can be firmware updated to 2.0 since firmware can't mag : Prozium
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          yay for the PS3 then? : grendel
          • yup. Once they add bitstream output for TrueHD or DTS-HD it'll be the best player on the market. : Prozium
  • I'm holding out for 2.0 but 1.1 really covers the bulk of functionality. : Jonathan
• Fucking regioning on blu-ray. Ordering online from EU is costs about 100% more! This is a fuck! : dael

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• What are you ripping that takes over an hour to rip? What system are you running this on? : spazzium
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  I'm pretty sure ripping and re-encoding an entire feature length movie in less than an hour would be amaz... : OverloadUT
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    A single pass should be able to do anything real time on a modern system. : spazzium
    • That would be great if movies were less than an hour. : Deathlove
  • no doubt. All I do is rip when i go to sleep and when i wake up its done. : med1c
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  You can install something like anyDVD so that you don't need to rip to the HDD before starting the encodi... : Prozium
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    is anydvd free? : xxiv
    • no it is not : oatmela
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  h264 is a serious cpu abuser, im thinking even a fast quad core would still take like 40 minutes to encod... : smacknca
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    I've found that encoding to regular mpeg-4 is way faster and works just as well, particularly on small sc... : festivalman
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      ive been wondering if one can buy a hardware h264 encoder because gosh that thing is demanding. maybe a ... : smacknca
      • the ati 2xxx range of gfx cards have h264 DEcoders. close but no cigar. : Klebold
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  Thanks for the replies. I must've been doing something seriously wrong then because the couple of times I... : prime8
  • No you're doing it right. Normally it takes several hours on any processor. They're all talking about d... : slickdoody
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    A rip'n'transcode always takes a while, even if your machine's pretty fast - I can get up to almost 2 x r... : mn3m0n1c
    • Ahhh okay, thanks for that explanation guys. : prime8
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    Did you have handbreak setup to do multiple passes? It's usually disguised as a "high quality"option but... : Prozium
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      I think I did have it set to do this. I guess it'll take some playing with to see what kind of quality I'... : prime8
      • yeah, cut it down to a singlepass and your encoding time will nearly drop in half. : Prozium
• Is Handbrake still the way to go? Or is there something else that's easier/better/etc? : prime8
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  your best bet is to rip the dvds with dvd shrink or something, then use AutoGK or Nero Recode or somethin... : oatmela
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    Thanks, I'll give this a shot. How long does that process take? : prime8
    • depends on your CPU clock speed and number of cores mainly : oatmela
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    can i rip with dvdshrink and then use handbrake? i'm trying to avoid buying software. : xxiv
    • dvdshrink doesn't rip DVDs. You still need to use dvddecrypter (free) or something like that to bypass t... : Prozium
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  I use Xilisoft and it seems to work great. I think you have to keep the file sizes under 1GB though, whi... : jimmy-buffett
  • This is all strictly for the Touch so that shouldn't be an issue. : prime8
  • what? a 1GB h264 at dvd res should look pretty awesome? : Toraz Chryx
• Handbrake is the best I've used, but yeah, it takes forever. : jason bergman
• Has anyone tried or use DVD Catalyst? : prime8
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  DVDFab. : sharkII
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    Have you tried it? Is it any good? It seems to get some pretty good reviews. : prime8
    • yes, and yes. But I did not use on the iPod. : sharkII
• I used iPod Videora Converter after using DVD Decrypter to rip my movies. : redfive
• http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/006194.html : Break

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  Wear a fanny-pack (waist pack), an I Luv NY t-shirt, tucked in, large slice of pizza, disposable camera, ... : EvilDolemite
  • And point at everything, ask people a lot of questions about 9-11 too! : soggybagel
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    Also, don't stray from Boradway and 5th avenue. : stuka
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      Oh and don't forget to stand in line for the Apple store. : stuka
      • And don't forget to visit Bubba Gump's for the best food ever! : Ride-My-Rocket
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      Yes Queens and Brooklyn are deadly places. Be afraid of ethnic restaurants not located in Manhattan. : EvilDolemite
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        queens and brooklyn are stupid. : dahanese
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          YOU ARE THE ONE WHO IS STUPID. : soggybagel
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            whatever jizzbiscuit : dahanese
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              Personal attack. I WANT THIS SLUT GAGGED AND BAGGED. : soggybagel
              • I'm giving odds she might be into that. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          Brooklyn rules :( : EvilDolemite
          • Brooklyn does rule. I love barcade. : ant_hillbilly
      • Hahaha... : soggybagel
  • and don't cross the street if no cars are coming >:( : mikecyb
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    you mean a bumbag? a "vag sack" is just obscene. : Klebold
    • In the US a fanny is a bum. : dognose
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  hell's kitchen is not that bad. just not near any subways. east side > west side. : dahanese
  • hell's kitchen is the shit >:( : itsjames
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  Piss in an alley, Mug somebody, and see a peep show. : Str8Dog
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    also apparently go back in time 20 years : mikecyb
    • I live on the west coast, I see NYC as one giant 80's cliche. : Str8Dog
    • dude, that was my average weekend. you're doing it wrong. : askedrelic
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    i wouldn't mind going to see a peep show if its as shocking as i hear. something to tell the grandkids an... : Klebold
    • just remember: never look a jizzmopper directly in the eyes. : bfzzzz
• Harris moved to NY? : Tommy Toolbag
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  i can tell you where not to go, don't go to times square and buy any food. i went to a tgi fridays and s... : bfzzzz
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    Why the fuck did you go to TGI Fridays in Times Square. There is so much wrong with that. : soggybagel
    • i was 16 and high. what can i say. : bfzzzz
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    I don't even understand why people would visit NY and go to a fucking TGIFridays... they are EVERYWHERE a... : mikecyb
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      I don't understand why anyone would visit NY and go to Times Square at all. Also skip the Eiffel Tower. : aethyr
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        lol, holy crap, I don't know how that came out, I meant the Empire State Building. : aethyr
        • oh god i can't stop giggling at the eiffel tower reference : dahanese
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        Times Square is a pretty neat sight but everything sold there is tourist hogwash overpriced crap. But ac... : EvilDolemite
        • the view from there is pretty cool yeah, but you're generally stuck in line for a while :( times squar... : mikecyb
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          also, dont buy fake IDs from Times Square. FYI. : askedrelic
          • lol : mikecyb
        • Wholeheartedly agree with this post. : Conan
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  please please please skip the fast food. Some suggestions: http://www.parkermeridien.com/eat4.php ht... : aethyr
