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• test1 a : Lightbulb

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• Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkkk! Ahh well, no use crying over spilled milk. : Pettytheft
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  SHIT! Should I get this or wait for the 80gb? The 80GB has backwards compatibility and a dual shock and M... : Modulus
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    fuck it, $300 vs $500. I'll take the 300. I can always get a PS2 if I need one : Modulus
    • That looks like shit on HDTVs! : Mondo
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    Huh? I thought Sony stopped making all the backwards compatible PS3's? : Arsenal
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      Backwards compatibility for the 80GB PS3 is done with software, like the Xbox 360 does with Xbox games. : kazanma
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        Not entirely, the 80GB model basically has HALF a ps2 in it.. the other half is emulated the 40's have... : Toraz Chryx
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          But they stopped making the best BC model right? : Arsenal
          • Yes, those were the 60gb and 20gb models. They had the EE+GS chip which is the PS2 emotion engine and gra... : Prozium
• Damn yous. Sooooo tempting. : Ctrl-Phreak
• Is this used or something? What's the catch? : DOOManiac
• When it's that price with BC I'll probably bite. : Fred Garvin
• Haha wtf it's a small business discount? It's $400 if you go with dell home. : pigvomit
• what the hell, is that real? : Magus
• what the christ ordered : JINKY
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  what the hell : rigg5kthx
  • haha i just bought a ps3. oops. :) : rigg5kthx
• well fuck me side ways :| : dilutedq
• goddamn what a deal! : proclone1
• Well shit it's already gone. : DOOManiac
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  yeaaah it's gone fuck everyone. mine went through, they better ship that bitch : JINKY
  • how do you get money jinky i am confused : [fry]
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    I hope I get mine too. I saw the "We reserve the right to cancel all orders" at the bottom. It wasn't ens... : rigg5kthx
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      Dell has a long illustrious habit of their website stock being behind real stock. even odds you'll get an... : xsoulbrothax
      • Dell will not be honoring that price. : sharkII
    • haiiiiiii <3 : pointyelbows
• Damn, too late. :[ : CrustaR
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  Damn it I totally would have bought this :( : Begawkiness
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    I would have too, $280 for a Bluray player is tempting. : skinlab133
    • That's how much standard Bluray players go for at Costco. Yes, that was a great deal. : pigvomit
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    It was a price mistake, none of them will ship probably. This was posted on front pages of many deal site... : sanchez
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      I remember when I bought a 700 dollar monitor for 100 bucks. I never got charged and never got the order ... : rigg5kthx
      • Haha, the same thing happened to me. : CrustaR

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• congrats! : Mmmmmoo
• Awesome! Sucks I couldn't be there, my new schedule gives me no time for TF2 with you guys now... : Trips
• wow. Congrats guys. I love tournament play and I hope to be a part of SOMETHING SOMEWHERE SOMEDAY I'm not... : boomstickah
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  some of the defenses on point C were unbelievable, like literally 1 sec left on the cap and someone jumps... : Jackass1233
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    in fact, I hope that demo gets posted because i would like to watch rs win that match, it was so terrfici... : Jackass1233
    • whoopsie : Jackass1233
    • I agree with this sentiment, teammate Jackass1233!!!!!!! : Felraiser
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  Nice job! Hope we get to see the demo. : .frame
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    agreed, and congrats to rs| : ]pm[chem
    • Yes - demo pls : Nihil ME
• Good job, buttholes. : vile
• Cool, grats! I'd love to see that. : daedraug
• Great job rs! I'd love to see the demo too. Sounds like an amazing match. : terath
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  I very much enjoyed the game--if only we could play tf2 with such a challenge every time we'd all be much... : thief
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    STV won't have all the teamspeak, will it? A real shame, almost worth posting player-side demos (I have ... : thief
    • The Source TV demos from the first tournament round that hirez posted the other day had all (ingame) team... : Nihil ME
• I'll watch it, too, if you can get it posted. : Attica Blue
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  Here's a link to the STV download, get it while you can! https://download.yousendit.com/7CEB6647151F5222 : Xevo
  • thx : Nihil ME
• Yep, very good games. : dmason

