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• I got about the same, cept 4gb and a 8800gt. And yeah i been kinda thinking about going Vista. I was thin... : Ziz
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  My main pet peeves are: very slow unzip times, very slow file transfer times, and hard drive thrashing. O... : Albemuth
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    Use 7-Zip or something other than Explorer to extract the Zip files and it should be the same speed as XP... : nudel
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      Built-in zip is really quite pathetic yeah, slower than anything else by a factor of like 10x. It's not e... : dooberzoo
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        guess what would happen if MS included a built in compression algorithm that was as good as or better tha... : derelict515
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          Well WinZip was essentially put out to pasture when XP added zip functionality. : K1Bond007
          • WinRAR is the way to go! : Dave-A
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            do you have numbers for that? I've never used the built in Windows unzip except for the day or two after ... : derelict515
            • No, but she definitely ain't what she used to be. When they were sold to Corel, they were like 20 million... : K1Bond007
      • I think unzip is slow because NTFS is slow at creating files. Soome ACL thing? Don't know. : jcupitt
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  my main problems with Vista are the horribly broken file search, and craptastic Explorer. Oh, and retarde... : MikkleThePickle
  • Search is one of the best things about Vista. And I think Explorer is improved from XP too. : Albemuth
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    yeah the explorer is terrible, locks up when opening a directory with hundreds of sub folders and tens of... : filthysock
    • I just opened a folder with 5000 files and it opened instantly :/ : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I guess if you went back to XP, you probably didn't get Windows Search 4, though you still can. : smegmar
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    I'm guessing the last time you used vista was January 07. : boomstickah
    • actually I reverted back to XP just a few weeks ago : MikkleThePickle
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    Windows Search 4 : Sailor of Fortune
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      What is this? I see it as an optional update, but it doesn't really say what it does. : CrazyPants
      • http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/winfamily/desktopsearch/choose/windowssearch4.mspx : Shadowdane
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  I love Vista. Go with the full version of Home Premium. : pancake humper
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    Do the upgrade versions actually build on top of XP at all? Or is basically just checking to see that you... : glio1337
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      They require you to have a valid XP license and prove it during Vista install. Don't ever do an in-place... : umcpwintermute
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        So if I buy the upgrade version (which is way cheaper), I can fully clear my hard drive? Are there any ad... : glio1337
        • Any ideas on this? : glio1337
        • When you install Vista upgrade from an XP install, Vista copies the old stuff in to a folder called Windo... : Altanar
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  the whole reason people complain about vista is because it isn't an improvement over xp. it is just xp w... : Luminair
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    I know the DX10 thing is a joke, but when I have used Vista on other's computer it seems at least somewha... : glio1337
    • They ironed out just about all of the major flaws, it just takes a little bit to get used to. It's not t... : umcpwintermute
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  As a Vista user, the only people that I would honestly recommend Vista to are people who primarily use th... : cetra00
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    You should not be getting blue screens in Vista unless something is horribly, horribly wrong. : retarded talking dinosaur
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      Well he says he's overclocking. Maybe if he's having problems with crashing enough that he's going to co... : boarder2
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        Right because running stability tests for 3 days straight doesn't help rule out overclocking as the cause... : cetra00
        • I've been running Vista on my PC for almost a year now and I've had so few Vista specific crashes that I ... : valael
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      Right I guess I just imagined the press release on the crash data collection done by Microsoft themselves... : cetra00
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        nvidia video drivers run in user mode and should not be able to cause blue screens : retarded talking dinosaur
        • That isn't true. All drivers can cause blue screen errors and I've seen a lot from the nv_*.sys drivers b... : nudel
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    So based on what you've said in the rest of your replies in the subthread what you meant to say was, Vist : boarder2
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      Correct, I never said otherwise. I even stated that the gaming situation in Vista is good but there are ... : cetra00
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        Fair enough : boarder2
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          On the other hand, I've used a Vista on my Core2Duo, 8800GT, 4gb ram, and even with a SB Audigy 2 without... : valael
          • ^^^ basically what i have and do. i haven't had any problems with vista64 either. it's not a great leap f... : drewroy
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            That's great that you don't run into any issues, but there is plenty of documented data of issues that ca... : cetra00
            • no. that's why i stayed away from vista till sp1. i can only go by the problems i've had. and i had plent... : drewroy
• DUDE! forget vista is sukxxors, try Mojave! it's way betters. : XchumpoX
• Ive been using Vista for months now and ive gotten used to it, in terms of performance loss it cut about ... : alphablu
• I've been using it since the betas and love it. I was de-shitware'ing the in-laws computer today that run... : Dave-A
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  I absolutely hate the new (file) explorer. I feel like I have 1 hand tied behind my back when I use it to... : Warlock
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    Only 10-15 apps? Try start -> type in the first few letters of the app's name, then run it. Alternately, ... : carrioN luggagE
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      It's interesting because I use Spotlight on my Mac to launch apps all the time, but the new Vista start m... : Warlock
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        I don't know anyone who doesn't use start -> type after a couple months. stop using the mouse way. : retarded talking dinosaur
        • It seems like a step back if you think about all the new import methods Microsoft and Apple are working o... : Warlock
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    On this note is there a way to return to the old style address path display in the file explorer by defau... : cetra00
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      I don't think so. I agree about the lack of "Folder Up" button. Sucks. Here's another complaint: How t... : Warlock
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        I found the answer w/o using google. While at your desktop press f1 type Use natural language search cli... : sigpro
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          F1 while actually in that menu does nothing. :( : Warlock
          • do it from the desktop like I said. It will bring with the general windows help. Then type what you are l... : sigpro
        • Also: Why the fuck isn't this enabled by default? "If you turn on natural language search, you can per... : Warlock
