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  explains why Ace of Spades wasn't in the GH3 DLC : shavenewok
  • how is that? the record co. has an exclusivity deal? : RikiTiki2
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    It already was in one of the GH games. : OmegaRed59
    • in 2 of them : -=kodiak=-
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  Chop Suey! should be interesting to sing : Dave-A
  • System of a down! I need to buy all these games now if they are going to get them... : OmegaRed59
• crap. i was hoping for blood sugar sex magik DLC : pyide
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  Well I have a raging hard on now, thank you. : rosewood
  • yeah, all of those songs are pretty good. can't wait to see the full list. : pyide
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    You know what would be the fucking tits in Rock Band 2? Get the original RB songs, not just DLC in RB ... : rosewood
    • i too would do this : Deathlove
    • I had a discussion with a friend of mine today about this. Swapping discs out will suck. : Agrona
    • Yes please. : DOOManiac
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  Sub-thread poll: What's the one song you absolutely HAVE to have to turn this into a must-buy? For me i... : kallanta
  • Nine Inch Nails - 1,000,000. : cptn.peachfuzz
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    Tool - Vicarious Tool - Forty Six and Two Tool - The Grudge Tool - FUCKING ANYTHING CHRIST ALMIGHTY : Shivawn
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      Tool - Vicarious Yup, this is it. : GodZilly
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        I actually got a chance to talk to Maynard about this when rock band was announced. The other band member... : ryuuseki
        • HAY GUYS I TALKED TO MAYNARD JAMES KEENAN! : zerog83
        • But they've already put their music in movies (see escape from LA soundtrack) this disheartens me a bi : flagg209
  • Tenacious D - Beelzeboss from the Pick of Destiny. : Duffman8369
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    nofx - the decline, haw. no songs in particular, but i'd really like to see something from led zeppeli... : pyide
    • more muse wouldn't hurt either. hysteria rocks but it's not enough. : pyide
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      Imagine singing The Decline? I'm pretty sure I couldn't do it. : Head Rush
      • Meaning the 18 minute long single. : Head Rush
      • Wouldn't be too hard, I already know all of the words. : Ctrl-Phreak
    • Four instruments to cover an Arcade Fire song would be a travesty. : Majuju
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    Ace of Base *.* : rosewood
    • haha : pigvomit
  • Anything by Modest mouse would leave my penis large and happy :) : Malku
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    I'll buy RB2 no question. I'd kill to have a ton more Muse, some Zepplin, Pink Floyd, more Radiohead, ... : Vincent Grayson
    • ^^ This post is my post too. : DOOManiac
    • My friend hacked Tetragrammaton into GH2, I almost fell asleep watching him play it. : vov1n
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    white zombie - more human than human, hell any white/rob zombie...i dont think there is any in RB right ... : chaosbot
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      Nope. Superbeast would be awesome fun too... : DOOManiac
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        Dragula would be the best choice imo superbeast owns as well. there are plenty of songs from La Sexor... : -=kodiak=-
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          Astrocreep 2000 : r3dn3ck
          • thank you! i was too lazy to look in my music directory lol : -=kodiak=-
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    KMFDM - Godlike : -=kodiak=-
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      didn't expect to see that. "please don't go there" : dignan
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        are you honestly telling me that KMFDM - Godlike (orange naive album version) or even A Drug Against War ... : -=kodiak=-
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          dude... i was quoting lyrics from the song.... btw, just saw this on hulu, http://www.hulu.com/watch/2... : dignan
          • i was pleasantly surprised to see the song listed... i love the track : dignan
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            lol yea, me being me.. nothing new.. would be great to see that interview if hulu wasnt a steaming pil... : -=kodiak=-
            • ah HA, thank you web proxy. stupid "you are in canada! lol we no show you shit!" bullshit. : -=kodiak=-
  • Buddy Holly - That'll be the day :) or if looking for a more modern answer.. Pantera - Cemetary Gat... : GrimmyD
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    Why is Jimmy Eat World taking so long to get on these games? Sheesh. : pwnage1232
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      Goodbye Sky Harbor? : Hyper-r3v
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        A lot of shit from Clarity and Bleed American pls : pwnage1232
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          I'm so entirely in on this Jimmy subthread. I vote for Chase This Light, Dizzy, Work, A Praise Chorus, a... : snagger
          • yes, a praise chorus. i've been hoping for that since RB came out. : robbomc
  • Anything from Tool or Pearl Jam. : razlebol
  • Paranoid Android would make it a must-buy for me, even at $200 : MikkleThePickle
  • incubus, green day... tenacious d - tribute. : chilln
  • DevilDriver - I Could Care Less DevilDriver - Clouds of California DevilDriver - These Fighting Words ... : NFXFSX
  • Any good Dave songs. They'd be a fucking blast to sing, and you'd always get 100% no matter how badly yo... : Head Rush
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    Anything by Rammstein or A Perfect Circle : marmite
    • also Korn, 36 Crazyfists and more Muse. : marmite
  • Queens of the Stone Age - Song For The Dead Pearl Jam - Alive Primus - Jerry Was A Racecar Driver Lenn... : CrabsJarrard
  • more funky bass songs. screw you guitars : RikiTiki2
  • They Might Be Giants - Doctor Worm (or any other TMBG song, really) : BlackCat9
  • Rammstein. Any of it. : node
• Journey packs, here we come! : Serpico74
• <3 : pwnage1232
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  Looks like they are copying the rock band store format, which is a very good thing. Maybe they'll update ... : aggressor
  • Yeah. I hope they let you sort by date of DLC release. That way if you haven't been on in a month or two ... : DOOManiac
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  we still dont have rock band 1 here yet if ever : CoRDS
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    Latest is "december". w.t.f. : batkiwi
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      i'm seriously beginning to doubt we will get it at all : shavenewok
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        it's like they're willing to just say "fuck it" to europe and concede that part of the world to GH, and j... : Daggoth
        • They'll probably just skip straight to number 2 : chazums
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    You guys deserve Australia only AC/DC DLC, everyone else would envy you. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • havent they been writing the same song for 20 years? that shit would bore me to tears more than guitar... : -=kodiak=-
