Evening Reading

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  I'm gonna bring some beer. So waht do you want, Bud Lime or Miller Chill? : edgewise
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    You won't be allowed to enter if you bring either of those. : iamgoat
    • I'll bring both and we can have a blind taste test. : edgewise
  • hahaha! : yosemiteclimber
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  is missylu coming? : Flynn
  • like anyone would notice :P : RikiTiki2
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    Crummy and I will be there in a few hours!!!! : missylu
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      would you wear a Shacker Of the Year 2007 sash / crown? : RikiTiki2
      • :O : breadsticks
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  i am gonna head out in like 2 hours. I get to meet edgewise I am very excited! : sesmaster
  • I'm going to make sure to stay an xbox controller's length away from you at all times. : edgewise
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    also, stay for a while. I'm not going to get there until around 6. : edgewise
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      got some root canals to do today? : sesmaster
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        nah, just hangin with the wife and kids for a while. Boy needs a haircut, gonna take them swimming later ... : edgewise
        • I wish I was a family man . . . but I would be the worse father ever : sesmaster
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  Hello to the people wearing the blue, green, and black shirts hanging out in the kitchen! : helvetica
  • Good thing none of them are Redshirts. : Jonathan
  • You didn't say it was the Green Lantern! : Jonathan
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  I ended up getting another job, and got into trouble. Maybe next year. :( : Koral06
  • lol move back to Iowa : Flying h4x0r
• New Shack phenomenon, "Hey can I see your phone?" ILTC'd : loboca
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  Server is back up! Im going in! : krym3
  • If i make this CTF will that help?? : krym3
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  Dude in white shirt better watch out for the dog! http://img512.imageshack.us/img512/4427/hornydogds8.jp... : geneshifter
  • at first i thought it was floating on top of the rock band drums : RikiTiki2
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  Everyone should wear nametags so we can tell who is who on the webcam!! :D : Galadriel07
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    We are, they arent big enough! : krym3
    • Get a sharpie and write your shacknames on the back of your shirts like football players!! : Galadriel07
• Can't make it =( : Cygnus X-1
• holy shit Quake 2! : kainen1
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  What will it take to get more people into the Quake server?! : krym3
  • We can play: DM CTF LMCTF Chamona, play with shackmeeters! : krym3
• I'll install Q2 to check it out : megarust32
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  Me and my gf are trying to get down there, the bus route for the last leg of the trip sucks though so it ... : ColoradoCNC
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    Any chance someone could pick us up from Redondo Station at 4? It would save us about an hour on the bus : ColoradoCNC
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      Actually, it looks like it would be 4:30. If anyone could do that, send me a shackmsg and I'll send you m... : ColoradoCNC
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        One last check, because we'd have to catch the bus there in about 10 minutes. Anyone who could pick us up... : ColoradoCNC
        • Yea, check your SM for a phone number : krym3
• I should not have worn axe, all these dogs are getting frisky with me. :( : skitzo
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  Denim shorts? Are those making a fashion comeback? I haven't seen those since Jr. High. : pigvomit
  • I was going to say the same thing, but then realized I lacked a fashion sense, so I probably didn't know ... : thekidd
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  Thanks again for your hospitality. I missed playing Q2. Good to see everyone again. Phreak: sorry i kept ... : lacker
  • Sucks you had to bounce even earlier than we did, but at least we got a round of Q2 in. : bcyde
• Yay beer! : pigvomit
• I see food that looks so delicious!! : Galadriel07
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  Its go time again! This time with more females! : krym3
  • at one point I counted 4 females and 5 males in a webcam shot. Crazy! : Flynn
• I would play q2 if I still had the game. : ant_hillbilly
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  I am sorry, but I cannot attend. I have an art show that my friend is curating, so I must be there. I w... : Q-ball
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    thats what i am doing... :( : Galadriel07
    • why aren't you here? we're serenading :( : xsoulbrothax
• I fail so hard for missing this :( Definite maybe next time though : CrimsonHandHiro
• Awww fuck I so would have come today, but I didn't even know it was going on. This last week was crazy at... : angrytaxman
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  Where is Serpico74 :( PS I do not love the cock. Logging out now. : crummynz
  • Sorry dude, I can't make it today. :/ PS - You're the only person I was looking forward to seeing, I h... : Serpico74
• If only we had sound streaming from the Rock Band stage. CrummyNZ is kicking ass on the mic. : Sailor of Fortune
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  alright MF'ers. I'm heading down now. Be there in a bit. hopefully traffic doesn't suck : edgewise
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    oh shit, I totally took too long. I am leaving in like 15 minutes . . . from Pasadena : sesmaster
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      should I pick up anything? : sesmaster
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        Hookers, Sand and Lime. : krym3
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          got lemon flavored hookers with sandy vaginas. done and done : sesmaster
          • I said lime, loser : iamgoat
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      Mother fuckers, I missed you and edgewise. The wife and I had to leave early because her younger sister ... : bcyde
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        PS hbalce1 has the biggest balls out of the early-goers to this shackmeet and was the only one willing to... : bcyde
        • Oh I know hbalce1 before a few drinks was sensitive about doing the vocals, so as xsoulbrothax suggested ... : bcyde
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  where'd everyone go? meatcam shows nobody : RikiTiki2
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    Half the group went to the beach. The other half is upstairs playing Soul Caliber. : iamgoat
    • put a meatcam on the beach so we can all be jealous of your sunsets in 2 hours : RikiTiki2
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  I hugged missylu and she smells wonderful. : edgewise