    • Click on the white empty space in the right end of the address bar. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Cut copy paste is also ways faster with keyboard shortcusts, or right click and do it. Why are you using ... : sigpro
  • You can increase the height of the start menu so it shows more items. Mine's almost the height of my 1920... : nudel
• vista ultimate 64 bit, given you have drivers pre-checked, is fucking AWESOME. especially for like a "... : Downforce
• For all the "omgwtfvistaramhogs": w-t-f is unused ram good for? You bought 8GB of ram, use it. : sukabljat
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  When there are more than two games with 64-bit exe's Vista 64 will be awesome. Also for anyone jealous of... : CrazyPants
  • launchy > all on win32 os just like quicksilver on os x : thejayjay
  • Vista 64's awesome for me now because XP 64 doesn't have drivers for my hardware and I'm using 4 GB of RA... : Altanar
• Having used Vista for a while now, I see no need to bother switching. : Tommy Toolbag
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  I seriously considering dual booting with a solid state disk containing just Vista and the current HDD wi... : Vorlonesque
  • Also, how well does Vista64 (ultimate) handle 32bit gaming and shit? And are there drivers for most stuf... : Vorlonesque

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  Wow, thats quite a drop from last week. : trOmblyj
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    50% is pretty normal. Also, Saturday is usually bigger than Friday. TDK could be looking at another $35-$... : edgewise
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      how long is it going to stick around in imax theaters? i want to see it but can't this weekend and maybe ... : pyide
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        its already not around in the Seattle area :( : derelict515
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          what? it's still in 4,266 theaters which is wider than most new releases. The Mummy 3 is opening this wee... : edgewise
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            He means not in the Seattle IMAX theaters. : sigpro
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              yeah ;_; : derelict515
              • crap. if it's not around a big city like that, i better get in asap before it's gone :( : pyide
      • Oh, I"m sure it'll still be around for a few weeks. It'll lose a few theaters here and there, but it's st... : edgewise
    • What's insane is $363M after 15 days. Previous record for fastest to $400M is 43 days. TDK will probabl... : riptyde
  • lol i thought that was the whole weekend numbers : trOmblyj
• I got back an hour ago from my 3rd viewing, and it still fucking rocks. : carrioN luggagE
• Oh, it'll go back up on Monday. : Sailor of Fortune
• they need to do something different and release it on DVD on tuesday! : deviantpaul
• I am going to see TDK tomorrow. I am fairly excited. : pancake humper
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  Worse than Ratner? Whoa. : Fred Garvin
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    I knew that would get your attention! Ratner may be considered one of the biggest hacks in history, but ... : treefingers1
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      Your comment may be controversial, but I would settle this by saying that Paul WS Anderson is worse than ... : pigvomit
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        This is like discussing what's the worst type of diarrhea. : Fred Garvin
        • But at the same time, he's right. : Conan
        • Which is worse...getting assfucked with AIDS infected zombie Hilter or vampire Stalin? : Vorlonesque
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  Another thing is that word of mouth for Mummy 3 is incredible poor, so the Saturday numbers -- which are ... : BoKnows
  • On a side note, TDK will have crossed $500 million worldwide today. : BoKnows
• I'd wait and see what Saturday and Sunday's numbers are. Being a new release, The Mummy 3 is gonna be a b : sgtsanity
• roland emmerich is probably the worst : digweed014
• DK is going to be in the top 7 in terms of all time gross after this weekend. Very impressive. : Flynn
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  any particular reasons you guys care about these numbers? don't want to sound like an asshole.. just curi... : mnok
  • I thought I made it pretty clear in the opening post. 1) The sooner people stop giving Rob Cohen mo... : treefingers1
  • Because it sucks when something terrible makes more money. : lodit
  • I'm still wondering why the IMDB "greatest movies EVAR" poll has caused such a big controversy on the int... : Lionhart32935
  • It's entertaining. : BoKnows
  • because studios are businesses, if these shit movies consistently make shit money they'll stop making the... : pigz
• I like watching the mummy movies when I'm really bored. Sometimes I enjoy a campy adventure flick. : gibolas1234
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  It makes me sad that ppl are following a movie's performance like its a sports team. Seriously, find som... : holinka
  • like a bunch of guys running around on a field chasing a ball : sgtsanity
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    haha like rooting for a sports team has more merit in any way? : JINKY
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      If my team wins, it will like, change my life forever! : pigvomit
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        If Dark Knight becomes the highest-grossing film of all time, it will like, change my life forever! Ye... : holinka
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          god forbid people want things they like to do well so that more of those things are made in the future : derelict515
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            I don't disagree....I hope they make more films of the same quality. : holinka
            • shouldn't you find something else to root for? : ShekkyBoy
          • At this point, it's not like it's a question of whether TDK will do well, or if there will be more. It's ... : Vincent Grayson
          • and then those same people complain about too many trilogies and studios milking the franchise : TwiLyght
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      If you can't see the difference...well, that's your problem bub : holinka
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        Actually there really is no difference, at the heart of it. : the city
        • ^^^^^^^^^ : darkT
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  God the Mummy Trailer looked terrible. I hadn't even heard of it. Wtf are people retarded? : Agrona
  • I really hate MUMMIES! : YamatoTwinkie
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    wtf is this.. So I have the tv on (was running adverts).. and by the time I was done reading this post TH... : humbleone
    • Please leave the surveillance equipment in place, it is there for your own good. : mem
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  I guess brendan phraser sits around in his house waiting for the "mummy" phone to ring every few years. : baconisgod
  • LOL, that sounds about right. : PenicillinX57
  • Hey, if I got paid what he does to do those, I'd do it too. : Conan
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  It is looking neck and neck after Saturday. http://www.deadlinehollywooddaily.com/ I bet TDK ends up ... : pyrogen
  • Yeah, Mummy gets terrible word of mouth so saturday/sunday numbers drop while TDK continues to get positi... : Prozium
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  w00t! TDK IMAX today!!! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    I saw it yesterday in IMAX with the family. It will blow your mind... but make sure you get there early ... : treefingers1
    • luckily the IMAX I go to has assigned seating. Only theater I will actually buy tickets online for. : Crimsonbeak
  • yay \o/ Can't wait! : ysbreker
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  My girlfriend went and watched the Mummy Friday night, and said it was so bad people were getting up and ... : judge
  • I saw it last night and didn't think it was too bad. I didn't like it as it's not really my type of movie... : Reeves
• According to Box Office Mojo estimates, The Dark Knight beat out the Mummy by $1 million these week. Awes... : Wisp!

