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  Yep, their servers suck. :( : guido anchovy
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    In their defense, it's only been ten minutes and I'm not sure if there's any real way they could properly... : Schnapple
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      Maybe they could strip the site to barebones, text only and save some bandwidth. :( : guido anchovy
      • Actually what they should do is be like Fileshack and say "ok, we saved you a place in line - just sit th... : Schnapple
• Glad I got in by randomly clicking links 10 minutes early, now I can sit here and watch the page crawl. : Audhuml4
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  Database Error. Great. Why does it always have to be like this? There are probably only 4 or 5 thousan... : mrwolf710
  • The best part is how I registered, then got redirected to a "you do not have enough rights" page. And sin... : Schnapple
• Shit, I think it just died completely. : mrwolf710
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  Ok, id. We get it. It's a volunteer run event. Fine. Super. Great. Could you throw some servers at ... : mrwolf710
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    For what it's worth, the registration never shuts down and it takes a while (hours, days) for the BYOC to... : Schnapple
    • Usually it fills up in a couple of hours. At least it has in the past years. : mrwolf710
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  I didn't know anybody aside from myself was actually going. : socksta
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    I've gone like eight of the last nine years. It's local to me so it's easy enough to go. : Schnapple
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      I've gone to everyone (except for 2 years that my kids were born) but last year was the first year that I... : mrwolf710
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        zoom zoom. : hirez
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          and I was more scared after :) : mrwolf710
          • scared or scarred? : noknyc
    • rub it in why dont you >:( : hirez
  • I want to actually meet you finally :( : dognose
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  well this isnt exactly their first rodeo, them not having server stability now days is just not professio... : sticktastic
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    I love QuakeCon, and everyone involved works their assess off to pull it off. Last year's was particularl... : Schnapple
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      a small developer that is worth millions upon millions of dollars. So many millions that one guys builds... : mrwolf710
      • I have some buddies that volunteer for QuakeCon every year. The behind-the-scenes is bizarre there. It's ... : Schnapple
  • It's free. : mr.sleepy
• OK I finally got my "you registered" email. So, no more refreshing for me. Schnapple, Congratulations... : Schnapple
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  You registered for QuakeCon on April 30, 2008, 8:55 pm. You were # 310 to sign up for QuakeCon! =D : FPSDavid
  • I hate you all. : mrwolf710
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    Did yours say the number in-line like that or was it at the end of the email? : Schnapple
    • sigh.....i had a similar thing happen earlier i got to the register for qcon button then it said no right... : sticktastic
• Geeze I can't even log in. What kind of server can't handle 5,000 simultaneous connections? : Dynotaku
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  Yeah... our servers are sucking a bit right now. Our host is adding CPU's as fast as they can. We'll ge... : noknyc
  • Awesome, thanks. : omnova
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    Out of curiosity, how many hits are you getting at a time now? I mean... what... 5K people show up? How m... : Dynotaku
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      I don't have the current stats at the moment. But we usually only get about 1200 - 1500 signups on the f... : noknyc
      • Ooo Ooo Eee Eee : mrwolf710
      • I was wrong. It's usually more like 2500+ on the first night. : noknyc
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    how much RAM? : kn1fe
    • Only 1gig each, I think. But apparently the issue was CPU related. : noknyc
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  ARGH! I was number 665. One away from whatever prize they were giving away for 666. : mrwolf710
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    still nice shot. i'm curious what the prizes will be. : rigg5kthx
    • Probably on the order of some mid-range vendor swag. Like a mouse, PC case, sound card. Along those lin... : noknyc
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      i got a Razor Tarantula keyboard last year (#2007), there were 3 prizes and I was the first to claim so i... : dignan
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        With no HardOCP at Qcon anymore I don't win any shit :( : rosewood
        • I remember the ugly 45 year old stripper. Still have the Tshirt at my Mom's house I'm sure. : rigg5kthx
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  The website appears to be working again, albeit slowly. Feel free to slam us again. : noknyc
  • Not for me :( : rosewood
  • Yes sir, I am registered! I look forward to good times and sweaty, stinky armpits! : omnova
• I got in after about an hour and a half of trying. Luckily I still got a spot. Got me and my two friends ... : DOOManiac
• Going to http://www.quakecon.org/reg/attendeelist.php and searching for "shack" in the clan tab only yiel... : InfoBiter
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  # 2242 , damn i was hoping to hit #2008 as I was #2007 last year... shucks : dignan
