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  MDK was even better :( I love you MDK and your gothy art style : SpaecKow
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    Nah, the first one was okay but the second one was a far better game. : Fred Garvin
    • I liked the 1st one more than the 2nd. 2 had some good levels but 1 was so different when I first played ... : sigpro
  • The original MDK was so great : MoreVespeneGas
• The toilet part of MDK2 is my favorite part of the game. : stgdz
• That game was so bad ass. That level with the buttons attached to the bombs can diaf though : oatmela
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  This cutscene is awesome: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uBjq9nPfHY&feature=related : Fred Garvin
  • rofl. I love surplus! Man, I gotta find my old disk for that. : Teiresias
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  I miss that game :( Here's the best menu music EVER : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0cIFI0pzwc&feature... : shirif
  • The music in that game really was great. This could be a hit on Live Arcade with updated textures and mod... : djkenohki
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  I miss Oni. =/ http://www.youtube.com/v/SOusNEMmxz4&rel=1 : ImageOmega
  • You and me both. : crummynz
  • I totally forgot about that game, it was awesome. : opengl128
• Ground segments of this MMO reminded me of MDK: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9PKoKFj2Pg&eurl=http:/... : Porkasaurus
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  what happens when your animators run out of things to do: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0WaQhjMrKX8 : Xorange
  • LOL. Awesome. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  so what game is that : buzzbat
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    MDK2, one of the hardest games EVAR. : Fred Garvin
    • Whaaaaaaaaaaat? No way. : ieGod
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  haha, back before games could render mirrors properly. I remember SoF2 with the fogged "mirrors". : the archvile
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    oops, I mean SoF. Unreal had mirrors, and then Quake 3 had them as well. From that point on, it was a m... : the archvile
    • yeah it's pretty hilarious too because the only thing any game ever uses them for is fucking mirrors in a... : mikecyb
• I loved it at first but I never did finish it. Common theme for games at the time. : omnova
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  I would post links to the funny cutscenes from Giants: Citizen Kabuto, but I'm lazy as hell : kevp
  • http://youtube.com/watch?v=1zu7u9AcvHc&feature=related http://youtube.com/watch?v=4Sh_VuxYqBY : razlebol
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  God that game had some of the best level design I've ever seen. And the texture work was brilliant for it... : ieGod
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  I've got a giant MDK 2 comic-style poster that I got from Bioware when I visited their offices! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Yeah, they did one for each character. This is the guy that did all the comic book art: http://www.sea... : Fred Garvin
• You Created...Toast! : Conan
• i loved every minute of mdk2 : tension
• I actually liked MDK 1 a whole lot more. There was something about the atmosphere of it. The music during... : Dynotaku
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  I bet the people who make games like this feel all warm and fuzzy when other people fondly remember thier... : Xorange
  • then they wipe their tears away and go back to standing in line to apply for a job working on Madden 10,0... : Old_Fart
• That game had awesome music : ctlaltl33t

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  The Knights of Black Earth http://www.amazon.com/Knights-Black-Earth-Force-Novel/dp/0451455142 : MagicWishMonkey
  • Dan Abnet - Ravenor and Eisenhorn series. : quazar
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  I just read the 1st two books in the Hyperion series. It kept me hooked. : Koral06
  • I was going to suggest this as well. Dan Simmons +1. : Duffman8369
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  IT : whistletits
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    what is IT : thewindcriesmary
    • it is : whistletits
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      you want it all. : CoRDS
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        i want it now! : thewindcriesmary
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          but you cant have it : CoRDS
          • i already have an it, just want to know what that it is : thewindcriesmary
    • ITS IT! : klearlyunseen
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    Not really a scifi book, but still, a very good horror book. Everyone should read it at least once. It'... : Matt Burris
    • tru cause ppl looking for sci fi really want good horror anyways : whistletits
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  Stranger In A Strange Land or Neuromancer : Drewus
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    i've gotten a 1/4 of the way through Cryptonomicon, and i'm really enjoying that. : shavenewok
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      Sounds interesting, i'll check it out next time I go on one of my weekend second hand bookstore crawls. : Drewus
      • it is fucking massive, but i don't think that would bother you : shavenewok
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    I just finished Neuromancer. It was really fucking awesome! : Sebastian-TEC
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      go read the other two Count Zero and Mona Lisa Overdrive : shavenewok
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        I just got Count Zero in the mail. I am reading Pattern Recognition first, though. I am kind of on a W... : Sebastian-TEC
        • yeah i found myself reading a shit load back to back, i think i went through all four sprawl books and Vi... : shavenewok
    • Sure is. : Drewus
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blindsight_%28science_fiction_novel%29 : AbortedFetusChristi
• Riverworld, Otherland : GloriousCow