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    if you do want fast-ish food just because, and you're in hell's kitchen, burritoville, philly slim's, isl... : itsjames
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      mmm dirty water hot dogs with mustard and onions : EvilDolemite
      • lamb over rice \o/ : itsjames
      • During my NYC visit, I got one of those entirely because I saw a vendor and had a flash of Jerry Orbach i... : eldersveld
    • Also, some of my fav restaurants: - the nook (50th/51st and 9th) - deborah (carmine and bleeker) - caf... : itsjames
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  its a hell of a town : Degenerate
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    The Bronx is up and the Battery's down. : mafu5150
    • hi2u Johnny Depp. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I'm not sure what you expect from a blind man in a kitchen, other than terrible food prepared by some sev... : Wiimope
• I left my heart there : oatmela
• go to little italy : bozer
• go to Smalls, awesome (and famous) bar. : filthysock
• thanks for replies so far, the thread has been put in bookmarks. : Klebold
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  Since you put it in multisync, my sister sent this to me last night... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Il... : whore
  • hahahahahaha : askedrelic
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    oh jesus. i only used multisync because i have never used that tag before in my 5yr career here. : Klebold
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      We all know why you really used it... Next time try a rainbow, maybe it won't be so obvious. : whore
      • the gay scene isn't my scene. : Klebold
  • omg ahahaha : action roommate
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  Shackmessage me if you end up coming, I definitely wouldn't mind meeting more shackers and certainly I ca... : sergeon
  • sergeon, are you still in NY? We should go out again sometime, now that dahanese left, everyone is too l... : aethyr

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  You talking of that ship actually made me go and purchase one for myself the other day; been using it for... : zerog83
  • Hi fellow Dominix friend. It sure is. I am thinking of repping up at the Gallente Federation Navy so i... : [7]kami
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  there's a free 14 day trial for this right? the kind where if i like it i can just enter in my cc and kee... : xxiv
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    Yes, yup, and si. Join the shacknews channel : jasoncrowley
    • i'll dl it tonight then! : xxiv
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    Yes. You download the free trial at www.eve-online.com and just start playing for two weeks. After that y... : [7]kami
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      Christ, how many more people are you going to rope into this - you aren't earning a wage from CCP are you... : jbury
      • i'm a fickle gamer so there's no promise of me staying. but i'll give it a shot. : xxiv
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        They should send me 200 million isk per trialist. They probably wont. It is a Bjork-thing. : [7]kami
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          I can't tell if you meant Borg-think or not. Either way, I don't see how Bjork relates to roping people i... : MisterPhoton
          • Well they're both Icelandic and impossible to understand. : nurglich
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      15 bucks at shattered crystal, how much at the official site? (it locks up on my work pc so i can't check... : xxiv
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        http://www.eve-online.com/faq/faq_08.asp Since the official site charges me in Euros, buying timecodes... : [7]kami
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          As a USian though, you might as well go to the official site as you're not saving anything by buying else... : nurglich
          • yeah official site looks to be the best for me. : xxiv
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  This game is something I would so very much love to get into. I know I don't have the time or attention s... : tomservo
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    for people that can only put in 1 to 2 hours a day, EveOnline sucks :( : tomatoactivator
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      It does? Afaik it is way more casual friendly than (for instance) World of Warcraft. Reasons: - Ski... : [7]kami
      • I tried it out about a year ago and found I just couldn't put the time into it. The skilltraining is gre... : intangir21
      • Its true.. Im powerlevelling two accounts like a madman, and I only have time to clock in a few hours per... : ESchack
    • NOT SO!! this is the beauty of Eve. your char and advance while you are not online. this way when you DO : m0rfus
    • this is wrong in every way pretty much : JINKY
• It looks like tonight I'll finally put in an order for a cruiser. Still need some skills to fly it and f... : nurglich
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  Brutix or Myri for my first BC? : dilutedq
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    AFAIK Myr (better tank and allround ship). I : [7]kami
    • I feel impatient, I really want a BC, I'm trained up for it, almost have enough for a Brutix, I'm wonderi... : dilutedq
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  I've been playing a game of Civ4 on marathon for the last couple weeks, but I'm about to win so I'll be b... : Goncyn
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    we should play such a game TONIGHT : Foxhawk
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      I am up for this! : moogle
      • hmm maybe zanzares has his shit built : Foxhawk
    • No, no, the idea is that I finish my single player marathon game tonight so I can play EVE ! : Goncyn
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  I just had this idea and checked on the eve site, and apparently eve doesn't have this feature. Still: W... : Flinz
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      i guess that people would a lot. but voice is implemented? didn't see it in the faq (where they state it... : Flinz
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        Once you group up with people, you can activate voice chat. The UI for grouping is horrendous, but once y... : [7]kami
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          It seems you can enable voicechat for chat channels as well. Why are we not using it in the Shack channel... : ESchack
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            WTF. Lets do this! : [7]kami
            • enabled. incoming vocal rant about losing two caracals today because I'm an idiot : Draugluin
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          perfect. they should've added an effect though - in TF2 the reverb really adds a lot to the atmosphere of... : Flinz
          • I want the Starcraft cruiser posteffect. : [7]kami
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  AAH DRONE BS! KILL IT : cpt_gloval
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    in 2 days i challenge you to a duel when i have EWAR drones on my Raven. : m0rfus
    • no way, i'm barely passable against drones. ;p : cpt_gloval
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  I can't wait until I have my new video card and can start taking screenshots of my Drake tanking and dest... : MisterPhoton
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    Do you have its loadout up on BattleClinic by any chance? : ESchack
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      no, because its pretty much the standard passive tank Drake that everyone knows and loves. I've posted it... : MisterPhoton
      • also, minus an SPR and add a ballistic control unit 2, and all those SPRs are 2's, not 1's...and I'm addi... : MisterPhoton
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        Cheers! I missed your post back when. I am training to fly a Drake at the moment (with one of my toons). : ESchack
        • welcome to the Drake club! you better use a passive tank on yours, or else I'm liable to blow you up for ... : MisterPhoton
• get ready for a monster Eve Online image post of DOOOM! : zerog83
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  • This game is a perfect multi gaming game. I can sit there and if I am transportin something, or meetin s... : dilutedq