  • wtf242 would want that #. : CrustaR
• This problem has been solved. Why didn't they use S3? : theamazingrand0

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  y'know, Apple has plenty of DRM-free tracks too : Postal
  • not as many as amazon. I think few of the record labels snubbed itunes for DRM free. : pap26
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    Yeah but he's not tied to itunes or an ipod. : boomstickah
    • drag n' drop in explorer, WMP, or Winamp can sync devices. : Cygnus X-1
    • The rope in this metaphor is what? : vigilante
    • he isn't with the itunes DRM-free tracks either. they're regular AAC. : electroly
• Yeah I use it all the time. The mp3s are actually lame encoded 256 vbr : wtf242
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  i found an album i've been looking for, for a while on amazon mp3's store today. if i could only get my ... : ibrokn
  • what's wrong with the sales model? : dopefish
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    What don't you like about the sales model? It's high-quality, non-DRMed, no strings attached, and at a r... : Arcanum
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      It's pretty hard to find a flaw with, IMO. : crummynz
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        Well some may say it's TOO awesome. And it causes you to spend more money on music then you have in a lon... : DarkWolf5
        • Fuck that shit. Same issue with Steam, I tell ya. : crummynz
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      i dont like paying for things i don't actually physically own. that's what i dont like about the model. ... : ibrokn
      • amazon also sells these things called "Compact Discs". It sounds like they may be what you are looking fo... : tashtego
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      "high-quality" it isn't if you're listening to it on something besides an mp3 player. Sell me the .wav fi... : Old_Fart
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        I doubt he could tell 256kb mp3 from cd in a blind test : jcupitt
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          since he runs a recording studio, I would take that bet. I can hear the difference pretty easily myself o... : Old_Fart
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            but that's not a blind test :( in blind tests, most audiophiles cannot tell CDs from 128 kb mp3s : jcupitt
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              it was a blind test when he played a .wav and a 256kb mp3 for me while I was not looking at his screens. ... : Old_Fart
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                You could hear a difference, but could you tell which was the mp3? I doubt it. : jcupitt
                • yes, yes I could : Old_Fart
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              now that's just bullshit- 256 I would maybe believe, but it's incredibly easy to hear the difference betw... : tashtego
              • Exactly. 128 kb classical music is just fucking painful to hear. : Arctic Fox
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        double-blind tests do not agree with you http://www.soundexpert.info/coders256.jsp Any rating above a 5... : bipolar
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          umm, "Value of actual perceived audio quality (rating) which is also indicated by a bar length" is higher... : Old_Fart
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            You're not reading them correctly. : bipolar
            • That is, the bars are not linear representations. The higher bitrate mp3s have a higher confidence value... : bipolar
• I love it so much. Haven't touched the iTMS since I first tried Amazon a few months ago. : sgtsanity
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  why is it not available in australia! i'm tired of getting dicked while the rest of the world gets better... : erotic sock
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    You have dingoes though. : Albemuth
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      Or is that kangaroos/ You have some fucked-up animal. : Albemuth
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        both. : dafugg
        • Don't forget the Dropbears! Savage creatures. : Arctic Fox
  • because the aussie outposts of the labels are cunts : filthysock
• Amazon MP3 Downloads are off the hook. I had a problem downloading one of the songs off of the Foo Fighte... : ateam311
• IAWTP. At last an online store I can buy from and not feel I'm being treated klike a retard. : stuka
• Yeah, I love that they even officially support Linux. That seals it for me. : Conan
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  in my life i wouldn't pay for 256vbr.. 320 or nothing. : Flinz
  • for electronica i recommend beatoport.com or bleep.com, both DRM free : Flinz
  • haha yeah there's a huge audible difference between 256 and 320! : wtf242
• I bought the new Nightwish from Amazon's MP3 store, and I will also never use iTunes store again... : chiisu81

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  lynch him : disposition
  • I dunno who it was :( : pancake humper
• Was it one of our liars, or an internet/print liar? : mafu5150
• http://www.irs.gov/irs/article/0,,id=180250,00.html : zipper76
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  HAHAHA I got mine : fuzzydamnit
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    You're a liar! My SS is 11, I should have gotten mine by now then. LIAR! : pancake humper
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      mine is 04 and I haven't got mine yet. : cltcprd
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        03 and nothing yet here : riptyde
        • 00 and nothing yet. : Vincent Grayson
• my fiancee got hers. i'm expecting mine later this week. : kbnerd
