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  The First Step: Decide on a camera brand First and foremost, before you do anything else, you need to : ConfusedUs
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    +INF this bitch. I love you, I was just going to post a nagging "what should I look for in a camera" pos... : DrWaffles
    • I'm always here to help. I think I'll throw this monstrosity in my profile. : ConfusedUs
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    holy shit did you write this yourself... this is awesome : dael
    • I was bored at work today. It's longer than I thought it was. : ConfusedUs
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    Wow! You are the man. This is a great summary that covers all the major questions I had a year ago when ... : Log-jammin
    • Manfrotto makes good tripods that aren't terribly expensive. However, you're going to spend at least $100... : ConfusedUs
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      Tripods/support systems follow the 2/3 rules. Pick 2 of the 3: Cheap, Sturdy, Light. Don't waste money ... : Razputin
      • I'd never thought about it that way, but this post is 100% correct. Tripods are the women of the phot... : ConfusedUs
    • Take a look at the Gorillapod - it won't replace a real tripod but for me the SLR ZOOM model is light and... : bilbo202
  • Outstanding amount of info - I was looking for this myself since I need a new camera before I go to Hawai... : Crw22
  • ConfusedUs - tonight, you have invalidated your shack handle. You are the photography equivalent of Un-Co... : gimpi
  • holy crap. impressive. i don't really even like cameras, and i still found this interesting. : mindmann
  • wow, amazing read on slr. : rmjackson
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    We should team up and write the Shack Guide to photography or something. Recruit an expert Canon guy to ... : jasonepowell
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      I tried to shy away from recommending anything, actually, outside of the Tamron 17-50 lens as an alternat... : ConfusedUs
      • Best $100 I've spent is on that 50 f/1.8 :D : vov1n
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      Jason I have decided to waste my money and get a D700, I'm just waiting for circuit city to actually get ... : gmd
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        God I wish I had the cash to buy one of these new awesome bodies. : ConfusedUs
        • Me too=( : Sirus2400
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        Wow. Money hats. Guess I'm gonna have to come to a shackmeet after all. I'll be the guy stealing your ... : jasonepowell
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          the one plus to being single, also I joined flickr and the shacknews group, uploading some of my photos n... : gmd
          • Excellent! Going to join the Assignments pool too? : jasonepowell
  • camera post good stuff a+ would read again : [fry]
  • Nice job, really good read. : bcyde
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    Re: UV filter You can pick up a lens protector for cheaper than a UV filter to keep you lens safe. I th : Sirus2400
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      This would be one of the "or something" situations that would warrant my purchase of a filter for protect... : ConfusedUs
      • Yeah, never thought I would need it, but was really glad I had it. : Sirus2400
  • excellent stuff. I plan to buy soon and this will help. : malloc
  • UV filters: I own the Canon 17-40 f/4L lens, which has a telescopic front element. It's a $700 lens, ... : dopeman
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    Couple of points: - On the topic of UV filters, if you don't get one (or even if you do), BUY A LENS H... : Lone Swordsman
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      I've never bought a new lens that didn't have a hood included. I've printed 20x24 off my 6.1mp D70s an... : ConfusedUs
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        the 50mm/1.8 doesn't come with a hood, fuckers : gmd
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          You are right. I retract my previous statement. I had a spare hood that fit the 50mm and that is why I wa... : ConfusedUs
          • I actually just ordered one for it from amazon : gmd
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        6 megapixels is fine for most tasks, it's just when you need to do close cropping that it breaks down. : Lone Swordsman
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          Why are you cropping heavily? Frame it right to start with. Cropping is best used as a minor adjustme... : ConfusedUs
          • Reasons: 1. you cannot get close enough to the subject 2. that photo you took in Berlin, you have new... : steelsamurai
  • Truly one of the most informative posts I've seen in a while. Excellent post dear sir. : deject
  • I just bought my first DSLR, so you are now my hero. : cdbeckman
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    You are a gentleman and a scholar. Thank you for this excellent DSLR guide! : Arctic Fox
    • You're welcome. : ConfusedUs
  • +INF'D! Thanks for the detailed guide. : Alco23
  • posting to bookmark for future camera questions : sixfoot6
  • holy moley. well done sir. will print and read several times. : Downforce
