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• Yes please. : daedraug
• Yes please : wasylm
• YES PLEASE. : marmite
• can it get my porn for me too ? : qwpeoriu
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  I would pay for this service : conandan
  • shhhhhhhhhhh : lefthighkick
  • Shut the fuck up. : DrWaffles
  • You shut your goddamn mouth : digital_d
  • I will chain you to a PIPE in the BASEMENT : vile
  • I would use this service for free, but support the provider by buying all my games digitally through thei... : Izanaki
• no thanks, Games for Windows is gonna 0wn! : Dave-A
• They better - this is the only way to go : gakera
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  OSX version pls : Vanitas
  • Seriously, they need to get on this shit. : Ebu
  • Srsly. : tfboc
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    Do you want it for the games or for the social functions? : A Sponge
    • Social functions would be good to have. At the very least you'd be able to talk with people on your Steam... : Serpico74
  • but you can just run windows on your mac : bozer
  • The problem with this is that not all games are available on both platforms. It would start to become ver... : digital_d
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  I just read the other day they plan on adding in P2P support in steam someday, since gamers have massive ... : grabbie
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    Fuck that. I am not paying $50 for them to saturate my upstream and kill my network performance (I'm glar... : Ebu
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      Here's the full quote: "There are community features that we want to continue to add. There’s peer-t... : grabbie
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        Yep.. eat a dick Valve. I don't pay to transmit your product for you. : dafugg
        • I'm sure it would be optional. That'd be monumentally stupid to make it mandatory. : Rice-Rocketeer
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          That argument is a bit of a non-starter. It could be easily argued that you're paying for the cost of the... : ayesel
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            They save money distributing themselves and by not having to deal with a retailer, plus bandwidth is much... : Ebu
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              A-fucking-men. Especially with metered services which we have in Europe, and which you're going to get in... : nudel
              • This will be a big barrier: ISPs with bandwidth caps oh fuck please don't let that happen here. I'd be ha... : crummynz
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              Whatever money they save by distributing independently isn't relevant; that would be like saying Valve sh... : ayesel
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                It became relevant when you said, "...given that bandwidth isn't free, likewise it is silly to begrudge V... : Ebu
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                  I agree my argument regarding cost goes both ways, but my main point earlier was simply that bandwidth is... : ayesel
                  • Good job dodging the argument. This is about forcing me to distribute their product and my refusal to : Ebu
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                For 95% of users, their upload and download speeds are tied together. So if my max upload is, say, 30k... : Ebu
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                  I don't think that's really the case for most users. Running p2p software with lots of concurrent connect... : Conan
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                    Yeah, I think when your upload is clogged, there's no room for the confirmation packets or whatever they ... : crummynz
                    • You're right. You need to be able to send a bit of data to request/acknowledge data that's coming to you.... : nudel
              • uh, that is how things work as i see it. don't costs keep going up because of limited shelf space. : dignan
              • "Not even a company like Valve can deal with some of the constraints placed on them during a major patch ... : nudel
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              They can't magically distribute for free. They still have a distribution cost associated with the bandwid... : ieGod
              • Of course they do, but it's significantly less than mailing disks, boxes and manuals. And his argument wa... : Ebu
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          I agree... but I imagine the intention of the P2P would be to distribute community creations like mods, a... : feek
          • And I'm also sure that it would be optional and not rape your bandwidth. : feek
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            I've got no problem with P2P for community content. Is it really that much of a "value add" though? Mod t... : nudel
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              I dunno, but If I can get all my mods and whatnots seamlessly through steam that would be ideal. It would... : feek
              • being able to grab maps and mods using the in game menu would be great. you wouldn't have to alt tab to f... : re4ctor
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          lol. Grow up. Don't buy their shit then. : Phreakin
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            lol. Grow up. : Ebu
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              Eat a dick and grow up. : ArB
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                Nice attack. Amazing how my posts like that get nuked. : Ebu
                • why are you so homophobic : Luminair
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          You also won't pay for the extra functionality and the ability to install and automatically download othe... : Horn
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            More and more of you will have metered connections forced upon you if it becomes the norm to expect end-u... : nudel
            • Truth. The more we use the bandwidth, and the more we come to rely on it, the more the ISPs will be able ... : Ebu
      • It worked well for Konami on the PS3. : Fred Garvin
• this would fucking rule! : .Jayson
• reading that just gave me 6 boners. minimum. : TheTick
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  So how long 'til Steam is doing my laundry? : ayesel
  • it might be doing your ironing... : captfarrell
• I hope I hope I hope this happens. : DrWaffles
• From what I hear, the new stuff goes a lot farther than that, there's a lot of hush-hush from the Steam c... : timaste
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  Steam still has to improve so much though in usabilty and performance. : enyakk
  • what do you mean by this? i think this might've been true a couple years ago but steam is pretty fabulou... : electroly
• Aw, HELL YEAH. : Rice-Rocketeer
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  Couldn't have happened to a better game company. : .ka`boom.zZz.
