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• bump for bite sized science justice. : seven
• Thank you good sir! I will be forwarding these to people as well. : Athlon7
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  someday u'll realize "hey why am i arguing about evolution to a creationist...this is silly" : gyokuro
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    I doubt it - and with good reason: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16946478#itemanchor_16946478 : seven
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      I didn't say u'd realize it today. I said someday. : gyokuro
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        I think your prediction is more presumptuous than it is insightful :D : seven
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          you might have some luck enlightening some younger people but i'd steer away from the older people on the... : gyokuro
          • I think that stuff like this is best suited for people who haven't really consciously thought about where... : seven
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      lol apostate : jackalope
      • to the max - although - I don't think I can get 'unbaptised', not like it matters. : seven
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      Fascinating! Was religion something you came to yourself or were you brought up devoted? : SpaecKow
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        Dad is a generation in a long line of missionary/outdoor campaigners (popular pre-war). He was a pastor -... : seven
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          I see, so what made you change your mind? Did you have... heh... a religious experience? : SpaecKow
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            When I was able to spend a bit of time away from the church - after I turned 18 - I got the chance to sor... : seven
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              fuck. I'm not sleeping tonight. http://shackpics.com/files/terror_pa18imd6vaof9id6r2w7.jpg : GloriousCow
              • nightmares ahoy :'( : bamb
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                I know - right? It's a creepy freaking looking puppet. Her main puppet has always been "sally", and... : seven
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                  those characters are all pretty cute; why'd she change the sally one? Although I am hard pressed to thi... : GloriousCow
                  • I don't know - ventriloquists upgrade their gear just like anyone else. The pity of it is - she's an i... : seven
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              Well I don't think you can give a small answer to that kind of question! I'm glad to hear you're not estr... : SpaecKow
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                I'm close with my family - because I learned from, as soon as I can recall being me, that there was this ... : seven
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                  I can't figure out if you're saying you're gay or not : GloriousCow
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                    hmm? nah - already said. swing both ways. thought it was sorta one of the widely known, much des... : seven
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                      yes, gay people are best seen and not heard, like women and negroes. I guess I got confused because I ... : GloriousCow
                      • Pissed off? That shit was like feeding a mogwai after midnight. It was attention - I feed on that s... : seven
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                  Well I guess I spoke too soon because I definitely don't know how that feels, hiding something that way, ... : SpaecKow
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                    Oh god - Today Tonight discussions. Sooooo fucking angry. People actually watch that shit - and tak... : seven
                    • For the Americans in the audience, Today Tonight and A Current Affair are basically the Fox News of Austr... : Arctic Fox
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                      It's so obviously sensationalist, and half truths for ratings. But grown adults watch it - and take it se : SpaecKow
                      • d00d... you lived through the war? fucking heavy... : seven
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  The history videos are pretty interesting. Granted, it's mostly stuff I knew, but I've caught a couple of... : Vincent Grayson
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    He goes nuts on the geological evidence for an old earth - you can tell it's his field of expertise. F... : seven
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      Yeah. I'd like to know where the big bang took place though. I assume they've figured that out from the d... : Vincent Grayson
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        it kinda happened everywhere. http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/980327a.html : GloriousCow
        • wow - my exlpanation kicked the shit out of Nasa's :D : seven
      • Big Bang is a misonomer - it's more like The Big Expansion. So it didn't so much happen in an x y z co... : seven
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        no, because there is no "center" of the universe. Every point is expanding away from every other point in... : aeg1x
        • I dunno - if I think of where I am now as a massless point in space - retracing that to the big bang - I ... : seven
• Nothing but lies created by Satan, the Prince of Lies. Seriously, why bother? Are you that bored? I ... : randomjgj
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  Damn it Seven you damned us all, "Your ivy schools are nothing. God owns everything and He can destroy yo : socksta
  • I sometimes have trouble believing that shack comments, and youtube comments, are on the same internet. : seven
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  You see to me, that still doesn't really prove that there isn't a god, it just strengthens my belief that... : theghostofsmdever
  • This video from the great Carl Sagan springs to mind.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIadtFJYWhw : theghostofsmdever
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    mr sleepy? : GloriousCow
    • Sleepy is a great spiritualist indeed. : theghostofsmdever
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    matter is energy. e=mc^2. thx einstein! : aeg1x
    • Now if I could just use that to walk through walls. ... : theghostofsmdever
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    In a sense the whole science versus religion debate is somewhat silly. I was brought up as an individuali... : bamb
    • I'd agree with the idea of "searching for meaning" more if people actually did that...but most religious ... : Vincent Grayson
    • Why do you think you're entitled to a "meaning"? It may be that it would be nice if god existed to pro... : navelskrutt
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    Believing in science != Refusing religion. The two can peacefully coexist you know. : Arctic Fox
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      So long as religion doesn't try to encroach on science, which all mainstream religions do. Most religious... : navelskrutt
      • Most of Christianity and large chunks of most other world religions are a-okay with evolution. : A Sponge
      • I didn't say they ARE, I just said they CAN. I know a few devout Christians who are staunch supporters of... : Arctic Fox
  • you just blew my fucking mind. : PlanetPerfecto
• they are pretty good. i especially liked video 3 about dna. : Klebold
• Thanks for posting this. : SlamDunk
• i will have to check these vids out... : agentlead
• This whole religion vs science on evolution nonsense to me is nothing more than an endless demonstration... : paravis

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• I lived in the Universal Hilton for a while and omg whadda ripoff, $12 for a bowl of chips and salsa. : dognose
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  Haha, yea ,room service is a huge, huge scam here. Just go out and grab a bite nearby. It's designed to n... : Visceral Monkey
  • On the plus side, as a result of this, there are almost always restaurants nearby that are much cheaper b... : Visceral Monkey
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    seriously though he'll be here any minute do i tip this dude? : marmite
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      He will be expecting it. : dognose
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        i hate your country :( : marmite
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          Be sure and tip all the homeless people for not peeing on you : dognose