  • ^ fag. : TreMetal
• Still goin! : krym3
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  Still running strong! : skitzo
  • Looks like it's over. Also... Yay beer! : pigvomit
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  wow, my shackmeet cherry has been popped. That was a lot of fun, we SoCal peeps need to do that more ofte... : sesmaster
  • Your place, next week. : skitzo
• You people are awesome, I had a blast. Fuck Bionic Commando. My head is still spinning from that game. ... : djkenohki
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  You could at least turn the lights off for the person sleeping. : ant_hillbilly
  • that was me on the couch. :D it was so soft and tempting, i went and laid down while sailor and ctrl-frea... : xsoulbrothax
• LOL @ whoever passed out on the couch : FPSDavid
• Hooray Beer! : RikiTiki2

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  How did someone con you into playing a game LOL? : Fred Garvin
  • Also, did you get laid? : Fred Garvin
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    And installing and patching all that shit. Active torture before the addiction should have turned you off... : pyide
    • I'm playing on their computer. : Koral06
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    Well I told them I wasn't interested in playing an online game. So they suggested this game to me.... I d... : Koral06
    • anyone who suggested SWG to you should be shot. : g0nk
• No, there is no way. You are lost. : xxx2xxx
• star wars galaxies lol : AlexXdude
• wait this game sucks? : Mr.SEX
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  SWG is not dead? Oh my .... hm ... : Nation
  • :( Not in my heart! : Koral06
  • Yea I can't believe that. It's the only MMO I've quit due to how awful it was. : c0bra
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  warhammer is the new hotness, and it is hotness : oHnOES
  • Enabled Open Beta Head Start Preorder I can't wait! :[ : Ellissd
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    as hot as all you fags hyped up age of conan that nobody played 2 weeks after release? : dantastic
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      People need to stop shitting on Warhammer posts with references to AoC. : Ellissd
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        lest we forget : dantastic
        • I've never played that piece of shit because it looked fucking horrible. And I don't mean graphics either... : Ellissd
      • Thanks, and yes. : fleabug
    • i didnt hype anything about AoC : oHnOES
    • There are much more varied opinions about WAR. I personally think it's terrible. : Goncyn
    • i wouldn't say nobody : Slowtreme
    • At least this GM had a good time before he got fired for cybering... http://kotaku.com/5035208/conan-g... : Chod
    • AOC sucked. Warhammer is hotness as oHnOES states. WoW sucks too. : Reeves
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    What? It's fucking horrible, besides the holyshit abundance of bugs... It's just not that fun, It's like ... : duncandun
    • Well I really dont want to talk about something under NDA. What I can say is... Im in the beta.. an... : Reeves
    • Oh and bugs in a beta? What is this nonsense : Reeves
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      Mythic is really good with making MMOs. If it weren't for GW tight-assedness with their IP and EA pushing... : Lukiopimp
      • Have you played it? Just curious I'm not trying to start an argument. : Reeves
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      You're clearly full of shit. Did you get all of your information from betaleaks.com? : valael
      • No, I'm in the fucking beta FACEOFF. : duncandun
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      The fact that you brought up WoW, and not RvR, speaks volumes. You know why its slower? Because dying ... : Tommy Toolbag
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        ^^^^^^^^^ ill explain more about the RvR once the nda is down : oHnOES
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          There really isnt anything to explain. Mythic made DAoC, a RvR game that was balanced for RvR. Thus, ther... : Tommy Toolbag
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            umm... you arent an elder are you? : oHnOES
            • I am, but I've been away from the game for a bit : Tommy Toolbag
    • i have to say this; i have to actually stop myself from playing too much warhammer. its the first time ... : oHnOES
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  Also I've gained like 20 pounds playing this game. Best way to lose as much as weight as possible so I do... : Koral06
  • Koral06isbest? : mem
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    Cancel your account. : DrWaffles
    • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : kn1fe
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    you gained 20 pounds in a week? : grifter
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      Mom! Hot Pockets! : asylumn
      • My, aren't we a growing boy! : naios
  • That is a lot of weight. : Ellissd
  • grats on baby! : pancake humper
  • Shackmeet gangbang : crazywigga
  • maybe you are pregnant : trOmblyj
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    I acutally lost about 20lbs when I played WoW regularly, I had 100% raid attendance for about a year and ... : H@rvester
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      100% raid attendance. Put that shit on your resume! : Ellissd
      • Yeah I thinks that's a bad idea... : IHATEDUST
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      did you not have a job for a year and a half or what how is that possible harvester : AlexXdude
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        MOMMMM HOTPOCKETS : kelerian
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          POOOOOOPY : deadfish
          • Ohhhh, there's my big boy! : spazzium
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        I quit wow when I stepped back and looked at what I was doing, that game ruins people. I had a part time... : H@rvester
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          Yeah that game is just fucked. I've seen it (and other MMO's) ruin alot of people for a long time. So few... : NastyJack
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            I did so many nasty backhanded things to people I've been friends with for over 10 years because of that ... : H@rvester
            • Is that why they called you...harvester of sorrow? : CrustaR
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            The fact that it's a whole genre of games (mmo) indicates it's the people playing them as opposed to the ... : sharpie
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              ? Please explain how you came to that conclusion. : spazzium
              • These are people with addictive personalities who for some reason do not have the ability to regulate the... : sharpie
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          The game doesn't make people sit there for hours on end, people choose to sit there and play it. Blizzar... : jenisthebest
