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  awwww poor little guy : mwasher
  • those girls are hot too! : Ziz
• :P : zanzares
• Hostage Down! : Sailor of Fortune
• hahahahhaa : mittense
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  lol. Nice design though : Reeves
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    i moved one point about 3 pixels and it worked fine, just not funny : Slowtreme
    • Chaos theory in the house : VinnieTheSquid
• I love that : rosewood
• hahaha, doomed. : jamesray
• my god... ahahahahha that has to suck : mr.sleepy
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  Here's my first try after doing an engineering analysis. Please keep in mind I have a post doc in thermod... : Utopia
  • o_O : zanzares
  • Awesome, glad to see it went exactly as planned. : whore
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    Another example when I'm playing the theory of the boxhttp://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=133751 : Utopia
    • Needs more gussets. : tboomer2
    • this is similar to my strategy to just carry the stupid thing http://FantasticContraption.com/?designI... : mwasher
  • Hahahahahahahaha : mr.sleepy
  • Wow, rad : Zero|DPX
  • i fucking KNEW this would be gold johnny : mega man
• hahahahaahah : Downforce
• fucking lol. : famine101
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  Check these out http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=92866 http://fantasticcontraption.com/?desi... : Reeves
  • wow, that second one is nice! : TroZ
  • the 2nd doesn't work for me... the thing never gets enough momentum. : thief
• Hahahahhahaaa : Maddog_Delphi97
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  so close to failure. sorry to disappoint! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=133836 : epit
  • You liar this thing never finishes >:[ : OverloadUT
  • Is it bad etiquette to fix other peeps machine? http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=141365 : tohm82
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  this is one of my better ones i've come up with but i suck :( http://FantasticContraption.com/?desi... : mwasher
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    have to own it to see it :( : epit
    • you mean to share it? huh? : mwasher
    • i see it just fine : H@rvester
  • thats actually really awesome : yAak
• hahaha. that's great :D : AMikaboshi
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  lol. Still my best of the day right here http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=127726 : action roommate
  • wow that is genius : kill9
  • good lord man thats brilliant : AMikaboshi
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  fuck this game!!!! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134085 : kill9
  • owned : mr.sleepy
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    wtf COME ON http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134147 : kill9
    • ahahahhahahah : Demius
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      HAHAHAHAHAHA so close : mr.sleepy
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        no way its fucking in there 100% i don't get it : kill9
        • Zoom in. Bottom right corner lands in the dark red. : rosewood
    • that one took me ages. : AMikaboshi
    • your just spinning your wheels. : Ziz
    • haha fuck i thought you made this in the spore creature creator at first : mega man
    • If only i had saved the video of mine. Sooo simple and took me like 5 minutes to build. : Reeves
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      took me a while but this was what I had for that one: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=118981... : mukumuku
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        nice, this one is amazing: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=131271 : kill9
        • WHAT : c0bra
        • almost identical to mine, except mine spun as it hit the green block. : radula
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          That's basically what I had, but my buddy was a little taller. : DrZettl
          • buddy = buggy.. gah, bed : DrZettl
        • So simple, yet so ingenious! : SilverSnake
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  A friend made one I like to call * T A S E R ' D * http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=133164 : ConfusedUs
  • Dude. : magistersmax
  • I'm beyond impressed with that. awesome. : epit
  • lol wtf : mojo the helpr monke
  • lol, love it. *twitch* *twitch* *SPAZ* : Joseph
  • haha wtf : smax
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  Flinger: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134195 : SwiftyPants
  • Holy shit perfect : Reeves
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    Wow, that one's almost perfect. Did you make that, or find it. : hawke
    • Made it. Oddly enough, before I saw the OP's design. I had seen another flinging one the other night thou... : SwiftyPants
  • Nice. Mine was more of a birth canal. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=116397 : DrZettl
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  Here's a nice efficient one I just finished. : ConfusedUs
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    looks awesome, can you design my house? : radula
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      I'll do it, here you go. : kelerian
      • Now, *THIS* is how you design a house: : YamatoTwinkie
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    Crap, didn't paste. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134316 : ConfusedUs
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135553 : deathmuppeter
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  Haha yes. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134451 : Reeves
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    Ops, i linked wrong one. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134459 : Reeves
    • This one is also kinda fun http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134491 : Reeves
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  i never expected this to work http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134822 : whippedcracker
  • Ahaha that is lols : ZombieAcademy
• This is some pretty hilarious fail: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134853 : MovingTarget
• Damnit sooooo close http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=134195 : glio1337
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=134977 Do it that easy, I dare you! : locater16
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    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135071 : Joseph
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      http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135122 : whippedcracker
      • point: whippedcracker! : Joseph
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        http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=135122 : epit
        • scratch the one above. this is mine http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=133769 : epit
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        http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135182 OWNED : Zero|DPX
        • crap i was waiting for that... : whippedcracker
        • Damn that's good. : jamesray
  • That is exactly what mine looked like : rosewood
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  reposting from last night: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=120126 : mojo the helpr monke
  • what?! that made me laugh my ass off : phipple
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  too awesome http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=128462 : -Panther-
  • that rules : opengl128
• this game is WAY too much damn fun. : epit
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=127554 Zoom all the way out and close the tool menu : drodver
