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  I doubt. Why would you want to? : derelict515
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    I dont have an itunes account yet. Dont like the fact that they ask me for my credit card before opening ... : doomed
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      It's Apple, they aren't some fly by night company that is going to sneak charges on your credit card with... : ovrlrd
      • You're right, i agree with you. : doomed
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      another one here: http://forums.mactalk.com.au/20/45826-how-get-us-itunes-account-free.html actuall... : doomed
      • *Solution* To get an itunes account with no visa card, follow the steps on http://forums.mactalk.com... : doomed
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  You don't have an option to change what account you use from the iphone. It only lets you enter the passw... : freshyk
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    i dont have an itunes account yet. so, when browsing the appstore from my iphone, if i pick an app to ... : doomed
    • Oh, that I did not know. I thought you had to have it tied to an itunes account to use. : freshyk
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      I would say just make an account. You're going to want one eventually anyway : Sirus2400
      • Ok, even if i wanted, i get this message on Itunes 7.7: The Itunes Store is not available in your coun : doomed
    • It is whatever is associated with iTunes, so if you enter in an account, it will probably add you to the ... : ovrlrd
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  You can browse/dl from two different accounts in iTunes, and sync apps from both accounts to an iPhone/iP... : Sirus2400
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    Yep, it does work, but like I said in my other post, it will use up one of 5 "authorized computer" licens... : ovrlrd
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      The friend scenario was only given as an example to best explain the situation. I dont want to use a frie... : doomed
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        No, it's just per computer. Technically you can have an app installed on infinite iPhones, as long as the... : ovrlrd
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          as long as they are sync'd to the same computer I mean. : ovrlrd
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            Sorry, there's one thing i dont understand (and this is probably because i didnt start buying the apps ye... : doomed
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              If you buy it using the iPhone it will sync back to iTunes the next time you sync. It works the other way... : ovrlrd
              • Thanks, so thats why there's that Syncing Apps option. I was wondering about that the other day. : doomed

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  Awesome Indie/Freeware Games You Need to Play These are some of my current favorites, but it changes t : freak!
  • Danke, something for me to kill my boredom with! : Bamtan
  • Downloading Polarity now :D : zanzares
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    If ever there was a post deserving of ThomW's inf! : Rice-Rocketeer
    • I'm making more of an effort to actually contribute here, and I've gotten two inf's since yesterday. R... : freak!
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    hey I did the scripting for Action Doom and like half of the scripting in Action Doom 2 :D : mikecyb
    • Pretty sweet job then, sir. : freak!
  • I am greatly intrigued by The Chzo Mythos games. Thanks for this! : helvetica
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    I really liked Art of Theft. http://www.escapistmagazine.com/content/games/yahtzee/artoftheft It's a ... : yonderboy
    • Absolutely agree and I probably should have included it. : freak!
  • Congrats on not screwing up shacktags! Will be checking these out soon! : Githyanki
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    You missed Dink Smallwood. Luckily I am here to remedy that oversight. http://www.rtsoft.com/dink/ : allowat76
    • Added to my list as well. I've played it briefly but didn't really give it enough time. : freak!
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    Knytt Stories is one of my favorite adventure/exploration/platformers ever, and it's fucking beautiful. ... : jan0r pants
    • My first hospital stay was owned by this game, and I don't know why I forgot to include it in this list. ... : freak!
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    Awesome post. I actually downloaded 5 Days a Stranger last night but haven't tried it yet. This makes me ... : Bull
    • Play them in order of release! The series jumps all over time, but the story is best told in the order o... : freak!
  • http://gmc.yoyogames.com/?showtopic=177529 http://coolmoose.net/downloads/RMF.zip : madspacemarinemustdie
• Great post. I'll have to read this when I get home! : Super Sparker
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  Polarity rocks. :D 360 support is great. Analog stick works very well. Beat in 24:46, died 42 times. :[ : zanzares
  • I'm glad they focused on it being a puzzle game. : freak!
• I know one of the guys that worked on Polarity :D : zerog83
• Great thread, good work! : exile7