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            Self control is a big part of it but so is Blizzard designing every aspect of the game to make sure you a... : NastyJack
            • Shouldn't every game be? : GodZilly
        • It ruins certain people. I know plenty of people that play (including myself) that play it and love it y... : action wombmate
    • jesus fucking christ : Yanks
    • That is discipline. : Bamtan
    • Yeah, I lost about 15 lbs playing WoW. Never ate dinner... : walker270
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    Cut down to 1600 calories a day, eat many smaller meals and get out and walk at least 30 minutes a day. I... : Fred Garvin
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      Walking 30mins is good but your body doesn't start to burn it's fat reserves (the fat you want to lose) u... : GodZilly
      • Where'd you hear this? If you take in just barely what your body needs to live healthily any additional c... : Fred Garvin
      • If you at that level of calories, in properly spaced/portioned meals, and walked 30 mins a day, you'd los... : the city
  • :( Girls bodies. : The Key
  • Get outside and take pictures again. More flickr posts please. :) : cannelbrae
  • Is your character a Hutt? : Snuffles-
  • i feel horrible about lol'ing at your post, but i really do think blizzard and the like should make mmo m... : arcane_
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  That game is such a piece of shit compared to what it once was, and even then it was a shitty game, but h... : Tommy Toolbag
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    Yeah, really. It's maybe the worst popular MMO. It's so terribly bad now and it wasn't much to start wi... : mrwolf710
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      I've never played an MMO before. Maybe it's better I get addicted to a bad one so my addiction won't last... : Koral06
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        that is a horrible idea : electroly
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          you'll just be addicted to something that sucks :( : electroly
          • Story of my life. :( : Koral06
      • It was the first MMO i played when it came out, and I quit after the first free month. And I was a star ... : 69gooch69
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      SWG was my first and favorite MMO. To this day I still wander through the stagnant genre looking for some... : Marlin
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        I still remember our times in SWG - Christ, I had 2 accounts, I enjoyed it that much. I had some damn go... : captfarrell
        • As bad as the CU was I still had SOME fun with the game for a while. I think even though nobody wanted it... : Marlin
      • Great post. If they rolled back SWG I bet they'd stand out these days. : Jonathan
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        You'll always look back on your first MMO fondly (unless it was an utter piece of garbage you quit after ... : zipper76
        • I've never played UO, but i'll tell you the adrenaline flows when you're in an arena match and winning an... : Ellissd
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        too bad we will never see anyone try another sandbox MMO ever again :( : byorn
        • It sure seems that way. Players today don't know how to have fun if there's not a pink haired gnome telli... : Marlin
        • second life ;) : captfarrell
      • I've never played SWG, but a couple of the guys I used to play WoW with were huge SWG fans and spoke high... : Ellissd
  • I thought it was the best MMO ever before they fucked it up. And THEN they fucked it up AGAIN, beyond rec... : razorblade79
  • im glad i never played past the alpha except for 1 10 day free code for the hell of it to see exactly wha... : -=kodiak=-
• yeah you cancel your account and dont resubscribe : dantastic
• Should we even ask? What server? pics+divx of dancer : loboca
• cancel and walk away : Slowtreme
• Why would you latch onto one of (in my opinion) the worst MMOGs to hit the mass market? I can't even imag... : ateam311
• Yes it is possible. You need to unistall and not play. I was a notorious WoW fiend for 2 years before qu... : packav
• I just started playing WoW BC for the first time. Come play with me. : Flynn
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  Grow a pear : rosewood
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    fucking pears : duncandun
    • Pears walk up to this shit : Turd Ferguson
• Well this explains why there is dramaticly less breast on my skype now-a-days. : Ratalon
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  You're supposed to play LOTRO. : NFXFSX
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    ^^^^MMO without uber addiction right here. : moe6
    • word. i used to play wow and had to play it EVERY night... with lotro, i'm happy with once or twice a wee : arcane_
  • WOOT! With Moria would get here : byorn
  • this is the answer : trOmblyj
  • QFT, We got a cool group of kinspeople in LOTRO. : MurrayTheSkull
• Don't play warhammer online : Reeves
• Watch someone play a good MMO. You'll quit SWG in an instant. : cerealSAM2
• mycock solves this addiction. : radula
• When I came back from Iraq I tried out Planetside, WoW and SWG. I enjoyed Planetside the most, but it ... : Sailor of Fortune
• That's like being hooked on Crack Cocaine but instead of it being cut with something harmless like sugar ... : Jonathan
• I knew I might have MMO issues, so I told myself DAoC would be my first and last MMO. So far I have st : Lunatic Angelic
• SWG? Thats like being addicted to over the counter cough syrup. If you're gonna be an addict, go for the... : cell9song
• South Park Season 10, episode 08. Watch it, NOW! : GodZilly
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  yep, it's possible. you'll still miss it sometimes though :( : AMikaboshi
  • think what liana could have become.... you chose... POORLY : Downforce
  • I'll have to fight Arthas without you! Oh well, more Axes for meee! mwahaha! >:[] : DM7
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    the only thing i miss is the people from GCR. : the_doctor
    • ya, me too. it's not wow so much as I miss the good times with friends. : AMikaboshi
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      GCR Loyalists are few and far between these days....but dammit, that's my guild. : DM7
      • I definitely miss GCR from when I played with you guys. Awesome converstions in gchat that I've never had... : captfarrell
    • Suck my cock traitor! You are lower than the dirt under Nerd's pisspot. : Crimsonbeak
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  star wars galaxies? koral, what the fuck : spaceless
  • That's what I was thinking. I mean if you're going to hop on the MMO train then something like Warcraft,... : Sapiens
• star wars galaxies at this point is absolutely horrendous. if you're going to play an mmo you should just... : JINKY
• If you are addicted to SWG don't ever play WoW. : grandmasterlee
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  cancel subscription, problem solved. : cpt_gloval
  • Much better: Sell the account. Makes it a lot hard of going back. : GodZilly