• Guaranteed purchase now: Foo Fighters - Everlong : Sylvanus
• Well that looks like a good list of songs to start. : FormerHPB
• System of a Down - Chop Suey! sonofabitch now I have to buy it. : chazums
• Haven't they already announced the official setlist for RB2, all of it? Yeah... http://www.rockband.c... : xsoulbrothax

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• I'm looking at a picture of it on the Internet right now so it must be. : SockMonkeh
• ..Well it's happening right there. : JimRune
• It is possible. The center of gravity of the ruler-hammer-string system is directly below the one centim... : TroZ
• Center of gravity is 'on the table', so yes, totally possible if the ruler is stiff enough : FiReaNG3L
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  What! no way.. I have to try this : Reeves
  • Tell us how it goes. : mallfouf
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  looks possible to me : eeeealmo
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    Yeah it's totally legit... I think part of it is the angle of the shot looks kind of deceptive, the head ... : skizl
    • ^^ : Foxhawk
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  I understand the point about center of gravity, but all i can envision is the torque being applied to the... : RikiTiki2
  • the center of gravity is the lowest point at which there is no torque if the object is suspended from tha... : TroZ
  • The angle of the shot is deceptive. The head of the hammer, which probably contains over 80% off the wei... : twifosp
  • 1. the center of gravity is WAY to the left 2. Look, the hammer handle is TOUCHING the ruler, bending it... : batkiwi
• http://oatmela1.shackspace.com/funnycats/funny-pictures-where-your-dog-cat.jpg : oatmela
• Looks like it would work. : nevicata
• physics! : fsck
• Don't think of it as the ruler balancing, think of it as the hammer pulling the ruler down taught. : twifosp
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  This is bugging me because no matter how I think about it, the torque of the hammer pulling down on the r... : Nighteyes
  • the key is that the hammer also provides a counter-clockwise torque on the ruler (bending it upward). Th... : YamatoTwinkie
• I am trying that when I get home, and I'll report back. : ColoradoCNC
• I don't see how it wouldn't be : AbortedFetusChristi
• Ruler's glued to the table. : Jumperus
• So what's the verdict on this? : DooBall
• God is holding up the other end of the ruler : Magus
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  Again and again, I have to show the lights to you all people. Ok, just for reference, I am a post doc in ... : mem
  • what. : ant321
  • Deja vu. : Nixx2004
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    I just drew a stick figure - wrote your name on it - cut out the shape - stuck it to the door - and punch... : seven
    • excellent : dromo5
  • get laid. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • I hope this gets you laid. : massdev
  • I feel stupid now. Thanks. I'll just pretend I can't read your post because I'm too tired. : ArtilleryMarker
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    Someone needs to make this a bannable offense right now. : Kentor
    • Yes, I am sick of having my limited intelligence insulted not sarcasm : Malku
  • you... you just pasted "hammer and the ruler" into... what? : Cliffzorz
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    its ground not groud thanks : fletch_
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      Yeah, he's pretty fuckin' dumb, right there. : Super Sparker
      • What a moran : rosewood
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    wtf is a thermodynamics aeronautics engineer? Heat exchange in the realm of flight? : sixfoot6
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SR-71#Fuselage : YamatoTwinkie
  • oh yeah you're such a dirty girl : Magus
  • that the wind resistance lol : Downforce
  • I'm calling shenanigans. : Q-ball
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    People realize that this is gibberish right? : Duffman8369
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      yeah but none of us could have even written the gibberish : [fry]
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        Rockwell Automation Retroincabulator. Anyone can do it. : Duffman8369
        • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pb7OWlVYYRw The link would help. : Duffman8369
  • dude you talk like carmack. none of it is decipherable but it is somehow grammatically correct... i think... : but why
  • lol thats some made up shit right there son : hobosapien
  • HE SPEAKS CARMACKIAN! : [7]kami
  • "Mr. Madison, what you've just said is one of the most insanely idiotic things I have ever heard. At no p... : ShoCon
  • I love it when you talk dirty to me! : Bamii
  • hmm! sorta kinda makes sense. : Pacalon
  • They are waiting for you, mem, in the TEST CHAMBER! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I love lamp? : VuduChild
    • i love you too : acidravelamp
  • I'm guessing they don't grade Thermodynamic Aeronautics Engineers on spelling... : heartsauce
• NOT possible : gyokuro
• Center-O-gravity is at the end of the ruler. The hammer is what shifted it from the center of the ruler ... : slambast
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0Qu8cibT9I : IcomeINpeace
  • Nice find. : Nixx2004
  • I was all "wooooo" watching that - totally sweet. Good find. : seven
  • that original picture didn't show the hammer head very well under the table. It was all weird perspective... : gyokuro
  • ok, i see it now : RikiTiki2
  • oh man... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29uNiSSdon8&feature=related DOG T-SHIRT - check HORRIBL... : fatman
  • thanks : SlamDunk
  • what's the name of the song in the video>? : mista mista
  • you fucking sorcerors. God will destroy you : jackalope
  • awesome : sanchez
  • Here's another cool one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox9lVZitxPc&feature=related : Maddog_Delphi97
• totally made me LOL now. : Skoal^Fyfan
• I don't see why it wouldn't be possible... the center of gravity is right underneath the edge of the tabl... : DrWaffles
• I've done this. I thought this was something kids did. I guess not! : ArB
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  I used to have a hammer like that. It was awesome. Fuck I miss it =( : Agrona
  • you used to have a magic hammer wut : Juno
• Help Smokey Prevent Wildfires! : marmite
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=29uNiSSdon8&fmt=18 : SlamDunk
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  What does that have to do with God? : theghostofsmdever
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    Apparently he is not present in this picture. : Lightbulb
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      god == gravity! maybe he is in the centre of the universe? : radula
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        This idea scares and confuses me. : Lightbulb
        • a little bit in everyone, binds us all together, it all makes sense now! : radula
• only who can prevent forest fires? : Dravenport

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• booooo :( : razlebol
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  I like their goal! Goal: Make the Heavy more viable when he has no Medic to pair with. : RikiTiki2
  • I like it too. Because as a heavy you're just waiting to die if you use your minigun out in the open with... : boomstickah