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            man some guy came up to me on Market Street and said "hey man joo lost or summin? I can show you aroun : marmite
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              Survival of the fittest. San Fran is a fucked up city tho. I remember once asking a couple of chicks walk... : SovietOrchestra
              • I am still amazed daily at being able to make eye contact with strangers in Texas. : dognose
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              No, San Francisco is the worst. Also I had a guy there squirt oil on my shoes and then want $5 to wipe i... : dognose
              • You should have just pulled a knife from your briefcase and stabbed him. : SockMonkeh
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              Pretty much. You have to remember the States doesn't have the kind of social services that the UK and EU ... : Visceral Monkey
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                yeah in the UK we reward stupidity by giving poor people free housing, money and health care based on how... : marmite
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                  My mom was just telling me the other night about the family of the guy my cousin is living with. This is... : stump
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                    damn I am moving over there and knocking up some bitches. : gmd
                    • lol, good luck ugly : SockMonkeh
              • Some of the worse panhandling by presumably homeless people happens to me while in France (Lyon, Tours, N... : bostrov
            • No San Francisco has an extraordinarily high visible homeless population. Most other places have either l... : angrytaxman
            • Every big city has its homeless, but San Francisco's problem is among the worst in the country. : LeapingFool
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              San Francisco has an embarrassing homeless situation. The city thinks letting them roam around the street... : pap26
              • i think most residents eventually die inside because they get so used to completely ignoring them - it ge... : xsoulbrothax
    • Yup. : Visceral Monkey
    • You'll never see that guy again, I wouldn't. : ArB
    • Flash him, it is a accepted method of tipping here. : Githyanki
    • Nope. It's already included. : LeapingFool
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      19% service charge is most likely a gratuity that goes to him. : shogberg
      • and this is coming from a waiter :p : shogberg
    • When he rubs his fingers together, hand him the gum you are chewing. : SockMonkeh
    • i sometimes give them $1-2 but really 20% is already included so its not needed at all. and room service... : handofthrawn
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  what crappy hotel are you at without free wifi? : gmd
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    oh just some 4 star, $180 dollar a night place in Redwood Shores http://www.sofitel.com/sofitel/ficheh... : marmite
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      That is retarded. I stayed a shit holes with free internet. : gmd
      • the place im staying at at the weekends has complimentary internet in the rooms and 30mins free wifi a da... : marmite
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        Of the hotels I've been to I'm noticed that lower priced hotels have free internet while the "better" and... : adodric
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          im not pissed about the price, that's expensed, it's the fact that I can't watch streaming video. : marmite
          • I was actually replying to gmd and his comment of shit holes having free internet. : adodric
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            i was just replying to the last reply in the thread, it wasn't aimed right at you. : marmite
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              haha and now i've mis-replied and I'm talking to myself :( : marmite
              • WHAT IS HAPPENING : gmd
              • I WISH I KNEW : marmite
        • I've noticed this too and it pisses me off to no end : snowwolf
        • that's because the nicer ones are where business people go and just charge it to the company expense acco... : derelict515
        • This has been my experience as well. Days Inn and Holiday Inn Express tends to offer free wifi. Sherato... : BingusLargus
      • That's the paradox. But, if you're staying in a $200/night place, either you're on the expense account an... : Gonzo
    • Sofitel? lol : Phreakin
    • FYI, Foster City is blanketed with free wireless. You are like 2 miles from free wifi. : askedrelic
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    All the crappy hotels give free wifi. The expensive ones charge :( : Medster
    • ^ exactly. : riptyde
    • I work at the Arizona Biltmore Resort & Spa (http://www.arizonabiltmore.com/) which has free WiFi and it'... : zipperface
• wtf paying for internet at a hotel ..... ?!??? also,,, fuck the tip. : ghost hacker
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  i'm staying in clearwater, FL right now. it's nothing but restaurants as far as the eye can see. Plus i... : davislovestacobell
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    is it a double tree? : adodric
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      holiday inn express : davislovestacobell
      • I think I've stayed in that hotel. If it's the one I was remembering, the rooms were really comfy and th... : BingusLargus
  • Isn't that the scientology place? : pyrogen
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  Do NOT drink the little bottles of alcohol in the little tiny fridge. Do NOT. : KxRook
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    dont even touch the fridge : Theos
    • Seriously, if you walk within a foot of it..it might charge you. : Visceral Monkey
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      can always eat the candy/snacks and then buy it and replace it before they check : Unleashed
      • that sort of eliminates the whole convenience aspect but with the possibility of paying $6/bar : derelict515
      • Negative. They have sensors that tell the hotel when something is removed. : KxRook
  • Haha. One night during E3 while staying at the Westin Bonaventure in downtown L.A., a friend and I decide... : LeapingFool
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  holy shit dude - thats right, you're in redwood shores .. wanna do something this week? how long are you... : virus
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    lunch would be awesome, but to be honest evenings would probably be more feasible for me... I don't have ... : marmite
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      how long are you here? i can't promise the no gay stuff part, but we can definitely try to do something ... : virus
      • im going to sleep now so shackmessage me details and i'll try to make something happen : virus
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  Rather than make a new thread I will also add this: I forgot my entire washbag so I went to a "walgree : marmite
  • Floss before. Floss just gets the junk loose, and then brushing makes it go away completely. : OverloadUT
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    I always do it after brushing but only because it's habit. I'm not sure there's any hard-and-fast rule, a... : LeapingFool
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      Ask your dentist; you should do it before because of what I said above. Floss doesn't remove it from your... : OverloadUT
      • But I rinse afterwards... : LeapingFool
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    If you've not flossed before, it will likely make you bleed :( : dognose
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      Same with brushing probably. Not saying that because you are British, just saying. Just in case. : dognose
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        dude, I brush my teeth. I've flossed in the past too but never regularly. : marmite
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          Oh I was just saying : dognose
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            I blame Austin Powers. : marmite
            • No I believe you. I've been to England several times : dognose
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    Floss, brush, mouthwash! : SockMonkeh
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      Really? I floss, mouthwash, and then brush. : Sailor of Fortune
      • Wait, I messed that up. I actually brush, then floss, then mouthwash. : SockMonkeh
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      I like; floss (gets the big stuff), mouthwash (loosens the caked on stuff), and then brush (for the shine... : The Key
      • If you rinse before brushing, Plax is a good product for that, not regular mouthwash. You dont use mouth... : Githyanki