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  swg was very fun in the beginning. they NAILED the crafting and economy. everything was player based. ... : oHnOES
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    If there was just one thing I'd want other games to take from SWG it would be the crafting-based economy.... : Marlin
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      Yup. The crafting system in SWG was great. Still wish I hadn't forgotten to refresh my vendor, and lo... : loboca
      • that somehow reminds me of when they changed the bazaar so that the max bid was higher - and all those th... : captfarrell
      • The thing that gets me is that Raph Koster clearly made his dream game then lumped the SW license on top.... : node
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  Haha you guys are bastards. I found myself quoted on the front page. I'm a fat loser. That's why I fit in... : Koral06
  • no touch!!!!!!!!!!! : spaceless
  • Your addiction is now public, you're welcome. The first step is admitting you have a problem. : IHATEDUST
• I have battled the demon WoW on more than one occasion. I've been clean for over a year now, because it s... : WildDanimal
• I have a lot of nostalgia about SWG - I played it during its peak and quit because of the timesink. : Vangoghs Ear
• SWG is so fucking bad : maulla
• Addicted to Star Wars galaxies? Christ, sounds like one of those people that will snort coke cut with fib... : Cruciform

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• no : rosewood
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  I don't care who you put #2, but TNG is obviously the best and always will be : indosauros
  • yep except for fucking wesley : spaceless
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    DS9 > TNG : qwpeoriu
    • TNG > DS9 http://i12.photobucket.com/albums/a233/Satima/windmill.jpg : Luminair
  • In the event of a water landing, I have been designed to act as a flotation device. : cerealSAM2
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  DS9 > TNG > TOS > VOY > ENT. Fact. : electroly
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    DS9 and TNG are interchangeable in your list. : DrWaffles
    • they are pretty close but I definitely think DS9 wins solidly. : electroly
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    DS9 until they got the defiant was so so bad though. Certainly better than TNG after that, but before... : the_doctor
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      seasons 1 and 2 were a snooze fest but as far as i'm concerned, as soon as the Dominion was introduced, i... : electroly
      • ^^^^ This man knows what's up. : MaJeStu
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  Babylon 5 is the best star trek : xxx2xxx
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    babylon 5 would've been so much better if they had a star trek-level budget. the 3D effects looked like ... : electroly
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      Do it, drink a lot of whiskey or smoke weed I don't care what you have to do to get over the initial chee... : xxx2xxx
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        DS9 started out pretty damn slow so i really can't fault B5 for doing the same. it's just so hard to get... : electroly
        • Rewarded you will be :) : xxx2xxx
        • I think the cheese dies down, certainly in season 2 if not mid-way through season 1. Either that or you j... : nudel
        • Wait you are faulting Bablyon 5 for the cheese factor.... and we are talking about Star Trek here? : Toth21
  • The whole Vorlons and Shadows thing in season 3 (or 4?) was fucking amazing! : Odoyle
  • The only correct answer. : Toth21
  • ^^^ holy fuck yes : SqueegyTBS
• TOS and Voyager. : Ziz
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  Neelix. : TimeDoctor
  • Stopped watching because of him. I just started watching reruns from when Seven joined the show and it'... : Reavers!
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  Stargate > any Trek : Tommy Toolbag
  • Oh no you didn't : xxx2xxx
  • GTFO. : spazzium
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    TNG > SG-1 with RDA ~/~ TOS > DS9 > SG-1 without RDA > Voyager > Enterprise : genom
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      RDA? : spazzium
      • MacGyver : pyide
    • I'm gonna agree with this, except switch Voyager and Enterprise. : Vantage
• 100% agreed : spaceyme
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  There is no best star trek because they are all the worst. : NastyJack
  • 2'nd : r4wk
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  The Doctor is easily one of the best ST characters, ever. : Unleashed
  • I do agree there. : Trips
  • Yeah he's cool. : Ziz
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    The Doctor as in "Doctor Who" is easily one of the best science fiction characters ever. : spazzium
    • is was :-( Fuck Russel T Davies. : nudel
  • He singlehandedly saved that show. : genom
• I liked Voyager but TNG was really good. : Trips
• Gilligan's Island in space : vynn
• TNG is always first. : mista mista
• TNG wins. resistance is futile : kill9
• You're so wrong I don't even know where to start. : weaselmeister
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  TNG created all of the cool shit Voyager destroyed. : walker270
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    ^^^^^^ this : grabbie
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      Like warp speed limits? : cerealSAM2
      • The "Threshold" episode alone is the reason enough the original post is completely wrong : grabbie
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        I was thinking more along the lines of Q and the Borg. Both awesome concepts before Voyager got ahold of... : walker270
        • No kidding. Q turned into something like an ex who won't leave you alone. And the Borg turned into some... : spazzium
  • Bravo. : skankcore
• so much wrong in this post. : AMikaboshi
• No way. Voyager should have been the Battlestar Galactica of its time. An ongoing serial with their strug : K1Bond007
• Actually it's TNG, remember this in the future. : spazzium
• I think the difference is that Voyager has an endpoint, whereas TNG is more like a serial. The story wit... : yonderboy
• best worst : afty
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  You guys have alot of false memories about TNG. Go back and watch them ALL, instead of cherry picking the... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Agreed. Picking which Star Trek series is the best is like picking whether you would like to be shit or ... : judasen
  • i did recently watch most of them again when G4 was showing them, and it is still an amazing show : kill9
  • I used to watch TNG. But then i went back, and just the ship itself. It's like their cruising through spa... : Ziz
• Galaxy Quest was the best Star Trek. : pigvomit
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  That's cause it's the only star trek you wanna have sex with the captain. : AgentPothead
  • I'd certainly let her blow me if it meant I didn't have to hear that awful accent/voice any more. : nudel
• I love voyager but dear god I fucking HATE neelix : AllYourBase
