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• they didn't have this already? : brollercoaster
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  I dont see how this will even be possible. Javascript runs as slow as molasses on the iPhone, how do they... : ventro
  • which it is... in speed I meant to say. In terms of the interface, it feels like it's from 2021. : ventro
  • The new Safari 3.1 beta floating around is vastly faster, and I'd imagine that the eventual iPhone flavor... : sgtsanity
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  Sweet, flash games! : dmason
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    redtube. : sigpro
    • ^^^ : eeeealmo
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      Don't need flash for that... Just set up a custom app to stream H.264's the same way YouTube app does.... : DOOManiac
      • Oh ya, thats easyyy :( Let me break out notepad and get right on that being that most of us are awesome ... : historyinthemaking
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        .... You do realize that the youtube app has explicit support programmed in by Google. And the only way... : spazzium
        • Of course. However redtube or whoever else could just as easily do the same thing. Hardest part wou... : DOOManiac
        • No i dont realize, and neither does probably 99% of us out there that have no clue about coding. :) : historyinthemaking
    • http://tinytube.net/my/setup_search thats all you need . : Cashh
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  I kinda liked not having Flash on the iPhone. Made web browsing very nice w/ no ads. :P Hopefully you ... : DOOManiac
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    I think if you could click a flash box to enable it, that would be the best way. : historyinthemaking
    • Yes, that would be the best way. But apple wouldn't want to piss off their buddies in advertising now ... : DOOManiac
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  I am going to make a fortune from this : haiku
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    Do you do flash development? I am always looking for a flash guy. : dearjamie
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      I'm not available for freelance, and am probably too expensive. And that is why you're always looking for... : haiku
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        No I'm serious, why are there no freelance flash developers? I've always had to go through design firms f... : dearjamie
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          Very few talented people. You also need people who have an equally strong understanding of art direction,... : haiku
          • Agreed. Design isnt just design and flash isnt just coding flash. You need to know really good motion and... : historyinthemaking
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            Yeah a lot of that makes sense for programming-heavy flash like a game or entire website. Still, I can't ... : dearjamie
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              There is your second problem, Good designers hate doing banner ads :) It is boring work and unless it is... : historyinthemaking
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                Normal hourly rate if I do freelance: 80-175/hr Normal hourly rate if someone wants a banner ad: 200/hr ... : haiku
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                  Wow I gotta do better than this php shit :/ : DOOManiac
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                    Keep in mind i do very, very little code. I am so not a developer at all. What I do is set up a project. ... : haiku
                    • And you make a kilofuckton more money :( : DOOManiac
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                  how many hours does it take on average to make a banner? : sexninja!!!!
                  • It varies according to the visual concept and complexity of the animation and functionality of the banner... : Nitrium
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                But that's sort of my point. There isn't a middle class developer to fill that void. There is just the ta... : dearjamie
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                  Get out your check book : historyinthemaking
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                    It's not the money. I just can't find any. : dearjamie
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                      Get out your fucking check booK! : skinlab133
                      • lol : zakazi
                      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAZKtoAFgc : Cygnus X-1
                • Just out of curiosity, what exactly is the problem you have with design firms? A friend of mine works fo... : dopeman
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            I couldn't agree more. Starting with AS3, I've fallen in love with Flash. Getting over the hump from t... : AscorSix
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              I <3 E4X! : ChibiJosh
              • Oh hell yes. I forgot all about that. Makes data fetching so much easier. Combined with XML Socket it'... : AscorSix
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            What am I doing? I have a BFA in Design with Minors in CS and Math along with 10 years of Dev experience,... : zakazi
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              shit i just take a basic course on flash, grind on some books, and teachmyself that shit. then ?????? th... : sexninja!!!!
              • inorite? And here I was doing Processing and OpenFrameworks visualization projects along with Rails Web P... : zakazi
        • High Demand, Not enough good ones. Same with my field. There are lots of designers, but the clients now ... : historyinthemaking
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        If someone cannot draw, can you do well in flash development? Flash is one thing that really got me inter... : pancake humper
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          You don't need illustration in order to do good flash work. : haiku
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            What would you recommend I start out with? Books? Online courses, what? I need something to start back in... : pancake humper
            • I too am interested in the response to this. : sKetchflow
            • Aesthetic research :) : dopeman
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              If you want to do the development side of Flash, you're in luck, because you don't need to buy any softwa... : ChibiJosh
              • There is also the Flex 3 SDK which is 100% free and lets you use whatever editor you choose to create Fla... : ChibiJosh
              • wow, thanks for this awesome info. : holycow
              • holy shit, maybe I am not cut out to be a programmer. I have no coding knowledge :( Figured I could start... : pancake humper
        • Of course. I'm an experienced Flash Developer but can't draw a single human figure, although I have a goo... : Nitrium
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      I do design and am usually not available for freelance and am probably too expensive. And that is why you... : historyinthemaking
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        All aboard the money train wooo woooo : haiku
        • Count me in! I've already got 4-5 flash game ideas saved up. : ChibiJosh
  • how long have you been doing flash for? : sexninja!!!!