  • lol, ok. : two50six
• So, he thinks Steam is going to be some online data backup as well? Also installing drivers and such? No ... : Fred Garvin
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  If Microsoft (or, really, most any other company other than Valve) presented something like this and had ... : mittense
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    Just look at the Games for Windows changes. People shat all over them when they addressed most of of comp... : Pettytheft
    • I agree with this. Microsoft has been the punching bag of the industry for a long time, yet people seem ... : IndigoAK
• That made me submit a resume to valve on the off chance they need an IT guy : sroylance
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  IMO, they need to put all of those people on making the UI use the standard windows controls (or at least... : nudel
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    (That said, "savegames and control configs" being backed up tot he network is a fantastic thing which I'v... : nudel
    • I agree. Game stuff, let them go to town. OS stuff? Nope. : Fred Garvin
  • You know that the article was just a guess at where Valve is headed with Steam, right? We don't know if t... : Arctic Fox
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    i believe the reason it uses non-native controls is because they use the same code for in-game UI which d... : electroly
    • Yeah, I've wondered if that was the case. However, these days you can't you put native windows over Direc... : nudel
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    Yeah, I was thinking that's a fucking lot of people working on something without making much progress : feek
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      They're probably not all programmers. Marketing teams, people trying to get games on steam, steamworks gu... : crummynz
      • yeah, good call. probably requires quite a few people doing strict business : feek
      • lol at this. valve has marketing teams. not just marketers, and not just a whole team of marketers, but... : Luminair
• On my face please. : bling1bling
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  I swear, my favourite thing Valve has ever done is the shift+tab support to not only their games but any ... : crummynz
  • I agree 100%. When I found out about this feature I was very impressed. : Arctic Fox
  • i really wish i could shift tab in windows (would need to be a different shortcut) : feek
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    I'll be impressed when they figure out Alt+Tab support. : Pettytheft
    • I have to run my games in windowed mode if I want to Alt+Tab without frustration :(. : DrWaffles
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    What does shift+tab do? : nomaad
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      Brings you to the community pages. Chat, friends list etc. Without dropping you from the game. : edgewise
      • Xfire also does this, but it really sucks IMO. It's all (from the last I used it) command prompt. I love ... : K1Bond007
    • sort of opens the steam interface within a game so you can access friends list, server list, and just abo... : burning eye
    • It's basically a dashboard/XMB for the PC. : ieGod
  • They need to add fucking alt tab support. It takes way too long to tab in and out of their games. : Turd Ferguson
• I'll pass thank you. : capt tripps
• That dude at the very end of the article apparently isn't aware that Lost Vikings 2 already exists. : datoo
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  No thanks. I dont think we are at all yet ready for cloud computing and cloud storage. I do not wish all ... : two50six
  • What kind of changes do you think it'll take to get to that point? : crummynz
• sounds cool, please fix the memory leak that's existed for well over a year though. having steam eat up h... : jonas54
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  I would like to see something from them that would allow everything not related to running the game shut ... : .Jayson
  • That'd be virtually impossible without apps opting into it. There's no way for Steam to know what is or i... : nudel
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  Honestly I'd rather have control over my own computer. I don't need Valve configuring settings and instal... : Kazomir
  • I think the drivers thing will be a notification that new drivers exist. Most of it will be optional anyw... : K1Bond007
• Steam already can be a huge pain in the fucking ass as it is. I hope that day never fucking comes. : the city
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  This would be awesome. Hell, I'd be happy if they just stored my configs and savegames. All that other st... : Serpico74
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    They're already working on that, I think it's called steam cloud or something like that. : SenorSpine
    • Yup, I remember the article. I can't wait. : Serpico74
• This article is all just wishful thinking by a bunch of dorks from PCGamer. : mrwolf710
• lots of privacy issues with that, and frankly the Steam privacy policy is abysmal. : retardhumper
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  Steam has won me over. At first I thought I might miss having a box and manual, but it's completely the o... : systatic