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  You get what you pay for? : cjcharv
  • lesson: learned : Frank_Mackey
• Send your uncle Vic to talk to them. You'll have a new monitor in no time. : FormerHPB
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  I told you to lie about it. See what happens when you are honest? : zanzares
  • I did lie. I told them it crapped out Friday night and I was out of town all weekend for the holiday. T... : Frank_Mackey
• YES! Westinghouse has finally agreed to repair the monitor under warranty! They agreed to make an exce... : Frank_Mackey

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  I wish I could see The Fountain in IMAX, that shit would of rocked my world. : pieman
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    I think that would make anyone either have an acid flashback or cum buckets. Or both. : obiquatro
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      The scenes where he is flying through space with the tree would of been awesome in IMAX, the whole film w... : pieman
      • sweet i hope you win : aurealis
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    i dont think even the IMAX could have made the fountain better than one of the shittiest movies i've seen... : X-GOUKI
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      better than your shitty used games, shitty RE4 gameplay, shitty QW, shitty MX500, those shitty collegehum : moe6
      • take a deep breath man! o{it ain't my fault you liked that shitty movie the fountain.}o : X-GOUKI
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  we have Cinemax around here :( : drucifer
  • I don't know what a Cinemax is, but anything with 'max' in the title has to be good, right? I remember... : pieman
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    then you have SKINEMAX as well! Now in HD! : trOmblyj
    • actually, I canceled my satellite service, and have nothing but internets now :( : drucifer
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  hijack: small detail about the movie I couldn't figure out (spoiler alert!) At the end where batman ta : factor27
  • I thought about that too and I don't know :(. He possibly meant some victims of the bus hijack after : pieman
  • The best answer is here: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0468569/faq#.2.1.134 : Home Nugget
• Well TDK was one of the first hollywood films to actually have scenes shot with imax cameras. Most other ... : Prozium
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  I saw it in IMAX a few weeks ago and was not happy. The projector was completely out of focus. I left wit... : dudehoyt
  • this happened in my IMAX cos they were being cheap bastards and used the 35mm real on the imax screen. : moe6
  • Why didn't you complain? : pyrogen
• Ever since 300, I haven't watched a movie at a theater if it wasn't at an IMAX :-( : Home Nugget
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  Speed Racer in IMAX. Holy fucking shit : djkenohki
  • I wholeheartedly agree! : Home Nugget
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  It really is stunning. I almost went to go see it for the fourth time (third in IMAX) this Labor Day when... : sgtsanity
  • You could get a Blu-ray drive for you PC pretty cheap, if your system is already good and you have a big ... : DinK
• Hmm, there's a real IMAX within an hour of here and my wife has yet to see Batman. I thought the only on... : DinK
• did they show the imax laser show prior to the movie? : HeXoN
• I wasn't that impressed. It looked really good most of the time and the movie was better than the first b... : pyide
• I saw that shit opening night in IMAX. I had to wait FIVE HOURS in the theatre before it started. I got a... : stelth
• To Westchester/Rockland county shackers; I first saw TDK at the IMAX theater in the Palisades mall and... : freakynipples69
• TDK on IMAX is thing I've seen that makes HD look bad. : pyrogen

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  Pretty sure it was 1. : elwood00
  • ten years would have been cruel and unusual for "guilty by-standing" : skryte
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    I thought it was 4 or 5 : Nali4Freedom
    • Nope, it was 1. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Finale_(Seinfeld) : elwood00
• That finale went out with a bang: you simply didn't want to see that show anymore with it. : sukabljat
• They should have kept going with this plot development for one more season. That would have been just th... : elwood00
• I still haven't seen every Seinfeld Re-run. I absolutely love the show. It was not going to keep being th... : PlanetPerfecto