  • HAHA. HELLOOOO ORBIT : Joseph
  • How long did that take to make? : Nixx2004
  • i need this launcher for level20. : radula
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  I damn near lost this sucker. http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=133702 : jamesray
  • Uh http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17548574 ? : Zero|DPX
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    I tried to make both of my contraptions work. :( Poor #2. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=13... : jamesray
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      YES! I did it! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135495 Rock on #2. : jamesray
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        I just went over that whole mess. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=128130 : DrZettl
        • haha that was pretty cool : Reeves
• clumsy: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135341 : thecray
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  Random one, wait for it: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=128414 : loboca
  • http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=101234 : loboca
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135517 : locater16
  • Love the physics interaction. : loboca
  • Stalls : Ebu
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135666 This was kind of satisfying for some reason : Ovate
  • oh wow yeah I love that : Draugluin
  • This one was kind of elegant http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=136001 ...okay wtf I need to... : Ovate
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  Haha this accident worked out well http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=135732 : Reeves
  • Haha : Zero|DPX
• awwwww : fleabug
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  forget throwing it.. just force your way through the balls! lol http://FantasticContraption.com/?designI... : adev
  • Hah that isn't brute force that's conveyor belt tank of awesomeness : Ovate
  • Forget force: why not avoid the balls? http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=136342 : Zero|DPX
• I'm not really sure what I created, but its interesting and it works!! http://FantasticContraption.com... : Reeves
• Thinking about it, this would be 100x better than the stupid trivia questions they ask you in interviews ... : Ovate
• I made a retarded robot: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=118981 : ConfusedUs
• I bulldozed my way through this one http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=126165 : OrkO
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  I like this one http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=126165 : jasoncrowley
  • no not mine :P : jasoncrowley
• http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=138391 : jasoncrowley
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  this has to be the best one hands down: AT AT Walker!! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=119768 : radula
  • haha awesome : MovingTarget

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  I watched it. Good stuff! I will show you an awesome video in a few days, socksta. : CrustaR
  • Can't wait the trailer I already saw looked great. : socksta
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    Did you fire the Voice Actor for Doom yet? I'll take over. : ImageOmega
    • I'm just the writer. You'll have to take it up with the director. :P : CrustaR
• WATCH THIS SHIT, PEOPLE. : DrWaffles
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  Was there a Borderlands interview? Seen ya say ya was looking forward to it but didn't see any video for ... : Ziz
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    We didn't get an interview for Borderlands so I didn't have any segment on it. I only wanted to show game... : socksta
    • aah ok. yeah i'm looking forward to it too. well it and Fallout 3 and Rage omg a game from id that's not ... : Ziz
• I haven't been online much, but I saw it over the weekend and it was great. I liked the E3 stuff too... : ThomW
• Just watched the first half. You guys did a great job, as usual. : afty
• Thanks for posting again, I just wanted to voice my enthusiastic approval for the effort! : CrimsonHandHiro
• I watched it and all the E3 stuff was cool. I really do appreciate the time and effort you put into this... : ImageOmega
• I watched it streaming the other day and had no issues with it, worked just fine. : Vincent Grayson
• It makes me sad that this is the last one :( : OverloadUT
• Awesome stuff, thanks. I want more. Viddler worked fine for me. : ann thracks
• outstanding! So many great moments, awesome job! : vynn
• Holy wow! Great stuff! : terath
• Very well done, good work! : paravis
• Out of curiosity, do you think you set your sights too high for this episode and burned yourself out on i : action wombmate
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  Furthermore, this is my last post on the Shack. It has been fun guys thank you for the support and the ki... : socksta
  • what? why does stuff like this happen and then we never find out why. : Morgin
  • wtf is this shit for real? hrrr. : randomposter
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    WOW! Just wow. You know what, screw you Socksta, you got me hooked on this fucking site and now you bail?... : sr71photo
    • Yeah you know what? Wow. : sr71photo
  • wha? : moshman
  • You can't quit the Shack, that's impossible. : Sailor of Fortune
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    You can't just throw in a thanks.txt in a reply to a video of awesomeness! Oh, well...hopefully you're... : Ovate
    • guess it's better to leave on a high note than Shackers 18 featuring linoleum fashion : RikiTiki2
  • wat : Jiven
  • How odd. : Begawkiness
  • maybe he means because of QCon? : RikiTiki2
  • Uhhhhh : OverloadUT
  • you son of a bitch : JINKY
  • ban this fgt! oh wait : yosemiteclimber
  • Real life, pussy, or otherwise is no fucking excuse to leave the Shack. : disposition
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    Hey guys, if we all quit, he'll have to come back to save the Shack comments! Let's all quit..starting no... : Hello Kitty
    • Hehe morons. Soon I'll have the Shack to myself. : Hello Kitty
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    Why ? : Cashh
    • Its the standard issue of someone from the community putting a lot of effort into something, putting it o... : ashkie
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    who has the best abs over here, now that he's gone? : OrkO
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      ThomW : pancake humper
      • Best, not biggest. : ThomW
  • shit just got real : erotic sock
  • WHHHAAAAATTTT : TastyWheat
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    damn this sucks, your videos were awesome. will someone continue Shackers or is it dead? : h o s t i l e
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      It's done. : pancake humper
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        well then it's time for a reboot of the series! : gakera
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          no, it's not. : pancake humper
          • ok a US version with created-by credit. : gakera
  • good luck buddy. i enjoyed the shows : dantastic
  • wat? : mechanicalgrape
  • what?? why? :( : ninjase
• As I had said before, Great stuff like always. And yeah, Viddler worked great for me! : MacemanInTW
• Awesome work once again. : Sailor of Fortune
• Good stuff. All around shenanigans. I loved the bored/puzzled looks you guys had during some of the inter... : DrZettl
• I guess the Shack didn't want it on the front page because of the E3 stuff coming too close to what the s... : rock elf
• This was great! I liked the E3 interviews as well. : Reavers!