  • After laying on the heavy praise, I do want to point out that the program still seems way unnecessarily p... : systatic
• package management for windows? very nice : jcupitt
• Do want. : PlanetPerfecto
• Basically they want to become the Windows version of the iPhone App Store. All I can say is that If they ... : ventro
• And I want the games list to show the game box art like in Vista's Game Explorer (as an option, not deafu... : mrwolf710

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• I uhhh....... uhhh..... ... Ass. : opengl128
• What snacks? : baron calamity
• i see : RikiTiki2
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  I wanna try those snacks for sure. : Super Sparker
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    And by snacks I mean ass. : Super Sparker
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      Her ass, the blonde. : Super Sparker
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        The one standing next to the display. : Super Sparker
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          the female? : pharoah mike
          • She's the on in the pants. : Super Sparker
        • oooo, HER! : aethyr
        • I think I see what you are talking about : ventro
        • That's gegtik : dognose
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  What the fuck, is she like 7 feet tall or something? : FPSDavid
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    oh just shut the fuck up already. : mwasher
    • i <3 u : mwasher
    • Thank god. : ShekkyBoy
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      Just kidding, I couldn't help it. Would hit. : FPSDavid
      • The only thing you'd hit is an Ethiopian girl. : disposition
    • Bravo! : ColoradoCNC
  • I think shes like 2 SES measurements : pancake humper
  • those really are awful pants : Slowtreme
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  lol, creepy : OrkO
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    srsly it looks like dog food : RikiTiki2
    • I was going to say the same thing. : SwiftyPants
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  Did you take a voyeur picture of some random hot girl in the store? : Sebastian-TEC
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    With your phone? : Sebastian-TEC
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      in the petfood aisle? : drucifer
      • In the kitchen? With the candlestick? : dognose
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    I guess somebody did but I don't know who. : pupismyname
    • If she was crying I'd have some idea of who it could be. : magistersmax
• the ass is begging to be eaten out : El Tigre
• I salute you, Pup. Goddamn. : freshyk
• They do do a body good. : Ziz
• They taste like this : pancake humper
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  you're one of those dudes that takes pics of strangers' asses looking at dogfood? : dantastic
  • No but I thank the lord those people exist (and I hope I never meet one). : pupismyname

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  Rutger Hauer is an under-appreciated actor. : c0bra
  • Agree entirely. The first movie I ever saw him in was Blind Fury, hah. I instantly thought he was awes... : fuell
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    Not by Christopher Nolan =) : Sailor of Fortune
    • Seeing him again put a smile on my face. Also, The Hitcher. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Yeah. He really doesn't deserve the rather shitty career he's had. But maybe things are looking up for ... : Rotten Deadite
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    Agreed, 100%. I'd like to see more of him, but I'm afraid I've run out of low-budget s***ty movies. *sigh... : ForestCreature
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      He was in Sin City. Also watch Salem's Lot. Good long Stephen King flick. : c0bra
      • Ahh, didn't notice him in Sin City. The crazy cardinal guy was indeed acted well. Fairly short scenes tho... : code-e255
  • yeah well, he made Blind Fury. He deserves what he gets. : EvilDolemite
  • i read his biography, it was awesome :) : radula
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  it was *not* improvised. Anyone who knows anything about BR knows that at least. : verbatim
  • but do watch the outtakes, because he got so into the moment that he really did break down in one of the ... : verbatim
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    it was added the day of the shoot, and by rutger.. same difference : jaga
    • no, he actually brought up during the first read-throughs before production even began. not the same ... : verbatim
• Definetly my favourite scene ever. : r3ckless
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  my favorite movie by far...nothing comes close to that atmosphere : .frame
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    totally...BR is a standout example for real sets and props vs. CGI too : speon
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      Oh c'mon, CG sets have finally gotten totally past the uncanny valley. Just look at The Dark Knight, half... : locater16
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        you need to go to chicago and look around. "half the city" was not CG : kill9