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• iPod Touch that is. : noobja
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  Leave a copy of the message on the server. : Phreakin
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    And you can't sync unless you have them all come to gmail or something and pull/sync from one. : Phreakin
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      Since it doesn't leave a copy, should I forward it to gmail, and have them pull from gmail instead? : noobja
      • And would that in turn kind of keep them synced? Does gmail work like that? : noobja
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  does the uni webmail account offer imap as an option? 'cause if so, problem solved : cpt_gloval
  • I just started reading about that so I'm looking now! : noobja
• forward to gmail. : geedeck
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  Open up a G-Mail account and set your university webmail to forward to the G-Mail address. Then set G-Mai... : BlackCat9
  • and you can also set gmail so it can show the emails as being sent from your @univeristy.edu address. : Prozium
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  This is the kind of thing webmail itself is nice for. =) I haven't used a local email client for a deca... : DinK
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    Yeah, never knew what IMAP was before now, and it had the option to set it up that way. Its sweet having ... : noobja
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      IMAP is pretty much awesome. : Fayk
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        the problem with IMAP, when using for example Outlook, is that it's super slow, freezes a lot and sucks. : doomed
        • I've never had that problem. Maybe you need a better mail server and/or client? It does get cached locall... : Fayk
• OMB! Shacking on my throne just got easier haha : noobja

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• addendum: OH GOD MAH BALLS. : windowpane
• Get some no-dye no-scent stuff. : c0bra
• Reminds me of the time someone sprinkled that strong Icyhot-like Goldbond stuff in this dude's underwear ... : Sailor of Fortune
• i am allergic to some detergents but i don't know which ones. so i stick with arm and hammer : cpt_gloval
• update: OH GOD MAH BALLS :( : windowpane

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  Neither sesmaster Component, VGA, DVI, or HDMI : EvilDolemite
  • yup Composite & S-Video are SD resolution.. 480i : Shadowdane
• you can't even do HD over s-video or composite... : zakk
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  heh, i dont even think you were watching HD if you were using s-video or composite. : porp
  • I bet he didn't even have it tuned to an HD channel. He probably assumed that since it's an HD cable box,... : Prozium
• ...You DO have an HDTV right? Go to monoprice.com, get some cheap HDMI cables. Now. : magistersmax
• oh sesmaster... *sigh* : MisterPhoton
• i'm glad that you asked the shack instead of just using S-Video or Composite without knowing any better, ... : electroly
• oh LOL peters, they are right neither composite nor s-video are anywhere close to HD. You need at a bare... : deject
• Are you sure you have an HD capable TV? : woodchuck70
• As ED says, Component/VGA/DVI/HDMI. The others aren't capable of passing the HD signal. Composite is ... : genom
• Also: you were tuning to the HD channels, right? : magistersmax
• hahahaha s-video HD wtf : slickdoody
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  THANKS EVERYONE! Now I have the cable company coming out on Saturday to give me a new box, plus I get the... : sesmaster
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    lol you didn't even have an HD cable box? you just bought a new TV and plugged it in and expected it to ... : electroly
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      you can have OTA HD. : Iwannaacura
      • the very first sentence of his post mentions that he's using cable : electroly
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      no I went down yesterday to the Charter office. Bought the package for HD. The girl handed me the box and... : sesmaster
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        so they gave you a regular cable box instead of an HD box? i'm not surprised. Charter messes shit up a ... : electroly
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          Only problem is that my Component Inputs have been acting up on my Xbox and turning the color green. And ... : sesmaster
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            no hdmi? : ant_hillbilly
            • yeah it has hdmi, but that doesnt take away from the fact that I have had the thing for 10 months and it ... : sesmaster
      • Did the box have a component or HDMI port? : Prozium
      • so you still were not watching hd : FrayLo
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  Anne Hathaway is amazing. I watch the episode of Seinfeld where Jerry won't kiss her because of the toot... : Delaric
  • FUCK HER FFS! : mojothemagician
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    She was 16 years old when Seinfeld ended. You're thinking of someone else. : Prozium
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      Yeah, that's what i was thinkin' I didnt remember Seinfeld dating a child. : trevis
      • Actually, he did, in real life : EvilDolemite
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    Oh crap I mixed her up with Kristin Davis lol: http://82muchf00d.files.wordpress.com/2008/03/0000041182_2... : Delaric
    • hahaha wow. I seriously thought they brought Jerry's real life persona onto the show. : sesmaster
• hahahah, oh lol. fucking lolololololol : moshman

