Morning Discussion

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  Any news on why they changed frmo Stardock central? Stronger branding? : Fayk
  • Better software. : NFXFSX
  • From this review (written by Stardock's owner), he points out that Impulse does a lot more and different ... : woddemandred
  • If nothing else, we were tired of Stardock Central looking like a newsgroup reader from 1992. : mittense
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  So if I install this can I get rid of Stardock Central (I'm too lazy to look this up)? : Kentor
  • I'm pretty sure that's the point. But at the moment, I can't seem to find, for instance, how to install t... : woddemandred
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  Space Rangers 2 is awesome but they had way too much stuff in that game. The RTS parts of it felt really... : Horn
  • Awesome game. The nice thing is if you don't like anything, you probably didn't have to do it. : spiderfill
  • Yeah, the RTS parts I skipped. Until one of the final bosses, where it seemed like the simplest way. Ever... : woddemandred
  • Yeah, I'd -love- a SR2 sequel that had resolution independence. : Fayk
  • I didn't like how it just ended your game immediately after you beat the final boss in Space Rangers 2 --... : Kentor
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  Or they could just post their shit on Steam and not be dumb :( : hawkeye
  • If they do some cool shit, Steam will adopt it, and become better, by the magic of competition! : woddemandred
  • I like steam, but they need competition. I don't want a digital distribution equivalent of Wal-Mart. : Dynotaku
  • Sounds like they want to compete with them, good news for everyone. : tree8
  • I have never once been able to get Steam's offline mode to work on any game, so I welcome some competitio... : Kentor
  • Yeah and we could all pre-order our games at Gamestop :( : Jonathan
• This alone Impulse, for instance, supports refunds for users having technical issues. is a very nice fea... : DapperDan
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  Space Rangers 2 is fucking awesome. Anyone who hasn't played it is missing out. : thetangent
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    that game is hard :[ : deviantpaul
    • I loved it, but yeah, I never got very far with it. Most missions were pretty impossible for me. : valael
• omg i actually have SR2 on disc somewhere around here... that game was total ownage, even though starforc... : xsoulbrothax
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  Ah, was really looking forward to Political Machine 2008 ... but with Diablo 2, TF2, and Mass Effect its ... : bipolar
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    Okay, thanks, I won't eat tonight. No big deal. : mittense
    • happy now? >:( : bipolar
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    ok, ended up buying it. Pretty slick, actually. I had the older Stardock Central front end that I had p... : bipolar
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      it says it is my ULTIMATE gaming launchpad. Is it? Is it really? Why not just 'Your gaming launchpad"?... : bipolar
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        also there's a download problem with a Dark Avatar update :( : bipolar
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          Wait I guess Political Machine was just 'available', not downloaded, and when I go to download it I get a : bipolar
          • bump for owned by mittense : bipolar
          • Yeah, sorry, I was at dinner. I'm looking into this now. : mittense
          • Are you still having issues? I just uninstalled my copy, downloaded a new one, and installed it. : mittense
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  Cool, but why's it look like vista? : SpaecKow
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    test <a href="img"></a> : zerog83
    • more test <img src="src"> : zerog83

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  How did you make that little animated Gif? Is there an option in the editor to do that with like one cli... : Jobos
  • yeah theres a button on the same page as the one to take screenshots and upload video to youtube. : marmite
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  Is anyone else as completely uninterested in Spore as I am? : zebosausamite
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    You could make a broccoli creature zebo, do eeeettt. : Chepito.
