Evening Reading

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  Windows media player 11 is the only way to stream divx files to the 360. : Prozium
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    Orb streams them now, so no. :) : Toraz Chryx
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      the actual native divx file? It doesn't transcode them to the orb steaming format first? : Prozium
      • So far as I can tell, yes, they released an update to coincide with the dec dashboard update, and it sudd... : Toraz Chryx
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        tversity will also transfer without transcoding. Tversity isn't great (the interface is pretty bad, imo),... : sharpie
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          tversity was crashy as fuck for me... it seemed nice, but... ugh : Toraz Chryx
          • Same with me, crashed all the time. : Evil Benius
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    And a few unix-based uPnP media servers : zakk
    • And Connect360 on a Mac. : phiglit
  • Windows Home Server does it as well. I never got Media Player 11 to work. WHS worked effortlessly. : sucko
• Orb kicks a fair amount of ass. : Toraz Chryx
• Sharing via WMP11 works very well. You could use Media Center, but MC sucks balls (IMHO). : Colleton
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  TVersity is pretty good for converting streaming content to the xbox 360. Had some hiccups setting it up... : NerdRage
  • I've tried TVersity and I can't even get the service to start anymore. Tells me it already is started or... : Derringer
• I use WMP11. It works great. I could never get TVersity to work correctly. : tcxsnoop
• You can install the Zune software and share that way if you want as well. : Derringer

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  are the graphics good : wtf242
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    dx10 only apply please : whistletits
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      oh my god it has real-time kerning. : ArB
      • performed by fragment shaders : skryte
• I forgot to add that it's extremely detailed class/skill system and crafting. Since there are no graphics... : whistletits
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  A friend of mine at work plays this. I'm deciding whether to try it and she's contemplating WoW. :P : Sapiens
  • i played it like 12 years ago when AOL was the king of internet. It was like the number 1 game online at ... : whistletits
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  This aint gonna be like Runescape and get me addicted and made fun of because of when I used to play it n... : Malku
  • runescape...? lol : feek
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    haha you played runescape? : datoo
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      what about neopets? : feek
      • Never really got into that. Thank god. : Malku
  • lol the website can offer more info than I care to type :) I made a ranger named Xann come seek me out : whistletits
  • jesus why runescape? what a horrible horrible game : Nighteyes
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  LOL! http://www.play.net/dr/info/bestiary/creature.asp?creature=368 tattered rags, self mutilation, s... : jackalope
  • hawt : whistletits
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  Less wandering eye, more EQ2 You're falling behind Eriu and I. >:( : Ebu
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    I know, I went on vacation and you guys passed me up. : whistletits
    • School starts back up in a little over a week. That should slow me down greatly. :( : Ebu
• $15/mo? Seriously? : Ebu

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  Oh and the soundtrack reminded me of EVE Online. : pigvomit
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    I see from the comments that "To Heal" from Underworld is the song that really impressed me. I don't hea... : pigvomit
    • I would like to know this as well. : klearlyunseen
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      Check out Eluvium. : Matt Burris
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        your my fucking hero : klearlyunseen
        • Also check out Stars of the Lid. : Matt Burris
    • http://www.amazon.com/Floating-Away/dp/B000QQHGSM : ctlaltl33t
    • Lame video, but I like this band http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cj_dof8AlDM : ctlaltl33t
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      Brian Eno's music for movies volumes are also good. For instance "An End" is used alot http://youtube.com... : VegasX
      • If he needs ambient music, he comes to me. I'm the ambient pimp. : Lone Swordsman
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    Yes, the soundtrack is simply awesome. Now that I'm thinking about it, will have to see if there's a sou... : Matt Burris
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      not yet unfortunately. Pisses me off because it's such a great soundtrack. The only track available is "T... : aeg1x
      • Glam Bucket was supposedly written for the film but wound up on the album instead ;) : ctlaltl33t
      • Shit, I was wondering why Google wasn't turning up anything, and iTMS didn't have it. :( : Matt Burris
      • Danny Boyle said that the soundtrack would be out with the American theatrical release of the film, but o... : TwiLyght
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  I disagree. I liked the ending. : sludge vohaul
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    My, this is one hot planet! But you don't care; you're protected with Thermoweave Underwear! : imperator
    • The sun isnt a planet : VegasX
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  was this originally a scifi novel or something? I only just saw some advertisement for its dvd release to... : Megara9
  • No, it was written for the screen. : Matt Burris
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  rose byrne, hello : shika.art
  • ICARUS MANUAL CONTROL : aeg1x
• i can understand the ICARUS reference and all, but on humanity's last struggle you would think they would... : Klebold
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  Got this coming on Blu-Ray, i hadnt actually been aware of this movie until recently. But i am told it l... : james t kirk
  • yeah the special effects are spectacular : aeg1x

