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• Eddie Murphy - Delirious and Raw Lewis Black - All of his albums Jim Gaffigan David Cross Patton Oswa... : Prozium
• eddie murphy: comedian is pretty good : qwpeoriu
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  David Cross, Patton Oswalt : Albemuth
  • Yes and yes. : Sarcastro
• you should get satellite radio for their comedy channels : porp
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  George Carlin : Dschinghis Khan
  • ^^^ All of it. + Billy Connoly is damn hysterical. : Arctic Fox
• Bill Hicks : dirge23
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  Lewis Black : DrWaffles
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    i love lewis black : qwpeoriu
    • He's the reason why I use Crisco instead of sunblock. No zebra cum for me. : DrWaffles
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    Mos def. I mean you should most definitely check out Lewis Black. His albums are hilarious. Also Jon Stew... : NastyJack
    • I agree with all of this! : RobFlinn
• i've listened to 'david cross - shut up, you fucking baby!' about 50 times and still laugh : grifter
• Carlin, Izzard, Pryor : Fyunch Click
• Dave Chapelle - Killin' Them Softly : graceofdragons
• Steven Lynch : lpearl
• Have tried regular audiobooks? Long road trips are actually pretty nice when you have a good book queued... : dael
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  jim gaffigan : mindshot
  • hell yes : Head Rush
• Brian Regan : hax3d
• dave attell - skanks for the memories : FrayLo
• Richard Pryor : capt tripps
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  Bill Hicks, Richard Pryor and Mitch Hedburg are pretty damned funny. : carrioN luggagE
  • You are a Biatch, WC in the house!! : PooChampion
• Richard Pryor ... EOT : OverBurN
• Chris Rock - Bigger & Blacker : Hiro
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  eddie murphy, dave chappelle, chris rock, richard pryor, bill cosby, brian regan ('only seen his one cc s... : Foxhawk
  • oh also ron white as razputin said : Foxhawk
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  Eddie Izzard & Margaret Cho : Megara9
  • 2nd vote for Eddie Izzard. : Ctrl-Phreak
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    Izzard is a guy who I listen to and never quite laugh out. But for some reason he's entertaining. : Pettytheft
    • He's a fucking genius. I listened to 2 of his albums earlier today and I never get tired of them. : Ctrl-Phreak
• Carlin, Hicks, Pryor, Chappelle, Rock, Louis CK, Cosby, Cross, Izzard, : freshyk
• Richard Pryor is all you need. : randomjgj
• Echoing Patton Oswalt; Feelin' Kinda Patton and Werewolves & Lollipops are my two favourite comedy albums... : Lone Swordsman
• Ron White is funny as hell. : Razputin
• Henry Rollins spoken word. : kramweil
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  Definitely JIM GAFFIGAN. But, how about some Brian Regan as well? : ImageOmega
  • Brian Regan has great visuals though, it's better if you see him to his standup. : Geoffrois
• Michael Ian Black is good. Wanda Sykes, Brian Regan, Stephen Lynch : glio1337
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  Dane cook. I know I may get a little flack, but I liked him on audio. : chungathebunga
  • I like his first two CD's, but after that his jokes are just more of the same, and sometimes even worse. : glio1337
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    I've never liked him much, but I lost all respect when I heard him make the stupidest joke about atheists... : Lone Swordsman
    • haha, I just googled and watched that bit on youtube and I thought it was pretty fucking funny. : randomnull
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      I'm a fan, he's a funny guy, but I know exactly what you're talking about. I remember watching it and alm... : Ctrl-Phreak
      • Christ chex. A miracle in a bowl! : chungathebunga
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  Doiug Stanhope. : dognose
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    Doug. : dognose
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      Dig Dug : yosemiteclimber
      • http://dougstanhope.com/html/merchandise.html : dognose
• Patton Oswalt - Feelin Kinda Patton, Werewolves and Lollipops : Serpico74
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  Bill Cosby and Robin Williams. Their stand-up acts are great! : thetangent
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    I can't just listen to Robin Williams because I think seeing him is just as important as listening. Most ... : freshyk
    • I admit that there is definitely a physical component to his stand up routines, but he's still funny as a... : thetangent
• indeed, I bet that would keep me much more awake. I tend to get tired very quickly when I drive long di... : Turd Ferguson
• Richard Pryor of course. : tcxsnoop
• old Dennis Miller, although not sure how well it holds up. Specifically the Off-White album and Black and... : trOmblyj
• Bill Hicks and actually Bobcat Goldthwait's album was hysterical. Todd Barry is funny but he'll put you ... : lefthighkick
