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  There's an app called Mobile GMaps that I think allows offline browsing, not sure how it works. Except Go... : Tekmoor
  • Good luck getting that thing to work properly or even remotely as easy as googlemaps or live search. I c... : paravis
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  That's ultimately the problem with Google Maps on any mobile device IMO. Hey this is great, Google Maps ... : Priest77
  • I have GPS and a 3G connection on my PPC cell phone, but if for some reason I don't have coverage I have ... : opengl128
  • I've got internal GPS + EVDO rev. a on my mogul, and neither Live Search (MS's google maps answer.. whic... : paravis
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  that's the price you pay for cheaping out and getting the Touch : RikiTiki2
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    $500 isn't cheap wtf :( : aggressor
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      if you could afford that, then why couldn't you go all the way? : RikiTiki2
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        iPhone didn't come in 32gb and I wasn't thrilled about using ATT in the first place. : aggressor
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          I will definitely say that the ATT service is THE major downfall of the iPhone. : sKetchflow
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            Have there been any changes in the iphone hardware since the launch? I want to get my wife the iphone eve... : Lightzout
            • there will likely be a gen2 phone this year (with 3G and who knows what else). By August? who knows. : derelict515
            • For the most part, I'm really happy with it. The software isn't flawless and Safari will crash sometimes... : slax0r
• load up where you are going before you leave, it'll cache a little bit of data to use w/o a connection : dopefish
• well, you could always preload it and then refer to the directions when you'r on the go can't you? : vassili_zaitsev

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• A cool alternative history story would include this. : Omaha
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  i never understood why we had to invade. Wouldn't have been enough to blockade them from the sea? : GloriousCow
  • A blockade would have lasted forever. : byorn
  • Then Wiis would never be in stock : Omaha
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  Good thing they got Mukden in China on that map or I would have had no clue what I was looking at. (Wh... : rosewood
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mukden_Incident Its historically significant! : GloriousCow
    • I'm sure putting it on the map helped those US generals remember why they were fighting the evil jap-os. : rosewood
• Nearly 500,000 Purple Heart medals were manufactured in anticipation of the casualties resulting from the : skinlab133

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  This is the issue: http://www.cubeupload.com/files/a57937lostcoast8800gtproblem.j.jpg : EvilDolemite
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    Yep, that's what it looked like : megarust32
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      RMA time? I posted on evga's boards asking their advice. I am now willing to RMA if that's what it ta... : EvilDolemite
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        Yeah, RMA it. I'd put money on it being your card. You've got a BFG though? Not sure what their RMA pr... : megarust32
        • evga is awesome. i want to rub them down with thermal compound and pretend my balls are a heatsink. : bfzzzz
        • I actually have an evga..which is awesome since they supposedly have excellent customer service. I am ... : EvilDolemite
  • that happened to me on an old card, it was the card just going bad, probably the memory on it. RMA that ... : bfzzzz
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  bad memory or overclocked too high. : zagzig32
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    Stock speeds so I'm going to go with bad GPU memory (my PC's memory is name brand and fine). : EvilDolemite
    • That would be my guess too : noven
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  PSU specs just to make sure this isn't the source: http://www.antec.com/specs/SP450_spe.html : EvilDolemite
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    That's pushing it a bit, I'd feel a lot more comfortable with more wattage, especially from an Antec. If : deject
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      How would it damage it? Wouldn't a bad PSU cause other symptoms? It's the artifacting that gets me. No... : EvilDolemite
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        A power supply that's being stressed too hard has a small chance at basically giving unstable voltage to ... : xsoulbrothax
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          Hmm, well, just to be safe, I am going to try to replace the PSU tomorrow. : EvilDolemite
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            If you've got a Fry's around, they generally stock a good variety of PSU's and have a no-restocking-fee r... : xsoulbrothax
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              just one hell of hassle... Fry's is the worst place to return things. : zagzig32
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                your fry's out there must suck. :( i use the sunnyvale one, and they're pretty awesome. we returned a ... : xsoulbrothax
                • well, i pay cash, so you have to go stand in the huge line for puchases to get your money : zagzig32
      • low or high voltages can ruin chips, capacitors and circuits. : deject
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  try RTHDRIBL for a stress test: http://www.daionet.gr.jp/~masa/rthdribl/ : deject
  • i use the one in SiSoft Sandra , its available in the free version : zagzig32
• The pink makes it sound like memory, corrupt or overheating. : carrioN luggagE