    • This could be the only thing I ever try. Or someone else could do it for me. : zebosausamite
  • you should just wait till it comes out there will be an enraged outcry the likes of which has never been ... : boring gegtik
  • In before the obvious. : razlebol
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    I'm uninterested in paying to create content for their game, but the full game I really want to see. : DinK
    • so get the creature creator demo and don't pay a dime? : lja83
  • I find making a creature and having him stand in a circle to be very boring. But if in the end I can make... : bozer
  • I am right there with you. I guess I'm broken. I just don't get it... : .frame
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    not a huge fan of sandbox games. I wish it had multiplayer :( : aeg1x
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      well, it kind of does... in an abstract way : jenisthebest
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        yeah but my penis-creature army conquering other players galaxies through internet osmosis isn't nearly a... : aeg1x
        • that's true. if my penis monsters inhabit someone else's game, i wish i could see the damage they cause. : jenisthebest
    • but it's massively singleplayer! : lja83
  • Pretty much, rest assured the internet is a never ending supply of conflicted opinions - I'll gladly joi... : abrasion
  • I had very little interest in the game until I started playing with the creature creator. : Wombat Woo
• http://dael.shackspace.com/spore/one.png : dael
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  Anyone got the full version yet? What are the extra parts like (and how many etc) : jbury
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    See this thread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17213480#itemanchor_17213480 : gooblerampling
    • awesome thanks : jbury
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    All the parts: http://buttonbasher.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/full-spore-creature-creator-features/ : Sexpansion Pack
    • cheers fella - looks like quite a lot of extra bits :) : jbury
• Rock Lobstah! http://agentpothead.com/Rock%20Lobstah.png Creature shot for drag & drop http://agentpot... : AgentPothead
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  I shall call him... winky! http://nighteyes.shackspace.com/My%20Stuff/Spore/CRE_-06825529_sml.jpg http:... : Nighteyes
  • he's cute! i want the .png! : jenisthebest
  • lol teabag : industro
  • does he spit? : Ziz
• This sucks it won't work on my laptop :( : hrdwregk
• i want to play but i won't be home until stupid 7:30 and then i have to stupid clean my stupid house :( ... : jenisthebest
• Meet Jack: http://img393.imageshack.us/my.php?image=crejack06818edafulqc3.png http://img511.imageshac... : Nation
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  whenever i log back in, my saved creatures are gone. it says i have 2, but none are listed. : industro
  • Yeah, I think I've just lost one of mine too : chazums
  • Now you know how God felt when Adam and Eve ate the apple. : silent prophet
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  oh crap! With those fins, I bet there are already 1000 spore mudkips up on 4chan :( : TroZ
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    I imagine every Pokemon every drawn was created within 15 minutes of the trial version coming out. : Sexpansion Pack
    • They did all of that over the weekend with the leaked version. I think 4chan is already getting bored wit... : gimpx32
• well your creature sure has a smug look on his face! : bad_fish
• Anyone remember the Snorks? http://uglysad.shackspace.com/CRE_Snork-0681a300_sml.jpg : uglysad
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  I like this cute Cthulhu (not mine): http://louisville.edu/~mschri01/spore/CRE_Cthulhu-068192ab_sml.jp... : Sexpansion Pack
  • The greatest! : uglysad
  • You mean Cutethulhu. : mrwolf710
• http://chazums.shackspace.com/spore/Stoopy.png http://chazums.shackspace.com/spore/PushMePullEeew.png h... : chazums
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  after I discovered the advanced features, my creatures have all been very very strange: http://dl.getdrop... : aaarrrgh
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    advanced features?? : marmite
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      Yes, like how I attached arms to his legs. : aaarrrgh
      • OoooOOOoooo thanks for pointing that out. : Damodred
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  Dang it mine just crashes to desktop. Anyone seen a workaround for this google is already 40 pages long o... : Skull the Troll
  • It's weird because the leaked version worked 100% fine for me, the official one doesn't work at all and I... : Xevo
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  hahaha http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gotm9PY4EVg : smax
  • that is hilarious : OrkO
  • holy fucking shit omg LOL : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • lols : feek
  • oh wow that is gold : Iwannaacura
  • ahahahahaha : hirosushima
  • lulz : mr.sleepy
  • That is fucking hilarious. : lightly inclined
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    i don't get it :( : biskits
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      http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/9422/1200751520479an5.png http://www.yatpundit.com/random_pics/pedobe... : burning eye
      • ah, now it's funny! :D : biskits
  • haha, its like a little movie :( : GloriousCow
  • lolol. i bet a few people won't get it :) : burning eye
• Here's my Gock Cobbler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AsWMsw8eO7U : ColoradoCNC
• Here is my shark man http://youtube.com/watch?v=3LqFk3lzcIQ : DrillBit
• Mr Bobbles.. http://shackpics.com/files/MrBobbles_ne7om2c6i7t1lgfqtcij.png Bubba http://shackp... : jonin
• /obvious? http://freon.shackspace.com/misc/spore/Trogdor.png More in directory. : Freon
• Why do I get the feeling that I'm going to be creating creatures most of the time rather than playing the... : lightly inclined
• Based on most of the stuff so far, I bet humans are characterisations of God's cock. : hardfl1p
• Can you only upload one creature in the demo, as i can't upload any more :\ : shavenewok
• Weird, it won't run if I have that EA download manager installed. Funny story, I tried to get the wife to... : voodooraze