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• No. : dmason
• Deposit in some hooker's bank account instead. : Edges
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  The hell no. : Utopia
  • the fuck you thinkin boi! : sticman77
• most i've ever atm deposited was a few thousand. for a five digit deposit i'd probably go to a real tell... : electroly
• go for it : qwpeoriu
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  Whatcha got a 13,500 dollar check for? : Trips
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    Services rendered. If you know what I mean. : stump
    • what do you mean? : liquidlies
• do you not like money? : eldiablo01
• It'll be fine, but if it's only 5 extra minutes to walk into the branch and deposit, do that. : bostrov
• No. : mittense
• never. : dahanese
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  Cash it and hide it in a mattress. : felicia
  • Yeah, my mattress. : Utopia
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  I did a 25k one into an ATM once. Funds were ready the next day. : sigpro
  • no hold? wow... would love to see your regular deposits : Demius
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  i'd use the ATM, it's only a cheque and who the fuck wants to wait in line for an hour to see a teller ... : dantastic
  • what bank do you go to? i never wait more than 3 minutes for a teller. : dahanese
• at your branch? sure. that's what the printout receipts are for. : Downforce
• Yes, I've never had a problem making deposits like that. : Serpico74
• Never go ATM! Is your dignity and health worth only $13,500 to you? : Sze Ior
• it should work but why? : mikecyb
• take the time and go inside : PapaBoo
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  at Washington Mutual, anything over $2k takes 11 days to clear via ATM, and 2 days to clear if you deposi... : sicko
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    that is amazing. what do they do, ignore atm deposits for a week? : cpt_gloval
    • no idea, I just deposited a huge check last week, and the manager told me that, standard security policie... : sicko
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    That's not true at all; at least not in general, and not in CA. We deposit checks like that all the time... : adpalumbo
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      ^^ I've heard this from my tellers in CA too. Most of fund availability has to do with account history re... : dearjamie
      • but the people in the bank are a little more lenient towards your needs then if the check went to corp. f... : Demius
  • I've had 15k clear in a day at BofA via ATM, no idea WTF is going on at WaMu. : Serpico74
  • Yeah, I learned this the hard way a few months ago. =( I love Citibank, though. You can use an ATM t... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • not for me it doesn't. : edgewise
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  I change my vote from yes to no. Wait in the bank lobby until you identify the hottest teller there. Add ... : bostrov
  • you realize she'll just think you're a gay hooker. : aethyr
  • ^^ this is not a way to get a woman to go out with you. : dahanese
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    I wrote my dad a 50k check about 6 months ago with "Bribe" in the memo field and getting it deposited tur... : dearjamie
    • haha my friend would always do those kind of things he wrote me a check for 200 when he bought my comp... : Nighteyes
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  If you go to the counter with a check that large, the teller is legally required to give you a blowjob. ... : nurglich
  • Where are you banking? At my bank, they choose which one blows you :( : mafu5150
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  why not? I deposited $50K once at an ATM. : oatmela
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    The truth is out. NEWS FLASH NEWS FLASH ****** it would appear that a lot of people from a community c... : Utopia
    • I wish. : sigpro
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    what if theyre all "what check? there wasnt one there!" not that theyd lie, but what if there was a fu... : sexninja!!!!
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      the ATM gives you a receipt : oatmela
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        I can say I deposited any amount and it will give me a receipt. Doesn't mean I deposited that amount. : Phreakin
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          yeah but you have an issuing bank that will back it up. You guys are making too big of a deal over this. : oatmela
          • Yeah, same situation as when a business loses a check before it makes it to the bank. You call the clien... : Prozium
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            and what if the check is lost or they claim they never got it? all you have is a recipt that is really ju... : sexninja!!!!
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              bofa has new ATMs that scan the check as you put it in and automatically guess the amount of the check an... : Prozium
              • im sure everything would go ok 99.9% of the time, but hell, $13K is something i'll spend an extra 10 minu... : sexninja!!!!
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        i could put monopoly money in the envelope and tell the ATM its a check for 50,000 and it will still give... : sexninja!!!!
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          okay but how does doing it in person make any difference? you are there and get a receipt, they can stil... : mikecyb
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            Im not talking about a bounced check -- that you cant affect. But the burden of proof that i actually han... : sexninja!!!!
            • well I'm not really talking about bounces either, just that they can adjust deposit amounts after the fac... : mikecyb
• No, Nyet, Never : sikander
• fuck that : deject
• lol who do you think processes those deposits? A Teller. They do it 2 times a day, in the morning at open... : pancake humper
• I'd trust the machine much more than those dumb ass tellers. : Stroyent
• Fuck the fuck no! : pres589
• LOL fuck no : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Of course, yes. I deposit thousands of dollars at ATMs all the time. Maybe not at some random ATM in a ... : Vantage
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    Also, there are a lot of very adamant NO answers. Why? Did an ATM eat your baby or something? : Vantage
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      Seriously. I deposit checks like that for my small business all the time and have never had a problem. : Serpico74
      • My dad does as well for his business, I've personally only deposited checks through the atm, never had a ... : shotgun1
      • My family routinely drops that much in cash in our bank's night drop and we've never had a problem. Small... : Deathlove
    • I've deposited a 9500 check before with no problem, and I ATM deposit ALL the time and have never once ha... : Bantis
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      yeah as long as it's an ATM at a bank you have an account with it's fine. they're processed by tellers a... : mikecyb
      • also the ATM keeps a record of the deposit and should be directly tied to your account so it's not like t... : mikecyb
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      If its a matter of thirteenthousand dollars, i want to hand the check off to an actual person so if somet... : sexninja!!!!
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        What if the bank teller says "No, they never gave me anything" ? If the bank wants to screw you over, th... : Vantage
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          Well in the case of a teller, you will have a recipt based on what they entered, whereas an ATM gives you : sexninja!!!!
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            wells fargo for the motherfucking win. they have those envelope-less ATM's that scan an image of the chec... : xsoulbrothax
            • Now that is cool. However, barring that, what sexninja said would be my argument. : Arcanum
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            Ok, but do you actually have a reason to be paranoid about all this? Have you ever had a problem where y... : Vantage
            • closest i got was.. deposit massive check, go to withdraw decent chunk of massive check, ATM says 'are yo... : xsoulbrothax
            • No but when were talking about a $13,000 check, I dont want that to be the first time! : sexninja!!!!
