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  I believe so. This is why it's faster to access things at the beginning of a drive. The center spins "fas... : CapnChaos
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    ... physics much? : GloriousCow
    • Yeah damn, I needed coffee this morning. : CapnChaos
    • awesome reply. If I had an LOL script on my mac you would have gotten one from me. : Lionhart32935
  • there is so much wrong with this statement, I don't quite know where to begin. : bipolar
  • lol : johnsto
  • INF'ing this is just mean..... : zipper76
  • hahaha : grabbie
  • Does that mean that the center of the earth is going backwards in time? : jasoncrowley
  • This must be what they call "Chaos theory".. : Tissen
  • lol. This is what happens when you post without coffee and the mods are in a mean mood. : Matto357
  • and once it spins fast enough, bits fly off the platters into nearby ducts which are connected to the tub... : delataur
  • nice. : deveus1
  • Lolerpops : rosewood
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    This is a question that always gets to me. For a spinning disc it would appear that the outside has to sp... : c0bra
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      what circuit? : asdf
      • tour: a journey or route all the way around a particular place or area : Audhuml4
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        a complete circle : CapnChaos
        • a cycle : snuff
      • city. where service is state of the art. : invisible_kid
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      It's the angular velocity I believe you're confusing. The 'speed' is the same, since both inner and outer... : Audhuml4
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        The other way around. The angular velocity stays constant, but the speed varies proportionally to the ra... : asdf
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          radial velocity will change with the radius... : mavmavv
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            Angular velocity has no radial or tangential component : asdf
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              goddamnit. I always get the stupid vocab confused. Im so screwed for next semester. I am an idiot and ... : mavmavv
              • Now I'm fucking confused and I am pissed at both of you for making me so. : riptyde
          • er what? If you want to be technical I guess, radial speed is speed in the plane of the radius which is ... : Blucklesworth
        • Ah yes, damn the vocab. : Audhuml4
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      which is why the outside moves at a faster rate than the inside. : snowwolf
      • That's what I said! : c0bra
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      w = v / r Rotational speed = linear speed / radius Since everything on the same spinning disc has the... : Blucklesworth
      • ^^ That : quadeh
    • The locus of points along any circle within the object is necessarily different from all others. Thus the... : ieGod
  • wonderful, my first inf. I plan to turn this into a career in physics. : CapnChaos
  • * 2 * PI * R ' D * : wasylm
  • lol, @ interesting : papaskot
  • rofl : jaga
  • I think that's black holes you're talking about... : snuff
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  No. The area closest to the center is the 'landing zone.' Not joking. "landing zone is an area of th... : jasoncrowley
  • thank you guys. : jujubees
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    this page says the data starts on the outer edge. http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/geom/tracks_ZBR.htm : GloriousCow
    • great read, the entire thing. thanks. : jujubees
  • I din't get inf'ed :( thats it, no more 1/2 truths for anyone! ;) : jasoncrowley
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  this sounds like an experiment that will end in dataloss, tears or both : dfz0r
  • be quiet and hand me that 8" drillbit already! : jasoncrowley
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    hopefully neither. im just trying to figure out if it matters where you create the main os partition. : jujubees
    • Technically, it should be the 'first' partition on the drive (using the outer sectors/tracks for faster a... : mn3m0n1c
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    haha i just deleted the wrong partiton. shitcakes. : jujubees
    • Hope you backed your data up! : Arcanum

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  Personal Development Workstation: Laptop w/ accompanying workstation base - 2.5GHz dual core CPU minimum : EvilDolemite
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    Requested: The Moon Received: The Finger : RomSteady
    • I've passed this along to my IT team. Comedy gold! : Dave-A
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    Kill the Starter Mac, MSDN license, and the VS Team suite, and it's not too bad. : stonedonkey
    • Well I'd not have a problem with a MSDN subscription... : Jonathan
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      The VMware software could be done away with, too. Virtualbox is just as good as VMware, in my opinion. : DrWaffles
      • Hell, for development purposes, you get Virtual Server 2005 as a free download from Microsoft. : RomSteady
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    Wow...can I be a flash dev too? : NFXFSX
    • I'm a flash dev and all I request is people to let me use my own mouse and keyboard :( : zehh
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      Oh fuck him, he's not getting half of that. We have quad core Macs. The fucking eight cores JUST came o... : EvilDolemite
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        For testing purposes, he should have a little shit Windows 98 box. : RomSteady
        • who doesn't need 8 cores to test a flash animation? : painangel
      • There was an 8-core mac available before, now all the models are 8-core, but I know what you mean, crazy ... : ErneX
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    Did you specifically ask him to requested that many different machines? : zehh
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      This was unsolicited. He drafted this up today after being hired. : EvilDolemite
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        Lol, requesting that on day 1. fucking lol. : mavmavv
        • yeah sounds like one of those self important flash devs : VegasX
      • rofl.. what project is he working on? or at least what type of project? just so I can lol more : jaga
      • This is what makes this super funny. : Goncyn
      • lol wow thats pretty bold : aurealis
      • Holy shit. hahaha please, PLEASE make sure someone bitch-slaps him. : dmason
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        Unless his name is Yugo Nakamura ( http://www.yugop.com ) tell him to lower those prima-donna expectation... : ErneX
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          Nice link! : Damodred
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            thanks, check these out too: http://www.papervision3d.org/ http://mrdoob.com/ : ErneX
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              Dayum. Mr Doob needs to get together with some gaming idea men and coders. : Damodred
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                He's linked with the demoscene. The guy's in good hands. :D : zehh
                • yeah that too, his friend organize the Barcelona Party and I think he did it years ago too. : ErneX
              • He's working at Hi-Res in UK ( http://hi-res.net/ ) dunno if he's really inclined towards videogames, but... : ErneX
      • Fuck him, I used to get this shit all the time. It's nothing but alpha dog, new hire bullshit. Print out ... : theargent
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    what in the world does he need all of that for? : jaga
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      rendering flash. : pyide
      • Flash, serious business. : zehh
      • I do fucking 3dsmax renders and I dont even have that much horsepower. : mavmavv
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        no but srsly, what kind of flash dev requires all of that? : jaga
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          None. It doesn't make sense. Because Flash is something that runs on client machines, and you're working ... : zehh
          • I suppose if he wants to run a lot of photoshop filters while doing a maya render then maybe he'd need it... : jaga
        • Possibly a shitty one. Reminds me of my friend from college who used to do "web design and hosting" - had... : jake2000
  • Holy shit, what would be the total cost of all that shit. Do like we do when we get fucking loony reque... : mrwolf710
  • seems reasonable to me : snicker-snack 2
  • lol what did you reply with? : Unleashed
  • For flash dev? lol. : painangel
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    Seems reasonable to me, or does your management like to penny pinch shit like that? : gameagog
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      ^^ flash developer : mikecyb
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        heh, c/c++ developer actually, I despise flash/flex pretty vehemently. but at my office, we don't fuck... : gameagog
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          I got a 24" dell awesome widescreen when I started here and it's pretty great and all I do is write PHP :... : mikecyb
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            Yeah same here, dual 24" dell's I remember my first developer job, I had to bring my own monitor and c... : gameagog
            • aw I only have one :( : mikecyb
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    3ghz 8 core as a freakin' starter mac?! : losimagic
    • He wants the reflection on the dock to be lag free. : RomSteady
  • Bwahahahaa. Funniest post evar. Seriously. WTF. : spigot
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    For software, aside from the duplicate Adobe software packages + FCP, I don't know doesn't sound too craz... : lowpoly
    • in my experience, getting dev stations for testing is hard because you're looking for something so much o... : jaga
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    I think we just ordered some 64 bit machines with 16 gb ram, 1 tb storage and quad processors, should be ... : gmd
    • oh and the quadro with 1.5 gb : gmd
  • what sort of flash dev is he going to be doing? p.s. check this kickass flash site out - http://www.pi... : industro
  • Maybe he is just trying to haggle and requested way more than he needed. : Totenjaeger
  • Get him an Old g3 Blue iMac.. say this is all we could afford. lol : adev
  • hiring people from the entitlement generation is always hilarious : [fry]
  • I do this shit all the time, ask for twice as much as I need knowing I'll only get half. : darcspeed
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    His laptop requirements are absurd, particularly the stupidly powerful video card, the 2.5GHz chip (which... : Arcanum
    • Yeah, it's a gaming laptop. He's just trying to sneak that in. You don't need 512 video ram for anythin... : mrwolf710
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    lol : haiku
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      Although my setup is totally insane so I should stfu : haiku
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        Aren't you a contractor, though, and so pay for a lot of your own equipment? : Arcanum
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          It was all bought for me, I don't do contract work anymore unless I am doing a favor or have a particular... : haiku
          • So who is your employer now? Link? and role in company? : Skoal^Fyfan
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        Yeah but you bought it yourself. Plus I'm sure you didn't start out with that amount of crazy shit. Thi... : EvilDolemite
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          He isn't even a senior developer? Man what a smug fuck you hired!! : haiku
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            I'm a console game dev and I have a P4 with X1650. : SeaLlama
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              You are getting fucked :( : yakz
              • They pay me in punches to the groin. okay I just made that part up. : SeaLlama
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        What would be the point of the MSDN license and Visual Studio? If he' s a flash Dev.. shouldn't he be jus... : adev
        • From the list, it looks like he's a web developer, not a designer. He probably expects to be doing some ... : adpalumbo
      • pics or it doesn't exist : lacker
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        have you ever drafted a list? I think people would be interested lol so sad : pancake humper
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          It's a top of the line mac pro with 9 gigs of ram and like over 2TB of disk space with 30" cinema display... : haiku
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            Why do you have adobe suite for both Windows and OSX? : lacker