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  TOS wins, hands down. It doesn't matter which ST toon you love the best, only TOS had characters that we... : cerealSAM2
  • What does dog need with a starship? : Toraz Chryx
  • what is this "toon" business??? : RikiTiki2
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    Hey, Archer and Q were both awesome. : Vantage
    • I hated Q with a fiery passion, and if I had to hang around archer all day I'd just punch him in the arm ... : cerealSAM2
• I think voyager had the best composition of hot women. : duncandun
• Shouldn't epic thread trolling be bannable? TNG ftw. : loboca
• the original series is the best : RikiTiki2
• Fuck. That. TNG > * : stelth
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  Voyager was the best Star Trek if you removed Janeway, Neelix, Henry Kim, that Klingon lady, and Tom Pari... : Home Nugget
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    voyager would be awesome if it were just Star Trek: The Doctor : electroly
    • I thought that Cherokee dude with the face tat was cool. : pigvomit
    • i would agree with this. : pyide
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      Voyager would be awesome if it had BETTER WRITERS. The concept was amazing. : Ellissd
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        agreed. i loved the premise and thought it had a ton of potential but they just totally squandered it wi... : electroly
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          also i wanted to murder most of the cast : electroly
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            Yeah, see, Voyager had a neat concept and a HORRIBLE cast. That's why I stopped watching (and the awful ... : Vantage
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              Um Voyager had worse writing than enterprise most of the time (not to say enterprises writing was anythin... : Toth21
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                That's what I said? : Vantage
                • Ok I am a idiot then sorry. (Was right about to go to bed) : Toth21
• cough*nerds*cough : FS|Archangel
• Actually, it's DS9. : MrGrindy
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  The truth. : CoRDS
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    let me actually explain this . 1: Exploring strange new worlds: CHECK seeking out new life and n... : CoRDS
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      and hot chicks... the voyager characters just do it for me. I dunno... i did dislike neelix though. ... : yautja
      • my only problem with voyager was the holodeck, something star trek would have been better without. : CoRDS
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      our sucks. Add a hot chick: CHECK : judasen
      • they had kes from the start, wtf are you talking about homo : CoRDS
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    I remember watching both TNG reruns and Voyager side by side. I enjoyed Voyager more because it had more ... : aldraek
    • voyager would have benefited by 10 years between ds9 and itself. but you know hollywood. i hope they d... : CoRDS
  • No no no no no no no no no no no no no no. : skankcore
• Is this like an ILTC post or something? Who hijacked yautja's account? : Toxy
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  TNG > Voyager > TOS > The rest. DS9 is for faggots cause who wants to watch 3904830 episodes of the Feren... : Hello Kitty
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    Didn't you say you were drunk? That's the only explanation for the DS9 hate. Sleep it off man! : Toxy
    • That was ages ago in a time HOLY FUCK. As i was typing it sounded like a fucking shotgun at my window...h... : Hello Kitty
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    GAYSUS CHRIST WORST OPINION EVER. Look TNG IS Star Trek. TOS is like X-Men before Claremont, a lot of... : SpaecKow
    • This was meant for op but you could learn from it as well Hello Kitty you pleb. : SpaecKow
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      • LET SISKO FUCK YOU : SpaecKow
• Oh Captain Janeway! Your mission ended too soon! TOO SOON! ;`( : darkT
• since your post is made of fail.. let me fix.. TNG>DS9>VOY>TOS~ENT End of thread : ssj4megaman
• TNG - TOS - DS9 - VOY or ENT : thewindcriesmary
• I think my favourite VOY episode was that one about Voyager using some new, unstable propulsion which tak : ShekkyBoy
• I just threw up in my mouth a little. : fleabug
• it's been a loooooonng road..... : drucifer
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  TNG > 2nd half of DS9 > TOS > 1st half of DS9 > Voyager : Clay
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    actually I'd swap 2nd half of DS9 and TNG. : Clay
    • Yo clay this looks pretty fuckin' correct. Way to have an excellent opinion duder. : SpaecKow
• agreed :D : steve_o
• okay what the fuck? I know the majority of us are nerds here, but seriously, arguing about Star Trek? I... : SiW73
• Only if i get hot steamy holodeck action with 7! : Q-ball

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  I've been thinking about getting one for my dad for his regular news. He's retired now and now has no wo... : spazzium
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    it can browse internet sites but is slow and not well suited for it, if there is a blog, magazine, or new... : randomnull
    • http://thepugetnews.com/2008/04/29/using-google-reader-on-the-amazon-kindle/ : randomnull
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  Until I can get EVERY book on it, I can't get that interested. This is what made mp3s so fucking popular... : rosewood
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    well the larger the user base the more incentive publishers will have to put out kindle versions, there i... : randomnull
    • Damn I need to start hitting that for all the Malazan books. : Magus
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      http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0545010225/ref=amb_link_5168822_1?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2... : rosewood
      • Because, oh, there are many other (and better) books than Harry Potter? Besides, it's an open device,... : Ebu
      • What would an 8 year old need with a Kindle anyway? : skinlab133
      • less then 30% of all the books on my wish list can be purchased for the kindle. bummer : hamachi
  • this is just ignorant : Bantis
• I'm waiting for the LatestChatty app for the Kindle : TastyWheat
• I love mine. Many books are less than $2, I've been going through and ditching all of the paper-books tha... : bostrov
• It is awesome, my favorite gadget in a very long time. : Serpico74
• Tons of free ebooks here: http://www.feedbooks.com/ : Serpico74
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  I'm waiting for the new version before I buy one. : Magus
  • when they release a new version i am going to buy a 2nd kindle and pass whichever one i like better on to... : lacker
• i read the kindle forums at amazon from time to time and maybe this is mentioned int he user guide that i... : lacker
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  I'm waiting for the rumored v2 model that's supposed to hit before the end of the year :/ : warpdude
  • its not going to happen; bezos has openly said : Bantis