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  the worst thing about the iPhone is the whole *phone* part... to illustrate this just think of someone yo... : MagicWishMonkey
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    what? no. : laurgasms
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      I hate the process of looking up a number and dialing it... so obtuse. You have to find the contacts i... : MagicWishMonkey
      • the lag you're implying is a 2.0 only thing. It never used to do that. I'm sure they'll fix it for 2.01 o... : festivalman
      • I haven't had a problem with it at all. For me it's a lot better to be able to quickly scroll through my ... : laurgasms
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        Are you clicking on the blue triangle (more info / show contact details) insead of the contact's name in ... : Fayk
        • maybe thats it. I have pretty big hands so it's not easy to hit the tiny triangle every time. : MagicWishMonkey
      • i hope that after using the phone for the 2nd time you would know how your contacts are sorted. the la... : FrayLo
  • double tap the home button and you get your favorites. the iphone has tons of shortcuts that take a while... : festivalman
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    Ahaha, what? Calling anyone I call regularly is two buttons for me. Two. Pretty sure that's fewer than... : brickmatt
    • Maybe it's because I avoid the phone and use SMS as much as possible. Maybe I'm just retarded? Who knows ... : MagicWishMonkey
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      Speed dial? That is different than just calling someone. : rosewood
      • Calling a contact is 3 buttons. Dialing a new number uses the keypad, like any phone. : brickmatt
  • i've never experienced this issue. 99% of my calls are done by accessing the contacts (double tap home ->... : erotic sock
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    Huh? Double-clicking the home button will take you to favorites. If the person you want isn't in that lis... : Fayk
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      hrmm... ok didn't know that. when i double click home when my phone is locked it brings up a movie-con... : MagicWishMonkey
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        MWM are you serious? : FrayLo
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          I'm 100% serious. I never wanted an iPhone until my work offered me one, then I got excited about it and ... : MagicWishMonkey
          • Yeah when you double click the home button while locked it brings up the iPod controls, that is normal, b... : ovrlrd
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        It will do that (iPod quick controls, so you can stop/pause/ffwd/etc) without having to unlock it. If ... : Fayk
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          That is fucking cool, I bet it would be great with the remote app thingy. I've installed it but I haven't... : MagicWishMonkey
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            I don't think(?) it integrates with the remote at all, but who knows what the future may bring. It's a ha... : Fayk
            • Yeah the Remote app will not run in the background, just like all apps downloaded from the App store. So ... : ovrlrd
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    When people here bitch about WM UI this is where they loose me. If I want to dial bob I can either ... : rosewood
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      Read the follow-ups, rosewood. No offense to MagicWishMonkey, but he is, as they say on the interwebs, do... : Fayk
      • Yea I never claimed to be an iPhone expert, I'll openly admit that I'm a luddite with this shit. : MagicWishMonkey
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        He may be doing it wrong, but it is still slower. : rosewood
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          honestly, I don't think I will ever like this stupid touchscreen. I pretty much hate it. I could do fu... : MagicWishMonkey
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            The iPhone keyboard takes some time to get used to. It's not something you are instantly going to be good... : ovrlrd
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              man, i hate it quite a bit. It always trys to say my shit is spelled wrong when it isn't (I have friends ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                Yeah latestchatty on the iPhone is really fucking awful. It just crashes Safari most of the time. It's a ... : ovrlrd
                • HOw can you make it auto-correct without hitting the close button on the thing? I want it to auto-correct... : MagicWishMonkey
            • I got used to it on my touch and was doing ok, and I'm sure I could get better, but being able to navigat... : rosewood
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              The thing is, it's a phone. It shouldn't have a learning curve to sendinga freaking text message. You sho... : ColoradoCNC
              • it's a phone with a touch screen for a keyboard, so it's going to have a learning curve for the keyboard.... : FrayLo
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                is that any different from when you buy an ergonomic keyboard for the first time and halve your typing sp... : derelict515
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                  It's a rather sizable difference, honestly. With an ergonomic keyboard you are still getting tactile feed : ColoradoCNC
                  • hey, if you prefer tactile feedback, then good for you - the iphone doesn't seem to be for you.. but it ... : FrayLo
                  • if you don't own one, i'm sorry, but your opinion is amazingly less valid. i've yet to meet a person w... : erotic sock
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          I don't see how if you add someone to your "Contact Favorites" on the iPhone it is any slower, and if it ... : ovrlrd
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            I have a few hundred people in my address book. Do I have to add them all to my favorites on my iPhone? : rosewood
            • No but you can set the default "double home" key to go to contact search I think. So the steps would be: ... : ovrlrd
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              .....What? The favorites is for people you call frequently. You call a few hundred people frequently? : dilutedq
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                My call log for today was 20 different people. Tomorrow it will be quite a few different people. Yes, t... : rosewood
                • I'm very sure it is.. either way it's very easy to get right to the contact you want by going to the lett... : dilutedq
    • This is one of the things I LOVE about WM, there are very few things that are actually right in windows m... : snowwolf
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  copy paste for me is really only necessary when: * i get an mms or i have an address that i need to g... : FrayLo
  • Same here. Hopefully it gets rolled into the next update like the rumors say. : Serpico74
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  hence me actually wanting a Macbook Pro for my personal laptop. Its not like you're giving up control ... : Serpico74
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    It appears that is true. I'm just used to having both. It's nice. : brickmatt
    • well a Macbook Pro will let you easily switch between OSX and Windows at your leisure anyway : derelict515
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  I would like fastforward/rewind buttons on my touch. My fingers are too big for that darn slider to get ... : .sticks.
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    are you blind? there are gigantic RW/FF buttons on the "now playing" screen as well as on the double-cli... : electroly
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      LOOK HOW SNOOTY YOU ARE! Thanks for the tip though, I didn't know they did that. : .sticks.