• I've been trying to figure out how to view Flash on my Blackberry for a while...or within Opera Mini. : ImageOmega

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• Everyone muted you. : TreMetal
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  Mic set to recording device in Windows? : DOOManiac
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    That is most likely it. How the hell do I change that? : Chris Faylor
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      start -> settings -> control panel -> sounds and audio devices -> voice tab : bfzzzz
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        and audio tab! : bfzzzz
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          the mic is set as the recording device in all of those :( : Chris Faylor
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            we had an issue similar to this before our match the other night, some of us couldnt hear each other, it ... : bfzzzz
            • it happened across two separate instances of tf2 :/ : Chris Faylor
    • Get to the Volume Control program (Windows\system32\sndvol32.exe) Options->Properties Adjust Volume f... : DOOManiac
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  Mic muted in windows mixer? : midgetherder
  • Nope. Mic works just fine in Skype (which I quit out of before I start Steam). : Chris Faylor
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  You bound the key and are pushing it right? :P : DOOManiac
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    ... : Chris Faylor
    • Oh holy LOL : Zero|DPX
    • god damnit faylor : SockMonkeh
    • I prefer the other Chris >:( : genjuro
    • thanks for the laugh man, i needed that one.. hahah jesus. : bfzzzz
    • oh no... hahaha... : zakazi
    • Chris Failure strikes again! : erotic sock
    • Hello, Chris! I'd like to point you to this informative article I just found on the internet! http://w... : BlackCat9
    • hahahahaha gotta get in on this. : lookitzpancakes
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      computah! hullo computah! : losder5000
      • Hey kid! I'm a computah! ...help computah : famine101
      • Try the keyboard. : monkeygone
    • v is for ... : shavenewok
    • hehe, xbox live you dont have to :\ : Chandler55
    • It's magic!!! : ctlaltl33t
  • Hahahahha awesome Doom, awesome. : Chunks
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  [02:08] FaylorShack: wait [02:08] FaylorShack: you ahve to hold a key to talk in tf2? ...... .... : Nick Breckon
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    ONLINE GAMING : alarm cock
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      i guess that explains the lack of breathing sounds : Chris Faylor
      • and swearing : Chris Faylor
  • hahahahahaha awesome : [7]kami
  • have consoles really dumbed us down or what? : malloc
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  well looks like you guys helped me solve yet another computer issue. thanks all, i'm heading to bed! : Chris Faylor
  • lol, glad I could help. :D : DOOManiac
  • It was this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16237959#itemanchor_16237959 wasn't it? lol : K1Bond007
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    no, this was a Faylor issue, not a computer issue : mikecyb
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      a faylor issue related to computers! : Chris Faylor
      • so fired : mikecyb
  • I could see how you could get confused if you ever joined a server with mic spam. But still, haha! : Grimp
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    When I had this problem people just made fun of me. That's why I don't play zombie master anymore. : Malku
    • Don't worry, the replies are still coming. You won't be alone! : Grimp
  • and thus ends another important chapter in the life of Faylor. The day that voice chat became an integra... : dopeman
  • whew, at least that didn't cost you $85 : sergeon
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    why did they hire you again? : brollercoaster
    • For his skilled and well written insights into games and gaming industry. Comic relief. : mem
• What we have here, is a Faylor to communicate! I'm sorry : SolveChrist

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  haha whats the source of this? : GloriousCow
  • Canadian show called Trailer Park Boys. I've actually been going through the seasons just now, its fuckin... : d0gbert
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5SHF40rW3c : Fred Garvin
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      Even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEvjV1jtvl4 : Fred Garvin
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        haha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pvm-n6gwPCY&NR=1 : GloriousCow
        • Yeah, Lahey is famous for his "shit" expressions. : Fred Garvin
        • Here's one of my favorite scenes! Conky! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0lauIE60oM : Edges
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  I love that the girl BEHIND her, who didn't touch fat stomach at all also reels in disgust! : trOmblyj
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    i like how his moobs jiggle : GloriousCow
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      It's hypnotic. Yes. It's like a lava lamp. : trOmblyj
      • how do you get a belly so delightfully round? he's practically pregnant : GloriousCow
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  hahah where is this from? : Mr.Fusion
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    Trailer Park Boys... awesome show. : Wheatloaf
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPcEPM-yNyY : bfzzzz
      • damnit, freddy beat me. : bfzzzz
• that's my favorite thing to do : cpt_gloval
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  Phil Collins is even better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evCj25UtfLM : Fred Garvin
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    What the hell did I just watch? : Vantage
    • You are Canadian and have never seen The Trailer Park Boys? Hand in your friggin' maple leaf pal. : Fred Garvin
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    What the hell is this show about? lol : ThomW
    • http://www.trailerparkboys.com/ : Fred Garvin
  • Okay, that was just strange. Who sponsors this? Wallmart? : TheArtMan
• hahahahaha : virus
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  I can't urge strong enough for you people to find and watch this show. : Edges
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    The movie is playing in the US now: http://www.trailerparkboysusa.com/ : Fred Garvin
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      Sadly, I don't like this movie. People need to watch the show first! : Edges
      • I loved the movie. Boob nervous LOL. : Fred Garvin
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  Wasn't Ellen Page on TPB? I have such a crush on her. <3 : coldfusioncs
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    doesnt she like the femininas? : oHnOES
    • I don't think so. And if she is, it just means probability(3some)->1. : coldfusioncs
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  cheese burger baby havin motherfucka! : gokart.
  • J to the R-O-C muthafucka! know what im sayin? : Edges
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  2 things. 1) How was she not making that face even before the "bump"? 2) Is it me or does that guy look l... : K1Bond007
  • 1) It's a TV show about trailer trash 2) dunno : moshman
• I can't believe how many people here have not seen this show. it's fucking hilarious : moshman

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  I would love to come and be a heavy for shooting many peoples. : carrioN luggagE
  • Also, bump. : carrioN luggagE
• I shot those ubi people in the head quite a lot and set a new record for kills as sniper today. That was ... : daedraug
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  OKTOBERFEST! i can play medic : romulan
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    lol : Downforce
    • keepitup! : romulan
• I'd play as medic : jimmy_legs
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  Always up for a good match. BRING IT. : whistler
  • Demo/Soldier/Scout or a combination of all three... Scemodier... Sodemout... Demsoldouts... : whistler
• If you need a pyro, I can help. Can also play heavy or soldier. : Thresher
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  I'm down if you'll have me. I enjoy playing the class "Demoman". : NastyJack
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    Don't go trying new things. You know you won't do well. : jimmy_legs
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      True story: I saw Nasty owning it up as a sniper on Gravelpit over the weekend. : romulan
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        My new computer has opened up all sorts of new possibilities. : NastyJack
        • OH GOD MY HELL HAS ARRIVED. : spazzium
      • not too bad a Scout either : IcomeINpeace
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  I'd like to play! Sounds like fun! : brickmatt
  • Demo or medic. : brickmatt
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  Oh. Also. This is in Team Fortress 2. I thought you might want to know that. And we will be playing on Mo... : A Sponge
  • I think the gravelpit thing gave it away. : Pneum0
• I'd be down... engie/demo/heavy : Wheatloaf
• Gimmie gimmmmmiee PLEASE : Cliffzorz
• I should be able to play too (Heavy Venguard) : okellyc
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  Good luck guys. Ubisoft is really freaking good. So far the only team who's beat Bethesda. : lplasmatron
  • Speaking of the wolf : http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16236368#itemanchor_16236368 If you are int... : MrLobo
• i have class. but if it helps, i was playing with a bunch of the Ubi guys earlier, and the match should b... : laurgasms
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  I'll come to the game : Jackass1233
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    make sure to bring your charming personality : AlexXdude
    • I HATE U : Jackass1233
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  We might need a few extras to fill up the Ubi team. I'll ask to see if other game devs can play (maybe Be... : MrLobo
  • I can totally play. I can even come to your office! :D : AlexXdude
  • Sorry, tomorrow isn't a good day. If it was Wednesday I could make it. :( Kick some Shack-ass for me thou... : lplasmatron
• If it was like 9pmEST or later I'd play =/ : ImageOmega
• I'd like to play if there's space, otherwise I'll be there in spirit! : felicia
• add me to the roster. I'd love to snipe me some Ubi-Noobies. : zerog83
• Oh oh! Pick me! : monkeygone
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  I will be there if you allow me and I will be utterly incomprehensible! : lakren
  • we wouldn't couldn't have you otherwise. : jimmy_legs
• I can show up if I'm picked to play. : Grimp
• Ah shit I can't remember if my girlfriend is coming down tomorrow night or not. :/ : ieGod
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  Me Abigail! I've not yet played in any official developer v. Shack game :( : Chepito.