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  Uh oh, I just thought about what if the direct deposit information they have is correct. Oh dear. : pancake humper
  • incorrect* :( : pancake humper
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    do they get that from your tax filings? or did you actually have to sign up for this seperately : deviantpaul
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      Tax filings but I am not sure from what year. If it was for last years taxes that I just got back, I will... : pancake humper
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        Why wouldn't they take it from the 2007 returns? : pyrogen
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          no idea : pancake humper
          • Surely you're the only person that may have moved or changed financial institution info. : royalally
• wtf :( i don't get mine until July :( :( :( : dopeman
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  Who the hell told you this week? http://usgovinfo.about.com/b/2008/03/18/irs-announces-tax-rebate-schedul... : action wombmate
  • nice mine should be May 02 if they use DD. : Shadowdane
  • ummm http://money.cnn.com/2008/04/24/pf/taxes/Stimulus_checks/index.htm?cnn=yes : Jayx77
• I haven't gotten mine yet, which is odd seeing as my SSN ends in 00 : magila
• what a rapist : arizona bay
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  LIAR FOUND!! tashtego http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16803180#itemanchor_16803180 : pancake humper
  • Some banks hold onto transfers for a couple days before placing them in your account. Your bank may have ... : Prozium
  • Don't shoot the messenger! : tashtego
  • and hey, 5 million deposits are supposed to happen tomorrow- hopefully that's when I get my money, and yo... : tashtego
• My family got ours in direct deposit today. : acheron
• when the gov't says the check is in the mail... : gdestiny
• *Valve Government Time* : PenicillinX57
• it said that most would be processed Friday : Jayx77
• I think is depends on when you filed your taxes. : byorn
• Mine got deposited Tuesday night : shred.
• I am still waiting, hoping the screw up and add an extra zero to the end. : xZanU
• freakin liar : Mondo
• They are sending out another 5 million checks on Friday. Patience young padawan. : Visceral Monkey

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  Sarah Marshall was great. But if you don't like strip clubs, you probably wouldn't like the humor in it. : ra1n
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    That makes perfect sense. : randomposter
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      I'm going to go ahead and say that it does. : ra1n
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        I'm going to go ahead and say that you're one of those guys who hears 10% of a story and allows your prec... : randomposter
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          I'm to go ahead and say I see why your uptight lady married you. : Modica Sol Solis
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            Sad to say, Modica, you were one of the guy's whose responses in that thread surprised me the most. You s... : randomposter
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              I honestly don't see what the deal was. Bachelor parties have a certain connotation, and it's his party. ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                This is awesome, no one actually wants to talk about fuken Iron Man :( : SpaecKow
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                  I do! I'm excited for this movie like I was for stuff when I was 10 years old. : action wombmate
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                    OKAY! And let me tell ya there's lots of awesome stuff in it! :D Very little wrong in that movie. They pr... : SpaecKow
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                      How did you see it already? >:( : action wombmate
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                        I come to you from the FUUTUUUUREEEE! : SpaecKow
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                          You son of a bitch! So tell me, does he fly around and shoot distruptors and crack jokes anD BE AWESOME : action wombmate
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                            Okay let me give you a plot outline: they turn the movie on in the projector, so you can watch it, and th... : SpaecKow
                            • 1 lol sir : jasoncrowley
                • I want to talk about Iron Man but my car is broken and the theatre is too far away for me to walk or bike... : Modica Sol Solis
  • It *was* great, and I don't like strip clubs. : perstephanie
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  what the hell was wrong with sarah marshall? : dahanese
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    I had a lot of good will to spend after Superbad and Knocked Up, so I'm not quite sure what went wrong, o... : randomposter
    • oh. i disagree completely. : dahanese
    • Yeah I would have to disagree as well : mr wolf
    • I compeltely agree. Loved Superbad. Knocked up was ok. I wanted to leave Sarah Marshall halfway through t... : stuka
    • What is wrong with you people? : Vincent Grayson
    • Go to wikipedia and look up "wrong". You will find a picture of you there. : CRasterImage
    • wrong wrong wrong : klearlyunseen
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      theWriter : dopeman
      • dope : randomposter
    • i await the day when we actually agree on something. : erotic sock
    • Superbad was fall down hilarious, Knocked Up was complete meh though, like one funny scene. :/ : node
    • My wife and I really liked it :( : Cyco52