  • Whoa, that's a large list, but basically what I keep repeating to all my friends who ask me about cameras... : DHAvatar
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    Question: what do the Shack Photographers use to clean their lens(es)? : Arctic Fox
    • microfiber cloths + lens cleaning solution Basically anything you can use on eyeglasses is fine for le... : ConfusedUs
    • If you don't have a lens pen, buy one. : re-verse
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      Breath and shirt. Seriously though little smudges from your fingers or tiny specks of dust on the outs... : scythide
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        do _not at any time use your shirt to clean a lens :( : re-verse
        • I think he was being sarcastic : Arctic Fox
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    Now do lighting setups! : c0bra
    • I am not qualified to do a detailed writeup on lighting and lighting gear. I've barely scratched the surf... : ConfusedUs
  • That was great - thank you, kind sir. I haven't really read too much into photography, just hands-on and ... : arcane_
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    Nice. Alternate point of view on a couple of things though: Q: Do megapixels matter? A: In all hones : steelsamurai
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      I wouldn't be happy with 100 megapixels. If the sensor stayed the same size, that would mean that the ind... : Arctic Fox
      • magical 100 megapixels: obviously nobody is going to want resolution if it fucks up the performance of th... : steelsamurai
  • This post is absolutely fantastic. INF ^ 2 : trevis
  • Thank you for writing this guide! : ahlee
  • This is awesome for camera newbs like me. Thank you. : bombay
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  How can you make a lot of money from it? Other than from weddings and other events. Do you know anyone... : Flying h4x0r
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    Find a niche and be absolutely stellar at it. Then market the hell out of your work. Build a network. ... : ConfusedUs
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      Take autoerotic asphyxiation pictures and sell them to the shack. : gmd
      • At this point, if it made me good money, I'd consider it. : ConfusedUs
  • There's tons of ways to make money from photography, but you have to really work at it to develop your ow... : DHAvatar
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    How to make a million dollars from photography... Start with two million. : Razputin
    • This is so incredibly true for most photographers. =( : ConfusedUs
• amazing guide : Thomas Hace
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  Really excellent read. I was/am planning on buying the D60 this weekend. I had assumed they were lacking ... : VectorJKL
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    The D60 is not a bad camera, if you never want to upgrade to new lenses. Because it lacks in internal foc... : ConfusedUs
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      That being said, the D40/D40x/D60 line with the Nikkor 18-200 VR superzoom is pretty much the layman's ho... : ConfusedUs
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        I have a D40 and it has yet to disappoint me. : Omaha
        • (But keep in mind when it comes to photography, I am a total average Joe.) : Omaha
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      Awesome. Looking for used now! : VectorJKL
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        I think gmd was talking about selling his D70 (non "s") for like $300 or something the other night. it's ... : ConfusedUs
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          The noise can't be any worse than my point and shoot Cannon. I did find a D80 on KEH for 749 used. I also... : VectorJKL
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            KEH ships fast. Order it now and pay extra for faster shipping--it'll probably be less than whatever tax ... : ConfusedUs
            • XSi was final price at 749 (no tax) in store purchase. Can't order now because I won't have the funds til... : VectorJKL
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    I just picked up a Canon 40D 2 weeks ago and I LOVE it. Looked seriously at the D60, and for a little ex... : Ormsbee
    • I've got a new 40d at work and it's nice. I love the extra autofocus points. : ConfusedUs
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  I am going to be retiring my Canon 20D and replacing it with the new 50D when it becomes available. : Tripps
  • Good for you! I'm in a similar situation. My camera is two generations old now, and it's starting to s... : ConfusedUs
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  I want to buy a camera for a cruise I am going on in Nov. I am looking for a decent one but I don't want... : jason28
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    You don't need an SLR. You need a point-and-shoot that will fit in your pocket, work well in low-light, a : ConfusedUs
    • Yes this looks like exactly what I was looking for. I found it on newegg for 455 (Out of stock right now)... : jason28
• very informative, thanks! : mnok