  • ditto : romulan
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  I signed up in the other thread, too. <3 abigail. : thief
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    I dont' wanna be on ubi's side, this time. : thief
    • (spy, soldier, sniper, medic, engineer... any class but one). : thief
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  Pick Me, Pick Thief, Pick Xeno, Pick Lakren, Pick Flammable, The End : H@rvester
  • Pick Harvester and make him captain-in-the-ranks. : thief
• i'll play : duncandun
• i would like to play if possible : renoforrent
• Dear friends, I wish we could all play. I can certainly fill the roster with you but alas the game serve... : A Sponge
• I would like to attend. thanks. : maldoror
• I can play that, I can play Soldier since I've never tried it before. : sanchez
• I'll play in this epic match : devnullgt
• Sounds like fun. : afrochops
• I'm available, but I know you won't pick me out of spite, so I'll probably be rooting for Ubi from the ra... : Nick Breckon
• I'll always medicate you Abigail! :D : virus
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  Any more for any more? : A Sponge
  • Wot's all this then? I'd be tickled to participate! : skankcore
• Volunteering! : famine101
• If needed invite : bonesyy

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  I don't hate it, it's just such a let down. Microsoft overpromised and underdelivered. For the most par... : Thresher
  • that is true but when it comes on a new computer i don't understand the hate. unless its a work computer... : handofthrawn
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  I agree...no problems with my 64 bit install once everything was ironed out. : Sniper21
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    Yeah mines 64 bit as well. I found the ironing out process took about 20 minutes, if that. : NastyJack
    • When i first booted my HP Compaq 8510p it asked whether i wanted 32bit or 64bit and then proceeded with t... : doomed
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  i really think 3rd party hardware people made vista look way worse than it should have. nvidia drivers, ... : handofthrawn
  • People tend to forget how difficult the change over from Windows 3.1 to Windows 95 and Windows 98/Me to W : Thresher
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  i loved it for awhile, but eventually went back to XP and was amazed how much i had gotten used to the ov... : mwasher
  • Yeah that might be part of it for me. I've got a pretty beefy system and the 4 gigs of ram runs this moth... : NastyJack
  • I went back to XP and realized how much I <3 DWM and start menu search. : blarrr
• At work we were checking out a hardware SSLVPN solution and they told us we need UAC enabled for it to wo... : ghost in my shell
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  Once the shiny crap wears off, which shouldn't take long, you'll start to notice how coping files from on... : Suicide20
  • I'm pretty much the opposite. I've always used windows classic mode and I don't participate in "post your... : NastyJack
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    the copying files will be rectified in SP1. : Fredrik S
    • Oh thank god. : zakazi
    • This is a funny post. YES WE"RE FIXING THE SPEED AT WHICH FILES GET COPIED OVER THE NETWORK.. Basic OS... : Cygnus X-1
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      Sort of. http://blogs.technet.com/markrussinovich/archive/2008/02/04/2826167.aspx : TabsAZ
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        lol One final SP1 change worth mentioning is that Explorer makes copy duration estimates much sooner than : Cygnus X-1
        • had you read the article you would have realized that in fact, Vista was in general not slower in file co... : blarrr
      • wow this is an exceedingly interesting read : blarrr
  • You're funny. : Ebu
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    did you even read the OP? he already turned off UAC : blarrr
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      Yeah, it's not hard. I left it on though, doesn't pop up that often. : SockMonkeh
      • i think its primarily annoying while you are setting up the machine. but i really wonder if you gain any ... : blarrr
• I briefly used Vista but my computer was too slow really. I must say I sorely miss how well media file ta... : A Sponge
• zero issues with vista home pro. having a new system really helps of course. love-it! : xxiv
• I've had very little trouble running Vista64, but I also dual boot with Kubuntu so I get the best of both... : sexydingo
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  Yep, definitely. It's not something to run out and buy, but if you're buying a new system you're retarded... : feek
  • I don't think you're retarded for getting XP. With all the horrible things people say about Vista, for so... : NastyJack
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  Dont download the sp1 upgrade that is out there, wait till March. You get a stupid message in the lower r... : ant_hillbilly
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    The RTM that's leaked shouldn't have that. : feek
    • Im using the RTM and theres no nag message : Konquest123
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      It doesn't, the leaked version is the same version they RTM'd last Monday. : Smitty
      • There are 2 versions. The rc1 (6001.17**) and rc2 aka RTM (6001.1800). : paravis
    • well that sucks. : ant_hillbilly
  • I'm using the RTM and I don't get that. : rosewood
  • You are/were using the RC1. RC2 doesn't have that problem. : paravis
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  I think it was a couple of things - a lot of people were tossed out of their comfort zone by change. Even... : Dave-A
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    Also, UAC is an awesome idea and you should all leave it on. : Dave-A
    • More like leave it on if you've never used a PC before. : Medster
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  If my 360 could see my Vista PC I'd be ok with it now. But for some reason that shit breaks randomlly and... : bozer
  • I'm running Vista64 and I have no problems communicating with my Xbox. It might not be Vista's fault. : sexydingo
• is this like a geek's ILTC post? : Postal
• I would also agree with the original poster here. I've had zero problems with it since I started using i... : wytefang
• The juice is not worth the squeeze. Issues: Problems with WPA and certain popular Wireless Routers (l... : treefingers1
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  I found Ubuntu far more satisfying, Gnome flavor. : xZanU
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    Definitely a more satisfying user environment (prefer KDE flavor myself), but I have to be able to play a... : sexydingo
    • Both are good. I currently prefer GNOME, but I'm looking forward to playing with KDE4 in April. : protozone
    • Games are always an issue. I agree, dual boot is the way to go. : xZanU
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    That's to be expected, but only if the hardware being used has drivers included in Ubuntu. Most hardware ... : protozone
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      It needs to become far more user-friendly and stable than it is before it can reach a significant number ... : rudds
      • I haven't had any stability issues, but I do occasionally have user-friendliness issues. I'm quite intere... : protozone
• Vista's now only $155 at compusa for those that want to get it cheap. It's the full retail version so you... : Alco23
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  On my new old laptop, as soon as I get 2g of memory, I'm going to vista on it. So much better it isn'... : rosewood
  • How old we talkin? : Mondo
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  mmmm; you may have convinced me to switch. Thanks nastyjack. : thief
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    Does anyone well vista on a mbpro? runs well, ram? : thief
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      I'm sure it will run fine in Bootcamp with the default 2gb of memory. There's no reason it wouldn't. But ... : derelict515
      • Thanks. : thief
      • I definitely recommend the 3gb of ram thing, especially if you are going to be gaming. Crysis, the most ... : SolrFlare
      • yep, 32 bit runs great in bootcamp on my mbp. : Arsenal
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      Runs fine on my Macbook. 32-bit version, only. : Rice-Rocketeer
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        yeah, only the Mac Pro's currently have 64bit vista support. Which makes sense they'd support the Mac Pr... : SolrFlare
        • that and they haven't gotten around to putting the 64bit bootcamp distro disks in with the rest of the li... : Toraz Chryx
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  What is the deal with games under Vista ? Do they pretty much all work OK ? I've got a new system incomin... : taronish