• Dane cook is awesome. Especially the samwich random yelling double-live CD. : baconisgod
• Hedberg has his final album coming out Monday. : Pettytheft
• Ron White. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Bob Newhart - Something Like This : mactu
• David Sedaris books on tape. : Grumbeld

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  nice. is the shack playing on a pvp server? something hardcore? : feek
  • there are no pvp servers. : Tommy Toolbag
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  More than one entry allowed? : DrWaffles
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    Well, sure. The more boobies, the better. And c'mon guys, this is an excuse to post boobies, and you ar... : phipple
    • And I think it's because fucking IGN had to one-up me and give away 3000 keys. Fuckers. : phipple
• Now this is how you hold a fucking contest! : DOOManiac
• I'm gonna give it another 30 mins. See if the shack can redeem itself. 2 NWS posts on a saturday night.... : phipple
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  are these keys different from the ones these websites are giving away? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?... : dignan
  • Yes. The come from the moist love of a fellow shacker. : Visceral Monkey
  • Well, this key gives you "open beta access, live game head start, and two bonus in-game items". Also, a ... : phipple
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  My free keys have a $5 off coupon I can mail you also. That makes mine better than the other sites givin... : phipple
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    Ok EPIC FAIL SHACK. I'm giving out the first two keys to Frank and Dr_Waffles : phipple
    • <3 : DrWaffles
    • in the defense of the shackers, it does tend to get rather dead* around here after 10-11pm eastern. All w : Joseph
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      You are a gentleman and a scholar, phipple. : Frank_Mackey
      • Such a good movie/book/musical : Visceral Monkey
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    You have my love :( : Visceral Monkey
    • <3 : phipple
• I HAVE TWO LEFT I'll give out tomorrow. MAybe my keys are more rad becaus you get the beta access, a "li... : phipple
• Here's my late entry: http://www.fivefourteen.net/motivational-posters/samus%20aran.jpg : DOOManiac
• NWS!! Here's a couple favorites of mine http://www.shackpics.com/files/nsfwtitledasfoundfbf9267b019ae_w... : Stinger886

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• the story can't really be all that shocking at this point in time, when everybody has known for years how... : qwpeoriu
• RIGHTEOUS OUTRAGE!!! : rasputinreborn
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  Shocking. Jaw-Dropping. I literally killed myself I was so angry at the Xbox. : [fry]
  • http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/Ted_Turner.jpg : Dave-A
• my power brick died on close to release xbox 360 and I've just written off the POS, I guess I'm not a con... : massdev
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  Sweet fucking Christ: "Some engineers were pulled of the Xbox 360 at a critical moment to join Allard’s : Dave-A
  • its good to have priorities : ninjase
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  I've still got a launch day 360 that's never had a problem other than locking up on Madden 07 a couple ti... : Clay
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    I bet you just jinxed yourself. ;) : K1Bond007
    • i've said it a dozen times before. but yeah i expect it to pretty much explode every time i turn it on : Clay
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  knock on wood, mine works and has never given me an issue. I have put some serious hours in on the thing ... : AroundTheFur1380
  • Pretty much word for word the same thing for me. I've only had it freeze on me once. Other than that no... : MacemanInTW
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  I have had 3 fail on me, but the worst part was the 3rd one didnt last 5 minutes before it died. Damn BS... : pwnjoo
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    I wouldn't even last 3 Xboxes before I had given up completely. I've been very lucky. I sold my launc... : dasampla
    • Because you can't play the 360 and your PC? : Fred Garvin
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  360 owners are like abused women who keep going back to their abusive husbands. : jayares
  • the makeup sex is awesome though : wvuong
  • it's shocking, isn't it ? : qwpeoriu
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    Wii owners are paedophiles and PS3 owners never have sex, just watch it on films. (I own all three so ... : nudel
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      People that own three cannot make up their minds, or people that like buffets alot. :D I own all three : DM7
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        Or maybe we just like awesome games and have more disposable income? : DOOManiac
        • Woo :D : DM7
        • No, you masochistic undersexed pederast. : .sticks.