• The Foundation series and the Robot series, best read at about the same time because of the ingenious way... : bipolar
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  Enders Game : fishbone
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    Do this! : Sebastian-TEC
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      I have read it! its awesome huh. I even read the sequals but they sucked a fair bit. : thewindcriesmary
      • I liked speaker for the dead. After that it was just par as far as reading goes. : Sebastian-TEC
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  Hyperion saga. : xxx2xxx
  • I loved that series! : Sebastian-TEC
  • second'd : silent prophet
• Red Mars, Green Mars and Blue Mars: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_trilogy This is one of the best sc... : genericuser
• I, Robot Series is pretty cool. If you don't mind the fact that it is a little dated. : Sebastian-TEC
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  "On basilisk station", great militaristic sci-fi by David Weber. : utgaardsloke
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    Yes, finally I don't have to be the one to suggest it. :D You've made me happy to find another Harrington... : geedeck
    • \m/ David Weber \m/ : Colleton
    • <3 Honor Harrington. The Sexiest 70-year old in fiction! : utgaardsloke
• Does Vonnegut count? : ryuuseki
• If you like Dune there is a whole series of books plus the 3 prequel books that are really good and sever... : woodchuck70
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  The Foundation Trilogy is something all sci-fi fans should read. It's long but incredibly engrossing. : Horn
  • Foundation Trilogy is mandatory for any serious sci-fi geek imho. : utgaardsloke
• The Amber Chronicles should keep you going for a while: http://www.amazon.com/Great-Book-Amber-Complet : Arctic Fox
• http://www.amazon.com/Revelation-Space-Alastair-Reynolds/dp/0441009425/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qi... : Delusional

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• dont confuse honor with overconfidence that he can defeat the t-m-n-t? : j0nchan
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  I really think that film captured the spirit of the TMNT comics better than anything that has been done. ... : rezombie
  • I thought the animated movie that came out recently was fucking superb. : Modica Sol Solis
• This post makes me happy : MoreVespeneGas
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFsTr0kGAqU : Mondo
• NIIIIIIIIINE POINT NIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIINE FIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIVE and then they go and top that ... : Deathlove
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  plus the ninja turtles cuss a lot. DAAAAAAAAAAAMN!! : NeoMoose
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    Just Rafael actually. I gained so much respect for him after the movie. He was like the badass of the fil : K1Bond007
    • Raphael. Oh dear. :( : K1Bond007
• What's funny is I had a group of young kids watching this movie and I forgot how 80's movies were ok with... : ImageOmega
• Chevy nova? : DinK
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  Casey Jones didn't seem right in those movies. In the cartoons he seemed a little bit more rough, but in... : sinner0423
  • Honestly, Casey was always a douchebag with a hockey stick. No one called him on it because he had a hock... : Conan
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    lol you sure you remember the cartoons right? he was the good guy version of bebop and rocksteady : NeoMoose
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      Yeah, he talked like a raspy clint eastwood and looked like jason voorhees in the cartoons I remember. T... : sinner0423
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        but he was a complete idiot in the cartoon also. in fact, the greatest 22 minutes of television history ... : NeoMoose
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tY7kB_yTBk&feature=related : SockMonkeh
          • that's it. 100% GOLD : NeoMoose
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tY7kB_yTBk&feature=related : sinner0423
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            gah, i posted this a minute after monkeh, you bastard. : sinner0423
            • now i'll fuck your wife : SockMonkeh
  • His role in the remake CGI movie was a lot better. : grabbie
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  I own all 3 movies. But the 3rd one is horrible still. I still like the 2nd one more because of Super S... : austere01
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    the third movie is one of the absolute worst movies of all time. : NeoMoose
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      That movie crushed my hopes and dreams for years to come. : Audhuml4
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        watch the CGI movie. it will restore the faith. : Modica Sol Solis
        • did. and it did. : NeoMoose
  • TURTLES IN TIME! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • I own all 3 also, but can't bring myself to watch the 3rd. I never saw it as a kid, and my love of the tu... : Morgin
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    stop lying. We all know the "Ninja Rap" is why you love the 2nd movie. http://youtube.com/watch?v=PDU... : Prozium
    • See, this was awesome. They'd already done a few fights with the foot by this point, and your standard be... : Morgin
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  You know, I still love the first TMNT, but 2 and 3 are terrible. I've always hated 3, but I liked 2 as a... : David Craddock
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    3 isn't the animated one is it? Because I like the CGI one... =( : ImageOmega
    • 3 is in feudal japan : Mondo
• I got that on VHS when i was in first grade. it was like the best day ever. I remember coming home to the... : chilln
• it's been so long since i've seen that. i think i should buy it. : delataur

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• lol wtf i missed the same part : infiltrator`
• Same thing happened to me cause I was finishing up a TF2 game. : Horn
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  I guess this is the closest thing we have to a lost thread I'm really hating Lost in this episode. Wh : Horn