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      his opinion can't be wrong you tools : Dravenport
      • his opinion can be wrong, he's ]thewriter : carnivore
  • To much dick : Mrc32
• can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait can't wait : action wombmate
• It's scoring 94% on Rotten Tomatoes. Must be doing something right. : Bonestormm
• What I really want to know is......is 'Zombie Strippers' any good???? : phate81
• It breaks no new ground, but it plows the old ground vigorously. Hmm, plowing the dirt vigorously... ... : steelsamurai

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  already do. unf. : dahanese
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    I kno, rite? Plus he can drink scotch. unf unf! : Megara9
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      Is that an ability normal people dont possess? : KxRook
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        I just have a special <3 for a man who'll share scotch, cigars, and blues with me. : Megara9
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          I like the blues and liquor, but cigars? :/ : RikiTiki2
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            I'm not a regular smoker, but every once in a while a good cigar is really awesome. Chuck Norris and ... : Megara9
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              This girl knows wtf. Though I prefer brandy or cognac with my cigars. : action wombmate
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                I've never tried cognac and the only brandy I've consumed was used to spike my sangrias (and it was apric... : Megara9
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                  Unfortunately I don't know much. Cognac is essentially a type of brandy, so they have similar flavors. ... : action wombmate
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                    is there a difference between single-crop and mixed brandies, the way there is with whiskey? : Megara9
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                      Well, most brandies are made with grapes unless otherwise indicated (like your apricot variety) and it's ... : action wombmate
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                        hmm... is it similar to grappa then (which is distilled from fermented grape skins)? That I have some exp... : Megara9
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                          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandy looks like it is! Maybe we can meet up sometime to smoke and drink a... : action wombmate
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                            awesomepants! I'm always up for a fawning. : Megara9
                            • GET A ROOM >:[ : jbury
          • I could ram a cigar into vaginas : TastyWheat
        • it's like we're a match made in heaven : Modica Sol Solis
        • Love me some blues, and do the cigar thing once a year or so on special occasions. Somehow my vodka peref... : node
    • I think it's the not drinking scotch that's the problem for him. : dirge23
• I seriously have no idea how he is still alive, let alone still looking good and healthy. I'm telling you... : PlanetPerfecto
• Haw, you beat me by like five minutes :( : SpaecKow
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  Have you not seen Kiss Kiss Bang Bang? : vigilante
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    UNF UNF : dahanese
    • Awesome flick! : action wombmate
    • kiss kiss bang bang unf unf ooh ooh ahh ahh i have a meeting tomorrow morning? : RikiTiki2
  • I was about to say he had me at Kiss Kiss Bang Bang but that sounds weird. : mrwolf710
  • What about Wonder Boys? : chiisu81
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  Is there a lot of random shit popping out and suspense? I hate that at. : arizona bay
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    Two small instances of that. : SpaecKow
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      thanks, im still gonna go see it this movie looks awesome. : arizona bay
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        Yeah you definitely shouldn't let that put you off, it really does rise above the action movie convention... : SpaecKow
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          Yeah I just wanted to make sure what I was getting myself into, the one time I saw Exorcism of Emily Rose... : arizona bay
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            ... : losder5000
            • Is that a formal challenge? : losder5000
          • Well that was a horror film, it was also a shit film :P : SpaecKow
• It was pretty much what I expected. Probably one of the best comic adaptations. : te[R]ror

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  yes, 90s : fotografico
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    Other than this paint picture, that i drew, i cannot find that it existed. Who else remembers doing that... : krym3
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      I remember putting that all over my books in middleschool which was close to 15 years ago now : mattfl
      • I can't remember a day where I didn't draw one of those in middle school : sparkly
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        SAME here... a group of us CANNOT find it. Looking at stussy vintage clothing... NOTHING. We now questi... : krym3
        • it was definetly a logo, maybe not of stussy though. Some other surfer/skateboard though from the early 9... : mattfl
    • HOLY-SHIT. I used to draw that too...I never really knew what it was though. You start with three vertica... : skinlab133
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  I think I had a shirt in the early 90s with an S like that. : hirez
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    Do you still have it, and can you post a picture of it. : krym3
