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• yah this fixed it! :) : Shadowdane
• yeah doing that fixed it : [fry]
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  Looks good on the Mac version, too. : BlackCat9
  • I 2nd that, OS X version, works great, thanks sTeve! : dopefish
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  if you click a post in a truncated thread it still scrolls to the bottom : aeg1x
  • for me also : redfive
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    well yes, it is supposed to. otherwise the thread you click in most cases will scroll off the bottom of t... : Steve Gibson
    • No need to do that. It's exactly how Firefox 2 worked. : dodob
• most excellent. one less grease monkey script i need :D : smacknca
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  Thank you Steve, it works, besides truncated but apparently that's deliberate. : abrasion
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    From what I gather, truncated threads can do one of three things: 1) Nothing special. If you click a p... : Arcanum
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      pretty much. it's a lot of effort for a tiny thing. just not worth it. of course if there is anothe... : Steve Gibson
      • Honestly the change you've made so far is fine, it was a major issue before, now it's minor. : abrasion
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  OH WOW GUYS. I just installed Firefox 2 portable, and clicked on a collapsed thread and... GUESS WHAT MOT... : dodob
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    you mean "now everything is as it was". It should align the post to where it was when you clicked it imo. : aeg1x
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      well, no one complained when firefox 2 did it! : dodob
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        I'm no javascript expert (confirmed by my greasemonkey scripts), but couldn't you just grab the location ... : arhughes
        • Yes, like I mentioned before, it's a very simple thing to do, and I do a similar jump when opening/closin... : dodob
• works perfectly, thanks : Draugluin
• Cool, thanks. : OwenButler
• Thanks Steve! It's working just the way I'm used to. : deject
• Yea, works great now, thanks sTeve! : famine101
• Suggestion for luring browsers to update the javascript file. This is by no means 100%, but it seems l... : SilverSnake
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  best method to force update js: make it link to jazzview.js?{RANDOM NUMBER} : fotografico
  • Yes, and then it's not cached and is loaded on every page hit... : batkiwi
• nice work! i guess this explains why it was working for some and not for others. like abortions and tiny ... : Dave-A
• Works perfectly. Thanks Steve : Horn
• What exactly does this fix? I just installed Firefox3. : Trips
• thank you for fixing this : manero
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  The apostrophes are all fucked up for me here: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53184 : chazums
  • same for me. : phokz
  • Sounds like your encoding is off. If you go View -> Character Encoding what is selected? : Horn
• oh, beloved all-in-one gestures.. hurry up and update! : itsjames
• I don't get it.. Can someone explain? : davidc02
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  I wasn't aware something was broken.. what was it? : paravis
  • Same. First visit to the shack since installing Firefox 3 and I don't see anything broken. Haven't click... : mactu
• Thank god the post now expands where I click instead of relocating to the bottom of the screen (or below)... : Zzap

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• Hellgate London : shirif
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  I'm usually pretty selective on what I purchase anyway, so I'll have to say Crysis. It's a love-hate rel... : the archvile
  • What. : Arcanum
  • this is the stupidest thing ive read in years : eeeealmo
  • lol "okay" : kill9
  • thats a surprise, frankly. : malloc
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    for every incredible game, there's a hater : Kazomir
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      For Crysis, and Far Cry before it, I often see the comment "It's boring". And to someone who only likes b... : Kazomir
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        plus there is plenty of action in Crysis if that's what you are looking for. unless you want the non-sto... : kill9
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          I've been a huge CoD fan since the original game but I have to admit the infinite respawns in the SP aren... : Kazomir
          • Brick to the face subtle actually. : dafugg
• Probably Halo 3, but that was a while ago : alarm cock
• Honestly Gears of War :( not to say there's not a HEAP of worse games out there but I try to play pop : abrasion
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  Assassin's Creed : grayscale
  • Yeah that game was not very fun. : lplasmatron
  • I'm not too picky* but I HATED this game. It seemed like I was in this awesome beautiful world for like ... : DinK
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  i agree SOF payback shit : Iwannaacura
  • Fuck that game to hell. : mittense
• what was wrong with UT3? : RikiTiki2
• Sins of a solar empire. It doesn't suck, it's merely the worst of the awesome games I buy. : aeg1x
• Recently, Resistance: Fall of Man. Friend rented it, we played co-op for a bit, and it felt incredibly a : Arcanum
• C&C3 kane's wrath - wtf, this "expansion" sucked. >:( : virus
• worst game or most disappointed? most disappointed would go to crysis with UT3 being a close runner up... : flasher 907
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  S.T.A.L.K.E.R :( I really wanted to like it : uglysad
  • Get out of here! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  wow, some of the people here seem like they play 2 games a year by these posts : klearlyunseen
  • I probably buy less than 10 games a year. Pretty much everything I buy has universal acclaim. : aeg1x
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    Anyone who says that STALKER or Gears are the worst games they've played recently is obviously insane. : rasputinreborn
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      well if the only other games they've played recently are games like HL2, GTA4 and TF2 it would be reasona... : aeg1x
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        get out of my ass : duncandun
        • sorry for the intrusion : aeg1x
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      I've played Mario Galaxy, Uncharted, Pixel Junk Monsters, GTAIV, Heavenly Sword, Mass Effect, KOTOR1, Cry... : abrasion
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        heavenly sword and pixeljunk monsters are leagues worse than gears, but thats just my opinion. Also gears... : klearlyunseen
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17186521 : abrasion
          • different strokes...different folks : klearlyunseen
    • :( I really tried to like S.T.A.L.K.E.R, Honestly. I've installed it 3 times since it came out and I ... : uglysad
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      The radiation bullshit in STALKER drove me nuts. I did a couple missions and bailed. Every third st... : Turd Ferguson
      • I am slightly saddened that you could not find your way around the rad mechanic and come to enjoy this di... : rasputinreborn
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        STALKER, more than most any other FPS to date, required you to think and plan what you were doing. This t... : carbontree
        • Well said. : Malku
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        sounds like you equipped an artifact that gave off radiation and didn't counter it with anything. the on... : deject
        • Or not use them at all? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Random item equipping FAIL. "I kept using the cigarette items in MGS and they drained my health, WTF!"... : nudel
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      I really really wanted to like STALKER, but ultimately I just couldn't get into it. Really didn't find it... : thetangent
      • We should form a support group : uglysad
    • I'm pretty sure STALKER broke when I played it, I was on the mission where you go into the creepy abandon... : Cliffzorz
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  for anyone posting the worst game, you should post what games you actually think are good in the same gen... : kill9
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    But he's not asking for bad games just the worse of the ones we've played recently... : Jonathan
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      that's as stupid as saying YOU'RE MY FAVORITE DAD to your dad as if he could possibly not be. people are... : kill9
      • It's a valid answer to the question he's asking. If your Dad asked if he was your favourite Dad would you... : Jonathan
• Probably not the worst but definitely the most uninspired: Hellgate: London and Conflict: Denied Ops : freak!