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              When it came out I was still mostly using Windows. When I switched to OSX full time I then needed a licen... : haiku
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                so you don't use it anymore, right? : lacker
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                  Not much. But it is company property if you're trying to hint at getting it from me. : haiku
                  • No need. I use an OSX license here. It is so sad but all I use it for is to import some pdf files that I ... : lacker
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            I have no idea what you do but that doesn't seem too unreasonable with some of the crap I have seen compa... : gmd
            • Interactive Design, so my setup isn't out of reason, but someone made a point earlier in the thread that ... : haiku
          • sadly, your mac pro is no longer top of the line as of this morning : ttyRazor
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    Most of that would seem reasonable if he wasn't just a flash dev. Is that what makes this funny? : Ojalo1982
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      8core mac as a "starter" to have on hand? 1 TB external drive? : judge
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        *Most* Some of the specs and the 1 TB drive especially are over the top. Depends on what he'd be doing... : Ojalo1982
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          What he'd be doing? Flash. Fucking flash. : dmason
          • Yeah that's why I said if he wasn't just a flash dev. If all he's doing is flash programming then that's ... : Ojalo1982
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          Considering he apparently doesn't think of the 8 core as his primary development machine, it's excessive.... : Arcanum
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            I like to believe I'm a top flash dev. On my next work, if inquired, all I'd ask was for a good PC with X... : zehh
            • seriously, with a laptop as powerful as he requested, he should be able to virtualize any server he needs... : cpt_gloval
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      We priced it out and stopped at $34,000 - there were still several items to tally. : EvilDolemite
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        keep going : gmd
        • Totally. Then write back and copy his boss "Sir, the equipment you requested costs approximately $48,000... : yonderboy
      • Ahahaha awesome. : nomaad
      • haha amazing. tell him you will buy it for him but you'll dock the cost from his salary : mikecyb
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        How are you going to reply? WIth a serious "this would cost xxx so no" ? or just "no" ? : jaga
        • just "no u" in the body of the email : spectr3
      • Flash is serious business. : Robotic Puppy Eater
      • $34k? WTF? That seems way high for this, although to some degree I'm ignoring the Mac at the end. : Zero|DPX
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    The laptop and software are totally legit. The dedicated server and a top-end mac "for testing" are a li... : adpalumbo
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      What kind of Flash developer needs a 512MB high-end graphics card for their work? : Arcanum
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        One who plays a lot of games. : zakazi
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          he's probably a shacker. : zehh
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            In Evening Reading we'll see "hay guyz just started my new job today. I'm going to milk these suckers for... : A Sponge
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              And everybody will be complementing him on the hardware he has asked, maybe suggesting one addition or tw... : zehh
              • "See if you can get a dedicated connection too so you can host a Shack server!" : A Sponge
      • Mobile Warcraft....serious business : Skoal^Fyfan
    • not for the type of work he's likely to be doing and not on day fucking one it isn't! : scottythejock
  • So what is the response to this from you guys? go suck a fuck? Or did you raise it with his boss? : scottythejock
  • Tell him everything beyond a basic machine comes out of his salary. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • wow. that's um, quite the request. : crust
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    I'd love to know why he needs a 750GB - 1TB drive lols. ASK HIM MAKE HIM EXPLAIN WHA WHA. : pieman
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      Seriously right? What business could afford to toss .1% of this guy's salary at a hard drive! I mean, c... : adpalumbo
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        You didn't answer my question but better luck next time. Thanks for the feedback though. : pieman
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          "And honestly -- you can fill up a drive like that with virtual machines and versioned-graphics fairly fa... : pyros
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            No you cant, stop the bullshit, VM take up a few hundred megs. Graphics are shared on other machines. ... : pieman
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              No, your reply is useless. I have 5 or 6 nearly barebones VMs on my machine and they're all 5 to 10gb. ... : slickdoody
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                I'd debate your HDD space for VMs. I have 3 VMs a KDE Linux(for konquer), Win98 (for IE5,5), WinXP(for IE... : pieman
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                  If you say so. : slickdoody
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                    I do, well argued ffs. : pieman
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                      Ok, fine. I have 2 images of Win2k3 at 8gb a piece. 3g of that is used and I gave it some extra space so... : slickdoody
                      • What this got to do with flash devs? : pieman
            • "VM's take up a few hundred megs" -- I don't know how to respond to that. : adpalumbo
            • a few hundred mb's for a VM? My current one is 20gb and I've at one time had about 3 other 10gb ones on t... : sigpro
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              stick to pies buddy ... "VM take up a few hundred megs." rofltastic lollerskates? : virus
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                VM's of win95 shouldn't be more than a few hun, right? lol : slickdoody
                • yeah i don't really know what this guy is smoking but its certainly clouding his judgement. : virus
  • What an asshole. If that was my company, that would be grounds for getting fired. Now if he gets anything... : Pittst3r
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    hmm, maybe this is the "G" in my talking, but thats not all that unheard of for software developers aroun... : virus
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      I'd expect all Google supplied machines to have nothing less than 5.25" vaginas and workstations with 36... : ttyRazor
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        5.25" Vaginas? Isn't that a little loose? : virus
        • It's actually a large floppy. : Lunatic Angelic
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      aren't you in tech support? : slickdoody
      • yeah ... but i work on a lot of different stuff, like python scripting, mac/pc/linux imaging, etc. : virus
  • Seems reasonable to me except that Team Suite is stupid and his MSDN subscription ought to take care of v... : Zero|DPX
  • This is why we don't give our developers access to MSDN, even though we have a named subscription for the... : jwnin
  • I mean, if you had to buy this all upfront, then this would be so much... but a lot of places, shit like ... : stelth
  • Neeeeeedy : timaste
  • HAHAHAHAHA! I started at a new place at the beginning of the year as their webmaster. I'm maintaining... : BlackCat9
• A sandwich? : zehh
• lols : opengl128
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  Tell him if he can hack into the CIA servers while getting a blowjob in 30 seconds he can get it, otherwi... : baronzemo78
  • He'd think it would be worth it for the blowjob. : RomSteady
  • nice Swordfish reference : Utopia
• "request" a new Flash developer. : bostrov
• give him core solo laptop : xelencin
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  he's a dev. he doesn't know wtf as far as hardware spec. most devs couldn't care less about hardware. tha... : cpt_gloval
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    I wouldnt say thats always true, where I work Im the main programmer AND I do IT support, and I'm sure th... : RobFlinn
    • well i did say most devs. i do dev and it work too... : cpt_gloval
  • Go easy on that stuff. I'm a dev, and I know whole shit tons more about desktop hardware than the desktop... : weaselmeister
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  You better post how this ends! : Damodred
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    in a hefty bag on the floor of the bay harbor : Dave-A
    • Just make sure it's not where divers go to play. : podman405
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  are you in Chicago? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15959620 - I smell a coincedence : Caboose
  • This particular job is in San Francisco. We also have an office in NYC. : EvilDolemite
• I did Flash / C# development for a year at my old job and I just had some run-of-the-mill Dell with two m... : podman405
• Actually with just a Mac Pro he could do all that stuff, he can develop where he wants to (windows or OS ... : ErneX
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  his flash work better suck and fuck if he thinks hes getting all that : mrvandelay
  • I bet it sucks all right lolololololololol : pyros

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  So since Degen already clued me in that I was a flat (instead of ribbed) cast iron pan. What's the word ... : cltcprd
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    I dont see how it would make much difference in this case either way. I think making sausage gravy in a s... : Degenerate
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      Yeah, it won't make much of a difference in this case. Lodge makes great Cast Iron pans though. I love mi... : deveus1
      • They're great. I bought one for like $7 8 years ago and it's still my favorite pan. one down side to ... : Amadan
  • yeah i have a ridged cast iron pan too :(. it works okay but if i did the matto butter method it will no... : FrayLo
  • why is flat better? : swoopx
• Wow, nice one. +1 for carnivores! : carrioN luggagE
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  Page 5 needs an "OH GOD THE BUTTER!" watermark or something. : burningtrees
  • hahaha page 5 makes me giddy : Degenerate
• I tend not to cook with that much butter (hell I don't even use butter in most of my cooking). But I'm g... : bitter ego
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  I need a Powerpoint with audio narration from Dante : tomservo
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    Dante is demanding too much money. Will maddog work for you? : Degenerate
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      He's overbooked with his Edgar Allen Poe readings : tomservo
      • I guess we're stuck with Ajax :( : Degenerate
    • BALLS OF STEELSTEAK : tashtego
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  I know he's a professional cook or something, but.. bleh that looks nasty, and is also on the rare sid... : jaga
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    no way. it looks awesome! I'm trying this method out tonight. : Degenerate
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      FYI, that end shot is so rare its just about black and blue - if you want to do this Id suggest a thinner... : jaga
      • Oh good let's start the rare meat argument again! : tashtego
      • you are so wrong it hurts me to read your posts. : hamachi
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        wow... : wtf242
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          I was starting to feel like maybe my opinion is in the vast minority and I was stupid for posting it.. ... : jaga
          • wrong is the new right. : jimmy_legs
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            i'm sorry to be rude and i'll totally take the ban for it but WTF ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT wtf242 may be ... : dahanese
            • that was a bit rude, but I don't think you need a ban for it.. its just the internet I don't think it... : jaga
            • and the wtf242 reply was meant as a joke, I wasn't trying to be a prick : jaga
          • nope you're wrong and wtf242 is right. : mikecyb
          • no, you're still definitely stupid for posting it. : warpdude
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    It called seared, and it looks cooked to perfection to me. He did say letting it sit for another 3 minut... : topkatz