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      Don't use mouthwash. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=11719109#itemanchor_11719109 : jackalope
      • I just use it to make my breath smell good. : SockMonkeh
• Welcome to America! : randomjgj
• PROTIP: If they have the normal $6 bottles of water in your room, drink them all. Then when you're leavin... : Phreakin
• How did it go? Did you tip him? Was it awkward? I think I'd almost rather go hungry than deal with that c... : rock elf

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  57. Silverchair - Young Modern 56. Beastie Boys - The Mix Up 55. Bloc Party - A Weekend in the City 54... : Afterglow
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    No Dethklok, list is invalid. : timmie
    • 2nd'd : AroundTheFur1380
  • +5 for UNKLE in best songs, -1000000 for not putting them in best albums :[ : fotografico
• sweet, thanks for posting this. zune pass plug => I gotta say, being able to just *click *click *clic... : smalakar
• good list, That low album is great... twilight sad too : wtf242
• Tagged. Music. Album. : thief
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  no Tegan and Sara :( : shavenewok
  • and no Band of Horses >:( : shavenewok
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    They have awesome voices. Shame 'bout that music though :( : dognose
    • i really enjoyed their last album. The Music's not bad :( : shavenewok
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  Wow why is Ire Works so high? : spiderfill
  • Because it's awesomesauce? Were you expecting Calculating Infinity Pt. 2? My only complaint is that it's ... : Afterglow
• Joel Plaskett Emergency - Snowed In/Cruisin’ I've heard ridiculous amounts of that song and others ... : renegade732
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  Woah. Woah. Woah...woah....woah....woah. This is not my Batman glass, Lois. You forgot Explosions i... : owly
  • and Animal Collective. : notd665
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  wtf Silverchair had a new album? christ i feel old : dopefish
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    remember those dudes are only 26 -27. I didn't think much of the new album, preferred their more orche... : shavenewok
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      the fact that they even have "orchestral stuff" freaks me out. I remember when Freak Show came out :( : dopefish
      • i still break out "frogstomp" from time to time :( : strider_
    • There were a few really great sonds on Young Modern. Those Thieving Birds i love especially. : moe6
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  Glad Dillinger is in the top 10. : ant_hillbilly
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    Are they even the same anymore? The most recent album I've listened to regularly from them was Calculati... : the city
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      I was basing my judgment off Calculating. Haven't heard the new one either. But quickly going through a ... : ant_hillbilly
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        Yeah, I dunno... I think they started experimenting more at Miss Machine and after that... I haven't hear... : the city
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          (honestly wtf is this black bubblegum song on their myspace, kill me now) : the city
          • to be fair, I think thats the worst song they've put out since calculating infinity. I don't know the ... : shogberg
• I never really got what people thought was so great about The Boxer. To me, its a more boring, lifeles... : Sacred Sperm
• In Rainbows needs to be bumped up a few notches. : lookitzpancakes
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  burial - untrue : aeg1x
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    yeah, should've been there - if just for making dubstep halfway popular : Postal
    • It's #36? : Afterglow
• Tagged for later amazon lookups, but damn why do you have to shit on Oasis. They might be no talent ass ... : RyDogg1
• there is a band named "holy fuck"? Holy fuck : flagg209
• Any kind of list like this is pretty funny. I think I might have heard of 10 albums/artists in this list. : boomdeath

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  Dawn of the Dead : Prozium
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    (the original, not the remake) : Prozium
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      I strongly disagree. I'm of the opinion that the remake is a far better film in every regard, and quite d... : seven
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        hahahahaha. GHAHAAHAHAHAH. BBBBBBBBBAHAHAHAHAHHAH : NastyJack
        • ^ what this guy said : MoreVespeneGas
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          We've had a big thread about it on the shack before - the remake - with the chick from Go and Ving Rhames... : seven
          • I like them both, just for totally different reasons. : lplasmatron
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            You are still wrong and I am still laughing. If it has alot of popular support as the better movie, which... : NastyJack
            • ^ what this guy said : MoreVespeneGas
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              The original is definitely a classic - and the iconic movie at the start of the genre. But Romero does... : seven
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                A, B, C, D, Z... I don't really care. It's a brilliant movie whether it has good or bad acting, good or b... : NastyJack
                • Fair enough - I'm no expert on the genre. I knows what I likes - and I guess my balking at a little chees... : seven
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                start of a genre? just stop man. stop. it wasn't the start. romero has great talent, his ability to e... : MoreVespeneGas
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                  I couldn't agree more Vespene. Thanks for having some common sense up in here :) And yeah if he thinks... : NastyJack
                  • /hi5 zombie fan Lets not forget a little movie called Frankenstein. You can find all sorts of cool ear... : MoreVespeneGas
              • I actually like Day more than Dawn though reading the original script for Day makes me sad as that would ... : -efx-
        • This post is correct. : noknyc
      • my favorite zombie movie : mindshot
      • I'm a fan of the remake as well. : ahlee
    • Though I enjoyed the flick, there were a couple of things over the top w/ it. For one, the zombie who ha : ImageOmega
    • remake>original, I rarely say that but in the case of these two movies the remake is a better movie : klearlyunseen
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    Uh... I don't really think that one takes itself seriously. Night does though. : lplasmatron
    • Do you guys really mean "scary" or "suspenseful" when you say "seriously"? Dawn of the Dead is a fucking ... : Prozium
• Serious in what way? For me, I think the great thing about zombie films is the sense of oppressiveness a... : aethyr
• Zombie Diaries. is a great documentary style .. amaturish blair witch cam shots.... overall a short movie... : ghost hacker
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  They aren't zombie movies but yeah they are damn good movies no doubt. : NastyJack
  • well, 28 days later is anyway : MoreVespeneGas
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  They aren't technically zombie movies. Just crazy people virus movies. : gmd
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    Oh come on, the only difference is that they're fast moving. Still zombies. : sanchez
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      Careful - hardcore zombie fans are pretty enthusiastically pedantic :P : seven
      • Wasn't there a thread with this argument before? I think I completely ignored it. : sanchez
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      This is explained in George's new movie. Diary of the Dead. which kicks ass by the way : ghost hacker
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        I need to see that. I couldn't find a theater in town that is showing it, however. : CrustaR
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          I am saddened it did not get in more theaters on release..... at least the hardcore fans will find a way... : ghost hacker
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            I still haven't seen it and I'm about as big of a zombie fan as there can be. Oh well, I can wait until t... : NastyJack
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              Zombie Diaries then ... seriously. : ghost hacker
              • I heard it was really bad. I do love zombie movies, so I guess I'll have to netflix it when it comes out ... : shred.