    • Well, at least the combination of Wii and PS3 means you aren't having sex with any children. : mathyou
  • yeah, they should go back to the sensitive pony-tail PC they dated in college : speon
  • yeah, but he gives it to me so good. : edgewise
  • if there was another option I would jump on it. I love online and the PS3 is just lacking when you compar... : byorn
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  Question: are the RROD problems solved for new xboxes? : zehh
  • Somewhat improved, I guess : Dave-A
  • Solved? No. Improved? Maybe. Some suggest it's better on the newer hardware iterations, but there really ... : SilverSnake
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  so when is it safe to buy a 360? : windowpane
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    pretty much since November 22, 2005. : fleabug
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      no shit, the 360 was a great purchase for myself and I've enjoyed every moment that I've spent with mine.... : dedgecko
      • yeah well, people care because they used to have to pay $150+ to get it fixed, that was a little crappy : Chandler55
    • Funny, I just saw a RROD thread today on a system that was still under the 1-year warranty. : capt tripps
  • Never. :[ : CrustaR
  • now : pandastrong
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    Try to avoid buying one during riots, hurricanes, floods, major fires, or active volcano incidents. : Dave-A
    • So, basically, never. : capt tripps
  • Now. : adsriordan
  • In one hour : Sailor of Fortune
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  i guess that is what happens when you RUSH sometime to market and try to be first out of the gate. i ... : CoRDS
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    Heh, I definitely won't buy one in the first year so. I think lots of people feel burned, even with the f... : Robotic Puppy Eater
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      my launch day box is still going strong : CoRDS
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        You may be a statistical anomaly. To be honest, mine has never RROD'd, but I don't play it that much. Hea... : Robotic Puppy Eater
        • Mine stopped outputting video to I wrapped it in towels and a blanket and it's been running since thursda... : rhuntley12
  • I think they got burned pretty hard on this one. Articles like this show they were more negligent than ma... : Fred Garvin
  • It wasn't all rushing. It was also going for the cheapest bidder to provide the components. Regardless ... : Wombat Woo
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  The interesting thing about this article is that it seems that faulty components (as in, bad yields) are ... : exigence7
  • Bad yields and rushed design lead to heat problems. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  Did he really compare Microsoft to the Nazis? : yonderboy
  • No he didn't. He compared them to WW1 Germans. : DOOManiac
• I am a giant fool for once thinking this wasn't a real issue. Let's hope they learn from their mistakes. : Richese
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  I had my first PSOne die on me. I got another and it lasted. Then I had 2 PS2 DVD drives fail and Sony wa... : Pettytheft
  • I've never had a console die on me aside from the 360. Hell the only consumer electronic device AT ALL... : DOOManiac
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    I have a theory that the PS1 and 2 sales were sky high because of the high failure rate and people kept r... : jayares
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      except the 360s are getting replaced for free and not being counted as a new sale... : derelict515
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        i've seen countless posts just on just this site where people bought a new console instead of waiting for... : jayares
        • and then they returned it once their repaired console came back. You really think a significant number of... : derelict515
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    I had a total of like 6 or 7 failed PS1 and 2's, I have terrible luck with electronics. : qwpeoriu
    • I never owned a PS1, but I had 2 PS2's die on me. I've also had one 360 die. : thecray
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  It really irks me that they knowingly sold a defective product and got away with it. : Frank_Mackey
  • lots of companies knowingly sell a defective product and get away with it. Those who say "the market wil... : the archvile
  • And they are paying for it with cash and goodwill. Everyone but Nintendo seems to have pulled a serious b... : Fred Garvin
  • well they did spend $1bn+ to extend the warranty... : derelict515
• I agree with his conclusions. Good stuff. : boomstickah
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  Imagine if they hadn't fucked things up so badly. The fact that they are where they are now is a testamen... : Fred Garvin
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    I see this happening as well. I'm sure Sony learned from their cheap manufacturing of the PS2, and now fr... : thecray
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      on the other hand wasn't the particularly low yields on the Cell SPEs part of the reason for the high ini... : derelict515
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        Yes, but at least it didn't hit the consumer after they made their purchase. : carnivore
        • yeah, just noting maybe they swung too far the other way for their own good : derelict515
      • The article mentioned the high cost of the PS3 had a lot to do with the inclusion of the blu-ray drive. ... : Ellissd
  • yeah, they were really lucky on some fronts (PS3 being late and $600 and PS3 not actually being any bette... : edgewise
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    Maybe they'll make us all pancakes and coffee while their at it! : Pneum0
    • no, they pretty much just smoke a cigarette and leave : qwpeoriu
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      Hey look guys it's Pnuem0 here to bitch about the 360. See kids, he used to bitch about consoles in gener... : Fred Garvin
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        The system is 3 years old and still has problems though. There's nothing wrong with bitching about the pr... : qwpeoriu
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          Oh yeah and if that was his point then that would be fine, but this is the same guy that talked about inf... : Fred Garvin
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            I only said consoles were inferior in regards to controls in a FPS game. Nothing wrong with saying that ... : Pneum0
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              Once again you assume that control scheme is the most important aspect of playing and it's not for everyo... : Fred Garvin
              • It is for me, at least in FPS games. : Pneum0