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  Two Worlds : gyokuro
  • I loled : shirif
  • Haha, I actually played the demo for a bit, obviously it was very poorly polished for a modern release, b... : rasputinreborn
  • haha, I played completely through the single player, and played probably 10-15+ hours of multiplayer on a... : DinK
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  Frontlines Fuel of War : kill9
  • oh and its not just my least favorite, its a truly awful game. no VOIP (stupid for a MP focused game), h... : kill9
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  STALKER, DMC4, Assassin's Creed. I'd throw Metal Gear up but I didn't really like the last one so it g... : Pettytheft
  • Stalker? Pfft. You make me a sad panda. : lplasmatron
  • All 3 of those games have redeeming qualities, at the very least. You need to play some shittier games. : jingletard
  • wtf? you're doing it wrong. : deject
  • Wow, those are some of my favorite games from the past year or so (DMC4 being passable at the very least,... : carbontree
• Hellgate London and MLB 2K8. UT3 would be decent if it had any sizeable player base. : Head Rush
• Army of Two, SoF: Payback, Beowulf, Kane & Lynch, Iron Man. : jingletard
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  Rainbow Six Vegas 2. What a piece of shit. : stuka
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    ..huh? Not the greatest maybe, but I think this is a solid game. : dirge23
    • I liked it. But the "enemies spawn in your face" effect seemed worse than the first one, unless I just d... : DinK
• Mario and Sonic at the Olympics : zipper76
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  Turok. I want to throat punch somebody for just thinking about this game again. : spiderfill
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    the last one, right.. righttt? : shirif
    • Yep the latest one : spiderfill
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    Yeah... that was like, Timeshift kind of shitty. : crummynz
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      I liked Timeshift quite a bit : shirif
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        So did I, and I bought it for $5 off of gogamer! : CrustaR
        • nice deal. :D : shirif
  • Did you try the MP at all? I don't know how, but it's so much fucking worse than SP. : Head Rush
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  Soldier of Fortune: Payback was better than Prey : Medium Heavy
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    That is to say, I played both of those this year and would put Prey below Soldier of Fortune as the worst... : Medium Heavy
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      Soldier of fortune looked like it was cobbled together in 2 hours, Prey was actually pretty good. It jus... : jingletard
      • Prey's OST was epic : shirif
      • I really enjoyed Prey- old school flavor. Voice acting was shit in key scenes, though, which cheapened th... : Borzoi
      • Prey was the worst FPS I've ever played because there is 0 difficulty. Whoever, in whatever meeting, came... : Medium Heavy
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  AoC after level 40. : dpgagnon
  • Yeah. :( : mittense
  • it is not the worst, but I too got bored pretty fast. : byorn
  • here here, the 40-50 stretch is so goddamn boring. i've been 49 for the past week. : Mikuya
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  CoD4 I could not get in to the game. It seemed like the worst of all worlds. I always felt like I ... : Turd Ferguson
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    It's strange you don't like CoD4 but you like the previous games. Is it really that much of a break from ... : Kazomir
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      CoD4 is nothing like CoD1. It's an okay game but once I reached level 55 I stopped playing. I played CoD1... : cfalcon
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        huh. I spent TONS of time on CoD2 multi and loved it, so I'm not sure what your beef is there. : Kazomir
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          I didn't like most maps, hit indicators, the feel of weapons (except the shotgun :]), and regenerating he... : cfalcon
          • late post - I basically never played TDM, not interested. Search & Destroy and Headquarters was really wh... : Kazomir
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    i just really hate the unlimited enemies. the MP is fun till the 8th airstrike in a row to your face : dantastic
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      I do not mind the airstrikes or choppers because it is bring about the inevitable even quicker. A bunch o... : byorn
      • or there are too many fags on the server : dantastic
  • if you have it for PC you should reinstall and check your ping to 63.208.142.115 As I'm trying to setu... : dedgecko
  • Same here, I also hated the MP with a passion. : Bamii
• hellgate : adsriordan
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  Pixeljunk Monsters : dafugg
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    Encore or regular? : abrasion
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      Regular. I'm a decent gamer but the levels in this thing seem inordinately hard. I think I'm missing some... : dafugg
      • Oh jesus regular is bloody simple compared to encore (and yes, it is hard! however sadly, co-op mode is s... : abrasion
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  GAME 6 : The Lakers : skitzo
  • golf clap : dextius
  • Well played, well played. : magistersmax
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  Metal Gear Online. I seriously cannot find anything positive to say about it. I've also got a massive pos... : Daggoth
  • You know what? I agree. It's like a mix of Coutnerstrike and "WTF CONTROLS". : TastyWheat
  • it actually got worse after i spent two days grinding skills to lvl 2 only to find out they use more slot... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  GTAIV? Oh...worst game, not most overrated game. My bad. : chadg033
  • You're the only rating that counts : EvilDolemite
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  Command and Conquer 3: Kane's Wrath. I'm not sure if I was just desperate for an RTS when C&C3 came ou... : mittense
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    And Dawn of War: Soulstorm. : mittense
    • And The Club, but that's only I found out how very little content there was to unlock after a single play... : mittense
    • it just seemed like a rushed update. not really worth the cash : hamachi
• hellgate london is the first one that comes to mind. uhh...i just played oblivion the other day cause i w... : Modica Sol Solis
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  Bioshock... there I said it. I would start to get drawn into the game and them an enemy would jump out. ... : Grumbeld
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    IAWYTP, 1000% I went in expecting a deep, atmospheric game with an involving story and epic set pieces... : carbontree
    • The problem was that the combat was not good so the game was not enjoyable to play. : Pettytheft
  • An FPS where not only do you NOT fight enemies, but maybe even its better to AVOID them? I wonder... what... : SpaecKow
  • I wouldn't have minded the respawning enemies so much if they didn't get absurdly difficult at later leve... : DerHuhnTeufel
• Neverwinter Nights 2 : VinnieTheSquid
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  Heavenly Sword. As soon as the motion control shit started happening I lost all interest instantly and sa... : bozer
  • You can uninvert the crossbow part and also you can turn off the sixaxis controls. : raija
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  Turok, definitely. Before that it was Hellgate. : Magus
  • turok was really awful. really really awful. : datoo
• probably Iron Man, which hurts a lot. I actually didnt mind the demo but the full game is awful. : pandastrong
• TF2 - 2Fort - 1st round of the current tourney. : AxeMan808
• assassins creed viva pinata : mega man
• Not that it's terrible, but Ninja Gaiden 2 has serious problems. I don't play a lot of bad games, so it'... : Boxelder
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  Insert well reviewed/well received game here for maximum attention getting controversy: _________. : pigvomit
  • MGS4... hated it! : IncursionZ
• Haze. Hands down. : acheron
• Mass Effect. I was stupid to believe I'd actually enjoy a Bioware RPG after I haven't liked any of the o... : snagger
• AoC. I wish I never spent a dime on it. : hirez
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  Asheron's Call. But mostly because it stings the eyes, the game isn't that horrible once you learn what... : fanax
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    They still have the servers up for that? Color me surprised. : Kaerof
    • Yep! I downloaded a trial to give it a try. I had played almost all the other older MMOs from back in th... : fanax
    • AC2 servers were taken down, if I recall correctly. : disposition
• Bioshock : spaceyme
• Halo 3. Maybe GRAW1. : K1Bond007
• Payback was fairly bad. : te[R]ror
• Like "lol embarrasing!" bad? That'd be Alpha Prime. They ripped off FEAR, which ripped off Max Payne, and... : SpaecKow
• Fallout 1 and 2. (because I have to be a fucking bitch like so many others in this thread) : Jackass1233