    • oh lol. no I'm sure it was that though. : hirez
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  Open offer, if someone can post a picture of it (or find a picture of it), on a t-shirt, i will pay you 1... : krym3
  • FIRST INSTANCE ONLY! 1 WINNER :) : krym3
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    http://www.stussymania.com/gallery/images/Details/Tee2002/img/super_khaki_1.jpg : Cottc Cid
    • it literally looked like the image he drew..so that's close but not it. : mattfl
    • Close, but no. : krym3
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    The hot Stussy item of today is his logo T-shirt, littered with every Stussy logo designed over the past ... : fotografico
    • I dont see this one on there... do you? : krym3
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    http://caliroots.com/data/product/images/140562008343154120171324_L.jpg http://caliroots.com/data/produc... : fotografico
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      I think the S that we all used to draw is a derivative of the S with a king's hat on. It probably just ca... : fotografico
      • I remember drawing that logo quite a few times but I never actually knew what it was for :( : mikecyb
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      Seriously, it must have been a counterfeit logo... Dashing all hopes and dreams! Were we all so nieve! ... : krym3
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        It was part of a government mind control project which made us all draw a symbol repeatedly at a young ag... : shortbuscaptain
        • I AGREE!!! [put on tin foil hat!] : krym3
• If imageshack loaded I could tell you. www.shackpics.com : ieGod
• reminds me of a MSU logo or something. : Ziz
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  meredith? http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080430165518AA8K7jZ : datoo
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    That is my coworker. : krym3
    • I like how all the respondees have failed so hard. : datoo
  • stussy is out dude : KxRook
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  I think that was a logo on some of the fake Stussy shirts that were huge back then. Though I could be wro... : acidnynex
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    I vaguely remember getting those S t-shirts, with the jesters cap atop the S, at swap meets when I was yo... : shortbuscaptain
    • The jester.. YES! : krym3
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  http://www.stussy.com/25years_vintage.html 5 down, 4 from the left is kinda close. : capt tripps
  • that's not close at all, you fail : mikecyb
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    no, that's not it. It was really easy to draw, mostly straight/diagonal lines. You could start with 2 row... : mattfl
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      Suzuki : capt tripps
      • http://www.baconsmotorcycles.co.uk/images/Suzuki_Logo.jpg : mem
• i remember drawing that too : mXENO
• Wow, speaking of old 90s t-shirt companies. Remember when Mossimo used to have art on their shirts? I use : Gary the Llama
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  this is pissing me off..I'm starting to wonder if it really was from a knock-off : fathertime
  • This has wasted about 7 hours of office time amongst us here at the office. WAS IT A LIE? : krym3
• This is as close as I can find but its not the one I think you are asking for. The one I remember has onl... : fredrickvaughn
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  hmm when I drew it those two horizontal lines were diagonal to make it look like a chain link, but yeah I... : Agrona
  • ^^^^^correct : Sirus2400
• haha, I remember drawing that exact thing on my notebooks back in grade school/jr. high, my cousins taugh... : randomnull
• This mystery needs to be solved people!!!! : mattfl
• That looks like a sketchers shoe logo. : Lightzout

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  The article is bullshit. It excludes PS3 sales when the PS3 is probably the best blu-ray player on the ma... : Ellissd
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    The only BR player I'd buy right now is the PS3. : whistler
    • I agree with this. : Thresher
  • Right, but it's comparing stand alone sales in one period to another. : Fred Garvin
  • and its also a game system that inflates the apparent sales of the format : derelict515
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    The problem with this thinking is that people who buy PS3s are bought primarily as game machines, seconda... : Thresher
    • i have a ps3 i have yet to do more than play a few game demos on.....its primary use is bluray and i h... : ozfactor
  • Be carefull though, market analysts are warning that some PS3 owners may be playing games on the machines... : capt tripps
• Mainly the cost for me. I'll wait until christmas. : AlexXdude
• They are talking about stand alone players, but even if you look at disc sales BR is still a fraction of ... : Fred Garvin
• yeah the price of the discs is the main thing. : datoo
• they need to be sub $100 before i'd bother and even then i don't know if i would buy one since i just ren... : Mansmells
• I don't technically have an HDTV, price of the discs is too much. : K1Bond007
• I think VOD and digital formats are gonna be the true winners. I don't want a big collection of bluray di... : adhy
• Discs cost too much. : lodit
• just dont really care about bluray myself. someday ill have a player sure but right now im cool with dvds... : spector
• The discs are so damn expensive. I wish we still had the war going on as HD prices were a little cheaper... : adsriordan
• Don't buy DVDs, not worth having just for a rental. : Deathlove