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        Hey guys look it's Fred spinning a colossal MS fuckup into something positive. See kids he used to prete... : Pneum0
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          Hahahaha, like you can claim any sort of objectivity. Seriously, you are one step away from the "M$" crow... : Fred Garvin
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            Don't even lie. Sure I have opinions that differ from yours from time to time. If you spent more time l... : Pneum0
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              Bullshit. You have no idea what my intent is and don't pretend you do. : Fred Garvin
              • LOL. Thanks for proving my point. : Pneum0
  • wiggles but : capt tripps
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    Their inability to unfuck the 360 certainly doesn't inspire confidence. I can't imagine buying the next ... : vigilante
    • Definitely. Regardless of line-up, there's no way I'll grab the Xbox720 or whatever it'll be, at launch. : Vincent Grayson
    • And I am sure many more people feel like you do and no doubt they are aware of that. : Fred Garvin
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  so did anyone get fired over this? : ultramega
  • lol'ed : DOOManiac
  • probably so but I doubt the right people got fired : Turd Ferguson
  • Allard got moved to the "wannabe iPod" division. : Fred Garvin
• I hate how the real article is a teenie tiny link. damn blogspam. http://venturebeat.com/2008/09/05... : chilln
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  Old news gets a lot of attention around here doesn't it? : paravis
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    oh and to add: The RROD is so easily fixable, its silly. I've perma-fixed 3 different 360s that were co... : paravis
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      do you have a photojournal of this permafix by chance : Downforce
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        the winamp guy makes the kit...google search it! : burning eye
        • is it the x-clamp fix? : xsoulbrothax
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      yeah, it's SO easy for someone that doesn't know anything about computers, electronics and probably doesn... : moshman
      • lol, yeah, 'easily fixable' by the average shopper. Tell someone to fix their Xbox360 with the 'towel tri... : ShekkyBoy
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  where's an article on why the Wii is still so hard to find? : metralgia
  • internet. : vigilante
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    I've never seen a Wii at any store yet. : blakhawkjohn
    • You should visit Europe sometime. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Good writeup. As someone who is currently on their 11th Xbox 360, I can guarantee you I will NOT be buyin... : Silent Wolf
  • You're case is just insane. I have no idea how you persisted without going postal in Redmond a while ago. : Fred Garvin
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    You shouldn't let the Xbox define gaming for you. There are a lot of platforms to game on, and just beca... : EvilDolemite
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      Plus, who knows, maybe #12 will be the one that lasts! : crummynz
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        I'll be the one where he goes to put in the DVD and his hand gets jammed in the drive tray, he'll bleed t... : Sailor of Fortune
        • Revenge for the murder of his brothers. : DarkWolf5
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      I don't think it's so much the Xbox as it is the trouble that can coming with gaming. Sometimes it's r... : Vincent Grayson
      • I'd rather have a complete system failure than constant crashes or freezing/pauses. Im at the point now w... : thewindcriesmary

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• I saw that yesterday. It's just...hysterical. : Visceral Monkey
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  haha this shit can't be real : gmd
  • http://hippyscream.ytmnd.com/ : gmd
• ahahahahaha : Megara9
• What the hell? : Utopia
• Oh god what I would have paid to see a Jaguar or Elephant go tearing through that circle jerk. : Lunatic Angelic
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  And yet some are using toilet paper to wipe their tears and noses. : RomSteady
  • they cry harder if they think about that. : skryte
• idiots : Mmmmmoo
• i know it's impossible but i wish somehow that video ended with cops in riot gear launching tear gas at t... : [fry]
• duke would have nothing of this : manero
• bring a rock to her head and end the suffering of those poor trees. : .sticks.
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  hippies like this are not indigenous to north carolina it would have been great if some hunters stumbled... : andrew``
  • no, no, a fucking deer walks up to the hippies and right as they all turn to gaze upon it and little hipp... : [fry]
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  holy fucking christ : sKetchflow
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    speaking of christ...all this hand waving, flowing of emotions and speaking to the sky is not that differ... : flasher 907
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      Close. Unlike the Abrahamic God, we can actually see, interact with and test what the greenies are worsh... : RomSteady
      • true true, and lets leave it at that before this busts out into some religious flame thread ;) : flasher 907
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  If a tree were to fall on that fat chick, and no one was around to see it, would the trees laugh? : skitzo
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    no but an angel would get its wings : sKetchflow
    • ...because of the bird that got killed at the same time. : RomSteady
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  quick! code a level on dnf that has a forrest with wailing hippies! : X-GOUKI
  • Quiet, you! I'm already going to lose the release date pool with my "March 2009" guess, I don't want it ... : RomSteady
  • FUCK! I was so looking through this thread hoping George could make a post w/o a DNF reference. : Skoal^Fyfan
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  This is RomSteady every time he reads a piracy post on the shack : Modulus
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    I oscillate between depression and anger. Guess which end of the oscillation I'm at today! : RomSteady
    • which end is the sexy one? I'm just playing Rom, I hate those god damn dirty apes pirates as much as yo... : Modulus
• god hippies are so fucking stupid : SockMonkeh
• Got about halfway and couldn't watch anymore. I hope that wasn't real. : yourGarbageMan
• what : DonkeyPopsicle
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  I so want Andy Samberg to run in and punch them with the big red subtext * P U N C H E D * : Q-ball
