Evening Reading

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• Gordon Freeman sounds like a dork. : SockMonkeh
• lol : NFXFSX
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  Holy shit that was great... "We're in close competition with another company, but I can't really go in... : DOOManiac
  • maybe Black Mesa? ha ha, fat chance : Postal
• lol. : fried rice
• HAHAHA! Oh man I wished he talked about the resonance cascade : Trips
• yeah, saw this on digg, but it's actually hilarious. : feek
• If it were really Gordon Freeman the conversation would have gone like this: "Let's go east to the Roc... : SockMonkeh
• Absolutely brilliant. The guy pulled it off convincingly enough. The quick references were great. : RevRaven
• Makes me wanna install Prey again from the calls Art Bell got (including from our own 3DR GEORGEB!) : Wolfanoz
• that's awesome : deject
• rofltastic. a true classic : Toraz Chryx
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  I used to listen to the show when Art Bell was hosting. The new guy has NO skepticism at all. No matter t... : byorn
  • portal technology, how about that? : feek
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    I kind of like the idea of that. I mean I'm not listening because I think people are sane or rational, I ... : NastyJack
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      me too, but the new guy is really gullible when it comes to joke callers. : byorn
      • well, even joke callers can be entertaining. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • That;s what makes the show so good. They never judge a guest or a caller, and sometimes they get some ser... : Visceral Monkey
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    I love it when the interviews go into 'obviously batshit' territory but the host keeps on going 'uhuh' "o... : GloriousCow
    • What I hate is when my old man goes off his meds and decides aliens are about to invert the earths iron c... : losder5000
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    Art Bell was great, if for no other reason than he thought Alex Jones was a total nut. : nurglich
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      If they sold Art Bell shows on CD I would buy them. : dognose
      • I think if you subscribe through the website you get access to stream to a lot of the old shows, as far b... : owtwerd
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    I disagree, I think George Noory has a decent amount of skepticism. I've heard him call out people who ha... : owtwerd
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      noory is a damn good replacement : reverend~heresy
      • I love him, he's awesome. : Visceral Monkey
  • i loved the way art bell would fuck with people : reverend~heresy
  • You're a weirdo. Art Bell accepted everything he heard, especially as time went by. Sounded like he was... : paravis
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  Where are those Duke 3D phone calls? : Porkasaurus
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE3KdcTgrno&feature=related : Porkasaurus
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      god this one is so fucking funny http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIVTT4fgPQI&feature=related : SockMonkeh
      • ... which thus spawned this amazing thing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAJtUWvmq0s : Enkidu
• Priceless - Mr. Breen. LOL! : Waverider
• Hahahaha. : ateam311
• that was fantastic : MikkleThePickle
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  That's pretty awesome. And really, Gordon Freeman should sound like a dork. : Grumbeld
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    I like to imagine he sounds exactly like John Carmack. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      mmmmm : dmason
      • mmm : feek
• Holy shit this is amazing. : dmason
• canadians sound so funny! : [fry]
• Haha that is awesome. I really do miss that show. : Koral06
• That was so well done. That guy did a great job. : pigvomit
• Actually, Gordon Freeman is a mute, so no. ;) : paravis
• Brilliant! : action wombmate
• This is absolutely brilliant :D : Daggoth

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• 2nd page already? : boomstickah
• from the shack server failure (or whatever) it appears this is down. might just be the shackspace though : Trips
• i can't get this to work. : kenmis
• Damnit I really want Shackspace to start working again so I can d/l this! : Xevo
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  aye its down, but i want to see this vid : okellyc
  • back up now for me : deject
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  LInk should work now : bcyde
  • ^^^ You are correct. : Wadmaasi
• nice vid nasty, it really shows they need to nerf demo men :P : okellyc
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  on mine its saving as VALVE with no extension, so if you are downloading be sure to add a .wmv on the end... : trOmblyj
  • It did that for me too. It also gave the wrong size. Weird. : NastyJack
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  Who needs commentary when you can listen to the team chatter? Awesome. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I love the team chatter too. I'm also glad you can't hear your own voice, that's a nice touch :) : NastyJack