• What does it matter? It's a check. It's not like cash that can get lost/stolen and you have no record o... : riptyde
• yeah its just a check do it. i've done over that amount many times and guess what...it gets in your bank ... : gyokuro
• i deposited 1 meeeeeellion dollars. go for it. : spectr3
• Give it to me and I'll take care of it. >:D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I do it fairly regularly and have never had a problem. However, I will admit that every time I do it, I f... : edgewise
  • me too : fletch_

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  #2 THANK YOU : electroly
  • and is #3 the fix to the last patch's performance regression or is that still to come? : electroly
  • Yeah, that was happening to me quite often. I'm glad it's fixed. : CrustaR
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  Great, some really cool things in there I'll be anxious to try out once I get home. : dmason
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    what cool things? looks like they're just bug fixes. : edgewise
    • Those are cool to me. : dmason
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  Yay for the first one; I'm pretty sick of downloading 30 to 40 custom .wav files from servers. Even wit... : MR 9000
  • MONSTER KILL : Snuffles-
  • Yeah, pretty much. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Indeed. It gives you 3 options: Allow all custom files. Do not allow custom sounds. Do not allow... : pieman
  • cl_downloadfilter nosounds Allows you to download maps but no sounds. Works great for me. : TreMetal
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    ^^ pretty cool. I understand it's a lot to ask but it'd be cool if they could also give server admins the... : cause&effect
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      Servers can be configured to send the download request to another URL, with a bit of hackery they can als... : pieman
      • ^^ sv_downloadurl "http://blah/blah" http://www.mani-admin-plugin.com/index.php?option=com_content&tas... : pieman
  • pretty happy with that aswell. most times i'd just cancel the connect and go elsewhere. : xxiv
  • F yeah, this rules. : locater16
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  ugh finally #2... woot. That last one - what does that mean? : virus
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    I think it was 9 before? : Grimp
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      "starting round timer" ... as in the 30 seconds that we wait before the round starts? what does 10 minut... : virus
      • Not the 30 seconds, the time alloted for the first cap point. : dmason
• 'ragdolls' falling through floor, i thought that was really cool. I saw a spy slip down an opening in ... : zagzig32
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  how about a server filter for party mode? Im sick of spending 5+ minutes hunting for one : zagzig32
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    Server #69 is on indefinite party mode for now... : Xevo
    • you ladies realise that invisible spies have visible party hats in party mode - rite? : seven
• #1, #2 and #3 are all awesome. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Yay. Thanks to #5 a pair of engineers on my team won't arse about at our first point to build wacky sentr... : Snuffles-
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    The worst part of that is jumping in their teleporter expecting to save time. : romulan
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      It's always frusterating to take a teleporter and end up in your intel room. I understand the logic, but ... : terath
      • you can't take the intel over the teleporter. : deject
      • There's an arrow on the tp though, so at least you know in that case before you take it. : romulan
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  The 360 version doesn't get any of these updates, does it? : HojuSimpson
  • i dont see why not : filthysock
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    It'll take a while for them to get through cert. : chazums
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      ... and with all the PC patches they've done, they might be waiting to gather a good set together for the... : sharkII
      • yeah, guess it'll depend on when the last one went through. : chazums
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  "*Fixed engineer building in exploit areas on final caps in Well " What is this referring to? : Sgt_Boomstick
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    Building sentries way way up in the rafters : megarust32
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      It was never any good anyway, there really weren't any good build points up there. : Xevo
      • Yeah, it was basically just something to keep your 2 engineers mesmerized while the rest of your team get... : Johnny Law
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    They need to fix this on gravelpit too :( : moogle
    • Where are the rough patches on GP? Pretty every SG spot is defeatable. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Increased starting round timer to 10 minutes in Well What!? : ieGod
  • Yea, thats odd.. : liqker
  • gotta be valve sneaking in their sense of humor : trOmblyj
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    Could they mean the first cap point has a limit of 10 minutes before it goes into overtime? : eldiablo01
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      Yeah, but it's weird because the first cap never takes that long. : Johnny Law
      • I was thinking the same thing. I haven't played well that much, but it seems to be capped with one to two... : eldiablo01
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  SHACKNEWS SERVER #69}n has been updated. : trOmblyj
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    shacktags, whatever. : trOmblyj
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      This is me calling you a fag. There's nothing more to do here. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Just wait. You have a date with my flamethrower. : trOmblyj
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  Good! Now when are the medic achievements and the ingame film editor coming?! : Trips
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    It's not an in-game film editor is it? I thought it was the tools they used to create those clips in May... : mrwolf710
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      IFM - Integrated Film Maker - It was enabled during the beta, but the disabled it when it came out. So fa... : Trips
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        whoops, bad link: http://www.uploads.gaming-resources.com/files/1/IFM.jpg : Trips
        • Wow, holy shit! That looks AWESOME! They need to release that right now. : mrwolf710
  • I'm still waiting for the new "meet the..." video that Yahtzee got to see. : Lionhart32935
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  when will they add a POWERSHIELD to sentry guns so they last more than 4 seconds? :D : Downforce
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    just let medics uber sentries : electroly
    • sold. engineers are just dropping like flies. they need to tweak points for teleporters/dispensers or som... : Downforce
  • POWERSHIELD = a good engineer. : re-verse
• *Fixed cases where ragdolls were falling through the world YAYAYAYAYAYA : barichnikov
• Hooray! I'm mid to low end hardware! : Waffles!
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  fuck mid to low end hardware optimizations. make my 8800GTS look even more awesome! : dantastic
  • fuck your 8800GTS, my 6800GT needs lovin'! : bfzzzz
• Blah blah blah Well Well sucks anyway. : locater16
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  Meh. Still have outstanding bugs to fix yet they do balance changes and such :( Fix the damn phanto : alias
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    i didn't play soldier much until the past 2 weeks and i must say, the phantom rockets piss me the FUCK of... : bfzzzz
    • It's really dumb and needs to be fixed. Demos get it too I believe. At least I've had it happen to me a... : alias
  • What are phantom rockets? : mrwolf710
• yay - mid to low end hardware tweaks! I don't get what the starting round timer in well means though..... : seven

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• 1.) Smash Brothers 2.) Little Big Planet 3.) Metal Gear Solid 4 4.) Dragon Qust IX DS (hopefully?) 5.... : Boxelder
• Not excited for that many, but Grand Theft Auto 4 is up there. : soggybagel
• 1.) Starcraft 2 (PC) 2.) Alan Wake (PC, but I don't know what to do if it remains Vista only :/ ....) 3... : Chepito.