• It was last year... But Hour of Victory was pretty bad. : SilverSnake
• turok for the 360. lame ass piece of generic fps shooting nonsense : mr.sleepy
• Vampire Rain : two50six
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  I've been playing a lot of classics lately, but I'm finding that these games really don't age well and re... : DrFlammable
  • ?????????????!!!!!!!!!!???????? WHAT???????????????? : mr.sleepy
  • wtf, I think you just dont like games : klearlyunseen
  • haha I get it, username and so on : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Army of Two was laughable. Could not enjoy it even in co-op. Also hated Painkiller. : hoov1185
• Kane and Lynch. I actually thought it was so bad that I wrote to the developers and they sent me a tshirt... : marmite
• I really only played good games recently! lol, I'd never thought I'd say that as I really like bitching a... : melt_core
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  PREY. It's basically everything that's wrong with first person shooters. I did finish it though and I'm... : badspot
  • ... I loved Prey. It was action packed, not repetiive and at the end when you go crazy and start swearing : marmite
  • what... you must not play a lot of games : OrkO
  • you need to justify this in some way : scottythejock
  • So tell us what is wrong with first person shooters that is all in Prey? : melt_core
  • I agree. Except for the finnishing part and the price. Payed the full price because i thought i could not... : [7]kami
  • While it was linear as all hell, if not being able to die (later on) isn't a big plus for a FPS game, I d... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • i never got my replacement copy after that download service went bust, fucking cunts 3dr :( : moshman
  • yeah, it was incredibly boring and stupid. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • I have to ask "how so?" too. I remember it being a pretty straightforward shooter, so do you just hate t... : DinK
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  Starcraft 2. That preview copy they sent out to me just doesn't cut the mustard. : Bonestormm
  • You had me for a second... bastard. : [7]kami
• I played Total Overdose on gametap a few weeks back. That was terrible on many levels. : baron calamity
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  Sid Meier's Railroads. Its a goddamn stupid concept, it should NOT be fun. But I love it, its the most f... : Cliffzorz
  • railroads! was unfortunately buggy, and really simplistic, but the multiplayer is fucking golden for some... : feek
• Crysis and Assassin's Creed. : paravis
• i just played Superman Returns and Tomb Raider Legends at ThomW's this past weekend... those were pretty ... : Korban
• Wipeout Fusion. That game did not feel like Wipeout. If they would just release the original with updated... : ieGod
• Assassins Creed : phate81
• Halo 3 : FormerHPB
• I honestly cvan't remember the last time I played a "bad" game. DJ Max Portable 2 I'm terrible at, but it... : Deathlove
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  the new contra on the DS : oHnOES
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    You gotta explain this one. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      it was way too hard :( i suck at games : oHnOES
      • you just described every single Contra game : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Get a rope. : Omaha
• grid - although it might be fun with a steering wheel... cause its pretty unplayable on a keyboard : deviantpaul
• Assassin's Creed DS: hahaahahaha : tomservo
• probably the ironman demo : feek
• GTA4 and MGS4. Worst games ever. Complete shit. Actually, I've stayed away from shit games lately.... : mrwolf710
• C&C 3. I just cant get into the old style RTS's anymore. Company of Heroes and the like changed me foreve... : kenmis
• I just played through Final Fight 2 on the SNES, and it has not held up nicely. : focusdaily

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• Holy cow : bipolar
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  Wow. That's some massive changes right there. This won't be the same game once they are done with all t... : mrwolf710
  • Aye it sounds really good though : jbury
• dood, if you * K E L L Y R I P A * me with this, i will kill you. this sounds awesome. : Korban
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  It's true, and sounds really badass. Check it out here: http://www.steampowered.com/pyro/?pw=pressprev... : ayesel
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    Ha one of the achievements is to get someone to ragequit! Sweet. Man I love playing pyro and this update... : Lionhart32935
    • Nice to see the updates are still ludicriously implausable without farming. Kill 6 enemies with your axe... : bipolar
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    man, these achievements are a lot better designed and easier than the medic ones : itsjames
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      kill someone with a taunt? easier? what? : Trips
      • there's 5 comparable ones of equal difficulty that basically require someone to help you out in the medic... : itsjames
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        I didn't even know that the hadouken could hurt people. : Arctic Fox
        • yeah, or does it ignite them as well? : focusdaily
    • Yeah these are all WAY easier. Another part that makes it easier than the medic stuff... you don't have t... : lplasmatron
  • also, meet the sniper was a lot better than i was expecting. He's kind of a boring personality in genera... : itsjames
• I am fucking KEEN. : Cliffzorz
• And Turbine is one of the maps? Really? I love that map but everyone and their dog seems to hate it. S... : mrwolf710
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  and Turbine is the other new map! That's great news, been wishing we would see it on some Shack servers.... : bipolar
  • hehe and a free play weekend? nothing like noobs on pubs to pad my stats a bit : bipolar
  • I can't say I'm a huge fan of either Turbine or Fastlane. :( The new unlocks and class tweaks sound aweso... : paroxym
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    Turbine is great. : ieGod
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      honestly! it has vents! : lakren
      • Get out, since when? : ieGod
  • i cant believe it's not awesomeball : feek
  • Yeah, I really have a lot of fun on turbine : megarust32
• those changes sound awesome.... I might have to start playing this again : MikkleThePickle
• that's great, the pyro needed something extra : moshman
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  Wow... that's almost... too much. If that compressed air alt fire works like it sounds, pyros just might... : twifosp
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    im sure it's on a charge and can't be used constantly without some delay? : deviantpaul
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      It better be if it can disrupt an uber. Right now the only thing that can counter an uber is another... : twifosp
      • Possibly. Possibly they've actually tested the maps and changes and have made it so these situations won'... : jbury
      • Possible. But you could just blast them off the bridge with a pyro :) : Nihil ME
      • They're not immortal. The pyro still has to get in there to blast them away. Most likely pyros will now b... : ieGod
      • I didnt get the sense that it is particularly EASY to disrupt an uber with the compressed hot air, but th... : kainen1
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        The problem is you're looking at all of this in the abstract, and you're letting your brain's simulation ... : ayesel
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          lol @ "we can rest assured that Valve of all devs is not going to introduce gravely flawed features into ... : romulan
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            "Nicely balanced" does not mean "perfectly balanced". There are still areas of the game that can be impro... : ayesel
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              TF2 is gravely flawed to begin with. Don't get me wrong, it's fun, but it gets more and more comical wit... : romulan
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                This discussion is beginning to enter "no u" territory, so I'll just say I strongly disagree with that vi... : ayesel
                • Crits, ubers, weapon damage/distance fall off, ctf, absurd achievements, etc. I'm sure a lot of Shackers... : romulan
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        You act like there wasn't a way to do this already. A well timed rocket will separate a medic from his u... : Horn
        • That used to be the case. But not since about 3 patches ago. They changed the way rockets and crits bou... : twifosp
      • It'll still be easier to disrupt an uber with stickies. : Sze Ior
  • To be Honest, they needed to beef up the pyro class. As much as I hate them, they pretty much spawn die o... : hirosushima
• No jet pack which I guess I'm happy about. I can't wait to play around with the air blaster. Any word o... : Horn
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  paging fireman for his expert analysis!! : boomstickah
  • Pyros suck. alias : Arctic Fox
• Pyro is going to pwn j00!!! TF2 might end up being okay! : RyDogg1