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  Jokemon told me to tell you guys that Olympus makes cameras too and that his family works there and gets ... : ConfusedUs
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    why cant someone work for canon, i need a hook up on the bloody glass. ive had a 10d since it launched a... : smacknca
    • I sold my 17-40L on the shack to a lucky shacker. Wish I still had it now lol. : steelsamurai
• Tagg'n for later : Jiven
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  Going to bed. I'll try to answer any more questions in the morning! : ConfusedUs
  • I'm pissed, doesn't look like my bonus check is coming in on friday. No camera until the 12th. Damnit. : VectorJKL

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  try to identify if final frontier is a good bad movie or a bad good movie : Luminair
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    I watched it about eight months ago, and I'm pretty certain that it's a bad bad movie. : RomSteady
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      What does Shatner need with a screenplay? : Toraz Chryx
      • What does Shatner God need with a screenplay? : cerealSAM2
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    Its a terrible bad movie. : Serpico74
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      It has a couple of scenes that are decent, hanging together with a large volume of complete dross and ter... : Toraz Chryx
      • yeah if I remember correctly, the beginning and end sentimental stuff was done right. everything between... : Luminair
  • I submit that although it is not a good movie... it may be the funniest of the Trek movies. (for both in... : noknyc
  • It's a horrendous badong movie. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Its simple, Even number trek=good, odd number =bad. : Skull the Troll
  • This is only correct for the first nine films. : Strabo
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    I agree that for the most part the series looks like a sine wave, but The Final Frontier is a hole in the : RomSteady
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      Final Frontier is odd. The only one that breaks the Even rule is Nemesis. : K1Bond007
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        It's all Troi's fault. Every time they let her drive the Enterprise, she crashes it. : RomSteady
        • Bitches still can't drive. : Priest77
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  I like The Voyage Home, but it really has aged poorly, I think.. mainly because of the time travel to the... : K1Bond007
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    In order to appreciate greatness, one must experience the pathetic depths of ineptitude. That's why I : RomSteady
    • I almost beat Daikatana. About 3/4 of the way through the game it crashed and before I restarted it I tho... : Dynotaku
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  Trek movies after Shatner is out of cannon as far as I'm concerned. : Skull the Troll
  • Except...it IS canon. Gene Roddenberry himself made TNG. : thetangent
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  I'm always super depressed about Star Trek 1 having such glorious production values and just looking so g... : SpaecKow
  • Star Trek 1 is a great movie while on psychedelics. This is not a bad thing. : noknyc
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    You have to put it in context of when and why it was made. It's good to watch every few years maybe but t... : thewindcriesmary
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      When you say in context do you mean because 2001 had recently come out? : SpaecKow
      • Wha...? : Bold
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        lol what? Star Trek the motion picture was made because of Starwars. It was a rushed movie and only exist... : thewindcriesmary
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          No see they made it the way they made it cause of 2001, the long slow pans and shit, they wanted it to be... : SpaecKow
          • I've watched the interviews for the movie. They clearly say they made it because of the starwars fad at t... : thewindcriesmary
          • But the first Star Trek movie was released over a decade later than the 2001 film (1979 vs. 1968). I don' : Bold
  • I saw it as a kid in the theater when I was eight. My god it was soooo boring. : ThomW
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  first contact and wrath of khan are really the only two star trek movies worth more than a shit : n0v4
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    What about VI? That was a good one. : phate81
    • yeah VI was very good. : cpt_gloval
  • I would largely agree with this statement. : PenicillinX57
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  too much LDS in the 60's? : hirez
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    Mormons weren't really into Star Trek back then : pyrogen
    • how times change. http://www.utahsf.org/clubwiki/index.php?title=Mountain-Con : MamiyaOtaru
• The peak is Star Trek VI, and you'll see why. : Lone Swordsman
• The Undiscovered Country is good, should clean the palate after The Final Frontier. : cpt_gloval

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• -=xXboXx=- : pyide
• XBOCKS : DrWaffles