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  Oh god Left 4 Dead owns so hard I can't wait. : tomservo
  • Yeah. It will be awesome! : razlebol
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    This game will be so awesome with shackers, I can't even imagine playing it on pubs. : shortbuscaptain
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      I'll probably play mostly with bots, but I will DEFINITELY fire it up with some Shackers. :D : tomservo
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        Oh shit, playing at Quakecon was so awesome. : tomservo
        • You can't imagine how excited I am for this game. L4D coop will be amazing. : razlebol
        • Yeah, it was. This game is in my top 5 spots. 1. Left for Dead 2. Left for Dead 3. Left...etc : mrwolf710
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          The videos I saw just looked like four player Serious Sam, what's the big deal? Not trying to be snarky,... : Boxelder
          • 4-player coop, yeah. Coop PC multiplayer games have become somewhat rare recently. I haven't played it my... : xsoulbrothax
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            Based from ground up to be played with 4 players and actual game mechanics that makes uses of it. You can... : razlebol
            • Also the enemy zombies are placed within the level by an AI that tracks your group's progress and status ... : lechuck59
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    I wish they'd hurry it up. Any release dates for Left 4 Dead? : Matt Burris
    • All I know is that supposedly it's 1st or 2nd quarter of 2008 for now. So hopefully it won't be delayed. : tomservo
  • Cool, they have a 360 version. : Fred Garvin
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  I thought you had a 360 as well? No 360 games interest you at all? : Fred Garvin
  • No I had one but I don't anymore. There is Too Human that looks like it might be good but with all the ba... : razlebol
  • He sold his 360 a while ago. : sigpro
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  1. gta4 2. smash bros 3. starcraft 2 4. mercenaries 2 : JINKY
  • 5. dmc4 6. ng2! : JINKY
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  1) Spore 2) Spore 3) Spore 4) Fallout 3 5) Empire: Total War (Is this 2008?) 2 PC games and a game... : Sexpansion Pack
  • Oh shit - also Saboteur and Mercenaries 2. They are both going to rule. : Sexpansion Pack
• GTA IV Mercs 2 Fallout 3 Spore Left 4 Dead : edgewise
• Left 4 Dead might be one of those games that is perfect for the 360: live enabled for voice chat, if they... : Fyunch Click
• 1- Left 4 Dead 2- GTA 4 3- Alan Wake 4- New Mario Kart 5- Fable 2? : ant_hillbilly
• In no particular order: 1) Left 4 Dead (360). 2) Starcraft 2. 3) Fallout 3 (360, most likely). 4) G... : mittense
• In no particular order: * Left 4 Dead (360 - okay this is actually #1 on the list) * Infamous (PS3) ... : qwpeoriu
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  Any news if God of War 3 will be out in 08? : baronzemo78
  • No way, #2 just came out last year. I'd expect something maybe in 2009, but I wouldn't rule out 2010 eith... : qwpeoriu
  • Probably 2009 or 2010. : razlebol
• That I know for sure are coming out? No More Heroes SSBB MGS4 Mario Kart Mario Baseball : MoreVespeneGas
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  Is there a good list of upcoming games on all formats anywhere? 1. Rock Band (360) 2. GTA 4 (360) 3.... : marmite
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    I made one a few weeks ago but it's not only for 2008, it's all games that have been said/rumored to be i... : razlebol
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      INF! : marmite
      • more like, UNF! : Klebold
    • I'm really interested to see what Motorstorm 2 is going to turn into. I loved the first one, but it's la... : Boxelder
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      pretty sure a bunch of those Wii titles are out now. : Agrona
      • yeah, it's been a while since I updated, I'm gonna add it to a wiki so everyone can edit it. : razlebol
• 1 - Metal Gear Solid 4 2 - Super Smash Bros. Brawl 3 - Fallout 3 4 - Devil May Cry 4 5 - Left 4 Dead : sevogajre
• 1) Spore 2) Grand Theft Auto IV 3) Little Big Planet 4) White Knight Story 5) ??? : Ride-My-Rocket
• Here's just a list of the ones I can think of that I want most, in no particular order 1) Smash Bros B... : megarust32
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  No love for DNF? I remember George saying once that when DNF was nearing completion we'd see a media ... : pharoah mike
  • WID : megarust32
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15897418 : razlebol
    • That's what I get for going to St. Louis for New Years and not checking the shack while I'm gone =( : pharoah mike
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15897418#itemanchor_15897418 : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Yeah that is the one post I was referring to. I thought it was a fake Scott Miller at first though lol. : razlebol
• Spore, Dragon Age, GTA IV, Devil May Cry 4, Ninja Gaiden 2 : EvilDolemite
• 1) Mercenaries 2: World in Flames 2) Left 4 Dead 3) Starcraft 2 4) Race Driver: GRID 5) Metal Gear So... : bitter ego
• gta4 and warhammer online : maulla
• I'm looking forward to Mass Effect DLC because it sounded like they were planning to create mini-episodes... : Jonathan
• Condemned 2 Grand Theft Auto 4 Smash Brothers Fallout 3 Brutal Legend : pandastrong
• Super Smash Brawl Left 4 Dead Fallout 3 (if) Starcraft 2 (yeah right, never coming out in 08) : barichnikov
• Left 4 Dead Spore Rogue Warrior: Black Razor and a couple that have no hint of a release date: Ha... : deject
• if Starcraft 2 doesn't arrive in 2008 I will be very =( : action roommate
• 1- Left 4 Dead 2- Fallout 3 3- BiA: Hells Highway 4- OFP2 5- ... guess I only have 4 All PC : coyoterys
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  The only games I'm even remotely excited about are RAGE, and FALLOUT 3. : Stroyent
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    I lost faith in ID software. I really hope they impress me with rage. : razlebol
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      The last game they made was DooM3... it was scary as shit, amazing graphics, and very polished. I do not... : Stroyent
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        Well they had their word on wolf, quake 4 and ET:QW and they all felt like generic shooters. : razlebol
        • But were they games fun? Yes, and I truly believe Quake Wars enhanced the multi player gaming expierence... : Stroyent
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          wolf as in RtCW? Well the single player was average but fun enough to play. But the multiplayer is still ... : popkorn
          • Well it didn't impress me much. I find TF2 much better. : razlebol
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          Quake 4 is the only generic one of that bunch. (And I still enjoyed it, but that's just me.) I don't ... : Johnny Law
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            Exactly what I meant. Doom 1,2 Quake 1,2,3 are part of my favorite games ever but they did not bring that... : razlebol
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              At the risk of sounding like an id fanboy or something, id software themselves have only released Doom 3 ... : popkorn
              • id does still plaster their name all over them, but yeah, I'll be more interested in whatever comes out o... : Johnny Law
• 1) Wipeout HD (PS3) 2) MGS4 (PS3) 3) Fallout (PC) 4) Everyday Shooter (PS3) (It's not out here yet, wt... : d fluke
• warhammer online, starcraft 2, mgs4, little big planet, gta4 : aeg1x
• In no particular order: Grand Theft Auto IV Mercenaries 2 Left 4 Dead Galactic Civilizations II X-P... : NFXFSX
• Smash Brothers Brawl : DM7
• Fallout 3 (PC) Borderlands (PC most likely unless it has great XBL online play) Left 4 Dead (PC shack b... : melkore