• Wait... So it's $10 just for the character creation system of the game? ... Do they give you a $... : DOOManiac
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  How do you make a creature's body fatter? All I can seem to do is extend their spine and make them long a... : vile
  • click on a vertebra and roll your mouse wheel, should make the body surrounding it fatter : Joseph
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  Stiggy: http://shackpics.com/files/Stiggy_x8bu1x1nis0ut8anoisz.png Rexmar: http://shackpics.com/file... : Ojalo1982
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    How do you make a really fat body like that? Everything I make is skinny... : DOOManiac
    • Nevermind I should read the post RIGHT ABOVE THE ONE I AM REPLYING TO :X : DOOManiac
• Handy tip: You can dragon drop the PNGs straight from firefox onto a running copy of Spore! No need... : DOOManiac

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  Diablo 2 info post - New Ladder Edition The noble warriors of Shacknews prepared to take on Diablo's m : bipolar
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    I'm so tempted to install this again and play HARDCORE mode. >:D : DM7
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      do iiiiiiit! :D easiest first hc character is of course a summon necro. Melee'ers have an easy time of ... : bipolar
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        I had a HC Paladin and made it to Nightmare Act3, but some corpse explosion fetish killed me instantly. :... : DM7
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          In 1.11, you have to be extremely careful of Fire Enchanted mobs (more so if they have additional enchant... : bipolar
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            Nature's Peace? What's that? :D : DM7
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              http://www.diablo2guide.com/database/unique-items/natures-peace-id501.php : bipolar
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                Awesome. But don't you need to kill nilikhilakilak for a quest? : DM7
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                  It's an optional quest that almost never has a worthwhile reward. (rare class-specific item that 99% of t... : bipolar
                  • Nah, it's the even lamer personalize an item reward. The quest before it gives you +10% resists and the r... : JarEme
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    I found my discs finally and I installed it but can't get it to run in Vista 64. Anyone manage to get it ... : re4ctor
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      run compatibility mode? : Iwannaacura
      • tried xp compatibility and as admin. : re4ctor
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      you've tried compatibility mode I assume? : bipolar
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        also, http://www.vistagamedoctor.com/Diablo2X1.ashx Isn't this site run by a shacker? : bipolar
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          ok i tried that, rebooted, waited for the counter to stop, it launched but just went back to the desktop.... : re4ctor
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            hmm i ran the video test and it says none of the modes work... :( : re4ctor
            • aha! i just had to add -w to make it run in a window... : re4ctor
          • D; 4th and 7th posts on this page might be of help? http://forums.diabloii.net/showthread.php?t=560383&... : bipolar
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    I wish there was a GL-Diablo :( : Githyanki
    • Well it has a Direct 3D mode but it's strictly for spell effects and parallax mapping of backgrounds. ... : bipolar
  • I'm so in. : Blucklesworth
  • Flame wall fuck yeah : TastyWheat
  • Goddddammnit I want to but I'm afraid :( : gakera
  • Qq now all my characters are worthless. Anyone want my old accounts? They're shitty, but one account ... : rotten element
  • im gonna try making a hardcore char for the first time. Honestly it doesn't sound fun at all to me, but ... : Fish_Bulb
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    Alright, So I have never played D2, only D1. Can I play with your guys? I've always wanted to, just never... : noobja
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      you should play SC until you've run through it a few times. HC = 1 life per character. : bipolar
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        ew. : noobja
        • No ew, Hardcore characters are the best. :D : DM7
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    fuck it I am so joining this on hardcore. Info needed : I havent touch my account in like at least 6 m... : mnok
    • not if you read my bigass post carefully ;) : bipolar
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  I guess I need to dust off my CD's and re-install. : cjcharv
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    You have an hour, get on it! : bipolar
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      it said starting at 9am pst and that it would take 6 hours. so doesn't that mean 3pm pst, as in 5 hours f... : re4ctor
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        You're right; my math is horrible :( Woe is me. : bipolar
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          So we're not doing this until then, right? : TShandy
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            Yep, and don't know how long I can play tonight -- TF2 tourney game. : bipolar
            • I'll be grinding tonight. Gonna take awhile to get my lvl 90s back! : ant321
• ugh urge to reinstall rising.... WHY MUST I BE AT WORK I HATE WORK FUCK >:( : pukerat
• I hate u all !! /I will be installing tonight : Cyco52
• nvidia widescreen fix Nvidia cards have a bad habit of not doing 1:1 pixel mapping, so any games that ru... : bipolar
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  it actually looks like its back up, and the patch is out for 1.12. A few bug fixes for macs and as expect... : re4ctor
  • No digital download available yet though :( : bipolar
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  REALMS ARE BACK ONLINE A patch does download when you connect, no idea what the patch contains. My conn... : bipolar
  • bleh, keep getting disconnected. Anyway, enter a chat room, add me to friends list by typing /f a *bipol... : bipolar