    • I know what it is.. honestly most people who try it won't have the right tools to pull it off, namely gas... : jaga
  • L. O. L. : action roommate
  • What? : Rauol Duke
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    ahahahahahaha i thought it looked too well done! also ahahahahahahahah : dahanese
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      You like your meat raw? : Matt Burris
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        haven't you seen my hamburger pictures? i'll dig them up if i can. : dahanese
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          forgive the blur -- i'm buying a new camera at some point. http://dahanese.com/img/gallery/burger/clos... : dahanese
          • Mmmmm. Well done. : jimmy_legs
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            OMG you like 'cannibal burgers' :o : grayscale
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              nam nam nam. to be fair, i cooked it with the lid to the grill closed rather than searing it, so it go... : dahanese
              • you have to be careful with ground beef. : windowpane
  • There's a big difference in the doneness level of steak when comparing USDA specs (temp based) and visual... : jimmy_legs
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  damn that looks delicious : Nihilist
  • I'll let you know how it goes in six hours! :D : Degenerate
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  I'm sort of tempted to try this some time because, to me, it looks so insane that I would normally dismis... : maddy
  • Yeah, but as has been pointed out several times you don't actually end up eating that much of the butter.... : tashtego
• oh cool a pdf thats great : JINKY
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  That recipe is very similar to my favorite steak preparation method: http://labellecuisine.com/archive... : jasonepowell
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    Nice recipe! I did something similar yesterday but infused the butter with fresh sauge (sage?), romari... : MrLobo
    • ... and romarin = rosemary. I never was any good at translating english ingredients : MrLobo
  • this looks promising as well! : Degenerate
• i'd hit that. i'd hit that hard. : Deathlove
• Hmm. I'm a massive snob about my cast-iron seared steak, but I've never tried adding butter or seasoning... : Amadan
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  so can you do this with a hot spiral stovetop element instead of gas : boring gegtik
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    I asked the same thing and he seems to think it should be fine. I think it may just take a few extra minu... : Degenerate
    • You can help it out by heating your oven to max temp, then putting the pan in there for a while before yo... : tashtego
• That looks fucking delicious. But damn that's a lot of butter. : spectr3
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  OMG that last picture is the money shot. HOT. Greatest. PDF. EVAR!! : Phil
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    ps. Trivia: This is the only .pdf that has a) given me a chubby, b) made me a little chubby & c) cause : Phil
    • The answer to these is usually "All of the above" : skankcore
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  This is pretty much the exact method shown in this video by Gordon Ramsay: http://www.youtube.com/watc... : malevolence
  • ahh thats helpful too. Its nice to see it live : Degenerate
• Make sure you have a fire extinguisher handy... I case you set that butter on fire. : g.lee
• I'm not one to normally use a steak sauce for my steaks, but one day I tried a steak sauce that brought t... : Matt Burris
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  I notice you didn't provide nutritional facts for this meal... : snuff
  • 1600% USDA daily allowance in fat. : Matt Burris
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  That PDF makes me so hungry. : helvetica
  • Me too. This also makes me hungry: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/64/Beef_cuts.svg : jimmy_legs
• Isn't this how they make it Ruth's Chris? : D45hiz
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  I'm no health nut in any way but there is no way I could bring myself to cook something in that much butt... : NastyJack
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    that's my butter supply for weeks of cooking : lacker
    • I know, I don't use that much in a month let alone for one freaking steak. : NastyJack
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    But how much of that butter actually ends up inside you? : rock elf
    • depends on how much you lube yourself up with : zerog83
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    You barely eat any of that when it's done. Most of it cooks off or stays in the pan. : EvilDolemite
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      Would the recipe still work with say half or even less of the amount of butter? All you're doing is basti... : NastyJack
      • if you watch the video of Ramsay doing the same thing, he uses much less butter. ~4 tbsp would probably b... : re4ctor
    • Exactly. Though I think that you MIGHT be able to get away with using less if the price is an issue for ... : jimmy_legs
• A tiny bit too red for my tastes (but obviously, you can always adjust that), and the butter's a bit much... : aaarrrgh
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  i am making steak tonight : cpt_gloval
  • wee! stopped at the butcher on the way home and grabbed some rib steaks. the lady behind the counter went... : cpt_gloval
• that looks goddamn delicious : windowpane
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  awww yeah, all necessary components are in hand. but before cooking, beer and Super Mario Galaxy! : Degenerate
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    Hey man! Once the wife and I get over the plague we caught on the flight home, we want to have you guys o... : ChibiJosh
    • sounds good to me! : Degenerate
• Couple questions. Exactly how much butter is that? 1 stick, 2... 3? What do you do with the butter afterw... : Str8Dog
• OMG MOUTH WATERING. NEED STEAK NOW. p.s. lololo @ metric fuckton of butter : infiltrator`
• Rarrrr!!! That looks great. Thanks to you and matto! : Colleton
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  The butter picture initially made me think this was a parody. : ahlee
  • Yeah, me too. : dmason

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• That layout made my own eyes bleed. Goddamnit. : [7]kami
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  http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15958144#itemanchor_15958144 :D : xxiv
  • Navigation and other stuff will fall into place the coming two weeks, don't worry about that stuff. Join ... : [7]kami
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  I am so going to blow your underequipped BS up in high-sec and then post the screenshot. 505m isk shall b... : Ceeva
  • WTS means you pay me 500m, for which i won't even fight back : [7]kami
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  You forgot to put the "b" in "jury" : jbury
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    Has your ass ceased exploding now? : Ceeva
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      not yet - still throwing up and liquid pooping, plus the rash on my back bleeds so I'm pretty ill :( : jbury
      • good Lord get to a hospital man : MisterPhoton
      • Yeah, you need to put some tussin on that or something. FYI, Liquid anal expellant for more than 3 d... : jasoncrowley
      • Go to the doctor please. : [7]kami
      • Norovirus? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7169347.stm Myself and everyone living in my house got it... : nodebug
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  http://img504.imageshack.us/img504/8003/kamisdominixoq0.jpg : Bamii
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    hahaha, nice start. : [7]kami
    • Giev eternal Shackfame and throw those isks into space. Thank you. : Bamii
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  One of my fav screenshots of yore: http://img49.imageshack.us/my.php?image=probinghs0.jpg : jaga
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    wth is that : [7]kami
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      a Helios and some type of probe : jaga
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        Needs more witty. : [7]kami
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          was kinda just going for cool.. okay let me find a funny one : jaga
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            This was long ago at the beginning of the current giant war.. there were about 12 of us, we went out to h... : jaga
            • Haha. NBSI! : Moonbase Commander
• When I rode that missile into yonder rat: http://i6.tinypic.com/869esdf.jpg : jasoncrowley
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  Reserved for later screenshot goodness : D : zerog83
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    SCREENSHOTS INSIDE Took these on a Level 4 mission last night http://zerog83.shackspace.com/eve/bef... : zerog83
    • Your ship is so sexy. :) : [7]kami
• Flying around salvaging an empty battlefield with Ave Maria playing in the background was pretty sweet, b... : nurglich
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  My thorax looks like a giant penis. : dilutedq
  • you'll find that with a lot of ships in Eve. Check out the Armageddon; look at it top-down for best viewi... : zerog83
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  I totally don't remember saying that, by the way... Although that's what I would say Stop putting word... : zerog83
  • Whatever Britney, you said whatever i quoted you said. Or something. : [7]kami
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  How long are we running this contest? I have an idea for a screenie but I won't be able to get it until I... : AhmNee
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    Lets keep it going for this week. I wanted to past my Iteron on a dude's cock but i can't find my Photosh... : [7]kami
    • No one needs to see your Iteron some dudes cock, man. : AhmNee
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  This thread needs some Recon love. http://hizzow.net/images/eve/recon.jpg : Hizzow
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    yes it does, 12days left on Cruiser V and i get a falcon. w00t! : m0rfus
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      I'm 1 day+ from Heavy Interdictors and the Interdictions sphere launcher : Hizzow
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        Can you fly Amarr ships? I have Devoters for sale if you want to purchase! : zerog83
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          you can sell old ships? cool. : xxiv
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            old ships? huh? : zerog83
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              i dunno you made it sound to me like you could sell ships you no longer have any interest in or something... : xxiv
              • yes, you can sell ... anything I invent and produce Tech 2 ships. : zerog83
      • yea, those things are SICK, those are longer term goals. : m0rfus
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    Yes it does: http://img70.imageshack.us/my.php?image=20080108205220wm4.png http://img70.imageshack.... : Reptile
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      *sigh* Pilgrim used to be my favorite ship. Goddamn NOS nerf. : zerog83
      • yeah, I primarily use the rapier and falcon together for pvp/scouting : Reptile
• You really must love EVE Online. : pigvomit
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  I was talking to this npc in game and found out kami is already well known around there... [url=http://i... : henzel
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    right. i suck at posting. here's another try http://img215.imageshack.us/my.php?image=amatsukamilu2.jpg : henzel
    • Your agent will die a horrible death. : [7]kami
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  Only Ron Paul supporters play EVE online, since it is a free market simulator. : phate81
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    No it isn't, 95% of all things are government priced : jaga
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      wut?? : zerog83
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        how was that confusing? most items are npc priced : jaga
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          ummm... the last time you played was when? : zerog83
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            I'd say maybe 5% of the items are NPC priced, not counting blueprints. : zerog83
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              you have t1 items, named/dropped t1 variants, and t2 items all t1 items are npc priced/produced.. ... : jaga