• I have such high hopes for Fallout 3. I have a special shelf on the wall for games of personal fame. Fal... : jasoncrowley
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  5- Little Big Planet, I might even buy a PS3 if it comes down too $300 4- RAGE, it will be good damn it!... : locater16
  • For the record Starcraft 2 would be 4 if I thought it would come out this year. : locater16
• nothing, since there seems to be nothing for PC FPSes in the pipeline. Maybe I should finally learn to p... : the archvile

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  what's the difference between the T8100 and the E8200 and why is the T8100 more expensive? : aethyr
  • it says at the bottom that t is for mobile computer while e is for desktop comps. : eldiablo01
• personally i wont let my computations be done by anything other than a texas instruments processor : spaceless
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    is the jump from 6 to 12mb cache huge? I am looking at the 9300 jump to 9450. : kanix
    • for $40 I would take the extra 6mb L2 and extra 166mhz. Plus the 9300 has a 7.5 multiplier which isnt ni... : ant_hillbilly
• I love new tech, drives down prices of existing CPU's :D : mavmavv
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  That e8500 looks very tempting. : m0nkz
  • Yeah that's the one I was eyeing, I'll be curious on the overclocking on that, possibly the chip below it... : RyDogg1
  • e8400 is $83 less and only 160 mhz less. that shouldn't make a huge difference in performance with the po... : eldiablo01
  • Yeah, it does... I'll have to see how expensive it is here in Oz tho. : five_percent
  • With the Q9300 at the same price, which is the better bang for buck? : shyguy74
• its all about the e8400 and Q9450. Such a great time to be in the market. : ant_hillbilly
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  which ones are the Penryn based architecture? : Modulus
  • all of them afaik : oatmela
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  This just shows how the "gigahertz race" has practically halted and is floating on a certain comfortable ... : SlamDunk
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    Intel abandoned that thinking when their fast P4's got spanked by "slow" A64 / X2's. I am glad they wise... : EvilDolemite
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      I care about gigabuttz : slickdoody
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        this could be a new sythetic benchmark. the max frame rate of nutz in buttz, in HD of course : Downforce
        • What is the gigabuttz-to-gigatwatz conversion ratio again? Stupid Brits and their twats. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      I do care about raw MHz power. : SlamDunk
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        So you would take a single-core 4-5GHz CPU over current offerings? If they performed the same? : EvilDolemite
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          I'm holding an apple and you are seeing a bucket. That's what's going on in this subthread now. : SlamDunk
          • You got a Benz and I got a busket... gimme a dollah! : Ride-My-Rocket
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          would you take a quad core 2ghz over a quad core 3ghz? raw mhz power is still important, its not as if it... : sexninja!!!!
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            "Raw" mhz is not what I was talking about. MHz is one factor but one of several. It used to be the prim... : EvilDolemite
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              all he said is that he cares about it, as do i! : sexninja!!!!
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                Well I guess I do to, in conjunction with multi cores, lots of fast cache, high bus speeds (elimination o... : EvilDolemite
                • all else being equal, clock speed still matters! so it is still something to care about, of course : sexninja!!!!
          • true true. May apps are still not very thread friendly. : Modulus
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      I was looking over some benchmarks earlier... and I stumbled into some mainconcept MPEG2 > H264 transcode... : Toraz Chryx
      • netburst for the loss : sexninja!!!!
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  O_O well then. this might be that voice I've been ignoring... "builddddd a newwwww riggggggg" : Downforce
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    Honestly since the 8800GT and the affordable quad and high-speed dualcores it's been time. : EvilDolemite
    • yeah this AGP 6800GT and AMD64 3200 have trucked along damn well... but.... yeeeeeeehaw that type of news : Downforce
  • If you build it, you will cum : oatmela
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  yes you are down with AMD, just like their stock prices amirite? : eeeealmo
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    Nah never had stock in them, but damn, that company needs to get it's shit together. : RyDogg1
    • Yeah they do. I heard something like they are worth less today than they paid for ATI. Sucks. : OmegaRed59
    • yikes, no kidding. The top dual-core AMD processor, Athlon 64 X2 6400+ that has never looked too good in : Downforce
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  i remember reading somewhere that hyperthreading was soon to return, and the threads/cores seems indicati... : Klebold
  • in that by mentioning its 2cores 2 threads, that even newer cpus will have 2cores 4 threads or whatever. : Klebold
  • That's coming back with Nehalem, which has been pushed back to 2009 apparently : Toraz Chryx
• Finally. Can't wait to put my new PC together. : Serpico74
• I'm just waiting for them to finish the new machine. My 4 gigs of ram arrived today (lol, vista 64 for me... : Visceral Monkey
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  also, someone wake up Toraz : Downforce
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    I'm awake and I'm going 'WHOA' http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/display/intel-wolfdale.html : Toraz Chryx
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      e8400 is where its at. : ant_hillbilly
      • IAWTP the overclock they got out of the E8500 was nuts though, 4.37Ghz... o_O : Toraz Chryx
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      mmmm Wolfdale. I've been waiting for this chip to come out... I might have to build a new rig later this ... : Modulus
      • ah crap, I wasn't waiting for Wolfdale, I'm waiting for Nehalem. Sad is me : Modulus
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      yow no shit. great article. new SIMD instructions eh? :D oh boy oh boy : Downforce
      • the most pertinent TLDR: The obtained results can hardly be disappointing. New Wolfdale processors tur : Downforce
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      What the fuck... look at the power consumption... just look: http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/cpu/disp... : [7]kami
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        Yeah, the desktop dualcores are basically laptop chips at this point. sweet. just THINK of the ther : Toraz Chryx
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          I'm just wondering why they are so hot despite using so little power. I guess they have similar resistanc... : Modulus
          • Relatively tiny surface area, Wolfdale is 107mm^2 IIRC : Toraz Chryx
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  No 8 core this year? :( : Wheatloaf
  • I swear your post wasn't there :( : xxx2xxx
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    They are sitting on those things. A year ago they said they could do EIGHTY cores in ~5 years, but with : Lunatic Angelic
    • The Terascale wasn't 80 cores even REMOTELY resembling a C2D's worth of silicon per core. They are at ... : Toraz Chryx
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  No 8 cores :( : xxx2xxx