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  You'll be in dire straits : pieman
  • nice. : drucifer
• I'm gonna go to work. : drucifer
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  I don't think it comes out tomorrow. It hasn't even started preloading on Steam yet for me. : CrustaR
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    Don't read the front page too often do you? : Sailor of Fortune
    • Instead of that sarcastic remark, you could have informed me that Gearbox is having a release party in Da... : CrustaR
• Silent Bob, how are you going to do this?! : Chepito.
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  and how exactly are you accomplishing this feat? : dopefish
  • he didnt say which game... it came out 3 years ago! : Iwannaacura
  • I'm going to a kinda press, community thing (thanks to node) not the one in dallas tho, I live in london ... : silentbobuk

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  HI : ateam311
  • I need one sir :) : ateam311
• I don't have a name. Invite me! : ryuuseki
• RigorMorts : Rigor Morts
• invite? : pun][sher
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  Same as the shack name, freakynipples69 I don't play that often, WAR is monopolizing my time, but feel... : freakynipples69
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    How do you like WAR...and Why? ;) : pun][sher
    • Let me flex my fingers. I am going to use WoW to compare WAR against because, well, WoW is the current... : freakynipples69
• Here! : hoov1185
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  skankcore . I'm up for a game anytime, I'm not pro or anything, I can barely rocket jump... : skankcore
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    Although spaceless said he was pro and I owned his pansy ass. YMMV. : skankcore
    • I'm pro. =/ : ImageOmega
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  mine is wtf242 : wtf242
  • i'm really good btw : wtf242
• SOMEONE INVITE ME DAMMIT! : Alco23
• systatic : systatic
• Mansmells is my name as crazy as that sounds : Mansmells
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  >> http://shackers.gamewith.us/finder/quake-live << : yosemiteclimber
  • how does one become a member? : QMS|superdave
  • I like how half of the people on that list have been away for more than 4 weeks :) At least check your fr... : Cashh
• FPSDavid : FPSDavid
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  still waiting for that sacred email :( : SolveChrist
  • as am i :( someone please? :) : nova_x
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  Wait, I'm not a girl, but ImageOmega. I think you've played w/ me, yes? Cash with one h? ;) : ImageOmega
  • Yes Im the one that dies all the time..remember ? : Cashh
• freshyk : freshyk
• synapse : synapse19
• *sigh. i was supposed to get one for answering futurama trivia, but i guess it got canceled (i'm sure it ... : mlknight