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  My TV (http://www.sonystyle.ca/commerce/servlet/ProductDetailDisplay?storeId=10001&catalogId=10001&langId... : Chrrs
  • the real question is will you notice the difference between 1080p and 1080i. if you are me that answer i... : spector
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    If you don't then you are blind :P Normal DVDs output at best 480p (NTSC). You should definitely notic... : dpgagnon
    • You'll definitely notice a difference, but when you are in the zone just watching the movie the question ... : nukewinter
  • Yes, you'd notice, but most people are still fine with DVD especially if yours upconverts. : K1Bond007
  • Wow, I was expecting a 19" CRT to be honest. : slax0r
  • ... are you fucking kidding? : Toraz Chryx
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    there's nothing wrong with you not knowing, so don't' take this the wrong way... but your comment shows a... : snowwolf
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      I'm confused. Dognose's comment below says the difference between upscaled DVD and BR is minimal. My c... : Chrrs
      • You should set your OPPO player to upscale to 720p since that's the native resolution of your HDTV. Every... : Prozium
      • I should clarify that my TV is 720p/1080i as well; I can not comment on the difference between upscaled D... : dognose
      • Dognose's comment is incorrect. : Vincent Grayson
    • Kind of hard to advertise and market it though. There's no convenience. I mean you look at VHS to DVD and... : K1Bond007
• Discs are too expensive, players are too expensive; I am still not convinced that the technology is going... : FushigiDenki
• There are too many BR players on the market today that have a really incomplete feature set. Part of the ... : Colleton
• I look at all the money I've spent on DVDs and I realize that I only ever watched the majority of them on : Iazu
• i can kind of see why. I mean, DVDs were awesome compared to VHS because of so many more features were av... : mindmann
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  Waiting for Oppo to release a BluRay player. : ant_hillbilly
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    any info on when this is coming? : c_man_tmt
    • Not for awhile. At least a year. : ant_hillbilly
• The price of blu-ray movies are still higher but I noticed they are way more affordable then before. : razlebol
• I will buy one when they cost <$150. : afty
• HD is amazing, but the leap from DVD to Blu-Ray just isn't in the same class as that off VHS to DVD. May... : slax0r
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  The difference between upscaled DVD and BR is minimal, not worth the money IMO, and used BR discs cost mo... : dognose
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    ^^^ Hasn't seen Planet Earth in high def : Toraz Chryx
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      You are correct! : dognose
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        The part where you think an interpolated DVD is as good as a proper high def feed sort of tells it all re... : Toraz Chryx
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          "Interpolated"? I am not British, what does that mean? :( : dognose
          • Also I acknowledge there *is* a difference, but to me it is minimal and not worth the cost/effort : dognose
          • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpolation : Toraz Chryx
        • did you mean interlaced instead of interpolated? : ibrokn
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    so wrong so wrong so wrong... so incredibly wrong... : but why
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      Then correct me! : dognose
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        http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=811102&page=1&pp=30 : pupismyname
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          That looks like a still frame of a DVD non-upscaled to me. The actual image on my XBR is noticeably bett... : Zero|DPX
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            in my experience, upscaled dvds look better in motion and at a distance. but as soon as you get up close ... : pyide
            • Yes, but I watch my TV @ 6 feet, not 6 inches. I'm not saying I wouldn't enjoy an HD player or wouldn'... : Zero|DPX
            • of course they do. you have more receptors in your eye for motion than you do for detail. : ibrokn
• Price of the players mostly... : Shadowdane
• I don't have an HDTV, and without that item there's no point in thinking Blu at all. Assuming I get one i... : five_percent
• My cable provider has all the new release that I've wanted to see in HD for $3.99, I really don't have a ... : devi| dog
• DVD's still work great for me and I've bought tons that have been on sale ranging from 3.99-6.99. The pr... : grabbie
• It would help if they fleshed out the damn catalog. there are many movies id like to own in HD that dont... : smacknca
• Cost of disks more than cost of player. And I watch maybe 3 movies a month. Not three unique movies, thr... : Ebu
• Cost of players and movies mostly.. DVD really is good enough for me. Looks plenty good upconverted u... : nukewinter
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  Because fuck Sony. : snuff
  • This. The Sony Ecosystem is a bunch of proprietary bullshit and a vast conspiracy where they can crank u... : snagger
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  Pretty sure that the whole thing has a lot to do with the fact that not that people are just barely start... : boomstickah
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    But that's the thing, you don't need more resolution to enjoy movies. And there's really not much of an... : nukewinter
    • Agree with that. I bought into the HDDVD hype at first. And after the first few movies, I realized that w... : AlvinKlein