            • I haven't seen it either, wish it was a wider release. : MoreVespeneGas
            • Do you read Walking Dead? : ImageOmega
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      I'd say the fundamental thing that makes a zombie a zombie is that the person died and then returned to l... : NastyJack
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        So are the zombies in the Resident Evil games/movies not zombies? There were plenty of times when a human... : sanchez
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          I have no idea. I don't know the games well enough. I just can't see anyone arguing with the fact that zo... : NastyJack
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            Well the zombies died of starvation in the 28 days/weeks later movies so obviously they were killing huma... : sanchez
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              Ok. If I can't convince you that zombies are only humans who died and returned to life than this is a fut... : NastyJack
              • If I understood RE4 correctly, and who the hells knows if even the writers of that game do - there are bu... : MoreVespeneGas
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        you spent the whole day making fun of shack ubernerds, and you just completely destroyed all that amassed... : biskits
        • hahaha I know man. Zombies are my weakness, what can I say. I wore my I ♥ Killing Zombies shirt to work... : NastyJack
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        This makes The Passion of the Christ a zombie movie, you realize. : Lone Swordsman
        • Zombie Jesus is the original, no doubt. : NastyJack
    • I think technically zombies are the reanimated dead, whereas the peeps in 28 days/weeks later don't die a... : riptyde
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      Zombies can't run though. They are dead. Rigor, missing muscles, limbs, etc. No running. They can barley ... : MoreVespeneGas
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        But, what about if they're fresh? Maybe I should link that old running vs. walking thread I made... Bu... : ImageOmega
        • rigor mortis : MoreVespeneGas
• Jesus was dead for three days and came back to life. Total fucking zombie - go watch The Passion : liquidlies
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  Fuck running zombies, fuck both those movies, and fuck you. I WILL STAND ON MY SILVER SUFER RETARD PLATF... : losder5000
  • I agree. They're not zombies if they run. : Edges
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    I had a thread about this -- if it was real life. And, running zombies are too scary of a thought. Hoo... : ImageOmega
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      I would charge the hoard. Fuck that. That is taking the the one weakness of zombies, that they are slow... : losder5000
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        It's like making a dracula movie where it starts with the establishing shot of his castl--OMG HE'S ALREAD... : losder5000
        • It's like a werewolf movie where all the werewolves have silver earrings. : SockMonkeh
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  This thread shows the difference between people who like their zombie movies dead serious and those who l... : Borzoi
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    Oh I love both types, it's just that 28 days/weeks later is probably the first good serious zombie movie.... : sanchez
    • Night of the Living Dead is serious. It's definitely dated and low budget as hell but it's serious. Espec... : NastyJack
• Wild Zero is my favorite whimsical zombie movie : anhero
• Try and get a hold of a copy of [REC] before the American remake comes out and ruins it. It's a Spanish f... : Gary the Llama
• Versus is the best zombie movie ever. zombies with guns, kung fu and samurai swords? yes plz. : NeoMoose
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  Shaun of the Mother-Fucking Dead EOT. : notd665
  • White liiiiiiiiines . . . : Grimp
  • This one is my fav! Oh...and you got red on you. : ImageOmega
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  i heard theyre making a World War Z movie, that would rule : ninjase
  • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816711/ and it's supposed to be produced by that dreamy Brad Pitt. : ImageOmega
• Please don't include that abomination of a sequel with Danny Boyle's brilliant movie. : action wombmate
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  I am and will always be first and foremost a fan of the film that turned me into a zombie, Night of the L : Normality
  • Thanks, will check those out. : sanchez
• I wound up liking Land of the Dead. It's b-grade, but still pretty solid for all that. : cerealSAM2

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  Huh? $150 million? I don't know much about the movie, but wasn't it mostly CGI? : sanchez
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    Apparently CGI isn't cheap. : trOmblyj
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      Creating a CGI Christina Ricci probably cost $100 million alone : spiderfill
      • 90 million just to render her forehead : fletch_
• I really enjoyed Speed Racer. It doesn't help that Iron Man was still going strong when it was released. ... : Frozen Pixel
• yeah i was surprised to see the final numbers being so low. I think a lot of people decided to skip this ... : Flynn
• reminds me of final fantasy numbers : Chandler55
• Holy crap that is horrendous. : midgetherder
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  It looked like an eyesore. : NastyJack
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    same here - looked like epileptic CGI zerg overload :/ : Downforce
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      basing reviews off of a 2 minute trailer is fun. : sKetchflow
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        The express purpose of a trailer is to make me want to see the movie. Speed Racer's didn't, and it was l... : action wombmate
        • ^^^^ What he said. : NastyJack
• that sucks, i really enjoyed it : opengl128
• Costner can sleep easier tonight : RikiTiki2
• ouch : algernoN8
• my friend took his son and the kid loved it. I think they were aiming for a kids movie but that's a high... : grabbie
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  I had a great time watching it, it's a good movie. The negative reviews and the kiddy look definitely hur... : ventro
  • or strong DVD rentals : RikiTiki2
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  The Wachowski Brothers will never work in this town again : spiderfill