  • soothing after that last video. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/c3eba1ba1f : Turd Ferguson
• God damn dendrophiles : HojuSimpson
• That was really uncomfortable : justsayno
• Those guys are barking mad. : Snuffles-
• I couldn't laugh. It's way too fucking bizarre to laugh at. It's just awkward. It was one of those vid... : valael
• hahaahhaha : tomservo
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  5 bucks says this happened on the Left Coast : dognose
  • 10 says their vegans. : Githyanki
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    5 bucks says dognose wasn't listening to the narrator. : Sailor of Fortune
    • No I turned it off after like 30 seconds, I don't like hippie freaks : dognose
• this is intense : spaceless
• Wow, they're really gonna freak when they see the dolphin harpoons we made with them. : Vangoghs Ear
• Where's my A&E special on this crap? : crockroches
• lol http://www.break.com/index/recoil-knocks-chick-out.html : ghost in my shell
• I don't get it. If the cameras weren't there, would they still do it? What does crying over trees accompl... : InflatoMonkey
• the dramatic cat is pretty funny too on that page : baconisgod
• So lame, so very lame. : Fred Garvin
• Oh FFS, are they crying over the dead corn and potatoes we grow too? : Serpico74
• You aren't speaking tree, they can't understand you. : OmegaRed59
• their cries are justified, look at the rain forest. : mindshot
• plant trees, stop crying over it. : Ziz
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  No one show them LOTR: TTT or they will fucking flip. : eldiablo01
  • OH btw Hippies you either love them or you punch them. : eldiablo01
• I couldn't even watch that whole thing. Jesus. : boarder2
• Hahaha I always wonder what makes people think and act this way. People who take things too far on both s... : freshyk
• I saw this, I was so embarrassed for humanity. These people can't be real :P : phipple
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  Bad or normal? But yeah, I don't know how people like this even survive. I know I weep for every air mo... : goatjc
  • I just thought it was bad to laugh at Democrats. ducks... : GeorgeB3DR
• Dude, that was serious shit. : Mini-d
• This is insane. I bet their tears salted the earth, and more trees died. : Rice-Rocketeer
• lol @ Syndee. GIANTTE PHAGGOT! : FormerHPB
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  Well, that sure was awkward : d fluke
  • yeah no kidding, I can't even imagine being the guy filming this : MikkleThePickle
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  Why is everyone in this thread making fun of these people? They obviously care about the trees very deepl... : Chepito.
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    If a tree falls in the woods, and there are no cameras, do the hippies still cry? : drucifer
    • I think that they still wood, drucifer. : Chepito.
  • they certainly want to care about something very deeply. : 60days
  • Because they have lost all objectivity. Lack of thereof makes you a target for ridicule. : enyakk
• I think hippies might be insulted by you calling these people hippies. : jayacheess
• i normally consider myself a semi-fan of the environment, and this makes me want to just clear-cut the pa... : kungfusquirrel

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• Good deal. Thanks man, keep up the good work! : magistersmax
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  Question. Will the latest nightlies include all this though? : Visceral Monkey
  • Nearly always yes (I think yes on all the fixes in this build). Our pattern is to check into trunk and m... : Zero|DPX
• Contributing my support to Chrome. Great job, keep it up :) : Magus
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  I apologize if you've already answered this in another thread, but is there an approximate timeframe for ... : Mr.Fusion
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    It takes a while to work the gay in. : Visceral Monkey
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    This is the official party line: http://googlemac.blogspot.com/2008/09/platforms-and-priorities.html W... : Zero|DPX
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      oh cool I hadn't seen the google mac blog post - i didn't even know they had a mac-specific blog! : Mr.Fusion
      • We have blogs specific to everything, it's kind of ridiculous. There's a Chromium-specific blog, BTW: ht... : Zero|DPX
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  Oh I should have mentioned. If you get updated automatically, there won't be any notification or anythin... : Zero|DPX
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    Whats the new build number. Currently I'm running 1583., : Visceral Monkey
    • I just upped to 1798. But I had to do it manually even though I just started the browser. : Perturbation
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      That's really an SVN revision number you're using. The version number (which is the number that's on the... : Zero|DPX
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        Got ya. Yea, it's not patched yet and I don't have the option as of yet. No big deal. : Visceral Monkey
        • If you open the About: dialog and there's nothing in the bottom about checking for updates, something is ... : Zero|DPX
  • Updating software automatically without notifying the user is bad practice. Why are you not notifying... : MisterClaw
  • I trust there's security around that so that people with hacked DNS servers don't blindly download and in... : nudel
• "Your search - :% - did not match any documents." Excellent. : cokefiend
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  Is the window size bug when running multi monitors with different resolutions somewhere on the to do list... : sanchez
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    We haven't actually been able to repro this in house, but we're sort of hoping it will eventually get "ma... : Zero|DPX
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      Just updated to 0.2.149.29 and the bug still exists : sanchez
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        Here are my specs if that helps any: XP SP3, Nvidia 8800GTX with latest drivers, both monitors running... : sanchez
        • More importantly, do you have any magic you can mail them? : dmason
      • Right, that's expected; 149.29 is not the trunk, it's just the same as the initial release but with a doz... : Zero|DPX
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      got linkage on docs for how to do that? : cpt_gloval
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    Also is there any way for me to adjust the number of lines the mouse wheel scrolls? It feels off : Judecca
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      yeah, it jumps much too far on each tick. this + not being able to click the mouse wheel and then scroll... : electroly
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        I'm seriously amazed at the number of people that use this, I've never found it to be a very good way of ... : boarder2