  • locke? : klearlyunseen
• ben called locke out on the fact that lock has no idea what hes supposed to do now. he cant find jacob, h : maulla
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  decent episode, the weakest of the season IMO but thats not saying much because all of them have been ver... : maulla
  • Kate episodes are always weak if you ask me. : K1Bond007
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  I don't know why they built up that ending "twist" so much, its not like we didn't see it coming halfway ... : opengl128
  • I didnt see it coming at all TBH : klearlyunseen
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    I'm starting to dislike the ending twists. too much time wasted just to make people go OMG at the last 5 ... : thebigbeefsandwhich
    • the writers have shyamalan syndrome. : dirge23
  • ever since the "Why don't you hold Aaron for a moment" line : prokat
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  What did Kate call her son at the end of the episode? I missed it but since it was the last thing said, I... : uglysad
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    Aaron : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      I guess Claire is toast : sergeon
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        or she is still on the Island... : Shadowdane
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          you really think Claire stayed but Aaron left? : dirge23
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            ^^^^^ exactly : sergeon
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              it raises the question: why is jack so hesitant to see aaron? is it because he's aaron's uncle? so what? : dirge23
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                it's Guilt. He leaves everyone behind as shown in the season 3 finale. : grabbie
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                  i don't think he feels guilty for leaving them behind. i think he just wishes he had stayed with them. : dirge23
                  • But it's ok because he's going to go BAAAAHCK : rossimo
          • maybe she didn't have a choice : Merconium
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  XBLM puts Lost up the next day right? My cable went out and cut about 10 minutes near the end while it wa... : Rauol Duke
  • it should be on abc.com tomorrow as well : derelict515
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    Don't know about xblm but it's on abc's site tomorrow : Sludgehead
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      I'd rather watch it in HiDef on the tv, but I guess if I can get a quiet 45 minutes at work tomorrow I ma... : Rauol Duke
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        it's hd on the site. : Sludgehead
        • But my monitor is like 40 inches smaller with no surround sound. I NEED BIG CLEANED UP KATE TITTIES. : Rauol Duke
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  everyone noticed in jacks made up testimony about kate, he said only 8 survived the crash. we know that : maulla
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    I'm not sure it matters who they say the other 2 who died are. In the end its only those 6 who are alive : derelict515
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      alive, or off the island? : maulla
      • the whole point is to keep the public thinking those are one and the same. They say there is no one left : derelict515
  • I have not seen lost in forever, but I would guess one would have to be Claire or maybe michael and walt?... : DarkWolf5
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    well the US marshal who kate was with was 1 who died : ErikTehRed
    • they said he died in the crash tho. : dahanese
• oops, shit - i missed the whole episode! : NastyNorman
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  well, we know Sawyer didn't get off the island so this gives us all six: Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, th : Flynn
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    Negative, the child wasn't on the manifest. We know 5/6. : eonix
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      umm, I thought Oceanic 6 were people who got off the island...the kid did get off the island, why wouldn' : Flynn
      • Ben wasn't on the manifest. He's off the island in Sayid's flash forward because he just got loose. The m : K1Bond007
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        The preview for this week didn't say anything about revealing another of the 6. : prince cinnamon boots
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          im pretty sure it did, unless I am hallucinating : Flynn
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            Fairly sure that was the previous for the previous week's episode with Sayid. : K1Bond007
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              found it http://byrev.net/2008-02/lost-s04e04-eggtown-thursday-february-21-preview/ its the one with Kat... : Flynn
              • err can be nuked, i'll repost with proper tags : Flynn
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              found it http://byrev.net/2008-02/lost-s04e04-eggtown-thursday-february-21-preview/ its the one with Ka : Flynn
              • technically they never said Kate was one of the 6 prior to this episode. We just figured it out because o : derelict515
      • exactly what part let you to conclude that last statement? because there's little to suggest that at the ... : derelict515
  • Nor was Ben, so 4/5. : eonix
  • that doesn't make sense. how can benry be one of the Oceanic 6? he wasn't on the plane. : smax
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    Negative. I said a long time ago it's going to be Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid, Desmond, Sun and Jin. Aaron : K1Bond007
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      I fucked that up. I didn't mean to add Desmond. Take him off. : K1Bond007
      • you are wrong because Sun is going to die! I betcha : Patch-e
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  kate is a fucking cocktease. : smax
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    well, she did let him wet his dick in her at least : bfzzzz