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    but they're not really brothers anymore : grabbie
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      They are, and Joel Silver confirmed it. ;p : DianeOfTheMoon
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        Well, supposedly Silver just refuted the idea that Larry had had a sex change. OK, so maybe he hasn't act... : LeapingFool
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          Oh, that's not the "worst" one by far...when the rumors started about it, my interest piqued and I've bee... : DianeOfTheMoon
          • Wasn't he linked to Buck Angel at some point? That's just out of the envelope for me. : LeapingFool
          • Unfortunately? I don't know, it's nice that there's a middle ground where people can test the waters befo... : nudel
        • oh I dunno about it... a buddy of mine used to work at WB. He confirmed that one of the brothers definit... : Flynn
    • Well if it says anything they were very explicitly credited as "The Wachowski Brothers" in the Speed Race... : ventro
    • what's the big deal - the shack is full of people who like chicks with dicks : flagg209
• I'm still looking forward to seeing it, just not that weekend. : askedrelic
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  Just seems like bad timing so close to Iron Man : geedeck
  • This month is tough for movies. Iron Man Speed Racer Narnia Indiana Jones All of them are going fo... : Crimsonbeak
• It was fun... : chungathebunga
• The theater I saw Iron man in replayed the fucking preview 6 times in a row!!!! I will never watch that ... : Q-ball
• do kids even know the cartoon these days? i can't see them getting excited over the movie. : smax
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  Maybe we'll finally see the last of the Wachowskis now. They blew their wad on the first Matrix movie. : Fred Garvin
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    I thought only one of them can still blow wads? : MoreVespeneGas
    • Hahahahaha, good point. : Fred Garvin
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    Their V for Vendetta script was pretty damn good. : action wombmate
    • This is true :/ : dognose
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      as was Bound. : edgewise
      • Yeah, I was more referring to Matrix II and III which were progressively worse. : Fred Garvin
      • that was before Matrix 1 : MoreVespeneGas
    • It's a rewatchable film - I think I've seen it maybe 5 times now. It's damned good. : seven
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      That's true. I keep forgetting that was them. It wasn't fantastic, but it was decent. : Fred Garvin
      • Well, they didn't direct it, which a lot of people get confused about. But they wrote the screenplay and... : action wombmate
    • I disagree, I think it stunk =/ : MoreVespeneGas
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    Didn't they lose/heavily settle a lawsuit over 'stealing' the script for the first Matrix? I know this h... : snagger
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      The "borrowed" a lot from Dark City as well, in terms of shots and style : ctlaltl33t
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        Part of that was because they used the same actual sets in places. (e.g. The rooftop chase scenes.) : nudel
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          yeah - it was filmed on a sound stage in Australia. We only have a limited amount of sets to go around... : seven
          • Haha. You have some amazing CGI artists over there, though. They managed to remove every one of the bounc... : nudel
  • They are already working on a Ninja movie with the same director from V for Vendetta : pimpium
  • Hate to agree with Fred Garvin but I gotta back him up on this. Those two freakshows have only ever made... : arizona bay
• The previews were totally unappealing. I was annoyed that they spent so much time and money making som... : seven
• That movie gave me a Spy Kids vibe : Sailor of Fortune
• I heard it cost $200 m : afrochops
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  Ignore the reviews... SpEEd RAcER was incredible. I just watched it again this evening, this time I saw : rgoer
  • dude hell yeah. the imax version ruled! : sKetchflow
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    I loved the movie and also saw it at an IMAX. Amazing and beautiful visuals. : ahlee
    • Yeah, it was out of this fucking world visually. What a unique vision. : lookitzpancakes
• I just watched it tonight. I was very impressed with the editing. The races were fantastic. All that colo... : packav
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  lols at the e-nerds that obsess with hating on the wachowskis. this movie will print money for decades o... : brewsterdog
  • There's no question that I'll pick this up on Blu-ray. : Vincent Grayson
• It's out? I was thinking it was a fall release. What is with movies advertising for a month and then co... : slax0r
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  It looked pretty horrible to begin with. : aznboysix
  • yep. Id rather go home then watch that crap : AMikaboshi
• It looked pretty gay. : changejar419
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  they lost me at "from the morons who fubar'd the matrix sequals" and then I closed the trailer window. : metalremains
  • You misspelled morans (but you got sequals right) : fishbone
• Wow thats a surprise, people don't want to watch a movie that looks absolutely fucking terrible??? OMG R... : arizona bay
• I want to see it, last weekend was just really busy for my family : Slowtreme

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  and by travel, I mean catch a flight to hawaii : randomposter
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    or should I stay in NYC? are there good independence day celebrations there? : randomposter
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      NYC vs Hawaii? Are you insane? Hawaii. : Visceral Monkey
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        I know nothing about YOUR GLORIOUS DAY OF INDEPENDENCE. there could be something awesome in NYC for all I... : randomposter
        • 4th of July is borderline boring. Hawaii's perfect weather is not. : great-white
        • Yes, but it's in NYC. Just hit Hawaii. : Visceral Monkey
    • oh, you silly fucks with your logical dating formats. wtf is so special about april 7th? : anhero
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  for you americans who can't read dates, that's the 4th of july. : erotic sock
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    Haha, I was like "WTF is happening on April 7th?" OMG TERRORIST : Visceral Monkey