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  Who is running the West TF2 server? The password changed. : byorn
  • Pm hirez, he'll get you the password that's on it right now... there's two sets of passwords. One for whe... : coraldayton
• finished watching, awesome! that last clip was epic! I was at the 2nd point at that moment, neat to see h... : Trips
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  This is such great stuff! I love seeing something from last night I can be proud of, at 5 minutes where ... : Xevo
  • That was glorious. Loved it. : NastyJack
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  Nice job, really good stuff. Do you still have the demo files from last night? I'd like to take a look ... : bcyde
  • Yup I sure do. I'll send them to whoever wants them. : NastyJack
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  You drive your medics hardcore :( : alias
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    What do you mean by drive? : NastyJack
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      They end up dyin' a lot it seems heh. : alias
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        Oh yeah but they also have 30 assist rounds sometimes, ask Xevo :) I can't protect them like heavies c... : NastyJack
        • Yeah I've gotten pretty good at healing Jack. The trick is, he's gonna run right into the middle of shit... : Xevo
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  I loved that you got that medic running so far away from the cap point toward the end, around 10:07. Dam... : spazzium
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    haha I didn't get him though! Oh man it annoyed me so bad, I wanted so badly to hunt his ass down, there ... : NastyJack
    • Haha, he had that last little scream at the end. I had to watch it twice to find out you didn't kill him... : spazzium
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  can someone put this on youtube? : aeg1x
  • I'm going to put it on youtube tomorrow. My youtube limit is 10 minutes and 100mb's so I've got to make a... : NastyJack
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    why do you want it on youtube? this version is much better quality : Trips
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      I don't want to download a big file : aeg1x
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        Suck it up man! It's only the beginning of the month. Your download cap can't be THAT close, is it?! : coraldayton
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          i can't fucking believe they're bringing this download cap shit to this country : Flying h4x0r
          • I know, it's going to fucking blow... I mean, come on. We have shitloads of miles of optic lines and NOW ... : coraldayton
  • youtube http://www.stage6.com/ : razlebol
• Download broke again =( : watcherxp
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  Sweet, downloading now! : Waffles!
  • 150meg file called only "valve"? I'll rename it when it's done downloading :P : Waffles!

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  Vista for DX10 solely. : virus
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    DX10 seems pretty irrelevant though. Have any game studios actually come out and said that it's awesome ... : Zero|DPX
    • nope, in fact most devs I've seen say DX10 is pointless right now. : deject
• Vista, no question. : cpt_gloval
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  vista 64. No known downsides. Turn off UAC, rock the prettier UI, get used to the new stuff. Win win to m... : boomstickah
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    itunes :( : xxiv
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      Yeah, Vista 64 + iPhone = no work : dmason
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        it does now with the update.z : carnivore
        • Sweet, thanks! : dmason
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  Your e-mu won't play nice with Vista unfortunately. :( At least, mine doesn't. : Vantage
  • Yeah, that was the first thing I looked up. They have new Vista beta drivers they just released yesterda... : Zero|DPX
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  Just wait until Windows 7 ships in 2009? : The Key
  • that'd be pretty dumb of microsfot. : boomstickah
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    I don't think that's gonna happen. I'd bet 2010 at the earliest. 2009 is way too soon for Microsoft. Besi... : K1Bond007
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      Like Windows 98 (June 25, 1998) and Windows Me (September 14, 2000) ? : The Key
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        Yeah, you're showing great reason why Microsoft should jump to the next OS already ;) Microsoft said ... : K1Bond007
        • No, I'm showing it could be done. ;) : The Key
        • M$ said 2-4 years when they thought people would actually buy vista. All the major OEM have gone back to ... : AgentPothead
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  My Dad has been using his one copy of XP on both of the machines in his house. When he called in to activ... : Ajax