    • he said we didn't go all the way last night did they fuck before? : zagzig32
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  Kate being the most recognizable face in America, but no one on the plane had ever heard of her? : zagzig32
  • Ha, well all the Oceanic 6 are probably recognizable. : prince cinnamon boots
  • it's because she's one of the 6. : jbph24
  • ...posted before finishing the episode, i forgot its all flash-forwards now. : zagzig32
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  The whole baby things is really confusing. If it is Claire's Aaron, would it count as one of the survivo : prince cinnamon boots
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    the kid did not survive the plane crash, he was not on it : FushigiDenki
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      of course he was. claire was very regnant when she got on the plane. : smax
      • *pregnant : smax
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    1 minute on island = 31 minutes off island... therefore if they were on the island for 100 days, then off : jbph24
    • Yeah you're right, thats awesome. : prince cinnamon boots
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      I don't think you did that correctly at all : derelict515
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        ^^^ elaborate please.... remember when jack says "i haven't seen a red sox game in 100 days." now, : jbph24
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          ... you're going to have to elaborate on why that is relevant. They've been on the island for ~100 days. : derelict515
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            I agree with you on the time difference not necessarily being linear. We haven't been given enough inform : jbph24
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              she needn't necessarily say Aaron is her kid. They said 8 survived the crash but only 6 got off the islan : derelict515
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                does Jack know that he is Aaron's Uncle He must not because I'm sure he would want to be somehow involved... : prince cinnamon boots
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                  Also, Kate could be trying to protect Aaron. Doesn't he have special powers or something? Either way, pla : jbph24
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                    Kate is definetly claiming him as her own. Like I said, why would Kate's mom care so much. AND, why woul : prince cinnamon boots
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                      yeah but the question is why?... instead of just becoming the surrogate mother. : jbph24
                      • Well, they probably wouldn't have let Kate, the criminal, be a surrogate mother. The only way she could ... : prince cinnamon boots
      • hes assuming flight time is a minute, but that seems close enough to what they showed us. so with that a... : smacknca
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    Complex criminal trails with multiple felony counts can take years to start. There is a lot of legal mot... : liqker
    • She was arraigned and went to trial right after. Don't you get arraigned right away? and then await trail... : prince cinnamon boots
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    The guy in the coffin is Michael. He makes the most logical sense to me. The newspaper clipping if you pa : K1Bond007
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      SO is the kid in the pictures on the wall during Miles flashforward, Walt? : prince cinnamon boots
      • That was a flashback and I don't think that has anything to do with Walt specifically. I think that was j : K1Bond007
• when do the new episodes normally hit the abc site? : anhero
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  One theory I can't remember exactly, but wasn't it Ben that orchestrated the killing of all the Dharma p : prince cinnamon boots
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    This is probably the most obvious answer and thus the most unlikely answer. :) I imagine Ben to be the ga : K1Bond007
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      What exactly is so great about the island that everyone wants at it? Could it just be the weird ass power... : prince cinnamon boots
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        Well... it clearly has healing powers as seen by both Locke and Rose and many other people with wounds th : K1Bond007
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          I like that idea, but it doesn't seem to be conclusive enough for the show to be all about. But it is Los... : prince cinnamon boots
          • the black rock stuff was gone into more with the most recent ARG that was revealed after the s4 premiere : Patch-e

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  Man, British accents on nature docos just seem so... right. : crummynz
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    Yep. I really wasn't happy that they re-dubbed Planet Earth for the discovery channel =( : SatansFist
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      Ha, you gotta be kidding me. : crummynz
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        It wasn't just re-dubbed I think they even changed around the entire script. David Attenborough narrated ... : angrytaxman
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          Luckily David Attenborough is on the HD-DVD and BluRay versions. : MaxPete82
          • I have the Attenborough version on DVD, you can find it online if you pay attention. : Kazomir
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  They get some serious air, wonder how fast they are going when they erupt out of the water. Those had to... : hadronflux
  • yeah, it sorta freaked me out how high the shark came out of the water. : Antilles_Prime
• That's definitely badass. You should check out the clips of them talking about that footage, they had to ... : Magus
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  Planet Earth rules ass. : lplasmatron
  • Planet Earth rules the universe. : Magus
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  Wow, that footage of him nailing the seal at 1:40 doesn't look real. That's insane. : thewriter