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• Weird film. Changes tone half way through.. it couldn't decide what sort of film it wanted to be. Reminde... : cause&effect
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  It's a decent movie. Kate Beckinsale is fucking hot in that movie. : zerog83
  • You can get rid of those last three words. : Sexpansion Pack
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    That was the problem I had with the movie. I could suspend my disbelief about the remote and all that wac... : Totenjaeger
    • seriously, dude, wtf : Juno
  • Sandler sure knows how to pick smoking hot sidekick chicks for his movies. : Ellissd

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  old vantage or new vantage? : RikiTiki2
  • here's new vantage back in march http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Z8K2xeDvkE : RikiTiki2
  • New : the moon and antarctica
  • There's 2 different vantages? : 5150Joker
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  http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=1278065&id=522745995&l=1689f : drucifer
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    Haha, crazy. He is here on the island of Corfu at the hostel I'm working at. : the moon and antarctica
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      well he is on a big eurotrip at the moment and was going to travel around as much as possible, and he was... : moshman
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        Yeah, it's just bizarre because Iast night this tallish Canadian fellow walks into dinner and is milling ... : the moon and antarctica
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          next time he is at dinner, bring him a glass of sand and a lime and a lamp : drucifer
          • oh god you need to do this. : nomaad
          • this would be so freakin hilarious : moshman
          • oh man if you actually do this I will spontaneously combust from all the awesome : Home Nugget
          • Do eeeet. And be sure to have your friend film/take pictures. : ieGod
          • hehe.. do this : bamb
    • awesome. : drucifer
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      Surprise Kancho! : cerealSAM2
      • Surprise Buttseks! : Lightbulb
    • Corfu is sweet!! I never wanted to leave that joint. Which hostel are you at? : Megara9
    • So how much do you get paid if you take him back to get chopped up? : Slowtreme
• just say LAMP? : fsck
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  Haha, he walked up to me while I was in the reception area looking for something readable amongst the sta... : Vantage
  • awesome : drucifer

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  I didn't like the Staff. The claws and the scythe were bad ass though. The recharging health made it a lo... : sigpro
  • I didn't use a single potion either. I really like the staff. Each weapon was like opening a present at x... : MoreVespeneGas
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  NG2? whats this ? : doomed
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    Not Gay 2 : Magus
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      Who the fuck would want to play that shit? : red2lucas
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        I still haven't completed Not Gay 1. It's so difficult for me. : nudel
        • I've heard it gets easier once you learn to use the staff properly : carbontree
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  easier? :( Hopefully that's just the demo, to trick people into their $60. right? : DOOManiac
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    I'm sure it will be sufficiently challenging on the harder difficulties : EvilDolemite
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      That and they give you 4 level 3 weapons on the 1st level in the game along with it being on the easy set... : sigpro
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        To be honest Ryu is a terrible Ninja. He doesn't sneak or be stealthy at all. He does fit the role of uns... : MoreVespeneGas
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          It's more fun that way. Tenchu sucked balls. : pancake humper
          • Tenchu is the retarded Metal Gear of ninja games. : bitter ego
          • Shinobi is a badass too : MoreVespeneGas
        • i hear a ninja's attacking! who's seen him? show of hands? ...guys? where are you? : xsoulbrothax
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      Normal is supposed to be hard. Hard is supposed to be Skullfuckyourmotherwithaseratedcheesegrater. : DOOManiac
      • normal is hard, but i'd say it's a little easier than ng1 the difficulty at least ramps up normally fr... : JINKY
    • Yup I think so too. There is a movie upload feature where 'the best' players will show off their digital ... : MoreVespeneGas
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  http://pancake_humper.shackspace.com/ng2.wmv I suck at this game. My skills have disappeared from Xbox... : pancake humper
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    when i told you to shoot those guys i thought you were on a completely different level loool : JINKY
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      so gay :( You made me ragequit IRC : pancake humper
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        we gotta get our ragequit skills back in shape for tf2 : xsoulbrothax
        • I was best medic in TF2 :( : pancake humper
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    What the freak is up with FileShack and FF3, seriously :| I want to download things without having to ... : pwnage1232
    • Get IETab : pancake humper
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  Where the hell are you guys playing the demo? : K1Bond007
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    Check your SMs : Head Rush
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      SM me too please? : SiW73
      • sent! : xsoulbrothax
      • Thanks. And what the hell, I looked there earlier and didn't see the demo : SiW73
      • and me please! : jbury
• WHERES MAH SM?! : ashkie
• how'd you get the demo, i didn't see it available : fletch_