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  Ernest Goes to Camp : gyokuro
  • 2nd best movie ever. : chungathebunga
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  Harold and Kumar 2 : askedrelic
  • just watched this tonight and no :( : mwasher
• Brazil. : AgentPothead
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  Eight : PenicillinX57
  • ok, lol : CrankMonkey
• no country for old men : mXENO
• Barry Lyndon : mechanicalgrape
• Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure : Matt Burris
• Se7en is totally a Saw ripoff : dognose
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  are you serious? That film was hugely predictable for me. My list of "better" films would be huge enough ... : Megara9
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    Start with Die Hard, and then go from there until your audience falls asleep : dognose
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      "....Battlefield Earth, Se7en, Manos the Hands of.... oh hey it's time for breakfast!!!" : dognose
      • "This horror story involves a woman hiding out with four pastel colored poodles in a desert gas station.. : xsoulbrothax
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    If only you felt the same way when it came to posting : oneshot
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      I do but I can't be bothered to list them. I'll tell you, though.. you'd have more than just one shot at ... : Megara9
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        I was not refering to your list : oneshot
        • unpossible! How could you have referred to anything else? : Megara9
  • I don't know a single person that didn't predict the end, yet the vast majority still felt it was hugely ... : aaarrrgh
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  Seven Samurai (1954) : retardhumper
  • Agreed. I love that movie. : umeko
  • Yay for Kurosawa. : cerealSAM2
  • seven samurai... yes : miasma(&)
• Dawn of the Dead. : NastyJack
• one eight seven. How many shackers have seen it and what what did you think? : mista mista
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  I think my favorite movie is The Fountain. Or Pan's Labyrinth, or maybe Aguirre the Wrath of God : wtf242
  • I love you. The Fountain is fantastic, and Aronofsky is sex. : 69gooch69
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    I watched Aguirre for the first time last night. What fun! It felt rather bitty. I wonder if the scrip... : jcupitt
    • informative wiki article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aguirre,_the_Wrath_of_God : jcupitt
• Hard to pick but I'd go with The Unforgiven. That has got to be the best ending to a movie ever. : Pettytheft
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  Rear Window : sonicdeathwalrus
  • I was going to say this. : kallanta
• Fight Club. Se7en is in my top five though. I was going to say top three, but I'm no longer sure of tha... : Grumbeld
• I don't think that there is such a thing, but there are things that move me from time to time. Lately, th... : PlanetPerfecto
• http://www.imdb.com/chart/top #34 - Se7en (1995) . . #26 - WALL-E (2008) . . #1 - The Dark Knigh : ShoCon
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  Contact : xsii
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    Nearly walked out of the theater at the end of that one : CasbahBoy
    • isn't that when you normally walk out of a theater? : dromo5
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      you normally stay in the cinema when films end? : steve_o
      • He likes to sit in the dark with no one around...masturbating...I mean when and where would be a better p... : Vorlonesque
  • lol good one (joke I mean) : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  So hard to choose...I'll go with Blues Brothers. : Nixx2004
  • Holy shit, no one ever says this. I love you man. It's got great music, humour, action... easily my favou... : node
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  Big Lebowski : smax
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    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Seconding these vertically aligned arrow heads. : aaarrrgh
• It was good, but not in my top 10. : Freon
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  Casablanca : smegmar
  • 2nd'd...very likely my favorite movie and the very definition of cool. Its one of those movies I can wat... : Vorlonesque

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  my most recent failure that could have been awesome http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=181936 : Draugluin
  • I thought you had that and I was gonna be sooo impressed : epit
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  I need to know how to best create powerful flingers. I can combine 1 row of powered wheels, but when I ge... : epit
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    is this kind of what you mean? it's kind of a proof-of-concept. the idea is you let gravity press them to... : Draugluin
    • Oh, I like that! : randomjgj
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  The only 2 of mine even slightly worth sharing: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=182699 http... : boredguy
  • really dig that second one : Draugluin
  • the first one is fun, one of the best looking designs i've seen : pharoah mike
  • Both of those are nicely done! : randomjgj
• Got lucky with this one and the rear piece dipping down enough to clear the obstacle: http://FantasticCon... : hoov1185
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  This one was shockingly easy: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=182779 : coldfusioncs
  • That is awesome to watch : pharoah mike
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  When you guys save contraptions, can you get to page 2 or do I have to pay for the game see all my saved... : shotgun1
  • It can be kinda slow, yu don't have to pay. Click and wait. : magistersmax
• My first ever slightly cool one... It does eventually get there! http://FantasticContraption.com/?design... : Liquid
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  This one is my ugliest functional design: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183409 : pharoah mike
  • madness : Liquid
  • Impressive coordination : drodver
  • lol wow : Jiven
  • Very nice! I like it. : randomjgj
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  #14 unpowered: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183479 God this took me forever to get worki... : riptyde
  • Awesome! : aldraek
  • Holy shit that is amazing : OverloadUT
  • wow, that's brilliant : c0bra
  • most impressive : Marauder IIC
  • DAMMIT. KUDOS. : krebster
  • very inventive! kudos! : phipple
  • And the payout was very worth it. Well done. : DrZettl
  • That solve is amazing. Tagging for later marveling... : Karnov
  • That was brilliant! : randomjgj
  • kudos : xelencin
  • hot sex. : Agrona
  • elegant : steelsamurai
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  These are my two favorites: Digger -- http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=136463 Retarded Robo... : ConfusedUs
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    Does the robot ever finish? It fell over and can't get up. : Nixx2004
    • It does that on some computers and finishes on some. Make the feet just a bit wider (shift-click and d... : ConfusedUs
  • Seeing other people's makes me fee retarded. : Liquid