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  someone's got a lot of time on their hands : RikiTiki2
  • I don't think it's time they have all over their hands. : angrytaxman
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  She's kind of weird looking to me. Something fucked up about her eyes. : Thresher
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    I bet she gives great head. : freshyk
    • well there sure is enough of it to go around. : skinlab133
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  hahah there really is a blog for everything : askedrelic
  • Have you seen a blog that ate its own head? : Sailor of Fortune
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  It's probably a joke but either way that is not a good use of the internet. : datoo
  • ...but commenting about it on a Gamer's site like Shacknews...now there's putting the Internet to good u... : eltaglio
• What, nothing from FoodHD on there? : rosewood
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  where is nigellascleaveage.com : sexninja!!!!
  • where is ramseyfacecleavage.com http://www.hecklerspray.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/gordon-ramsay31.jp... : sticman77
  • 100% so agreed. : DrZettl
• wait wait wait, hold up... that's a cooking show!?!? : CrimsonHandHiro
• OH GOD LOAD, FFS!!! MUST SEE : feek
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  Haha. I love their "correction" on Food TV's stop-motion animated character. : yellowtexan
  • Yes, good use of Photoshop! ;) : eltaglio
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  "Giada announced this week that she's a few month's pregnant. Of course, you know what that means..." ... : sexninja!!!!
  • !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : mindshot
• I can't watch this show. It's like food porn and regular porn together and my dick and my stomach can't ... : losder5000
• This is the ole internet I love... : zakazi

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• Ewwww, I know that smell. Back in 1984 a guy died in the apartment above where I stayed. It was the middl... : Old_Fart
• Man, that's gotta suck. Poor old dude dies, and your sister in law also comes to the realisation that she... : Drewus
• poor sod, i bet he was an avid shacker too :( : Klebold
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  Oh, I just found out he died on the toilet too :( : red2lucas
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    when you gotta go, you gotta go : drucifer
    • lol : arizona bay
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    i dont think i would mind dying on the toilet, it would be my final FUCK YOU to the world. : Klebold
    • Actually that would make biohazard cleanup a fuckton easier.. : Hizzow
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    Hey, if it's good enough for The King, then why not. : Toraz Chryx
    • lol! I was just going to post something like this. : FormerHPB
  • Elvis? : Dechter
  • I guess we know what the smell was from. : Caboose
• I think I speak for all of us when I say, eeeeeeeeeeeew : Toraz Chryx

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  I imagine it must be hard to write a good sitcom. Nearly every single sitcom starts off as a comedy but : orifice@speakeasy.net
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    what happens if its a mix? Coupling proves you can do both. : Morgin
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      Anyone who claims to like both is a liar and should be shot. Or they're an evolved human species capable... : orifice@speakeasy.net
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        i never watched friends. I like Seinfeld. I love coupling. : Morgin
        • all sitcoms should die. don't taze me bro : jasoncrowley
  • I hate Seinfeld but I enjoy Friends. I'd rather have some character development than 7-8 years of the sam... : nomaad
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    I dislike Friends and Seinfeld :( : crummynz
    • I dislike both too.. although I do remember enjoying friends those first few seasons. I really can't stan... : bamb
  • I like both. :/ : aaarrrgh
  • Next week in a very special episode of Shacknews, orifice@speakeasy.net learns the true meaning of family... : darcspeed
  • I don't like Friends at all but I did like Seinfeld alot. Having bought it on DVD and rewatched it, howev... : boring gegtik

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  http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/petergabriel/inyoureyes.html fag >:-( : boring gegtik
  • Nah, it wasn't the "Say Anything" song. More upbeat and melodic than that. The piano is quite pronounced,... : Odoyle
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  LOL, I've had a similiar song haunt me from the 80s but I've never been able to find it. Considering I ca... : samduhman
  • WOOT! Thats the song but not the video I remember. It doesn't look like the same singer either. Weird. : samduhman

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  hahaha, wtf, you made it into a PDF? : Matto357
  • Now its official : jasoncrowley
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    what do you think of chefs saying you should only put the salt on at the last second before the steak goe... : moshman
    • If you have a hot enough pan, it won't matter either way. There are two schools of thought on the subjec... : Matto357

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  not IMO. The singer's voice has had at least a little bit of rest before the first show. Depends how far ... : Old_Fart
  • Interesting...Wilco is playing 2 dates in DC, and they are on a nationwide tour so they play every day. : arizona bay
• It completely varies. First, it depend son the band: are they a band that just plays their songs in a li... : SolrFlare