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• When I've done it I just bump the FSB about 10%. That's been a good speed and nice bonus. : cerealSAM2
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  i overclocked my celeron 300a to 470~ mhz. it was awesome : wtf242
  • I was able to get mine up to 512mhz with stock cooling and voltage. That was an awesome little processor. : Prozium
  • yep, those things were awesome, I remember scouring websites to find the right lot number and shit. : reznory
• I overclock my FSB from 266mhz to 410mhz. This is a e6300 with stock cooling. I can go as high as 434 wit... : razlebol
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  If I recall correctly, lowering HTT to 4 was for performance, not stability. Hang on & I'll check. : mafu5150
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    depends on the chip, but A64s really really hate clearing certain points on th HTT - on my opteron 165 it... : xsoulbrothax
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      Yeah, I couldn't find the article I was thinking about. I read it when I OC'd my 3800+. Anything over 1... : mafu5150
      • Yeah you could run your own benchmarks but at long as it boots at 5x HTT you should be fine : noven
    • Yeah, if you want to break the "250MHz" barrier on some chipsets (like my Abit nForce 4 board), you need ... : mn3m0n1c
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  Yep, you're fine. You should have a bit more headroom as well, you can probably do a 230 FSB without pro... : bipolar
  • For me, anything over 240 without lowering the HT multi means no POST on this nForce 4 ultra mobo (AN8 32... : mn3m0n1c

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  From: http://www.gamerswithjobs.com/node/38701?page=1 -the potential deal-breaker though is the planet : BingusLargus
  • Yeah I figured it out that it's Q, the holster/unholster weapon, which doesn't make a whole lot of sense.... : action wombmate
  • Yeah the handling on that thing is really fucking stupid. The keys to turn don't turn at all; they actual... : zerog83
  • yeah same here. i almost had it flip once and then it just righted itself : dantastic
  • Yeah, I'm pretty sure you can't flip it in the PC version either. : Sexpansion Pack
  • Exiting the mako is your holster/unholster button. Changing your mapping doesn't change aynthing at all. ... : AgentPothead
• This took me quite some time. I had to actually read the manual (*gasp*) to find the key. I don't underst... : avatar_58