• It's like those 3 in 1 printer / scanners. I don't want a game console, just a damn BR player. But the ... : tboomer2
• because I bought the HD DVD player for $40 and a crap load of movies for $100 : sesmaster
• 100% the cost of players. That's the only hurdle for me right now. : skinlab133
• I've waited this long because of the format wars now I'm no longer interested. And DVD is fine for now al... : Topaz
• I dunno, I own one via my PS3, and I'm very much glad that I do. Everything I own on Blu-ray looks great. : Vincent Grayson
• because I have one 1080p lcd and a ps3. I dont need anything else right now. : hirez
• 1080p tvs still cost to much for me... waiting for it to be <$700 : Sixcos
• I have my Samsung BD player, after cash back promo for ~$260 US, and bought 5 Bluray movies just this wee... : biofrog
• Pretty much because I already have my dvd system set up, and a collection of dvds, and I'm not getting ri... : Megara9
• i don't see the point until I have a 1080p HDTV. Plus I am kind of tired of physical media. The AppleTV r... : ovrlrd
• Spite : CRasterImage
• I have absolutely, positively no need for an HD format. Sure, it looks great for the 5 minutes I actually : PlayfulPuppy
• needs more anime. furry anime : Optimus Prime
• HDTV = NO : Kaerof
• perfectly happy with my dvds. atleast for now : xsii
• I'm happy with DVDs and I don't want to pay an extra $10 to $15 per movie just to own it on Bluray. : baron calamity
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  I bought an HD-DVD drive for the 360 and 3 films. Now I have no interest in HD at all. In fact the only t... : marmite
  • I completely agree. I mean, don't get me wrong, the movies that I watched in HD were beautiful, but I lo... : BingusLargus
• heh, I got a PS3 almost a year ago, but I only now have a 'real' HDTV : Postal
• Cost, both of the players and of the movies. I'm sorry I am not paying $30 to buy a movie with higher re... : Crimsonbeak
• I don't watch movies at home all that much, and I really don't feel like replacing my small movie collect... : skizl
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  ps3 - zero games for it so far, 4 movies. i never really got into collecting dvd's but i enjoy picking up... : xxiv
  • lol even I bought a couple of games for it. : gmd
• I own a PS3, so I own the player, but I own just one Bluray disc -- they're too damn expensive. : ThomW
• Its the cost of the player for me : topkatz
• cost and I have no HDTV : jonin
• BR is worth it if you like to buy a series on 1 disc. : icon_of_syn
• PS3 here; enjoyed Spidey 3, but have only bought Ratatouille and 5th Element. Waiting on Star Trek blu-r... : chiisu81
• PS3 - I own 12 movies and 8 games. I haven't paid more than $20 for a movie, and that includes all of th... : treefingers1
• I haven't used my regular dvd player in years, I really don't see the need for that thing. : melt_core

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  those old sdtvs have brighter pictures by default? : kn1fe
  • Most people with crap tvs generally crank the settings up really high : EvilDolemite
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    most people don't change their settings from the default "surface of the sun" either. : DarkWolf5
    • I warm my coffee and breakfast in front of my SDTV while I watch. : ifallible
• I agree. I was underwhelmed at first, but after a few hours things definitely picked up and I love it. : skinlab133
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  It definitely takes it's time getting started. Plus the camera lag is too long in cars and too short on f... : edgewise
  • What do you mean by camera lag? : Nixx2004
  • Completely agreed. Annoying but I've learned to deal. : brickmatt
• GTA games are always kind of hard to just get into for me. I don't know. I get worried a lot that I'm mis... : K1Bond007
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  Yeah, it's great. I'm about 16% through the game right now after a couple long nights. There is one ... : stump
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    Yeah, but on the other hand a lot of missions are all about set up. Mafia was pretty bad with this esp... : K1Bond007
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      I actually wish cops pulled you over for speeding in GTA and that u had to abide by traffic laws. : Skoal^Fyfan
      • no you don't : Modica Sol Solis
      • Oh yeah, I wish not obeying traffic laws like red lights or speed limit would lead to a 1star cop rating.... : Nighteyes
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        That would suck, but it'd be a neat hardcore realistic feature that you can unlock or something after bea... : K1Bond007
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          Shit spiraled out of control fast... I love it when people use this phrase referring to GTA4. Cause wh... : Modica Sol Solis
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            No. It was much more lame than that. I stood there like an idiot because I thought, that was an accident,... : K1Bond007
            • I'm gonna pretend that my version is what happened so I can experience GTA4 vicariously through your acti... : Modica Sol Solis
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        perhaps if there weren't as many cops or if cars didn't spawn out of thin air, but no. i was shocked : pyide
        • You get one and there's always a couple cops within the vicinity so... I like that touch, but stoppin... : K1Bond007
  • Umm, that specifically what GTA4 fixed with the replay mission function. : enyakk
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    When that happens just hail a cab and skip to the location. You should have more than enough $$$ that it ... : Skoal^Fyfan
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      ^^^ i sometimes prefer taking cabs without skipping too. just checking out the city when not going full b... : pyide