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  QQ noob BarbeQueQ: Cause a dominated player to leave the server. ohlololol : boomstickah
  • hahha excellent. : manero
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  So much change, I actually felt the pyro was pretty decently balanced before, at least at what he was des... : nodebug
  • Really, it changes the way pyro can be played. You can still pyro exactly like you did before. : smegmar
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  I would like to know if the pyro is now able to (kind of) rocketjump with this airpushback ? : Nihil ME
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    that would be fucking awesome. : kainen1
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      yeah - consider the possibilities: a few defenders on the C point of Gravelpit, you ignite them with your... : Nihil ME
      • If there is a jump ability I doubt it will be very high; maybe around twice the height of a regular jump.... : ayesel
  • There was some kind of rumor about a Jetpack last night. It made it to the main page but was deleted. I... : smegmar
• jesus christ : feek
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  i'm a little disappointed they picked Fastlane over Redstone. Redstone was gorgeous and played amazing. ... : eeeealmo
  • I think fastlane conforms to Valve's aesthetics a little more than redstone, not sure if that has anythin... : megarust32
• <harry caray voice> hollyy cowww! : manero
• hehe oh christ... people are going to HATE enemy pyros. What about the jetpack? : proclone1
• Wow, those are mega changes - I wonder if the air works on sentry rockets. I look forward to air-jumping... : chazums
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  will the compressed air work on team mates? : marmite
  • No idea, but I'd think that'd be a crazy game mechanic impact if in a bustle the pyro's compressed air bo... : kainen1
• looks like us spies need to lay low for a little while : dark1139
• I think the changes can be good but, im not so sure about the bounce back ability. Do you really wanna bo... : Warmaker
• Achievementbox needs a pool. : pieman
• Guys how do I restart browswer ??? : Omaha
• that's awesome. I'm glad valve are up for making sweeping changes like this. Sometimes it's exactly what ... : aeg1x

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  The last episode of Six Feet Under. : vigilante
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    I just finished Season 4 and I have no desire to watch Season 5. The show really sucked shit these past 2... : pancake humper
    • ok. : vigilante
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      s5 is really really good : fsck
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        I hope so and I hope this bullshit with Lisa would just end :( : pancake humper
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          Just keep watching... : randomjgj
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            I plan on finishing it. Was really surprised the quality dropped like this though. Season 1/2 were prett... : pancake humper
            • I felt like the show declined steadily from season 1 onward, but the finale is totally worth it. : dirge23
    • The last episode is worth watching, finish it off! : MoreVespeneGas
    • I really started dying during season 3. I stopped watching midtway through it. : Pettytheft
• Deadwood Season 1 final episode: "Sold Under Sin" : Dave-A
• I agree with your choice and submit the final episode of the Office to the mix. : gummijoh
• agreed. That episode was awesome : shirif
• last episode of Angel. probably wouldnt stand out so much if they hadn't cancelled it though. HORRIBL... : NeoMoose
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  Battlestar. Adama maneuver, I like tons of other shows, like Twin Peaks, but they are usually about the o... : NastyJack
  • Adama maneuver was fucking amazing : lplasmatron
  • You are more right than anyone can possibly be in this thread. Adama maneuver raised the fucking bar sky ... : dumb.
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    which ep was adama maneuver? : deadfish
    • s3e4 exodus : dfz0r
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  I'm going to say Sunday's Venture Brothers. : Deathlove
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    The Billy Quiz Boy episode? Seriously? : ErikTehRed
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      It was just awesome backstory after awesome backstory after reference after reference after reference. It... : Deathlove
      • It was filled to the brim with references and allusions. It was fucking wonderful! : Modica Sol Solis
• Mr. Rogers at the crayon factory. I think that set my life's course right there. : nurglich
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  24 season 5 episode 1. : mossman85
  • Michelle :( : silent prophet
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  I'm not sure I could pick just one. Maybe one from an individual show: ST:TNG: Tie between The Best of B... : thetangent
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    ST:TNG's The Inner Light is up there as well. : rosewood
    • Oh yeah, that last scene with Picard playing the flute......always tugs at my heart strings. :) : thetangent
    • That's the only episode of ST:TNG I own. Has plot holes but still a perfect episode. Probably should di... : Reavers!
  • Firefly: The entire damned series But yes to Scott Tenerman episode. I made you eat your parents, I ma... : locater16
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  BSG. Guess What's Coming To Dinner? The ending with Felix and the whole episode is just amazing. : hawkeye
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    Also: Doctor Who Season 3 finale. Amazing. : hawkeye
    • hell yes : Dschinghis Khan
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  I stopped watching LOST after the first season.. but, the very first episode was pretty damn good. : jane911
  • you should really start watching again : klearlyunseen
  • FINISH IT! I command you to finish it. From one old-school MMOer to another, finish it. finish it : Modica Sol Solis
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  There are a few The West Wing episodes that were simply amazing. The end of In Excelsis Deo still sends... : rosewood
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    My favorite West Wing episode... well, episodes... are the two parts of "The Tale of Two Gunmen", where e... : riptyde
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      That is an awesome episode too. I didn't say Two Cathedrals because we all know that is one of the best ... : rosewood
      • Two Cathedrals is amazing : alnya
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=efjcrbNcW6s Another great scene (on a lighter note) : riptyde
  • I don't remember entire episodes of The West Wing anymore, but one of my favourite scenes was in the epis : TwiLyght
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    http://kanix.shackspace.com/random/jebb.html I still go back to re-read since it's written so well. It's... : kanix
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHaVUjjH3EI : riptyde
      • i know it's true but it seem amazes me how much is on youtube.. TY! : kanix
    • damn that still gives me chills. sucks to just read it with out seeing how Sheen acted it out but you ge... : kanix
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  Out of Gas, Firefly. T_T : Ebu
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    its tricky to rock a rhyme pick the best episode of Firefly, but that one is up there. : Dave-A
    • I dunno; I think it's only real competition is Objects in Space. And I'm pretty sure I'd include the $3... : cerealSAM2
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  LOST. the 4th episode in season 1 where we find out Locke used to be paralyzed : Flying h4x0r
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    Yeah, that's probably still my favorite revelation of the whole series. : Odoyle
    • the camera work to the chair for the first time was amazing in capturing the emotion of whole thing : kanix
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  Doctor Who - Blink and the Girl in the Fireplace Scrubs - My Screw Up The X-Files - Jose Chung's Fr... : Prozium
  • Blink was an amazingly well written and filmed episode. Loved it. Girl in the fireplace is by far my favo... : Stoned Gargoyle
  • Both those episodes of Doctor Who were amazing, good choices. : hawkeye
  • I am so happy that the writer for that episode is taking over as Executive Producer and Lead Writer in 20... : DarkWolf5
  • Most of the comedy X-Files episodes are great. Can't wait for the movie. :] : cfalcon
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  The Twilight Zone - any episode form the first 3 seasons : MoreVespeneGas
  • To Serve Man is the best It's a cookbook . : cfalcon
• M*A*S*H - Colonel Blake's last episode. This was the first time that a TV show or a movie left me feeling... : Stoned Gargoyle
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  Babylon 5. The finale "Sleeping in Light" is amazing, but "Severed Dreams" is great TV, too. : ConfusedUs
  • I always liked "Comes the Inquisitor" because of Delenn's speech at the end. Not only is it great writin... : elwood00
  • I cried. =( : Altanar