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• I was thinking about this the other day. I'd definitely be all over Mass Effect if it was on Steam. : Ellissd
• I wish Mass Effect was on Steam : AlexXdude
• Yeah definitely. I bought mass effect off of d2d, but I'd still prefer to have it on Steam with the rest ... : re4ctor
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  You can download it from the EA Download service. It's not too bad. I've used it for a bunch of Battlefie... : moogle
  • last time i tried to use the EA Download service i couldn't even create an account, it wanted me to do on... : lja83
  • cant you only download the game off their for a limited amount of time. so say a while down the road whe... : dantastic
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  I hate not having manuals but otherwise, yeah. : Modica Sol Solis
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    It'd be cool to buy on Steam and having the option to have the manual shipped (for some nominal fee) : shyguy74
    • yeah i've wanted this since forever. the option to send the (folded up) box + manual + other extras for a... : feek
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    I don't know if this is true for all the games, but for most/all the ones on my list you can right click-... : Begawkiness
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      that's not the same as having a physical copy to read on the shitter : Modica Sol Solis
      • I know man, would someone please invent a pdf viewer that lets you print stuff out?? : reznory
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    i haven't bought a game recently with a manual worth reading anyway. what was with the gta4 manual? th... : erotic sock
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      i know, that's the problem. Games need better manuals, like Starcraft's. Mass Effect should have had an e... : Modica Sol Solis
      • I think they replaced the manual well in the real game with that journal that provided a lot of the back ... : DarkWolf5
  • I haven't read the manual for any game that I've bought in possibly the last year or two. : ieGod
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  yep, had this thought last night when i played the lego indy demo. those games entertain me, and after p... : smacknca
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    Me too... Still pondering... I don't like having to put CD/DVDs just to play games anymore... Spoilt b... : Alco23
    • mass effect doesn't require the dvd in the drive to play : xsoulbrothax
• I'm too impulsive. Most of the time it's a lot faster to just go to the store. Although I just upgraded... : Boxelder
• PC games yes. Console games though I hope we never give up physical media for $50 titles, I know this wil... : Evil Benius
• This sort of thing is going to become a problem if companies start limiting bandwidth. Downloading a 10G... : Salad Sammich

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• Eh? AFAIK if you connect to an XP computer, at that XP computer console it will always say that computer ... : cause&effect
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  if you run mstsc from the commandline, you can use the /console switch which logs you into the interactiv... : BingusLargus
  • Makes sense but it still locks the end computer (just tested in the office) - the only way I can think of... : cause&effect
• RDP will always lock the local machine, you need something like Remote Assistance. : metalremains

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• right, of course, with the middle pane set just small enough that it's the larger size : bipolar
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  Widescreen -> Right 4:3 -> Bottom : Arsenal
  • ^ the correct answer : kill9
  • Yup, that's how I do it. WS at home, right, 4:3 at work, bottom. : vov1n
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  the only real option is off : scottythejock
  • Depending on what folder, Bottom or Off. Right is never wide enough, even on widescreen, because I don't ... : Slowtreme
• Definitely bottom. Don't think how I could work with the pane on the right. Everything becomes cramped, l... : sonicdeathwalrus
• off. : Fyunch Click
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  Off. Main reason: I do not want emails to appear as "Read" unless I've actually opened them and read ... : changejar419
  • You can change the setting to mark as read after some number of seconds : Rasnowl
• Bottom... can't stand having it on the right. : Shadowdane
• Always off. : Tripps
• Bottom...right just seems weird to me. : cookblaze

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  got your keys? http://www.blizzard.com/store/ : Turd Ferguson
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^ I don't think you can download D2 yet though. : sevogajre
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    if you dont, check out the pic here: http://cgi.ebay.com/Diablo-2-II-PC-Game-Only-3-Discs-w-cd-key_W0QQit... : g0nk
    • Oh people, what will they do next :( : Ebu
    • fucking LOL : X-GOUKI
    • hahahahaha : Matto357
    • Hahaha : Evil Benius
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  have you checked out teh blizzard online store? Put in your cd keys and you get download access to tho... : shavenewok
  • D2 isn't available yet, you can just enter the key. : reznory
• Protip, you only need LoD to be authentic to play on battle.net : knepus

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• All MOO3 copies should be buried in the Arctic. : Sailor of Fortune
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  get galciv2 + expansions. ahora. : xsoulbrothax
  • I just picked that up the other day! It's fun, but oh man, what a learning curve. : Helter Skelter
  • Damn straight! : Malku
• If it's your own copy of MOO3 you should know better and shame on you for actually still having it. Ha... : hiloopy
• You could just play MOO2 :/ That said, I actually came to like MOO3 - eventually. It was a painful proce... : daedraug
• I bought MoO3 with such high hopes. I'm pretty sure I've still got the disc around here somewhere. It was... : thetangent
• How about Sins of a Solar Empire. It's fun online... it's not nearly as complicated though. Much more rea... : nevicata
• MoO3 is a sin against humanity. : pigvomit
• That was the game I purchased on release day and traded it back in to EBGames (when i used to shop there)... : project13
• Don't even bother. I played the game for 2 hours and I wanted to ram my head through a wall. : Warrior5689