  • Everything I've tried has worked fine. : FushigiDenki
  • So far everything I have works. : dmason
  • Every game I have tried works, although Max Payne 1 had some bugs. : blarrr
  • I have terrible bugs on anything that uses some end of DirectX 9. WoW, for example, doesn't exhibit the ... : Rotten Deadite
• Vista is pretty sweet but I'm not a big fan of windows update processes cycling my CPU to 100%, especiall... : alarm cock
• Yeah, I'm quite happy with vista myself as well. There's been a few small issues, but they have been easi... : carrioN luggagE
• Vista is cool...I have bypassed the hate. I just notice that I get less FPS in games....but it's still pl... : devnullgt
• Yep , I really enjoy Vista too.. neener to all the haters : nukewinter
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  Most people that I know that have Vista...LOVE IT....until they have to install some drivers. Then they ... : ImageOmega
  • ^^^true story. i liked it until i discovered installing drivers and getting my sound to work properly wa... : Sludgehead
  • I've installed video, chipset and audio drivers repeatedly with no problems, and using the exact same met... : Drewus
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    It's more of a problem for older PCs though. : Autocrawler
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      most people with vista have shiny new pcs to go with it though. they didn't run out and buy vista by its... : Sludgehead
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        Yep, that was basically exactly my point. : Autocrawler
        • ok well my point is my new pc + vista = no sound, or center channel only. this is with drivers supplied ... : Sludgehead
  • Same here. : [7]kami
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    I'm pretty sure he was saying you those people hate vista simply because they have to install a driver, n... : paravis
    • -you : paravis
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  On a fast machine (like yours and mine lol) it's absolutely great and just flies, speed-wise. Better than... : nomaad
  • Doesn't this ultimately mean it would be slower in games ? : taronish
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  I Know a lot of IT pros that refuse to use Vista. Microsoft in general is getting a lot of resistance fro... : Cygnus X-1
  • They refuse to use Vista because they have specialized apps that rely on broken or outdated behavior in W... : blarrr
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  I'm stuck with it and I really don't like it. Worst thing is the explorer. I don't know why but it feels ... : JohnnyDanger
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    Also, why does it sometimes take around 20 seconds to delete a shortcut from the desktop? wtf! : JohnnyDanger
    • Alot of those things are fixed in hotfixes. These hotfixes will all be in SP1. I know it used to take jus... : blarrr
• The worst thing for me is that TF2 runs much, much slower in Vista. In XP I was able to run at 1680x1050 ... : rock elf
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  I was going to post a thread like this actually. Last month I got a nice deal on HP Compaq with C2D 2.4gh... : doomed
  • 2d performance pales in comparison to the DWM 3d performance. No more windows leaving trails behind, bein... : blarrr
• gotta love the Vista : xsii

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  So if you break down for Alan Wake, is it gonna be 360 or Vista? : Dave-A
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    Oh it would be Vista if anything, but probably in a couple years : dognose
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      If I anonymously tracked you down and sent you a 360, would you play it or trade it for ugg boots and a b... : Dave-A
      • I wouldn't play it I'm afraid, I've tried gaming on them and I had no fun :( I do recognize however th... : dognose
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    you gotta get it for vista, its made to use quad-core cpus. its going to be amazing just for that! : chilln
    • Didn't Crysis with < 4 cores already surpass the Alan Wake demos? Or is my memory fuzzy. : Tekmoor
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  dognose, Do you know about the recently announced Faith and a .45? It's third-person, more Max Payne-s... : notd665
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    Also, the Club will be out very soon for the PC. It's a funny arcadey shooter made by Bizarre. Mercen... : notd665
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      The Club? Bizarre? You seem to know some cool stuff, I am going to start paying closer attention to you... : dognose
      • By this point, I better know what I'm talking about. :D : notd665
    • Really looking forward to the Club, it might be my new CS:S : d fluke
  • I did not know about this! This looks GREAT!!!! THANK YOU!!!! I love you. : dognose
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  Alan Wake is indeed 3rd person. : K1Bond007
  • Also.. Quantum of Solace (the game) will most likely be first-person. Supposedly it's using the Call of D... : K1Bond007
• New Brothers in Arms looks awesome. Borderlands Far Cry 2 : Flynn
• They're making a new Fear game and a new Tribes game and a new Far Cry game and a new Penumbra game! : SpaecKow
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  Left 4 Dead (Valve's co-op zombie shooter), and...that's really about it as far as intriguing PC games go... : PenicillinX57
  • Oh shit that's right how can I forget Left For Dead, I saw it at QuakeCon and it looked badass. : dognose
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  Fallout3! Its on oblivion engine, and its RPG, but still first personish! : chilln
  • ^ Agreed : ryuuseki
  • That game better rock. : lplasmatron
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    You should be banned for life for that. : lord cecil
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      what? why? : chilln
      • for mentioning Fallout 3 in a shooter thread :( : lord cecil
  • can't think of anything i want more : nandu666
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  I hope you've played The Club's demo -- Stuff Blows Up TM and the whole goal is to kill quickly to build ... : Postal
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    I don't know what this is :( : dognose
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      http://www.fileshack.com/file.x/11771/The+Club+Demo Investigating now with intense appreciation good Sir! : dognose
      • downloading : blarrr
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  Left4Dead, dognose! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • IAWTL4DD : DOOManiac
  • Hype is working for me on this one. : spazzium
  • I've been waiting for this game my whole life. : midgetherder
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  Do you not play HL or is that a given? : Tekmoor
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    Oh Ep 3 is a given! I loves me some H-L :) : dognose
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      Let's see, there's that new Soldier of Fortune "game", a new STALKER, a new Op. Flashpoint, Huxley (meh),... : Tekmoor
      • You talking about that SoF3 game that is extremely violent and yet apparently sucks? : dognose
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  HL2: Episode 3 (although DNF is more likely to come out before this one) : Scoots06
  • Better men than you or I have made this prediction and been proven wrong countless times. : BlackCat9
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  I am really looking forward to Faith and a .45. Besides having the best title ever, it's from the studio ... : Fredrik S
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    Total Overdose is very under-appreciated. Makes me sad. : dognose
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      and the soundtrack was totally rad as well. : Supine
      • *SPICY MOVE!* : theargent
      • Funny you mention that, I was playing Crackdown last night and some car drove past playing a song from TO... : theargent
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  Farcry 2? *shrug* : chilln
  • That actually looks really really good. : lplasmatron
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    I'd rather play a Crysis expansion =( : smax
    • My thoughts exactly. Besides Ubisoft just seems to have some sort of weird talent at screwing things up. : Autocrawler
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  project origin - the official F.E.A.R sequel. : grabbie
  • Oooo thank you!!! : dognose
• Battlefield bad company is coming soon, completely destroyable environments ftw baby! Hopefully it's fun! : razorblade79
• dognose: this? http://alliancethegame.com/ : AxeMan808
• STALKER: Clear Skies : windowpane
• Doom 4, UT 4, and Half Life 3 are all in development trust me : smax
• You get +1000 Cool Points for the Wilhelm! : action wombmate

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  According to the sticky in GBS they're gonna force a new one every three months. I understand using a ... : ConfusedUs