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          Yes, it was. They made CG copies of the buildings and then re-arranged and re-lit them. Just because they... : locater16
          • Err, no. None of the city was CGI this time, unlike Begins which is what you may be thinking of. You can : ShekkyBoy
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  What do you mean "you people"? : kallanta
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    What do you mean "you people"? : Conan
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      WHAT do you mean "you people?!" : soggybagel
      • "I'm a people-person, dammit! What's WRONG with you people!?" : AxeMan808
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  why did you spoiler the name of the movie? that doesn't make any sense. : datoo
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    Agreed. We need a 50's-style short film, complete with whimsical background music, explaining how to prop... : Home Nugget
    • Oh goddamn, I want to make this, now. : Super Sparker
    • Haha yes... after he nearly gets it wrong (by putting the title of the movie in spoiler or forgetting to ... : randomposter
  • I was going to nuke it because it's so horribly shack tagged, but ultimately, he's not spoiling anything ... : edgewise
  • Once people knew the movie or the line I had behind the first spoiler they'd know exactly what I was talk : fuell
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  Best end monologue ever: Momento Blade Runner is well, runner up. : locater16
  • Yessssss. Fucking yesssss. : randomposter
• Favorite movie for me. I just got a chance to see the new cut in the theaters last week, basically just m... : -efx-
• I was watching this tonight too, but people came over and we didn't finish it. : wasylm
• I could have done without the cringeworthy symbolic white rat (that he was carrying for this purpose alon... : Hoax
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ule_plKQ6_w : DingoStoleMyBaby
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  It's kinda ruined for me since I read the book. The book makes more sense, in a lot of ways, than the mo... : sroylance
  • They omitted Mercerisim, so the movie has no context for an emotional struggle. In a way, the movie co... : verbatim
• why exactly did you put the name of the movie in spoiler tags ? : doomed

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• Spike the punch. : Sailor of Fortune
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  I already know how most of my high school class are through facebook now. No need for a reunion to catch... : DHAvatar
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    This was my problem with Facebook - the instant I created an account, I got a ton of friend requests from... : halophoenix
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      Facebook is a narcissistic popularity contest. People collect "friends" like I used to collect POGS when... : 69gooch69
      • Should have left it to the university folk : Scoots06
• Mine wasn't that bad. It was good to see the people I wanted to see or had totally forgotten about and wa... : smoove
• get super drunk : sixfoot6
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  i will never be at any of my reunions. fuck those people : oHnOES
  • amen. fuck 'em long and fuck 'em hard. : verbatim
  • Im with ya.... Im not even interested in what happened to the people I knew in high school. In addition I... : godm0de
• if you don't have one already pick up an iphone on the way and download latestchatty. : synack
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  Right so I just got back. It wasn't as horrible as I was anticipating although there were moments at the ... : skinlab133
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    isn't it weird when someone remembers you and you have no clue who they are? : EvilDolemite
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      I experienced the exact opposite :( : skinlab133
      • ahahahhaahah : JINKY
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    lol is this how you approach most things in life? you should be more positive and open to new things! als... : askedrelic
    • more or less, yes! : skinlab133
• I've never went to any of mine. The first one it was like "you gotta pay?" So these are people you've not... : Ziz
• i've skipped mine. I don't really like anyone I went to HS with. The only reason to go would be to find o... : baconisgod
• I've never gone to any reunions (HS or college) and fortunately the wife has no plans to do the same. We... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  two guys who were rivals in high school got into a drunken brawl in the parking lot of a bar, ten years l... : EvilDolemite
  • that's awesome : JINKY
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    When you're a Jet, you're a Jet all the way. : filtersweep
    • from your first cigarette to your last dying day : dopefish
• also. little rant here. reunion.com before ya used to be able to look at people's profile/pics. anymore y... : Ziz
• DRINK. If you get a chance bone any of your old classmates. Bonus points if you get a twofer. xMul... : Kaiser
• My 10 year reunion is in a few days. So far, 12 people of ~600 are showing up. I don't think they've even... : cannelbrae