    • Hahah, I was thinking the same thing. : magistersmax
  • You mean americans who read dates properly. : the city
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  DON'T TRAVEL ON APRIL 7 OMG : Mansmells
  • lol whoops : randomposter
• Most people will be walking or driving to the beach? I don't think it's a particularly air traffic heavy... : Ovate
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  04+07 = 11 11/09 = 9-11 yeah, i wouldn't travel too : Flynn
  • heh, this is how I deduced it at first too. : ImageOmega
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  Real people put dates in YY/MM//DD. : alias
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    I agree! Then it sorts properly when arranged alphabetically. Although you should really do YYYY/MM/DD : OverloadUT
    • That's how I do it. : LeapingFool
    • i do this, except hyphens instead of slashes so that you can put them in filenames. : electroly
    • This always seemed to make the most logical sense, consistent with the way we write time (increasing in l... : qaldar
  • real people put dates in YYYY/MM/DD : randomnull
  • real people put dates on their knees : yAak
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    Real people (i.e. military) would write 04JUL09 : Juno
    • when I was in the Army we did it YYYY/MM/DD =/ : randomnull
    • Well that's the dumbest of all of them! That wouldn't sort well at all. : OverloadUT
    • On paperwork it's pretty nice, on a computer YYYYMMDD is awesome. : Sailor of Fortune
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    When you say a date though you say it in MM/DD/YY, as in April 7th, 2009 (04/07/09) Who would say "hey... : ninjase
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      no one says the year in conversation like that : RikiTiki2
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        What? Of course people do...how else would you say it?? If someone were to ask what day the WTC+pentagon ... : ninjase
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          So, people don't refer to you by your last name then first name, but it makes sense to list people's name... : DinK
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            They do refer to you by first name then last name in regular written language though : ninjase
            • (and in the case of the OP, it is regular written language, not a database entry) : ninjase
        • 11th of September, 2001 6th of June, 1944 in uh, not-america, I think the idea is to go from smallest : mikecyb
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      Well except not everyone says April 7th, 2009. In England and Australia we would say the 7tth of April 20... : Arsenal
      • exactly : moshman
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  hawaii == hot asian brothels. : bfzzzz
  • amen to those. : focusdaily
• yes the terrorists will surely get you : FrayLo
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  this whole thread is bullshit. it's mm/dd/year : [fry]
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    dd/mm/yy >: : shirif
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      dude it's not 11/9 never forget it's 9/11 NEVER FORGET you are out of your mind : [fry]
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        WRONG FRY its 3/8/05 NEVER FORGET : ninjase
        • 1/14/04 :( : pharoah mike
      • remember remember the ninth of november : aeg1x
  • ia Franklin Delano Roosevelt is raping everyone that disagrees : ninjase
  • it's dd/mm/yyyy or yyyy/mm/dd. Anything else is just illogical : itsjames
  • only in your backwards country you harlet! : scottythejock
• I was thinking maybe those were the Lost numbers or something? : airrob
• You realize that NYC and Hawaii are about 10 hours apart, right? By plane? : cerealSAM2
• I was in NY on 11.09 last year, so no. : moshman

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  im watching : Patch-e
  • neat, what do you think? : fletch_
• ooo I hope my dvr recorded! : ImageOmega
• I'm recording it for my kids if that counts. : baron calamity
• I'll catch it on Hulu sometime after finals. :D : sgtsanity
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  why do they put the hand bike after the cargo net? In the old shows, I remember seeing 20% of the men an... : the archvile
  • yeah, the smarter move is to just immediately let go and climb the wall : fletch_
• They have the female winner from last season as a gladiator tonight? That's freaking awesome. She was one... : Psigun
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  Best American Gladiators move of all time: http://www.metacafe.com/watch/117565/kyler_storms_amazing_f... : Smitty
  • This is awesome. : sgtsanity
  • He timed it so well that the gladiator grabbed thin air. : DHAvatar
  • holy shit : gmd
  • Haha, I actually remember watching that : boarder2
  • Is that Skeet Ulrich? : c0bra
  • hahah damn son : AlexXdude
  • damn : jonin
  • oh man that was awesome : maulla
  • Wow! O_O : razlebol
  • Ballsy. Stupid, but ballsy. : Arctic Fox
  • hahah what a pimp : das_runt
  • ok that was completely money. : Deathlove
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    * S T A R S H I P T R O O P E R ' D * : djkenohki
    • haha i was going to post this : Mmmmmoo
    • NUKE'M RICO : gmd
  • awesome : randomposter
  • nice to see the gladiators give him the props he deserved : ghost hacker
  • holy hell, that was great : onji
  • Sign that man up. : hirosushima
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  Did Dookyfingers ever get on there as a Gladiator? : kikilupo
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    Doesn't look like it from the lineup on nbc.com, I was wondering about this earlier today. : theargent
    • Well then I'm not watching! >:( : kikilupo
• I felt bad watching that handicapped guy do the eliminator. He didn't quit though, which was cool : jonin
• awesome! i recorded it, gonna watch it in a sec... : das_runt
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  I'll only watch it when Dookie gets in as a gladiator. : tsuba
  • oooh someones got a crush : judasen
• but NeoMoose, why should I watch American Gladiators? Great question kids. Let's find out -- http://... : NeoMoose
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  I have a crush on Crush : justsayno
  • me too : jonin
• Watching now. They just handed the dude with one leg 2 goals in Power Ball, one of which he fucking drop... : Head Rush
• Crush was killin some bitches on the joust! Oh, and how bout that nutty bitch in red with the missile lau... : eforce98