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    Let me guess: Forget your password -> $9.99 to reset/reactivate the account? : Arcanum
    • I doubt that. I'm sure this is all an over-reaction to the recent spurt of account hijackings. : ConfusedUs
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      no, its just like everywhere else. They're just enforcing strong passwords because douchebags will try to... : derelict515
      • I'd rather they just let you as a user decide how lame and hackable you want your password to be. : jake2000
• oh what the shit : Pink0r
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  There's no way I can remember my password now :( : crummynz
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    yeah what a pain in the arse. How am I meant to browse SA from work when I have to remember some behemoth... : aeg1x
    • PinkBalloon12! : mem
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  Your new password will need to be at least 12 characters long, contain mixed-case letters, at least one n... : mojo the helpr monke
  • haha what the fuck. : Chris Faylor
  • *goes to goonmeet* (I don't know what they call it) *searches keyboard and surrounding computer for ul... : DarkWolf5
  • also you have to change it every 3 months : aeg1x
  • Everyone's new password: "Firstname.Lastname123" : GodZilly
  • hahaha thats retarded my school email has retarded rules like that, and they made me change it every 3... : arizona bay
  • new password Whatthefuck! : jonin
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    Yikes. I have one super-good password that I use for sensitive stuff at work. But for random websites I... : riptyde
    • hacking your shack account now : aeg1x
• Ahaha, oh god how dumb. : brickmatt
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  Registered users online: 43 right now on SA. Good job lowtax. I wonder how many people just aren't g... : crazywigga
  • 4,281 Users Logged In that was fast : aeg1x
  • haha, don't be ridiculous. : moshman
• Meh. I already have to change my work password every 45 days : action roommate
• Online banking? Makes sense. College email? Ok. A forum of dick jokes? Overkill. : pauk111
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  CanIhas1newpassword? : losimagic
  • My updated password is just a huge complaint about the entire thing, heh. : Autocrawler
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  my old password didn't work, so i requested a new one, and when i logged in, it informed that i had been ... : vodor
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    haha same boat, except I didn't click the link it emailed me. I don't go there often enough to update my ... : Chunks
    • They froze stuff that was inactive for two+ months, so it might be that? : Majuju
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  who cares? Is it really so hard to remember a phrase with some numbers on the end? : moshman
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    Passwords shouldn't be this much hard work! Why not use biometrics?!!111 ;( : losimagic
    • rescan fingerprint (too short) rescan fingerprint (too short) rescan fingerprint (too short) rescan fi... : steelsamurai
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  It's OK, I use a keychain anyway (http://passwordsafe.sourceforge.net/) What's funny is that Password ... : rock elf
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    http://keepass.info is pretty hot too : stamps
    • I use this as well, it rocks! There's also a Windows Mobile version too : losimagic
  • Yup, I use this little gem too. I can't imagine remembering my passwords, game keys and other stuff witho... : five_percent
  • There's also https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/3282 which works pretty well. : Horn
  • somebody compare this and keepass and tell me which is better? : Clay
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  haha, holy shit. i'm totally guilty of using one password-many sites, but jesus christ it was strong enou... : Deathlove
  • So anyway if someone knows of a good free PalmOS keychain that synchs with XP that'd be keen thanks : Deathlove
• What's really funny is that if you reset your password, it generates you a new one which by their standar... : blarrr
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  well somebody hijacked over 1000 accounts, so it's kinda understandable : Clay
  • That's not my problem. Protect your shit, or lose it. It's not like admin accounts were compromised, or t... : Deathlove
  • Making the passwords super secure won't affect them if they're hijacked or not. : Horn
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  Oh what the heck: This account has been temporarily disabled due to inactivity. Don't worry, you will be : suqur
  • yeah, I got the same thing :/ : ZeroSignal

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  wow people were alive back then?! : Trips
  • It was actually caused by Dinosaurs. : DarkWolf5
• Any day now.. : AlexXdude
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  That picture teaches me that I should buy a houseboat. : OverloadUT
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    sure, then you just get smashed to bits and drowned by a tidal wave. good times. : bfzzzz
    • Well in the picture it looks like most of the buildings are rubble but all of the boats are sitting there... : OverloadUT
    • no if there is a tsunami coming you can just go out to sea for a bit and you wouldnt even notice the wave... : mindshot
• god hates fags : not work safe
• More like screencap from SimCity 9000 : Draco
• Wow amazing : dearjamie
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  A video heading down Market St. a year prior to that! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfZX-4iQOgQ&eurl= : bad_fish
  • sweet vid : reverend~heresy
  • that's pretty rad. : spazzium
  • very neat : hobosapien
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    this is a fake or something...everything is either black, grey or white, whoever did it should have put i : TastyWheat
    • lol I saw that too : action wombmate
    • wow - but seriously kids now don't know shit about the world before computers. One of my cousins didn'... : Shadowdane
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    Man, I would love to visit that time period. Something about it just says "the good old days" to me. : megarust32
    • Eh, only for white males. And if anything, the class disparity back that was even worse than it is now, ... : action wombmate
    • The good old days, where never good. : bundy
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:IKBrunelChains.jpg So badass. : aeg1x
  • makes you wonder what 2105 will be like :O (omg 4 years after war was begning) : sexninja!!!!
  • Jeeze. I wish they ran that many cable cars these days. You can wait 30 minutes for an F train that isn't... : ChibiJosh
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    it's crazy that some people who were alive then are still alive today. Things change so fast! : aeg1x
    • My great grandmother moved to the west on a carriage and flew home to east on a plane. Thats O_o : lord cecil
  • Excellent Some observations - Seems like 90% or more of men (and probably women) are wearing hats ... : action roommate
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  I wonder when the next big one hits California. I imagine it will be pretty much the end of the world : Flynn
  • Structural Design is miles ahead of where it was back then. It's gonna have to be a really big one. : DarkWolf5
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    I doubt it. Even if its as strong as the 89 quake it will probably not do as much damage because of the s... : not work safe
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      Yes and no... areas that been retrofitted, absolutely, but there are plenty areas that were barely patche... : Toth21
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        the problem with risk assessment is that engineers are just now starting to consider what is called resid... : conandan
        • Oh, and you guys that live in Sacramento CA, move. Its another Katrina waiting to happen. The levee sys... : conandan
  • A lot of server farms anyways. : zanzares
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    LA with out power, water, gas, broken freeways would be fun. I think I need to buy more ammo. : shortbuscaptain
    • I imagine with all the chaos it could take hours for some people to drive to work! : crummynz
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    With the housing slump already well underway, a nice 8.0 quake should bring the home prices within reach ... : afty04
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      This is actually what I'm waiting for to buy my next property. Plus California would be better off if so... : midgetherder
      • Yeah. When I went to visit, I realized SoCal was beautiful, but everyone else has already had the idea be... : Caboose
• 0wned : sexninja!!!!