  • The SiL music still makes me sad :( : Beady
  • omg, let's make out. : d fluke
• the office christmas special, and the episode of ER where mark green goes to hawaii. : jujubees
• Like every episode of Band of Brothers. : Turd Ferguson
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  Six Feet Under final episode. : tcxsnoop
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    ^^^^^ This, right here. EOT. : randomjgj
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      yeah how wasnt this mentioned earlier : Luminair
      • Yeah, I fail. twice now : randomjgj
• Into the Fire episode of Anthony Bourdaine No Reservations : arizona bay
• Goooo Oliver! : seven
• "the constant" from LOST was pretty fucking good : oHnOES
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  Sopranos - where Christopher and Pauley hunted the Russian guy. Great episode!!! : Don Vito Corleone
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    One of my favorites, it was like a Farrelly Brothers movie... Directed by Steve Buscemi, too. Appropri... : heartsauce
    • Dude, I'm an idiot. I meant Coen, not Farrelly. At least I got the Brothers right. Goddamn, I love the... : heartsauce
• West Wing - In Excelsis Deo : indosauros
• LOST - The Other 48 Days http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Other_48_Days : tunis5000
• Mythbusters - the Super Sized episode where they tried to do the rocket car full scale and it fucking ble : Schnapple
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  Don't talk the 13th http://youtube.com/watch?v=5L1frIR7MFw : Marauder IIC
  • THIRTEEN! : hardfl1p
  • yeah that was pretty amazing : tunis5000
  • Wow, Dan Vasser really jumped a ways back for that one. : cerealSAM2
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  Lost, BSG, Babylon 5, 3-way tie. : FushigiDenki
  • Oh you said episode, in that case it's The Captain's Hand, BSG Season 2. : FushigiDenki
• Many episodes of The Sopranos qualify, but for me, the series finale was pitch perfect. : WaterSign
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  ST:Voyager, Season 5 - Timeless (100th episode). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeless_(Star_Trek:_Voyag... : spaceyme
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    Really? That was a pretty good episode, but there were a bunch of Voyager episodes that were better. : thetangent
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      no that episode was the shit! : spaceyme
      • I'm glad I'm not the only person who thinks this was the best Voyager episode. : Kentor
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    ^^^This is the best Voyager one and one of the top ten best Star Trek episodes of all time. : invisible_kid
    • Let me justify this statement. #1 It has time travel Time travel has divided a lot of Star Trek fans ... : invisible_kid
• The first time I ever saw Oz. i think it was the first season, not sure which episode. I was scared sh... : industro
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  The 4th season finale of LOST took the top slot recently : eforce98
  • Season 3 finale still blows me away every time I watch it. : mossman85
• pretty much every episode of Arrested Development, Scurbs My Screw Up, My Cake My Fallen Hero; BSG Season... : Dschinghis Khan
• The last episode of the Newhart show. It just pop'd into my head, I couldn't help it. : capt tripps
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  South Park World of Warcraft episode. : zerog83
  • South Park, Guitar Hero episode. : Cliffzorz
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  The Shield S4 finale : mankeroo
  • I just watched this episode tonight.. I am redoing the series thus far in preparation for the final seaso... : Sakashi
• several episodes of BSG are amazing for a tv show : gyokuro
• The Flight of the Century Junkyard Mega Wars. That show was just fucking awesome. Actually, most of t... : magistersmax
• Many of the Top Gear episodes. And BSG Season 3 is so so so so good! I'm working my way to 4 steadily :... : Athlon7
• If I had to choose it would probably be an episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm, though I'm not sure which one... : ErikTehRed
• Southpark Scientology Episode 2 (satire of their own satirical episode) - absoloute GOLD IIRC the one ... : abrasion
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  It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia - Sweet Dee is Dating a Retard is the funniest 30 minutes on TV ever. : skitzo
  • DAY MAN aaaaaaaaAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa : dirge23
• Six Feet Under series finale, Dexter (all of it), Lost (all of it, but specifically The Shape of Things t... : Modica Sol Solis
• Season 2, Episode 1 of Rome. Start to finish, the most intense episode of TV ever. : jimmy-buffett
• Season 3 finale of The Sopranos. Truly magnificent TV. : lookitzpancakes
• I think it was the season two or three finale of Nip/Tuck wrapping up "The Carver" storyline. : zipper76
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  Single most? The Death of Inspector Morse. seriously, Inspector Morse was one of the best shows eve... : deject
  • why is no one recognizing the brilliance of Inspector Morse??? HE IS BETTER THAN YOU : deject
  • I DIDN'T KNOW HE DIED OMG SPOILAR Is it out on DVD? : d fluke
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  The first four seasons of The West Wing. : Rotten Deadite
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    man - sheen spiting god in the church - putting his cigarette out the floor for Mrs. Landringham... am... : seven
    • Cussing God out in Latin : rosewood
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  Cowboy Bebop's Ballad of Fallen Angels blew my mind at the time. I'm sure I've seen others that top it ... : zakazi
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    I was thinking the ep of Paranoia Agent (ep 5 - The Holy Warrior) with the videogame world, and the Monty... : AxeMan808
    • prisoner+Black-Ops guy : AxeMan808
    • Ooh that was a good one. Yeah I remember series of live action shows but animated shows I often remember ... : zakazi
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  Babylon 5 - Severed Dreams !!! : nukewinter
  • End Game almost tops that one. : Sailor of Fortune
• *M*A*S*H* - The one where Henry died. I was so sad :o( : Juno
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  Best "episode" of a tv series is Stargate SG1 Heroes part 1 and 2. Amazingly well written, well acted, in... : thewindcriesmary
  • Window of opportunity begs to differ (season 3) : Demius
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  Sopranos - Pine Barrens : Bean
  • Interior decorator? His apartment looked like shit. : randomposter
• Through the Looking Glass (Lost Season 3 Finale) : GenericRage
• This was the first episode of Top Gear I saw. So awesome. Hammond and the relationship with his car was s : Psigun
• Last episode of season 2 of West Wing. Two Cathedrals. : Freon
• Either the latest BSG episode, or the "Adama maneuver" episode, holy shit was that amazing and with the P : Magus
• Last episode of Season 1 of 24 Last episode of Season 5 of The Shield : EvilDolemite
• The second last episode of Trigun : spiffymc
• Every episode of The Wire... it's one cohesive whole, unlike any other... Arrested Development is close. : heartsauce
• I posted this in a subthread, but The Siege of AR-558 from Deep Space Nine season 7 is the best episode o... : invisible_kid
• Coupling - Nine and a Half Minutes (S4E1) Ok, so not the most amazing but one of the best put togethe... : rosewood
• either any of the AD episodes, Jurassic Bark, or Luck of the Fryrish. : biskits
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  series finale of Twin Peaks. Biggest omg and wtf moments ever : bipolar
  • Shame here. For me TV generally falls into before Twin peaks and after Twin Peaks. I stilltry to work ou... : baron calamity
• Top Gear: Polar Special - they drive to the North Pole. X-Files, Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose - I li... : cerealSAM2
• the simpsons - you only movie twice from season 8 or possibly stargate sg1 - window of opportunity from s... : pyide
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  The Top Gear Aston DB9 vs Eurostar race. The original Big Race. : snagger
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    This is the one for me. It got me excited about a TV show more than I had been in 10 years. : tsuba
    • The drive to Scotland and back got me hooked on Top Gear : rosewood
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  Adama maneuver. Hands down badassery. That was Season 2 Episode 3 or 4 I think. : Wheatloaf
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    pretty sure it was season 3. the episode was exodus part 2 : pyide
    • Yeah that episode is perma-recorded on my Tivo. It's never going away. : djkenohki
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  Lost pilot... : minigomp
  • Amelia Earhart? : cerealSAM2
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  sorry, didnt go through the thread but did this Africa trip happen in the latest season? : holycow
  • series 10, episode 4. : cerealSAM2
• BSG: 33. First episode to a series and one of the best ever. This was simply amazing. Set the tone for ev... : Duffman8369
• Every episode of The Secret Diary of a Call Girl. : fanax
• House season finale. I seriously teared up at the end. : Nixx2004