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    HOT, the patch contains a no cdkey update, you just have to copy all the .mpq files over from the cd. So... : ant321
    • Do you mean no Key or no CD? : Blucklesworth
    • no-cd required in drive, sorry! : ant321
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      BOO still not on Blizzard store yet. : Iwannaacura
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        yeah what the fuck, I want to play but I can't until they do this. : DrFlammable
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          Can't you just borrow someone's cds or something? : datoo
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            i own both D2 and LoD but my D2 jewel case with the CD key and CDs are at my brothers place and he is out... : DrFlammable
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              you can buy a set of keys on ebay for $5! If you ever want to hunt uber diablo, you'll need more than ... : ant321
              • like i'd buy a used D2 key... right : DrFlammable
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                Uber Diablo? Whaaa? Can you do this in HC mode? :P : DM7
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                  and the Uber Tristram quest as well. It was hilarious when that first came out in 1.11 -- dozens of high... : bipolar
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                    How does one get to be able to do those quests? And I doubt I'll make it through nightmare difficulty, ... : DM7
                    • In hell mode kill the Summoner, the Countess, and Nilithak until they all drop their respective keys. Tra... : DrFlammable
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                      ok, so for Uber Diablo, well you have to hang out in certain IRC forums to have a decent shot. Basically... : bipolar
                      • Wow that's nice. :D : DM7
    • Woot! I was waiting for this. I might join in on the fun. : mtgDoofy
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  LilCondi is now level 13 and just about ready to go kill Andy. Gotta call it quits for the night due to : bipolar
  • For some reason I was thinking our TF2 game was 2 hours earlier than it actually is. Back into Sanctuary : bipolar
• Now that all my characters are non-ladder, I can probably swap a lot of my gear out for duped SOJs so I c... : ant321
• I'm in class right now, but as soon as I get home I'll join up with the rest of you HC players. : JarEme
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  Im on account Blucklesworth, character EeHanAxe and no one's on :( : Blucklesworth
  • sorry, TF2 Tourney. I'll be on a lot more tomorrow. : bipolar

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  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/6227 Lack of Firebug is killing me. : trick
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    http://getfirebug.com/releases/allReleases.html download the beta. : skryte
    • and thanks! : skryte
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      apparently this is not the version you want - the one available through firefox addons is version 1.2 : lonepie
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        Indeed, I have 1.2.0b3 installed, which is newer than the version on that page. : rock elf
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          1.2.0b12 is the newest : digital_d
          • err crap. I have 1.1.0.b12... I didn't know 1.2.whatever was released at all : digital_d
      • I <3 you. thnx : epit
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  There's an extension called Old Bar that does it, apparently. : nudel
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    thank you, too, slowpoke. : skryte
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      you type a bit slower once you start going out to the Old Bar : Dave-A
      • * chokes on drink * i almost swallowed my dentures. : skryte
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  Watch this, if you haven't yet, before ditching it prematurely. Reading into your post, I'm guessing that... : rock elf
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    i don't like it because that's where i type URLs. not fucking keywords. if you want it that way, have a... : skryte
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      OK, cool for you, if you know exactly what you want. Somebody was complaining about the new location bar ... : rock elf
      • you're just being helpful -- i get it. : skryte
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      hey guess what, you can type URLs there too. : slickdoody
      • it doesn't autocomplete them the same way. : skryte
    • i'm with you all the way, have hated it ever since they added it to the nightlies. I don't use my address... : Arsenal
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      But you can do both. I don't understand why you'd want to turn it off. If you don't use that function the... : K1Bond007
      • man, it just clutters shit up. how is this hard to understand. I could have 4 computers on my desk that... : vigilante
      • i want to turn it off because it's fucking gay. when i type, "sh" i mean only to find URLs starting with... : skryte
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    the new bar is the best thing about FF3 IMO : snowwolf
    • Yup. I hated it at first but I gave it another chance and now I can't live without it. People just hate... : Horn
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    holy crap. New features worth upgrading for : mista mista
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      its depressing. now ill be able to see how many times i refresh latestchatty.x in 1 day : oHnOES
      • yeah, that's a pretty ridiculous number in that field : lja83
  • The awesome bar is an example of how change is not always bad. : abrasion
• Downloading now. Hope this dont suck : jonin
• Why would you do this, the new location bar is awesome once you get used to it : SqueegyTBS
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  Where can I find a Firebug compatible with FF3?! : Skoal^Fyfan
  • 1.20a7 tells me it's not a valid install package. : Skoal^Fyfan
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    The Addons list. Go to Tools > Addons and do a search. Mine successfully installed. It's version: 1.2.0b3 : K1Bond007
    • Nevermind.. just go here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1843 : K1Bond007