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• It's worth around a thousand, give or take; price out the parts yourself and decide. : Zero|DPX
• the GTX is worth a few hundred bucks on its own isnt it? : scottythejock
• He must include the monitor at that price. : mallfouf
• bit expensive without monitor : [7]kami
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  that's about right if you add a little value for it being put together and assumed working. does it inclu... : feek
  • i believe it does come with a license : Mikuya
• I think it really just depends on how much porn he has on the HD. : nubitup
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  you need to know the mobo, you've listed about $860 in parts there. : zagzig32
  • oops, i didn't see it was a GTX : zagzig32

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  i don't think you actually need an invite. you just need to dl the program. there was a link posted earli... : d0pamine
  • that said, give me your address, ill invite you : d0pamine
• sm me your email and i'll invite ya : riptyde
• Can someone spot me an invite? Thanks! : SeaLlama

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  He would say that. : -efx-
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    i was gonna make some smartass comment about how he should stick to what he knows, but then i realized he... : arizona bay
    • he's a talented golfer though, he's good at that. does that count??? : MagicWishMonkey
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  all I know is all these stupid laws to try to curb emissions are going to bring us back to the boring, un... : FormerHPB
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    Not really though... I mean Europe has far stricter emissions standards than the US but I'd still pick a ... : aeg1x
    • Not me. the ones with the power I want are HUGE money. : FormerHPB
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    K-car! : Dechter
    • *shudder* My buddy had about 5 or 6 of those cars in high school/college. He'd total one and get anothe... : FormerHPB
  • Forcing car manufacturers to improve the quality of their cars doesn't necessarily mean sacrificing quali... : Ride-My-Rocket

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• Seriously, Kanes Wrath, Red Alert 3. Feels like the Westwood days again. : Wolfanoz
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  Nipples exploding? : Hakana
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    Maybe more lactating. : -efx-
    • Lactating blue tiberium nipples? : Ride-My-Rocket

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  if theyre not playing great salt lake than i dgaf but thanks : arizona bay
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    Cease to Begin is the shit. Have you listened to it? For some reason I expected their second album to s... : dltrem
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      havent listened, ill have to find it when i get some time. thanks. : arizona bay
      • Cigarettes, Wedding Bands is my fav. song off of Cease to Begin...plus it reminds me a bit of Great Salt ... : soggybagel
    • Yes, I skeptically gave this album a listen, and to my surprise it is an excellent album that has climbe... : paravis
• Needs more HORSE the band : spiderfill
• sweet! thanks for the tip. i'll stay up for this. : afrochops
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  The only other band I'm MORE tired of than Spoon. Serio, someone make these guys stop. : jessipoo
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    :Drudge Siren: Jessipoo couldn't be MORE "tired" of Band of Horses!!! : soggybagel
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      fuck off. if i have to hear cheryl waters on kexp play "is there a ghost" one more time, ima stab 15 wino... : jessipoo
      • Thats my least favorite song off of Cease to Begin and I never listen to a radio nor do I work in a place... : soggybagel
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  I didn't get a chance to see them but I'm going to assume the lead singer was very out of tune. I can't ... : Spezzer
  • They haven't played yet. : dltrem
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    Why? I saw video of them at the pitchfork music festival and he sounded amazing. I remember being really ... : NastyJack
    • Even on the album, the lead singer's voice is often quite off, and the live performances I've seen on you... : Spezzer
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  Haha I still love the band but apparently they're not very good live if this is any indication. : dltrem
  • they are super awesome live in my experience. saw them at the showbox last year and it was double plus go... : mallrice
  • I thought they were ok. Better than most bands I've seen on tv. : afrochops
• related point of interest: the band Grand Archives (featuring a former member of Band of Horses/Carissa's... : burgertime