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                Nope, absolutely NO players buy or sell these same things on the market... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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                  *sigh* this is a stupid non-argument.. calling it a free-market simulator is absurd, Im not really goi... : jaga
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                    it is a free market simulation game - it's made to appear and act like a free market, but there are ccp-c... : cpt_gloval
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                      fine, fine I concede the point I always thought the old method of t2 bpos broke the entire system thou... : jaga
                      • oh it sure did, I agree with you on that. the thing that sucks now though, is that Invention is very expe... : zerog83
              • all T1 items are not NPC priced/produced. They're almost completely player produced. The only things that... : zerog83
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  more like eveyrone who plays wow spends their time on the wow forums and eve players have to flood sites ... : AllYourBase
  • ^^^^ : pigvomit
  • Bah! I don't care what awards it gets. Awards don't get me ISK. : AhmNee
  • * : devi| dog
  • WoW players don't have souls. : zerog83
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  i think i'm going to start over and recreate my avatar and follow the goon wiki for a build. i guess sinc... : xxiv
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    There's no reason to start over. You can still follow a new build, but why waste the skills you've alrea... : Phearsome
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      i think i started 1 skill in missiles, but since i can't remember what i put my points into i feel like i... : xxiv
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        As long as you don't mind losing whatever training time you've put in...I'm just saying if you want max e... : Phearsome
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          i'll ask in the shack channel when i log in, if i can i won't reset. if not then i figure screw it i'll p... : xxiv
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            honestly this is exactly what i did once i figured out what was going on in the game a little bit. made a... : mindfk
            • Avatar change is 20 Euros. : Ceeva
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              do you still play? : xxiv
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                yep i'm Mirv Mfk ingame. : mindfk
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                  oh i think i saw you yesterday night. if i would have known it was you i would have said sup fgt or somet... : xxiv
                  • sup fgt. : mindfk
          • With 4 hours in, reset. You'll have a much better start with a good build. : [7]kami
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  WoW is far more entertaining than EVE in my opinion. Give me a Star Trek MMO and then we'll talk. : wykd
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    the two aren't even comparable... WoW is mind-numbingly boring and simplistic IMO. : zerog83
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      mind-numbingly boring would include both of these games. : devi| dog
      • if you got past the tutorial i think you might have fun in eve. : xxiv
  • lol what? This post can't even be serious. : dilutedq
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    WoW is fantastic. Played it for two years and i'm pretty much Blizzard's bitch anyway. EVE, for me, offer... : [7]kami
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      I was a long-time WoW player and like the raid and instance game very much still, but the time constraint... : nurglich
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        I quit WoW when the game became nothing but Repgrinds. There was no story anymore, just a loosely strung ... : AhmNee
        • Ye i was pretty pissed off about that stuff. Two toons of shit (tons of elementium) and bucketloads of re... : [7]kami
        • Your first mistake was grinding rep when it wasn't fun. If that grinding and running instances wasn't en... : nurglich
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  Space Tick http://pics.notforjeff.com/gallery.php?entry=Images/EVE/2007.12.17.04.35.34.jpg : trOmblyj
  • thats a fat sexy raven that parasite is looking to latch onto. : m0rfus
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    That's not the Tick. It's not even blue! : AhmNee
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      He's shooting a blue beam at me! : trOmblyj
      • It should have a speech bubble saying "SPOOOON!!!" : AhmNee
• Hilarious EVE forums post http://myeve.eve-online.com/ingameboard.asp?a=topic&threadID=639383 : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Just me saying "hello" on the test server This was a few months ago, so it is using the "classic" graphi... : Reptile
  • Fucking sexy stuff. I want drones like that. THE SWARM : [7]kami
  • Christ dude, I'm glad I'm on your side : MisterPhoton
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    just a lame screenshot of me taking care of a 3 BS spawn... http://picasaweb.google.com/bfellows/EveScree... : cpt_gloval
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      is that a drake I see? yay you're in the drake club! : MisterPhoton
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        That's a minmatar hurricane, you're blind : Reptile
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          at that angle they look kinda the same I don't think I've ever seen a hurricane before : MisterPhoton
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            ...login more :) : Reptile
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              I wish I could! right now my new computer has a GeForce 7100 GS in it, and it can't handle EVE :-( : MisterPhoton
              • classic content 4tw : zerog83
              • wtf is wrong with you? i play with a GeForce 6600 and the game runs fine with the high end content turned... : m0rfus
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                pff! i have eve installed at work and the 7100 GS in here will run it reasonably well at 1680x1050 on cla... : cpt_gloval
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                  maybe I'm just picky because I was used to my 6800 in my old computer eating up EVE classic really well..... : MisterPhoton
                  • wow...that is really odd. i wonder if it is a Vista thing? i run XP with said card and classic is smooth ... : m0rfus
          • looks more like an imperial star destroyer from where i sit ;p : cpt_gloval
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        neg, that's Gloria, my Hurricane. : cpt_gloval
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          want to scrimmage some time? stop when we hit 25% armor remaining? : MisterPhoton
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            why not, i'm on most nights as goldband : cpt_gloval
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              so, after doing some research on optimal cane builds, etc., I've decided that the way I'd beat you is to ... : MisterPhoton
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                yeah, i am dead if my opponent has ranged shit and can keep the distance. high: 6x 425mm Prototype AC,... : cpt_gloval
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                  hmm, to combat you I'd need to adjust my setup so I could be running an AB, otherwise you'd catch me fair... : MisterPhoton
                  • how fast does your drake fly on AB? : cpt_gloval
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    This HUD reads like a rosewood poker post. I could never figure that out. : Phil
    • You get used to it really quick. : Reptile
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      Right Side, Top 2 Boxes - Selected Item and Overview Basically everything that is on the current 'gri... : zerog83
      • I need to utilize shacktags better. : zerog83
      • My setup is very similar. I've moved my 'Currently Selected' so it sits just over the Shield/Armor HU... : AhmNee
• How much does honorable mention tank? : DerHuhnTeufel
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  What the fuck. My thorax. I have 3 Dual 150MM Scout 1's, 2 Heavy Ion Blasters, and I'm just not doing e... : dilutedq
  • You lack a sustainable tank. Armor tanks use Armor reppers, hardeners and damage controls. Tanking is... : [7]kami
  • Also, don't mix your ranges. It seems like a good idea on paper, but having long and short range guns jus... : AhmNee

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  Default settings, no handicaps, any unlockable character is playable. This is the only way to play MvC! : Patch-e
  • haha I didn't understand the question and talked about the real MvC game, awesome : Patch-e
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  Obama vs Hitler, They can only use their charisma vs a crowd of impoverished commoners. Winner of the cro... : jasoncrowley
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    I was going to suggest FDR in an exosuit versus Hitler in his mechanized armor from Wolfenstein 3D. : Omaha
    • The humor is in the yesterday: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15957793#itemanchor_15957793 : jasoncrowley
• after this, how about some cap/snk2? the real man's game! : reverend~heresy
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  Smurfs vs. Gummy Bears, forest deathmatch. or Steve vs. Maarten, sexyness contest or wtf24... : geedeck
  • Ah now I understand - just make a match up between pretty much anything... : Jonathan
  • these are pretty tight. : Agrona
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  Duke Nukem vs. a PigCop. Duke has a big gun, and the PigCop dies. : dognose
  • I'd play that : razorblade79
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  Megaman vs Samus Aran, both fully equipped. : razorblade79
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    Or for a little experiment, a Red Shirt (tm) vs a Stormtrooper with a default Stormtrooper rifle and defa... : razorblade79
    • they'd circle around eachother missing constantly for 10 hours of gameplay until each accidently shoots t... : pharoah mike
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      The Red Shirt would die right away because Stormtroopers only suck when a main character is in the scene. : Evil Benius
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        Prove it! : razorblade79
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          While it does not really provide proof, I just love this article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stormt... : Evil Benius
          • Haha there is nothing you can't find on wikipedia... Although I think the bad guys from Commando are miss... : razorblade79
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        So the terms would have to include one of the mail characters standing off to the side. I would like to s... : perstephanie
        • Mail? Main. : perstephanie
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  Xena vs. Buffy. Naked : woddemandred
  • With oil : razorblade79
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    Mal vs Wash from Firefly. Naked Sorry, I'm not helping, am I? Boxers then.]/ : perstephanie
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      Cock-slapping contest? I approve : woddemandred
      • I am a leaf on the wind... :( : jasoncrowley
  • Xenu vs Tom Cruise : SockMonkeh
  • HOT - also, Buffy'd win. : thetangent
• Ultimate Side Scrolling Beat 'em Up Action: TMNT Arcade vs X-Men Aracde vs Battletoads/Double Dragon v... : pharoah mike
• multisync vs Korban : SockMonkeh
• Konami vs Blizzard This should give you a pretty good roster since Suikoden alone has 108 characters. ... : lacker
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  dahnese vs helvetica vs felicia, we all win : RobFlinn
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    I'd lose - one slap and I'd explode into a cloud of dust like a mummy. : helvetica
    • You can use piggies as a projectile attack and you have CS skills. : lacker
• transformers vs gobots; deathmatch we all know who would win this... : flagg209
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  Mods vs Perma Banned : kanix
  • The Perma-Banned would greatly outnumber the Mods, but I think the BANHAMMER would even things out a bit!... : thetangent
• Dick Cheney v. Harry Whittington : zerog83
• Mother Teresa Vs Ghandi in a cage match where the cage is made of lepers and food. : Fyunch Click
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  Ajax vs Genjuro (that'd be a horribly unbalanced game wouldn't it) : -efx-
  • It would definitely be a challenge. : Totenjaeger
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  Michael Keaton, Val Kilmer, George Clooney and Christan Bale in a Royal Rumble! Adam West and Kevin Conr... : Jonathan
  • keaton, kilmer and clooney would team up and overwhelm bale, then keaton and kilmer would off clooney eas... : flagg209
• Steve vs Maarten. Interpretive dance, winner gets Remo. : Crimsonbeak
• GI Joe vs. Terrorism + Drugs. Cobra refs. : lyme