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  I don't get what wrong with it? it does everything the old location bar does and more.. or am I missing s... : OrkO
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    people hate change : slickdoody
    • my first reaction to it was pretty much pure hate, and then about 3 days later i can't live without it. : dopefish
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    It takes up a lot of real estate :( : pancake humper
    • Huh? It's just as large as it was before and if you're talking about the drop down that appears when you... : Zips
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      ???? It takes up exactly the same amount of space in my setup. : Kentor
      • Was referring to the drop down box it opens. I personally have no qualms with it and I have been using it... : pancake humper
    • It's the same for me, but you can reduce the verticle size of the bar by going to about:config find ... : K1Bond007
  • the extra stuff it does just clutters up what I want it to do. : vigilante
• It's porn, isn't it. You don't want your wife finding all the porn links you look at. : Arctic Fox
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  TANGENT: Do Greasemonkey scripts still work? I uninstalled and reinstall Greasemonkey just to be safe, bu... : Deathlove
  • Working fine here. : Arctic Fox
• what about Tabbed preferences? I don't want entered URLs to open in the current tab. : Turd Ferguson

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  Weather reports are showing 25 on Saturday. This means that there will be a lineup at blackbull starting... : dantastic
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    gegdick is not showing???! that ginger bastard : moshman
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      He's too cool to hang with us :*( : ieGod
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        i probably insulted his comics he posts too many times : dantastic
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          guys I am celebrating my anniversary my fiancee's birthday and the purchase of a house : boring gegtik
          • I don't need to get ILTC'd : boring gegtik
  • yea i'm for sure : TwiLyght
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    okay so no posses. Can I bring my entourage? : redfive
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      entourages are okay, we just don't like posses >:( : jenisthebest
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        We be drinking Cristal : redfive
        • BYOC! : dantastic
        • the margaritas at tequila sunrise are awesome : dantastic
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    That website is unreal. : thief
    • yeah i have no idea how they tested that website and agreed to pay for it. you can't read shit unless yo... : dantastic
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      don't read the reviews online either. written by a bunch of gordon ramsays. it's a grungy little place ... : dantastic
      • BYOSD : jenisthebest
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    I'm in. I had to break plans with the gf but I'm in!!! :D : Super Sparker
    • a true gamer! : dantastic
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      why not bring her? :D : jenisthebest
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        because she probably doesnt like gaming shenannigans? nothing worse than a gf that comes and sulks the w... : dantastic
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          She has previous plans; she's playing miniputt with friends in Oakville, I agreed to go with her but dan'... : Super Sparker
          • kidnap her and bring her! : dantastic
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    I'm there. I can bring a couple controllers and my Guitar Hero Guitar. : cookblaze
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      yeah it all depends if nobody wants to use the wired rockband controller. we have 1 GH3 controller as is... : dantastic
      • The rockband controllers suck shit. : Super Sparker
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    pics, pics, pics. : edgewise
    • you're not coming eh? going to have to fine my battery charger : dantastic
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      of Jenisthebest only. : Edges
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        NO I WILL WEAR A DISGUISE : jenisthebest
        • maybe she will grace us with her Jem disguise http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20BZID081Vk : dantastic
• bump for coming home from work menz : dantastic
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  I can definitely come, and I'll be bringing an anonymous shacker. Not sure if we will stay the whole nig... : MrBig0
  • We can also bring 2 GH3 controllers and a bunch of 360/WII/GC controllers. : MrBig0
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  Where's the closest beer store/LCBO near Queen and soho? : Super Sparker
  • http://beerhunter.ca/ : jenisthebest
• oh shi- It's this saturday? I'll be in TO and I live 15 minutes away from there. Count me in (tentativ... : windowpane

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  report them for a hate crime : boring gegtik
  • Like if i have descriptions and stuff? Just call the cops and be like hey I saw these 4 kids steal some l... : haiku
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  waterguns. with red dye/ kool-aid in them. >:) : pointyelbows
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    What is this 1940? I was thinking mild violence or framing them for a crime or something : haiku
    • actually, in 1940 you could probably get away with throwing rocks at their heads or at least beating them... : das_runt
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    Oozinator. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdAIt4MgnHc : mem
    • I think he could get sued for sexual harassment using that. : hawkeye
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  shit in a paper bag and put it on your porch and light it on fire that will show them (they'll try to sto... : [fry]
  • What if they just pee on it to put it out? Then he'll have a porch covered with pee and shit in a burned... : cerealSAM2
• ahahahahahah : JINKY
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  Refer to them as homosexuals the next time they return. Or, you know, cover yourself in ketchup or fake b... : Sexpansion Pack
