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• More like anti-hype. The coop demo is coming out this week so we will know if it's good or not. It's been... : razlebol
• Im looking forward to it : MoreVespeneGas
• I'm sold. i'll buy just about any shooter from the TimeSplitters guys. : NeoMoose
• Just downloading the demo from PSN... looking forward to playing it : rickyfitz

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• there are cats in canada? : XchumpoX
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  Yeah it's a pretty slick camera for the price. I bought mine shortly after they came out. I took thes... : SatansFist
  • Holy shit, nice! Both of you guys. : Cygnus X-1
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    nice. IINP's pics looked like typical point and shoot pics to me, but these look really good. : Maarten Goldstein
    • bad photo ops..and I just got it ;(. I should have some interesting stuff in the next few weeks if all go : IcomeINpeace
• more pics of the tiny cat pls : Utopia
• personal ball washer: http://icomeinpeace.shackspace.com/PICS/S5%20test%20shots/Picture%20146.jpg : re4ctor
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  I've had one almost a year now, and love it.. Pick up a Polarizer for it, it makes the pictures SO much b... : oc3lot
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    i have an S3, whats this RAW hack? : radula
    • http://chdk.wikia.com/ : snowwolf
  • from what I've read canons have pretty decent NR techniques (keeps more detail intact). Will having a .RA... : IcomeINpeace
• I just bought one of these yesterday for $199. Refurb, but I thought that was a pretty good deal. htt... : skilesare
• I SAID MORE PICS OF TINY CAT : Utopia

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  Nice, I recently bought a brush and proper shaving cream. Soon I'll order the Merkur 34C! :) : knepus
  • get pre-shave oil too. It's totally worth it. : Megara9
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  I've used proper straight razors, had it done at boutiques (while getting a wax and facial, obviously, so... : seven
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    I'm glad it works for your skin/hair type but guess what I've tried them all, and mach 3 works like shit ... : boring gegtik
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      I have gorgeous soft skin - you're just doing it wrong. GORGEOUS SOFT. WOMEN TOUCH IT. THEY CAN'T HELP... : seven
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        I have gorgeous soft skin : wozzeck
        • *wink* : seven
      • Where on Fry's time lie does this post fit . . . seems to me that seven is slightly ahead of his time : fuzzydamnit
  • I disagree. That damn vibrating tripple-blade razor gives me burn like acid-dipped sandpaper : Megara9
• Mach 3 original shave in the shower still works for me, despite my skin being sensitive to other razors a... : Jumperus
• Tell me more of these "nooks and crannies". : woddemandred
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  Isn't shaving a remarkably bad idea for women in general? : randomposter
  • you'd rather they were hairy? : marmite
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    are you suggesting they just wax their legs and unmentionables? : scottythejock
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      unmentionable(s)? Plural? Women don't have testicles man. Oh wat - you mean taint and anus! : seven
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        you're not supposed to mention them, you're crossing the streams here! : haccess
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          well how else am I going to tell him what I ate of his mothers. : seven
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            so you're a necrophiliac? : scottythejock
            • nah nah nah - what we got up to was the reason she checked out. : seven
    • I mean waxing over hsaving, yeah. : randomposter
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  Mach 3. No shaving cream. Fuck all that other shit. : Sebastian-TEC
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    brick. fuck all that other shit. : xxiv
    • katana. fuck all that other shit. : node
• 'Grats Megara, I've been meaning to get a new DE setup myself. Mach 3 is trash and only works because if ... : PlanetPerfecto
• I'm not sure why this causes so much trouble. Safety razor + shaving cream = baby's ass shave. : silent prophet
• I guess I ignore usernames before reading posts. I about flipped out when I got to "nooks and crannies ar : cerealSAM2