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  And when they break after 4 months, you can sue MS for false advertising. : elwood00
  • Not sure why, it's still a box isn't it? : ryuuseki
  • Haha, good one. Like a lady sued apple for it false statement about iPhone 3g : striker089
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  I vote for anything but xbox 720. 360 was alright because I get the whole three-hundred-and-sixty degree... : Perturbation
  • I want to play 720 on Xbox 720 : Halen
  • Chocobox : azenmaster
  • dude its just three-hundred-and-sixty degrees of freedom/entertainment/whatever twice : mega man
• XSphere : c_man_tmt
• they should just call it the xbox : snowwolf
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  Considering how well the Wii did they should probably choose a name that most people will instantly hate.... : IggyTheSnitch
  • They should call it the JeffBell *ding!* : Dave-A
• The logical next step is Xbox Cubed. or Xcubed. or Xcube. : mwasher
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  ever though it's the third xbox and not the forth? : Korban
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    I don't know about you but I'm on my 4th already. : ateam311
    • http://www.instantrimshot.com : mwasher
  • Xbox 3way? : nevicata
  • You're supposed to forget that since they called the second one 360 so they didn't seem one behind Sony. : elwood00
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  x4our : dignan
  • lol : azenmaster
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  They should go for Baroque and name it the XBachs. Oh my god, I want to kill myself for posting thing. : Duffman8369
  • Thing This. : Duffman8369
  • Hey, if it aint Baroque, don't fix it. : FS|Archangel
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    You should be Hayden your face in shame. You're going on my Liszt. : smegmar
    • Oh, Holst on a second, you better stop this and go to the Mahler something. : FS|Archangel
• XB4... now it's 4 real. : Lunatic Angelic
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  XZune Vista 2010 : InflatoMonkey
  • Microsoft Internet-Enabled Entertainment Device for Televisions : Dave-A
  • also XBOX LOL-X : InflatoMonkey
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  focus groups have responded overwhelmingly to xX$MaStAKilLaChiEFbox420$Xx : 60days
  • sounds about right : Turd Ferguson
• The NeXBox : baron calamity
• iStation 720 : Vangoghs Ear
• XPentagon. It has one more side for extra power! : Albemuth
• they should call it the I-Eat-Box hahahahahahahahahahahaha : Jackass1233
• Xbox Revolution Xbox ^3 X-Zeus : ant_hillbilly
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  STOP IT This is insane... the next gen consoles are at least 4-5 years out. Stop it. Stop it right n... : conandan
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    Fall 2011 new Xbox. If I'm wrong I will quit the internet. : ant_hillbilly
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      Ill be taking your resignation : conandan
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        If for some stupid reason it releases before that date it doesn't count. But anything past it I will agr... : ant_hillbilly
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          you must also drink the blood of a cat : conandan
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            In all seriousness though the lack of a BluRay drive is really going to kill Microsoft in the long run. ... : ant_hillbilly
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              I think you are overestimating the market penetration of Blu-ray. People that want blu-ray players need ... : conandan
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                I still don't think Bluray is going to be even that big of a deal for movies. The consumers just aren't a... : baron calamity
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                  I think once HDTV's really start to hit lower prices that it will. : conandan
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                    HDTVs have already fallen. Most people who buy HDTV now just put SD stuff on them. Its not that the avera... : baron calamity
                    • I think the switch to BluRay will happen once player prices drop below $100. I can definitely see that h... : ant_hillbilly
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                      try like 20-30 dollars for a BR. I haven't seen anything more than 30. 5-15 dollars more for better con... : conandan
                      • 20-30 for a movie is fucking ridiculous. that's more than enough to keep me away from bluray for a good, ... : zerog83
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                I dont know the actual statistics but I can only imagine hdtv purchases will increase dramatically as pri... : ant_hillbilly
                • this was the general logic when it came to the xbox and the PS2 as well. When it came down to it, people... : conandan
    • 2010. : SiW73
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    IF a Next gen console is going to come out Christmas 2012, the bare minium marketing push annoucement wil... : baron calamity
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      A new Sega system would make things really interesting and awesome. : ant_hillbilly