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    Oh I'll definitely call the fags. You know what the problem is? it's summer and they are bored. They just... : haiku
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      Do you think they would want to play Smash Brothers? : Sexpansion Pack
      • I don't know. What do kids play these days? My niece only plays her Wii and her DS and mostly only ninten... : haiku
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfZm32tpWY8 - this reminds me of your situation : das_runt
• Kick them in the face : dognose
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  some creative rewiring of the doorbell transformer and some tin foil? : Dave-A
  • or wait by the door in a creepy clown mask and holding a bread knife : Dave-A
• gayfer + hostess cupcake (unwrapped) : PapaBoo
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  put special sauce on the doorbell button : Spoetzl
  • That would ruin the doorbell for people I actually want ringing it. Like the UPS guy. That guy is so cool... : haiku
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  Lecture them on design aesthetics. They'll never have known such pain : EvilDolemite
  • lol : hamachi
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  I was visiting a friend who lived in apartments and when he left the room I went across the hallway outsi... : qu1nton
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    And then? Was there a slow motion gun battle involved? : stump
    • after the o_O they asked each other what the other wanted and both said they didn't knock. another o_O. t... : qu1nton
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  I had a really friendly dog that we unleashed on TPers once. He ran out into the yard, quite happy and c... : Finestaut
  • The hounds are at the summer house sir. : loboca
• unleash the Tristan : wtf242
• Shotgun + "thinning the herd" defense. : AxeMan808
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  aitoo who called this "nigger knocking" growing up? : darcspeed
  • no, you are not the only one. : mnsnota
  • def not, I didn't even think about the name till years later. : Audhuml4
  • nope, that's what we called it too. : riptyde
  • Oh my god I totally forgot about that hahaha : tomservo
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    Interesting, what's "nigger" about it? : melt_core
    • No idea. The only people who ever did it to me were white... : Jumperus
  • \m/ : DapperDan
  • HAYL I STAYL DO! : EvilDolemite
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    My post started with nigger knocking but I changed it because I knew the mods would start bitching at me ... : haiku
    • o/ : tomservo
    • i dont hate blacks, i just hate Haitians : handofthrawn
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    Uh no, here in California we called it Ding Dong Ditched : snuff
    • San Fransisco? : Phreakin
    • No. Because when I lived in CA from 75-88 we called it N-word Knocking : two50six
  • yeah we did but then it got changed to 'ding dong ditch' when I assume the ACLU came by our elementary sc... : mikecyb
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    never heard it called that. guess my family and friends weren't as racist as yours growing up. : NexusOne
    • Probably has more to do with the region rather than friends and family. We called it ding dong ditching, ... : Simulacrum
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    ^^^^ALL CONFIRMED RACISTS!!! : sesmaster
    • knock knock : Audhuml4
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    We called it "knick knocking" : DrZettl
    • We called it "knicky knicky nine door". : Super Sparker
  • I've never even heard it called that before.... : DOOManiac
  • ding dong ditchem : Jayx77
  • sadly this is what I was raised to call it as well. : klearlyunseen
  • we did in kansas :( : biskits
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  You should be happy that it was harmless fun. Why take it personal, especially when there was no real da... : Xin Jing Client 1a
  • internet : haiku
  • lol : virus
  • Because his manhood is at stake. : eldiablo01
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  Bear trap. Just hope nobody comes to visit you. : FlatlineDixay
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    like the people he said he was expecting in the root post? : pandastrong
    • Yes. : FlatlineDixay
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      bear trap launcher problem solved : lja83
      • ^^idea of the day right here folks : virus
• do you think you could catch them on foot, or would you crack like you did last time : Luminair
• Go out on your porch and shake some kind of cane-like object on them. Also, make sure to refer to them as... : woddemandred
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  I'm 22 years old and I did this all the time when I was a kid. Me and my friend would buzz every intercom : mossman85
  • I was going to say, around 30 you'll get into it again : mrtony
• you can send my dog after them, and then keep her for like 3 weeks : fletch_
• Next time they seem to be plotting just throw a bag of shit on your porch that is lit on fire. As they w... : ejectorpod
• If Karma plays it's role that's bound to happen to me. I used to do that shit ALL THE TIME when I was a l... : mnok
• run out the door revving a chain saw. : mojo the helpr monke
• i'm pretty sure you did the only thing that can be done about anything, which is post on the internet : busdriver3030
• chase them and throw a shoe at them. : marmite
• Short story of redemption when this happened to me: Every sunday I would go over to my father's house to ... : festivalman
• Electrify the doorbell button or the wet mat they stand on to press the said button. : kramweil
• the only time punks come up to my door is to rob me! : not work safe
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  be happy that you werent rickrolled. : j0nchan
  • I think you answered his question! He needs to find a way to have Rick Astley play towards whoever pushes... : Paranoid Android
• a variation that I was part of as a kid was called a Waterfall you go into a block of flats [apartment b... : captfarrell

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• do you have that greasemonkey script installed? :P : mikecyb
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  you might look at the greasmonkey script that fixed it for me and many others ... I don't know, just ... : Nation