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  zoom in by clicking in the right stick. 'should be fairly easy to get headshots. : Foxhawk
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    Is that for just the sniper rifle or can you do it for all guns? I mean maybe I need to tweak my sens(?)... : RyDogg1
    • all guns. for the sniper rifle, you automatically zoom in while holding down left trigger and can adjust ... : Foxhawk
    • Yes each gun has a minor zoom. The sniper rifle more so. You can also go into the options and change the ... : sigpro
• i also suck really bad. : feek
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  I totally oversteer my aim w/out auto. Too far left, too far right, and back again. Ends up spray and pra... : sixfoot6
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    auto aim off, left tigger in + zoom in and it's very well done I think. The cover system works well also ... : sigpro
    • I haven't been zooming, so gonna give that a shot when the TV is free. Thanks. : sixfoot6
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  my main gripe with the lock-on thing is I can't lock in on a dude's head when he's inside his car. I alw... : mikecyb
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    Shooting while driving is difficult, but fortunately you're usually not being shot at at the same time. ... : Priest77
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      On PS3 that is, not sure how the controls differ on the 360. : Priest77
      • I'm willing to bet it's smoother, given that real triggers > Sony's abortions : SiW73
  • You can't lock on, but you can hold down the trigger half way to free aim. That's how I always jack cars. : OverloadUT
  • I'm glad that's not possible. Car chases would be a joke. : Wombat Woo
• welcome to consoles. : Sgt_Boomstick
• It's a console. You use autoaim and forget about actual aiming skill. : stuka
• the only 3d shooter game I've liked with a controller is Uncharted the gta cover system is really bori... : Shai-Tan
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  Why, when locked onto a target, can I not change weapons? I have to unlock, then switch, then lock on aga... : Big Luke
  • yeah, that bugs me too : moshman
  • Hold the left bumper then press a direction on the digital directional pad. I believe this will allow you... : socksta

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  First the good. I think the game has a lot of potential. It very clearly follows the standard MMO model, ... : S1ing B1ade
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    funcom didnt make DAoC that would be Mythic (warhammer online) ..also AoC doesnt have player housing: gui... : cptstern
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      What do you like most about the game? What makes it stand out from other MMOs? ... What is the big... : FushigiDenki
      • I'd say that what makes it stand out from other MMOs is its combat system, which is a bit more involved t... : S1ing B1ade
    • You're right, I was thinking of Warhammer lol. They did Anarchy Online. I also never played that, but aga... : S1ing B1ade

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  much lime your eponymous donkey - please never speak again. : seven
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    lime? lamp sand. like. : seven
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      Methinks seven needs sleep, that's about the fifth typo I've seen from you on the first page :P : Arctic Fox
      • seroquil :D : seven
• Rest of the series plz! : Sebastian-TEC
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  In a true Miley Cyrus joke she would say Sweet Giblets instead of sweet jesus. : mrwolf710
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    I thought that was Jackson's line. (yes, I watch the show. I have a small child and the show amuses her... : riptyde
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      except it's sweet niblets. avoiding the whole nerd rage jib/gib discussion. : Fyunch Click
      • Hehe, you're right. Too much games on the brains i guess. : mrwolf710

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• When I first saw that trailer I thought it was a preview for Cell. : -efx-
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  We must have seen trailers for different movies because i'm fairly sure Marky Mark was in mine, not Matt : Arsenal
  • Oh My Bad. I get them mixed up YO. Can you make an easy to remember phrase for me? : packav
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  It's global warming! : industro
  • I'm scared! : pimpium
  • We didn't listen :[ : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  The whole theatre laughed when the title appeared, like a collective Really? The Happening? : carnivore
  • People are going to see that movie when they are baked as all fuck. That's about it, I think. : PlanetPerfecto
  • Yeah the title might as well have been "Phoned it In" : riptyde
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  m night shamalan is a hack who has never made a good movie in his career : arizona bay
  • He made one good movie. Then he remade it five times. : dirge23
  • His movies may be weak in some areas but the man knows how to compose a frame. He has a stunningly great ... : Super Sparker
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  I lolled cause they were like "SOMETHING HAPPENED: THE HAPPENING : boring gegtik
  • that was the part when I heard the most el oh els : packav

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• How old is she? Maybe she saw or heard something disturbing about water or something, can you talk to her... : nomaad
• Did you let her watch Jaws, or play GTAIV? : jbury
• http://www.amazon.com/Piggle-Wiggles-WonT-Take-Macdonald-Piggle-Wiggle-Adventure/dp/0060276304 That ac... : Deathlove
• Take a bath with her. Depending on her age of course. : balaams_ass
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  To clarify - she's 2yrs 3mth. There's no obvious cause for her fear. Attempts to take her into the bath o... : randomposter
  • keep forcing her in there. Have you tried buying a new water toy? : redfive
  • my almost 2 year old hates getting in the bath but once she's in there she hates getting out ..does she s... : cptstern