  • Really! That's very interesting. I know it breaks the license agreement, but if Microsoft doesn't reall... : Zero|DPX
• Well in your case, I guess I'd go with Vista. I haven't upgraded myself because my PC is pretty old and d... : K1Bond007
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  I built a DX10 Crysis rig, so I feel like I can speak on the subject. I would say--for now stick with Win... : warcrow
  • Listen to this Played Podcast fgt. He's spot on. : Wolfanoz
• I'd go with XP, then you can play with Linux or something on the old rig =D : famine101
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  as far as flavors of vista. ultimate offers nothing over home premium for me. : xxiv
  • http://forums.microsoft.com/TechNet/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=587581&SiteID=17 : xxiv
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    Really Remote Desktop is the only thing I'd miss. : Zero|DPX
    • Oh, wait, the client is included, you just don't get the RDP service. That's fine. OK, I'll go this rou... : Zero|DPX
• I recently built a new system and kept XP, and have been satisfied. Vista maybe after SP1. : EvilDolemite
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  Vista, it's a really solid OS at this point and there isn't much reason to install a slightly outdated on... : Autocrawler
  • More like there isn't much reason to install a newer, more resource intensive OS instead of a polished, e... : Robotic Puppy Eater
• Given how little you upgrade, I think you should definitely get vista64 and 4gb of RAM. With the system y... : feek
• honestly, I think XP is fine. I have yet to find a compelling reason for Vista : hirez
• until performance doesn't take a hit with vista, i'm keeping to XP : dantastic
• Just go Vista. Your hardware will be plenty powerful and the fps hit in games will be insignificant when... : Wombat Woo
• For my new rig a few months ago, I went XP, and I haven't really experienced any DX10 envy. Besides the ... : VinnieTheSquid
• If you have to buy a new copy of the OS, go with Vista. There's no reason not to. If you already have X... : valael
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  I'm just about done with Vista. I'm sick of having my hard drives tick away ALL THE TIME, and the systems... : Dynotaku
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    uhhh okay. You turned off system restore? Sure its not a 3rd party app you installed? Oh and turning s... : paravis
    • For an experienced user system restore is useless and a waste. I don't know about superfetch since I d... : SlamDunk
  • Probably stating something you've already done here but just to be sure, have you tried Control Panel -> ... : Autocrawler
  • It's probably fucked up because you turned off all the good shit. : feek
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  I have Vista x64 Home Premium with E66 @ 3GHz 4GB RAM, 8800GT and it's just beautiful. : spaceyme
  • yup. Q6600 @ 3.4mhz, 4GB ram, 8800GTS 640mb + vista x64 sp1 rc1. Been running near flawlessly for 9 mon... : paravis
• As far a work system goes (for me that is web development), Vista Ultimate X64 has been generally all aro... : NoCopy
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  If you're doing 4gb+ ram go vista. I'll tell you why, other than the memory addressing issues. While dire... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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    Let me boil your post down to: DirectX 10 is in fact worse than pointless, but at least Vista DX9 is not... : Zero|DPX
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      Eh what I mean is that, when DX10 becomes useful you'll be ready for it. You can tinker as well, for exam... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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        Serious question: Is there a way to enable DirectX 9 in Vista for EVERYTHING, or are you referring to sw... : treefingers1
        • Right click on the EXE/shortcut? : SlamDunk
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  quicktime no likey vista : eforce98
  • Yeah, that's why you use Quicktime Alternative instead. Quicktime doesn't like Windows in general which i : Autocrawler
• Slight TH: When is Vista SP1 Final due? : SlamDunk
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  I think it's silly to use vista(or any windows os) before the 1st service pack.. plus drivers in general ... : wtf242
  • First SP is probably less than a month away. : feek
• I think if you went with Vista you can actually use the license key from Vista for XP. Then when Vista i... : redfive

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• awesome! looking forward to some fun games! : Trips
• post crash bump! : hirez
• Nice, thanks again for all the hard work. : bcyde
• nice cant wait for this : okellyc
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  Now I've gotta actually buckle down and do my player evaluations tonight... I get the 16th and 17th picks... : Xevo
  • pick me, xevo. instant moral victory. : jujubees
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  Yay! What time zone is it? : Chepito.