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  Hos Vs. Tricks : arizona bay
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    bitches ain't shit : lacker
    • I will ref. : arizona bay
• BIll Gates Vs Steve Jobs with 2x Copies of UT 3 and a computer of choice, Best of three rounds and the lo... : Vincenoir
• Final Fight VS. Streets of Rage : guido anchovy
• DC vs. Marvel. : lightsam
• Shack vs Valve w/ lots of lag : MoreVespeneGas
• Chris (Faylor) vs Nick (Breckon). Chris can use any weapon he's read about from all those video game bas... : slambast
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  Easy. Jack Bauer vs. John McClain. Finally, the question of who is the most bad-ass person of all time,... : bipolar
  • no way dude, its gotta be 1 24 hour round. Jack has stamina!~ : .frame
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  comedy option Stalewood vs. jopapa : bipolar
  • why thank you : stalewood
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  Master Chief vs. Marcus Phoenix in a COD4 map with TF2 weapons Game on. : woodchuck70
  • I'd play this. : dirge23
• Sony vs. Microsoft ---- Microsoft uses HD-DVD projectiles and red-ringed 360's while Sony uses Blu-Ra... : grayscale
• Geedeck vs. Remo format: Shackpostathon of Words or All Out Verbal Assaulting on a ShackCast. : ImageOmega
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  Thundercats vs MASK : invisible_kid
  • oh damn... on one hand you had the pure awesomeness that was panthro and the thunder tank - on the oth... : flagg209
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  Santa Clause vs. the Easter Bunny; Jesus vs. Cthulhu; Sesame Street Muppets vs. the Teletubbies; : retardhumper
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    The Muppets would destroy the Teletubbies! Ever wonder where Oscar the Grouch goes when he goes into his... : Arcanum
    • hahahaha : thetangent
• The Warriors of Light (ie all the jobs from the classic Final Fantasy era: Freelancer, Fighter, Monk, Sam... : theo20185
• TF2 vs. Counterstrike. This would be... ugly. : dirge23
• 360 fanboys vs PS3 fanboys. : moogle
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  Pancakes vs Waffles. While waffles have built-in containers for holding syrup, pancakes are more versa... : helvetica
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    Yes but let's compare their houses. Waffle House > House of Pancakes. : qwpeoriu
    • I've never been to either, but Bob Evans makes some bitchin' blueberry pancakes. Their biscuits are prett... : helvetica
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    So my mother-in-law sent me for Christmas these metal shapes that are sort of like giant cookie cutters t... : Agrona
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      Those are the cookie cutters with the long handles, right? I've seen some heart shapes, but nothing as ne... : helvetica
      • Yeah. They're about 1/4" tall and have threaded holes that you can screw these 8" or so handle things in... : Agrona
      • oh man, there are some really cool ones: http://images.google.com/images?q=pancake+molds I have to ... : Agrona
  • I can't say I'm much of a fighter, though. : DrWaffles
• Cock's Vs Pussies, with Asses coming in to shit on the winner. : baronzemo78
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  Doug E. Fresh vs. Rahzel : Ajax
  • I'd have to with Rahzel in that matchup. : bcyde
• West Coast vs East Coast. Word. : pigvomit
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  Nuts vs Butts :[ : My Documents
  • booyah! : lacker
• I submit this, because it's necessary in any epic versus battle. Pirates vs. Ninjas -- The ultimate i... : royalally
• 1980s kung-fu kicks vs muscles tag-team: Van Damme & Chuck Norris vs Arnold & Jesse Ventura : jrock
• Darkman vs Oscar Schindler : strider_
• strider vs the world because that's all i ever played on it anyway : Mr.SEX
• Star Wars Kids v Numma Numma Boy : sesmaster
• greased up deaf guy vs a retarded midget : mindshot
• Rudi Giuliani vs. the 2008 Election. A world where 9/11 Never Happened. : mittense
• nintendo vs. sega : blindi0815
• A soft-shelled taco vs. a Grilled Cheese sandwich. : Super Sparker
• Green Orb of Evil vs. Zardoz : Damodred
• Killer Instinct crew versus the Republican presidential candidates : Downforce
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  X-Com vs Brotherhood of Steel vs A.I.M - : Ravenkettle
  • Ohhhhhh, shit. : Rice-Rocketeer
• NPH vs. White Castle : bitter ego
• FedEx vs. UPS, the battle of "When will my order get here?" : wildbil52
• Dispy vs. Duke Nuked - A struggle as he tries to stay unbanned long enough to post penis. : disposition
• Office UK vs Office US : zagzig32
• Keebler elves vs. Snap, Crackle and Pop : infallible
• Sigourney Weaver vs David Attenborough :[ : My Documents
• Tom Cruise vs. Xenu : Totenjaeger
• Kratos vs Princess Peach : wtf242
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  Gary Coleman + Emmanuel Lewis : carrioN luggagE
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    Where, of course, + = vs. : carrioN luggagE
    • You just realized that you've now triggered at least three Shack women's desire to write yaoi fanfic abou... : RomSteady
• My God vs Your God : Cliffzorz
• Cobra Commander vs Skeletor : Snuffles-
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  geedeck vs passing out at parties : tomservo
  • lolz : nyranger66
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  Jack Kerouac vs. Allen Ginsberg, each one gets their choice of knife, no holds barred, to the death. Fou... : Majuju
  • Allen Ginsberg would get his ass handed to him. No contest. : Rice-Rocketeer
• Mum Ra vs. Mon Star : Totenjaeger
• Chuck Norris vs Mike Ditka : pigvomit
• ezkilla vs daggah ytmnd vs ebaums world : kenmis
• astronauts vs cavemen : kenmis
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  '72 Dolphins vs. '08 Patriots : carrioN luggagE
  • "We're undefeated." "Yeah, well we can horse collar, motherfuckers." : RomSteady
  • Do the dolphins get to use their walkers or no? : skinlab133
• Curleh Mustache vs. Scoops of Häagen-Dazs : mem
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  The Tick vs. Mystery Men : kenmis
  • The Tick FTW : flagg209
  • American Maid vs The Blue Raja? : Rich McNinch
• Ace Ventura vs. Lloyd Christmas : MurrayTheSkull
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  Karate Kid vs The Last Dragon, Martial Arts contest in a Roller Rink while Joe Esposito rocks out at the ... : Rauol Duke
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    Does The Last Dragon get his funky blue light powers? : Totenjaeger
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      He's got the glow. But he'd only use them if Daniel-son was a bad guy. : hawke
      • Then I guess it is good for Lord Bowler that he isn't fighting The Last Dragon again. : Totenjaeger
• Woody Allen vs Larry David : systatic
• Aliens vs. Predator: Who can make the ugliest face contest : Psigun
• Nethack vs Dwarf Fortress in a battle of who can move their alphabetical avatar the fastest! : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Also, John Madden vs PETA. Turducken and Incoherent Ramblings power-ups ftw! : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • Madden has heart attack, falls dead on top of skinny vegan protesters, killing the lot of them. Everyo... : RomSteady
• Solid Snake Vs. Snake Plisskin. Just to see who's voice has more gravel. : RevRaven
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  Dexter Vs. Hannibal Lector : AhmNee
  • that would be interesting : spaceless
• Duke Nukem vs Duke from GI Joe. First one to shoot off the others hair wins The General Lee. : exigence7
• The Cole Train versus MC Hammer. Who can lay down the wickedest rhymes? : silentw
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  Pete vs Pete : hardfl1p
  • Artie vs Ahnold : Rich McNinch
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  2 girls vs 1 cup : Cygnus X-1
  • everyone loses : c0bra
  • No matter who wins, we lose our lunch. : RomSteady
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  Shack vs Something Awful. : cause&effect
  • Shack vs Jack Thompson : silentbobuk
  • A neckbeard-growing competition. : rock elf
• Kramer vs. Kramer : Damodred
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  Dr. McNinja vs Batman : kingdok
  • Gordito would smash robin : shavenewok
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  Salute Your Shorts vs. Hey Dude : ant_hillbilly
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    Hey Dude wins! : DM7
    • No way! DONKEYLIPS SMASH! : skizl
    • no way, Budnick would scheme up some ridiculous plan to take them down. Random fact, Budnick was the voi... : ant_hillbilly
• brown vs board of education : fried rice
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  Star Wars vs. Lord of the Rings: Hyper LightSaber Hobbit Edition OT EX Alpha 3. : pyide
  • Stop using that friggin' name generator. : Totenjaeger
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  geedeck vs. street thugs Unfortunately, we know how it ends http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15962... : RomSteady
  • I'm gonna hafta install the lol script just for you, aren't I ... : Damodred
  • Zune vs. Street Thugs FLAWLESS VICTORY : megarust32
  • lol i went lookin for this thread to post somethin like this. i r slow : aurealis
• kenmis is the randomly picked winner! : geedeck

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  spy spotting/spy ability tips If they stand near you when invisible they'll briefly shimmer. If you sh : seven
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    Hey Shut up will you? I don't need this kind of help :O( : ArtilleryMarker
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      I play as a sniper - the more I can annoy spies - the better :D : seven
      • as a sniper I fully endorse this statement. : zerog83
      • lol, poor snipers : SockMonkeh
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        What is funny when playing as a sniper is when you're zoomed in through the scope and have your back to a... : Alkion
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          I've done this before, and I have still been stabbed. For some odd reason, they can still do they one-hi... : CrustaR
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            Well, the arc for the spy's backstab is a full 180 degrees, so if they can get beside you, they still hav... : Alkion
            • Not lag, its an issue with melee's. The type of melee attack is determined when you begin the attack by w... : Beady
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        Spies are one of the checks on you bastard snipers your cheap ass headshots AFTER I've moved behind cover... : AhmNee
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          Not a good computer. For having either a bad ping - or a good ping against someone with a bad ping. ... : seven
          • I always have a good ping ... except when I'm watching porn on the other computer. But then I don't care ... : AhmNee
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    You can't hear them running around when they're invisible Unless they're in water, like the sewer tunn... : zerog83
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      Good point. And if you set your windows sound settings to 2 speakers, and set your sound settings in T... : seven
      • I've heard invisible spies on land as well, pretty sure you can hear them all the time. : daedraug
    • i KNOW I've heard invisible spies walking around. : manero
    • also you can see their air bubbles if a cloaked spy is underwater : Slash
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    1. Not sure I'd really want every detail of every class just laid out in the open - half the fun is figur... : wytefang
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      1) Each to their own. 2) Pssht. Sif that took more than 5-10 minutes to type out ;) : seven
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        1. Agreed on my first point but for 2. it took more than 5-10 minutes to figure out all the tricks of the... : wytefang
        • You pick up most of that stuff from playing observantly - and asking other friends who know what they're ... : seven
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    Do invisible spies actually take damage if they happen to be hit with a weapon? And if so, does the damag... : Silent Sorrow
    • yes and yes : manero
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      Killing an invisible spy with a sniper while aiming at something else is immensely satisfying. : nurglich
      • Fuck everyone who has done this to me : rosewood
    • yeah - it's in there. If an invisible spy gets hit by a weapon, or splash damage, they'll shimmer the ... : seven
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    What the hell are you doing as if my job isn't hard enough >:( : ieGod
    • muahahahaha :D:D:D : seven
  • as i said before, thats some good shit there seven : filthysock
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    Thank you so much Mr. Foxworthy! : lightsam
    • lol, its a lot funnier when read in the you might be a redneck tone... : .frame