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          i didn't even realize i used it until it was gone : electroly
          • ^^ For me it's subconscious. I alternate between wheel-scroll and middle-click-drag, usually click-drag f... : mockery
    • We think there are issues with some mouse drivers here. We're trying to do "the right thing" in Windows ... : Zero|DPX
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  Haven't read through the other threads, but is there any way we might see a status bar at some point? Pl... : baffula
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    Unlikely to ever happen. We may tweak the link target display to try and make it less annoying, especial... : Zero|DPX
    • I only notice it when I need it (such as a site taking longer than 2 seconds to load so i have a second t... : handofthrawn
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    It feels really awkward not having one there all the time, I feel naked without my status bar too. But th... : CasbahBoy
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      The big difference for me was that there's no resize grip in the window (the web browser) which I probabl... : nudel
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        You can still resize from the corner of the window. We have a bug on file to add a resize corner (whic... : Zero|DPX
        • I know, it's just a pain compared to a larger resize target, especially considering how often I resize th... : nudel
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  Still no bookmark button :( I NEVER have my bookmark toolbar open ever and it seems counter-intuitive to ... : aldraek
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    Omnibox inline autocomplete! Learn to love it :D : Zero|DPX
    • pfff, I demand a bookmark button : aldraek
  • I just realised that the bookmark toolbar could be turned off, but i, like you need a favourites/bookmark... : Arsenal
  • Doesn't that star to the left of the address bar work as a bookmark button? : CasbahBoy
  • ctrl-B ? : flasher 907
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  Any idea when Chrome will support extensions? It's already my primary browser, but I miss some Firefox st... : Shodai80
  • Probably it will be a while. : Zero|DPX
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  hmm, I'm a little confused about updating (this is a regular version, nothing manually installed). I clic... : sharpie
  • Maybe I will have to check with one of our PMs about this, I might be confused as to how to trigger this ... : Zero|DPX
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    Yeah same issue here.. also given that there is no standard menu toolbar i think "check from the Help->Ab... : Arsenal
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      Actually i lie, now that i turned off the bookmark bar it is smaller, but now i have no access to my book... : Arsenal
      • you still get access if you open a new tab. But yeah a little bookmarks button on the standard toolbar wo... : aeg1x
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    When I opened the about box, it automatically searched for updates, told me there was one, and presented ... : jan0r pants
    • Yep worked for me the same way. : Hoax
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      This is how it's _supposed_ to work. If there's no UI _at all_, something is wrong. If anyone who has t... : Zero|DPX
      • Ah ha. One of my teammates just told me that in the current version of the product we don't give the use... : Zero|DPX
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  Why wouldn't you notify the user about updates? Even if you're going to automatically update, it should ... : boarder2
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    Like 99% of web users don't care. Geeks care. Other than that, no. Especially if we do this every week... : Zero|DPX
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      How about an about:updates page or something similar that at least shows a history of updates? If suddenl... : hax3d
      • We may publish something on our blog, I'm not sure how this is going to work. Obviously about: or about:... : Zero|DPX
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      99% of web users are using IE. Who are you aiming this at exactly? :) : nudel
      • Those IE users. : Zero|DPX
• Updated, Facebook stuff that didn't work before works now. Nice job! You probably already know this, b... : five_percent
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  WHERE IS THE MAC VERSION YO : CoRDS
  • ^^^ srsly! : g0nk
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17862950 : Zero|DPX
  • :'( : Mmmmmoo
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  puhleeze get rid of the permanent UPDATER running in the background! I don't care if there is an update ... : biofrog
  • Agreed. Like most updaters it should be a scheduled task and not something sitting in the background at a... : nudel
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  Question for you, and sorry if this has been asked and answered already... Something I don't get about... : Schnapple
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    Because the WebKit trunk isn't stable, and makes major architectural changes frequently. It's not possib... : Zero|DPX
    • Makes sense. Thanks : Schnapple
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  Is this a bug or a feature? When I scroll up quickly using the scroll bar on the side and my mouse goes ... : redfive
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    That's how Windows native scrollbars work. Try it on, say, Notepad. Google Chrome doesn't actually us... : Zero|DPX
    • I see that you're correct. I guess I don't use the scrollbars that much in other programs. : redfive
• :( Still doesn't fix my crashing issue when I go to options... : mordaken
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  is this the patch that makes it fun? : festivalman
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    No, about:internets is what does that. : Zero|DPX
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      When I type in about:internets in the URL I just get a blank screen. Is that normal? : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Only works on Windows XP. : crummynz
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          Oh. :[ : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Supposedly it's the "Pipes" screensaver from Windows 9x-XP : magistersmax
            • Ah, I remember seeing that before... did the older version of Google Chrome work in Windows Vista 32-bit? : Maddog_Delphi97
• Is google working on their own RIA tech? (ex: Air, Silverlight) : Pantene Pro-V
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  How about fixing Flash? Some sessions no flash videos will work on any sites I visit and the only way to ... : Albemuth