  • 10am Pacific : hirez
• CAPTAINS - be sure to check the posting on steam as well. : hirez
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  alot of people have not updated there profile with the information needed : okellyc
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    Players, this is really important! http://steamcommunity.com/groups/ShacknewsTF2/announcements/detail/90... : Xevo
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      ^^^ PLAYERS: If you havent updated your profile please do asap^^^ : hirez
      • Updated! : Lightzout
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  So is it random who picks first? : thief
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    Should I be worried about not being on the list? http://steamcommunity.com/id/jaunt/home : thief
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      The 'players' list. : thief
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        I was forgotten about for the valve match and for this. Why do you hate me hirez :( :P : thief
        • Don't take it personally. We ALL hate you. : Bold
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      http://steamcommunity.com/id/jaunt/ : thief
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        ok... and NOW registration is closed. as you were. : hirez
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          thanks. I posted it in an earlier thread but never actually SM-ed you, oops. : thief
          • no problem. that's why I wanted sm's ... I knew I'd miss someone in those threads. glad you figured it ou... : hirez
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      wait. you want to play now? I thought you couldnt or something. : hirez
      • I earlier tried to give away my steam account to someone over christmas as a stocking stuffer thing but h... : thief
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    I think the list of captains is in draft order. : edgewise
    • It is... I like my position quite a bit! : Xevo
    • you are very perceptive. are you a dentist? : hirez
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  my guess as to the overall #1 pick? Cpt Trips : edgewise
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    my guess is thief .... : Chandler55
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      Sorry you both lose, I doubt very few captains have the same #1 pick. : dkrulz
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        lol, I want to see all your lists before we start. that'd be interesting. : hirez
        • This draft is gonna' be a blast. I think I'll get drunk for it. : SockMonkeh
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    venguard : mikecyb
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      Venguard should definitely be the first go : Jackass1233
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        that's who I would pick if I were a captain : mikecyb
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          Venguards actually a pretty crappy player. I'll take him so no one else has to. : NastyJack
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            too bad you have the 13th pick. With the 8th pick, i'm not so much going try to pick the best player for ... : Jackass1233
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              Ooooooh.... Hate Drafting : Grumbeld
              • im drinking that hatorade : Jackass1233
            • pfft medics, who needs em. I'd trade them all away for snipers anyway. : NastyJack
          • You're pure kindness. I'm guessing that you agreed to be a captain so you wouldn't have to bare the sham... : Grumbeld
  • Yeah, I predict that the dedicated medics will be picked extremely early on. itsJeff and Maldorer both i... : Grumbeld
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  Is every single player being hand drafted, or is there some sort of auto draft after a certain point? : Thomas Hace
  • The plan is to hand draft everyone, but if people aren't around and don't respond in time, they may get r... : Xevo
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  I just want to say that the stats are flawed, they don't look good compared to most because I die a lot, ... : feek
  • Also, you rule for setting this up, hirez. : feek
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    I'm not even looking at the stats pages. I'm basing all my picks on experience. : SockMonkeh
    • same here:) : Jackass1233
    • word, this is what i would do. : feek
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      I'm using advanced algorithms you couldn't possibly understand. : NastyJack
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        picking the dudes youd most like to hump : Jackass1233
        • I knew you wouldn't understand. : NastyJack
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      word of note. My main machine has been under the weather for close to 2 weeks now. I'm down 1gb of ram so... : boomstickah
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        you can play TF2 with 1gb that's what I do :( load times are kinda long but otherwise it's fine : mikecyb
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          Yeah ram is so cheap don't do that to yourself. Seriously you pay like $15 for ram nowadays. you do u... : boomstickah
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            I just need to get off my ass and buy another stick, one of mine is bad and crashes my computer :( I was... : mikecyb
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              oh just go to fry's and get 2gb for $30 : hirez
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                live a little! : hirez
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                  I don't know what fry's is I'm from the east coast I am still adapting to lack of dunkin donuts and the e... : mikecyb
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                    Frys is the internet in a hangar. : cannelbrae
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                      so it's filled with porn and complete fucking morons who say stupid shit roughly once every .026 seconds?... : mikecyb
                      • (aside from the porn I mean) : mikecyb
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                        now you sound ignorant. Just go there. Its a great place to buy computer stuff because you can take it ba... : boomstickah
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                          I know what fry's is, boomstickah, I am just posting nonsense because it amuses me : mikecyb
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                            And you are easily amused? : boomstickah
                            • very easily : mikecyb
        • why are you playing on 1gb? : hirez
• I can't believe the size of the smile on my face right now. I'm really looking forward to this. : Grumbeld