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  Oh crap dilemma, Wife's Bones and House are on and my Rules and Big Bang are on, we only have a dual reco... : sixfoot6
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    I had to cancel House because my gf wanted Gladiators and roommate had some sitcom :( : socksta
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      Wife has relented. She says screw House and she'll watch Bones on the web. Saweet. : sixfoot6
      • don't tell her but house was pretty good tonight : strider_
• that was pretty hot when Crush tackled that chick at the end of pyramid : das_runt
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  That Elena girl was hot...but, oh my goodness she was awful at the events. Especially Assault. LOL. : ImageOmega
  • lol backwards bazooka, nikki was super hot in the second episode : fletch_
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  Remember, if you watch American Gladiators, Bill Hicks' haunting spirit will come and kill you in your sl... : Lone Swordsman
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    Probably kill me with boredom, since I've listened to his standup and I don't find it funny at all. : riptyde
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      It's hard to disagree with his view that American Gladiator represents a lot that's wrong with US culture... : Lone Swordsman
      • If AG is wrong, I don't want to be right. :) : riptyde
• Fuck, I forgot to watch. I hope my tivo got it. : riptyde
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  This thread is useless without pics. : Nixx2004
  • NBC.com : ImageOmega

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• i think your graphics card just ILTC'd you : Demius
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  I've seen similar things with dead video RAM... : magistersmax
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    ^^^ yeah, saw a similar problem on a card in lab recently, almost certainly vid ram. : ]pm[chem
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      Well that is just fanfuckingtastic. Wonder if I put a fresh coat of arctic silver under the heatsink mayb... : mmogger
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        wow I just looked at your screenshot, thats much worse than what I saw on ours. sorry dude. : ]pm[chem
        • I wonder if it's possible that the fans are not in fact running at full speed. This all originally sta... : mmogger
      • I had a very similar thing happen to my o'l GeForce 4 Ti4200 back in the day. Visual artefacts all over ... : SigENeaT
  • I seen this as well. The card is on it's way out. : Modulus
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  It's destroyed. Put it in the freezer for one or two hours might help : xxx2xxx
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    are you shitting me : mmogger
    • no i once had similar problems on a gforce256 back long ago, the freezer fixed it for a while not permane... : xxx2xxx
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  are those penis heads? wtf? : wtf242
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    It's like a rorshach test, only with the Shack and multicolored pixels. : mmogger
    • Superstrings : spiderfill
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  your graphics card has floaters :| : dodob
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floater : dodob
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  It has to be something fucked up with the driver, or rivatuner, or ntune. Just tried to play TF2 and it l... : mmogger
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    RivaTuner can make the fan run at 100% all the time. I suggest using the hardware monitor while you play ... : OverloadUT
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      I run TF2 in a window, so I can see these things. It doesn't seem to get that hot, and it's reporting 100... : mmogger
      • Oh whoops I just saw that you said that in your OP. I think I stopped reading after the picture because i... : OverloadUT
• Nice isohunt bookmark. : MR 9000
• your monitor LOVES you! : Ziz
• does not compute. how can you take a screen shot of video errors? : fotografico
• Either is over-heating and is getting poor ventilation or is giving up the ghost. : Darkfox76
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  So, is the 8800GT still the latest hotness? : mmogger
  • no, the nvidia 9 series 9800 GTX : whistletits
  • http://www.techreport.com/articles.x/14686 : Visceral Monkey
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  I had this exact same problem with my XFX 7900GT. Is yours XFX too? I eventually bought a new card and RM... : elmuchogrumpy
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    Even the text during start-up (DOS) would change colors and I would have pixelation on the Windows XP loa... : elmuchogrumpy
    • Yes, it does it during BIOS and winXP bootup as well. Dammit. : mmogger
• Do you use a CRT monitor? : sKetchflow
• quit playing wow : Chandler55
• Oh my giddy aunt! Electronic cupcakes! Those are very lucky. You have been blessed. : A Sponge
• I had a video card that did vertical bars like that. Replaced it, and all was fine for a few months. Star... : Githyanki
• I've had to RMA my BFG 7900GT multiple times because that shit kept happening. That particular model seem... : zipperface

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  I bought it and do not regret the purchase. It was new and innovative enough. However, I strongly regret ... : OverloadUT
  • Yes, I agree with this. : jenisthebest
  • I agree except I don't have the stigma of purchasing B&W2! Haha, suckers. : Sapiens
  • I actually thought B&W2 had better gameplay than 1. Much more streamlined goals. : ImageOmega
  • likewise : tree8
• I got B&W for Christmas when it came out and I liked it. : jenisthebest
• I liked it, it was something different. Although, it became a slide show quickly on the system I had at ... : jingletard
• I bought and loved it. I also bought and enjoyed B&W2 and don't get the hate for that :( : daedraug
• I go past that, I'll admit that I bought Black & White 2... : TheQuad
• I bought into the magazine hype, that was before I was on the forums here. First game I ever preordered :... : cdbeckman
• i bought B&W and dug it... Untill that level with the yogi. : great-white
• i loved that bug that made me put down the game. get to the final level and your creature will be eternal... : Klebold
• I bought both 1 and 2... Lots of fun, especially 2, my computer had trouble running it though : MagicWishMonkey
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  B&W was fun for a while...it just didn't have a lasting power... : ImageOmega
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    it was fun for the first island : filthysock