• wow - thanks for that ... what an amazing picture. :O : virus
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  Wow, that's pretty incredible. Any SF shackers know what that building is on the right that's still stan... : action wombmate
  • location-wise, it looks like that's that's the fairmont hotel on mason & california. if you pull up googl... : xsoulbrothax
• lol they sucked at making buildings : sKetchflow
• god really hates gays : moshman
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  kind of looks like a nuke went off. : hirez
  • weird I was just thinking it doesn't look so bad : Sludgehead
• Such an amazing shot. Thanks for posting. : Lightzout
• Wow. Just wow. There's really nothing else to say. : Bean
• That is pretty nuts... : ColoradoCNC
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  much less impressive '94 Northridge Earthquake pic from our house: http://paravis.shackspace.com/1994%... : paravis
  • Wow, that picture is awesome. : midgetherder
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  My geology teacher said they're due for a similar one any day now.....I hope it's not while my brother is... : Koral06
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    they've been saying that for 20 years : moshman
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      Yeah I know it's not really predictable. They use a horrible "on average" scale to predict these things. : Koral06
      • regardless, you are in a high risk zone. Doesn't matter if they have been saying it for 20 years, its ga... : conandan

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  always have been, dont believe all the speculation you read around here. however one thing is true, if... : Steve Gibson
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    How could you do this without charging a subscription for it? : trOmblyj
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      they dont call him GOLDstein for nothin'! : hirez
      • he IS jewish, i knew it! : Korban
    • Have google imbed advertisements in them. : Sniper21
  • If we paid you, would you send us Christmas cards? I might pay to get a signed card of your butt on the f... : felicia
  • he has a lightning bolt! : sixfoot6
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    I say we open a FIX-IE fund...If every IE user donates a dollar, we can easily get enough to hire somebod... : Flynn
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      I'd be willing to donate to get the comments fixed in IE : prime8
      • i'd be down with that as well : jonin
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        I'd be willing to donate to help, save the site... oh wait I did that years ago :p Where is the paypal... : ghost in my shell
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          it wouldn't work! lolollololololl : Downforce
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            lolololol : ghost in my shell
            • still bitter you sniped me from the mg turret of a moving sherman at full speed h8 : Downforce
    • Or you could just download Firefox for free. : riptyde
    • Isn't this mercury to remove the ad's? : ra1n
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    Maybe ie users could start a comment fund? : The Key
    • % : rustified
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    it'd be interesting to see what the click-through rate is on chat threads vs. the main page. : Matto357
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      Probably not good, but I do feel like we generate a lot of the buzz about this place. And I constantly li... : sixfoot6
      • I think this is a good point. If the Shack comments disappeared, I think much of the front page traffic ... : jasonepowell
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      Very small. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15930456#itemanchor_15930456 That top bullet is pre... : pupismyname
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        You people will want to read this post : haiku
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          3:1 is a pretty damn good ratio for registered users on a site. I also still stand by the comments drawin... : cdbeckman
          • i would have to disagree because the comment system sucked badly back in the days and this site grew imme... : italiano3d
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            3:1 is pretty good, but remember you have to be logged in to use Fileshack. Scan through the users online : pupismyname
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              You actually don't have to be logged in to use Fileshack now, as zagzig32 pointed out to me below (news t... : Bean
              • its only recently they removed the required registration to download, I only noticed a few months back ... : zagzig32
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                I based my 25%-50% guess by counting how many usernames I had seen before that started with a random lett... : pupismyname
                • Yeah, I just went and did a hand count of one column myself and I recognized roughly 1/3, so your estimat... : Bean
      • Thank you for posting this pup! That was exactly the information I was looking for! : Bean
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        i've kinda never believed that online user data page, the #'s always seem to be about the same. almost l... : zagzig32
        • It's always daylight somewhere. : pupismyname
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        I want to know the top 25. Am I there? :( : Ebu
        • No :( : Ebu
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        you have no damning evidence since you aren't talking about comment readers. Saying the comments don't h... : Luminair
        • You're right, but those are statistics we don't have. You can make an educated guess by looking at shacks... : pupismyname
        • unique chatty clicks vs. post count ? : zagzig32
      • Haha wow, that puts things in perspective. : Magus
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        I think before calculating those kind of statistics, the 25 pages of anon's should be discarded, as shoul... : AxeMan808
        • That would skew it even more towards the "comments are insignificant" camp. : pupismyname
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        I believe it, I just have a hard time thinking about the Shack this way. I've known of the Shack since ar... : thetangent
        • and wow, 1200 lurkers!? Hi guys, join in the discussion! We don't all bite! : thetangent
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    That's pretty short sighted. A lot of the people who are new here are referred by those of us who love th... : cdbeckman
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      Yeah, and it's fairly obvious that Steve & co. love the community here, otherwise they wouldn't tolerate ... : Gonzo
      • You know much front page traffic would go up if Stuff that sucks came back? : ghost in my shell
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      did you just tell the guy with all the clickthrough, demographic and traffic data what I think you just ... : zakk
      • I did. I'm saying that there is another factor, the buzz and referral rate, that he's not taking into con... : cdbeckman
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    Ouch that hurts Mr. Gibson some of us having been coming here for years :[ : ghost in my shell
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      Exactly. You big freeloader! : Ajax
      • : : ghost in my shell
  • haha nice sentiment : thewriter
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    Before the redesign, I can't imagine that the front page was a source of $ either. It always seemed like ... : slickdoody
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      There is money in just providing links. : Ebu
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        OH man, I'm gonna start shacklinks.com and just post links to the links on the shack which are links to o... : slickdoody
        • why not. it'll work. : xsii
    • and yet it was! : snicker-snack 2
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    've always wondered how comments and revenue were connected. : thief
    • Inversely. : notd665
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    I would pay exactly $9.99 a month for access to the comments. : mrwolf710
    • i got mercury pretty much just to get rid of the ads :/ : xxiv
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    The only reason I pay for fileshack is because of the comments.... : ashkie
    • WOAH where have u been? : chilln
  • but don't you see? we come for the articles and downloads but we STAY for the comments! : sKetchflow
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    You really believe the comments aren't a source of income? If they aren't a source of income then you... : Porkasaurus
    • because the community is one thing that's unique about Shacknews : redfive
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      I dunno; w/o the comments I wouldn't come here. I don't really consider myself a 'gamer' or anything. : thief
      • Want to play some TF2 later? : brickmatt
    • we do a lot of things around here because we just like to. if shack was a 100% money oriented business... : Steve Gibson
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    Add a "no PRL" option for $20/year. I'd go for that on top of Mercury! : Dave-A
    • I'd leave! : sharkII
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      This, plus maybe some little "comment supporter" or "chatty bitch" icon like the mercury bolt would proba... : DinK
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        I want avatars. : brickmatt
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          And sigs. : brickmatt
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            Animated avatars that say our sigs out loud via midi files. : brickmatt
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              shut. the. fuck. up. : creep
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                That'll be part of what my avatar says in my midi sig. : brickmatt
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                  don't you guys already have all that on the mod board, though? : Bean
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                    No, just pages and pages of Edlin and Helvetica talking dirty to each other. : Rauol Duke
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                      So how is that different than here? : Bean
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                        Pictures. : Rauol Duke
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                          oh. : Bean
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                            Rauol Dick party is more like it. : creep
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                              He's been impotent ever since the divorce, but became an alcoholic so he can use "beerdick" as the excuse... : Bean
                              • I never noticed it was spelled wrong before. Duke Oopsem! : Dave-A
                • I'd pay for a WTFHORSE. I miss that little guy. *sniff* : Dave-A
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          Fuck that. As much as I Enjoy having an avatar at some other boards (that I no longer frequent Mr Gibson,... : Solstice
          • Woo, thank you so much for linking that, i lost my bookmark a couple of years ago and i could never find ... : Arsenal
          • IAWTP!!! : thetangent
  • Couldn't it be seen as something that increases popularity of the site, resulting in more front page view... : vynn