• Dayman / Nightman : dodob
• I really, really enjoyed the Pushing Daisies pilot. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  The Sheild - last episode of season 5. No other TV program or film has ever had as much impact on me. Th... : marmite
  • Ditto : paravis
• Married... with Children "It's a Bundyful Life" Christmas 2-parter with Sam Kinison : ShoCon
• The X-Files - "Home". The one with the house full of horribly inbred hillbillies : smax
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  Lost - Season 4, the Episode with desmond timetravelling. Holy shit the ending really made me well up :( : Beady
  • followed by what happened to him on the finally it's just crazy. but that show is full of this -- D : kanix
• LOST in the 1st season - the episode where the baby is born. : sonicdeathwalrus
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  The West Wing, season for ep 22. The entire last act is insanely intense. : evildanish
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    which season? : thekidd
    • Heh. Season 4. Not season for. Stupid brain! : evildanish
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  M.A.N.T.I.S. pilot. : Totenjaeger
  • This show was awesome. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Knight Rider: K.I.T.T. vs C.A.R.! omfg : moshman
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    i think it was K.A.R.R. : dirge23
    • fuck, it was indeed. sorry!!!! : moshman
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  Dexter, Dexter and Doakes talking on the boathouse dock : dael
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    That was an intense moment! : trOmblyj
    • Yes, and it was inevitable, a lot of buildup the entire season for that exact moment and it delivered 100... : dael
• Macross/Robotech, Ep 27. : geedeck
• Cowboy Bebop Finale (tech. it's 2 episodes, but whateva) : proclone1
• In recent years: Scrubs - My Fallen Idol is up there http://scrubs.wikia.com/wiki/My_Fallen_Idol T : stonedonkey
• Babylon 5 - the season 3 episodes "Point of no return" and "Severed Dreams" afair, the ones where they gi... : d fluke

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• as short as possible. 3 years max. : pullmyfinger
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  4 years. car should be 1 years take home salary. : radula
  • thats too much, unless you're only making minimum wage. : pullmyfinger
  • I can live with four years, but I barely meet that rule. Lesigh. : dodob
  • I may be crazy, but your rule about a car's price seems awfully high. : action roommate
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    Yeah a little high. I'd be buying a nissan gtr if that were the case =). I usually do 5 year loans, but... : dmaownsyou
    • ok, you americans have half-priced cars! : radula
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      I confused. Are you saying 4 years is too long? : dodob
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        I think he's saying that 4 is fine, but he usually does 5 since he gets a good interest rate. Too much i... : devi| dog
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          I see. So a car really should cost less than one year's salary, right? That's what I thought :( : dodob
          • Yes sorry if that wasn't clear. That is too much. I would say don't spend more than 1/4 of your income o... : dmaownsyou
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            Bear in mind that radula lives in Australia, where the cars are at least twice as expensive (despite the ... : Arctic Fox
            • I'd never pay more than 30,000 for a car and I make definitely more than that, I don't believe in spendin... : abrasion
          • Absolutely. I've heard it advised not to have more than half your gross salary in depreciating assets li... : DinK
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            A car should cost whatever you want it to, for some people their passion is cars so you can't put a price... : arizona bay
            • A bad financial choice isn't negated because you really like what you're buying. Somebody asking what th... : DinK
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              but, a $400 video card costs $400 : boring gegtik
              • Yeah, putting "too much in a depreciating asset" is usually in reference to how much you make in a year, ... : DinK
  • lol, I stick to the 2-4 months range. : Zakko
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  I'd say you should try and figure out: 1. How long will you keep the car 2. Roughly what will it's valu... : SilverSnake
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    Thanks, I more or less get the idea. : dodob
    • Except that a 6 year loan is NOT half paid off in 3 years. It's probably more like a quarter paid off or... : DinK
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  I did 5 years when I bought my car. The length of time is less important than the interest rate. : Zero|DPX
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    5yrs too... my last car payment will be next monday!!! and it took ~4yrs to pay off. car payments will so... : j0nchan
    • Haha, congrats! Yeah, the interest rate is something I also need to keep in mind. : dodob
  • yup I did 5yrs @ 4.49% : Shadowdane
• Any kind of loan? About 15 minutes. : abrasion
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  4 years is good. dont listen to the shack they will tell you to pay off your house and car using cash or... : arizona bay
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    thing about paying with cash is you don't pay the tax : deviantpaul
    • What? Ahh... I'm sure that isn't true. At least in the US. You have to pay Taxes and fees to get the car ... : baron calamity
    • what? i paid cash for my car two months ago and i still paid a ton of tax when i registered my car. : arizona bay
    • maybe you mean interest? : pnkrckjoe
  • I paid for my car and house in $1 bills : gmd
  • I bet you'd be hard pressed to find people with paid-for houses and cars who don't think it's awesome tho... : DinK
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  I generally get the longest loan possible for the lowest interest rate possible. Then pay it off as soon ... : baron calamity
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    If you're attempting this, be sure that there are no penalties for early payment/payoff. : Hiro
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      Ofcourse. I normally get my own loan before i even start car shoping and hammer out those details before ... : baron calamity
      • ya, that was more directed at dodob. : Hiro
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  dobob read this - http://www.fool.com/car/car.htm everything you need to know about selecting and ... : flagg209
  • Thanks all. I've amassed good list of things to consider. : dodob
• Make sure that your warranty is at least as long as your loan. Nothing worse than having an expensive br... : Hiro
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  Just don't be like this guy: http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2873673 : sandcrab
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    It's funny reading that and then looking at the contract picture he posted, where that $40K number is in ... : DinK
    • yeah, the guy was pretty dumb : kgargonmagrix79
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    who pays $35,000 for an altima?!?! : darcspeed
    • That's what the 3.5L costs in Canada :( : TwiLyght

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  use your original remote and lern that fucker : CoRDS
  • The cheap remotes that come with the original televisions rarely have the discrete input buttons - even t... : abrasion
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  NOW I find the discrete input but I can't seem to make unlimited activities and rename them how I like >:... : abrasion
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    It's ok I found it, crysis averted jesus christ someone give me a shot of shut the fuck up in a 9mm forma... : abrasion
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      You might avert some negativity by actually contributing your solution. Preferably using proper grammar... : gakera
      • I am completely tripping shit my gramma is normally orsome gakera, it is orsome. : abrasion
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  Harmony's setup and IR learning and config/IR sharing (or rather lack of) is FUCKING TERRIBLE. It almo... : nudel
  • I have only used this for 2 hours and I can already tell you're completely right, I really like it but it... : abrasion
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    i hate this about "user friendly" software.......it makes me always looking for the obvious "options" tab... : ozfactor
    • Yeah I find the new office absoloutely filthy - I tried to like it but it's not for me, I soon re-instal... : abrasion
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  my only complaint is that it doesnt shut off or turn on ALL of the devices when it's supposed to. and so... : dantastic
  • That just means one of the signals missed the target unit and it's still mid-macro before it can send you... : abrasion
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    I've already found one 'bug' - for all the cleverness that is the menu for this thing, any mistakes it m... : abrasion