      • While awesome, I doubt them. I was thinking along the lines of NEC or LG Electronics. : baron calamity
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      I think you are wrong. With the statistics that they are finding about the Wii is that it sits and does ... : conandan
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        You are assuming that the company cares if you play with it a long time after you get it home. If they ma... : baron calamity
        • but the consumers are learning not to buy shit like this. : conandan
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          True, but they'd much rather get residual. : Ebu
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            You are assuming that would be their goal. : baron calamity
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              isn't that what Microsoft was betting on with the Xbox? Why would they spend millions if this was not th... : conandan
              • No, I'm talking about possible new players in the console market, not the main three. : baron calamity
      • Ooh, an XBLA style thin client thing would be fucking awesome. : Ebu
  • TBH, I'm not sure what to expect from next generation consoles. Both the 360 and PS3 are pushing themselv... : Mmmmmoo
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  XBOX : Wolfanoz
  • OH I GET IT because of the red ring of death! FUNNAH!! : conandan
  • LOL. You beat me to it. : Pneum0
• Xbox 4RL : fsck
• Xbox Revolution : silent prophet
• Xbox X60. : Sailor of Fortune
• IVbox : jaga
• Nue : deviantpaul
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  they should call it Xbo$$. Because microsoft loves money and they are greedy and are not lunux. : burning eye
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    Where are the flamers for MS hate in this post? : conandan
    • We're leaving it alone because he didn't type "micro$oft" : zerog83
    • I assumed he was making fun of the people who say M$. : Evil Benius
• call it PS4 so sony can't use it! : dignan
• no idea of the name, i'm betting 32 or 64 processors though. Yay programmers, err... : Enigme
• 2 Xbox 2 Furious or something I think : exponen7
• XCube : zehh
• 2010 = 1 in 3 odds 2011 = 3 in 5 odds 2012 = 8 in 9 odds Halo 4box!!!! : locater16
• Hopefully they send a complimentary coffin with it. : mnsnota
• Your favorite future console sucks. : Vangoghs Ear
• XboxH4LO With Halo 4 built-in, on a chip so it loads fast like a cartridge. Yes. : Cliffzorz
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  Xbox' (prime). : j0nchan
  • because it's a derivative? : Spezzer
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  Rumor: When you power on the next-gen Xbox, a 12 year old's voice calls you a procedurally-generated prof... : coldfusioncs
  • hahahahah. Or it says "Welcome <insert profanity here>" in a 12yr old's voice. : Madwacker
• MS Playstation 720 : Marauder IIC
• NeXtBox : alias
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  xbox sphere : mobab
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    Okami Game Sphere : ImageOmega
    • lol, I was trying to remember the name of that one : .Jayson
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      Okama. Okami is something different :P : reign27
      • I was close! : ImageOmega
• XBOXBOXBOXBOX : deathofrats
• Xbox Evolution. : Ziz
• Vin Diesel in TripleX : EagleSweet
• The Soylent Green Special Edition XBox. : bitter ego
• Xbox With A Vengeance : fsck
• Xbox 360 Part 2: Do I Hear Some Golden Axe Fans In The Audience? -by Jeff Bell : EvilDolemite
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  RODBox 4 : biofrog
  • ^^^ Lol yes! : Malku
• CrossBox : GodZilly
• Xbox uss, so it would be similar to the wii but not too close : Sanityjr
• XBOX Quadoobie : podizzle

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• I leave mine on 24/7, running F@H. : deject
• Leave it on some days. And haven't installed Folding@home. Had it going once before. : Ziz
• Leave it constantly on. No Folding client (or anything like this), though. : High-g
• Unless there's a power outage it's always on. : Mystery0000
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  I put mine into sleep because it save a lot of power and heat and starts up way faster : digital_d
  • i do this : SockMonkeh
  • sleep for the win : plat2on1
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    same. i only shut it down completely when i'm moving it. : electroly
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      I only shut it down when I'm remodeling my home. : zebosausamite
      • feh! i use a UPS so i don't have to ever unplug my computer. i just wheel it to another room on UPS pow... : electroly
  • Me too, it's been a long time between restarts for me. : Arctic Fox
• Standby when I leave in the morning : snuff
• I just turn it off, it boots up super quick anyways : noodleboy723
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  i turn mine off almost every night. wasteful to leave it on doing nothing : wtf242
  • ya I turn everything off at night and while at work, no sense in it being on : kelerian
• i just switch off the monitor, leave the pc idle, and set the drives to spin down after an hour. : cpt_gloval
• Monitors off, computers on : rosewood
• Lately I've been shutting it off before bed since sleep + work is about 18-19 hours of downtime. Only ru... : EvilDolemite