  • yea the script fixed it for me. : Iwannaacura
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  I just started up Firefox 3 in safe mode with all of my extensions disabled and I still have problems wit... : DrWaffles
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    yeah i'm kinda at a loss. i cant imagine different copies of firefox work fine. nuke your cache and ct... : Steve Gibson
    • Clearing the cache didn't solve the problem. :-( : DrWaffles
• FF3 works fine for me too. :\ : geedeck
• is there any sort of log file we could send to help? : melt_core
• Just downloaded and installed and I can reproduce. Hmm. : jonin
• I tried disabling Greasemonkey just to make sure it wasn't any of the scripts I'm running and it still ha... : deject
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  that's weird. it did it for me on my home vistax64 and work xp x32. maybe there's some common extensio... : feek
  • yeah, its really kind of odd that some people dont have the problem. myself included. oh well, not a h... : Steve Gibson
• Did you see this post btw? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16983724#itemanchor_16983724 Here's the... : rock elf
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  The behavior you should see on a stock Fx3 final is that clicking any reply expands the reply and moves i... : Zero|DPX
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    yeah, bit of a bummer for monster threads, but i'll disable it. i think i just did if you ctrl-f5. it ... : Steve Gibson
    • instead of telling people to ctrl-f5 cant you change the filename of the js file? or perhaps have it be a... : kn1fe
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      Apparently it is not fixed yet... : rasputinreborn
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        Try shift-reload (I think ctrl-f5 only works in IE, Firefox uses shift-). : Zero|DPX
        • shift f5 does nothing : Korban
        • still nada : rasputinreborn
        • Ctrl+F5 will reload and override the cache in Firefox, according to this list of keyboard shortcuts ht... : sketchuout
    • Cool. I sent an email a while back to the w3c lists telling them that scrollIntoView() kinda sucked and ... : Zero|DPX
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      I ctrl+F5'd and it didnt help :( : epit
      • shift + reload btn didnt do it either here at least : epit
• ^^^^ laffs at the new guy : Antilles_Prime
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  just downloaded ff3 for the mac.. when I click any comment, the page scrolls the root comment to the bott... : dextius
  • ^^^ same here, FF3 for the mac, broken. works with the GM script. : manero
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  What's the build number that you see in the About box for Firefox 3? I have: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U;... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    dunno, i just reinstalled and this version does in fact have the problem. that sure makes it easier to fi... : Steve Gibson
    • "Firefox/3.0" :-) : electroly
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      http://whatsmyuseragent.com/ : epit
      • hahahaha wtf this was in the Most Recent Referrers List: http://www.shopwhiteman.us/ : deject
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  Try Opera 9.5 too please! It has this problem too. : navelskrutt
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    From the sounds of things, fixing it for Firefox 3 will probably also fix it in Opera 9 (which was doing ... : Arcanum
    • I wonder if the same bug (or issue anyway...) is in Internet Explorer 8? : Maddog_Delphi97
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  well i tried throwing the firefox agent into this exclusion but that sure didnt do it. its the only place... : Steve Gibson
  • did you make sure to put the "< 0" after that clause? : electroly
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  Actually I get this bug on both installs. (work and Home). It basically scrolls the comment you just clic... : mordaken
  • Ignore me, lots of responses came in as I was typing that. : mordaken
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  ok... fixed. i know it was a couple hours of misery. you shouldnt have to ctrl-f5.. just a regular ... : Steve Gibson
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    oh oops.. looks like i got it one instance but its called somewhere else too. at least within a single... : Steve Gibson
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      Looks fixed to me : reign27
      • yeah.. urgh. inconsistently fixed/broken again. how totally fruity. : Steve Gibson
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      i just updated to FF3, fix it you jerk! : Clay
      • good job, we still love you : Clay
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      it's still jumping on the first click of a post for me, but subsequent clicks are fixed... : sketchuout
      • ^^^^ : rasputinreborn
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      Hmm, did it once then stopped. : avatar_58
      • Same here. : Merconium
  • whatever you just did fixed it for me, and i've been having that problem since i started testing FF3 beta... : ucanbfuzzy
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  FYI, something just completely broke the comments in IE7 - A - Z don't work, clicking a post just opens t... : mn3m0n1c
  • Oh, never mind! It took me so long to post this it's already fixed, lol! Carry on... : mn3m0n1c
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    you prolly caught the js in the middle of an update. IE7 is fine. at least as fine as it can be for a ter... : Steve Gibson
    • Yeah, sorry for the false alarm! :D It was kinda fun figuring out how to post, though! : mn3m0n1c
• cool, its all fixed : jono181
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  Hmm, a problem with the modification: Now if you click on a post in a truncated thread, it probably will... : Arcanum
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    aye, this is stuff beyond my VERY limited javascript knowledge. i've been spending my time learning css..... : Steve Gibson
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      What changes are you making? The way I figure, adding a few lines to the show_item_fullpost() function to... : dodob