      • glad i could help :-) : electroly
  • Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but if you hold down the next/prev track buttons they ff/rwd (start slow and ... : Fayk
• My friend was letting me play with his for a bit, and just looking at the thing made me happier. If I... : Ellissd
• Nothing is perfect, but as a development platform Apple really has some well thought out ideas. I wouldn'... : ovrlrd
• My problem? Mine just sits there on my desk :( I don't really want to use it for anything and not many pe... : pancake humper
• also: http://www.autoblog.com/2008/07/29/dynolicious-turns-iphone-into-cheap-performance-meter/ : pancake humper
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  the 'closed' development loop of apple is really coming into a strong situation, the totally flooded and ... : Downforce
  • it's like... gamers are the only ones that can do a CLEAN INSTALL of a PC platform and make it work great : ovrlrd
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    it's like... gamers are the only ones that can do a CLEAN INSTALL of a PC platform and make it work great : Serpico74
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      It really only takes about 15 minutes to install windows on a clean install now. Yesterday I built a box ... : sigpro
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        15 minutes install with Vista isn't my experience (E8400, standard SATA hard drive), but ok. Either way, ... : Serpico74
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          It's not Microsofts fault dell, hp, compaq and others load the machine with shit. Buy a computer from a s... : sigpro
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            you can also buy business computers and opt out of the bloat. : re4ctor
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              You shouldn't have to pay more to opt out of bloat. So let me get this straight, they transfer value savi... : ovrlrd
              • The out of box experience from the large companies sucks. Poor support, cheap hardware + bloated installs... : sigpro
              • "You shouldn't have to pay more to opt out of bloat." At those prices, you sure do. That bloat subsidi... : Serpico74
              • that's part of the nature of not being able to control the PC experience top to bottom from one company : derelict515
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            1) I've brought components into local shops for the last 3 years because I'm too lazy to do my PC builds ... : Serpico74
            • I admit the question on an apple install is me nitpicking. Vistas two sections for network controls is a ... : sigpro
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          Might have been dealing with some hardware problems, then, because when I set up my friend's new PC on Vi... : ColoradoCNC
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            60 minutes is longer than 15 minutes. : Serpico74
            • 60 minutes includes opening all the hardware, assembling it, cleaning up the inside of the case and insta... : sigpro
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  Is there any word on an application that will enable tethering? : freshyk
  • you can do it if you jailbreak, otherwise no, it's against at&t's terms of service : lja83
• Unless you hack the ever loving crap out of it, I can modify my entire phone. : spazzium
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  everyone is getting laid has an iPhone except me >:( : genjuro
  • I don't have one! yet... : freshyk
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  The current firmware version is pretty buggy and it bothers me. I've had my phone freeze up a lot while l... : Mmmmmoo
  • I agree, I can't wait until they get performance and stability back to how it used to be. : Serpico74
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    Yeah it seems like everyone kind of agrees some issues need to be resolved. I am still happier with my iP... : ovrlrd
    • Definitely agree, it's a great phone. : Mmmmmoo
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      It's so much nicer than my old v3 Razr. That said, the occasional lag/freeze up was a surprise to me, ... : Colleton
      • Prior firmware versions were snappier and more stable. 2.0 was obviously rushed to meet a deadline. Hopef... : Serpico74
  • Yeah, 2.0 is was definately rushed. You can tell they just pushed it out as-is because they wanted 3G iPh... : DOOManiac
  • I'm looking forward to the next update, I've never experienced anything other than the slight bugginess a... : brickmatt
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    Accessing my contacts to phone has been very, very sluggish compared to the old firmware. : dmason
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      it's quite a bit faster if you use the contacts that's integrated into the phone app rather than the stan... : lja83
      • The phone one is what I'm talking about. :( : dmason
• I really dislike the new phone compared to the previous model. The software is buggy as hell with all sor... : peanut-

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  more like >:) good pyros were able to do shit before the 50 hp : RikiTiki2
  • Yes. I remembered burning up a pub the night before the release. :) : Malku
• looks like it's time to play! if the servers are updated : Postal
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  thats kinda silly - why even use the backburner now? Kinda seems ridiculous, one would argue it was anyw... : kainen1
  • They should of just got rid of the backburner. Its useless now compared to the usual flame thrower. : baron calamity
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    for rear ambushes, like it was designed for? : RikiTiki2
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      except in the previous patch, they made the hit box where critical hits actually land so ridiculously sma... : Jackass1233
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        The crit box is just actually in the back...it's not like the spy where anything that's not in the fronta... : DerHuhnTeufel
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          lol, thanks for telling me how to play allstar. You don't even know what im talking about. : Jackass1233
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            I do. The crit box used to be absurdly large where it was no difficulty what-so-ever to get crits with th... : DerHuhnTeufel
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              What are you talking about? It was never that way. In order to crit with the Backburner you have to aim f... : Zek
              • I have very few issues getting crits with the backburner, that's all I'm going to say. : DerHuhnTeufel
      • You just need to be a better player, jackass. ;D : thief
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    Yeah no health bonus definitely defeats the purpose. Basically it was more rewarding for players who are ... : ovrlrd
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      If you are criting the guy from behind like you are supposed to you shouldn't need the extra health. T... : MrLobo
      • The airblast is much, much more useful than you realize. The occasional crit from behind is not worth giv... : Zek
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  awesome. going up against a backburner without one was pretty much death no matter what because of the st... : festivalman
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    but on the other side of the coin, the extra health made so tempting that many pyros went for it that it ... : baron calamity
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      lol, I love when I've been playing for a little while and Soldiers recognize me and don't even bother usi... : Zek
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        Um, guys.... A good soldier still owns pyros with the air compression or the backburner. : dkrulz