  • This sounds like the Flash bug that both Firefox 3 and Google Chrome can encounter. One triggering facto... : Zero|DPX
• I would have downloaded an official release if the website actually let me download the installer. It ju... : phipple
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  Is there a hidden option somewhere that lets me change the Middle Click tab opening behaviour. I want ta... : dirtboxer
  • No, there isn't. Use shift-middle-click or ctrl-shift-click to accomplish this. : Zero|DPX
• This is an incredibly impressive browser. My macbook's HDD died, and I finally got to try out Chrome on m... : sgtsanity
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  why does chrome install into local settings? i can't get logitech's setpoint software to map my extra mo... : wvuong
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    So that users need no admin rights or UAC prompts to install, and one user on a multi-user machine can tr... : Zero|DPX
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      the setpoint software can't get into the local settings directory so i can't set it to manage chrome. oh... : wvuong
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        I was able to get to it. Head to where AppData folder is (Users/"username") and then type in AppData in ... : pwnage1232
        • AWESOME. thanks. i didn't know that you can do that. : wvuong
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      That's awesome for admins at a company that don't want users installing programs on their own. : Phreakin
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        No it's not, that's like the opposite. : dmason
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          yeah he wasn't being sarcastic at all : electroly
          • Ya, not at all :) : Phreakin
          • I'm not familiar with that at all. Can you please explain it to me? : dmason
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      Do you have plans to at least allow people to install into Program Files? I can see the benefit of putti : electroly
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        I actually would be interested in hearing why it was done this way. Because to be quite honest, it appear... : Phreakin
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          Zero|DPX posted earlier that they wanted to make it a per-user install and not a machine wide install. An... : SilverSnake
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            That honestly seems like a "convenient" answer. Sure it's easy as an admin to get rid of an install like... : Phreakin
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              This version of the product is not really tuned to IT departments in a lot of ways. At some point we'll ... : Zero|DPX
              • And no, we didn't have any desire to "help users bypass IT departments". : Zero|DPX
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                Is this for real? Because I somehow doubt the base "consumer" is even aware of Chrome or has any motivati... : Phreakin
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                  I don't know how to answer this, other than to say that yes, we've had tons of interest (far outstripping... : Zero|DPX
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                    While I understand what you're saying, I just can't fathom the straight forward approach to design someth... : Phreakin
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                      Elevation and admin privileges are serious barriers to install, especially for less-computer-savvy users.... : Zero|DPX
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                        I guess that depends on what side of it your on then. I think a browser that has the ability to hide acti... : Phreakin
                        • corporate use is usually tracked through a proxy of some sort, isn't it? chrome won't help you hide from ... : jcupitt
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                This sounds great. As long as it's in the pipeline, I'm satisfied. : electroly
                • I wanna visit the pipeline someday and see all these changes people keep talking about : Draugluin
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  My Google Chrome install crashes every time I try to open the options : digital_d
  • That's a feature. : Utopia
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  flash is still giving me trouble (freezing the entire browser) i'm gonna try reinstalling : gokart.
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    What Flash version do you have? Hopefully, it's the latest Flash 9. Older versions, or Flash 10, can bo... : Zero|DPX
    • actually a reinstall did it, no more freezing. now the only thing that bothers me is the screen doesn't a... : gokart.
• I'm loving chrome and use it at home and work, but found out that it has problems trying to view/save pag... : Werkin
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  How does the updating work? Is it like Apple or is it more transparent (and less annoying)? : Richese
  • It's noticeably less annoying because it doesn't pop big stupid updater windows onto your screen. The up... : Zero|DPX
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  Are there any plans for this to be integrated with Google Talk or Gmail way down the line or keep it supe... : freshyk
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    No plans to do anything special and Google-specific. We'd only want to do something everyone could benef... : Zero|DPX
    • Ok, that's sounds fair. : freshyk
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  Thanks for the update. So far I like it very much! BTW, are you aware of the issue with forms where when ... : baconisgod
  • I suggest filing a bug on our public tracker. : Zero|DPX
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  IF YOU HAVE NO UPDATE CHECK UI IN YOUR ABOUT DIALOG (Tools->About Google Chrome, not about:; sorry that I... : Zero|DPX
  • that fixed it, thanks. : sharpie
  • sweet, thanks : flasher 907
  • thanks. having UAC disabled was the problem for me as well. : hax3d
  • Have UAC disabled, tried the fix, now getting: Update server not available (error: 3) : mockery
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  At work they told us we couldn't use Chrome because of security issues, like that silent .exe <iframe> do... : dael
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    The patch we're pushing out fixes an issue where on some Vista systems we could have set the default down... : Zero|DPX
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      What you described is basically the same as the old Safari carpet bombing problem, right? : dmason
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        No. The carpet bombing issue was because Safari's default download directory was (always) the desktop, w... : Zero|DPX
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          I don't see how that's radically different. : dmason