• never went to mine, never plan on going, dont have facebook or any crap like that either, im happy : retardhumper
• shit mine is next year, fuck that shit, everyone i care to talk to or see i do so regularly now : vov1n
• Mine is scheduled in another 2 weeks, but I am not going. They want $60/person to attend. Fuck that shi... : jimmy_legs
• Mine was mostly boring and somewhat hilarious, with one particular really horrible bit. They told us t... : zakk
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  I would have gone to mine, but I didn't get invited. :( : filtersweep
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    I did go to my wife's, though, and ate about five pieces of chocolate cake. : filtersweep
    • fatass : jedi_27
  • I wouldn't invite you either : zakk
  • I was just about to say the same damn thing..... I choose to spite those bastards and outlive them all. : erebus
• I wish I'd gone to mine, but I was out of the country. I'll definitely try and be there for my 20 year re... : five_percent
• When I was in "basic" school (out first 8 years), I was a sort of a nerd. Because I joined that school la... : zehh
• fuck that shit. college was more fun than high school for me. : creep
• I didn't go to my 20th last year. (I know I am old...) My wife's 20th was this year and she begged me t... : i am the baker
• This year would've been my 10 year high school reunion as well but I guess the alumni committee isn't hav... : TwiLyght
• 10 wasn't a big deal. Nobody had changed that much except for a couple of people. 20 is the one where I... : mrwolf710
• This year was our 10 years High School Reunion, I wonder if I should have done anything since I was in St... : DM7
• I went to HS on an island, but had moved to town shortly after graduation. I went to the bar night and i... : romulan
• I guess my 10 year HS reunion was three years ago. I never heard a thing about it, but I've kept in touc... : Dechter

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• If it doesn't have to be a Mac, you could save a by getting a different brand. : Chepito.
• Well you won't regret the iMac but you have to decide whether it's within your price range. Also make sur... : ventro
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  For $700 you could get a PC as good as a $1,400~ iMac. : Jimbo Ro
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    last time I checked, the markup wasn't double. : festivalman
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      I have pc already and my classes do support mac computers. Price is ok since I'm staying with the cheapes... : Dgriffin04
      • This is the shack. I thought one of the requirements for posting here was building your own PC! : Jimbo Ro
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        Take out the game GPU and get a cheap $20 6600 GT or what ever and the PC is $800, Smaller screen and yo... : Jimbo Ro
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          Or you could go way cheaper with an AMD system and bring the price down another $150 or so. : Jimbo Ro
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            ... or they could get an old PC out of a dumpster and hope it works.... If you wittle away at what you... : Toraz Chryx
            • Of course...and since it sounds like she might be on a limited budget...being a student and all...a mac i... : Jimbo Ro
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        YOU CAN'T COMPARE A CUSTOM BUILT PC TO A MANUFACTURED ONE. : dilutedq
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          Why not? What does a custom built PC not do that one I buy in the store is capable of? : Jimbo Ro
          • i think the caps might tell you something. : moe6
          • Do you drive a vehicle? I suggest you build your next one, it'll be cheaper. : Lunatic Angelic
          • No matter what, a custom built pc will be cheaper than a store bought one (whatever you want to call it).... : dilutedq
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    When you buy a Mac, you're not getting one for the hardware... : Lunatic Angelic
    • unless it's a Mac Pro, in which case you'd better want a LOT of hardware : Toraz Chryx
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      So why get one? For OS X? It sounds like she is getting this for college class work....not some $1,... : Jimbo Ro
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        She's a girl, she won't be needing to buy beer in college... and yes, you buy it for OSX and all the upp : Lunatic Angelic
        • she can have good wine for the wine and cheese parties she would go too then :p : Jimbo Ro
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    only not - not everyone buys a computer based on absolute benchmarks. on the desktop, you can of course... : Postal
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      I understand some people are pretentious and want their computer to look cool....but I've always wanted t... : Jimbo Ro
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        I actually got my first virus...first one in the 15 or so years I've been using windows. It was a lame... : Jimbo Ro
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          Ellipses motherfucker, stop using them. : Bamtan
          • Amen, brother! : evildanish
  • Don't forget student discounts. : Bamtan
• Just picked up a 20" iMac for my wife - she loves it. : genom