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• *soy : smax
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  I understand going for milk substitutes if you're running low on lactase, otherwise WTF drink real milk y... : action wombmate
  • If you're lactose-intolerant, like me, there's Lactaid. Tastes like normal milk to me. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I drink it. : drucifer
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    but what about the estrogen : smax
    • i'm a vegetarian and this is why i try not to have soy every day. not only have i heard this was true bu... : dantastic
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  Tastes good, but not ideal source of protein if you're a guy. : arizona bay
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    sometimes I get them menstrual cramps real hard : drucifer
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      well since my body is a temple i dont want the increased bf% due to slightly higher estrogen, among other... : arizona bay
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        buttfuck percentage? wut? : Lord Grey
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          Soymilk turns you gay, gives you breasts, and probably kills your parents and first-born. Didn't you kno... : skizl
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            So soymilk is actually a Yaris in disguise? : TastyWheat
            • REMO REMO REMO REMO REMO. :( : Super Sparker
          • I used to drink soymilk every day for about two years, because milk makes me sick and I thought it was a ... : arizona bay
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    There's also quorn, but it's not vegan unfortunately. : bipolar
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      i used to pound that stuff (boca, quorn, morningstar, linda mccartney, etc.) every single day because i l... : arizona bay
      • From what I've read, it is only relevant if you're eating tons of soy, like 30-40g+ of soy protein a day. : bipolar
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        And you can stille at quorn, it is soy free. : bipolar
        • still eat, even : bipolar
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  I had soy ice cream for dessert tonight. Coconut and mango, was nice! not gay : TastyWheat
  • Just keep telling yourself that. : Evil Benius
• Soy milk juice, there is no soy tit. : Wolfanoz

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• Resident Evil ahoy! : ZombieAcademy
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  Hmm... I wonder what the side effects are, because surely there can't be any of those! : Bean
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    Side effects make people like you rich! : socksta
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      HAY EVERYBODY, BUY THIS AWESOME NEW ANTI-AGING PILL!!!! : Bean
      • a bean on the internet told me to do it! : spaceless
  • Probably just your standard sleeplessness/diarrhea/nausea/dry mouth/anxiety/death that seems to come with... : Sludgehead
• new! juvenon for dogs! : spaceless
• this apparentl helps back it up: http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/99/4/1870 : Juno
• hmmm i don't know doesn't sound OH IT'S NATURAL. WELL IN THAT CASE FUCK : JINKY
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  It's just a fucking dietary supplement. You realize you ingest everything it contains on a regular basis... : sKetchflow
  • probly not on my diet :oP : Juno
  • lol hope you enjoy my 25 year old ass coming to beat you up when you're 102 and haven't been eating your ... : Hello Kitty
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    Like folic acid supplements? Good luck eating 12 plates of broccoli a day. : windowpane
    • just saying. You probably don't eat 12 lbs of kidney every day for Lipoic Acid either. Just nothing "wo... : sKetchflow
• meh, you'll get hit by a bus tomorrow. Cell replacement therapy will be along sooner or later, I'll wa... : windowpane
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  better off taking resveratrol supplements. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resveratrol#Life_extension : ant_hillbilly
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    if by resveratrol supplements you mean red wine, consider it done. : Perturbation
    • Wait until you start hearing more about srt1720. Sirtris Pharmaceuticals is a stock to watch especially ... : ant_hillbilly
  • I'd actually suggest a Resveratrol, Deprenyl, Oxiracetam, L-Dopa, acetyl-l-tryosine + 5+htp + ALCAR + DMA... : paravis
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  Idiots. They need to be using K-R+ ALA. Racemic ALA is worthless, and free R+ ALA is doubly worthless as ... : zanzares
  • indubitably : Trips
  • how about PHOTOSYNTHESIS?!???? : arizona bay
• Thought this was going to be about a new branch of Scientology lol... : TabsAZ
• really tho, it says "slow" . Probably the same amount of slowing or maybe slightly more you'd get by dri... : paravis
• i thought that the trick to not aging is preserving your telomeres..or travelling very fast. : Klebold
• How about this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calorie_restriction : lyme
• Longevity pills: http://www.rayandterry.com/ : xxx2xxx
• Wake me when gene therapy for hair regrowth becomes available / affordable. : Ride-My-Rocket