• usually yes, if I forget it about it, it will go into standby : happynoodle
• I used to run it 24/7. Now I turn it off when I leave for work or go to bed since I'm paying the electri... : Wombat Woo
• Mine goes - 5m = screensaver, runs through My Pictures 30m = shuts off monitor 60m = goes to standby ... : xsoulbrothax
• Computer always stays on, but the monitors go off. I know "thermal expansion" isn't supposed to be a big ... : Marlin
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  Nope, my computer is on almost all the time unless I'm out of the house for multiple days. : FPSDavid
  • Oh, and no F@H. : FPSDavid
• I used to leave it running 24/7. Now I power it down whenever I'm asleep or will be away for more than a ... : pyide
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  Since I installed the core, I just put it in sleep mode to avoid wasting even more power. : Visceral Monkey
  • quad core that is. : Visceral Monkey
• I usually turn it off, but I leave it on more during the winter. : Rice-Rocketeer
• 24/7 on all 3 of my computers...and my PS3. They all run folding@home! :p 2 SMP clients 2 GPU clie... : Jimbo Ro
• I turn it off when I'm done with it each evening. I don't see the point in leaving it on. : Colleton
• 24/7, F@H and seeding torrents. : Sapiens
• I keep mine on 24/7, I idle on IRC for a group I play games with. No F@H, yet. Might have to do that. : coraldayton
• OFF, after gaming/browsing usually.. I offload all the storage to my DLNA NAS, for streaming to my 360 i... : biofrog
• Always leave the iMac on, but I turn off my PC. Not because of power though, just because it's quieter wh... : ovrlrd
• I usually put mine to sleep unless I want to sleep to some music. : Mmmmmoo
• I turn it off for the night. : sanchez
• I choose hibernate when I know I'm going to be away for more than a day or two. : fleabug
• I have not turned my desktop on in months, but I do leave my laptop running idle while I am gone for IRC,... : Evil Benius
• Sleep mode. Why waste energy unnecessarily? : aeg1x
• I leave mine on when I'm at work, in case I need to remote desktop for some download action. When I go to... : dasampla
• If my computer is on 24/7 I tend to keep coming back to the shack way too often, so I try to shut it all ... : razorblade79
• Mostly I leave it running. When it's really hot (no AC) then I turn it off. : MrGrindy
• I turn mine off unless it's downloading something that I know will take a while. : ShoCon
• It's in my bedroom, so off, cause I like relative quiet for sleeping : RikiTiki2
• Standby at home, I leave my work computer on in case I have to VPN in. : nomaad
• 24/7 -- I've read about motherboard warping in temperature extremes, and I live in Minnesota (fucking col... : disposition
• I hibernate mine overnight and when I'm at work - I rarely go on before work so it's generally only on fr... : marmite
• On, doing backups & defrag & virus scans overnight. (Defrag & full virus scan only happens once a week. B... : nudel
• makes my room hot in the summer so i turn it off most nights. winter i usually leave it on though. : xxiv
• 24/7 : qu1nton
• I don't really need it on, but it is 24\7. Maybe I should change that :| : aggressor
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  24/7 usually with utorrent running. i turn it off if i go on vacation for a week or something : kill9
  • ^^ This ^^ : losimagic
• Off. : [7]kami
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  Mine goes into standby and low power mode after a couple hours of being idle : grayscale
  • same here. : Fredrik S
• mine runs 24/7 and the monitor goes off after 45 minutes. i dont run folding @home : dantastic
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  turning your computer off and on regularly is actually bad for it : eeeealmo
  • I sometimes hear this but never heard of any actual data, just that all the heating\cooling stress out co... : aggressor
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    Although apparently I killed my PSU by leaving it 24/7, then turning it off for a week. When I turned it... : losimagic
    • I had a power supply die kind of like that. Only I had it running 24/7 for over 3 months then I powered i... : AgentPothead
  • that's a silly myth. turning your computer on and off as long as you use the "shut down" feature does not... : wtf242
  • depends on your definition of "regularly" : RikiTiki2
  • what? like every 5 minutes? I think if I turn if off at night before I go to bed, I'm not running much ri... : moshman
• Laptop=off Gaming Rig=on : blakhawkjohn
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  hybrid sleep. : feek
  • monitor goes off after 5 minutes, hybrid sleep after 45 minutes. btw, hybrid sleep is S3 in vista. powers... : feek
• 24/7 both desktop and laptop because I hate the environment : Unleashed
• Ever since I got last month's electric bill....off : devnullgt
• I'd use Sleep Mode if I wasn't on torrents/downloading stuff over night. Or does Sleep Mode let those kee... : Deathlove
• I'm surprised how many people leave theirs on. If you're away from it for more than four hours or so and ... : glio1337
• I turn it off if I'm going to be away for a while. : PapaBoo

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• I asked 20 minutes ago and didn't even get a response :( : AgentPothead