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    I can't wait to see what they add to solve this. I can't really think of anything. Seems like you'd have ... : Geoffrois
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      well, if you read the post by walker that's the 1st constraint: It shouldn't have a cumulative effect whe : RikiTiki2
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        That's what I meant. How do you make it non-cumulative? You have to either make it stop when you start ge... : Geoffrois
        • Dubious, but might do it: reduce his total health(!) when using the item, meaning less over-heal as well.... : Fayk
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  I find the heavy to be brutal even without a medic as long as he hugs walls and or health and knows when ... : Warmaker
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    Play with any good spies/snipers lately? A good sniper can make playing heavy no fun. : boomstickah
    • I don't have a problem with spies, but a good sniper can be a pain. However, i say working as intended on... : Warmaker
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  ENGINEER'S WILL NOT STAND FOR THIS : eeeealmo
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    yeah, they really need some love. The turrets are barely used in many hardcore matches. : byorn
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      Because they are liabilities and pretty much at best a chain link fence. Just there to slow you down, no... : twifosp
      • except on ctf_well :) : Fayk
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    I can't wait for the engineer unlockables even though I don't really play the class. I am curious about w... : razlebol
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      Remote control over enemy buildings. Turn an enemy turret against him. >:D Cannot move while using the ... : Nighteyes
      • I actually hope for a "turn enemy turret against them" sapper for the spy. Because it could be a lot of f... : Geoffrois
    • a moving punch sentry : dodob
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    Imagine being able to build a sentry on top of a regular sentry, taking it to LEVEL SIX. : hardfl1p
    • And one ubered demo would probably still blow it up. Fuckin' demomen. : lplasmatron
  • This aggression will not stand man. : deject
• great! The heavy has been a bit limited. : byorn
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  I'd leave the heavy a lone and work on engineer.... the heavy is pretty balanced as it is and its pretty ... : twifosp
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    yes, but a heavy without a good medic doesn't fare near as well : RikiTiki2
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      That's the price you pay for turning into the force it is when a heavy does have a dedicated medic. It's... : twifosp
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        There are plenty of other classes that benefit as much if not more with a Medic attachment, like Pyro or ... : Modica Sol Solis
        • H/Ms are by no means the best uber partners (unless the objective is merely to hold ground, or gain ~10 y... : YamatoTwinkie
      • but it sucks if you love playing heavy and only heavy and no one on your team even touches medic : RikiTiki2
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  Whattt??? The Engineer should be next. : Durandal07
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    I get the feeling the Engineer might end up being last as a final means of balancing the grande scale. : WhiteHatVeteran
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      And the fact that they are over-played. They seem to have focused more on classes that people tend to avo... : lplasmatron
      • Actually someone did mention that they did Medic first because they were underplayed didn't they? Consi... : WhiteHatVeteran
  • yeah he should : megarust32
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    Engineer is the most played class, isn't it? : Modica Sol Solis
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      Yes. Well, until the pyro patch. But that kinda skewed the stats. http://www.steampowered.com/status/tf2... : lplasmatron
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        Yeah but the pyro is a lot more useful now. : Nighteyes
        • Wasn't saying it's not. I love the Pyro, it's way way more practical now to play than it was before. I'm ... : lplasmatron
  • sentrys need fixed, im sick of cowards hiding behind sentrys with their spanner. : chilln
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  Not surprised, Heavies are really under played. : lplasmatron
  • Its my favorite class! : Lightzout
  • Not really, plus being good against Pyros has given them a resurgence. : chazums
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  WOOOHOOO : vile
  • Hey there buddy. ;D : DOOManiac
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  Hey, the Bofors for accurate long-range high-damage fire (with no spin-up needed) would make a HUGE chang... : AxeMan808
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    If they turned the Heavy into a semi-mobile artillery cannon, that would be so awesome. Long recharge but... : Modica Sol Solis
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      you mean like a soldier just without the rocket travel time? : AbortedFetusChristi
      • :D fuck soldiers! : Modica Sol Solis
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      nah it'd be more small splash damage, relatively high damage per shell, low capacity, and low ROF, but no... : deject
      • so he'll have a railgun? : RikiTiki2
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  unlockable 1: Momentum Gloves. does only 50% damage of normal fists at first. once you have killed someo... : AbortedFetusChristi
  • not effective as a smoke bomb what : Downforce
  • How often do Heavies even get headshots? : Modica Sol Solis
  • those would be the lamest most underwhelming unlocks ever. : proclone1
• thats really awesome. I'm going to spend some time on this. : hirez
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  this is ok, but I would have preferred a spy or engie fix. they need more help. : ]pm[chem
  • I don't think the Spy needs fixing/balancing so much as it's the only class I play and I want shiny new t... : Moonbase Commander
• I honestly thought this would be one of the last ones to get put in, I'm excited! : devi| dog
• Trivia: Bofors is a weapons manufacturer in Sweden. :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bofors : SilverSnake
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  quick sprint / charge button please. : VuduChild
  • Put the heavy on roller blades. Use the chaingun as a means of slow build up thrust.... : twifosp
• how about the ability to change ammo to health and vice versa. Or a weapon with no ammo but an overhea... : marmite
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  big question about unlocks: how do i get the upgraded pyro flamethrower? I see tons of people using it no... : festivalman
  • You unlock them by getting pyro achievements. : SilverSnake
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    Go and look at your achievements list, and change the dropdown to 'Pyro Achievements'. Each 'Milestone' a... : Arctic Fox
    • ok cool thanks. : festivalman