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    I think we should have the ability to buy a shackers account for a day. : stgdz
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      I'd pay to remove many posters. : Rauol Duke
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        Tempbans for $10! : crummynz
        • I accept Paypal : redfive
      • I'd pay 20 to get rid of Garvin! : Bantis
  • Write more stuff like you used to and charge us to read it! I'd pay! : dognose
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    no comments = no community. maybe you should spend more time on the comments. : anthonybean
    • Are you kidding? Do you not understand the resources that have already been devoted to the comment system... : Ebu
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      You people are nuts. This is the lagniappe for the rest of the site and Fileshack. Fileshack would still ... : Rauol Duke
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        Three very important topics, it should be noted : Thomas Hace
        • two : FushigiDenki
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        i've never seena a nun cook a steak : shavenewok
        • You haven't lived : Merconium
      • I have a coworker who frequents FileShack and didn't know about ShackNews. : dognose
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        yeah... seriously.. the comments are like 1000-2000 hardcore nerds. shack probably gets hundreds of thous... : wtf242
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          Not even 1000-2000. A few hundred regulars make up like 70% probably. : haiku
          • What was the URL to that site one guy did with the post statistics? I bet you could get some good aggrega... : Bean
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          w/o that 1-2000 hardcore userbase would shack be what it is today? : zagzig32
          • Most likely : Ebu
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            I bet it would be, for the most part. : Bean
            • i'd prob still be reading Blue's if it weren't for the comments here : zagzig32
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            it wouldn't be as cool, but i don't think traffic would slow : wtf242
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              the 'aura' around the shack of being the cool place to be is based on the users here in the comments, at ... : zagzig32
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                And that's as far as it goes. That "aura" of "cool" only extends to the few hundred people generating th... : Zero|DPX
                • You matter to me Zero|DPX :( : ieGod
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                Well the comments *did* get The Shack mention in MaximumPC a time or two : dognose
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                  that's because MaximumPC was actually a 'good' PC gaming/hardware magazine. : zerog83
                  • It still is! : dognose
                • Pours one out for Boot. : zakazi
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                I think you greatly overestimate our importance. If anything, the revenue structure of the Shack is hurt ... : Bean
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                  then subscribe to mercury if you feel that way! lightning bolts are cool! : zerog83
                  • I used to subscribe to Mercury, and had it for a long time. However, it's not a value-add for me. There's... : Bean
                  • remember, just because theres no lightning bolt doesnt mean they dont subscribe. : Degenerate
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                  Steve should put ads at the end of each comment. : edgewise
                  • Or in the middle! Imagine GeorgeB posts. "...Read more about 'DNF Release Date' after the jump." ... : dognose
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                  when I think of the shack, I think of a small site called Shugashack that grew into a huge site because o... : zagzig32
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                    Well, then all I can say is that you think wrong. Pup has a good post up above that covers a lot of this.... : Bean
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                      you don't have to register to download from fileshack : zagzig32
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                        Huh. I just checked and I never saw that before. Is that new? You still get +250k/s speed down as an ince... : Bean
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                          whoa whoa, "contributory negligence" , huh? I still haven't signed everything.... you honestly think i g... : zagzig32
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                            i don't get my check till I sign a bunch more forms that I DID NOT agree to signing in mediation. shoul... : zagzig32
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                              I don't think anything at all either way. You should just listen to the lawyer you paid to help you with ... : Bean
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                                i honestly don't think he has my interests in his thoughts. I swear he's being paid off by Walmart for ... : zagzig32
                                • hahahaha. : losder5000
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                      i guess this internet thing has taken off.... im still in the BBS days where 'normal' people don't go onl... : zagzig32
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                        14-year-old girls run the internet now, zagzig32. Scary, but true. :[ : Bean
                        • 25 people have posted 10% of the total comments, wow, just wow. those #'s really shed some light on th... : zagzig32
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                      Do they know how many unique visitors clicked on the chatty link? : losder5000
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                        That information is not public. : pupismyname
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                          Well, that's what would tell us how much the comments are actually worth wouldn't it? I mean even if it'... : losder5000
                          • Bingo ;) : phipple
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                  don't comment hits = traffic that can be shilled as 'real' traffic ? : zagzig32
                  • No. I think they count absolute unique visitors only. : K1Bond007
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                    You'd have to ask pup or haiku or Steve or Maarten or whomever, but I imagine any advertiser with half a ... : Bean
                    • The ad's in my comment history go for a dollar a click, since I'm such a fascinating mother fucker! : skitzo
                    • Online advertising has been so successful in part because the tracking and analytic metrics are more invo... : dearjamie
              • And you're one of the hardcore users. So... : pupismyname
          • I'm thinking yes. I've been coming since 97 or what have you and only got into the comments about 2 years : zakazi
          • Most people that make money for this site probably come here from a google search for "counter-strike pat... : dearjamie
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          Who are you calling a nerd.. NERD. : dopeman
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            Watch it, NERD. : brickmatt
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              I'm surrounded by nerds. : dopeman
              • Keep firing, nerds! : jimmy_legs
    • Have you people ever stopped to consider how many people this 'community' probably scares away? : zakk
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16236498#itemanchor_16236498 : brickmatt
  • replying in a Steve Gibson-commented thread! : zerog83
  • To those of you that don't understand: The reason the comments don't make money is the same reason for... : dearjamie
  • the word of mouth from us chatty bitches has to bring traffic to the site, I can't talk about games w/o m... : zagzig32
  • post more often : romulan
  • We're not Shackers, we're internet users who happen to be on the shack. We were kidnapped and brought her... : skitzo
  • Although I already pay money for fileshack (something I argued with Sevogajre about before posting here),... : spazzium
  • put a google text ad in the bottom right of each comment :D : packav
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    The first step, in my mind, to monetize the chatty userbase, would replace those crappy Adsense ads with ... : notd665
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      They can charge like a cell phone plan. 5 cents per message. : DarkWolf5
      • Yeah, that's a great idea! If they don't ever want anyone posting again. : notd665
    • But advertisers don't pay $3 CPM just because. At some point that spending has to "back out" in terms of ... : dearjamie
  • In this thread we post pics of the ads they "spend more time on" :) : byorn
  • Well there have been some rare cases where the chatty is of huge benefit to the Shack's bottom line... ... : Magus
  • We should have a regulars click the ad banners day each week. : razorblade79
• You could always stop the comments for a month and track the results Dont stone me : Warmaker
• i can fix the problem for 100 dollars, paypal only. Also I'm going to need an expense account to pay a... : ejectorpod
• How about JavaScript that fixes IE's shortcomings? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16235489 : Home Nugget
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  Would there be much benefit to moving the chatties into an SA-forum-type system with fee-based account re... : Magus
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    One of the main reasons I love the Shack comments is that they start over twice a day. If they didn't, we... : pupismyname
    • You've got a point there. And like you, I too have been spoiled by this great comment system. SA has a we... : Magus
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      "The Shack is like mingling in a room full of conversations. Other forums are like walking down a hallway... : zagzig32
      • hahah its pretty damn accurate : AlexXdude
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        Yes it's a great analogy. The comments has by design a steeper learning curve than most other comments sy... : ventro
        • Yep. It's so unique and the only forum I'm active on these days. : erotic sock
      • You hit the nail on the head. : crummynz
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      I just wish collapsed worked without a greasemonkey hack. I couldn't care less about IE users :( : pancake humper
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        collapse works in IE, they just don't stay collapsed after a refresh (which pretty much makes it useless) : zagzig32
        • That's what he wishes worked. : crummynz
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      Persistent collapse; The first spec'd feature of the site re-design and the only one that didn't go in. ... : haiku
      • hahahaha yes : pancake humper
      • is there some crazy technical reason that prevents this from happening or is it just a shacknews? : aeg1x
      • The greasemonkey script works pretty well, it seems, fwiw. : Merconium
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      The Shack is like mingling in a room full of conversations. Other forums are like walking down a hallway : sexninja!!!!