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  http://www.castlecrashers.com/index_main.html : spaceless
  • It seems like they don't even know when it will hit. Even though the game won’t be out until 1AM, or 2A : AgentPothead
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  It's up it's up! Who wants to play? : AgentPothead
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    <---- Writhing in jealousy.... : Malku
    • Doesn't know where to point the arrow either ---> : Malku
  • Downloading now if it's good I'll reactivate my live Tomm and play : supermonkeyballz
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  WTF is this game, and why do I want it? Even the videos I've found seem retardedly unhelpful... Not s... : biofrog
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    It's a classic beat-'em-up with some RPG features. Like Golden Axe. : woddemandred
    • Ahhh ok, why don't they just put on the web site "It's like Golden Axe". Cheers :) : biofrog
  • luckily xbla has demos of all games : dantastic
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  I'm really diggin the game so far, but what's up with all the poop jokes? : AgentPothead
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    Is there any news on how long the game actually is? : jbury
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      I'm not sure how long it is, I do know fuck Lava World it's completely unfair. Those fuckers just spam fi... : AgentPothead
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        How long you been playing for so far? I've only played the trial which seemed a decent length : jbury
        • On and off since 4:30 this morning. When I hit a level I can't beat I have been taking a 5-10 minute brea... : AgentPothead
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    you're a pothead and don't like poop jokes? : zerog83
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      Poop jokes were awesome when I was 12. Just because I smoke weed doesn't mean I have the maturity of a 12... : AgentPothead
      • elitist : MagicWishMonkey
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    This game has poop jokes? It will be a big hit in my house. : SockMonkeh
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      One entire level, including the boss, is like a poop joke. : AgentPothead
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        maybe it's not really a poop joke, your mind is just degenerating it to that? : zerog83
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          If you guys want I suppose I could fraps it. : AgentPothead
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            I'll be getting it tonight regardless, so I'm sure I'll see it. : zerog83
            • When you see the owl crap himself you know you are on the right level. It's towards the beginning. : AgentPothead
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  I added Castle Crashers to GW.Us: http://shackers.gamewith.us/360/castle-crashers/ : ThomW
  • Could you please add GeoWars 2, too? : razorblade79
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  Is it fun guys who have tried it??? : kainen1
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    Do you like beat em ups and have friends to play coop with? Then yes, yes it is. If you answered no to ei... : AgentPothead
    • And if you answered no you should just kill yourself. : SiW73
  • the demo was great :) : jbury
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  This is absolutely awesome. It's like an incredibly polished, artistically stylized Golden Axe. : mittense
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    The only thing that I'm even remotely disappointed about is that you don't double tap to run. Having play... : SiW73
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      That messed me up at first too, one of the combos you get is "while sprinting x or y" and I spent 5 minut... : AgentPothead
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        Yeah, I had issues with that as well. : mittense
        • same here - only figured it out at the end of the demo : jbury

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• ILTC posts are getting pretty tame lately. : mystifier
• If all else fails use an IM client? : Koral06
• You mean Windows Live Messenger (which is a new replacement for MSN messenger)? If yes, search for "WLM U... : High-g
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  apatch.org : SiW73
  • ^^^ just dont click the link to allah at the end of the patch : dantastic
  • ^ ^ ^ As much as i like Digsby/Pidgin, if you have no need for anything other than MSN this is still the ... : Arsenal
• *NUDGE* *NUDGE* *NUDGE* : DrWaffles
• Stop using it? Use some alternative. I prefer Miranda myself. Also, you can disable some of the shit like... : zehh
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  You could always just use Digsby, my new favorite IM client : noodleboy723
  • Same. I switched to Digsby from Trillian recently and love it. Simple, clean and very easy to use & con... : Ride-My-Rocket
• http://pidgin.im : protozone
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  Miranda IM. : PlanetPerfecto
  • ^^^^^this : razorblade79
• Digsby : Sapiens
• A-Patch : GodZilly
• Basically... yeah, A-Patch, Digsby or Pidgin, depending on your tastes. : xsoulbrothax