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          Not a good Pyro with the airblast(of which there are very few thanks to the ezmode temptation of the Back... : Zek
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            No trust me, even the good ones will get owned. A good soldier will just play around with you if he know... : dkrulz
            • How? By shooting his rockets elsewhere as decoys? The result is the same, he's wasted his rockets without... : Zek
• shackbattle you say? dont mind if i do : creep
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  Aw hell no! : lplasmatron
  • welcome to nerf! : jujubees
• about time. : DrFlammable
• I feel bad for soldiers. : Pneum0
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  Players killing themselves will now give a kill credit to the last enemy who damaged them =\ : virus
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    Yeah i know, why can't we deny the other players satisfaction for killing? : MurrayTheSkull
    • While I kill myself more often than others sometimes, I think this rule is awesome. : SolveChrist
  • Best change in the patch right here. : Zek
• The kill credit change is great. : Zero|DPX
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  fuck. that. : smegmar
  • I mean, I loved shooting around the locker room full of ragdolls. That was your reward for getting the t... : smegmar
• HELL YES! "- Fixed the Kritzkrieg not working on servers with crits turned off " : Grumbeld
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  Awww... "- Players killing themselves will now give a kill credit to the last enemy who damaged them" : Grumbeld
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    Yeah poor Demos, now their suicides will feel a little more crunchy. : ovrlrd
    • I wish we kept suicide records for the previous tourney. I might have been first. That's something I co... : Grumbeld
    • Since I spend most of my time on my own stickies, I loathe this. : Merconium
• Hell Yes! "- Removed health bonus from the Backburner " : Grumbeld
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  About damn time. 100% crits is way too powerful given the shitty hit detection in tf2, an extra 50 hp was... : DerHuhnTeufel
  • lol, 100% crits? Except for the 99% of the time that your enemies aren't completely clueless staring off ... : Zek
• Good changes, all of them. : alias
• Seems like the high-profile ones didn't make it into the update, though. : carrioN luggagE
• Ok, and the gear on the dispnsers and sg's make me think spy's might have a change of gameplan coming. Ri : carrioN luggagE
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  Removed our inability to consider a product finished so that we stop fucking tweaking shit to death. i... : rosewood
  • There's nothing wrong with tweaks that result in a more balanced game. : omnova
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    Just stop supporting your damn games already Valve >:( : crummynz
    • Because that is what I said. Christ : rosewood
  • I for one hate it when a company tries to make their product better, : scottv7
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    Oh god rosewood, what the fuck? : brickmatt
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      Lemme fix this for you, "Oh god rosewood, what the fuck? Do you have an iphone?"]g There, that's more ... : yosemiteclimber
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        and i tagged myself fuck fuck fuckity fuck. : yosemiteclimber
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          brickmatt will you please nuke this so I can fix it? : yosemiteclimber
          • Live with it. : brickmatt
  • George Lucas is heading up the TF2 team : dirge23
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    The Heavy update isn't far off, I can't wait!!! : dkrulz
    • This is perhaps because they couldn't come up with a way to change the heavy so as to make him less vulne... : thief
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    haha, never play a blizzard game ever. not sure what's up with people like you (I don't necessarily mean ... : Medium Heavy
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      further, valve and blizzard are generally the only devs I really like, because they're the only ones who ... : Medium Heavy
      • You're missing the point. Rosewood wants class balance without the additions of new weapons. (Which actua... : dkrulz
  • what exactly are you hoping for? if they did this, we never would have gotten any of the updates to medi... : kill9
  • They should be more like EA, amirite? : Nitrium
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  I'm glad they did for one reason. Air Burst in your mouth. On the shack servers teams that hang back and ... : mista mista
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    There's very little that can really stop a good uber. 2 pyros can usually knock back a med far enough bef... : DerHuhnTeufel
    • You don't knock back the Medic, unless he's standing on a bridge you can push him off or something. You k... : Zek
• This is good, shacknews, trust me. : thief
• Coming from someone with 120 hours in Pyro, the Backburner is worthless now. The only reason to use it is... : Zek

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  wtf is a soulpatch? : bling1bling
  • its when you leave a small bit of your goatee behind as a cum catcher : painangel
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    The worst facial hair ever, after chops. : TheMonkeyWench
    • omg : bling1bling
  • he's screwed once he shaves his soul off. : Ziz
• It's an incomplete goatee. http://www.thesuperficial.com/2007/05/ty_pennington_gets_arrested.php : Endymion_
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  I am Hans. You will be showing me where to buy the cocaine? Yes? : genjuro
  • zahahaha : painangel
• Are you livin la vida loca? : trOmblyj
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  you're veering into guido territory. : anthonybean
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    I apologize for the glasses. I couldn't find any reasonable ones at the street market in Italy when I bo... : Vantage
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      Hahaha, and I got the haircut in Florence. it was totally guido spikey when he was finished too. I went... : Vantage
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        how did you like florence? i want to go back, i went in 2003 for about a week to visit my then-gf and i ... : FrayLo
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          I loved Florence. My favourite city in Italy for sure. Just such a great atmosphere with beautiful buil... : Vantage
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            oh man, the duomo. http://www.mediumcocktail.com/temp/P1130114.JPG http://www.mediumcocktail.com/te... : FrayLo
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              We took similar photos. :) http://vantage.shackspace.com/eurotrip/IMG_2935.jpg http://vantage.shacksp... : Vantage
              • haha, our 2nd pics are almost exactly the same : FrayLo
• AHAHAHAHA Fat Vantage would have looked better there... =\ : Lunatic Angelic
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  I'm not questioning your fashion, but were you hiking in those clothes? : mechanicalgrape
  • No, but due to the limited wardrobe afforded by a one-bag travel policy, I did go hiking in those clothes... : Vantage
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  Nice clothes, seriously. More of you anti-social shackers need to dress like this. : gmoney
  • They won't do it. Costs too much money. Need it for more important things like games and hardware. : smoove
  • never : dantastic
  • I can't go with those shoes though. : devi| dog
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    Like a fag? Honestly there is a point where you stop looking cool and start attracting other men. : crazywigga
    • How do you dress? : Vantage
    • here's a constructive post : tomservo
    • god i hope you're trolling. jeans + dress shirt = gay? let me guess, you're typing this sitting in ninja ... : gokart.