    • yeah if i hadnt found that button the remote would have been returned to best buy : dantastic
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      That Help button/menu won't change your config. It's just there for when the state of the devices goes ou... : nudel
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        Ok that completely makes sense so what the fuck is wrong? The individual button menu for the TV itself o... : abrasion
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          It may not be sending the right codes, TBH. Logitech LIE to you about having the right codes for your ... : nudel
          • bed -> beg : nudel
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            The Logitech HAS found the right discrete codes, not only for input but for power on and off, I am eterna... : abrasion
            • EDIT: that was you 2 hours ago,....... lol : abrasion
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              Are the codes on your remote as well, or are they special discrete codes that the original remote won't s... : nudel
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                The codes are only from Logitech, stock remote does not come with the discretes, if it did, Logitech woul... : abrasion
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                  Ok final post I think, I'm about to go to bed. Fuck this shit, I've got it to turn on my TV and now, onc : abrasion
                  • sell cell : abrasion
  • You need to set the device delays. : arhughes
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  How do I make it STOP turning my bloody 360 off when I switch to the PS3?! Never turn things off you bast... : abrasion
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    theres definitely an general option for that. it wont be specific to the device i dont think : dantastic
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      It's a fucking slut, I turned an option I thought was it off, too.... stop shutting shit off Logitech you... : abrasion
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        abrasion, you are cracking me up in this post ahahaha : jenisthebest
        • Your laughter made me laugh, I am an angry man, I just want to smash things and swear a lot. : abrasion
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    its an option in the setup for activities : FrayLo
    • I've found it, but I just found it's not turning my TV on from a fresh start :( I wish it would always se... : abrasion
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  Ok I'm sorry to keep bumping this, likely the last bump but it's fucking me off and starting to make me a... : abrasion
  • See my reply above, "That Help button/menu won't change your config..." : nudel
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    Are you going to turn green and Hulk up? Just relax. Take a break. Come back to it later. I had the sa... : pimpium
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      Considering this was their cheapest model - I'm mostly impressed with it, it's just silly that the softwa... : abrasion
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        Which model did you get? I have the 880. : pimpium
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          I got the mincy faggot balls 525. Purely so I could 'steal' the directinput codes and actually re-progra... : abrasion
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            Re-added TV from scratch, looking better. : abrasion
            • Good luck! : pimpium
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    You probably need to change how the remote turns the tv on and off from using "Power Toggle" to having se... : CapnChaos
    • Done that 4 times, both ways :/ : abrasion

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  Oh, and is the TV series worth watching? : mossman85
  • I'd say give it a shot. Personally, I was hooked by the third episode and now can't wait for the second s... : Marauder IIC
  • no : datoo
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    the answer is: Summer Glau : OrkO
    • Who is much better as a terminator than a lobotamized genius. : kramweil
  • I enjoyed it. Good action, and actually pretty true to the original Terminator "feel". : Hiro
  • yes, was surprisingly good. they could have easily screwed this up so badly but it turned out alright. : dael
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    it's fucking horrible and raped my childhood. seriously. : dewdman
    • ^^ yeah it was terrible : ( : jojomcbobo
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  why didnt that eagle just fly the goddamn ring into mordor : randomposter
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    Because it would have been tempted to use it. Only hobbits have the will to withstand it... mostly. : ifallible
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      why didn't they use a dozen different eagles then, they could trade off why wasnt it a fellowship of E... : Modica Sol Solis
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        or hobbits carrying the eagles? HUH? HUH?!!? : randomposter
        • any combination of eagles and hobbits would work really. eagles on top of hobbits, hobbits on eagles, hal... : Modica Sol Solis
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        The eagles would have been too obvious, flying to Mordor. Saruman's scout ravens would have picked em up... : ifallible
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          eagles + an army, duh. eagles + wizards n shit. eagles > hobbits, period : Modica Sol Solis
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            or hell, any bird could have done it. gandalf can talk to all sorts of animals. any small bird woulda don... : Modica Sol Solis
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              Your missing my original point that they would have succumbed to temptation... : ifallible
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                oh no, a pigeon falls prey to temptation. evil pigeon aaaahhhh : Modica Sol Solis
                • then it will just fly that ring straight to Sauron. : ifallible
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          One eagle flew fuken Gandalf away from Sarumans highly fortified, well defended tower and that hook nosed... : SpaecKow
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            What about the Nine on fucking flying dragon eat your face monsters? How the fuck are they not going to n... : Duffman8369
            • glue horns on its head. : DarkWolf5
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        Because the eagles could only go there once Sauron was dead. The whole Tomb Bombadill thing was a load of... : spdon
        • I am so glad he got cut from the movies. : dirge23
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      Coulda put it in a box and told the eagle it was poop that was so foul that only the flames of mordor cou... : K1Bond007
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        This. : ieGod
        • the ring is both fire and poop resistant : dirge23
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    Sauron had a bunch of range-upgraded goliaths in there : VinnieTheSquid
    • damn those hellfire missles, damn them! : soapland
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  Just think that Skynet did travel back many times but failed every time, but this time (T2) is was filmed... : IncursionZ
  • She killed all their previous terminators by injected cleaning solvents into their break lines... : ifallible
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  Because it can't. I don't know why. : dognose
  • SKYNET IS STUPID : rosewood
• I'll try .... Who is to say it would have been successful? The resistance just would have sent Arnold ... : K1Bond007
• I read an interesting "theory" about it before ( By theory i mean whatever crap the person was trying to ... : fanax
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  I thought it was something about not being able to create a portal "near" the time a previous portal had ... : AxeMan808
  • I suppose the further they go back, and wider they target, the more chance they have of fucking themselve... : scottythejock
  • Skynet wouldn't know where Connor's grandparents were, they only knew vaguely where Sarah Connor lived in... : spdon
• They should just send a Terminator back to like, the civil war, and have him kill John Connor's great-gre... : Vincent Grayson
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  You wanna get anal about time traveling? Sending people back with the intention to change the past would ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Well, yeah, cause if SkyNet stopped them in the past, there would be no need to send anyone to the past t... : AxeMan808
• Why couldn't that Hobbit who was always glaring at Frodo and working in his yard take the ring to Mordor?... : whistletits

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• Congrats! Got mine in Feb with a new HDTV and it has been a blast so far :) A friend got MGS4 and we play... : eforce98
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  Uncharted is slowly growing on me, it seemed very generic initially but I'm slowly getting more into it, ... : abrasion