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  if you uncheck "Show Windows Live Today after i sign in to Messenger" in General and check "Hide tabs" in... : shika.art
  • Also shut off the video carousel : Dave-A
• Not sure, but I actually found this the other night to get rid of ads in AIM 6.0+ http://www.bigblueba... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Miranda with MetaContacts and History++ is pretty much awesome (especially if you use more than one im cl... : s2jason
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    Does it support avatars? : GodZilly
    • Yes, but i'm not certain if it does for all protocols : s2jason
  • Another thing I like about it is through a very minor amount of fudging you can use multiple accounts of ... : s2jason
  • I've just installed Miranda, seems really good except except my AIM isn't connecting. : dasampla
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  www.pidgin.im : FPSDavid
  • ^^ this right here. : metalremains
• meebo.com : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I installed A-Patch and, as a result, have now converted to Islam. La illaha ill Allah, Muhammad Rasul... : Vantage
• use pidgin or trillian : AgentPothead
• I had to go check that my MSN actually had ads - I hadn't noticed. : Sacred Sperm
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  Seems like all the alternatives to Messenger suck because they don't support all the features. I hate ... : nudel
  • Then get the A-Patch. : GodZilly
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  Hijack: Speaking of Pidgin, is it possible to do video chats through it? : Lone Swordsman
  • Yes [ ] No [X] : Daggoth
• You don't need to patch shit. go in options and disable the tabs. that just leaves you with a contact lis... : Slowtreme

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  12 dollar wal-mart special? I've got all my consoles on power strips that cost under $20 each : melkore
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    is that really safe if the power spikes? i mean, you trust like thousands of dollars on that? : kainen1
    • the art of power surge protection isn't that complicated. You gotta have something there, but beyond that... : cdbeckman
• Belkin : mechanicalgrape
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  http://www.amazon.com/APC-PF11VNT3-11-Outlet-SurgeArrest-Protection/dp/B0000D8CU7/ref=pd_bbs_7?ie=UTF8&s=... : ant_hillbilly
  • http://www.amazon.com/Belkin-12-Outlet-Protector-Ethernet-Protection/dp/B000HPX46U/ref=dp_cp_ob_e_title_1... : ant_hillbilly
  • What I was going to post. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=6015181 isn't bad eit... : MamiyaOtaru
• http://www.tripplite.com/EN/products/product-series.cfm?txtSeriesID=77&CID=1 : High-g
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  o.O $100 for a surge protector? Shit, you can buy an APC UPS for less than that... : deject
  • thats what i use: http://www.amazon.com/Back-ups-BE750G-Outlet-Master-Control/dp/B000Z80ICM/ref=pd_bbs... : goatboy
• pffft you didn't get the high enough end ones, NOOB. m0nsT3r 4 lyf3 !!!!!!!! : Downforce
• as far as I can tell, all surge protectors are equally pieces of shit. does that help you make your deci... : Luminair
• I've heard Monster is really good about replacing broken equipment. Give them a call and see if they wil... : afty
• Spend the money and get a proper UPS which are built to deal with surges, brownouts and other electrical ... : Wombat Woo
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  I've had monster cables go bad, I walked into the store and came out with one brand new and almost twice ... : Pneum0
  • yeah, their mid-range cables are pretty decent quality. : dopeman
• On a related note, I've had some people recommend monoprice.com for cables. It's pretty amazing. : phipple
• Check out this awesome setup and look at the surge protectors he uses in one of the last pics: http://hel... : sanchez
• I've used Furman for Pro Audio before. Good line conditioners. http://www.partsexpress.com/webpage.cfm?... : supertech68
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  How does a gift run you 100 bones ? Just askin. : balaams_ass
  • std test + prescription : Fyunch Click
  • I'm guessing cover-up conspiracy. Who would want to admit they bought that stuff? : Hello Kitty
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    sorry...i should have clarified, it was a best buygift card - admittedly i made the retarded decision to ... : kainen1
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      needed a surge protector and that's all they had there within the price. So 100$ was the cheap one? : AgentPothead
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        cheapest one with supposed 'higher level protection' against heavy electronics...who knows, i thought goi... : kainen1
        • Heavy electronics? It probably doesn't even have a 240v plug on it. The one thing Monster has going for t : AgentPothead
    • jesus christ. Just never do it again, and never speak of it again. : cdbeckman
• http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2002/11/25/ : festivalman
• I bought one of those Squid surge protectors and it has worked fine. I think there are different models b... : hirosushima
• get a major brand UPS like APC or something. : wetard