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• i used to watch that show when i was little, i dont really remember what happened on it. just some old pe... : spaceless
• If you just transmitted that song into my head I am going to have to kill you with my magic internet glar... : perstephanie
• You son of a bitch... : Evil Benius
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  Great, now I must kill a peeg out of spite. : jasoncrowley
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    >:( : helvetica
    • Forgive him, he means pigs, not peegs. : Lone Swordsman
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  Here ya go for people who don't know what he is talking about http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2WlYgDe1Vs : Crimsonbeak
  • now you've done it : jonin
• Gotta be ten times as charming as that Arnold on Green Acres : icon_of_syn
• Now, you've successfully screwed my day over because I'm going to be thinking about it now. WTF! : bigdaddyone

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• Well to be fair it's taking the open world/sandbox city genre and going in a new direction with it. GT... : dedgecko
• pretty cool design process behind it. : windowpane
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  Crackdown was better than the GTAs for me; this game looks awesome. : paravis
  • I still play Crackdown once or twice a week. I'm trying not to anticipate this game too much since we've ... : djkenohki
• In 5 minutes I just went from not knowing what this game was to being pretty motivated about it. Very wel... : socksta
• I've never heard of this. It looks badass! : afrochops
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  Radical... not holding out too much hope there. : Fred Garvin
  • They make a hell of a good hype vid, that's for sure. Just wasn't much substance in the thing though - ... : rasputinreborn
  • why? : scottythejock
• nice. i hope its good : AMikaboshi
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  Holy fuck this just shot right up to my Most Wanted list. : TastyWheat
  • FASCIST : CoRDS
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  Haha I love how they say they're taking videogame stories to another level, that's NEVER BEEN DONE BEFORE... : datoo
  • But they're faceless and intimidating and can't be reasoned with and Combine soldiers !! : Afterglow
  • I've never heard of a story like that. Okay well the city, virus thing..... but a bad movie doesn't auto... : paravis
• seems cool but that video is so over the top : Mansmells
• more please : CoRDS
• Damn, I think that trailer just had sex with me. : great-white
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  wow, who is making this? never even heard of it before : moshman
  • the same guys that made The Incredible Hulk : Ultimate Destruction! WEEEEEEEE! Go Radical! : scottythejock
• i hope it works out to be the awesome : delataur
• I've been looking forward to this for a while now based on a couple of screenshots I saw in a magazine a ... : marmite
• Yep still looks good. Might be one of the surprises of the year. : nomaad
• the video looks cool but I'm guessing it'll over promise and under deliver. : snowwolf
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  I miss the original GTA, where you would be rewarded for flame throwing innocent people. and some of the... : radula
  • GOURANGA! : Dechter

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• Anxious are we? : jasoncrowley
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  I made a post about hump day homos. Where did it go? It is a mystery. : aeg1x
  • *burf* : geedeck
• I saw it too : red2lucas
• http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?story=50659 : boring gegtik

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  Klipsch Promedia 2.1 : pancake humper
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    http://www.audioimport.nl/promedia/promediaGMXA2.1.html Those? They seem a bit fragile. :( : [7]kami
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      NM - http://www.klipsch.com/world/eu/nl/products/details/promedia-2-1.aspx WIN : [7]kami
      • Yes, these are the ones. Not those crazy space alien ones. : pancake humper
    • You didn't say they had to be built strong :( The only real weak problems I have with the 2.1 is the shit... : pancake humper
• I've got a pair of these for the gaming rig: http://www.trustedreviews.com/multimedia/review/2007/04/1... : Arctic Fox