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  wow I thought my $650 was bad. :( : mwasher
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    Someone asked in previous chatty, but what apartment locator did you use to find your place? Granted I ha... : Audhuml4
    • I've used these guys with success: http://www.apartmentlocating.com/ : wtf242
• <heavy>Cry some more</heavy> I was living in a $1300/month 700 sqft place up until last April :( : Omaha
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  I pay $1630 a month and the electricity bill in the summer is nearly $400 :[ : wtf242
  • I pay about $900 a month and my electric bill is nearly $400! I think we bonded there somehow. : devi| dog
  • Ours has never broken $200 : EvilDolemite
  • do you have a timer on your hot water heater? : RikiTiki2
  • Grow lights what? : Grezdfez
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  I'm paying $1750 for my place in SF =( probably around the same size. : metralgia
  • cities double or triple prices. : dahanese
• wtf $950 is high? : mikecyb
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  Is this in Minnesota or Georgia? I was paying $820 for a nice 2BR on a lake (well, pond) in St. Anthony, ... : Bold
  • I should point out that most of the 2BR apartments in that area were $700, but I opted for the one with t... : Bold
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    It's in Eagan; Apple Valley and Burnsville are way cheaper. : Dan[WSB]
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      you should be able to find a place to OWN for just a little over 950 a month near any of those cities. re... : MoreVespeneGas
      • also yes renting is for suckers : manero
      • Nah, renting rocks when you want the ability to drop everything and move to Europe at the end of your lea... : Dan[WSB]
• Go to Woodland Hills, CA, $2495.00 : schwinky
• i think that's pretty good - slightly above average just about anywhere. : feek
• uhh, I pay $1250 for 950sq. ft. in california ... relax : virus
• $1060 1 bedroom here >700 sq feet :(. There is a place a few blocks away for about the same price wit... : snuff
• Rent at my old 2br apartment was ~$1895/Month for month to month. California says herro :) : PlanetPerfecto
• Crazy, my 4 bedroom, 3 bath house in a rather nice part of town is only $1260 or so. Utilities are ~$220... : zakazi
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  move to saint paul, 35E would be a reverse commute. : manero
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    i mean, it would be against rush hour : manero
    • lolz : MoreVespeneGas
• 1150 square foot in Munich is at least $1500 now. I am glad I bought a place : moshman
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  I pay that much for my mortgage for my 1800 ft^2 townhouse. You poor bastards. : phate81
  • mortage payment amount is irrelevant, unless you say for how many years you're gonna be paying. : moshman
• 950 would be a steal here. Lucky bastards. : Horn

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  most people that ride motorcycles are retarded : arizona bay
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    most people that ride retards are motorcycles! (yes - nailed it) : seven
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      Then how does he type? http://www.shacknews.com/profile.x?person=retardhumper : FormerHPB
      • very agile kickstand. true story. : seven
  • Why the fuck are you trolling AGAIN? : mace
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    most people that make generalisations about anything are retarded : moshman
    • There are two types of people inna world... : cerealSAM2
• http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2008/05/05/police_motorcyclist_flipped_bird_popped_wheelie_gotran... : lacker
• so the cops gave chase cuz of the wheelie or the flipping the bird I'm all for flipping the bird at ... : cptstern

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  god damn - 1000 times the power of Little Boy - but only one third the power of Tsar Bombar. Those cra... : seven
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    Wiki link for the interested (which includes me) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsar_Bomba : theargent
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      did I get my stats right? I'm on a "don't confirm my sources" roll this evening - just letting it all ... : seven
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        nope, you failed... It was 1.4%... :-P : theargent
        • DEAR LORD - A 40% MARGIN OF ERROR IS MORE THAN THIS MAN CAN STAND! : seven
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    They throttled the power quite a bit for the tests. This is why arms races really aren't necessary any... : MagicWishMonkey
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      They throttled the power? That's M.A.D. !! (it was so the crew of the plane that dropped it had a c... : seven
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        we're all M.A.D. ;) I think the bomb was only half or one third as powerful as the real deal would be.... : MagicWishMonkey
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          Off the top of my head, I want to say the bomb was in the 50 megaton range, and it could have gone up to : DinK
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            when you whip out a map - and a compass - and draw a circle of the blast radius with the city of your cho... : seven
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              overpressure enough to knock down a house - about 29 miles given 2500 meter altitude air burst. : bostrov
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                How do you figure? The Tunguska Event is estimated to be 1/3 as powerful as the Tsar Bomba and it knoc : MagicWishMonkey
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                  I was using 1.2 psi overpressure as the impulse limit for most housing ("Explosive Shocks in Air"), and a... : bostrov
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                    that makes sense. it would still fuck a lot of shit up though, I wouldn't want to live within a 1000 m... : MagicWishMonkey
                    • It would be a tremendously bad day for everyone in the general metro area, that's for sure. There are oth... : bostrov
                • Note also that the release aircraft was (according to the wiki article) about 28 miles away at the time o... : bostrov
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      Even a full nuclear exchange between the US and USSR at the height of the war wouldn't have erased life o... : bostrov
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        the initial exchange wouldn't cause the mass extinctions, the nuclear winter part is the real bitch. C... : MagicWishMonkey
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          and I'm referring to the enormously powerful weapons developed in the 60's : MagicWishMonkey
          • free love? : silent prophet
        • Carl Sagan's study of Nuclear Winter was probably the most simplified of all of them. There were intense ... : bostrov
        • And also, they would crack the earths crust and set the atmosphere on fire. : cerealSAM2
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    1% of the sun's energy? That's fucking absolutely ridiculous. That's supposedly an accurate figure? : phipple
    • 1.4% for 39 nanoseconds. Remember that the sun gets 71 times that amount for a period of 10 billion years... : bostrov
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  Some Shacker was trying to claim a while back that this was caused by Nikola Tesla secretly firing his en... : rock elf
  • the reality is a lot more interesting. a huge rock from outer space ended it's million year journey by... : MagicWishMonkey
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  what does this have to do with time travel? : agentlead
  • It was a failed attempt and the energy release was Tunguska. : zanzares
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    this was caused in 1909 by a time traveler arriving from 2017. seems like that's pretty clear : mrtony
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      more like 2018 : agentlead
      • you weren't there when it happened : mrtony
  • BUT HE'D ONLY DONE IT THE ONE TIME! : cerealSAM2