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  are achievements stored server side? I just formatted my computer and didn't back up my steam folder will... : marmite
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    Yeah they're locked to your account. That's why you can browse them in steam profile etc. : aeg1x
    • phew!! Steamcloud is gonna be awesome. : marmite

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• msg cpt_gloval if he doesn't respond soon. as far as I know he's our resident ska geek. : Degenerate
• Yeah I always wondered where Ska went. Was always so happy and upbeat. Then this emo nerd rage shit cam... : Nighteyes
• You mean the stuff that was coming out of Jamaica in the 60s, right? >:( : filtersweep
• because ska is about as diverse and engaging as reggae. : seven
• Probably went into hiding for shame of the massive amounts of god damn awful ska that came out : snuff
• Bands ran out of words to put "ska" into for their names. : Deathlove
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  not really ska, but rancid and less than jake are touring this summer! : FrayLo
  • so are the bosstones : Deathlove
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    They have definitely lost their roots. I saw less than jake around 2-3 years ago and it was pretty sad. N... : hirosushima
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      hello rockview was one of my favorite cds of theirs, that and losing streak http://youtube.com/watch?v... : FrayLo
      • http://youtube.com/watch?v=IIHTiblafps -> : dopeman
    • i saw them last year and they played a bunch of songs from their old albums, but it sucked because i show... : dopeman
  • AGGROLITES are doing warped tour. : cpt_gloval
  • I still love LTJ, saw them a few weeks ago and it was a fucking awesome gig. : node
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  SOME OF THE BEST SKA EVER -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rCqZW7xHm_Q : Skoal^Fyfan
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    ALSO -----> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Htt80NrHcBg : Skoal^Fyfan
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      I was gonna post http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28TeUbYvXS0 : sigpro
      • o.O...very nice! Specials - Gangster is choice too! : Skoal^Fyfan
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ITJ7ypOIz20 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcU9ynjUXqs : MKCluney
  • i see your selecter and raise you a dekker http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2aRfqp1sY : cpt_gloval
  • No horns = worthless : Mad Brahmin Disease
• the more people in a band ... the more people have to be paid out of the profits of the band. Basical... : Nation
• Big D and The Kids Table - STRICTLY RUDE : Normality
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  Warsaw is pretty good. Bunch of samples on their various websites. http://www.myspace.com/warsawpoland... : Nixx2004
  • Some here too: http://www.youtube.com/user/WarsawPolandBros http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZFJw-cAAc8... : Nixx2004
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  Street Light Manifesto. Very large horn section. Saw them live recently, good stuff. : Duffman8369
  • Lead is the same as Catch 22. They were from Jersey... I miss home, saw Catch 22 live once and it was ... : heartsauce
• I always liked Madness. But then I never listened to much ska. : DrZettl
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  Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings!!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ouI5KcyHfE : Borzoi
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    not ska, but what a horn section! (not to mention Miss Jones) : Borzoi
    • pretty sure the dap kings were winehouses backing band for 6 tracks on her back to black album including ... : shavenewok
• can i be impartial, and just post two youtube links to long island ska bands (who were good) The Scof... : bosst0ne
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  some stuff i dig: Natalie Wouldn't http://www.myspace.com/nataliewouldnt Tim Armstrong - A Poet's Life ... : cpt_gloval
  • oh and it's always nice to fall back on some Jackie Mittoo Studio One instrumentals. : cpt_gloval
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  Planet Smashers, Big D and the Kids Table, MU330, The Toasters, The Slackers, Age of Insects, Catch 22, ... : Anti_dentite
  • Johnny Socko is still around? They were amazing live : ctlaltl33t
• Thanks guys, some faith is restored. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Ska was forever ruined for me by the Pietasters and Drop Kick Murphys. : devi| dog
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    What? I say again, What? Drop Kick Murphys are nowhere near ska. Not even close. : Duffman8369
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      fuck sorry, I meant mustard plug, not sure how I made that cross association. : D : devi| dog
      • Good save. The Pietasters are terrible, i agree. : Duffman8369
      • I used to always confuse Dropkick Murphys for Murphy's Law.. but that's understandable : snuff
• Check out Catch-22 : Sirus2400
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  big d, streetlight and voodoo glowskulls are my three favourite current ska bands. : re4ctor
  • VGS are still around? Damn. : MacemanInTW
• I had a conversation with my friend recently. It was such an enertaining form of music, but it just kinda... : ColoradoCNC
• There was an awesome documentary on the history of Dub on CBC the other day: http://www.cbc.ca/radio2/... : Fred Garvin
• Streetlight Manifesto : disposition
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  Is Reel Big Fish still alive? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I saw them once. Very good show. : drucifer
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      Agreed, saw them live, too. In a really small venue, it was kickass. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        yeah, they played with Goldfinger in the Crouching Fish Hidden Finger Tour. : drucifer
        • i've seen them almost everytime they have toured here, they always put on a great show : shavenewok
• Before they became the idol goddesses of the otaku community, Oreskaband fucking brought the house down i... : snagger
• I miss seeing Murphys Law live back in the 80s :( : Ulfie

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  The last half of 25 and most of 26 was such an period for me. I look back on it with utter disgust a... : kallanta
  • Grats on the end of a tough ride. There's always something to work towards :) : GrimmyD
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    So... without video games, you would be dead. Congrats! : skitzo
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      Without videogames, a lot of things in that sordid tale wouldn't have happened, good and bad... : kallanta
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        True, it's kinda like they lead you into the darkness, and they lead you out. Also, screw that first chi... : skitzo
        • 2 and a half years is 2 years and 3 months longer than any relationship I'd had before, so I'm still in n... : kallanta
  • my glass is hoisted because i haven't been celibate by choice for 16 months and still haven't gotten laid : FrayLo
  • :) Glad to hear things are looking up for you ! By next year, you probably will be better off than me! Wi : Githyanki
  • Congratulatations sir. *hoist* : Cliffzorz