• This is my cleanest one (17): http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=175734 : aldraek
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  a couple of my own overkill: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=151373 concept piece: http://F... : Draugluin
  • oops meant for that third link to be http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=181177 : Draugluin
  • I like overkill :) : Agrona
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  Someone show me a solution to Tube, I can't keep it climbing for more than 2-3 seconds then one side lose : Lunatic Angelic
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    http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=4992 (not mine) : indosauros
    • haha... you have to be kidding me! : Shadowdane
    • NO WAI : Zero|DPX
    • yeah, that solution made me hate this game. : cerealSAM2
  • build a platform that wedges in the bottom, then build a climber on a slight diagonal so that it's slight : BingusLargus
  • mine is simple http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=198895 : steelsamurai
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  reposting my #13 http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=116817 : indosauros
  • awesome : riptyde
  • And once again, I feel like an idiot. : Liquid
  • haha it poops it out :o : Penis Brittle
  • that's awesome : deject
  • ahah that's clever! : deathofrats
  • holy shit these things are amazing : Kazomir
  • Nice!! : randomjgj
  • One of the best! : Reavers!
  • i went up and over... i like the way yours feeds it. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=198942 : steelsamurai
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  I had a better version (that didn't rely on the right rig moving) but didn't save it: http://Fantastic... : thief
  • wow, now I'm embarrased with my original post. : Dimmona
  • I just now watched the OP's one and I think mine is better, though less suspenseful! : thief
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    another: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183952 : thief
    • another http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184075 : thief
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    CHAIN)b http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184158 : thief
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      had to play it 3 times before it actually got it... the first two times were failed. : Shadowdane
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        yeah strange. after the first two it works every time now : Draugluin
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          70% of the time, it works all the time. I had to run it three times too : DHAvatar
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            Same here. Got two different fails the first two times though. Interesting. : SilverSnake
            • Wow, here too. That's pretty bizarre. : Agrona
• Ahhhh finally did unpossible! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183813 : Ovate
• http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183800 standard for this one i take it, but i like the colla... : grifter
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  LOL http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183887 : disintigrant
  • hahaha : deject
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    I hate that fucking level... I want to make some sort of huge spider thing that can just walk up those fu... : Sebastian-TEC
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=187382 : Sebastian-TEC
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=188244 =P : Lunatic Angelic
    • You can solve that one with 4 water links and 2 clockwise wheels. : alias
    • How about a tank! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190247 : kelbane
    • Simplicity http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190342 : Lunatic Angelic
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=164908 : deject
  • The walkers I make take like five minutes to get up there. This one is quicker but cheap. http://fantast... : BoKnows
  • similar to my first attempt : xelencin
• http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=183924 kinda simple... but looks damn cool. :) : Shadowdane
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  i wonder what the next lame flash game fad around here will be : dantastic
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    Heh. For a week or two it was Pandemic, now this. Not that I think they are lame. I just really suck a : Nixx2004
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      this one is a lot cooler than pandemic : datoo
      • I remember when Xeno tactics was popular. : Maddog_Delphi97
• what http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184155 : jenisthebest
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184178 - i dunno how that even worked. lol : Shadowdane
  • haha that's hideous : AllYourBase
  • Kungfu robot! : silent prophet
  • its dancing to that gay ass song : sludge vohaul
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  My new goal is to have them implode resulting in victory ex: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=18... : whippedcracker
  • Hehe, nice. Looked cool, too. : Nixx2004
  • haha wtfmate indeed : Ovate
  • hahahahah : kelbane
  • I spent an entire night, 5 hours or so screwing around making vehicles specifically so they'd shoot off w... : Hello Kitty
  • ahha, the movement of that contraption was hypnotising at the begining until it started spazzing out...th... : gimpness
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    Not mine, but wow: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=182048 : BoKnows
    • Wow indeed, that's the best one I've seen. : dravalen
    • fantastic : xelencin
    • haha that takes the explosive cake : gimpness
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184538 Fuck yeah! : Solstice
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    My version: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=116397 : DrZettl
    • Yours is so much neater than mine :) http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162877 : nodebug
• yah... finally. This one had me stuck for a bit - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184644 : Shadowdane
• kind of crappy, http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184754 : byorn
• my first attempt at a tank tread http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184766 : kelbane
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  More tank treads save the day on #10: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184875 : MovingTarget
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    i took yours and ran with it. the tank that could http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=184402 : kelbane
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      wrong link! damn http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=184993 : kelbane
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        the heavy lifter cannot be stopped http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=185348 : Luminair
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          heavy lifter mk2 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190863 : kelbane
          • hardcore. it cannot be stopped : Luminair