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  It is kind of unfortunate how they have the leveling progress setup. It makes it extremely inaccessible ... : TreMetal
  • Well there is still plenty of action in the lower leagues, we just don't have any Shack teams down there.... : gargy
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  im getting a little bored/frustrated. my players playing time has dropped and for some reason my cb's pr... : Dravenport
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    Which team are you on? CBs all around had a fairly tough season (mine included). : Nixx2004
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      seattle cru : Dravenport
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        we've shuffled around the LBs several times this season. : Degenerate
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          Dick. : sigpro
          • Dickgenerate? : azenmaster
        • Shuffled? Fuck. We had the entire D tap dancing from game to game. Add in Bort's overcompensating "featur... : Fyunch Click
    • Yeah I got fuck all this year. Basically career lows on everything :( : derelict515
• oh snaps, my WR just got to level 29 : mikecyb
• my level 30 blocking TE is going to be a free agent at the end of the season. I don't know where he's go... : azenmaster
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  i stopped checking my account because i wasn't playing much. hopefully you don't need me. : FrayLo
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    yes we do! Plaxishawn was last in the depth chart at 5th since he was the lowest level WR but I'm pretty ... : Degenerate
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      i'm going to hold out next training camp for a better contract. i demand reese's peanut butter cups in m... : FrayLo
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        What was wrong with the hookers we stuffed in there? : Fyunch Click
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          we'll just need to cover them in chocolate and peanut butter I guess. : Degenerate
          • God wasn't there a link to something like this the other day that was gross. : azenmaster
          • maybe he doesn't like 'em dead and full of semen. Elitist. : Fyunch Click
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  who on the shack has 20 players? : azenmaster
  • Zen2k (Cyber-Demons) has 21. I think he's burnt out, which is understandable. Maybe if he cut down to les... : Nixx2004
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  They really need an O-line stats called "sacks allowed" that tracks when that o-lineman allows a defender... : MisterPhoton
  • Yes I agree. I need more than just Pancakes to evaluate my G's self-worth : sonicdeathwalrus
  • Yep, agreed. It's been suggested before. : Nixx2004
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  Just used the remaining boosts on my G. Been putting it off because I just don't know what to put the po... : hiloopy
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    Did you already use your skill points? He looks good to me. We might have a new starter! You guards get p... : Nixx2004
    • Just spent the last of them and rearranged my equipment. And you're right, we all gets lots of plays s... : hiloopy
  • That's a good point though, if anyone has any boosts that they can use, they should do it now! (Lampshade... : Nixx2004
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  GLB is broken. Im not buying flex points to boost anymore. I'll still play, and check it daily, but I've ... : Tommy Toolbag
  • I still have points left to boost next season, and I log in regularly to check. But I can't get into it -... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • I agree too. Things definitely need a lot of work. I have enough FP to boost my one player for 3 more sea... : Nixx2004
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  Less than 2 hours to game time! I'm such a loser, I had trouble getting to sleep last night. : Nixx2004
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    Damn, I won't be home for the game. :( : Nixx2004
    • And now it is downtime. Wooo : TreMetal

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• it's been standard for years, actually. : zerog83
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  Yes I think so! Went to Uni with a printer. First time I wanted to use it, no USB, wtf? : jjjapan
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    omg what an interesting story, please elaborate : kronetic
    • Shhh. : jjjapan
    • How sad must your life be? You malicious fleshwaste. : etherealrhythm
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    Update: Still laughing. A lot :) : mafu5150
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      Update 2: We don't care what happens to you. : etherealrhythm
      • Because of the punctuation used, it reads funny. Relax! : mafu5150
  • this is almost a haiku : GloriousCow
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    Not really sure what is so amusing with my reply to the op? : jjjapan
    • it was just wonderfully concise : GloriousCow
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      Content-wise, nothing. However, like GloriousCow said, it reads a little like a haiku because of the way... : mafu5150
      • Ok. Well I suck at grammar and spelling. : jjjapan
• It's how they can sell printers now for $50 bucks yet ink costs $60. : Sailor of Fortune
• Welcome to 1995? I remember printers that didn't even come with parallel port printer cables. thankfully ... : Prozium
• The crazy thing is how much USB cables cost at retail these days. The cheapest one Office Max had in stoc... : Dan[WSB]
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  What? No way. I received one with mine (I think). Actually I can't think of a USB device I did not rec... : c0bra
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    All my printers I've bought have come with one, however some of them out there still do not. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Yea I should suffix that by saying my printer is an absolute piece of junk. : c0bra
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    most probably, the shop gave you one for free. but it doesnt come that way from factory, i can assure you... : doomed
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      I buy from Amazon mostly. : c0bra
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        I could see them including a $1 cable for customer satisfaction reasons, whereas for retail stores the ca... : DinK
        • It's not like it's just tossed in the box. They're in the sealed plastic pouches with other items. : c0bra
• dude, when was the last time you bought a new printer? : Degenerate
• I wish monoprice was a brick and mortar store : spiderfill
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  My HP Laserjet 1020 didn't come with one, I got home and was like WTF? What's amazing is the actual cost... : jimmy-buffett
  • probably collusion with retail partners, who want to sell high margin accessories like $25 usb cables. H... : GloriousCow
• The funny thing is, you buy an eSATA HDD enclosure, and you get a SATA and a USB cable. What a world. : quanta88