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    Holy shit! I remembered your posts about moving to Seattle and desperately seeking work (a friend of mine : Bold
    • The desire to drink to excess is strictly reserved for awesome-time. The way I interpret it, in that ins... : kallanta
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    Congratulations on successfully not dying for another 365 consecutive days! : Bean
    • Also, you need to tell us how you got the Valve job, or link me to where you told us already, if you did.... : Bean
  • This was a great story. I'm moving 1,000 miles away from anyone I've ever known to Pittsburgh tomorrow to... : Duffman8369
  • Congrats! Glad things worked out, and that you're coping well with the fact that you're an old man! Tha... : ejectorpod
  • You should make a film out of that or write a book about it. But good to hear its working out for you ... : peetabix01
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    great life story. i'm glad everything worked out for you at the end. : gdestiny
    • The end, WTF? He's not on his deathbed. Oh wait, I just read the username. Sorry Kallanta, I think h... : ejectorpod
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      ...at the end? ...ruh roh... : kallanta
      • heh. i meant the end of the *LATEST* chapter in the great book of life. : gdestiny
  • Whoa, holy shit. I'll remember this the next time I feel like I can't crawl out of a hole. Thanks for s... : Ovate
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    Damn that story makes me happy. Especially since I can relate to so much of it. Except the Valve Softwa... : dognose
    • True story: I've also lost 25 lbs since I moved up here. Not kidding at all. JUST found out. : kallanta
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    crazy! well done on seeing through the tough times and not becoming a junkie or something. : Smellsy
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      Honestly, I couldn't have afforded to become a junke. : kallanta
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        as long as you have hands and a mouth, you can afford to be a junkie : Modica Sol Solis
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          i mean, you beat people off and suck them off for drugs : Modica Sol Solis
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            I do? No I think you have me confused with... you. =) : kallanta
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              as a junkie thats what you would do! so you coulda been a junkie, that's all im sayin : Modica Sol Solis
              • And I'm just fuckin' with ya for drugs. : kallanta
• Happy Birthday! :D : GrimmyD
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  Put points into Frozen Orb : TastyWheat
  • ...I don't have the strength to start swearing at you for making what I assume is a WoW reference... may... : kallanta
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  25 - 29 have got to be the best, right? : .faxen
  • 25 through 26 can kiss my not-black ass. : kallanta
• happy birthday : Mmmmmoo
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  softcore or hardcore mode? : bipolar
  • Hardcore. If I die, that's it. I might be able to come back as an NPC monster though. : kallanta
• congrats to making it, my friend. : 69gooch69
• OMGHkD!!! :O : dognose
• god lvl 23-26 have been such a grind, even worse than the 18-22 grind for my special class certificate. : chaosbot

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• Nice! Going to check this out now. : paroxym
• I love the CoC! : dmason
• I got home from work too late and I just ordered dinner so I might not get to play but I hope CK wins :D : mikecyb
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  Aw, motherFUCK. I was sitting here waiting for the match to start, and I went to bed way late yesterday..... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    like, "head on the keyboard" asleep, or what? : YamatoTwinkie
    • Yeah, pretty much. :| My bed is right beside my computer. 30 minutes before the match, I decided to lie d... : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Cult of Crit defeats ck, 6-5 on dustbowl, 3-0 on granary, and X-0 (ck retired) on ctf_well. really gg's ... : ]pm[chem
  • incredible fun. thanks ck, you guys are top shelf. : hirez
  • yup, that first point on dustbowl was a nailbiter : dopeman
• oh, also, shackwest is open to shackers with the usual shackwest password : ]pm[chem
• gg's ck, looks like the coc wins this time around :) : dopeman
• shackwest is now open for its usual tuesday shenanigans : hirez
• Fantastic games ... defending on db 3.2, and the second round of Granary were some of the most exciting g... : bipolar
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  Awesome games guys! So how is the playoffs setup? Are we going to keep the East/West split up til the... : flubba79
  • Teams are seeded. East and West are separate till likely the grand finale. : K1Bond007
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    east vs. west in championships. top 4 teams from each. 1 vs. 8, 2 vs. 7, 3 vs. 6, 4 vs. 5. : hirez
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      So it's not separate? I thought I saw brackets with only 4 teams on the left. : / : K1Bond007
      • http://ems.esportsea.com/?a=x.schedule&stageid=2023, looks like what he said. I think this is good. : ]pm[chem
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        this is the only bracket I created: http://ems.esportsea.com/?a=x.schedule&stageid=2023 : hirez
        • I could have sworn I saw something smaller. Whatever though. That's cool. : K1Bond007
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      clarification: we're going by total round-robin points to determine 1 through 8, or is the west #2 guaran... : ]pm[chem
      • total points in round robin matches : hirez
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  Still waiting on quack vs. NDI ... hope it happens soon! : taronish
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    please shackmsg me when the time/date is set :/ I wanna watch! : ]pm[chem
    • I'll definitely try to let you know, assuming I find out and remember ... : taronish
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  By the way, are captains demos posted anywhere ? Or only source TV ? If so, where ? : taronish
  • I'll post the serverside stuff soon. : hirez
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  Still got 2L2C vs Jammy Dodgers. Oh, and are the demos still being analysed to form the spreadsheet bi... : hardfl1p
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    does that match have a date? : ]pm[chem
    • Nope.... : dkrulz
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    PPH/PPM is working on the current leaderboard. Still stuck on Week 2 though. I get my logs from hirez... : K1Bond007
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      Linkage? : Rice-Rocketeer
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        http://shack.k1bond007.com/TF2/leaderboard.php Note: Top 20 only right now. mikecyb said he was gonna ... : K1Bond007
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          Wow, didn't realize NJ had such a lead over everyone for kills. Jackhammer at #2 only has about 85% as m... : bipolar
          • ah, PPM would indicate not. : bipolar
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  my comp died. no post, no lights, just poof. been having power issues before, but usally comes back on af... : m0rfus