    • Plus...giant tigers and wolves! Giant! How could you not like that? : ImageOmega
  • it was a game that could have been awesome, had they not made a bunch of incredibly retarded design decis... : itsjames
• the hype was everywhere, not just on the shack : pandastrong
• I bought it and LIKED it. Suck that. : jessipoo
• I bought it and liked it, but never finished it. I think I sent it to multisync for my WE a year ago. : ejectorpod
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  I loved it for 2 days. Then went to Vegas for the weekend with friends, got back and jumped right on it,... : tsuba
  • This was pretty much my experience, minus the Vegas trip. : ( : Haku-Jin
• I bought it WELL after the price had dropped. Not the smartest $5 I've ever spent... : kallanta
• Guilty :( : Omning
• The first one was fun, the second one was broken. :( : nevicata
• i bought it for shackhype too. the shack failed me >:( : AMikaboshi
• Bought it because PM didn't disappoint me ever, before that game. Too short, shitty missions, some annoyi... : razorblade79
• My dipshit monkey 'learned' to start throwing villagers everywhere, and I quit. : snagger
• That fucking cow ruined my experience. : Sailor of Fortune
• I was really enjoying it. My monkey was super intelligent and was basically playing the game/taking care... : ZeroSignal
• Scary how that was like 8 years ago and I remember Shackers getting bored with it after a few days of fun... : kramweil
• Bought it, felt like an idiot after a few days. AI was neat but as a game it was way too frustrating. Bac... : xlarti
• I bought it and liked it but it fell apart half way in. Made it cear that no one who reviewed B&W ever pl... : baron calamity
• I still enjoyed spanking my monkey - regardless of the shortcomings. : seven
• i liked it, but never finished it : jonin
• i bought black and white prior to my days of looking up gaming news or what not, i purchased it based onl... : gimpness
• I have one and two : ( : topkatz
• Didn't get that one. I knew it wouldn't be my kind of game. I did buy into the shackhype for Simgolf. ... : FormerHPB

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• I dont know how anyone could top that compliment. . .maybe calling you a God? : goatjc
• prison shower : sKetchflow
• sweet : Megara9
• hahahahah WHAT : AlexXdude
• I'm totally going to use this next time. : Flying h4x0r
• best feedback ever. : jenisthebest
• thats amazing : Unleashed
• well that's just sweet :) : das_runt
• He wants you to be his bitch. : nevicata
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  omg remember that one dude that left the best ebay feedback ever? i don't remember his name but his feedb... : infiltrator`
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    did he always remind his sellers to wear seatbelts in the back seat while riding in cars? : kungfusquirrel
    • No that was on Flickr : cfalcon
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    http://www.crazynation.org/PC/misc/andy46477_2.htm : dognose
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      http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&userid=andy46477&ftab=FeedbackLeftForOthers&page=... : dognose
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        there it is... this guy is gold!! : infiltrator`
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          This must be my favorite: Pass the butter, pass the SAUSAGE. Look out bunghole, here comes the SAUSAGE. : DrWaffles
          • lmao this one is awesome. : royalally
          • oh god the laughing hurts : DinK
        • Very HIGH QUALITY preserved cancer tumors. I ate them. I know it was wrong. hahaha : strider_
      • Freaking awesome :D : Malku
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        is this you? >:( : Dave-A
        • I wish :( : dognose
      • jesus god that's funny : randomposter
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        I love the feedback for "abomb2" : Githyanki
        • yeah, it's the most sanely written, easily missed : randomposter
        • I like biglee: "I am bigger than you" : losder5000
      • wtf, haha, did he just buy random thing from 'becky's? : losder5000
      • haha, wtf I am new in America! Thank you eBay for wonderful wife! I will beat her often! Reply by m : Ovate
      • omg that dude rocks lol : onji
      • Sun goes up, pants go up. Sun goes down, pants go down. Nice. : ieGod
      • My friend's mommy told me what Chocha means in Spanish. Then she showed me. A++! : biskits
      • I know where you have sand . . . omg I nearly chortled. : sesmaster
      • I like how almost all his feedback is based off the sellers name in some way. :) : SilverSnake
      • Why is the seller always named becky* ? : reelbk
      • "I am new in America! Thank you eBay for wonderful wife! I will beat her often!" : Silent Jay
      • "Ever pull the legs off a daddylongleg? Then what do you call it? Daddy?" : sharkII
  • Pornography is bad because God will kill you and eat your bones. TERIFFIC SALE! bishop2 ( 204) Jun-3... : jane911
• hahaha : sanchez
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  this is an actual one i got in my feedback... http://www.easyscreens.info/gallery/20080512/5.jpg : g0nk
  • That's awesome. : kallanta
  • hahaha that is awesome : sesmaster
  • Getting UTIs from DVDs is pretty common. : c0bra
  • No not in that slot! : A Sponge
  • Oh god you're the guy who says "uhh yeah...OOOOKKKAAAYYYY!???" : kingdepork
• bwahahaha : razlebol
• haha - good shit. : seven
• Awwwww isn't that nice. Hahahaha :P : bitter ego
• insane... wtf : sjpeters79
• What were you selling? : ChibiJosh
• http://xkcd.com/325/ : giraffen
• Hahaha what better endorsement is there? : aznboysix

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• http://www.howdoiplaygame.com : PapaBoo
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  I see no update on the blog, yo. : carrioN luggagE
  • :D : carrioN luggagE
• Ahhh... much better. : crummynz
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  You still using default key layouts? I rebound alt fire to L-Ctrl and now when I need it I just whap it ... : dognose
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    You hit left control with your thumb? Do you play with your arms crossed or something? : Nali4Freedom
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      No all of my movement is with the mouse and then with my left hand it's jump, alt fire, crouch, and use : dognose
      • I used to have a pretty odd control scheme myself. instead of WASD I'd use ASDF. It came from endless h... : SolrFlare
  • WASD + Left click for fire + right click for alt fire + mouse to look around : PapaBoo