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  PC or mac? : lacker
  • Hmm? It's out for all platforms, and I use both Windows and OSX versions. : aggressor
• install IE, problem solved : kelerian
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  Install FireFox, problem solved : dognose
  • But...but.... : aggressor
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    dognose, you have caused an infinite loop! Now the universe will implode upon itself. : CrustaR
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      dognose, you have caused an infinite loop! Now the universe will implode upon itself. : j0nchan
      • dognose, you have caused an infinite loop! Now the universe will implode upon itself. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  install opera, problem solved : Modica Sol Solis
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    In seriousness, I've never understood people's problem with Safari? It's been great every time I've used ... : Modica Sol Solis
    • no extensions - sure some things can be replicated, but the deal breaker for me is that cream monkey does... : Arsenal
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  Wut? I'm using it right now and it's fine. : Albemuth
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    I have two (maybe 3) issues: 1) Whenever I click a comment, it scrolls the window down to where the me... : aggressor
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      The first problem was probably poorly explained, so here is an example. http://aggybong.completelyfree... : aggressor
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        Yeah, very strange stuff, I have it in FF Beta 2 : snowwolf
        • Confirmed with Firefox 3 Beta 3 all the problems listed above, and no extensions : snowwolf
    • Yeah. I get those too. It's cracked, but not really broken. : Albemuth
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      I figure these were Steve's recent IE6 changes that happened to break Firefox? I have no idea though sin... : Kentor
      • I was using nightlies at one point and they had the same bug in #1. It's not related to the comments fix ... : aggressor
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      Okay, ignore issue #2. That's just me not paying attention :) 1\3 still stand! : aggressor
      • Bottom-focused comment isue was the same with Opera. I guess Firefox decided to "properly" (according to ... : sirkne
    • Same here. Back to FF2 for me. : Horn
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  on Mac? It's not beta 3's fault the comments broke, its the IE fix : derelict515
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    I am on mac and the shack IE "fix" makes things weird looking for me too :/ : ]pm[chem
    • p.s. Safari 3.0.4 on Tiger 10.4.11 : ]pm[chem
• I have it, comments work fine. : xZanU
• yeah when i click a reply it goes to the bottom of the screen. : sasoi
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  Make sure you update your Youtube Embedinator script and try again. If that doesn't work, disable Grease... : ThomW
  • rest easy, its not the embedinator this time.. hopefully someone will implement sirkne's fix soon though. : Arsenal
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  i wonder when firefox is going 64bit, that'd be lovely. x20 porn tabs full of thumbnails still seems to c... : Klebold
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    ?using 64-bit ff right now : jcupitt
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      well separate from firefox, doesn't it suck not having flash work? : Klebold
      • heh yes, I have a "launch 32-bit ff" kb shortcut for youtube : jcupitt

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  What about us other colonies, "MATE"? : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Actually, it'd be pretty awesome to have a Shack NATIONALISM TF2 tourney. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • You are welcome to join us in our fight for the Commonwealth! Empiregoodchaptallyho. : TastyWheat
• "figging horses" ahaha! : yosemiteclimber
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  Hmm... I dont have anything better to do on Monday night after work... Just gotta figure out the right ... : MacemanInTW
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    I'm guessing you're in Taiwan? : TastyWheat
    • For the last 8 years, yeah. :) : MacemanInTW

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• yo. : sharkII
• Unfortunately, you can't really trust your BIOS for accurate readings. If you want to know for sure, you... : bipolar
• SpeedFan reports my 12V at 1.15V. BIOS just reads OK. So far the system has been rock solid though. : slax0r
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  like mentioned speedfan or everest ultimate software might be best, but I would google some PSU reviews, ... : paravis
  • I don't have an OS to verify this with. : sharkII
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  it shouldn't be more than 10% off, but the bios could be reading it wrong. The key is that it doesn't fl... : snowwolf
  • excuse me, not 10, like between 3 and 5% : snowwolf

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  TO SHACKBATTLE! What: Enemy Territory: Quake Wars When: Tuesday, February 12th 9 pm est till ??? Whe... : RyDogg1
  • Please continue doing this until I get my new computer built. This game is fuckin tight. : Lord Grey
  • going back in bumpage ... had to take a call : Mansmells
  • Can't do it tonight, too much school work. : tyrelhill
• GGs. Had a shitload of fun tonight, especially when I got 3 backstabs in succession on Sewers. : bigblack
• good times : Fluffy_Bunny
• I have a monster rig, but this game always runs sort of, well, jerky. It's not as smoothly animated or so... : Thresher
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  Good games again tonight! People are becoming much more coordinated, lots of pushes that lead to objecti... : RyDogg1
  • Still 10 people on the server too if folks want to join. : RyDogg1
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  All I can say is tonight was every bit as awesome as I thought it would be...more of you should be playin... : flagg209
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    Yeah I was late but this game needs to get the run it deserves. I have been playing CoD4 MP this week and... : Lightzout
    • yeah, I'd love to see some new official maps, with more water based assaults : flagg209
• Damnit I missed it. There better be more this week(+end)! : Warlock
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  anyone want to buy Quake Wars for $20 shipped? :/ Or a logitech g9 for $55 shipped? : paravis
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    Why do you hate your g9 so? : CrustaR
    • I don't, it just doesn't fit my style. In fact I feel remorse because of this, given that the mouse is h... : paravis
  • why didn't you post this on saturday or sunday? :( I just bought it from gogamer for $30. : deject
  • Yes I will buy it. Shackmessaging now. : crummynz
• Sorry I missed it. Had school work that absolutely had to get done. : Arcanum
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  Twas fun! I especially enjoyed my last second disarm of the explosives on Refinery :) : tangles
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    that was the highlight of the night i think. although it probably wasn't as exciting for the gdf. anyway ... : Mansmells
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      I liked it when the more experienced players called out what classes needed players and why for the less ... : Lightzout
      • Yeah, communication is key in this game.. and it's much easier with the built-in VOIP now. fun, fun fun! : tangles
  • oh man you suck! YOU SUCK! Such an awesome job of defense on Refinery. Key to that map is getting that... : RyDogg1