    • You reached that point long ago, didn't you? : ColoradoCNC
    • Go suck a cock, that isn't even close. Don't hate the player, hate the game. : rosewood
    • lol, massive fucking lol right here : moshman
  • hey, i like the shirt. : anthonybean
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    forget about it most shackers will insist they can't tell the difference between what vantage is wearing ... : arizona bay
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      hahahah that is the worst tie I have ever seen : Magus
      • the douche wearing it makes it even worse : Magus
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        you just offended like 95% of the shack cuz all of them thought it was super stylish : arizona bay
        • :( I'd wear that to work. Programmers get away with fashion murder. : dafugg
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      If he was wearing a less horrible tie he would look fine : datoo
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        I'd say the tie and the touque both have to go. : Vantage
        • i'd say the dyed black hair and shitty tattoo on his right arm are even worse than the tie : JINKY
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      no the problem is you general open your posts with "most" "almost all" "pretty much all" then follow that... : two50six
      • and this post in no way is meant to be offensive. I just dont like the massive generalizations that most ... : two50six
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        oh jesus christ what the fuck are you talking about?????????? i already made myself clear with you wher... : arizona bay
        • he just called you a stone cold bitch arizona bay are you going to take that?? : JINKY
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        he's pretty right though, most shackers are the type who will dress up to a wedding by wearing blue khaki : FrayLo
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          I dunno, I guess I like to give the general shackers more credit...I remain hopeful. : two50six
          • In my experience, the only noteworthy thing shackers have in common is that we visit this website know wh... : omnova
    • Hahaha I want to see what my teachers would say if I wore that tie. : freshyk
  • Vantage is looking very Eurotrash Vampire Von Cokehead in this photo. Wearing his freakum boots and clubb... : genjuro
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    Most shackers can't be bothered to spend more than $10 on their Goody's XXXL jeans, why would they concer... : Magus
    • Counter-generalization detected. : omnova
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  What did you ever do with those chinese kids you were stuck in the group with? : mojo the helpr monke
  • He bound their little chinese feet. : mechanicalgrape
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    Well, everyone here advocated turning them in, basically, by telling the professor they were just copying... : Vantage
    • That's cool I guess. Can't say I would have done the same thing though. : mojo the helpr monke
    • Oh yeah, and by the time the paper is handed in next week, they will have done as much editing as they ca... : Vantage
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  No dude. Shave that shit off. They look pretty gay. : Magus
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    actually, besides the Ricky Martin comment, I've had a majority of very positive comments from THE WOMEN. : Vantage
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      Every woman I've talked to hates 'em. Then again, I don't associate with mostly young, nubile chinese wom... : Magus
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        I am offended! Deep dickin' is only one aspect of my multifaceted personality. >:( : Vantage
        • yeah, shallow dickin' too : RikiTiki2
      • My wife likes my soul patch and gets mad if I shave it off. : Zero|DPX
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  this man knows how to dress. seriously, nicely done : FrayLo
  • Thanks. :D They're not expensive clothes either, which is nice. It doesn't cost hundreds of dollars to ... : Vantage
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  You dress a hell of a lot better than I do. : suicidemachine
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    Indeed. I think I would really weird if I dressed like that but I wish I could pull it off. : freshyk
    • a lot of it is confidence. you can change your style. get the girls at the clothing stores to help you. : FrayLo
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      Why couldn't you pull it off? It's basically just jeans and a button up shirt. I never dressed like tha... : Vantage
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        well fitting is the key. i used to have a lot of 'going-out' button up shirts that were too long on me a... : FrayLo
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          Too long on you. I wish I had that problem. It's hard to get shirts altered when they are too short on ... : Vantage
          • i'm too short :(. smalls are too big on me. : FrayLo
      • I guess it's because I don't want to move out of my comfort zone. I like loose jeans and cheap t-shirts. ... : freshyk
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        great advice, another easy way to look good is to buy all of your clothes from one brand. figure out how... : arizona bay
        • I sort of do this too, but I mix between 3 brands really (g-star, express, and BR). Once you know how som... : haiku
        • Yeah. Find one or two stores that carry clothes that fit well and please you stylistically and use those... : Vantage
      • Hehe, I used to wear only jeans and t-shirts. Started branching out several months ago and bought a bunch... : Magus
• It is like I don't even know you anymore. : rosewood
• no. no you don't. not even close. sorry. : Korban
• i have no problem with what you're wearing but it kinda looks like you've filled your drawers : GloriousCow
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  you stole my wardrobe. although I can't pull off a necklace. : sixfoot6
  • You just have to find the right one. Same with armbands/bracelets (which you can't see due to the shirt)... : Vantage
• 66 posts and not one asked for pictures of the girl! I think we're gay for you. : Nixx2004
• You have great taste. Nice work. : virus
• Odd mountain climbing gear you wear. : snuff
• MORE PICS PLZ : jokemon

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• Awesome. Stoked. Thanks! : dognose
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  omgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomgomg!!!!!! : Korban
  • I KNOW RIGHT?!!! : Hello Kitty
• Ohhh moma! Hot : Jiven
• lol, they play it up like a horror movie. that's awesome! i'm glad they're keeping the movies as dark as ... : kenmis
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  I can't get it to load in QT? :( : red2lucas
  • I hadda download the pointer and launch it and let it connect to AOL : dognose