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  What exactly is it doing that it wont let you install? Need some more details to help : Reeves
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    I've moved the files it downloaded to a different directory, however it still prompts me when I run the s... : wykd
    • Are you running the correct file? Try running the patcher and see what happens. : Reeves
• have you tried moving the contents to a different directory : electroly
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  Are you running vista? : Horn
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    Yep : wykd
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      Could be directory permissions then. Right click -> run as admin? : Horn
      • Tried that :\ Not sure what the deal is. : wykd
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  my entire weekend is going to be lost to war. i'm a hooker for this game. : [fry]
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    are you going to fag it out and not play with shackers? : hamachi
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      has it been settled where everybody is playing tomorrow? i'd prefer to play with you queers. sorry if ... : [fry]
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        a) Fuck you for getting in early because of being a preview person b) I think Core, Destruction is win... : wykd
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          i played order in the first preview so i guess i'll try out destruction this weekend : [fry]
          • go sign up on warshackers.com we'll bitch about it there : hamachi
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  There was no actual install for me. It uses the files from the zip. It's already "installed". I had to pa... : loboca
  • .. or what Horn said about Vista. : loboca
  • Yeah it will run out of the directory. I just figured you would be able to do an install. : wykd
• boo. why can't i play the open beta for free? I was only mildly interested in WoW before it launched, b... : mojorisen1117
• There's no install. All the setup.exe does is make a shortcut. : Link.

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  Which map? : jjjapan
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    Any map. I don't care. :D : TrptJim
    • No assault. I can't stand that map. : TrptJim
• I would but trying to fix my system here. : whippy
• Why sure :D : Rigor Morts
• I might. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• Yes! But not with you >:( j/k : yosemiteclimber
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  Yeah I'm playing with you now, and so should YOU! : datoo
  • He should play with himself? : magistersmax
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  COME ON, GUYS!! OFFICE!! NOW!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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    hurry!! : Maddog_Delphi97
    • YOU CAN'T BREAK THESE CUFFS!! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  IGI : yosemiteclimber
  • go go go!! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• Changing the map to de_inferno 9 shackers here : Maddog_Delphi97
• I hate it when ninjamoo kills me every round. :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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  yeah note to self: stop placing drinks anywhere on the computer desk : lacker
  • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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  $11,000 I think I'll buy a para wrapped in gold. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • shit, I'm poor again. : Maddog_Delphi97

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  Contra. : DrWaffles
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    Wait a minute, I thought you were PapaBoo for a second. What the hell? : DrWaffles
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      I could still do it. I have it on XBLA Arcade. Duke will definitely be done as I will purchase it. : mancide
      • I meant it as a tease. If he can't finish Half-Life, he wouldn't last two minutes in Contra. : DrWaffles
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  is it possible for us to submit our own? I need an excuse to play more Gradius V : Omaha
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    Shit, thought this was the wiki : Omaha
    • Oh, it would be easy on the wiki. It can be done in WordPress IIRC I just don't know how matt did it. : mancide
  • I guess it's possible. I know matt had a way to do it on audiosurf-board. I can pick his brain and I don'... : mancide