      • i'll give that a shot. pretty sure i'll just break everything though! : Steve Gibson
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        just tried that and no workie. here is what i attempted: www.shacknews.com/js/jazzview2.js : Steve Gibson
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          I believe unsafeWindow is a Greasemonkey security sandbox thing. Try removing "var doc = ..." and "var... : dodob
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            still nope. refresh that jazzview2.js anything else in there look wrong? : Steve Gibson
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              I see where it's going wrong. The getBoxObjectFor isn't working... I got around it in Greasemonkey with u : dodob
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                nope, no dice either. it's live on the site right now. kinda works! i'm looking for something sharp no... : Steve Gibson
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                  haha, oh hey look, maybe this will get us all somewhere. just saw that firefox is throwing this warning: ... : dodob
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                    yeah i'm lost on that one. : Steve Gibson
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                      I KNOW I KNOW!! The same problem with doc -> document is happening with window. (Remember, instead of : dodob
                      • well that seemed to just break it! try now! haha : Steve Gibson
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                        Better yet, instead of var win = fullpost... var win = window.top; : dodob
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                          seems like we are still stuck with the same behavior. :( : Steve Gibson
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                            i don't know what you've done different, but in this single thread, it's working : sketchuout
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                              I think people are not actually seeing the behavior of this. It is not working at all. It is still forcin... : pancake humper
                              • i was seeing that happen... and then earlier today when he started working on it, it would happen on the ... : sketchuout
• Still broken here :( : pancake humper
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  mine keeps jumping to the top of the page when i click to expand a post. : Agrona
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    oh wow that would be because whenever i click something it takes every other top post out of the chatty o... : Agrona
    • ^^^ thanks for fixing this. (or maybe i'm just crazy) : Agrona
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  heh weird. at work on firefox 3 it did that thing where it jumped down when clicking a post. now i'm h... : [fry]
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    Try a truncated post vs non truncated post. Truncated posts are broken still. : pancake humper
    • hey you're right. you're smart. : [fry]
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  works fine for me. : ant_hillbilly
  • wait, no it doesn't oh well. : ant_hillbilly
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  For me the first reply I click on in a thread does the page jumping thread, but any subsequent replies cl... : ventro
  • just stick to one thread per night! : Steve Gibson
• fixed for me now : OrkO
• Anyone's download capability b0rked? Its like downloads just sit there. : Wolfanoz
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  when i click a comment it shows a full comment in the box but then the exact same comment shows up below ... : NeoMoose
  • same thing happening here! : OrkO
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  Here is a bug I have with FF3 and the Shack. Every time I click a comment, I see two versions of that com... : Tommy Toolbag
  • My home pc which I'm typing this post on is still FF2 and has this issue. : Chod
• Steve, I'm having several issues in the chatty's with FF3: 1. Sometimes I can't click on posts in the... : TabsAZ
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  You're kidding me? I've never used an FF3 system it doesn't happen on, Steve you tricksy bastard are you ... : abrasion
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    Steve: Series question, do you want me to make a quick movie of it? or do you need to actually re-create ... : abrasion
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      Serious even. : abrasion
      • I think he reinstalled and repro'd. : crummynz
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        He fixed it. : FPSDavid
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          He re-produced or fixed - because it's broken here :( : abrasion
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            all working here, even truncated posts : jcupitt
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              Still broken here, even after a control F5 (force hard refresh) : abrasion
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                so what symptoms are you getting? it was really borked for me until a short while ago and now it seems fi... : Dave-A
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                  it seems to only do it in threads I haven't click on yet. But once I click on a comment in a thread the ... : ant_hillbilly
                  • scratch that it seems to be doing it regardless now if i have clicked in a thread or not already. Someti... : ant_hillbilly
                • If I click a post - the page will re-scroll it's position to put it at the bottom of the screen, annoying... : abrasion
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                  It still happens for me if I click a post in a truncated thread -- after the thread expands, the post I c... : indosauros
                  • Scratch that, it is any thread I have not yet clicked into.. : indosauros
              • What about after the first post in a thread - does the second post jump as well? : Jonathan
• I say you should place all the blame directly on ThomW and Haiku. Maybe Clay. : Solstice
• tricksey collapses http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17220513 : dodob
• So is this still being worked on? It's not fixed and the greasemonkey script isn't fixing it either :( : pancake humper
• uh all of the sudden it's working : sketchuout