  • http://video.msn.com/video.aspx/?mkt=en-gb&vid=bc682eef-e76b-467a-9684-2ffebc997b91&playlist=videoByUuids... : Hello Kitty
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  Most excellent. Why do sites insist on using QT for trailers :[ : Fred Garvin
  • The only reason I like QT is I can use the arrow keys to go frame by frame in a trailer =( : Hello Kitty
  • Just install QT Alternative :\ : mwasher
• omg, looking good. november? gah, too long : drewroy
• I could never get into the movies, the only movies i liked that i also read the book to was lord of the r... : bluewagon
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  Someone pls find a direct download so I can watch it in VLC. : zanzares
  • Oh yay. It's in the qtl and isnt obfuscated like normal. : zanzares
• That downloaded incredibly quickly for me. : Begawkiness
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  • replace the 480p with 720p or 1080p for hi-def goodness : festivalman
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    I can't think of a good way to do this and still save it, so I'll just post the link here: http://pdl.str... : Vincent Grayson
    • Down Them All. : spazzium
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  Are they splitting this one into 2 parts? : byorn
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    Haven't they said that they're splitting every movie since the fourth one into two parts and they have st... : mittense
    • No, I don't believe they've ever said that. As far as I know, only the final film is being split. : Vincent Grayson
• YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Frozen Pixel
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  As much as I hate to admit it, I'm really looking forward to the last two films. It's ok to be old and en : racer5
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    Probably not, but who gives a shit? HP FTW : Orange Pylon
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      I blame it on my ex. She used to read it aloud in bed at night. : racer5
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        pedobear approves of this post : greydog
        • She was 28, I swear! I even saw her license. : racer5
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  Dang. Neither the blond chick nor hermione were in it : ( (I jest! Still a great trailer, even if I do... : Athlon7
  • You find out thatt the half-blood prince is actually __________________ : busdriver3030
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    pretty sure that was the red head for a second, and if so that girl grew up quite nicely. : smacknca
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      Yeah, that was Ginny. : trOmblyj
      • thought so. ive had high hopes for that girl for a long time, looking forward to this. what happens be : smacknca
• OMG OMG downloading now! : trOmblyj
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  OK , looks fucking awesome but I was probably going to say that anyway. Loved the brief shot of Dumbledo... : trOmblyj
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    I can't remember that bit :( I think I need to read them again. : red2lucas
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      It was quite critical, near the end. : trOmblyj
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        spoiler tags? : red2lucas
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          Sure - Harry and Dumbledore have to retreive a Horcrux from an island in a lake of fire in an underground : trOmblyj
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            Uh, not exactly: They have to retrieve the horcrux from a lake in an underground cave, and while doing so : Anti_dentite
            • I remember that but bit, I just don't remember the fire :\ : red2lucas
            • Yeah, I was refreshing my memory via wiki, I think I need to reread this book because when I read them al... : trOmblyj
• cannot fucking wait. : dromo5
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  that queer girl in the movie is unf : dodob
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    moonblood or whatever her name is. : dodob
    • Luna Cockbutt? : Ride-My-Rocket
• the site must be hammered, I can barely get a dl, much less a streaming viewing. : edgewise
• Wow... that trailer was better than the book! : kallanta
• Fucking A : rosewood
• YAYAYAYA! : jenisthebest

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• It really doesn't pick up until about 5-6hrs in. I'd say stick with it for a bit longer before giving up. : mechanicalgrape
• It took me a while. I played the demo and still didn't "get" the combat when I bought the game. Maybe 1... : pigvomit
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  What don't you like about it? : Vincent Grayson
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    Standing in front of an enemy taking all the damage while my allies fail to shoot at it from longrange be... : Malku
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      Hmm. I never really ran into pathing issues, so there's nothing I can advise there. It does ramp up in... : Vincent Grayson
      • Sweet. I'm a failure at strategy but hell. Maybe it'll make me better at it :). : Malku
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  It does, but as it gets better and you start having fun you'll realize how much time you're spending grin... : CasbahBoy
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    Sounds like Dark Cloud 2 to me :D. I'll pick it back up in the morn ( Got tomorrow off :) ). Thanks. : Malku
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      it's not really much like dark cloud 2, and it's not nearly as good either : JINKY
      • D: Damn... That's the problem with playing a good game. You crave more. And since MGS4 got me on actio... : Malku
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  It loses a bit of steam toward the mid point, but the simmer is still better than most RPG's full blast. ... : kallanta
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    I don't get it, I never had to grind anything in that game to finish it. Maybe because I found Excalibur : Derringer
    • You were able to do ALL the hunts without grinding? I had everyone top equipped at level 93 and I couldn... : kallanta
• I am not normally an RPG fan, but this is easily one of my most favorite games. : mankeroo
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  I gave up around level 35 or so. Too much grinding, my party was always 3-5 levels below the boss or the ... : pyide
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    Oh and I was playing real-time on the fastest battle setting. The grind was still slow and painful, I don... : pyide
    • Ohhh.. I didn't know you could make the battles go faster. Thanks :) : Malku
• gameplay is ok...kind of like wow with ff flavor, but the story had no emotional impact on me : Chandler55
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  Thread Hijack Which newer final fantasy game is most like 7 in style and gameplay? : virus
  • Has to be FF10. : pigvomit
  • None of them are that close. :( : SeaLlama