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  Depends - if your LCD is 720P, the TV will be scaling the 1080P frame down to its native 720P resolution;... : mn3m0n1c
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    oh that makes sense. i don't get the scaling thing that tv's do. im used to computer monitors (which is w... : not work safe
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      With (digital) LCD and plasma TVs the difference from a PC monitor is becoming less and less. The scaling... : mn3m0n1c
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        Why IS 720P actually 768? Do TVs stretch to fill all the pixels? Doesn't that make it look nasty? : zanzares
        • what are you talking about : MoreVespeneGas
        • The standard for 720P is 720 vertical picture lines (the horizontal resolution is not a fixed number, nec : mn3m0n1c
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  you tv will downscale if you choose 1080p on the xbox. Most 720p will be able to deal with the 1080p si... : moshman
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    What if your TV does 720p/1080i? Which is best to set in the xbox options? : feek
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      depends on the size of your TV, your personal preference of progressive vs interlaced, and what the tv's ... : MoreVespeneGas
      • Yeah, my advice would be to check out in-game text to see if it's sharper at 720P. Also, as I understand ... : mn3m0n1c
    • just set it to what you think looks better. 1080i requires 1920*1080 resolution in theory : moshman

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• Nice, I love this show. Cant wait for it to come back. Also in HD this year. : jason28
• excellent! : deject
• oh hot diggity damn! : thekidd
• Yay. But 2 more months. :( : cerealSAM2

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• If they were smart, they'd allow the wheel to tilt and hook it up to and turn the front wheels. So hammi... : cerealSAM2

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• They couldn't release games on blu-ray disc anyway, how would the current Xbox 360 play them? : melt_core
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  Why would games come out on bluray? That would leave all 20 million existing owners out in the cold and h... : nomaad
  • This is a very good point and something I didn't even consider. Stupid me. : cause&effect
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  I really don't mean offence to you but I wish so much that people would begin to learn the console indust... : abrasion
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    Yup yup. You're right. I shouldn't have posted. I only bought a 360 last Tuesday and I've been really imp... : cause&effect
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      It's not really you, everyone on the internet keep doing it - they don't understand once you release a co... : abrasion
      • or they could take a page from 16-bit era sega and release a zillion add ons. that would be awesome. : arizona bay
    • They might well come out with an integrated bluray version later this year, but it'd be only play bluray ... : nomaad
• If there really is going to be a Blu-Ray integrated 360, they would deny it as long as they can so they d... : pyide
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  Which games come on more than 1 DVD? If GTAIV can fit all of its content on one DVD then I'm thinking "fu... : nudel
  • And GTAIV is just over six gigabytes which is really really small considering everything that is in that ... : nomaad
  • Lost Odyssey is 4 DVDs : Shadowdane
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  why would they want to integrate a blu-ray player? that's just about the dumbest thing they could do.... ... : MikkleThePickle
  • sorry, didn't mean to sound like a jerk, it's just that the same BD 360 arguments have been brought up ov... : MikkleThePickle
  • Why not, *if* it could still read game DVDs at the same speed as the existing DVD player, and not jack th... : nudel
• I'll believe ya when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet. : metalremains