    • That one was pretty cool. I like how it just kept freaking out. :D : SilverSnake
  • i like it... made some changes: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=185315 : Shadowdane
  • Hah, didn't expect to make this work: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=185370 : MovingTarget
  • This one took far longer to perfect than it should have :( http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1873... : MovingTarget
  • Made mine top heavy and it soars over http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=155867 : nodebug
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    Heavy armor rolling out! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=195603 : d0gbert
    • it's a Merkava! : deject
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  I like to call this "Army of Two" (Lvl 20) http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=164000 And here... : DrZettl
  • That second one is really nice. : mockery
  • hahaha, that second one is hilarious : moshman
  • God that second one is so funny, I'm in tears here. : Arctic Fox
  • lol @ the 2nd one : Dimmona
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    lol thats pretty sweet, kind of slave driver contraption : gimpness
    • That's the idea. Beat the red ball into submission. : DrZettl
• http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=185173 : mockery
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  my lame contraptions early on my motto was more wheels the better! http://FantasticContraption.com/... : shotgun1
  • screwed up http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=148782 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=1... : shotgun1
• In honor of water on mars - "Mission to Mars" using only water rods: http://FantasticContraption.com/?des... : mockery
• I like the way this walks: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=185949 : steelsamurai
• The awesome solutions you guys keep coming up with make me feel like a retard. : SqueegyTBS
• http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=187957 : conandan
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  http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=188018 : Sebastian-TEC
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    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=188018 : Sebastian-TEC
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      I meant this one... http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=189455 : Sebastian-TEC
      • holy shit : kelbane
      • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190102 : Sebastian-TEC
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  Vids of some user-made levels: http://nudel.shackspace.com/bridge_jump.wmv http://nudel.shackspace.co... : nudel
  • Oops, that might sound like I made the levels. I only made the videos/solutions. : nudel
  • I'm going to pay the $10 and I haven't even finished the first 20 levels. Love the game :) : nodebug
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  C L E A N http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=179752 : mrvandelay
  • dude this is the worst thing ever : Draugluin
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  Some of my best: Just Barely: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=118875 Quicker one: http... : d_pap
  • The retarded cousin of your fave: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=162929 : DrZettl
• Something about this one just cracks me up: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=189113 : MovingTarget
• i got bored and went cog crazy http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=189205 : Relentles$
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  I just got to level 11 and I have no freaking clue what to do with this. : perstephanie
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=189828 : mrvandelay
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=189875 : MovingTarget
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=122287 : Kentor
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    http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=189828 ...heh that was actually pretty satisfying : Ovate
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      wha? thats mine : mrvandelay
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        damnit http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190053 : Ovate
        • Here's a redo...my first try at an unpowered solution: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19063... : Ovate
        • wha? thats mine : CrustaR
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        yeah sure it is THIEF : fishbone
        • HAY THAT GUYS A PHONY : packav
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190050 : yakz
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=149177 : shotgun1
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190298 : malevolence
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190612 : reign27
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    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=149597 : deject
    • Cool, mrfunky. : CrustaR
    • http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=149177 : Kack_Corn
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    CHALLENGE: Build something that remains in the target area, rather than just passes through it. : yakz
    • I got an idea for this, but I got trouble musting up enough powah! : SilverSnake
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      Success! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=194652 Credits to DinK because I stole his count : SilverSnake
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        Dammit, winnar. I was close, too :( : yakz
        • I actually had it working earlier, but since it landed kinda like it did now I started fiddling with it, ... : SilverSnake
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=195854 : Solstice
• http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=189851 http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=163251 h... : xwer
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  The Tube - http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=191473 Note quite as simple as it gets, but I'm p... : cannelbrae
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    http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=191627 :) : electroly
    • (not mine btw. my attempt was.... poor) : electroly
  • My catapult on tube was luke warm. I love how it falls out of the tube when it's all used up. : DrZettl
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  My first unpowered contraption. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=192672 I realize I could ... : Ctrl-Phreak
  • Actually you don't need to add anything! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=195834 Slow as h... : lapskaus
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  Oddly, this one only works after you have tried it twice already: http://FantasticContraption.com/?design... : thief
  • On the first one, at least one of your rope segments is shorter than is allowed. That's why it doesn't wo... : OverloadUT
• I am stuck on #13 :( : c_man_tmt
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  Not mine, but pretty funny. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=175868 Pole Jump! : BoKnows
  • That's pretty cool. :D : SilverSnake
  • hahahah, awesome! : phipple