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  rockband must be easy : headbone
  • it certainly seems easier than GH3 : Dave-A
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    Rock Band's guitar sections are quite easy compared to the Guitar Hero games. It's the drums and vocals o... : Modica Sol Solis
    • That and the range of difficulty is much, much wider with Rock Band. Roxanne is one of the easiest son... : DOOManiac
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      I'm about halfway through vocals on expert. I think I can do pretty much anything I'm familiar with, but ... : Zeeliv
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        Yeah, songs I'm familiar with -- The Hand that Feeds and Creep and that's about it -- are easy to nail on... : Modica Sol Solis
        • I was familiar enough with probably about half of them before getting the game, and we've "beaten" the mu... : Zeeliv
    • The bass parts are what seem to be really easy. I can beat most songs with the bass on Expert without mu... : riptyde
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  are rockband's instruments available standalone yet ? like mic and drums ? : barichnikov
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    Not yet, but they will be as of the first week in February along with the wireless variations. : SolrFlare
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      is there a suggested price point ? mic shouldnt be that expansive should it ? : barichnikov
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        It shoudn't be. But, you can use *any* USB microphone or the Live headsets as your mic in Rockband as we... : SolrFlare
        • oh that's nice ! ps2 too right ? : barichnikov
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      id gladly buy the drums and the game, since the GH2 controller i already have works in the game : -=kodiak=-
      • yeah that's why I ask too. ps2, :S for downloadable content, but yeah... maybe when it comes out in Wii i... : barichnikov
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  of course you got 89%... you paid for the content and they want you to continue paying for future content... : j0nchan
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    except a lot of the other DLC completely invalidates that, like the metallica stuff. : Zeeliv
    • true. most of the DLC gave me a feeling of being harder. the metallica songs, if you're able to 'get by' ... : xsoulbrothax
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    That is some odd roundabout logic. : pwnage1232
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      i have yet to grab any of the dlc, but to me it makes sense... if you feel good about the purchase or wha... : j0nchan
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        wtf am i on gamefaqs.com? this is probably the most retarded thing i have ever read : FrayLo
        • SEPIROTH IS THE GREATEST VIDEO GAME VILLAIN OF ALL TIME!!!!! add 100000 replies agreeing with sparticu... : -=kodiak=-
      • Nah. As others have said, some of the DLC is hard. It's just important IMO that they're good songs, and... : DinK
      • I get the songs because I like the songs. Blackened sounds great, but I fucking hate it on drums. : MurrayTheSkull
  • Most of the DLC is actually harder than the stuff that came w/ the game though... : DOOManiac
  • Well its an easy song for guitar, mainly stabs...its not like they could add notes : Dave-A

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• staged? or a very lucky shot.... or maybe it's one of those cameras that take a bunch of quick shots. : eisencc
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  take that, you lying bitch : spaceless
  • "how can i put this...our relationship are these mugs" **BLAMO** : Klebold
• That's some good timing on the photo. I guess they were just photographing the toast and got lucky. : marmite
• PROST! : Lukiopimp
• What is the actual flickr address for that? I'd like to see some more info or comments about the photo, ... : Dechter

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  Do you own a gun? : dognose
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    no i drive a prius : sticman77
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      Well do you have squirrels in your neighborhood? :( : dognose
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        no i have pidgins and i caught one because it got into my godamn fucking air intake FUCK HOME OWNERSHIP!!... : sticman77
        • you caught a simplified mixture of languages? : Old_Fart
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  I did a shack burgerfest a few months ago. I'm the only one who participated though. :[ http://www.flick... : wtf242
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    ogodman!!! ...hungrytown usa population ---> : sticman77
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      i made everything from scratch. even the buns. The secret is not to overcook the burger. Too much ground ... : wtf242
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        to not overcook it i am pretty sure i will have to go to a butcher. i have a friend who is a butcher and... : sticman77
        • Buy some cubed chuck and grind it yourself in a food processor : EvilDolemite
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    could you give some details on this; cause that just put me at half mast : Bantis
    • I mixed the ground beef with bleu cheese and a little butter. The toppings where: grilled onions, tomatoe... : wtf242
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  get a couple pounds of ground beef, mix in an egg or two, depending on how much ground beef you have. A ... : windowpane
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    I made something similar to these the other night, but with walnuts! Mix: - 1 egg per lb of meat : ateam311
    • Oh and PLEASE do yourself and all those being served a favor and toast those buns. If you're like me and ... : ateam311
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      Please note: the walnuts should be chopped up. That is if you don't want meat that is way too chunky. : ateam311
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        I might have to try that with walnuts. Looks interesting. : windowpane
        • I'll post some pictures when I make them again. I'd say that it would be soon but the lady friend has cau : ateam311
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    A "tiny" bit of salt? Beef needs a pretty generous amount of salt to be seasoned properly, does the soy ... : action wombmate
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      noo dude no. salt helps to tenderise meat. since minced beef is already tender (the mincing process does ... : CoRDS
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        The shack loves salt on everything. : Evil Benius
        • Salt is good for you. There. I said it. Go eat a hamster. : jasoncrowley
      • Well I wasn't talking about indiscriminately throwing it around like fairy dust, but maybe my understandi... : action wombmate
• The super simple approach is high quality mince, salt and pepper, mix and grill/fry. For a bit of vari... : thewriter
• make your own damn pattys. mince make it round and make it flat. or add an egg per pound and somb bbq sau... : CoRDS
• Corned Beef + Cabbage. Aroma at 11. : jasoncrowley
• The Meatbomb 1 lb beef A lot of cheddar cheese Half in the meat into two patties. Place cheese on ... : helvetica