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    I would say none of them. I feel like every game in the series since has been almost experimental in nat... : omnova
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      • I never really thought much of the materia system, honestly. I thought FF8's system was one of the bet... : Vincent Grayson
    • Agreed. My favorite is FF3/6 as a classic, and FFXII for a nice mixture of real time & turn based group ... : Wombat Woo
  • crisis core laffo : Majuju
  • Probably 10. : FushigiDenki
  • Shadow Hearts 1 : Mondo
  • Gonna go with 10. : kallanta
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    • FFX did all of those things, but saying it took it back to its roots is a bit of a stretch if you ask me.... : zakazi
  • Go play FF9 right now. : 69gooch69
  • Lost Odyssey. : Vincent Grayson
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    I'll probably get flamed for this but I found FFX-2: RPG Clothing Simulator to be rather forgettable. It... : riptyde
    • Oh, you won't get flamed for that, I'll get flamed for saying that FF9 was forgettable. The only FF game... : pigvomit
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=13296858 :S Actually, reading your comment history in regards t... : exponen7
  • More like the least forgettable and most awesome. But I know we totally disagree on this. : Vincent Grayson
• It's the FF game that plays itself! Seriously...it's the only FF game I ever got so bored of I never f... : genom

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  5 random songs from my driving playlist: Pendulum - Slam The Crystal Method - Roll it Up Stevie Wond... : DrWaffles
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    But, after looking through your list, I think that you might want to look into Spoon. Check out: The ... : DrWaffles
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      My friend just gave me a copy of Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga. Will be checking it out now, thanks :D! : quadeh
      • it's awesome. : mwasher
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    that Pendulum track is awesome! I first heard it while watching an Eve Online video. : zerog83
    • stay away from the new album. :`( : mwasher
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  The new Wolf Parade record, Fleet Foxes-Fleet Foxes, Man Man-Rabbit Hats, Yeasayer - All Hours Cymbals : monkeygone
  • Wow, just checked this stuff out in the itunes store, really great thanks! : quadeh
• The Dark Knight Soundtrack. : Sailor of Fortune
• download some riverside.. out of myself, specifically. : lakren
• Steve Miller Band - Greatest Hits 1974-1978 ZZ Top - Tres Hombres : ThomW
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  I love listening to the entire Silversun Pickups - Carnavas album while driving. Especially Lazy Eye, Dr... : Begawkiness
  • ^^^ word : robbomc
• Allman Brothers at Fillmore East- doesn't get much better than that for a drive. : Borzoi
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  You only need one band. Clutch. www.pro-rock.com. Fuck that sissy alt rock you listen too. : tums
  • This music makes me angry :(. My road rage is bad enough as is. : quadeh
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  Okkervil River - The Stage Names My Morning Jacket - Okonokos Bruce Springsteen - Nebraska Morphine - ... : jasonepowell
  • Oooh, I like all of these, but I would give you five high fives just for introducing me to Morphine. Than... : quadeh
• Portishead : c0bra
• All of the Hermano albums : melkore
• the minutemen - double nickels on the dime! : anthonybean
• here are a few albums i have arranged to take on my zune for my south dakota trip: Aggrolites - Reggae... : cpt_gloval
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  Lynyrd Skynyrds greatest hits... : buzzbat
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    i am going to see them in SD next week i can't even name one of their songs : cpt_gloval
    • this is unacceptable : buzzbat
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      Freebird? Sweet Home Alabama? : Nixx2004
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        so this is the concert i can yell PLAY FREEBIRD at? : cpt_gloval
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          No, that's any other concert you go to. : melkore
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            now im confused : cpt_gloval
            • You forgot the lighter. : buzzbat
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  To have Blue Album be so high up here and not have Ozma - Rock and Roll Part III is criminal. : Deathlove
  • it's an unknown gem, mostly... i love it : robbomc
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    great, now I'll have battlescars stuck in my head for the next three days : Degenerate
    • you're welcome : Deathlove
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    You make a bold claim sir. Checking it out now, will return with any findings I unearth. : quadeh
    • you shall not be disappointed. : Degenerate
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      Hrm :/. Some of it is pretty good, but overall it sounds too much like the Green Album, and not enough li... : quadeh
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        Gah, in fact this is much better than Green. Can Ozma be the new official Weezer plz? : quadeh
        • Rivers already said they sounded more like Weezer than Weezer. They are the best! also doubble donkey ... : Deathlove
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        I see. That is certainly your opinion, and you are welcome to it. What did you say your address was again... : Deathlove
        • L-O-L : robbomc
        • *Runs* : quadeh
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    Are you in that band or something? You shill that album like you get kickbacks or something. I boug... : ThomW
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      I'm just saying that it's the greatest musical accomplishment in the history of time. I'm not trying to e... : Deathlove
      • Boy, you really like it. : ThomW
    • i'll remember this if we ever meet someday ;) : robbomc
• Filter - Tittle of Record : getfrisky
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  wilco summerteeth you can't really lose with this album : arizona bay
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    Already got it homeboy. Wilco is my favorite band :D! When you wake up feeling old... : quadeh
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      oh cool me too : arizona bay
      • I think we've already had this exact exchange before. Hooray us! : quadeh
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  I don't hit the road without an abundance of Boyz II Men, Mariah Carey, Toni Braxton, and Grease sountrac... : Halen
  • Dognose and yourself should hang out. : quadeh
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  anything by Me First & the Gimme Gimmes : robbomc
  • this is also true : Deathlove
• The Libertines - Up The Bracket : _jon
• Needs more Frank Zappa : retardhumper
• I have to say Shack, you've exceeded my expectations. I'm drowning in awesome new music now. Thanks guys,... : quadeh