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  jesus this is addicting http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=194440 : romulan
  • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=194675 : romulan
  • lol 18: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=195955 : romulan
• This game needs a timer. I wanna do time trials. : BoKnows
• Im kinda suprized this worked: Conveyor belt http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=195071 : Theos
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  my abortion]r of a contraption: http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=195590 i was gonna try and f... : packav
  • wow lol : packav
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    what the fuck is this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... : Luminair
    • A pronoun used to indicate a person, thing, idea, state, event, time, remark, etc., as pointed out or pre... : RomSteady
  • hahahahahaha I just saw it and cracked up laughing : deject
  • That is hideous. : DrZettl
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  This one took forever and barely finishes after using all of it's might: http://fantasticcontraption.com/... : malevolence
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    Correct link: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=190342 : malevolence
    • ? its the same thing as the earlier one : Sanityjr
    • I got it to work pretty quickly by making a few changes. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=19... : Ctrl-Phreak
• This makes me think of the opening to Pee Wee's Big Adventure. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=... : BoKnows
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  I made one! YAY! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=196409 : DOOManiac
  • simpler :) http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=196482 (my variation of a catapult design that some ... : Sanityjr
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  HOLY CRAP...finally http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=196841 : byorn
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    anyone have alternate ways to beat number 15? : byorn
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      http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=186824 : steelsamurai
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        not number 15, but still nifty : byorn
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          hmm pasted the wrong one: ttp://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=198879 : steelsamurai
          • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=198879 sigh : steelsamurai
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=190808 : shotgun1
    • http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=199837 I actually found it to be one of the easiest. : MONGOLOID
  • Yeah right. That was awesome. : jayacheess
• Having fun making golf machines. http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=196940 : jayacheess
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  WHAT THE HELL http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=196974 : kelbane
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    on those lines http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=197202 i think something is wrong with the ph... : kelbane
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      http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=197202 : kelbane
      • sorry.. i fail at ctrl+c : kelbane
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      http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=197262 : kelbane
      • that was a pretty epic win : Juno
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    Is that a glitch or is that really physics? : skitzo
    • NASA is investigating this technology for future launch vehicles. : ArB
  • so.... should I keep waiting to see if it lands in the goal? it's been 15 minutes... : deviantpaul
• I'm going to see if I can complete these by modeling them all after a an animal that looks like its gone ... : cetra00
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  I'm so proud of this http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=198661 : Draugluin
  • nice work! : supermonkeyballz
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  I'm trying to get the orange ball in this setup to power me on to victory. Not getting anywhere with it,... : Agrona
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    I don't get it. : Hello Kitty
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      I'm with kitty here. Wtf. : DrZettl
      • My only thought was he's "trying" to get that giant orange ball to land on top and somehow spin against t... : Hello Kitty
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        okay, there's no contraption there because they all suck horribly. I was trying to get somenoe to take m... : Agrona
        • so i took your design and made it awesome http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=199642 I had to ad... : steelsamurai
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          Why doesn't it finish I don't get it. http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=199737 : Hello Kitty
          • fixed it for you http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=200338 : CoRDS
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  this was fun... team pink and team yello go! http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=199235 : steelsamurai
  • that's a lot nicer than mine http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=200215 works, just takes a l... : davislovestacobell
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  puuuuush http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=199367 : CoRDS
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    Mine is similar http://www.ntnews.com.au/article/2008/07/31/4887_ntnews.html : wasylm
    • oops wtf ctrl-c fails me http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=199360 : wasylm
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  http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=199367 : glio1337
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    why did you post the same link as CoRDS : aaarrrgh
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      my design was just that awesome : CoRDS
      • I highly doubt that. : aaarrrgh
    • Gah crap, didn't mean to : glio1337
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  submitted for shack approval http://FantasticContraption.com/?designId=200147 : CrimsonHandHiro
  • basic, simple, points off for not making it look like a hot chick. : radula
• I don't know but I always enjoy when they fall to their death. : Utopia
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  Trying to make some that SPAZZ OUT but don't explode: http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=202109 : BoKnows
  • This was the first, failed iteration (soooo close): http://fantasticcontraption.com/?designId=202072 :( : BoKnows

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  is this any good? : kainen1
  • It's like Left8Dead : Sailor of Fortune
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    it's pretty fun. The fun factor is really determined by the map though as the most humorous moments are c... : DrFlammable
    • I personally like hearing the dismayed screams of the survivors as I spawn 100 mobs on their heads. : windowpane