  • :( : ]pm[chem
  • man that sucks :( : project13
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  any coc around? I just tried to send a post-game shackmsg, but it didn't save in my outbox. did you get... : ]pm[chem
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    nm, got word, it worked. : ]pm[chem
    • Yup, it's alllll good. : Rice-Rocketeer

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  yeh and? what did you think it meant? : CoRDS
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    I, BeastMaster. : [7]kami
    • idiots buy microsoft/mac : CoRDS
  • I Beat Morons. (for assuming the point was what it stood for) : seven
  • International Bum Mechanics. : theghostofsmdever
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    I Beat Midgets : Bamii
    • You forgot "off", midget. : [7]kami
• In Before Muke : jackalope
• :( : erotic sock
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_IBM#IBM.27s_role_in_WWII_and_the_Holocaust : seven
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    i'm actually surprised you're acting like this is some revelation. it's fairly well known within the indu... : erotic sock
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      It still shocks me. It's a revelation to some - no doubt. But mostly it's just so... shocking. I... : seven
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        IBM didn't supply any of that hardware with malice, they're no more directly accountable (imo) for those ... : Toraz Chryx
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          Except for that whole trading with the enemy act thing that they were violating. : theghostofsmdever
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            Were they actually supplying Germany with equipment after 1942? : Toraz Chryx
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              The government of the UNited States was not at war with Germany, but it was allied to and supposed to be ... : SpaecKow
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                the USA was taking more of a "not our problem" approach to WW2 until Pearl Harbor I thought? hence my ... : Toraz Chryx
                • Well my understanding is Roosevelt wanted action, but he had no public support, they saw this war like th... : SpaecKow
                • A lot of the US population was taking this approach, but the US government pretty much forced Japan into ... : spdon
        • Yves St. Laurant? : seven
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          Hugo Boss produced uniforms for the Wehrmacht. They try to hide this: on their site they used to have a H... : sonicdeathwalrus
          • I knew those fuckers had stylish uniforms for a reason. : Toraz Chryx
      • they wernt killed because ibm provided IT infrastructure. they were killed because hitler ordered it.... : CoRDS
      • They were not computers, IBM did not make computers, the only computer that existed during WW2 was in Ble... : spdon
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        6 million people were killed because IBM provided the IT infrastructure to enable it i can't tell if y... : kill9
        • it's a ridiculous statement, but i'm not overly surprised when you see who it was posted by. : erotic sock
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  I didn't know until recently that word Holocaust means "Burned Sacrificial Offering" it was term used in... : theghostofsmdever
  • +1 to interesting fine sir. : seven
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    just reread that story.. god seems like a bit of an asshole.. : bamb
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      Yeah but don't forget that was the whole idea, that allegory was written when God was starting to be used... : theghostofsmdever
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        except there is no god? : jackalope
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          Thats debatable. : theghostofsmdever
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            It's impossible to debate when one side of the debate has nothing to substantiate their assertion. : Toraz Chryx
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              Actually neither side does, but yeah. : daedraug
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                Except the assertion from the "no god" side is "Why are you wasting time on this when you've got nothing : Toraz Chryx
                • I have a good feeling about this subthread. : soggybagel
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                  Pascal's wager comes to mind. Science is pretty dogmatic as well. : ryuuseki
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                    You're kidding me - you're dropping pascals wager. And science is a verb - it's an 8 to 10 step proces... : seven
                    • plus pascal's wager comes from a book called Penises : jackalope
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                      -of or pertaining to or characteristic of a doctrine or code of beliefs accepted as authoritative : ryuuseki
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                        That's true, a scientist often will use formulas or theories he has never proven himself or even bothered... : xxx2xxx
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                          to be fair, religion is revised as scientific discoveries verify certain claims as impossible (they go fr... : boring gegtik
                          • Sure, although there is a lot of difference between the concepts of god and their religion of different p... : xxx2xxx
                • Oh I know, just saying :) I believe you do : daedraug
                • In the end, neither can explain the ultimate origin of the universe to satisfaction. Where did everyt... : bipolar
              • In any other field, that is not so ingrained into the mind by socio-cultural factors, 0 evidence is consi... : spdon
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              Well my assumption is - God is one, god can never be two, God is EVERYTHING, we are part and parcel of... : theghostofsmdever
              • It must also be remembered that in the Gita, Sri Krsna (The supreme personality of Godhead) told Arunja ... : theghostofsmdever
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                Great, substantiate that with some evidence plz. : Toraz Chryx
                • "Substantiation is subjugation." - The Book of dever, 4:10 : ieGod
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                  What do you want? A photograph? That's the thing about God, its beyond evidence because it is all, God is... : theghostofsmdever
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                    So, nothing, then? : Lone Swordsman
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                      Don't get me wrong, I love science and encourage it (as long as it works under a code of ethics) but I pe... : theghostofsmdever
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                        Why does life have to have meaning? Really, that's the entire foundation of religion, giving a simple, re... : node
                        • We think in similar ways, the difference being I think those fun chemical reactions are for the supreme e... : theghostofsmdever