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  I wish you could use them as a standalone monitor for other computers. (Ditto other PCs with integrated s... : nudel
  • I've postulated that myself, especially with things that have awesome panels in them like the 24" imac do... : Toraz Chryx
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    My biggest issue with the iMac...is that you are FORCED to buy a monitor and OS. I don't need a new mo... : Jimbo Ro
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      get a mac mini. : red2lucas
      • BUT YOU NEED WIREZ!!!!!!!!!!!!! : Jimbo Ro
• you should do what your husband wants instead of a group of relative strangers on the internet. : Wiley Animagus
• We're rolling out 20" iMacs at work. People really like them. We configure them dual-boot with Mac OS X... : Dechter

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  probably royalties paid to the platform holders : blindi0815
  • Ding. : lplasmatron
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  because they can get away with it : aeg1x
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    it's okay to love something and not have a clue how the business end actually works. it doesn't necessari... : dahanese
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      tell me more, community manager : aeg1x
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        if you're trying to make that an insult it's kind of hilarious, because you probably don't have an actual... : dahanese
        • oh shit : aeg1x
        • lol. : mwasher
        • THUN-DER-DOME! THUN-DER-DOME! : Ride-My-Rocket
        • drop the hammer! :D : halophoenix
        • im pretty sure you manage the community. : jackalope
        • Is that you Jade? : massdev
    • are you talking about mikey or console game pricing? : Dave-A
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      Regardless of the "reasoning" behind it, in the end, it only happens because people pay it. If no one was... : Vincent Grayson
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        you can pretty much put that statement to anything, right? it began because the overhead for making games... : dahanese
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          it's okay to make snarky remaks. it doesn't necessarily make you ignorant. : aeg1x
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            all right, you just sounded it. twice. perhaps you know all about pricing structure and still lead the si... : dahanese
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              just pointing out the hypocracy, yo : aeg1x
              • this is a stupid subthread. i called you ignorant because you sounded ignorant. period. if somehow being ... : dahanese
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          It's hard not to simplify it. For the NES generation, pretty much everything was $50 (that I remember,... : Vincent Grayson
          • well, okay, let's take sony as an example. the PS3 dev kit, even the TEST kit, is really expensive. in fa... : dahanese
          • NES games were $40. I remember because I counted in $40 increments. I remember finding out how much on... : pupismyname
          • So in other words, console games have gotten cheaper over time (adjust for inflation, of course). : LeapingFool
          • Even going back as far as the 2600 prices were in that range. But imagine the difference in budget betwe... : s2jason
        • Yes, you can put "supply and demand" to anything. : pupismyname
    • Are you being serious? : d3tached
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      There is always a market influence on prices. If they couldn't "get away with it" at 60, it simply wouldn... : Deathlove
      • well we're kind of seeing that with Limited and Uber and Really Awesome editions. there's lots of stuff t... : dahanese
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  supposedly to re-coop dev costs... or if you want to think in marketing terms... 'high quality' games (de... : j0nchan
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    that's not really legitmate though because cross platform games use exactly the same assets. They come ou... : aeg1x
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      you do have to pay the first parties, however, which you don't in PC. also, even if you develop on a PC y... : dahanese
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        Is it more expensive though? You could make the same argument for increasing PC prices to recoup losses d... : aeg1x
        • well i just named you reasons why it is more expensive. you have to buy all the hardware etc. to do all t... : dahanese
• um, yeah I forget. I do know that in 1985 when we were buying Nintendo games at Toys R Us they were $50 a... : skinlab133
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  Side question. What's the most you'd be willing to pay for a game, console or PC? : freakynipples69
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    Depends on the game :( : dognose
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      would you pay $120 for DNF? : zerog83
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        LOL @ low starting figure. : dognose