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    You left out an obvious, but very often unknown fact: If they shoot or attack with their melee weapon, th... : Geoffrois
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      True - if they attack with their primary weapon they're not a spy. However, I did cover that a spy can... : seven
      • Right, I like to flail my melee weapon anyway to point out and make it obvious. : Geoffrois
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  Also, if you chase a spy and he go invisible and go in the water, check for bubbles and shoot them. : FiReaNG3L
  • My favorite is to snipe the sewer from the stairway; I love seeing someone coming into the corner, then s... : zerog83
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  Now do the anti-sniper guide : lacker
  • Just stay inside : zerog83
  • -be a spy : SockMonkeh
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    Ok, here goes. brief anti-sniper guide for maximum lacker love - soldiers rockets have a huge damage ... : seven
    • lol @ brief : das_runt
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      mwahaha, prepare to meet my scattergun (but not before I close the distance with my pistol) : lacker
      • It's _really_ hard to snipe good scouts on a 250 ping. : seven
    • i'm glad that half the scout stuff is what i've been doing the last couple nights :D if i'm on the bal... : xsoulbrothax
  • Quit Standing still ya' Wankas! : hirosushima
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  Cloaked spies leave bubble trails underwater and drip drops after getting out. I think they also leave ri... : A Sponge
  • I would have missed a whole bunch of tips regarding spies in water. As I never go in water. Snipers can't... : seven
  • They tend to leave rings in the bathtub, too. : AhmNee
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  Oh yeah: Party Mode Warning !! Last time I checked (mid december I believe) - if the server is on part... : seven
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    I never saw a floating party hat and fragged many invisible spies during the holidays so I am pretty sure... : MrLobo
    • It was patched. : guido anchovy
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  Sweet Lews method, which was obvious, is now widely known, and even included in that Wiki list. Spies ... : Tommy Toolbag
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    I did not know that. So a disguised spy - in TF2 right now - shows as having 50% health? That's hug... : seven
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      Why would you cripple a spy thus? : lacker
      • Trying to test it out - but everyone on my friends list is asleep. So - I'll have to wait until tomorr... : seven
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        Actually it seems like a bit of an advantage for a spy; it's more likely that a teammate would be running... : zerog83
        • Thats why you shoot everyone with 50% health. You'll weed out spies quickly. : Tommy Toolbag
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      well if a spy has 105`ish hp, and the heavy has 300. then yeah that'll ofcourse be 50% when he's disguise... : ninjamoo
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        It doesnt work that way. The health displayed always displays at 50% to other players, regardless of what... : Tommy Toolbag
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          what if you use a friendly dispenser to heal you up after taking the disguise? Is the visual only affecte... : Slash
          • When the spy disguises, he doesnt actually lose any health. He just appears to be hurt to his enemies, an... : Tommy Toolbag
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  If it moves, it is a spy : rosewood
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    ya - but it really helps to know what a spies limitations are. Otherwise you can have this monster in ... : seven
    • i didn't know this stuff.. that would explain why it seemed so hard to kill someone in my 2 or 3 attempts... : itsjames
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      I'm glad you took the time to type this stuff b/c I thought everyone knew it already. : rosewood
      • Well - it's a pages worth. So - people who haven't played in ladder matches, and haven't had the game lon... : seven
• may i add: When warning a teammate that a spy is behind them, say the person's name first (that is, the ... : SolveChrist
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  Now where's the guide to how not to be really awful as a spy and get insta-killed as soon as you see an e... : invisible_kid
  • Take everything I said spies do to get caught - and don't do it :D : seven
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  Spies and Capture Points Enemy Spies do not add to the capture point multiplier. Nor do cloaked or dis... : ConfusedUs
  • Woo - too true. And well worth remembering on maps like Well and Granary. : seven
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  Peoples worry too much. Just forget about spies. I heard valve was taking them out of the game on the nex... : monkeygone
  • Hehe - nice try. The spy was the class that gave the designers of the game the sign that they were on ... : seven
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  The Spy should be taken out of the game. It's a worthless class. : dmason
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    except when the other team has a well place sentry or a few good snipers... : marmite
    • You missed the sarcasm... : Alco23
  • Man I need the lol script just for this post, dmason. : Arctic Fox
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  Maybe it's just on Shack servers but the spy has gotten frustratingly hard to play. It seems everyone ... : EvilDolemite
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    When you're attacking on Dustbowl, P2C1, and there are 2 sentries on the roof of the shed just outside th... : seven
    • Clipping seems to fuck me a lot. I try to slip by enemies while cloaked, and they end up juking or jivin... : EvilDolemite
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      Use demos for sentries. : monkeygone
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        It's surprising how many demos don't understand how to defend sentries and such. A couple stickies under : AhmNee
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          Hell, I put stickies underneath them to blow away enemy stickies as well. : dmason
          • I ... love you. : rosewood
        • Im not going to leave my stickies under a sentry and wait for spies. I'd rather kill dudes with them. : monkeygone
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      Given that I have never even gotten close to a building as a spy before being killed, how do you sap some... : invisible_kid
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        Cloak, hide somewhere, go into disguise, uncloak, pray to god an enemy doesn't walk by right as you are c... : EvilDolemite
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          Is the sapper the same thing that makes you cloak? and to you attack with it since space is cloak? : invisible_kid
          • er, space for me, but secondary fire is cloak i mean : invisible_kid
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    the real solution is to enable FF so its not so lame and easy to spot them : maulla
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      FF would be a nightmare in TF2 : Old_Fart
      • before FF was globally disabled, when I'd play on a FF server, pretty much everyone was getting almost as... : deject
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      Anyone asking for FF in TF2 has no idea where TF2 has come from. And has no idea about the absolutely ... : seven
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        yeah same thing for pyro, if you're doing anything beyond spy-checking you're going to die, a lot. I pref... : Old_Fart
        • It's like people who play engineer on Granary or Well - and spend the start of the round building sentrie... : seven
        • Pyros can be awesome for taking down defenses if you can get someone to take the first hit from the sentr... : AhmNee
        • Pyros are a great rush class, a great harassment offensive class, and good at straight defense of points.... : EvilDolemite
    • iirc, even with FF on (when it was around, anyway) the pyro's flame thrower did not catch his team mates ... : dmason
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    Spies can still be a great tool when used in coordination with the rest of the team. Too often the spies ... : MrLobo
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      But if you communicate with your team as a spy in disguise, that would be unrealistic and you'd be caught... : invisible_kid
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        I'll often say something like, "I'll sap at 40." meaning that the next time x:40 is on the clock you can ... : dmason
        • ooh i never heard that, but i like it. feels like if i communicated and was more of an ass about getting ... : xsoulbrothax
  • Communication plays a huge role in that as well. Whenever somebody spots a spy its "there's a spy disgui... : pukerat
• great post ... DOWN WITH SPIES!!! : virus

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  Probably because the earth didn't form right when the galaxies started moving away. : c0bra
  • even so the gas that cooled and formed the Earth/Solar system was still in movement that it is now. : sesmaster
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  well, if you can think of the universe as a giant donut on its side and if you can imagine yourself as so... : filthysock
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    hehe I like this post : jaga
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      Not I. Now I crave for donuts and the closest Tim Hortons is 10 metro stations away :( : Utopia
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        Huh? I was pretty sure that there's a Tim Horton's within 500m of everything. : P-Squid
        • there were, but the universe is constantly expanding : filthysock
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  If the Earth formed later in the age of the Universe, and the Universe was expanding and that expansion i... : Cheespuff
  • Comovement would say that Abell is not slowing down. Hence whenever the Earth formed that same material w... : sesmaster
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    how do you even determine the center of the universe? : str8upkiller
    • easy, I look in the mirror : filthysock
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      there's no center of the universe, like there's no center of the surface area of a balloon (no you can't ... : spectr3
      • So.. the center of the universe is OUTSIDE of the universe? I get it! : xxx2xxx
      • The balloon analogy is what most people use. It's not that a galaxy is moving through space. Actually, th... : shyguy74
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  The earth is less than 10,000 years old according to creationists... : retardhumper
  • Yes I'd like the... Biblical Creation Account for $5, Alec. Trebek: wAlllllright *DING DING DING* mmTh... : jrock
• Silly humans and your flawed data : Spoetzl
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  if (let's just say for argument that) the oldest light we can observe is 13.7 billion years old, since th... : cpt_gloval
  • not if light moved faster in the past.... : filthysock
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    ... i forgot to mention the part where the object that emitted the photons has still been moving away fro... : cpt_gloval
    • so u are saying we are seeing only the light particles of where it was at? That still doesnt explain my q... : sesmaster
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  "Inflation" read some books if you're interested, don't post in a interweb chat. : noven
  • Posting,posting,posting blah! : Cheespuff
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  good luck understanding this: When talking about the distance of a moving object, we mean the spatial se... : podizzle
  • ^^ bingo : Megara9
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    ok kool, can you link some stuff, or a book. I am really interested in this. I kinda sorta get what your ... : sesmaster
    • never mind I found where you copied it from. http://www.astro.ucla.edu/~wright/cosmology_faq.html thanks : sesmaster
  • magic, got it. : aurealis
  • Think of the universe as a white ball of healing light. : Edges
  • tldr = space is getting bigger, and getting bigger faster. : steelsamurai
• Traveling across the solar system is barely more than a fantasy, so who gives a fuck? I mean really. If y... : yakz
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  Did anyone else see this article? http://www.channel4.com/news/articles/science_technology/time+may+be... : Modica Sol Solis
  • And those fools thought the higher life expectancy is caused by modern medicine... : xxx2xxx
• Think of the universe as expanding dough in the oven. : Waffles!