  • holy FUCK at 2:20 WTF these things can FLY : thewriter
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  If sharks ever learned how to fly, We. Would. Be. FUCKED. : sgtsanity
  • fucking SIGNED (see above) : thewriter
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    too late : aeg1x
    • We're good until they evolve biplane-like fins. : sgtsanity
• Actually it was captured on a CCD sensor and saved to a hard drive, no film involved. They explained how ... : angrytaxman
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  you have to see that in HD to really appreciate it.......... real life would be the best actually : mindshot
  • seal-cam : thewriter
  • yeah, the first time I saw that was in HD and my mind was blown : derelict515
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    I wish I could see real things in slow motion like that. :) : lplasmatron
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      play some audiosurf :P I record myself playing and watch it back and it looks like 10x faster than it fel... : aeg1x
      • I'll start doing this too. : razlebol
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  Try watching Planet Earth. Like that, but in HD. : locater16
  • that clip is from planet earth : aeg1x
  • I have DVD Planet Earth on an upconverting player. I imagine it's even more awesome in real HD. : Kazomir
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  The shots of all the seals leaping out of the water are just... poetic. Like an oil painting. Just amaz... : Vantage
  • An oil painting that can eat your face : ColoradoCNC
• Wow... : ImageOmega
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  planet earth is the best nature documentry your going to find. : tension
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    I found it too unfocused. I prefer nature docs that delve more deeply into one species or one topic. A li... : edgewise
    • i actually kind of agree. although it's really awesome, it's not the best : JINKY
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      What are better ones? I'm totally ignorant when it comes nature documentaries. :( : sgtsanity
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        Richard Attenborough has a few great series that you should check out for a start. - The Private Life ... : haiku
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          holy shit that's cool info. where do you recommend we pick these up? Can I just get them on Amazon? : Bean
          • Most of them yes http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_ss_gw/002-0338814-8022457?url=search-alias%3Daps&field... : smellslikefish
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          David Attenborough - not Richard Also you missed the blue planet - which is also awesome : smellslikefish
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            yeah I don't know why I said Richard... was typing too fast and wasn't thinking : haiku
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              Also, I didn't really forget Blue Planet so much as just left it out, I was just recommending the Life Se... : haiku
              • more focused yes, thats true. Some of the photography in the Blue Planet is amazing though - although ... : smellslikefish
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          Whoa, I am going to check these out once I carve out a nice chunk of free time. : sgtsanity
          • Well the nice thing about these is that each episode in the series is an hour. So you could just do one a... : haiku
        • I'll have to watch that birds one. Birds seem really awesome to me all of a sudden. Probably since I foun... : aeg1x
    • understandable, but the title doesn't lie. The best footage of some of the rarest moments in nature aroun... : tension
• Great white at the end there had like 20 feet of air, fucking amazing. : duncandun
• 100% agree : sKetchflow
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  I finally got around to starting this series tonight. Fucking sharks and other deep sea creatures can fuc... : sigpro
  • Dude, Planet Earth is one of the most beautiful things I've ever seen captured on film. It almost makes m... : Bean
• * speechless * : Tissen
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  help! I read a couple of the comments by mistake :( my brain hurts : jcupitt
  • cure: hit the thumbs-down button on these comments : Postal
• It's only the best if Attenborough is narrating it : Drewus
• those mammals just got owned by a freakin fish, amazing : cap n KRUNCH
• We've going to need a bigger taller boat. : Toraz Chryx

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  You fucker you beat me to it. : disposition
  • lol : NFXFSX
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  I'd say the top priority is a grid list of Shack players, so we can find close by trading partners. Needs... : zanzares
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    But we also have to ensure it is secure and that the right people get the info. : NFXFSX
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      What did we do for Ogame? My brain doesnt go back that far. : zanzares
      • We had the index site up and the forum on Silent Jay's site. : NFXFSX
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        Irc, locked irc, forum, locked forum..chaos all around. : daedraug
        • Only because the password got leaked out. : NFXFSX
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        what happened to ogame? i can't log in to my account. : Mmmmmoo
        • Probably inactive deletion. : NFXFSX
        • what happened was practically everyone got fleetcrashed and quit. there's like 10 of us left, and really... : tunis5000
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  How the hell do I get the deadbeats on my island to contribute to upgrading the saw mill? I'm about to ta... : laurgasms
  • Burn them to the ground! : NFXFSX
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    I messaged all of my neighbors, a couple helped out. : zanzares
    • Give them time, they may be low on lumber atm. I got a msg yesterday but didn't have any wood as I was bu... : yosemiteclimber
  • Have you tried communication? :) I have this one guy pestering me about it, though I'm the 2nd largest c... : daedraug
• Anyone on Thausios island? : slickdoody