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          Our faith in your unshaken devotion is well-placed. : digital_d
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            Faith is silly. Trust is where it's at. : dognose
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              I don't know if I trust anyone anymore : Halen
              • Some people can still be trusted. Just don't ever sign anything. : dognose
      • haha yes, if I could have it right now. : freakynipples69
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    i think i paid 75 dollars for FF3 when it first came out on the snes : oHnOES
    • same... and i ended up giving it to a cousin at the insistence of my mom. ended up buying 2 copies on eba... : j0nchan
    • Yes, I remember this as well. : freakynipples69
  • For a AAA MMO title, $20/mo. And I'm not talking WoW... I'm talking the best fucking game ever. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • I paid $90 for GTA4 because that is what it costs here. : aeg1x
  • I seem to remember paying $110 for Wizardry for the Apple ][ : Dave-A
  • I've paid over $60 before, but generally that's for collector's editions and the like, where I'm not just... : Vincent Grayson
  • $20 is impulse buy territory for me. I am just getting cheap though. I have been buying more games for ... : .Jayson
  • I wouldn't pay more than $80 for a game. I'd buy way more than I do now if they were $29 instead of $59 h... : MikkleThePickle
  • I barely spend $60 a game. : Ebu
  • $30. I wait 'til they're old & cheap. : Bold
• a number of reasons. dev kits this generation are way more expensive than for previous consoles, plus as... : mikecyb
• I don't develop console games but I would imagine that Microsoft/Sony/Nintendo licensing fees have someth... : mittense
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  Overhead or not, there aren't many games that I am willing to pay the full $60 for anymore. : .Jayson
  • yeah I buy so few games these days. Maybe 5 AAA games a year plus a bunch of budget/indie/on sale games f... : aeg1x
• 1) I will gladly pay a premium if developers keep advertising out of games. 2) I sometimes think about h... : lacker
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  Hijack: I love $5, $10, and $15 downloadable titles now. I probably spend more per year on XBLA and P... : EvilDolemite
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    the past month has been awesome for this. and next week we get Castle Crashers!!! Then sometime next mo... : mwasher
    • I, for one, look forward to pipe bombing your ass on Live. : mwasher
• Interesting fact: First party MS games were $10 less than third party games for the Xbox 360 at its launc... : angrytaxman
• I am sure Tom Cruise is behind it all. : rosewood
• Who cares. If you want it, $10 should not deter you, and if you want a deal, you can almost always find ... : rasputinreborn
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  where is the right answer? : Luminair
  • the impetus is that console games have more middlemen who need payment. the facilitator is console gamer... : Luminair
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  Console games these days require huge amounts of development time, artists, testers, marketing, etc etc i... : Mr.Fusion
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    I thought that this might be why, but the games that are developed for console are almost always released... : freakynipples69
    • Because your average MMO is over $120 a year after the price of the game. : Jimbo Ro

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  Just watch this instead - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KJJW7EF5aVk&feature=related : avatar_58
  • that's the same cartoon, just the end of it : RikiTiki2
• wouldn't it be sick if the plot was that, after falling, the coyote actually died. And each subsequent on... : verbatim
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  haha they screwed up in one of the rocket falls. Showed em with the outside of it falling with em when it... : Ziz
  • I remember noticing this back when I was a kid. Wile E. Coyote & Road Runner were always my favorite..... : DOOManiac
• lol at giant fly paper : Draugluin
• This cartoon still makes me laugh to this day. : Delithio
• helpmewithmyroadrunnerproblems.com : podman405
• haha : mwasher
• Hahaha, "Used Tennis Racket" : Sailor of Fortune
• I don't think I've ever seen this one! I miss these old cartoons. Not often do you see a modern cartoon... : DrWaffles
• If I remember the story correctly, it was made after a group of students from Princeton petitioned to hav... : melt_core
• I thought I'd seen them all. Awesome post. : Phreakin
• Wiley Coyote, truly the hardest working engineer of our time. RIP over and over little guy. : great-white
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  I always liked the ones (i think there were two?) where he spoke. There was one, I can't seem to find it ... : pharoah mike
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q96CCrEIEB4 : pulse2115
    • Haha, well theres one I hadn't seen. : avatar_58
    • He actually talked in a couple shorts before that. Operation: Rabbit and To Hare is Human. (The former be... : cptn.peachfuzz
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      That's the one! Awesome. He also talks sometimes when he's "Ralph" with the Sheepdog : pharoah mike