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  who will play the love interest? :( :( : dodob
  • please dont let it be madonna : Patch-e
  • CANT STOP ESTHER : boring gegtik
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    Either his maid or there'll be hot Holmes on Watson action. : Fyunch Click
    • Then it will be an instant shack classic! : vov1n
• So, will Statham do any martial arts as Sherlock? : Totenjaeger
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  noted that the new Holmes would be more adventuresome and take advantage of his skills as a boxer and swo : stgdz
  • So Statham will be using martial arts, Awesome God that is pathetic, I was just making a joke. : Totenjaeger
  • Err what? How is this even Sherlock Holmes then? : avatar_58
  • Yeah, that part doesnt excite me at all. I love Sherlock Holmes for they mystery, deduction, and chara... : pimpium
  • Considering that House is a fucking verbatim lift of Sherlock Holmes, and constantly gets the shit kicked... : SpaecKow

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  I was watching some of that too. Universal HD, right? And yes, that chick is smoking. : FormerHPB
  • HD boobies are NOM NOM NOM : conandan
• Donkey Show! : kikilupo

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  Does your Macbook support N? : zerog83
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    Apparently there was a firmware update that enabled it. I've got the current model. : red2lucas
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      "Built into MacBook is advanced AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi." : red2lucas
      • heh it probably only works with those airport router things : dantastic
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      have you tried setting your router to just broadcast N and see if you can get the thing to surf? : dantastic
      • nah, I thought about that, but it only has 'up to 270Mbps', 'up to 130', and 'G & B' : red2lucas
• Network Utility and look at what your Wireless card says its model is? it should have an N on there. : Arsenal
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  Hold Option and click on the Airport icon in the menu bar. If Transmit Rate is > 54, you're using N. : Dan[WSB]
  • transmit rate: 130 awesome thanks, this is the answer I was looking for. : red2lucas

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  end of the month . not soon enough : CoRDS
  • nice one - thanks for clearing that up. : humbleone
  • seriously? like the end of this month? : xxiv
  • i hope they review it on goodgame -_- : thewindcriesmary
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  shacknews gets the season correct for once. : CoRDS
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    PUT THE SF4 ON THE BARBIE : boring gegtik
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      too cold for a barbie. i had to wear long pants today. : CoRDS
      • haha your upside down : boring gegtik

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• Heh, I just watched this week's episode. It wasn't bad. : five_percent
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  ugh - flashbacks to my last advertising position. I felt icky in the stomach watching it :( : seven
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    So this stuff, fairly realistic? : SpaecKow
    • I didn't watch more than 5 minute - because I literally got flashbacks to how fucked up my last advertisi... : seven
• Wil needs sidekicks. Bring back glass house. : batkiwi
• What the hell, he's back on ABC? he pays them out every day on triplem. : thewindcriesmary
• Looking at the link, I thought it was a Zork adventure. : Totenjaeger

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• kinda Needs nanotechnology before this really takes off. : darkT
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  I have terminator playing on the TV - and you post this... no sleep tonight! : seven
  • grey goo :( In theory, the university said, the robot could replicate the same set of parts for yet an : seven
• I need a new maker. : packav
• Replicators! Someone needs to call Jack O'Neill. : pimpium
• http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/06/04/raf_reaper_reaps_at_last/ : doomed

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  can someone tell me why memorizing patterns is supposed to be fun? : OrkO
  • You look insanely good playing it? : GodZilly
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    Guitar Hero sells pretty well : Perturbation
    • you don't need to memorize anything in guitar hero.. : OrkO