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  Im in.... city : Hoopsalotimus located at 62:86 Uhh, how do I play this game? lolz! : hoopfam4
  • Click first steps at the top. : slickdoody
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  I LOLed when I saw it was you who posted this thread : Nation
  • Irony is not my friend. : NFXFSX
• any shackers on Rheyrios [63:75]? : Nation
• I'm not sure who is doing the list thing, but here's my info: JesusVille Mokios]l[31:74] All wood... : ateam311
• i now have a budding colony on Nileio80,71]. i need to build more farms. : radula
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  What should I be researching? I have a wine press going now because it was the next thing after Wealth... : trOmblyj
  • I've been researching around from different categories after Wealth. : NFXFSX
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    The order I have been going so far. Well Digging, Conservation, Pulley, Wealth, Paper, Dry Dock, Expan... : ant_hillbilly
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      I have like 18 hours of Expansion left. Ugh. : NFXFSX
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        the lack of having crystal mine really sucks for research purposes. I still have around 14hrs left for e... : ant_hillbilly
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          Yeah. I need 50 Crystal to upgrade to a lvl 5 Acad so it will research faster but I don't have a Crystal ... : NFXFSX
          • ya I had to pull of 2 trades already to get to it. After that I dont know what Im going to do until I fo... : ant_hillbilly
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            I found someone selling 50 crystal and got just enough to upgrade to lvl 5. :) : daedraug
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              Galadriel is sitting on a crystal mine and she'll send some over once she gets the trade system going. :) : NFXFSX
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                what trade system? Just start sending cargo ships back and forth. : cltcprd
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                  We are. : NFXFSX
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                    i am sitting on crystal as well --- how does trade work? do i just blindly start sending stuff to people... : mwasher
                    • Message them first, see what they need then send a ship off and await their shipment. : NFXFSX
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                  How do I send my trade ships? : dudehoyt
                  • Nevermind. Found it. : dudehoyt
      • likewise, waiting on that and my saw mill to finish upgrading. can't wait to see all the neat improve... : MagicWishMonkey
    • Yeah, expansion is next for me. : trOmblyj
• Updated the list and sorted by location, a la Ride-My-Rocket. : disposition
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  Where should I colonize? Does it matter? : Vantage
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    probably another island that has a resource you don't have. : trOmblyj
    • ^^^ Also, an island with at least one other Shacker on it. : Ride-My-Rocket
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    my first colony is going to be an island with crystal. : ant_hillbilly
    • FUCKING WORD : trOmblyj
    • Yep. : NFXFSX
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      also look for an island with crystal and a Temple of Athene on it so you get the 10% boost of mining crys... : ant_hillbilly
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        Cool, 1 island over meets this criteria. : trOmblyj
        • As do I. : NFXFSX
      • I lucked out -- I have both going for me. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  this game seems pretty fun, my town is "Spanktasty" on "Foephios" i think. : nandu666
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    [79:72] : nandu666
    • sup neighbor! 79:71 here. let's make babies or trade. : Supine
• Brosio71:76] > Harvesteropolis : H@rvester
• Alright, I'm at Paisaios [ 33:35 ]. My Capital is Antikythera. : Vantage
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  should i donate to the temple? i have a lot of gold right now : Mmmmmoo
  • I heard the wonders are bugged so there's no reason to yet. ALthough, if I found out that I was being att... : edgewise
  • dont think its worth it at this point, takes 250,000 to do anything with mine. : ant_hillbilly
  • I haven't bothered yet. : NFXFSX
  • Use some of that gold to buy a cargo ship (or two), and then upgrade your Trading Post so that you can sp... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Would anyone like to trade marble + grapes for 50 crystal? : sigpro
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  level 4 sawmill, woot! : mwasher
  • Damn yo. : ateam311
  • Lucky bastard. : NFXFSX
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    ugh, my island is 500 wood away from lvl 3 : vynn
    • i've basically just been keeping my wood intake as high as possible as long as my gold isn't in the negat... : mwasher
  • Damn, I'm still working on 3. I just sent out a message to everyone who hasn't donated yet to get there ... : ant_hillbilly
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    btw you ever get your trade stuffs ready to roll? If so... you know where I live. : ateam311
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      yep. gonna be getting wood all night so i'll have a bunch tomorrow, but wealth won't be finished till t... : mwasher
      • Awesome. I'll shoot you some gold or something in return. Things are actually going much better now that ... : ateam311
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  I've got 50 crystal that I'd like to trade for 50 Marble. Hit me up on Daeshyios 51:75 > Stunkington : deveus1
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    Oh i can get you covered. Thrygio36:64] > Beervana : sigpro
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      50 Marble on it's way in 6 hours. : sigpro
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        50 Crystal on its way. I got messages from two other people. 1 pack of 50 will go out tonight and another... : deveus1
        • awesome, Ill send mine out when my boats return. : ant_hillbilly