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  harder to watch? :) : moshman
  • not really. If you hit the eject button it hax it to get much better :) : Phearsome
  • Harder to return rectally to the B&M retailer : jasoncrowley

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• dear god they look like mutants o.O : Megara9
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  What are these for? Practice? : lyme
  • just think of the fun you could have! "hey mom, there's something I need to tell you about my time at co... : Megara9
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    I recently saw a show about these dolls and basically they're used by older women without children as a w... : ayesel
    • Interesting. I wonder, if a young guy did that, if would attract women... : lyme
  • Yes, for aspiring pedophiles! : lightsam
• Thats spooky : jasoncrowley
• as much as I admire the craftsmanship, these things are creepy as fuck : VegasX
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  this documentary about them is even more creepy: http://youtube.com/watch?v=qij9J7M3k2c : smax
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    adult women playing with dolls........... : Megara9
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      i'll bring you one in a paper bag. : bfzzzz
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        I would bastardize it with cybernetic implants and a pegleg. : Megara9
        • bredbandsbolag pirate baby : imperator
  • There are horror movies with plot devices like these... : VegasX
• Hm. Are they microwave-safe? : Jumperus
• Real Dolls for women. : great-white
• Holy fuck, that is the ultimate in creepy dolls. fucking hell : moshman
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  So. Are these more or less creepy then Real Dolls? : SilverSnake
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    tons more creepy imo : moshman
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      wait til someone makes fake babies you can have sex with :( uggh : VegasX
      • who says you can't have sex with those? : moshman
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  They at least could have recreated a cute babby : fishbone
  • Don't fool yourself, all babies are fucking ugly. : windowpane
• A Shacker father with a newborn is required to get one of these and replace their baby to see how the wif... : Wombat Woo
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  The trailer for a Channel Four documentary about this is creepy: it shows a lady putting on gloves and ta... : johnsto
  • OUT OF THE OVEN Glory Hole Place where babies don't normally come from. : jasoncrowley
• Reminds me of kuato from Total Recall. : silent77

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• Anyway, I'm gonna get back to playing some more TF2. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  ATTN disguised campaign advertisement : blindi0815
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    >:D : Maddog_Delphi97
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      btw i didnt know who this guy is so i went on that site and read the about stuff. funny how somebody ... : blindi0815
      • lol, ok then : Maddog_Delphi97
• Here's wheatloaf's demo: http://wheatloafs.com/fuckingaround.dem lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  No comments? : Maddog_Delphi97
  • you suck : dantastic
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  I'm gonna download this and try my first TF2 demo! Thanks! : edgewise
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    cool. :) : Maddog_Delphi97
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      where do you put the .dem files? : edgewise
      • Err... inside of the RAR file called Tuesday.rar that you download at http://www.sendspace.com/file/44... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Oh, wait... nevermind... just put them in C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\[your steam name]\team for... : Maddog_Delphi97

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• I've oft heard it in relation to music. Sort of as if it was a subgenre of industrial meets punk rock mee... : jasoncrowley
• If I had to take a guess, since cyberpunk was a noirish, gritty, realistic take on scifi with an emphasis... : Rauol Duke

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• It's not a laser printer so skip it. : Prozium
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  Don't waste your money on inkjet printers. By the time a year is up you will have easily spent 25$*12 on ... : ryuuseki
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    You are way off on the ink prices. Kodak's big selling point is $10 cartridges so over all its about on p... : DarkWolf5
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      10$ for what? A colour cartridge? A black cartridge? That's still 20$. : ryuuseki
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        $10 for black $15 for color. A black cartridge gets about 300 pages. : DarkWolf5
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          Still pretty small yields on those, the black actually does 210 pages and color does 73 pages at 5% cover... : sanchez
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            I was just about to bring up the point that reported yields on printers are never anywhere near real worl... : ryuuseki
            • I wasn't quoting anything from kodak, just personal experience. Dad has one. : DarkWolf5
            • Well Kodak did run the yield tests but they are ran under some ISO standard, who knows if they're accurat... : sanchez
      • Continuing in defence, I also live in Canada, where the cost of consumer goods are consistently higher th... : ryuuseki
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      Don't forget that ink cartridges dry up fast as hell. I tried having an inkjet but it was impossible sinc... : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • It depends on the model. My crappy old HP inkjet parks the print heads on a rubber thing to stop them dry... : jcupitt
  • I would actually have a use for the scanner. : ctlaltl33t