• Think of the universe as an expanding fart cloud. That makes the earth a poo flake. We're living on a... : walker270
• Think of the universe as owned by Starbucks. Measure based on the distances between their shops. : jrock
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  Think of the universe as Norton bloatware. Destined to go on expanding... forever. : smax
  • Norton Anti ViruSpywareInternetSecurityFraudPreventionSystemOptimizationCacheEnhanceRAMBooster... : EvilDolemite
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  http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=2100 this is how i understand it, Though I'm probably wrong on everythi... : duncandun
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    someone tell me if im wrong : duncandun
    • let there be mspaint. And it was bad. : kingdepork
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      you are wrong : aeg1x
      • thanks : duncandun
• http://www.lhc.ac.uk : SlamDunk

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  Is there an intrinsic function for determining it in Java? : stonedonkey
  • NM, I just read the quote in question. : stonedonkey
• if the dot product function is optimized and stuff, then why not. but i understand what you're trying to... : wvuong
• Not going to disagree. I did a lot of my networking projects last semester in Java because I knew the API... : derelict515
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  It's just not that simple. As a game industry recruiter, you're (apparently) looking for people who ... : adpalumbo
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    In the end I think he was asking a math question, and got a different response because the guy didn't kno... : stonedonkey
    • Yeah, exactly. But that doesn't reflect a failure in the CS curriculum, it's just an applicant who isn't... : adpalumbo
• This is why I love perl. It's more like an actual language, at least in terms of creating beauty and bein... : c0bra
• Depends on the sector. Everyone should be exposed to lower-level details for most of their CS degree, tho... : Audhuml4
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  That's not Java's fault - that's the teacher/course's fault. : seven
  • srsly - that's just a stupid programmer, a bad teacher, or both. It's definitely not the fault of the ... : seven
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  I dunno- most of what we do at my company is very high-level programming against known APIs. As such, it'... : tashtego
  • Agreed. : randomjgj
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  As founders of a company that specializes in Ada programming tools for mission-critical systems, we find : itsjames
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    a lot of defense programming (missile guidance, for example) is in Ada. Also note the "af.mil" in the UR... : the archvile
    • bastards with your one line answers coming in while I'm typing!! : steelsamurai
  • there is a lot of Ada in military and other types of "hardened" programming. The reason is that Ada is ha... : steelsamurai
• That's why I haven't applied for any game programming jobs. I'm a great code hacker, and I'm fine with... : hawke
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  That's not a problem with Java, that's a problem with the content of the curriculum. About the only low-... : Arcanum
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    It's funny, because a lot of "programmers" who didn't come up on Java (maybe C or VB or something) don't ... : Clay
    • I think programming is generally such a pain in the ass that people latch onto whatever initially works f... : FlatlineDixay
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  Computer Science shouldn't be taught with the goal of producing programmers. Computer Science is basicall... : SenorSpine
  • you have to have some practical applications in CS or else you're going to have like 1 student a year : Chandler55
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    that's what my CS degree was :( I mean I took a lot of C too but all that other bullshit you said too wa... : mikecyb
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      But that's not what Universities are for. A bachelor's of science isn't to prepare you for a job, it is t... : SenorSpine
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        that's lame : mikecyb
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          Then you should have gone to a vocational school, not a university. They're stigmatized by snobs, elitis... : adpalumbo
          • that's lame : mikecyb
      • You know, you are exactly correct. I never understood that as a high school student. I was double major... : trevis
      • programming isn't science but imo you learn the concepts behind behind object orientation or component ba... : Sebasti0n
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    can't it be both? : itsjames
    • Yes. My degree had quite a bit of theory, but almost every single class, even in upper-level AI courses,... : Arcanum
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    The major issue with software right now is that it's incredibly hard to write or maintain large- or even ... : FlatlineDixay
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      Citizens demand new major! Seriously, CS is an established field and is exactly what SenorSpine describe... : adpalumbo
      • It is true that software engineering is somewhat distinct from computational theory, but it would be near... : FlatlineDixay
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        there are some schools that have a separate software engineering program already. a friend of mine goes ... : electroly
        • Glasgow Uni Software Engineering MSci represent! : marku5
      • I'm in software engineering at the university of waterloo, and I think some other canadian universities a... : gigaduck
  • ^^^ Mathematician : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    At the university I went to, CS was a department within the Math faculty. I had to take a shitload of ma... : SeaLlama
    • And by "take" I mean "muddled through and occasionally failed" :P : SeaLlama
  • You're talking about theoretical computer science, and that's fine. There's a whole branch of CS where a... : afty
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  How do I compute the dot product of two vectors and why would I need it? :( Seriously, I'm not a game : zehh
  • that's what I don't get... a good programmer can take any question that they don't know the answer to and... : jaga
  • It's used in graphics programming, and in calculating movement of objects in a space (if your engine prog... : Arcanum
  • The dot product is the projection of one vector onto another and is essentially a way of describing the r... : cowbs
• isn't it just multiplying the components? : sludge vohaul
• how to compute it? yeah, bad answer. but how to get a dot product value in a program? do you really th... : ]pm[chem
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  yeah since like .00001% of programmers work in the game industry universities should cater to that and no... : alexthegreat2
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    It's pretty naive to think that training CS students without a basic understanding of systems only harms ... : cowbs
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      Are you the guy who ask how to calculate frustums during interviews? I thought it was a really weird ques... : Enigme
      • Can you make decent money as a tools programmer in the game industry ? : qwpeoriu
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        I've not interviewed someone for tools, but I can imagine it being a valid question if your working on an... : cowbs
        • It's a totally valid question for a tools guy. : losder5000
• I learned programming with java, but it didn't focus or encourage the use of packages at all. It all depe... : Geoffrois
• I havent read the whole article so i may be off base but i see this in a couple of ways. I assume that th... : trevis
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  The curse of reusability.... where to find it? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I AM ANGRY BECAUSE THESE NEWBS ARE NOT IMPLEMENTING THEIR OWN DICTIONARY AND COLLECTION OBJECTS : Clay
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      Are you implying I am angry? I'm not. CS is no programming course and involves a lot more. The stuff peop... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        I'm actually pretty fucking annoyed that nobody bothered explaining the difference to students, well, eve... : FlatlineDixay
        • Yeah, tell that to everyone who is the PC + printer support person for the entire family because he/she s... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • no, I'm implying the guys who wrote the article are angry :P : Clay
  • I typically find Matlab to be the most frustrating in this regard since the way most people use it is jus... : maddy
• "Paper on why relying on Java to teach CS is bad for people looking to get into highly specialized develo... : Clay
• There's a couple-year-old article on this very same topic that I've always liked http://www.joelonsoft... : action roommate
• To be fair, he's right -- you're either going to have a(n) (inlined) dot product function or dot product ... : walker270
• ah yes, Java, waster of physical memory worldwide. Blame James Gosling. :-P : the archvile
• before I start: <3 you long time for Uncharted. what did you contribute to the project (other than progr... : Postal

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  wait for it to be posted somewhere for free... : Awun
  • ^^^^^ : invisible_kid
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  $0, porn is so easy to find for free on the net. : sigpro
  • ^^^^^ : riptyde
  • Quite honestly it's a wonder how that industry makes any money. : ieGod
• $2.55 per 100mb? I'd be spending damn near $100 a month on a porn site. : zerog83
• If I had to do either, id opt for flat rate. : mavmavv
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  err youporn.com? : blindi0815
  • www.fantasti.cc Though maybe he's looking for something more specific. Try www.colonbowlin.com ? : coldfusioncs
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  I'd pay the 9.95 and download the entire site in 24 hours. Then cancel the sub. : edgewise
  • Then share it with the shack ;) : losimagic
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    Aren't paid site videos usually online/password protected? : DooBall
    • not in my experience : RikiTiki2
  • What if it was DRM'd? :P : pap26
  • Yeah, I've done this with the BangBus network. $5 for 3 days' access, I think. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  wait, porn isnt free? I thought the Patriot Act was for free porn for Americans . . . : sesmaster
  • No, that was the Bears and Expose Act. : jrock
• nothing : spaceless
• fantasti.cc : retardhumper