        • Thanks. : sigpro
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  I need 50 Crystal, anybody need Wine? : vynn
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    I am in the exact same boat. I'm growing grapes like nobody's business : sergeon
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      If you guys still need Crystal in the morning, hit me up. I've got a few shipments to send out, but I'm r... : deveus1
      • Could use 50 at Baneeos [64:34] > Aresopolis, can send 50 sulphur in return. : zanzares
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        I'm not having any luck - can I just send you the wine now? : sergeon
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          Sure thing. I'm going to bed pretty soon though and when I wake up and send the ship, it'll still take a ... : deveus1
          • cool, no problem - I'm going to bed too, I guess I'll check up on things around lunchtime. Thanks. : sergeon
• Is the site going slow for anyone else? Taking forever to load the city overview for me. :-/ : NFXFSX
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  hahaha 22.02.2008 0:46:21 An army from Grimreefer has attacked and pillaged your town vynnopolis. Y... : vynn
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    He did kill my 2 Slingers though, so that was the real loss. He sent 5 slingers, we each lost 2. : vynn
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      lose any supplies? : ant_hillbilly
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        no, all my supplies were protected in a level 2 storehouse : vynn
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          you mean Warehouse? : Nation
          • sorry, ya : vynn
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          I should probably build some of those and a wall soon. : ant_hillbilly
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            I only have a level 1 wall - 2% defense bonus : vynn
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              -2% really? Mine is +3% : sigpro
              • not a negative, that's supposed to be just a hyphen : vynn
          • I'm upgrading to a level 2 warehouse right now and have a level 1 wall, but I have no slingers as so far ... : sigpro
  • btw, I didn't see any sort of notification that I was attacked, I had to click the icon of the large "Tow... : vynn
• woot level 5 academy. shit I need more crystal. : ant_hillbilly
• I need 35 more Crystal. Anyone want to trade for 35 Marble? Therauos [49:64] > Spamopolis : AltZero
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  I upgraded my trading post to level 2 but get no increase in range even though the description says range... : retardhumper
  • You get range 2 at Level 3, but it oddly enough will reach out to range 3 when you do the search. : zanzares
• so, when and how do we actually start our alliance? : captfarrell
• Will someone give me some crystals in exchange for wine? : MagicWishMonkey
• random question: what is Gold good for? so far the only thing I see is to buy cargo ships :( : Supine
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  This will get MD'd soon but I finally got a few trade ships up and running. Updating the saw mill and tow... : dudehoyt
  • Forgot 79:64 : dudehoyt
• Cleadoos 53,17 - Hamgasmopolis. : HAMGASM
• just finished my first invasion... sent 3 of my dudes into a crappy lvl 1 city that has been around a few... : MagicWishMonkey

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  You mean...was... : pigvomit
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    well yeah but it was up there a LONG time, and it's REALLY big. And totally badass. : Juno
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      The ISS is coming along pretty well as a replacement. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/57/... : pigvomit
      • I want a space station :o( : Juno
      • Bloody hell, that IS impressive.. you can clearly see how the design has changed too. Awesome. : cause&effect
    • good thing their shit got all fucked up, yo. : reverend~heresy
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  pictures like these; http://picasaweb.google.com/imanandr/Collection/photo#5085296858832325650 scare t... : ninjamoo
  • They're ok. He was Swedish, not Dutch. : loboca
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    Holy shit: http://picasaweb.google.com/imanandr/Collection/photo#5085295952594225954 Space is so fuck... : DOOManiac
    • Wow, that's like Photo Of The Year type stuff right there o_O : action wombmate
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    http://chamorrobible.org/images/photos/gpw-20061021-UnitedStates-DVIC-DFSC8410569-Earth-clouds-untethered... : aeg1x
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      imagining myself hopelessly floating away from earth counting down my last minutes would be so mindfully ... : reverend~heresy
      • If I were in that situation I'd say fuck it and just take my helmet off. : DOOManiac
    • If you squint, it looks like Duke Nukem in there! : timmie
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  The worst thing about modern space vessels, is that they're all ugly as fuck. Seriously if I rolled up to... : royalally
  • It looks like a space trailer. : GonzoRookie
  • pew pew pew!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I'm sure their people would rather have that than bread anyway. : Dynotaku
  • I love this argument: Nasa's budget: 16bil http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA_Budget Health and Human se... : loboca
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    I'd rather have that than listen to this dumbass argument again : derelict515
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      You'd probably change your mind after waiting in line for bread. : vigilante
      • fuck that i'd go to the supermarket and get a big fucking steak and cook the shit next to all the dumbass... : bfzzzz
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  I wonder what kind of camera you use in zero-g? : Sebastian-TEC
  • I don't know what kind of camera you use, but i can tell you what kind of batteries they use: DURACELL!! : AlexXdude
• pretty amazing, Russian shit manages to look rusty. even in space. : duncandun