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                    But what about women? : helvetica
                    • What about women? They are part and parcel of all that is God, they also write bad scripture and practice... : theghostofsmdever
                  • Justifying science is reasoning and observation, whereas justifying God by any means just always sounds l... : node
                  • So it's just a shallow transcendent something that you somehow "accept" because why exactlly, oh and that... : xxx2xxx
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                  Why do atheists have to actively trash on religious people? Honestly, I don't get it. Can't you guys just : Majuju
                  • I agree with the religion causes wars argument, it's misleading and at best an oversimplification, at wor... : xxx2xxx
                  • Why do religious people have to actively trash on atheists all the time? Why can't we all just both get a... : spdon
                  • For the same reason we trash on people that claim Maxtor make the best harddisks, it annoys the crap out ... : Toraz Chryx
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                You sound like Dr. Bronner : boring gegtik
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                  Dr Bonner? : theghostofsmdever
                  • I buy this soap it's fucking awesome but the labels are lols http://www.drbronner.com/dr_bronners_philos... : boring gegtik
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  when some nutter uses an icepick to butcher an innocent do you level the crime at the manufacturer? Appli... : massdev
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    It is alleged that they were far more complicit than your example; unsettlingly so. : seven
    • That wouldnt be to sell books now would it? : massdev
  • No, but then you're providing a completely different and purposely simple example when the IBM case is fa... : soggybagel
  • The idea that the western world had no idea that the Third Reich was killing Eastern European Jews, Homos... : theghostofsmdever
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    They deserve some (not all) of the blame if said nutter was known to be a homicidal nutter and bought dir... : nudel
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      so you're going to hold that against a company today that consists of none of the same people it did back... : erotic sock
      • Nah, I didn't mean that. I should've used the past tense. That said, in some cases where a company can... : nudel
      • Yet corporations have the same rights as living entities. What a horrible contradiction. : theghostofsmdever
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  Ford and Coca Cola are supposed to be also linked to Hitler Germany. At least someone told me... : matthaeus
  • The Chinese peed in my coke. : jackalope
  • Fanta was created during WWII by the company that bottled Coca-Cola in Germany, because they could no lon... : rock elf
• i know : Dravenport
• Hitler had a mom, so does the OP. Ergo seven is linked to Hitler! : phate81
• KEVIN BACON : TastyWheat
• The US seems to routinely supply it's own enemies, whether it's through ignorance, indifference or sheer ... : painangel

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• cheatsorc : AlexXdude
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  What the...fuck? : Rice-Rocketeer
  • Power level'd : r4wk
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  singleplayer zzz : derelict515
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    USWest softcore ladder zzzzz : dearjamie
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      rushing instead of playing the game zzzzzzzz : JINKY
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        lazers zzzzzzzz : Modica Sol Solis
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          chainsaws for hands zzzzZZZZZzzzzzZZZZZ! : Bold
          • Repeating the last letter of the alphabet many times zzzzzzzzzzzzz : Lightbulb
          • hahahaha you get lols, sir : zerog83
    • I wish I had someone to uber rush me too : derelict515
• I dub thee dearjaime, the doper : Sailor of Fortune
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  How does one get to level 85 with no skills? : Vincent Grayson
  • Knows someone : dognose
  • moo : askedrelic
  • Using cheats : Entity
  • uber rushing : randomnull
  • Trust fund. : JarEme
  • welfare : TastyWheat
  • FEMA : goatjc
• lightning zon!! : askedrelic
• have fun clicking 420 times on the left there : Chandler55
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  Cold sorc for botting pindle/shenk/eld MF Lit sorc EOT : mourningstar
  • oh also maybe ES + maxblock if you're botting : mourningstar
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    Yeah I think I'm going to go pure blizzard for MF. No dex, no energy, just enough str for equip and re... : dearjamie
    • 156 str for spirit monarch and dump the rest into vit who rushed you? : mourningstar
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    The words you're using are English, yet I have no idea what you just said. : Vincent Grayson
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      I dunno about that, I'm pretty sure the majority of those words don't exist in a published dictionary. : famine101
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        Elite video game players get boners over excluding "noobs" by using very specific jargon. They don't re... : gakera
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          Or, they want to quickly write something that will make sense to everyone it concerns. : A Sponge
          • You elitist. : pancake humper
          • Abigial you are like a cold sorc botting pindle/shenk/eld MF Lit sorc : SockMonkeh
          • Nope. Intent is irrelevant. Perceived outcome is king. If you use even one acronym you are evil and must... : gakera
    • http://www.diii.net/wiki/Main_Page : rmjackson
  • bots still work? I thought d2jsp was the main botting site and they now have that 'forum gold' thing and... : bipolar
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  20 in cold bolt 20 in charged bolt 20 in fire bolt 20 in telekinesis and save the last 4 just in case. : DrFlammable
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    i have soloed hell with a similar build and it works really well trust me : Daggoth
    • Not in 1.10 you haven't. : bipolar
  • I was thinking max Warmth, Teleport, Thunderstorm : bipolar
• what the hell : mr.sleepy
• +5 Domain Squatting : erotic sock
• MY POWERGAMING : jackalope
• man as soon as you get around level 85 the leveling slows down sooooo much : Patch-e
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  How do sorcs deal with baddies getting close? I've played a necro and now I have a druid and both of tho... : Horn
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    They shouldn't have to. I haven't played a sorc past 1.10 but before that most of my builds could get one... : Daggoth
    • Makes sense. necros and druids have pets : Horn
  • Max Block + lots of increased block speed : bipolar
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  Rushing in Diablo II is so fun. It's AWESOME seeing levels race by in about 30 seconds. If you have never... : pancake humper
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    Any tips for a first time rusher? I've never done it :*P : gakera
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      Are you the rusher or the rushee? : pancake humper