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    Uncharted is a great game. Nice storyline. It has its problems (3 shots to kill a guy with a pistol but I... : prime8
    • Your post is so goddamn truth, I'm only 2 hours in and I totally noticed that. Also I miss GTA's lock ... : abrasion
    • I didn't care much for the story, but it's probably the most fun TPS since Max Payne 2. : Frank_Mackey
  • Uncharted is the first game that really made me appreciate it once it was over. When I was playing it, I... : treefingers1
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  You have a 360 also? Comparison of heat/noise output of the two? I have a Halo edition 360 (that was ... : Ebu
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    The PS3 is much quieter. Compared to the 360 it seems like it barely makes any noise at all. However, the... : mmt681
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      The PS3 is quieter because it has a slower spinning drive. It's slow enough that it installs data to the... : grendel
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        the fans on 360 are still loud as hell thoguh : Chandler55
        • The new delta fans are loud in the new models with the 'quiet' lol drive however the old models have a qu... : abrasion
      • that is all true however, I definitely prefer PS3's way which ends up being much quieter... whereas I ... : KePoW
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    JUST TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP STUPID SHIT, WHY NOT TURN YOUR SPEAKERS UP, YOU'RE USING IT WRONG IF YOU CAN H... : abrasion
    • Whoa. Reading this port hurt my ears. Weird. : dpgagnon
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      Turn up the bass and stick your dick in that woofer's hole PLEASURE COUNTRY : endonexus
      • Just for you I added "RME" after 11 on the volume chain in a project here. : dafugg
    • Mass Effect proves you wrong. : ieGod
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    My 360 is significantly louder than the PS3 60GB. the PS3 is near silent, in comparison. More quiet tha... : jimmy_legs
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      As a PS3 defender, I do have to be honest with you guys and say I finally got the PS3 to make some noise,... : abrasion
      • I am all about the games, not the system. :D One of my pals says his PS3 really revs up when he keeps i... : jimmy_legs
      • my 60gb takes about 30mins to an hour of serious usage before the fans kick in. Once they do it's about a... : Prozium
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        My PS3 is much louder than my 360 after about an hour of watching a movie (bluray or dvd same result). It... : Jabby
        • Send it back to Sony. : abrasion
    • After spending over 26 hours with Mass Effect on the 360 with the constant whirring in the background, I ... : ieGod
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    Gr.. I just played at a friend's house with a non-HDMI 360 from late 06, and the thing was pretty much si... : xsoulbrothax
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      How is that possible, is his modified? The modified ones can do 8x reading or something instead of 12. ... : abrasion
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        I'm fairly certain that they have several companies manufacturing the dvd drive much like the original Xb... : Wombat Woo
        • Yeah and I researched my absoloute testicles off to be sure I got the QUIET ONE - the Benq - and it's sti... : abrasion
      • yeah, it's a stock drive. he bought his during the Micro Center $100 rebate sale, same time another frien... : xsoulbrothax
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    Oh, and what's the final word on the 40gb PS3's die shrink? Rumor run rampant or confirmed? : Ebu
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      I never did hear if that was confirmed. : abrasion
      • I think so, the 40gb ones have a 65nm processor, but no GPU shrink yet ... 45nm processor due next yesr ... : jcupitt
• I've got both the 360 and the PS3 going through 2 12in Cerwin Vegas so I don't hear a difference : eforce98
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  Transformers on Blu Ray made me mess myself.... buy it. : Vincenoir
  • It's not out on BluRay in the states yet. : pimpium

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  You've been bitten by snakes? wow - over here, you don't go NEAR snakes, ever - not that you see many in ... : abrasion
  • yea it sounds crazy out there, I probably wouldn't have survived childhood ;) I've always loved messin... : MagicWishMonkey
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    mess with snakes here and die, fucking red belly black snakes all around my area. And id actually argue t... : thewindcriesmary
    • damn, just looked that up on wikipedia... crazy : MagicWishMonkey
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      It's really funny. In North America, if I see a fat 2m black snake it's absolutely nothing to be afraid o... : Gonzo
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        PS. What's tomorrow like? Have they invented flying cars yet? : Gonzo
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          We just reinvented the wheel after a 1000 year dark age, we're back on track! : thewindcriesmary
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            good thing we could download the plans from wikipedia : aeg1x
            • Show us this, the wheel! : thewindcriesmary
    • In the US venomous snakes are rare compared to non venomous snakes, and they are easy as hell to tell apa... : Turd Ferguson
  • That's because poisonous critters love Australia. : Arcanum
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  http://www.rattlesnakebite.org/rattlesnakepics.htm Ya no thanks.... : IncursionZ
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    good anatomy ref that first pic *puke* : shika.art
    • seriously that's crazy : aeg1x
    • Did you read it? His arm was open like that for like 30 days because of the swelling. That must have ... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • Don't anyone else look at that; it's disgusting. : cerealSAM2
  • Damn, that guy was only 13 at the time. What a tough little snot. : lyme
  • jebus fucking christ, I've almost stepped on rattlesnakes so many times. : datoo
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    fuck! I cant sleep so I hop on the shack for 5 minutes to try and clear my mind and this is what i find : mega man
    • here you go http://www.brownreclusespider.org/eating-spider-while-asleep.htm : mossman85
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  My mother was attacked by 10-12 alabama black snakes once, it was awful. : gmd
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    I can imagine her screams. : Turd Ferguson
    • it almost sounded like she was enjoying it, I locked myself in my room. : gmd
  • The only plausible place I can think of for being attacked by 10-12 snakes at once is on a plane. : magistersmax
  • ok.. enough tentacle porn for now : finalthrill
• I've been bitten a few times. My brother used to keep a lot of snakes and a couple were a bit jumpy. I'... : magistersmax
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  venomous, sir. not poisonous. : reverend~heresy
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    What would the difference be? Wouldn't venom be considered a form of poison? : dumb.
    • you'll never be a pedant with that attitude : aeg1x
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      poison in ingested. venom is injected. you can drink rattlesnake venom all day long. : Razputin
      • I can?!! Finally! : dumb.
      • Nice, I didn't know that. Thanks! : GodZilly
      • That Sledge Hammer episode was a LIE!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • Ah, thanks. : MaJeStu
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        ASSUMING you don't have any ulcers or sores in your mouth that could absorb poison. Like if you goto thai... : deadfish
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          You drink cobra venom there? What the hell o.O : jbury
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            Dude you don't wanna know what you drink at the blue oyster bar. : abrasion
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              Thats sounds like a gaybar. I can only guess what they drink at gaybars :( "excuse me, do you have sem... : jbury
              • You're so young or something :( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTJMerul33E : abrasion
      • wow, yuk : abrasion
• http://www.comedycentral.com/videos/index.jhtml?videoId=163564&title=snakebite : skitzo
• I used to play with snakes as a kid, and kill copperheads with rocks and sticks and shit when I was sub-1... : .ka`boom.zZz.
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  Shit, no. Texas has more venomous snakes and lizards than any other US state. I don't go NEAR the fucke... : EvilDolemite
  • there aren't that many in East Texas, West/South Texas is a different story : MagicWishMonkey
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  If I had an inoperable brain tumor, snake bite might be a good way to end it. : FushigiDenki
  • i'd infiltrate nasa's shuttle and demand to fly into space or i'll kill the crew :( : reverend~heresy