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        Seconded - I was going to post the same thing. The shack's comment system has ALWAYS made me think other ... : thetangent
        • Especially considering the volume of posts it handles each day. It's just awesome all around. : timmie
        • they probably need their forums to work in ie :D : aeg1x
        • Think about the retards who join and can't figure out how this thing works, though. It'd break the intern... : Merconium
        • Quite. Having a new thread every day/half a day keeps stuff fresh. I'd hate it if these were regular foru... : hardfl1p
• You know guys, on the upside--well, my upside--this would be a pretty terrible job to do without the comm... : Nick Breckon
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  I think if everyone collectively bitches loud enough and acts like total douche bags, we can get the comm... : AscorSix
  • Fortunately the moderators will nix that. : geedeck

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  hi there, welcome to 10 years ago : Korban
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    probably closer to 7 or 8 years... that feature didn't hit until about the same time as Windows XP. : Shadowdane
    • I had it on a win95 laptop from Digital. All that matters is that the pad supports it in driver. : Merconium
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  When the hell are PC laptops going to get the two finger stuff that Macbooks have? Is that patented or s... : TabsAZ
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    pc laptops use 1 finger to scroll. it works extremely well, why change it? : Korban
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      Cause you can do it anywhere on the fly in any direction (sideways as well). Multitouch rules. : Serpico74
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        ...cause moving your finger half an inch to the left is such a big deal... yeah, i know the apple scro... : Korban
        • Yeah, both methods are way better than having to use the arrow keys. : Serpico74
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        yeah my god. that "right-side trackpad scrolling" thing is so inconsistently implemented too; the "hotzon... : warpdude
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          you know you can change those in the advanced options of the mouse driver, right? all kinds of useful ... : gokart.
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            really? like how on some laptops it's on the right side but if you get too close to the edge it doesn't w : warpdude
            • provided it uses the synaptics driver, yeah. start>settings>control panel>mouse. the far right tab should... : gokart.
            • you can do it on a mac, even. i have a program called SideTrack on my ibook that lets me scroll on the r... : electroly
            • you can with the ALPS driver. (which is better than synaptics, synaptics sucks) : blarrr
    • because the Mac method works waaay better : derelict515
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    The same reason Apple can't make a second mouse button. : Kerath
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      The 90s say hello. : Serpico74
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        Um, hello, 90s? What? : Kerath
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          What he is trying to say is your info is outdated. : yellowtexan
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            I know, but I'm confused because the newest macbooks have but one mouse button. : Kerath
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              I have a Macbook and use the trackpad. I can right click on it. You need to turn on an option in System P... : yellowtexan
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                I know. But still, why not just have the second mouse button? Especially with windows running on macs. ... : Kerath
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                  The second button would interfere Lord Steve Jobs and the Church of Apple's design philosophy. It will no... : yellowtexan
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                    because two fingers + click is way more simple than click. It's more like a retarded obsession with havin... : blarrr
                    • you don't need 2 fingers and click, you just touch the trackpad with 2 fingers : derelict515
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                      Like their mouse does for instance? That does three clicks with one "button". Personally I think it make... : zakazi
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                        I used OSX for a good long time, there are just some things i really didn't like. I hated how it does scr... : blarrr
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                          Haha, yeah it's certainly opinionated software. I dig it for the most part. My biggest gripes (esp at the... : zakazi
                          • it seems like if you know how to do shit with the console you can have your way with it. so on OSX there ... : blarrr
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              yeah but that doesn't mean that you can't bring up a contextual menu by some other (better, imo) means. : warpdude
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                Why is it better? The two finger deal seems iffy on the macbooks I've used. : Kerath
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                  I've always had trouble finding the hotzone on the touchpads I've used. i've also found that it's less ef... : warpdude
                  • I'm not talking about scrolling. (Also, some zones are marked.) : Kerath
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                    "track the hotzone down"? most trackpads are indented into the laptop, so move your finger right until yo... : blarrr
                    • I find those zones not as responsive as the Apple trackpads, more importantly, they take up space on the ... : derelict515
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                  iffy? You touch with 2 fingers anywhere to right click, move your fingers in whatever direction you want ... : derelict515
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                    on my laptop, you just right-click to right-click. : skryte
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                      and that works fine, I'm just saying clicking with 2 fingers at once isn't at all difficult and I find it... : derelict515
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                        It really is crazy how subconcious it becomes after a month or so. Both the scroll and right click work b... : zakazi
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                          i have never been a user of tap clicking on trackpads, this may be a reason why i hate their second mouse... : blarrr
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                            yeah, I wasn't really either until the MBP, but really really dig it for some reason here. Now using my o... : zakazi
                            • it works fine, but i have a tendency to tap my fingers on the pad, which is bad news when tapping = click : blarrr
            • Multitouch right click works really well. : Serpico74
            • Macbook's have no mouse on which to place any buttons. : vigilante
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    The same reason Apple can't make a computer with a middle mouse button. (on my laptop, if I hit both at o... : blarrr
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      They make a mouse with a middle mouse button. Meta-Mouse button is even less essential than the Context R... : zakazi
      • im talking about the laptops. youre not going to whip out a mouse all the time, but i use middle mouse CO... : blarrr
• http://www.hrwiki.org/mirror/20041129_sbemail.html : Rich McNinch
• HEY GUYS I GOT MY FIRST LAPTOP : kn1fe
• Wow, thanks for that. I didn't realize that either! :) Sweet. : slip42o
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  Mine doesn't work in FireFox, that's the only draw back. : yosemiteclimber
  • it works if you uninstall the drivers and make it use the generic drivers.. but this also fucks up your s... : Flying h4x0r