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  wtf is the black box? : conandan
  • it was supposed to come out along side the orange box, but cheaper, and not have any of the old titles : feek
  • It was going to be like The Orange Box, but without the old games. Just Ep2, TF2 and Portal. Don't you re... : rock elf
• I got this "Black Box" with my video card. They obviously shipped out a few copies of it. : deject

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  I think the iPhone has had enough hype to last it well over a decade - seeing it finally given an .au rel... : seven
  • speach - it's a fruit. Seriously. Not a typo. A fruit! : seven
  • well, look at it this way -- this is the "real" iPhone you guys probably wanted, anyways. I'm sure you'd... : Postal
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  until their is an officila announcment i wonder bother getting excited. the SMH said Optus had it a co... : shavenewok
  • http://business.smh.com.au/optus-scores-iphone-report/20080502-2a62.html : shavenewok
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    there was an article about it on news.com.au I figured it was official. : seven
    • ahhh it appears both optus and vodaphone will be handling it : shavenewok
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    that was an official announcement, from Vodafone : Postal
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      However, Vodafone doesn't indicate that it has obtained exclusive rights in its countries, and multiple r : shavenewok
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        Telstra will also be offering it So the big 3 will all be offering it. Bet 3 are not fucking happy ... : shavenewok
        • 3 don't deserve to be happy... i honestly don't know how they've kept going in the UK and Australia with ... : Arsenal
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        Just because it doesn't have exclusive rights, doesn't mean it's not an official announcement they're get... : carnivore
        • yeah i know it's late and i didn't read the OP properly But Telstra is getting to so at least their wi... : shavenewok
• Yeah i pretty much just take this as confirmation that Apple have decided to allow non-exclusive provider... : Arsenal

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  http://www.monoprice.com/products/subdepartment.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240 : ThomW
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    could you think of an advantage to going flat over round? : conandan
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      oh... and whats the difference between 22AWG and 24AWG? : conandan
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        AWG refers to the gauge level of the cable, or it's thickness. The lower the guage, the more conductive m... : ieGod
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          then a couple of these would be fine to run a PS3 to a 1080P tv? As well as HD cable? : conandan
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            Opps http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=102&cp_id=10240&cs_id=1024004&p_id=3658&seq=1&... : conandan
            • Anything that says hdmi 1.3 will be fine. : razlebol
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              Yeah, more than enough actually. You really need 6ft? : ieGod
              • just in case I end up putting it on the wall later. : conandan
            • Don't buy that stuff for connecting components. I just bought a couple lengths of that stuff to actually... : ThomW
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          Real men wire their entire houses with silver cables @ $75/ft. : riptyde
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            ALPHA MALES! : razlebol
            • Be genetically different. : dirge23
• http://www.monoprice.com , of course! It's Shack-approved™ : mn3m0n1c
• monoprice.com, its hotter than big brown around here. : metalremains

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• I just read the fine print, no I don't get anything. But it's limited to 5 people. : mancide

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• and to think you even doubted the shack hype :P : grabbie
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  Welcome to 2003! Nice of you to join us. ;) But yes, that game was amazing. Both Max Payne games were... : FormerHPB
  • 2 is better. : conandan
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  Play it again and again until you get the "real" ending! : CrustaR
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    what? : conandan
    • you can save her. : mn3m0n1c
    • play on all the difficulties and you get an ending thats much to my liking :) Also, its my favorite g... : snowwolf
• Good game. I bought on release. Really dig the packaging :D : packav
• Yeah, that's a great game. : Sexpansion Pack

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• The way blizz is locking\unlocking content now, it's allowing guilds that in the past couldn't put 20 hou... : Slowtreme
• my brain hurtZ from reading those postZ : manero

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  I read this as Christian porn. And would've clicked. : mafu5150
  • Mary Magdalene in "Hot Cross Buns!" : RomSteady
  • haha I did too. : NFXFSX
  • Same lol. : packav

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• this site sucks : agentlead
• this reminded me to finally put it in my bloglines : Deathlove

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  In Texas that's probably like a "kick me" sign that people put on the back of other people's cars so they... : nudel
  • not all Texans are stupid hicks ;) : MagicWishMonkey
• Taurus SE, does that come in a tin box with an art book? : nudel
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  "Stikker." Great. : Rotten Deadite
  • oh wait nm i fail at reading : Rotten Deadite