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• And now the wife has been doing the guitar + singing combo instead... good entertainment =0 : TheNiXXeD
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  At least your stuff didn't break with 8 songs to go on the endless setlist. Like mine did. Beating that u... : lplasmatron
  • My xbox got a dirty disc error halfway through endless setlist though =( : TheNiXXeD

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  I'm not sure you can make a movie about the leader of the resistance without going high-level. The aweso... : Caboose
  • well he has to become the leader, it can show the evolution of that : sexninja!!!!
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  I need your clothes, your boots and your motorcycle. : gmd
  • exactly, take that and put it in the future, then multiply awesome by a lot, subtract any chick terminato... : xxiv
• This is exactly what ive always thought. The first one just had a sense of hopelessness about the future ... : Lord Grey
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  Well, Christian Bale as John Connor is a great start. : Wolfanoz
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    and McG as director is a horrendous 2 steps back. : lolbotomy
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      might not be if he gets Summer Glau to show titties in it : Wolfanoz
      • I SAID NO BITCH TERMINATORS IN MY NEW TERMINATOR MOVIE! >=[ : xxiv
      • Do you remember the fight scenes in Charlie's Angels? Do you!? Just abandon all hope, trust me, it'll hur... : lolbotomy
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    but he's already batman. : xxiv
    • Makes good sense that Batman lead humanity in the future war against robots. : brickmatt
• Exactly. I hope they don't go "Ride of the Rohirrim" on our ass with Terminators v Humans. I mean it'd lo... : hardfl1p
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  Needs more Ahnuld : dognose
  • If he hasn't been reprogrammed yet, he'll bore all the humans to death with environmental policy. : DrWaffles
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  i've been enjoying the sarah connor chronicles very much... it appears Skynet and Judgment Day is inevita... : nacatamale
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    that show is a fucking abomination dude. granted it's somewhat entertaining, but i can't for one seco... : xxiv
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      whoa u go from somewhat entertaining to abomination in the same post? i think it's a decent action show ... : nacatamale
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        technically i went from abomination to somewhat entertaining. it's terminator, it's not supposed to p... : xxiv
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          in T2 john connor teaches the terminator to say "Chill out. Dickwad." that shit is funny... the terminato... : nacatamale
          • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_7vVOnpyJY : nacatamale
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      I just rolled my eyes last night with David Silver being Kyle Reese's brother : riptyde
      • Last night's episode was pretty crappy all around. : boredguy
  • I'm with ya man, I watched the first four last night and the fifth today. I like this show and often fin... : ejectorpod
• The next episodes of the Terminator series is going to have a bunch of flashbacks(?) to the future. Shoul... : DarkWolf5
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  Leave. It. Alone. P.S. T3 never happened. : brickmatt
  • no. i agree about t3 though. : xxiv

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  I didn't care for the 360 demo. : prime8
  • yea the 360 demo sucked real bad. reeeaaaal bad : MagicWishMonkey
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  It did you a favor : Rauol Duke
  • ^^^ Truth. : FormerHPB
  • Strange, I quite enjoyed the 360 demo. : Delithio
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  that happened to me, too :( : pukerat
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    Is there a fix? I'm guessing from the above replies it's not worth it? The first time it wanted to conn... : dognose
    • yeah I didn't even bother to look up what might be the problem. I was reading the comments in the news po... : pukerat
• I agree with not665's recommendation of this game for you. It's a shame the demo failed you on such a fun... : mittense
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  same thing happened to me doggy :( : packav
  • That's too very bad, if I had liked it I would have pimped it like I do other under-sung games like Paink... : dognose
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  What do you do this in this game? : megarust32
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    I believe it's basically like manhunt, except you get to be as fucking loud as you want. : great-white
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      No. It's more like an on-rails third-person arcade shooter with an emphasis on speed and killing. : mittense
      • This sounds really good :( : dognose
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  sniff j00 :[ : notd665
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    You can come over and play it on my tree-sixty if you would like. : notd665
    • You live in Noo Yawk, I will probably watch RomSteady play the demo on his 360, I can't play shooter game... : dognose