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        I mean, Ralph was the same Wile E, right? I know the Sheepdog called him Ralph, but I always assumed it w... : pharoah mike
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          no, different but similar characters : RikiTiki2
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            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Sheepdog_and_Ralph_Wolf : RikiTiki2
            • Holy shit. All these years I never knew he was a different character... : DOOManiac
    • LOL, "Guaranteed for the Life of the user." : Sailor of Fortune
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    I also loved the ones with the coyote trying to catch the sheep and he'd punch in like it was a job along... : timmie
    • Aww yeah: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLWiKuDpbks :D : timmie
• I always despised that little bitch Jerry. Maybe because my name's Tom too. :( : rasputinreborn
• that was excruciating to watch : dantastic
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  It was made in 1980? I thought all the Looney Tunes shorts were from the 50's and 60's. : Super Sparker
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wile_E._Coyote_and_Road_Runner#List_of_episodes shows that a few were made a... : pharoah mike
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    All the good ones were from the 30s and 40s. : Serpico74
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      I didn't know they were that old. : Super Sparker
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        Bob Clampett is one of my personal heroes. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xXu_9JN3YA http://www.yo... : Serpico74
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          Here's a "restored" version of the second link. I hate what they did to the color but the prior link is s... : Serpico74
          • HAHAHA, the Hays Code joke caught me off guard, LOL. : Super Sparker
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          The Old Grey Hare: http://www.jibjab.com/view/141135 Unfortunately the beginning and ending are choppe : Serpico74
          • I've seen a ton of looney tunes, but never seen this one before! : Super Sparker
        • Another one, Kitty Kornered: http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35bpx_looney-tunes-kitty-kornered-1946_fun... : Serpico74
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          Last one, promise! Tortoise Wins By A Hare: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X70GiK5OJ1E Bugs is such : Serpico74
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            Apparently I saved the best for last, I forgot how hilarious this was. : Serpico74
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              Also, OMG at the ending. Parents would go apeshit if that happened in a cartoon these days. : Serpico74
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                HAHAHAHAHA, the ending is hilarious! : Super Sparker
                • I totally forgot that those other rabbits blew their brains out at the end. Perfect finish! : Serpico74
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          I'm reading about him on wikipedia and he and Chuck Jones did NOT get along. His shorts are funny, but he... : Super Sparker
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            They might not have gotten along, but IMO Clampett was still better. : Serpico74
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              Now I'm reading this: http://www.michaelbarrier.com/Essays/Milt_Gray/Gray_on_Clampett.htm and it casts Ch... : Super Sparker
              • There are lots of conflicting accounts on all those "golden age" directors, same with Tex Avary. : Serpico74
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                Oh wow, interesting article, thanks for linking it : Serpico74
                • I never suspected so much infighting regarding cartoons. I like reading about that stuff though, the di... : Super Sparker
    • Racist : -=kodiak=-
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      The WWII Propaganda ones are so hilarious. LOL at Bugs calling a Japanese soldier "Monkey face" : Sailor of Fortune
      • The popeye ones are particularly horrible. : DOOManiac
      • Yeah, Clampett did a lot of those too. I love how rubbery and insane his animations were. Every still fra... : Serpico74
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    You can tell it was made later than the rest because the soundtrack is on full-orchestra-overdrive, hardl... : Home Nugget
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      and some stupid synth'd sound effects when on some of the falls : synack
      • wow gg grammar during some of the falls : synack
• Pismo Beach and all the clams we can eat! : skinlab133
• god I love the soundtrack these cartoons had. especially the road runner ones where there's (usually) no... : mikecyb
• i hate the road runner :( poor coyote : spaceless
• Road Runer? Worse, he repeated that mistake at least twice. And the "newer" cartoons like that don't co... : i am the baker
• Chuck Jones was a lagend : alnya
• Oh, I remember this one, mainly because it led me to believe all you needed to shrink yourself was to run... : Home Nugget