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  what a piece of junk . : CoRDS
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    she'll make .5 past light speed : systatic
    • oh thank god : CoRDS
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      She may not look like much but she's got it where it counts. : Sebastian-TEC
      • the solar panels : Merconium
• you know those two bedroom houses in the barrio that turned into 6 bedroom houses by just adding rooms wi... : fatbeaner
• reaver territory... : paravis
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  the russians won the fucking space race, I don't give a fuck who was on the moon first. utter fucking bu... : proclone1
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    -fisrt satellite -first dog in space -first man in space -first to orbit the moon Yeah they did own... : aeg1x
    • FFS http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_space_program#Firsts the only thing they didn't win was the "wal... : proclone1
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      just to note: the soviets never got a human anywhere near the moon. : thetangent
      • Technically there wasn't even a race. If you count the race as the moment Kennedy annouced that the US wa... : Drewus
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    Well, all their achievements were for the ultimate goal of landing on the moon. Which they never did beca... : Drewus
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      They killed COSMONAUTS asshole. Not astronauts. : basketofkittens
      • yeah, got me on a technicality. : Drewus
      • Oh, really? That makes it OK. I mean, COSMONAUTS aren't even people, they're just papier-mâchÃ... : Caboose
  • The Russians were the 2007 Patriots of the space race. When it came time for the big game, they fucking c... : skinlab133
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  My first question - where does the poop go. You know one of those holes opens up. Maybe they don't poo... : Porkasaurus
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    they do indeed use a big suction tube : aeg1x
    • You know that's a minigame in itself - jaggin off into that tube without getting dirty : Porkasaurus
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    all i know is they recycle their pee to drink. maybe they recycle their poo too. : mindshot
    • Never buying that vacuum sealed 'NASA space chocolate' ever again. : Beady
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  There is a program running on Nova that talks about the Military Cosmonauts - the guys who a very long ti... : shortbuscaptain
  • Oh here we go. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/astrospies/ : shortbuscaptain
• No it's not in outer space, it's in orbit. Or rather was in orbit. This is in orbit right now: http:/... : nomaad
• Polyus: Orbital Battle Station http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyus_%28spacecraft%29 : suruwek
• No matter how advances, Russian shit always looks like all that's keeping it together is duct tape. : melt_core

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• lol srlsy : askedrelic
• mouse over the replies on the comments that have some... : ErneX
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  Are you joking? : dmason
  • I'm not, just wanted to share a link, not offend anyone, seriously : ErneX
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  THIS IS THE GREATEST INVENTION ON THE NET, EVER. WHY WOULD ANYONE QUESTION THE STATEMENT? : Lunatic Angelic
  • Oh good. No weird portal stuff. : ateam311
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  two shackers made it, fool : trOmblyj
  • THAT I didn't knew : ErneX
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    apparently it was 3 shackers. : edgewise
    • 4 shackers in a tub : askedrelic
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      wasnt it 2 shackers and 1 monkey? : FiReaNG3L
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        2 shackers, 1 cup. : Super Sparker
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          + a zebra : Visceral Monkey
          • I heard that Sprite was involved somehow, too. : PenicillinX57
• ventro alt found : Deathlove
• Apple releases iTunes? WTF are you telling me? : carrioN luggagE
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  Next time I'll search before posting, kudos to the shackers involved, the site looks great. : ErneX
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    Let us have our fun. :D : carrioN luggagE
    • I guess it's well deserved, it's 5am here anyway, bed awaits : ErneX
• Wow, that's amazing. When did you find out about this? Because I found out about it 3 days ago. : carnivore
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  lol : Begawkiness
  • same : Mondo
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  *points to profile* This might help you in the future. : sharkII
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    Dude mine are not even there : FiReaNG3L
    • Tell me what to put then! :) : sharkII
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  this proves my theory that the internet is cyclical! : mikecyb
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    http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16323521 : Draugluin
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      lol i had to click three times before i figured out your joke. durrrr : datoo
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        http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16323718#itemanchor_16323718 : ]pm[chem
        • damn, fail : ]pm[chem
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  why are you all being so mean :( : pancake humper
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    fuck you, sally! : pyide
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      that what your mom said last night! : datoo
      • Your name is Sally? : Matt Burris
      • I can't believe this macho bullshit : Flynn
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  Speaking of internet trends, have you guys seen this "all your base" thing? : batkiwi
  • Hmm, ya, but I was thinking about making a post about how this newspond site is old news while making fun... : mwasher
• To understand recursion, one must first understand recursion : mmogger