• Since you're getting a bunch of non-answers, I'll give you mine: The first option definitely. I wouldn't... : OverloadUT
• $4.99 paypal for like a 24 hr all you can eat buffet of flesh. : topkatz
• i'd download free porn : jenisthebest
• flat rate, as long as new content was added at least twice weekly. Also, at 2.55 per 100MB, I would b... : fleabug
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  You guys see Superbad? : ThomW
  • vagtasticvoyage.com : Simulacrum
• dude, just use youporn or whatever. It's not like you need to follow the plot. : windowpane
• free porn is in our bill of rights, look it up. : shortbuscaptain
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  i will always pay $0 for my porn. period. : biskits
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    What if there was a 2 hour video out there of scarlett johanssen, elisha cuthbert and jennifer connelly h... : stump
    • That already plays in my head, for free... all the time... Like right now... KEEP TALKING! : krym3
    • There is no way Phil wouldn't upload that for the Shack. He can outwit your silly hypothetical situations... : tashtego
• Unlimited is always better than per byte : RikiTiki2
• I'd prefer a single unlimited month at a time, maybe even only weeks : d fluke
• flat monthly rate seems logically better but you'll make a ton more with per byte if you can get away wit... : dahanese
• another vote for free porn - it's SO easy to find : thetangent
• This is the wrong place to ask, most Shackers know where to get porn for free so have no need to pay. Po... : boredguy
• I thought porn was free? : klearlyunseen
• I really like all the replies, good info and links! The original question was in relation to my site s... : blklight

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  TONIGHT! TO SHACKBATTLE! : RyDogg1
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    FTW and stuff : mrwolf710
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      you guys still playing arcade mode or have you moved to hardcore yet? : jrock
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        We are HARDCORE MOTHER FUCKER!! : RyDogg1
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          where were you? Granted I didn't join till about 6pm pst. The only thing missing on PC CoD 4 is a p... : dedgecko
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            also, limit the number of domination maps, and add some sabotage. Domination was getting a little frustr... : dedgecko
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              Is Sabotage that crappy counter-strike rip-off mode? : mrwolf710
              • no thats search & destroy : flubba79
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                No, sabotage is a mix of Counter Strike (Search and Destroy) and tug of war or some other UT mode. Hell ... : dedgecko
                • That sounds fun. Guess I haven't played on a server yet with that mode turned on. : mrwolf710
            • i agree. i dont like domination as much either. there are no achievements for this mode either. : flubba79
  • So, is there going to be a shackbattle tonight or not? It's the end of the work day and my "serious bu... : dedgecko
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  wheatloaf is so funny to listen to on voice chat in tf2 when he starts getting all pissed off : SockMonkeh
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    He was mad at Medster last night (arguably the best CoD4 PC player on the Shack) and I'm not sure what he... : mrwolf710
    • Yeah, Medster is pretty damn good, Kill-9 is a good player as well. : RyDogg1
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      I think he got mad after I mentioned that I didn't like TDM because it rewarded too much camping. It's a... : Medster
      • And you were right : mrwolf710
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        ABC: Always Be Capping (point B) : RyDogg1
        • For a sniper class it's Always Be Camping :D : jrock
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        Rewards too much for camping? Actually, I think it rewards people who go after campers much more, I can't... : duncandun
        • If you're good at camping and you have claymores, it's pretty easy to camp in TDM Hardcore. The other ga... : Medster
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        lol whut you got that totally backwards.... hardcore rewards camping... TDM is like the anti camper mode ... : -=kodiak=-
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          Hardcore doesn't reward camping on certain modes, ie Headquarters and Domination. You gotta keep moving ... : RyDogg1
          • yea but on the 360 there's only 2 hardcore modes, unless you make a custom game and turn hardcore mode on... : -=kodiak=-
      • Laff he got mad at you when he knifed you accidentally and you called him something naughty. : dedgecko
• ill be there again to shoot some faces. : eeeealmo
• I'll play with you guys when you turn on hardcore mode. just kidding,I'll play tonight if were doing : duncandun
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  Goddamit. How the fuck do I join an IP on this game? Also COD4 is telling my lowest ping is 200. : stuka
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    Step 1. Get Xfire ( http://www.xfire.com ). Step 2. Join the Shacknews XFire Guild for COD4 ( http://w... : trOmblyj
    • Thank you sir, 1- done 2- applied 3-pending : stuka
• we playing again tonight? : duncandun
• I did decently considering i pinged 100 usually. And I'm not used to hardcore :( : spectr3
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  Well, I've been sitting here for a bit now... Anyone else coming? Call of Duty 4 MP MENZ!! WHAT:... : dedgecko
  • Damn I got caught up doing work. Sorry. : RyDogg1
  • I'll play! : duncandun

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• Hahaha Jim Henson's Creations + Rancor? : pigvomit
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  That is just Britney Spears. : TreMetal
  • If the monster is seriously a 100 story tall CGI replica of Spears, I would love it. : exigence7
• there are going to be so many fakes of this thing : mikecyb
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  i don't care what it looks like at all. the tone of the movie is way more important. : dahanese
  • Dramamine: The Movie : tomservo
• Gamera RETURNS : tomservo
• there's no way : GloriousCow
• ugh. : virus
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  I saw another painting (no idea where sorry) probably a concept piece, it looked kind of like a quadraped... : Dynotaku
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    Yeah that's the "Sin" version I think. Looked pretty cool, and the fact it referenced the little baby mo... : Omaha
    • I believe that was exposed as false. Kind of a shame too, because that guy looked really cool. : Finestaut
• That whale like one that i saw here is far superior. : krym3
• OH MY GRAWD EETS SLUSHO!!!! : bitter ego
• i like turtles! : industro
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  I read somewhere else that that was some concept model for a videogame or something. Can't remember what ... : moogle
  • Rosewood Visits Home Depot: The Reckoning : tomservo
  • It was on /Film the other day: http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/01/06/cloverfield-monster-revealed-2 : mn3m0n1c
• reminds me of this thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PLEdHNrWjI : RikiTiki2
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  So this is America's response to Godzilla then? lame. : Skoal^Fyfan
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    America's response to Godzilla showed up 10 years ago :( : RikiTiki2
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      I thought that was Hollywood's response to the American movie going public that they thought they would g... : Totenjaeger
      • can be both : RikiTiki2
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    wasn't godzilla just japan's response to king kong? >:( : mikecyb
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      No, if you see the original it was a completely different kind of movie. : Totenjaeger
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        Not to mention the original Godzilla starred Raymond Burr and was in English. : Totenjaeger
        • my view of the world has been shattered :( : mikecyb
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          Only in the US hax0red version. Not for really. : geedeck
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            oh good. world view restored! : mikecyb
            • Sorry about that. It was the earliest version I saw. I guess I should go out and see the original origina... : Totenjaeger
• It has to be fake. I think this might be the monster: http://www.macgamezone.com/images/tests/giants/03.... : pigvomit
• its sherri shepard fighting for flat earth theory!!!! : mindshot
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  THE DAHK CRYSTAL : EvilDolemite
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    Yep, Dark Crystal + Rancor. : pigvomit
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      It's probably going to be something lame like the collected negative thoughts of New Yorkers or something... : EvilDolemite
      • ghostbusters 2 already did it : bipolar
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  I still wish it was Cthulhu. : baronzemo78
  • well the pic on WWTDD was already discounted on other sites a couple days ago. but i hope for Cthulhu too... : jrock
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    But if you put Cthulhu on screen, everyone who saw the movie would go insane. : CapnChaos
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      So it would be an Uwe Boll flick? : RomSteady
      • No, the people who willingly go to see a Uwe Boll flick are already insane. : Totenjaeger
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    I'd settle for Yog-Sothoth, even. : Psigun
    • Or Dagon. : Totenjaeger
• Isn't that the monster from "The Host"? : Super Sparker
• lies. http://www.easyscreens.info/index.php?v=2076 : Phil
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  It looks like the wimpy sea creature from the witcher. : Boxelder
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    That's Dagon, how dare yeee. ;D : DM7
    • He was pretty wimpy tho. : cause&effect
    • Who dares summon Rustblade Dagon! : Phil
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  this pictures is a lie. this movie is just a pretty face for the next gamera movie. : the_Nizz
  • When the fuck does Mothra show up then? : Totenjaeger
• i hope not, i'd perfer that mutant whale thing : AMikaboshi
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  i'll let you guys know. i've got tickets to an early screening on monday. :) : wvuong
  • how can they screen anything before 1-18-08 Doesn't that just dash their marketting? Don't they hold ... : hawke
• Super lame. : Sgt_Boomstick