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  Shit... I need advance notice before matches... Like 3 days in the least :/ : Malku
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    you coordinate with captain - captain coordinates with me - I set up the server for the match. : hirez
    • Aye Aye Captain! God... I'm nervous... Like when I'd get nervous fighting those nerds in anime club at S... : Malku
  • there is no set schedule. the matches will be played as soon as both teams can agree on a time. If a ti... : hirez
• kick ass! i am HST though so notice the time availability in my profile. anytime on the weekend is accep... : bfzzzz
• This will be fun :D : sanchez
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  What the heck is up with unpaid.bill's stats? 244 kills and 244 points as a demo. : Grumbeld
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    Yeah, it seems impossible, especially considering that his max damage with the class is 3807. That's just... : Felraiser
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      Dudes. You can get on some servers with horrible players and low populations and just rape it non-stop i... : midgetherder
      • Yes, I understand - I know someone who did just that. But at 15 damage per kill? That's the part I don't ... : Felraiser
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      Even if the stats don't make sense, trust me he's no slouch with the demoman. : bcyde
      • Oh, I'm not saying he is, but I just wish that we had a way to see stats for Shack server play only. I k... : Grumbeld
  • Maybe he was playing on Lazytown. : Ride-My-Rocket
• I hope this tournament goes well and there is another in the future. Work hours == no commitments for the... : cannelbrae
• wtf, i hope its over before the pats game :D i wanna stick around for the draft but I'm watchin the game ... : Demius
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  I can't believe I'm supposed to get up at 8AM local time to do a draft for a fucking video game. : brickmatt
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    SERIOUS BUISNESS : nyranger66
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      I wish I could pick you, you fucking asshole. Got a general list of who you want yet? : brickmatt
      • Not my fault that no one else wanted to step up and be captain :( : nyranger66
• how did I not see this :( : timaste
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  Aww yeah, bring it! Although it breaks my heart that I will be forced to murder my fellow Shack West co... : dopeman
  • I hope I get you on my team. : brickmatt
• All Im worried about is whether Maddogg will pick Laurgasms first or not. If he doesnt Zaun will. IT'S T... : monkeygone
• You have my listed as "izzy" which is what my son plays as when he uses my computer. : vynn
• that is a LOT of captains. and they are ALL good players! : mXENO
• Thanks for organising all this, hirez, and thanks to all captains for stepping up. Now let's get out ther... : A Sponge
• someone please consider picking me, I'm almost always on the Shack servers so you should know that I'm a ... : tunis5000
• Awesome :D : bashildy@speakeasy.net

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  My favorite feature is the one that doesn't let me cut+paste files in the file system! That's a cool one.... : raija
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    actually Cut and Paste works now in Leopard, fyi : dopefish
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      I don't see that as a right-click option. : lacker
      • it's not in the right click, but it's up in the Edit menu in Finder and it's also on the keyboard (Cmd-X)... : dopefish
• its the same shit different gui : godm0de
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  Scrolling with two fingers! :D Hit ctrl while doing it to zoom in and out! :D and, of course, there's a... : sgtsanity
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• Dashboard, Expose, and Spaces -- all of 'em help you keep track of things more easily than in Windows (Ex... : Postal
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  Quicksilver. : rustified
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    This the one thing I really miss on OS X. There's no equivalent on Windows. : Kentor
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      Yeah, there actually is, try Launchy. : Autocrawler
      • I used to use Launchy and tried 2.0 recently -- it doesn't even come close to Quicksilver. : Kentor
  • IAWTP x 10000 Setup Quicksilver so you can use it as an app launcher, and install a couple plugins so ... : maddy
• spaces, expose, the overall look+fell, managing programs, the shortcuts (once you are into them), drag&dr... : naabster
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  Expose, spring-loaded folders, the dock : wasylm
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    what is a spring loaded folder : blarrr
    • make a new folder on the desktop, and name it supplies : festivalman
    • Basically, if you click and hold a file, and then hold it over a folder, that folder.. will spring open..... : Toraz Chryx
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  safari's blazing speed, at least compared to firefox. : j0nchan
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    Are you comparing to Firefox on OS X or Firefox on Windows? Firefox on Windows is considerably faster th... : Kentor
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      Having to use firefox on my gf's two year old ibook makes me want to kill myself. : feek
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        I've noticed substantial performance boosts using Firefox 3 Beta 2 on PPC Macs. : dmason
        • Yeah, I would use it if delicious extension worked with it. : feek
    • ff on mac. this is a mac thread after all. : j0nchan
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  Exposé will r0x0r j00 set it to hot corners, and you'll find yourself cursing whenever you use ... : Toraz Chryx
  • I use both on a Windows box. : Kentor
• Still runs like new after 3+ years with no reformatting/reinstalling or maintenace. : Serpico74
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  Expose with hot corners is the single greatest innovation in OS UI's in a long long time. : empathe
  • Bullshit. Live search as you type with a wide variety of actions, a la Quicksilver, is the bountiful har... : Kentor
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    2nd'd fuck key combos, real men switch applications and documents with mouse gestures : dopefish
    • ive always used zee start bar : blarrr
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  Expose, Spaces, 95% of the programs not needing to run an installer/uninstaller. : BlackCat9
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    what is spaces : blarrr
    • http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/spaces.html : lacker
    • basically virtual desktop with the usual Apple touch. : spazzium