• can i load ANY pdf document? : kn1fe
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  I like the smell of printed pages.. and I like writing in the margins and underlining phrases that sound ... : Megara9
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    I'm the opposite. I have some strange sense of respect for the printed page that I can't bring myself to ... : lacker
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      I actually have that compulsion as well and I tend to own "good" and "abusable" copies of books. The good... : Megara9
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        but it still wouldn't do me any good to have the "nice" ones in electronic format. I need a full shelf wh... : Megara9
        • So books are your furniture, basically. : Serpico74
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          I understand but shelf space is limited. Everyday I look at them and wonder which ones I will replace wit... : lacker
          • D: <-- horrified. um... when you do, can I have them? :D : Megara9
          • They can put the illustrations in the e-books as well. but some times the look of the printed is better. : Awun
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      I thought I was alone in this respect and treatment of books! I hate seeing my wife dog-ear pages instea... : i am the baker
      • I once punched an old lady who dogearded a page. Bitch had it coming >:( : Ebu
      • Totally depends on the book. Small paperbacks are fine, but you don't do that to a hardcover. : romulan
  • opposite for me too. I never write in books (except textbooks). However with the Kindle version of the bo... : bostrov
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    lol I pissed off a bunch of people in my intermedia class last semester like you. them: "I like the fu... : cdbeckman
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      Troll : Ebu
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        lol - I'm just stating what I think. How could I know I was challenging their deep artsy core. : cdbeckman
        • No, books will not be gone in 5 years, 10 years, or 20 years. You know this, but you still say it to e... : Ebu
  • The Kindle lets you make notes. : Magus
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    You do realize that you can underline phrases you like in the Kindle, right? It even then copies them to... : Awun
    • D'oh! "Smell" of printed pages, not small printed pages! Damn, got to clear the smutz from my eyes. : Awun
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    Totally agree. I've been a big book worm all my life, I couldn't imagine replacing all that time looking... : romulan
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      ePaper is not like a traditional screen : Ebu
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        lol.. ePaper? : romulan
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          seriously, you've obviously never seen it. It's not an LCD, it looks like traditional paper. : skinlab133
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            So it's not a screen, it's magic paper? : romulan
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              It's a screen designed with people like you in mind. People who wouldn't want to look at a normal compute... : NastyJack
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                Now I'm conflicted. I can see how this would be cool for stuff like textbooks. Maybe even newspaper, I ... : romulan
                • Amen, brother. Just stick it in my vein. : Deathlove
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                  There is absolutely no difference here between the Kindle and a real book other than a personal preferenc... : NastyJack
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                    You may be reading the same words and listening to the same music, but a lot of the experience is lost in... : romulan
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                      Music I will concede is a different medium digitally, however text is not. : Jonathan
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                        No way man. The act of physically turning the pages. Opening the book and smelling the paper and print.... : romulan
                        • So I'm guessing you never listen to recorded music as you miss so much not hearing it live. : Jonathan
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                          So you don't realize that each publisher can use it's own fonts and stylized letters. I bet you even lik... : Awun
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                            What's with you people, it's like you aren't even reading my posts. You mean the Kindle has different fo... : romulan
                            • You've clearly made your mind up. But I still recommend you check out some videos of the Kindle in action... : NastyJack
                            • Yes I am reading your posts, and no the Kindle cover does not come in different sizes or colors, no you c... : Awun
                    • No, it's not "lost in a pure digital format," whatever the fuck that actually means. Text is text is t... : Ebu
                    • The kindle is not a pure digital format. The screen is actually ink, that's why it looks so close to pape... : qwpeoriu
                • Gutenberg freaked people the fuck out because books suddenly came to the masses, and thus it somehow beca... : sharpie
            • There is no back light, and the coating behind the pixels is designed to reflect light similar to paper. ... : Awun
            • yes, it's magic. way to get it. : skinlab133
            • Funny enough, exactly. It's not emitted light, so it's not like lcd or oled or crt or anything like that.... : zehh
        • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_paper : Ebu
    • TECHNOLOGY MUST BE STOPPED : skinlab133
    • Stephen King disagrees with you. The screen is designed to feel natural btw. It's not like looking at a c... : NastyJack
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    I'm with you. I'm a big reader and I couldn't imagine replacing books with a screen. No thanks. : Colleton
    • I could not imagine it either, until I picked one up and saw how book-like they are. : Awun
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    Hmmm, I'm going to start a company that sells a kindle cover that looks like a book and has a spot for in... : crimrOw
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      Yes but then could I crease my Kindle on my favorite pages? : Toth21
      • Why would you want to? You can bookmark it and this way it doesn't ruin the book. : Ebu
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        Not physically, but you can add digital notes, highlights, or page creases (there's a little icon in the ... : Serpico74
        • I was being sarcastic =( : Toth21
  • eskimo : Sze Ior
  • Use it before you make an ignorant statement : Bantis
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  I love buying books just as much as I love reading them :) : rock elf