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  p.s. why are all the humans so racist :( : dantastic
  • Humans are dicks. The are racist in Witcher, too. :) : coyoterys
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    It's in our nature to hate people who are different. I'm not saying that any or all of us here are rac... : DrWaffles
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      i want all the aliens to get along and go fight bad aliens : dantastic
      • well then all the aliens wouldn't be getting along, would they : jenisthebest
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    I played the character as a racist dick through it. It's fun! : The Key
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      so i guess you had sex with racist ashley then i let her die in the AA tower in my game and i lesbiane : dantastic
      • Have got that far, but I told the pilot to stop screwing around in the first scene. lol : The Key
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    Many of the other races are as well. I'd wager it's fairly realistic. If there are other civilizations ou... : Vincent Grayson
    • Humans: We look forward to sharing the future with your people. Aliens: Our humanoid females are made e : Lunatic Angelic
    • What are you taking about? Every encounter between different races on this planet has gone smoothly.... ... : ColoradoCNC
  • I hated that using the "mean" option meant "siding with Hitler". : Sturm08
• Yeah, I almost choked up. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  I'll go through Hardcore once the DLC comes out. I'm torn whether I want to do it again as a Male or Fema... : NFXFSX
  • man liara with the singularity mastery cooling down and reusing it every other second near the end of the... : dantastic
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  Damn dude I think 44 hours is impressive. I finished it in a little over 11 hours - what were you doing? ... : Porkasaurus
  • i did as many side quests that i could. i even did all the collection quests except i was short 2 id tag : dantastic
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    10-15 hours if you focus on the main quest, easily 40ish hours if you do all side-quests and stuff. I'm a... : SilverSnake
    • i somehow didn't get a single ally achievement when i beat it even though i pretty much always used garru : dantastic
• Cool. I was the same deal, I think I had around 45 hours or so and was at level 49 at the very end, with... : Begawkiness
• I beat it this past weekend as well. Just under 40 hours (like 38 or so), I was half-way through level 49 : SilverSnake

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  I broke my mouse button LOL'ing this post. And stop lying. You know you'll be playing this game aga... : FormerHPB
  • Tommy did the same thing with my Super Mario 64 DS and I've never touched that game again either. Wh... : ThomW
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  i just played this again last night. it's a fun game but collecting all those fucking bits is one of the : dantastic
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    Delete your save game. You'll never want to play again. : ThomW
    • i'm only at episode 1 level 6.... but tbh if i did delete my saved game i would never play again. fuckin... : dantastic
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  My son used to hose my saved games all the time, It's all I can do to keep from killing him. I finally en... : jonin
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    I should have been in there helping him fire up the game, but he's done it right so many times I didn't t... : ThomW
    • doh, so far i've been lucky and he hasn't messed up any of my 360 games, but he has hosed up a good numbe... : jonin
• Oh lord hahahaha. : Evil Benius
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  how far were you? My Wii crashed at one point and it deleted 20% : redfive
  • Over 75% We had all the levels (including bonus ones) opened up and most complete, all the characters... : ThomW
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  You are running Vista, right? So just use the volume shadow copy and restore the file. : rosewood
  • Xbox 360 ftl in this instance. : ThomW
  • He's talking about an x360 game. : FormerHPB
  • shadow copy is on by default in vista? thats awesome! : dantastic

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• of course. son of George Papadopolis ... : smax
• it's not a worldwide dictionary for every language you know : moshman
• Is there anybody here that doesn't know what SAOL is? Honestly... :P : SilverSnake

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  Rice-A-Roo-ney : scottythejock
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    you should work as a writer for ready steady cook! :) : moshman
    • God everytime someone names their dish on that show I want to flog them with a cat-o-nine-tails : TastyWheat
• Stir Through Roo : SpaecKow
• Roo 'n' nuts on rice : red2lucas
• Stir-Roo-th : Arsenal