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  Yes this happened to my boyfriend. : jjjapan
  • Yeah, this is true. My PC was working fine one night, I powered down as normal, and then it wouldn't boot... : etherealrhythm
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  I just did the paperclip trick on the PSU and the fan was running. Does this mean that the psu is fine? : whippy
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    No idea what that trick is, sorry? : etherealrhythm
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      http://www.pcpowercooling.com/support/ATX_troubleshoot.htm or http://www.duxcw.com/faq/ps/ps4.htm : whippy
      • Ah, OK. I've done that before myself but I've never heard it called the paperclip trick (I used a small p... : etherealrhythm
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    Does anyone else have any ideas? Is the psu fine if it passes paperclip test? : whippy
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      I don't think the cooling fan turning on can be construed to indicate a good PSU on its own. Maybe the c... : DinK
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        Yeah I thought the paperclip test was an odd way of checking a PSU. : whippy
        • Well it tests some functions. But if the 5V or whatever runs the fan is OK but the 12V and other voltage... : DinK
    • The paperclip test is only informative if it's not already starting fans up when you hit the power button... : reign27
• could be mobo...or both (psu died and took out the mobo with it). Try taking out the bios battery for a f... : IcomeINpeace

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  I used the following method with my series1 for many years since I never had a landline. The images are m... : Prozium
  • Here's a better mirror. http://www.b-lan.com/otto/tivo3xp/index.html : Prozium
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    I just noticed it has 2 usb ports on the back, would a usb to rj45 adapter work? : hirosushima
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      No, I don't think it will. It will do USB-wireless, though. : Deathlove
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        It'll work with USB to ethernet adapters. As with the wireless, only some chipsets are supported. Also, i... : Prozium
        • Did S2 get an update to do WPA? : Deathlove
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  Like Series 1 old, or what? : mafu5150
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    Series 2. It was given to me by my parents and it has a lifetime subscription. So It would be kind of nic... : hirosushima
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      I have a USB network adapter for a series two. : Jonathan
      • Do you trade in bear skins or goat horns? : hirosushima
    • yes I had a series 2 with a USB network card attached to it for years. worked fine. : beastrabban
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      I also have the Wireless Adapter as well... Somewhere... : Jonathan
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        So if I do try out this wireless adapter thing, do I only have to connect once, or does it always have to... : hirosushima
        • If your parents used it once I don't think you'll ever need to hook it up to the telephone but you to nee... : Jonathan
    • USB wireless adapter. TiVo sells them now. : K1Bond007
• You can put a TurboNet http://www.9thtee.com/turbonet.htm and install it for network access. Or you can t... : suqur
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  Now I am eying the Tivo HD Dvr's, you can apparently swap it out for the comcast dvr and just put their c... : hirosushima
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    TivoHDs will handle M-Cards, yes. They just announced the TiVo HD XL, which has a TB of storage, too. $60... : Deathlove
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      yeah I was not looking at the xl, too much money for me. Only thing I read about the cable card situation... : hirosushima
      • That is true, no on-demand, but with Amazon VOD rolling out more, I don't think it's a big issue, especia... : Deathlove

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  I don't understand what the big deal about this is, can someone enlighten me? : Arctic Fox
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    Not too sure about Y&D, but Yonge & Dundas is a fucking nightmare. I look down on it every day and every ... : verbatim
    • err.. I meant Yonge and Eglinton where I wrote "Y&D, but Yonge & Dundas" : verbatim