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    You don't know the joy of buying a book via website or reader and having it zapped to you in under 30 sec... : Serpico74
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      I don't have a Kindle or any other e-book reader, but I'm sure my love of buying books would extend to bu... : rock elf
      • I can confirm that it is dangerous. My shipping notice let me know that the Kindle in the mail was alread... : Serpico74
• Mmm, DRM up the ass. : nudel
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  i just cant get past that price point. : Slowtreme
  • Yea, the Cell thing doesn't matter to me (syncing is fine with me) and it needs CMYK for $400 to be toler... : Ebu
  • yea.... i really want one, but if i can get 40+ books for the price of admission, then if i wanted those ... : smalakar
• Also, sort Amazon by price every now and then. There is usually a frre book or two each month. Tor wa... : Awun
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  Can you download books to the Kindle through a PC via the USB cable? If not, what is the USB cable for? : Magus
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    Yes you can download books to the Kindle via USB. "Your Media Library" on Amazon will get you a link to d... : Jonathan
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      Ahh nice. I had read in an article that you can only buy books through the wireless. This is good, since ... : Magus
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        No cell towers in your area? (It is built in cellular broadband) Also you can load .mobi books as wel... : Awun
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          There's also a version of the email system that will email it back to you for manual download. : Jonathan
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            Which is free - in case you want to test some of the more graphical PDFs for example. : Jonathan
            • Cool, did not know there was a free way to get the conversion :) : Awun
      • Nope. When I was in Budapest last month I did all my downloads via USB and their website. No EVDO wireles... : Serpico74
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  If it was in color so I could load graphic novels I would be more interested. : melkore
  • If that were the case I'd buy it instantly : Ebu
  • I really need two Kindles. The current one for book and a larger colour one for graphic novels. : Jonathan
  • I wanted to see what it would be like so I put Maus on mine in jpg format, it looks awesome! Maus is onl... : smacknca
• i've been thinking about this, and i don't think i can switch to one completely - as there is something s : arcane_
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  Update: still ejaculating over my Kindle : randomnull
  • I've had mine for over a month and every now and then I'm still blown away by what a great device it is. : Serpico74
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  I thought I would miss the feel and physicality of a real book when I got my Kindle, but I don't at all. ... : scythide
  • This is the best explanation for why I love this thing. I couldn't have put it better. : Bantis
  • I agree that it's a better format than a printed book. I noticed that tonight, I just sit the kindle on m... : bostrov
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    Is there a lock button? only thing I want is to lock every button but the next page button on the right.. : randomnull
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      I have a pretty big feeling that that'll be in the next version; its something EVERYONE is asking for pre... : Bantis
      • They could easily put that in a firmware update. Its been almost a year, I'm surprised they haven't made ... : Serpico74
    • Actually I wish there was an option to use a double-click or triple-click to turn the page. : scythide
• I've had mine for 3 months now, and I only use it more than when I first got it. I read so much more than... : Bantis
• Would have already bought it if it was available in Canada. : Ellissd
• Damnit, it seems like these aren't released in the UK, and no plans to release them... and there would be... : jbury
• How long do the page turns take? One of the reviews on amazon say they can take up to two seconds long. ... : crimrOw

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• hi2u, let us introduce you to video games : conandan
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  How many of those have you read cover to cover? : zanzares
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    Every single one, with one exception. It's a book called Q Colony and I cannot finish it for the life of ... : ConfusedUs
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      Here it is on Amazon.com, if you want to purchase the only book ConfusedUs cannot finish. It's only a pen... : ConfusedUs
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        Queer Colony? Is it about faggot Pilgrims? : MagicWishMonkey
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          I'm pretty sure it's heterosexual and not queer, since it describes alien vagina complete with an interio... : ConfusedUs
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            it sounds horrible, why would you ever buy something like that? : MagicWishMonkey
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              Five cents at a garage sale. Vagina-tentacle is not mentioned on the back cover. : ConfusedUs
              • This is the best subthread I have read all day. : Goncyn
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            You've convinced me. I'm picking this one up. : fluffy64
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              I've made it one chapter past the vagina-tentacle chapter (which is quite early on) and no further. If yo... : ConfusedUs
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                Books burn real easy and sometimes its not such a bad idea... : IHATEDUST
                • Exterminated some juice eh? : dedgecko
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  I should catalog mine. I might have you beat, but it'd probably be close. Also, I haven't read nearly all... : Goncyn
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    People who buy things and then don't use them amaze me. : ConfusedUs
    • A wise and valid point. I plan to read them all, at some point, but I am moody and angsty about what I ac... : Goncyn
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    By the way, I checked out Order of the Stick based on your recommendation in another thread a week or two... : Goncyn
    • This is true. I'm a nerd though so the humor still tickles me even if the story isn't moving much. : ConfusedUs
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  What might be the link to your spreadsheet of your collection? : u sir name
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    It's not online but I could probably upload it. I'll see about getting a host for it tomorrow. : ConfusedUs
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      Google docs : Wombat Woo
      • doesn't google docs have a limit to how many rows? : Clay