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• Holy fuck look at WoW : TastyWheat
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  I'll be impressed if it holds a steady 500,000. WoW is only doing as good as it is because of the na... : Wombat Woo
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    WoW seems to have attracted a lot of people who were not into games. I'm not sure those people care about... : uglysad
    • more like a lot of people not into RPGS before, and made casual gamers into crackhead : moshman
    • Those people came after everyone they knew already played. : Evil Benius
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      W/O a doubt it has. However I'd assume that the majority of the 10 million were already gamers but they ... : Wombat Woo
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        Everyone I personally (family and friends) know who plays WoW were not what I'd called gamers... they may... : Jonathan
        • ah was supposed to be a reply to uglysad - oh well just as good here I guess. : Jonathan
    • especially in China where, afaik, previous Blizzard games weren't super popular or anything. : aeg1x
  • Look at the slope of WoW's curve. It's still going up at a ridiculous rate. At this point it's not at al... : Caboose
• it will kick runescape's ass : smax
• DAMN YOU SCROLL OF RESSURECTION DAMN YOU TO HELL : [7]kami
• It may peak briefly at 2 million, but personally I would bet around 1 million, tops. Unless it becomes a ... : SilverSnake

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• lol, idiots. how the fuck were they planning on getting it across the edge at the top anyways? wtf indeed : moshman

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• Not to worry, though: for drivers who have yet to trade in their secure Range Rovers for an unsafe G-Wiz ... : SilverSnake
• Peak Oil bitches! : The Key
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  Why would you drive in to london? It sounds like a total shitfest and not worth the trouble, even if ther... : aeg1x
  • people live there? : moshman
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    Well, yeah.. I can't see why anyone would drive in london unless they absolutely had to anyway BEFORE the... : Toraz Chryx
    • and in some cases people own cars within the congestion limits that don't use them much. also, in the cas... : moshman
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  you don't even live in London! :) : moshman
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    also, lol @ 6000 bikes. I want to see Ken Livingston cycle from Peckham, to say, Liverpool street and see... : moshman
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      it's based on a similar scheme in Paris which apparently works well http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england... : jcupitt
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        they have that in Munich too, and here it really works well. But Munich has bike paths everywhere and is ... : moshman
        • Yes, I liked cycling in Munich, it's a very nice city for it (except when it's too cold or too wet, which... : jcupitt
      • yeah, the free-access bikes in French cities work really well. Allthough they are not meant to replace tr... : rookieone
  • No, but I'm so disappointed that those who do not only elected Livingstone but also haven't lynched him f... : Toraz Chryx
• Just don't drive into London? I can think of very few reasons to want or need a car in central London. : marmite
• For British Eyes Only! : paravis
• lol : Klebold
• it's only recently-bought high emission cars (>220 gCO2/km), here's a table: http://www.tfl.gov.uk/cor... : jcupitt
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  heh bicycles for everyone, huh? this has happened before. http://www.mexicanpictures.com/headingeast/... : industro
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    doesn't work like that, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Velib : jcupitt
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      oh, the ones in Munich are even better. there is no pay station, each bike has a little keypad, GPS and G... : moshman
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        ooo that is cool ... how do the electronics charge though if there's no parking station? : jcupitt
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          it tallies up the distance travelled while you have the bike unlocked and sends that data to the central ... : moshman
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            i.e. you need to make an account, but it takes 3 mins by phone. you do need a CC though : moshman
            • ah, you don't even need a CC anymore. you can use SMS and the cost is paid via your phone bill. : moshman
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            I mean, charge electrically, as in recharge. Where does the power come from? Is there a dynamo? : jcupitt
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              ah, I dunno. I guess from pedal power or they get picked up by the company. The company picks up bikes t... : moshman
              • That does sound clever. It's like we're living in the future! But with bicycles not jetpacks. : jcupitt
    • These were all over the place in Lyon, people using them all the time. Great stuff for Lyon (where hal... : marku5
  • I used to cycle EVERYWHERE when I lived in Holland. Would seriously be in a car maybe once every 2 months... : aeg1x
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  Yay! This has just made my Audi A2 worth another couple of grand! It's CO2 emissions are low enough that ... : alphane
  • I had to google to see what those look like. they don't sell them here in the US. Kind of different loo... : FormerHPB