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  downloading now can I just download the maps from the server? : Jayx77
  • you cant DL from the server BTW : Jayx77
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  my interested-o-metre is clicking what is this? : silentbobuk
  • hl2 mod http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFRhZnhy7iw : ballystix
• heh thanks for the tip, I like this mod : ) : Skull the Troll
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  who crashed the server? : mista mista
  • Blame Harvester for crashing the server. : DrWaffles
• SOMEONE. : windowpane
• Rydogg is looking into it now, should be up soon. : DrFlammable
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  it's back up : mista mista
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    joining : crummynz
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      OK I downloaded the map pack you linked last time and the one you linked this time and I still don't have... : crummynz
      • Nevermind I fail at WinRAR. : crummynz
• hl2 mod? : deathofrats
• Just got back from lunch, I'm IGI. : Sailor of Fortune
• mirror for map pack? : IcomeINpeace
• downloading now : prime8
• I don't know the pw :( : prime8
• Needs more open slots :/ : _jon
• thats a lot of fun. if left4dead is even half as good i will be happy : kill9
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  just played on some pubs..unless I'm missing something this shit is not worth the effort and time I just ... : IcomeINpeace
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    Mistake number 1, playing on a pub server. : Wombat Woo
    • downloading the pack to give the shack server a shot. the zombie mod was better..so far. : IcomeINpeace
  • Im not sure what's wrong with me, but I like playing on the pub servers. So long as you can mute all the ... : Reeves
• My mutant controls render me unable to be the Zombie Master. Can we play CS now? : _jon
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  Video of this in action. http://wombat_woo.shackspace.com/Shack%20Dallas%20Zombies.avi : Wombat Woo
  • or not....shack space broken? : Wombat Woo
• haha ggs, many 'accidental' barrel explosions in people's faces. : DrFlammable
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  Is this more fun than Zombie Panic? : jonin
  • yes : Dschinghis Khan
• downloading now. u guys still playing? : Klebold
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  Sorta on topic question: I love zombie stuff...but are there any non-multiplayer mods or games with them? : Dr Van Nostrand
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    They Hunger for Half Life 1. It is a 3 part series. A source version is in the works. : h o s t i l e
    • Awesome thanks : Dr Van Nostrand
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  i think we are going to start playing again right now! : DrFlammable
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    igi : c0bra
    • aaaaaaand I crashed : c0bra
• but i dont know the password : drewroy
• Downloading, might not know pw! : chungathebunga
• Going to give this a go after I finish downloading the Source SDK. I hope it's not a problem if I don't k... : CrazyPants
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  Fuck! I left the server because the elevator was broken or something and the map was never going to end! ... : CrazyPants
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    Someone reply to this and tell me if the elevator ever worked because I am going to sleep. : CrazyPants
    • nope, flammable had to noclip like 10 times to get up there then he had to push the battery the entire wa... : lakren
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  Sweet you are all still playing. : deathofrats
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    I'll never understand steam's auto join. Dedgecko was able to join before me, even though I've been 'au... : deathofrats
    • ping and computer speed : mXENO
    • Was the game already open? : chungathebunga
• We are the most dysfunctional "team" of players ever. : c0bra
• Zombie Master, huh? Hang on... : Maddog_Delphi97

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  I hate it and I hate you. : A Sponge
  • Awww... that's the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me ;) : NastyJack
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  Really dig the Talk Talk track. : icon_of_syn
  • Glad you like it! I think Abigail might have a soft spot for it too somewhere in her blackened heart. Mos... : NastyJack
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  Why can't you fastfoward through songs? : Trips
  • Just pretend it's on a walkman and the fast forward button is busted. : NastyJack
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  NastyJack I like the cut of your jib. Good selection. : jimmy_legs
  • Thanks jimmy :) : NastyJack
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  I listened to Chocolate Synthesizer and Children Of God while driving (AAARGHHH) this weekend and really ... : genjuro
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    ACID POLICE!!!! Also you need to get over your fear of long albums and put some serious listening time... : NastyJack
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      As I've told you many times. Listen to your elders. : NastyJack
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        I only listen to those at home or on road trips. They are sooo much better when you can actively listen t... : genjuro
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          You are very correct sir. Genjuro tell me what else you've been listening to that has been good. I'm out ... : NastyJack
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            I'm even farther out of the loop - the only newish albums I've bought are Portishead's and The Mars Volta : genjuro
            • Diamanda Galas scares me but I want to give her another shot. It seemed cool. : NastyJack
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    why dont' you listen to seadrum or actually why don't you listen to the entire length of vision creation ... : fletch_
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      this should be mr.sex saying this instead of fletch_ >:( : fletch_
      • see fletch doesn't even know what the boredoms are : Mr.SEX
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      I have to say that while the Boredoms are my favorite band... I didn't like Seadrum very much. It had it'... : NastyJack
      • the first track is brilliant, but 'house of sun' just isn't too much fun. i don't even know if you can c... : Mr.SEX
• MUXTAPE TIME a few choice electronic tracks: http://postal.muxtape.com/ : Postal
• http://freshyk.muxtape.com/ I don't really know how to make a proper mix tape with a theme and all so ... : freshyk
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  thats a pretty good selection there, Roger Waters ftw. also i'm starting to like The Pixies : Dschinghis Khan
  • Pixies were such a huge band for me. Really got me interested in indie stuff. : NastyJack
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  This came about because Jack and I were talking yesterday about how we share fondness for a fair few band... : A Sponge
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    ^^^ Check it out. Good stuff here. I thought she'd be into more gangsta rap but it's still very cool. Als... : NastyJack