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• at&t. : mindfk
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  think about this for a second : qwpeoriu
  • you can unlock it tho : kimsbutt
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  AT&T is the exclusive provider, but T-mobile is the best (even w/out 3g). Though that's mainly because I... : cltcprd
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    what's the cost per month? : kimsbutt
    • Mine is right around $50/month for 1500 anytime minutes, 400 txt msgs, and unlimited data (t-zones hack). : cltcprd
  • I would argue against that. I switched from t-mobile and I don't feel I've lost anything. Also 3g is wo... : TheNiXXeD
• t-mobile if you unlock one of the 2g phones. : sigpro
• Infiniti only : proclone1
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  Cingular. : Sailor of Fortune
  • McCaw Cellular. : laurgasms
• You only have one choice besides AT&T : Richese
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  where can i get one besides ebay? : kimsbutt
  • Craigslist? : Sailor of Fortune
• If your family's on AT&T, go for a family plan. I pay $40 for my iPhone that way, $10 for a line and $30... : Blake Ellison
• are you posting this from the latestchatty app on an iPod touch? : Prozium
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  ok i'm retarded. I can't find the iphone plans on AT&T website. : kimsbutt
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    Yup. http://www.wireless.att.com/cell-phone-service/specials/iphone-info.jsp : laurgasms
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      They're so damn expensive. Turned me off even looking into the iPhone really. $130 a month for the lowe... : DinK
      • Yeah same here on sprint. It's $90 for two phones. : kimsbutt
      • I know this is in the old chatty, but I figured I would mention... that's just for two IPHONES. If you wa... : laurgasms
• HTC Diamond with any other service? : davislovestacobell
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  more importantly who are you? : boomstickah
  • Took the words right out of my mouth. He's been extremely active for his 1st day : MaxPete82
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  AT&T sucks and only earns business through iPhone sheep following whichever service provider carries thei... : deadhorse
  • They earned my business 7 years ago by having great coverage in my area and a decent phone selection. But... : MaxPete82
  • yeah you tell 'em deadhorse. : xxiv
• do you have to sign up for data? Or does that defeat the whole purpose? : kimsbutt

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  i cheated through that. becuse it sucks, it really doesn't matter what half-life lover say. : qwpeoriu
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    the big hangy nutsack monster is hilarious tho. : mindshot
    • That is what I am on! : whore
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    The final boss is ridiculous... : ConsFEARacy
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      It's a big fuck you, no other part of the game is that hard. It's like the last level in Gears (not that ... : qwpeoriu
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        dude... final boss in HL is like 20X more difficult than the final boss in Gears. It's not that that f... : Degenerate
        • it is more difficult, but that's not my point. I'm just saying that for me at least, when I invest time i... : qwpeoriu
        • I just beat Gears and I can't remember who/what the last boss is. :/ The whole game was pretty blah. : Kerath
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        I think Gears is the total opposite. that boss was easy compared to the other moments in Gears. : Sailor of Fortune
        • You obviously didn't play on Insane difficulty. : boredguy
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    well jumping puzzles aside it's pretty much perfect for what they needed it to be. it's an alien world. ... : mikecyb
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      The end boss sucks, what the fuck. It's too different from the rest of the brilliant problem solving in t... : qwpeoriu
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        well the teleporting bullshit was the worst, but other than that I don't see a problem. once you realize... : mikecyb
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          (though I will say that I probably quicksave every 4 or 5 seconds during the final boss, compared to ever... : mikecyb
          • I love Valve, I really do. I think the butt their heads against brick walls sometimes though. Without eve... : qwpeoriu
  • Zen itself really isnt that bad or difficult. The final boss sucks balls and I wont hold it against anybo... : Degenerate
  • we all did : barichnikov
• You are. : pun][sher
• By how much time you have left to play, no, you're not. : Sailor of Fortune
• it's a virtual boss... beware what comes next! : j0nchan
• Love Xen levels. : Jiven
• Fuck Xen. : zehh
• I never made it that far. I made it to the surface and part of the way back down. : capt tripps
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  Did that Half Life Source ever get finished? It's not like they've been working on it for almost 4 year... : capt tripps
  • didn't that come out before HL2 ? : qwpeoriu
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    You mean Black Mesa Source? No, not yet. : whore
    • That's the one. : capt tripps
• Am i supposed to ride this damn thing up? (giant spire?) I don't mind jumping puzzles but WTF?! : whore
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  I read your post before I looked at your name...I was hoping it said PapaBoo. : mrwolf710
  • I feel bad for him when he gets here, it isn't bad, just so frustrating when you miss a jump (saving ever... : whore

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• call it whatever you want, but i get to play it tomorrow, so i'm good : jonin