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        rushee I guess... I'm the noob :( I've only played the single player and some light battle.net : gakera
        • then all you have to do is just hang back behind the main killing force and let them kill. You just have ... : pancake humper

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  I'm assuming you are joking. : baron calamity
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    You assume wrong. : mwasher
    • I'm assuming you posted the wrong link. : drucifer
    • nevermind, I change my vote to this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W61Q-EZ8R7M&feature=related : mwasher
  • it's a great video, as are many of michael's vids : RikiTiki2
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    Eric prydz: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pjHtQa1Gcf8 EOT? : skunk_ape
    • bah was supposed to be reply to main thread : skunk_ape
• I vote for this one. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCqQ2JcQWGs&feature=user&fmt=18 : mallfouf
• this one has a strong claim to that throne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8&feature=user : RikiTiki2
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  You all should be fucking ashamed of yourselves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RXW3J0CmbjM I've lo... : riptyde
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    Oh, and on a related note: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ0qDCV1UBI MIT has a dance competition e... : riptyde
    • that was really fucking good. i haven't seen the original moonwalker movie in a long time but that was a... : FrayLo
  • thank god, i'm glad somebody straightened everyone here out while i was away : goatboy
  • Shocking how you're still wrong http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AtyJbIOZjS8&feature=user : action wombmate
• This wasn't made by Tool... : .faxen
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  You guys are all wrong. Nothing bests all green screen. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4_hz2am90Hk : yellowtexan
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    bests = beats : yellowtexan
    • bests works. it's a little old timey but it works : RikiTiki2
  • Love that song : Ebu
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  Remember your post about that guy asking if you like men at the bar? yea. : Skoal^Fyfan
  • ^^ note: i might be confusing you with wtf242 : Skoal^Fyfan
• I agree. Eddie Murphy, Iman, and Magic Johnson? Hells yeah. : WhoIsThePumaman
• lol, he's the only white person in the video. : DooBall
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0359hSerDeE : baron calamity
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  So, the man asks for nominations for the best music video ever, and all your dingbats can come up with ar... : TheQuad
  • yeah, and? : RikiTiki2
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    Wins, hands down -> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Gv3X-iyR8 : Skoal^Fyfan
    • God I love that video : stuka
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    michael's videos are the best : Modica Sol Solis
    • not that one : datoo
• Speed Demon takes the cake: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEVj2_9Fojo : DrZettl
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  chemical brothers - star guitar http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBgf2ZxIDZk : dopeman
  • I really do think this is the best music video ever. : WaterSign
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    Let Forever Be is better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmpxsk3dHaA : datoo
    • the poor quality of video (versus film) is really distracting for me in this one for some reason : mXENO
    • This is such an awesome video. I love the way Gondry plays with perspective, he's a fucking genius : nodebug
    • no u: bjork - hyperballad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6CSiU0j_lFA : dopeman
• and i counter with the worst.... oh fuck it, i refuse to repost that piece of shit video again. : -=kodiak=-
• That's not bad, but nothing beats The Hunger... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bINYgVtRVjU&feature=rel... : DerHuhnTeufel
• I wouldn't call this the best, but it's one of my all time favs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xy4FXhkm... : Karnov
• tonight, tonight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EsZYqaSc4cU : Juno
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  WTF?!? It obviously Go With The Flow www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nz6Rq1Pvh0 : CrabsJarrard
  • IAWTP. Such a bad-ass video. : Head Rush
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    I worked on this video. Tons of matchmoved shots. : stuka
    • Thanks you for your contribution to a real work of art. : CrabsJarrard
    • matchmoved? how does this work? : JohnnyDanger
  • Yeah, that video is sweet, and the band is awesome. : Werkin
  • I love that video. : brickmatt
  • awesome song too : Dravenport
• ok so i just got home from listening to a bunch of awesome music and realized i was wrong.... this is the : mwasher
• Sledgehammer is a classic. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hqyc37aOqT0 : Nixx2004
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=LKu_QA8Bn9o eot : timmie
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  Such an awesome video/song, it's really a shame he went crazy and started doing stuff like this http://ww... : ColoradoCNC
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    was that more a Michael song, or an Eddie Murphy song that Michael collab'd on to pay Eddie back for his ... : RikiTiki2
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      I think it was an Eddie song. No matter who sung it, though, it's still scary. Those two were seconds awa... : ColoradoCNC
      • yeah, it's a Murphy song: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%27s_Alright : RikiTiki2
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  Prodigy's Smack my bitch up. It's a frickin' masterpiece. : GodZilly
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    IAWTP Here's a link to a really shitty quality youtube video of it... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2Gv... : Cliffzorz
    • I remember the first time I saw it... HOLY FUCK IT WAS A CHICK!?! : zerog83
• Garbage - Push It : fsck
• oHgr - cracker http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=VQu8A_Wjbbc : -=kodiak=-
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  money for nothing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ehl_VQuKRTc : industro
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    hah, i have that on vinyl! : -=kodiak=-
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      that's a good one to have! : industro
      • think we still have a few of their albums on vinyl my mom collected a lot of funky stuff. hell we e... : -=kodiak=-
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  I could put up some of Michel Gondrys music videos like the chemical brothers, daft punk or björk. He th... : gummijoh
  • Björk - All is full of love - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjAoBKagWQA The crappy YouTube version d... : Hiro
• wow, you are WAY off: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPP8waT5ta8 : Korban
• http://youtube.com/watch?v=yRmqZRPgK1w&feature=related > * : retardhumper