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• That's awesome, even though I am apparently lavender and not green. :P : Bean
• Looks cool. I wonder what color I am... : sirkne
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  You're going to need to do something about the dark colors. Dark blue on black is illegible. : Scrimbo Obeer
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      well, locator16 is showing up as 011741. That's really dark. Good work so far. I'm sure you'll fig... : Scrimbo Obeer
      • Oh shit. you broke the LOL script., I think. I get something like: ERROR! No thread id specified! ... : Scrimbo Obeer
    • Or you could normalize it so that one of the colors is always FF. : lapskaus
  • how about using HSL, where the username dictates the hue value, but saturation and lightness are fixed (o... : johnsto
• this is neat. chromatabs is neat. : feek
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  will it use the same color for the same user every time : zagzig32
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    Yes, that's the idea. : Tissen
    • well, can you just make it where the client can set colors for specific 'names' / text strings ? I'd ho... : zagzig32
• sweet, thanks lavender. Things look kinda dark now though :) : Ovate
• OOO, I'm in both screenshots AND I'm pretty in pink! : mojo the helpr monke
• sweet! but... ugly muted cyan for the lose :( :D : dodob
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    is that a grease monkey script? Mods don't show up green for me. : mojo the helpr monke
    • yeah, forgot to insert the word "script" after the quotes : feek
• Whoa, I installed and forgot about it. When I came back a few hours later I thought I was on drugs for a ... : monkeygone
• neatorama! : johnsto
• Fruktsoda! \ :D / : SilverSnake
• too many colors. it would be more useful to be able to select two or three names for highlighting within ... : manero
• it's a good idea, but you/we need to think of a way to use colours that fit the shack theme. because it j... : moshman
• Interesting ! Thanks. : sikander

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  Nice! How your babby? : TastyWheat
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    DOES NOT COMPUTE : Juno
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      i think he called you me. : CoRDS
      • well shit the honour i s all mine... and congrats : Juno
  • Also, lol how he's put himself in as well as Godzilla and the Stay-Puft Marshmellow Man : TastyWheat
• hahahaha, they have kroker the destroyer!!! he is 100 feet tall!! : losder5000
• Could Godzilla put a hole in the Enterprise D's hull with one of his blasts? What if their shields are up... : ArB
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  Also, I think this clearly ends the Death Star vs Enterprise debate. FUCK. : losder5000
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    There was a debate? The death star was fucking moon sized. : duncandun
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      That doesn't mean shit. The enterprise would photon it's exhaust pipe in like .2 seconds. : sKetchflow
      • wait which death star, IV or VI? I mean, in VI they could target CAPITOL SHIPS!! : Juno
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        oh, well that's totally lame. Anybody could blow up the death star if they've seen the fucking movie. P... : losder5000
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          He doesn't need to. The enterprise's advanced scanners would detect it's weaknesses lickety split. Espe... : sKetchflow
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            Palpatine would just mind rape Troy and have her phaser Picard in the nuts. End of fight. : losder5000
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              Wait a minute, starwars is dead to me, I am switching sides. : losder5000
              • atta boy : sKetchflow
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              Picard would use his shiny dome to reflect the force onto Palpatine's nuts and turn them inside out. : xsoulbrothax
              • neither the force nor nuts work that way. : losder5000
            • what it boils down to is Star Wars has Magic : smax
        • Strangely enough - Janeway knows some Bothans... http://memory-alpha.org/en/wiki/Unnamed_Bothans : Jonathan
  • Yep. Unicron would fuck them all up. : thecray
• haha: SHIP NAME/TYPE: Chewbacca HEIGHT: Big BUILDER/COMMENTS: Hairy : Juno
• I feel like some of those scales are way the fuck off. Maybe it's just me. : sKetchflow
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  This is pretty cool, I don't get that first one on the -100x scale, The Voyager VI. I don't remember a... : duncandun
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    Never saw Star Trek: The Motion Picture ? : Toraz Chryx
    • Wasn't there a book or something that claimed V'ger was the creator of the Borg? I thought I read that so... : K1Bond007
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      I could have swore I have. I just don't remember that being in it, cause it's fucking huge and apparently... : duncandun
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        No.. Voyager 6 like falls through a blackhole and then it gets found by some machine civilization and rep... : K1Bond007
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          I guess i've never seen it:( I need to. That sounds spiffy. And by bigger body, do you mean like, ab... : duncandun
          • It's okay. It's not one of the better Star Trek movies though. It's actually kind of boring.... a lot of ... : K1Bond007
• Incomplete. Where is Dr. Evil's Big Boy? ;) : K1Bond007
• does it have the ships from Mass Effect ? : OrkO
• So how big is Galactus? : melt_core