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    I can't wait to say "Behold! The Octo-core!" : pigvomit
    • skull trail is what you want then, or dual xeons. : Klebold
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  enlighten an idiot: why would you buy the c2 extreme over the 8500 or 9550? : maulla
  • good fucking point. extreme mobo chip? : Klebold
  • the c2 extreme X9000 is for mobile pc's : grabbie
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    Enlighten another idiot. Q9300 quad core 2.5Ghz $266 E8500 dual core 3.16Ghz $266 Which is "bett... : shyguy74
    • For now, for gaming? The dual core. For 3d hardware rendering or other easily multi threaded stuff the qu... : xxx2xxx
• yeah i'm waiting on the e8400 to put together my new system : Mansmells
• their stock's on sale too : gyokuro
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  Ugh, I wish AMD would pick up their game here. They are just getting crushed. : hobbespanache
  • Yeah it seems they have nothing to counter the dragon they have awaken :( : xxx2xxx
• HOOOOOO DANG!!! : joesnizzle
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  So the question is: The 8400 or the new low end Quad? : Visceral Monkey
  • For gaming, I'd probably go with the 8400. For a work machine, I'd most likely go with the quad. Who know... : qwpeoriu
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  nice. i am too lazy to figure out why my any overclocking of my (~$85) e2160 always results in insta... : ferraro
  • what mobo & ram do you have?? : Shadowdane

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• Yea I am downloading the game right now should be on sometime this afternoon to check it out. : myfasha
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  Aerizy, Sweet Lew, and I are probably going to check out Bonny, since its the unofficial RP server, but i... : Tommy Toolbag
  • Okay, tell me as soon as you pick a server. I'm at work so I won't be playing until tonight. : OverloadUT
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  I'm *really* interested in this game. Is there a way into a beta or advanced demo? I heard it's not out... : tboomer2
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    Preboarding Party started today. People who pre-ordered the game get to play early. Beta is over. : Tommy Toolbag
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      no stat resets from here on in? : cpt_gloval
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        Nope, no more wipes. Level cap is at 20 I think. : Tommy Toolbag
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          might be time to place my order. how do you go about getting into the prepurchase party? : cpt_gloval
          • http://piratesoftheburningsea.station.sony.com/preorderpromo/ : myfasha
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            I bought it from gogamer.com They seem to be the most reliable in terms of getting the pre boarding ke... : Tommy Toolbag
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              I was thinking one of those Direct2Drive or Sony Station download services. I'm on the 'Steam' bandwagon... : tboomer2
              • You can get into the preboarding when you buy from them, but you wont get the parrot and sword lol. : Tommy Toolbag
    • Argh. I'll wait for the videos then and hold my breath for the 21st. : tboomer2
  • Go put $5 down at Gamestop. You'll get you preboard key and can start playing it now. If you don't like i... : OverloadUT
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  What are the system requirements? : bRAINsick
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    they're pretty mild. when i went in to play test it, they said they were targeting 8600GT level GPU and 1... : cpt_gloval
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      thats considered mild nowadays? fuck. : Nighteyes
      • Ran well on my old system, for what it's worth: 2500 Athlon 1gb (later upgraded to 2) X800 Pro : valael
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    My brother plays it on a 3.0ghz on a 7800 AGP and it runs fine with the details turned all the way down. : OverloadUT
    • Well I am on a 3.2ghz P4 HT with an x850. I don't know how it will hold up. : bRAINsick
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      it sounds like my 2.4 P4 and 6800GT cant hack it :( : bfzzzz
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        Look at my post above, it's pretty close to yours. Maybe a little chop in cities, but still very playabl... : valael
        • oh right on, i suppose i should reload the thread more often. thanks! : bfzzzz
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  What's the general consensus on the game? I "like" EvE and I'm avoiding WoW like the plague. I also lov... : tboomer2
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    If you like EVE, you should find some entertainment in PotBS. Avatar combat is in the game, but its barel... : Tommy Toolbag
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      hrmm this might just kill it for me. Their site makes the single player experience sound very full. I j... : bRAINsick
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        There isnt grinding in the traditional WoW sense. And if you want to play solo, you'll be bored to hell a... : Tommy Toolbag
        • you could do the world map grind. chase down npcs and kill them, they give you xp. the missions are pr... : cpt_gloval
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          oh there is definitely uber loot in Eve :-) : zerog83
          • Gistii A-Type Small Shield booster 4tMFw : m0rfus
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      I am fence-sitting because of this post. Tell me more (tell me more!) and sell it. Because I kind of lik... : Majuju
      • there are two main parts of the game: PVP and economy. the PVE is pretty much just used as a vehicle to b... : cpt_gloval
      • Here is why I like the game: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15913402#itemanchor_15913402 : OverloadUT
      • Yes, thats the freetrader. You craft stuff and move it to sell at points of your choice. However, as ... : Tommy Toolbag
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        Okay! I'm gonna give this thing a shot. I'm on Bonny, probably gonna be Spanish maybe, and a freetrader. : Majuju
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          I'm in the process of downloading it now. Where are all the Shackers hiding? I dun wanna play alone! : tboomer2
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            That's exactly why I made this post! Tommy Toolbag above said the server they might be playing on, but no... : OverloadUT
            • you fuckers are making me want this game and I absolutely loathe the time investment of MMOs. : cltcprd
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              Okay, well, if you're gonna be French, then I can be French, because it seems to not affect the character... : Majuju
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                Okay, I'll make my Frenchie on Bonny then. I might switch servers if the population is too low on the ser... : OverloadUT
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                  Sounds like I'll be making a frenchie as well. 1:30hr to go before I have the installer downloaded. : tboomer2
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                    My download took all of twenty minutes (go go university connection!) I kinda am intrigued by naval of... : Majuju
                    • 20 minutes for 3.7GB? Jesus! That's pretty fast. I thought my 900k/s was fast. I've been trumped. : tboomer2
• the problem is that i like to play support characters - is there a WENCH class? : m0rfus
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  My big complaint was the interface for the economy. The auction house was very bare bones and lacked a lo... : byorn