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  Heh. Funny you should bring this up. I was talking with a friend tonight about my reading hobby and I e... : Dechter
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    I do about 20 full-length novels a month. What's the average novel length? 400 pages? That's, what, 76... : ConfusedUs
    • That is an incredible pace. I read a lot more now than I had for the last, oh, 8 years or so, but I still... : Goncyn
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      Holy smokes, yes, you do. Where do you find the time? I have about an hour or so each day to read which... : Dechter
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        I know if I spent all the time I spend in a given day playing games and fucking around on the computer re... : Vincent Grayson
        • This is exactly it. I rarely rarely watch television (books are more vivid to me, and usually more intere... : ConfusedUs
• Think you got me beat, though I know I've read over a thousand books. Working on Children of Hurin now. : locater16
• Speaking of reading, what is the best way to learn to speed read? : OmegaRed59
• I hate to admit this, but you may have more books than me. :( I liked being the more-books-than-ever... : cerealSAM2
• Mills and Boon certainly churn them out. : ihya
• Haha, I organized my books today and I have ONE SHELF of them. Like a two foot wide shelf. And about 2/... : DinK
• That's a lot of books. ;) I track in a spreadsheet what I've read. Tab = a year and one tab just has a lo... : K1Bond007
• please tell me you have an awesome library for all those books : RikiTiki2
• Where/how do you store all these books? : nomaad
• I love books. I find it strange when I go to people's houses and they don't have lots of books around. : peanut-
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  Your new hobby should be to build a library wing to your house, and make sure it's tall enough and wide e... : Home Nugget
  • What about a robot arm? : nudel
  • I want a giant library. Right now I just have a lot of bookcases and sometimes they're stacked three deep... : ConfusedUs
• I figure there must be a site with a book database, allowing you to mark which ones you own, which ones y... : rock elf
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  Having a lot of books = fine. Tracking via spreadsheet = get a fucking girlfriend. : DasCracky
  • I started tracking them about ten years ago when I didn't have as many. Since then I just add them to the... : ConfusedUs
  • posting dumb shit like that = read the original post again : moshman
  • I know right? A database would be much more appropriate. : rock elf
• Is one of them "It's all too much" by Peter Walsh? :P : owly
• Did you created a ConfusedUs decimal system? : sukabljat
• my videos/movies > your books: http://74.212.203.180/m.htm : gdestiny
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  You should try this out: http://www.librarything.com/ : TShandy
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    Enter 200 books for free. Then $10/month for as many as I want? ha hahaha hahahhahahahahaaha The ... : ConfusedUs
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      It's $10/year or $25 for life. That's pretty cheap, really. : Goncyn
      • The only way I'd pay is if I could email the spreadsheet and have them enter it all into the site for me.... : ConfusedUs
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  your new hobby is to get a job and buy a kindle : Deathlove
  • actually, buy me a kindle :( : Deathlove

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  3rd in total medals or 3rd in Golds (where it counts)? : RikiTiki2
  • As far as I'm concerned the only table that counts is the one ordered by number of golds, which incidenta : losimagic
• Fourth :P Germany has the same golds but more silvers. : aeg1x
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  http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/INF/GL/95A/GL0000000.shtml : MrGrindy
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    That's not been updated, we have 10 golds now - http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/medals_table/def... : losimagic
    • wow China's ratio of G:S:B is pretty crazy. : aeg1x
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      It is updated. : MrGrindy
      • They seem to be a bit slow at updating it - lolchina : losimagic
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    GO TEAM Iceland! ... ctrl-f ice ... no matches :( : gakera
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      It's ok. When Ice Fishing becomes an Olympic sport we will bow down to your superiority. Incidentally, ... : losimagic
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        ... we take part in the summer olympics ya jackass! :( We won germany in handball the other day and tied : gakera
        • meh, I didn't realise that table didn't list the countries with 0 medals, I never scrolled that far down.... : losimagic
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  Canada finally got on the board. Gold in Women's Wrestling and Silver in Men's coxless pair. haha..cox... : K1Bond007
  • Dude, that was yesterday. They just won another gold in the Mens Rowing Eights, as well as 4 other medals... : thecray
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  We're awesome at the posh sports. : peanut-
  • Those rowers were terribly, terribly nice. : rock elf
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    I was almost slightly annoyed that we won the strange horse jumping thing all dressed in the snobby ridin... : nodebug
    • The riders should wear that Cradle of Filth T-shirt about Jesus. : nudel
• Your cycling team is insanely good. When the finals are England vs England, you know you've got a good th... : thecray
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  bad teeth is an olympic sport now? : CoRDS
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    losing to Australia is an olympic sport now? : aeg1x
    • except we're ahead of you in the medal table, woo! temporarily anyway : jcupitt
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  wow, did anyone else just see our mens team pursuit vs russia? that was insanely fast! : losimagic
  • we were sitting on the WR but lost it in the last km. Fucking Dutch riders wouldn't get out of the way as... : aeg1x
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  USA is #1 is MEDAL COUNT! YES! USA~! USA~! Except China is raping in Gold count but hey let's not ment : darkT
  • er, in* : darkT
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  I hope UK+USA don't dominate the medals. The world hates us enough as it is. : nudel
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    China has 32 golds, USA has 19. At this point, I'd be surprised if the USA can catch up. : rock elf
    • Loads of athletic events still to come for the US to dominate in. The sole Chinese runner, Liu Xiang, mig... : ShekkyBoy
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  Woo! Got Britain! That'll show Trinsic and Vesper! : Ziz
  • er Go : Ziz
• fuck yes, go team GB! fantastic results : moshman
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  Great Britain wins the gold in bad teeth. : sukabljat
  • 'sup Mr. Originality! : losimagic
• *Lotterymonied* : nrgXs