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        drunk cab rides are weird. : DarkWolf5
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          better than driving drunk. First thing I tried when drunk in the game, and it nearly made me sick : cdbeckman
          • haha me too. : DarkWolf5
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  Great game but the story is so cliche and uninteresting. : FushigiDenki
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    Seriously? I would have to disagree here, I find the story VERY entertaining and alot of times just ama... : Normality
    • Also, it seems that the story becomes better and better as I progress in the game. I figured it would be : Head Rush
  • Funny, I actually thought that the story and characters were more interesting than anything I'd seen in a... : whistler
  • So cliche and un-interesting - you must've HATED GTA:SA : abrasion
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  What's option paralysis? : jbury
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    So many things or possibilities presented that he doesn't know what to do or what order would be best. : pigvomit
    • Ahhh yeah, gotcha : jbury
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      This is why I can't play RPG's. I can't ever get into them because I'm not sure I'm doing it right/buildi... : marmite
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        Real life must be a bitch then. : gooblerampling
        • Haven't heard of that game, is it like Second Life? : Bonestormm
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  i've spent a couple of hours playing so far, and i'd have to say that the controls make this game complet... : entropy
  • to me that has always been the weakness of the series. Controls + Fluidity (including Framerate) really ... : kainen1
• Yeah - I posted a I'm unhappy with this game thread yesterday - Today I love the game...some of the h... : flagg209

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  Do you mean is he in the room with the sheriff? : NastyJack
  • yeah, sorry, Bell not Moss : randomposter
• Er...which room? I never knew this was a controversial issue. : Lone Swordsman
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  I just assumed he was in one room and the sheriff opened the other room. I had no idea wtf was going on ... : arizona bay
  • My view is that it's all metaphorical. : randomposter
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    I just watched that scene again, and I don't think they could be in different rooms. Only two rooms, 112 : mathyou
    • Strike my last paragraph. I'm persuaded by mechanicalgrape's post and the thief's link. : mathyou
    • but room 112 is where the players dwell : agentlead
• i'm going to go with no. since it seemed any time he ended up in a room with someone they died. plus he : ibrokn
• no. : zebrigazi
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  NEXT UP: Did Chigurh actually injure himself in the car accident? Or was it all an elaborate ploy to get : erotic sock
  • hahahah : AlexXdude
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    man I love that you posted this : sesmaster
    • ^^ hidden reference to banned meme : stuka
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    I'll be honest, I found the movie pretty prentious and the storyline well messy. I guess I'm stupid hu... : abrasion
    • yeah i actually didn't mind it. my main problem with it was that it painted itself as an action/thriller : erotic sock
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  I'm amazed people think 'no' to this. Seriously. It never crossed my mind when watching the scene and n... : thief
  • It's really, really weird editing. I've watched it three times and I still really can't be sure of what e... : NastyJack
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    I reckon there's no way he could fit (with the shotty) in that tiny nook of the door and if he was behind... : randomposter
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      There's no reason for Chirgur to kill Bell. It further establishes him as a principalled -- and thus mor... : thief
      • I think it is very obvious and mirrors the scene earlier with Bell in the trailer. : pigvomit
    • 1- Chigurh doesn't take risks? At the very start of the film he's getting himself arrested just to see if : wozzeck
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  No, he was not in the room. It was Bell imagining what the worst case scenario was before he entered the : mechanicalgrape
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    Hardly the worst case scenario. : thief
    • You know what I mean. : mechanicalgrape
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      harumph: http://www.ericdsnider.com/blog/2008/01/07/no-country-for-old-men-bell-and-chigurh-and-the-mote... : thief
      • You disagree with this? Because that's what I think. : randomposter
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        This is basically reiterating what I said. I don't know if you're arguing or what. : mechanicalgrape
        • the 'harumph' was 'oh dammit i'm wrong!' :P : thief
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      Yea, it could you YOU in there! : c0bra
      • damn I screwed up :( : c0bra
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  Two rooms next to each other, both locks blown out as Bell walks up. That was bells coin toss. Remember M... : happynoodle
  • Huh. : randomposter
• was moss killed by mexicans or by Chigurh? i think Chigurh kills moss in the way that bell imagines it, ... : radula
• Nopers. : Kaerof
• Yes. Nope, just kidding, Timeshift. Same room, different times. Lame director trick to convey a suspense : jasoncrowley
• you can see his shadow im pretty sure : Dravenport