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    I love the auction house. The blind bidding discourages constant price undercutting that happens all the ... : Tommy Toolbag
    • I agree. It took a little bit to adjust to the way PobS does it, but I like the AH very much. : OverloadUT
• I guess this is the game that NFXFSX wants me to play : Ratalon
• For $5 I might pick up the pre-order tonight on the way home. : Visceral Monkey
• I want to like this game so much but something never clicks; and I really don't know how I feel about Fly... : Bantis
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  OK I'm going to give this a shot based on OverloadUT's post about the economy and the fact that Tommy Too... : Bantis
  • Come fight for Frogland! : Majuju
  • Majuju, tboomer2 and I are all on "Bonny" as Frenchies, and Tommy Toolbag, Sweet Lew and Aerizy are all g... : OverloadUT
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    I do love depth, but this game isnt as deep as EVE, for instance. But its not a PvE grindfest, and its fu... : Tommy Toolbag
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      Well I think Eve has too much depth in a way; you spend so much of the game in menus its hard to be immer... : Bantis
      • That I agree with. : Tommy Toolbag
• If only there was a little more organization amongst Shackers. I'd like to give it a shot, but I don't w... : valael

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  !!! we drank beer together at Brickskellers, I'm a programmer...where do I sign up?! : MisterPhoton
  • Hit me up with a PM. : lplasmatron
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  Well, I don't really have either of those (I figure a year of C+ classes doesn't count) but goddamn if I ... : ucanbfuzzy
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    Normal testing stuff as far as I know. Playing the game over and over finding all the bugs. : lplasmatron
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      Sounds like something I could do. PM you? : ucanbfuzzy
      • Yeah, just go ahead and PM me. : lplasmatron
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    notice it's just "programming experience" and not a specific language? they're probably just looking for ... : jrock
    • Right you are sir. : lplasmatron
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      THIS BLUE BUTTON ISNT BLUE ENOUGH WTF : pancake humper
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        "Can we make it corn-flower blue?" : zebosausamite
        • Just make sure you tighten up the graphics on level 3. : lplasmatron
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          "guys, the thingy in level 12 isn't working right. it just gives me an error" : jrock
          • "I was in that place, you know, that place where you go after you do that thing, and something didn't wor... : perstephanie
• I'm very interested, I have programming experience... but I'm in Chicago. *sigh* : Arctic Fox
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  Where is Bethesda located? : SenorSpine
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    probably in bethesda (MD) : qwpeoriu
    • actually rockville, MD : eeeealmo
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      Actually no. For some reason, Rockville. Don't ask me why that is. I never figured it out. : lplasmatron
      • That's "North Bethesda" to you, sir. : shitkatapult
• I'll move to DC... : graceofdragons
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  OMG ME ME ME : eeeealmo
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    also PhD in computer engineering is ok? : eeeealmo
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      Uh I think you'd be a bit overqualified for it actually heh. : lplasmatron
      • i can quit it if you want : eeeealmo
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      How the shit are a u phd at 24? : Utopia
      • well im 2 years into my program so i'm not actually yet. 2 more years hopefully : eeeealmo
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        Ever watch the show Doogie Howser M.D? Well, heres a little known fact, Neil Patrick Harris loves the coc... : skitzo
        • still laughing, but no lol script here. : mafu5150
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      no, fuck that. That's the worse. : burning eye
      • THE WORSE I TELLS YA THE WORSE!!! : burning eye
• Why would anyone with a CS degree want to test games? : Edges
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  I'm sorry, if you have a CS degree you should be no where near this job. Maybe, if you are first or se... : Porkasaurus
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    it's a great way to get your foot in the door if you want to work in the video game industry, which is re... : mikecyb
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      You would have a better chance at job making a mod or a dinky arcade game for your portfolio than getting... : Porkasaurus
      • I've been thinking about switching from programming to testing because I actually find it fun to narrow d... : Jonathan
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      It depends. It CAN be a great way, but for he most part you'll be looked over and ignored as just another... : node
      • I'm going to agree with you. I honestly don't think testing is a great route to get into games, especiall... : lplasmatron
      • yeah but didn't you work for EA? I'm not overly experienced with a huge company like EA, but I know a gu... : mikecyb
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    wait is testing games a full time job? i just wanted to go hang out and play games :( : eeeealmo
    • Despite what you might think, it's not that fun or glamorous. :) : lplasmatron
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      imagine playing the first level of Super Mario World 1 million times and you have to touch every single w... : Str8Dog
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        fuck that blows. cant i just come in over the weekend? ill bring some pot : eeeealmo
        • Bring it to my place. I have video games. : perstephanie
      • I'm pretty sure I've already done that. : Izanaki
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  A CS Degree for testing? You're insane. They'll quit within a week! : Judecca
  • he said it was a plus not manditory... : Str8Dog
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  I can't legally accept second jobs:( : gmd
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    So, you don't accept money for what you do at truck stops? : skitzo
    • no paper work : gmd
    • he does that for the pure enjoyment : sleepyvt
• I want that job where you sit in recliners and ask each other questions like "Where do you think this sho... : Str8Dog
• I'm really good at CounterStrike. Does that count as a CS degree? : Trips
• I like games.Im coming over! : Cashh
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  I don't have any of that other than an intro to object oriented programming class, but I like playing the... : perstephanie
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    True enough, I do in fact know you. Go ahead and fire me off a PM. : lplasmatron
    • We're like BFFs. : perstephanie
• 2 months ago I would have been all over this :( : Unleashed
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  Is this a full time position? : arizona bay
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    Probably. I'm not HR though, so I can't really give specifics on all that. I'm 99% sure almost everyone u... : lplasmatron
    • Damn that sucks, I'd totally rock a PT position since I live like 10 minutes away from Rockville. No CS ... : arizona bay
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  Hey plasma care too confirm that you guys are aiming for a 2009 release date for The Elder Scrolls 5? Or ... : locater16
  • That seems really fast (and therefore unlikely) considering that Fallout 3 isn't due until this Fall. : Arcanum