    • Well you know Jack, I have come a long way from the mean streets of Southern England. While my gang is th... : A Sponge
• i hate muxtape so much just because it thinks it's so web 2.0 that it doesn't need a volume control so... : JINKY
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  Can someone explain to me how this stuff works? Do folks just upload MP3s? I mean is this legal? : avatar_58
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    So far it is. People said it'd be gone in no time, yet it's still up, months later without a peep from t... : Matt Burris
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      The "buy this mp3" link probably helps. : NastyJack
      • Well I'll make one, but no one will really like it. I have weird taste. : avatar_58
      • It should, I've bought about 8 songs from discovering songs I like on Muxtape, and I don't go there that ... : Matt Burris
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  Wow... Melt Banana : Shivawn
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    It grows on you :) : NastyJack
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      The only people I've known who listen to Melt Banana are women who keep jars of hair on their dresser fro... : Shivawn
      • i wish you liked it because it's amazing! : Mr.SEX
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        I don't know what you are talking about but it sounds exciting. : NastyJack
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          I'm one of the few guys on shack who doesn't post 'HAY GUIZ I GOTZ A WOMANZ PROBLEM', but I finally broke... : Shivawn
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            Haha, and now we know why. You sir are made of rice paper. : spazzium
            • :C I date otaku's. It's horrifying when I look in the mirror everyday and see that I'm still alive. : Shivawn
      • loll : warpdude
• good tape dude. I listened to it earlier : wtf242
• Alrighty so I made one - http://avatar58.muxtape.com/ Yeah..... : avatar_58
• Susie Q owns : TastyWheat
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  Did FF3 or Flash 10 break this, or something? Can't get them to start now. : Nixx2004
  • This sometimes happens if you have other pages that use flash open, or have opened pages previously that ... : zakk
• SUNDAY MORNING COMING DOWN oh lord I love you, I forgot about this song. Thanks! : Orange Pylon
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  Good one! Johnny Cash: fried chicken : focusdaily
  • actually, really good. A lot of these songs are really enjoyable. : focusdaily

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• The Sopranos. Now. : zerog83
• Check out The Cell. It was on HBO. REALLY good. : Phreakin
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  BSG without a doubt. I was skeptical, but it really is a fantastic show. : skinlab133
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    yeah, at least watch the mini series. You'll love it. : Flynn
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      Writers seem to run out of good ideas after season 1 in my opinion but the first season and miniseries ar... : Geoffrois
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        I mostly disagree. It does feel like after the first season they don't put as much focus on the main "plo... : skinlab133
        • imo, many of those episodes are very mediocre, but there are good ones inbetween : Shai-Tan
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  These are some shows I enjoy (or enjoyed in the past) that you haven't mentioned seeing. 24 The 4400 ... : fuell
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    Oh ya, is 24 that good? I fear the over-hype bug. : icon_of_syn
    • 24 season 1 is without a doubt worth watching. After that it slowly becomes more and more of the same. No... : Geoffrois
• The Shield should be the first thing you watch. Then I would go with Sopranos, BSG, and Mad Men, not nece... : eXcess
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  The Shield, Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Arrested Development. : ant_hillbilly
  • it's always sunny is a great show : wvuong
  • I've heard real good things about The Shield. Forgot about Arrested Development. I'm a huge David Cross... : icon_of_syn
• Check out Freaks and Geeks. It is quite good. : rustified
• Dream On was a great series. I loved the episode where the dad and friend get stoned. : sigpro
• The Wire : xsii
• Damages : bigdaddyone
• Cheers. : DasCracky
• farscape stargate SG-1 The Unit (Currently going through) Burn Notice - might want to wait until close... : Nation
• The West Wing : thekidd
• The Wire. : edgewise
• Since you don't like Joss Whedon...I would recommend Charmed, that stupid show with Charlie Sheen and One... : wretchedradio
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  Have you seen Band of Brothers? Also, is Rome any good? : Penis Brittle
  • Rome is awesome. Just stick with it for a few episodes and you'll understand who the real main character... : graah
  • Loved Band of Brothers. Rome was great after a couple of episodes. : icon_of_syn
• The Wire is the closest thing to seeing a modern day Dickens novel play out on screen. : midgetherder
• There is only one correct answer, and that is The Wire. 5 seasons of pure amazingnessity. Yes, i just m... : botch
• Thanks, 'The Wire' is next : icon_of_syn
• Flight of the Conchords is the only choice : mista mista
• SPACED : XchumpoX
• Dexter :) : yosemiteclimber
• Another vote for The Shield! : PenicillinX57
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  Even though you don't like Joss Whedon, Firefly is really short and quite fantastic. It's definitley wor... : slickdoody
  • yeah, it's not even an entire season. a couple of friends and some beers on a weekend, and you can blast ... : xsoulbrothax
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  Mad Men hasn't been mentioned yet. : Albemuth
  • and this is apparently because the shack has insufficient appreciation for redheads >:( what about... ... : xsoulbrothax
• Mad Men on AMC : jigstah
• um.... the Tudors? : Megara9
• Checkout Dead Like Me. Utterly hysterical. : RevRaven
• West Wing. At least see season 1. : pauk111
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  The fucking WIRE man! : lookitzpancakes
  • I'm watching this, I just started season 3 and so far the shack hype has delivered. It's bad ass. : dael
• The Wire is amazing, and Mad Men is HOT : alnya
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  Burn Notice : notext
  • hey what's song's this? http://dodob.shackspace.com/doodoo.mp3 : dodob
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  Somewhat related subthread, best movies/tv series on the watch now service? I've seen the US The Office ... : boarder2
  • Oh cool, Carrier is available. That'll take care of me for now. : boarder2
• First season of Carnival is amazing. Second season still good. But you HAVE to watch the first. : zen!
• Everyone assumes that you've seen Band of Brothers. If not, it's 10 episodes of absolute triumph. : TaintedSyringe
• Don't say that until you've seen The Wire. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Action: Prison Break, Sleeper Cell, Comedy: How I met your mother, The Big Bang Theory, Two and Half ... : doomed
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  Where's arrested development on your list : Clay
  • ^^yeah.this. : jackalope