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            Safari bug: Users can get drive-by malware exploits, "fixed" by adding an "annoy the hell out of me" prom... : Zero|DPX
            • Ah, okay. : dmason
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      why the fuck is the desktop in the dll search path anyway? : GloriousCow
      • No clue, I don't work at Microsoft :( : Zero|DPX
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        It isn't by default unless Google had set the desktop to be the application working directory. The DLL... : RomSteady
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          I think the problem came from either (2) or (5). I'm not totally sure. I could be wrong on this one, I'... : Zero|DPX
          • Well, it would be number 2 if you were calling SetCurrentDirectory prior to saving a file instead of just... : RomSteady
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      There are two security issues. 1. It loads an activeX control into IE that allows google to launch any... : batkiwi
      • (2) is neither an accident nor being described correctly. Once you uninstall all programs managed by Goo... : Zero|DPX
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  http://www.vitalsecurity.org/2008/09/chrome.html lol : Maddog_Delphi97
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    This is why incognito mode was invented :) : Zero|DPX
    • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
    • Is there a boss key? : Horn
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      Couldn't you have an options within properties of a link to always open said link as an Incognito window?... : Werkin
      • You can, in fact, right click a link and get the option to open it in an incognito window. : Zero|DPX
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  Any of you notice excessive hard disk crunching associated with Chrome? When Chrome has been running for... : dael
  • It's possible that the one-process-per-tab model is causing more VM swapping than usual. : RomSteady
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    This is probably a SafeBrowsing update getting downloaded. If your hard drive is really fragmented or fa... : Zero|DPX
    • cool thanks, I'll play with that and see if it has an effect. Also, thanks for answering all these quest... : dael
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    I'm wondering what Chrome is doing after I load a site and it is idle for a few minutes, then Chrome goes... : Dechter
    • This sounds like what I'm experiencing. : dael
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    I have been seeing the exact same thing... disk I/O is ridiculous sometimes. : c_man_tmt
    • Still does it after the update... I also experience what Dechter described where the browser seems to fre... : c_man_tmt
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  Is there a changelog anywhere? Just curious for future reference. I obviously see the changes mentioned i... : K1Bond007
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    Well, you can certainly monitor the public website for all the changes being checked in to the source bas... : Zero|DPX
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      Well, I wouldn't mind just a generic changelog. I don't need too much in-depth information. I just kind o... : K1Bond007
      • Internal discussion tonight suggests we'll start doing some kind of public release notes list somewhere. : Zero|DPX
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  I'm not planning on switching over to chrome because I really like Firefox's plugin system. I web develo... : rosewood
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    no question about the plugins. I'd be using safari because even 3.0 on the mac isn't running as fast as o... : festivalman
    • http://safariadblock.sourceforge.net/ : Mr.Fusion
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  Tried chrome out. It's beyond fast. The dns pre-fetching is a boon for me and my ISPs seriously slow-ass ... : festivalman
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    what exactly does dns prefetching do? Would it be wasting much bandwidth? : aeg1x
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      DNS prefetching (which is NOT the same as "link preloading") warms the OS DNS cache by asking the DNS ser... : Zero|DPX
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        ah ok. So it would only be using a tiny amount of data right? I'm just paranoid about stuff like that bec... : aeg1x
        • Nah, you should be OK. You can turn it off but I think the number of bytes added by this is probably pre... : Zero|DPX
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        Is this feature unique to Chrome, or can you do this with FF/IE? : jingletard
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          i searched the about:config of FF and there's nothing relevant for 'dns' or 'fetch'. :( : festivalman
          • Me either, but I remember seeing or hearing something about Firefox being able to do it, just not as aggr... : jingletard
  • its amazingly good for a first release. i haven't read the thread but my main complaint is flash content ... : strider_
  • I'll also say that I've developed some big web apps for my job that rely heavily on prototype and scripta... : festivalman
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  Do you have a response to this: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/702z3/why_is_my_harddrive_co... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    that is, that you guys are abusing some sqlite file which causes ludicrous hard drive read/writes : retarded talking dinosaur
    • oh i guess http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=270 : retarded talking dinosaur

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  I stopped my download and resumed about 8 hours later and I didn't have to wait in a queue. You should be... : Prozium
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    Thanks. It's still not blistering, but a pause and resume did improve things a bit. : SqueegyTBS
    • I did my downloading on thursday night and it was nearly over at 1mb/s. The servers must be getting hamme... : Prozium
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  I'm getting 352KB/s right now, but it was as slow as 50KB/s earlier... The real problem for me was tha... : .Jayson
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    Get the download manager. It'll start downloading automatically for you when your turn is up and you can ... : Prozium
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      nah, I dont plan on using it again for a long time but thanks! : .Jayson
      • So uninstall the program when you're done. It's a free download. : Prozium
    • Fuck that thing, I was in line with like 70 minutes left, but I decided to go to bed. I wanted to unplug ... : Toth21
• No way in hell am I going to wait in line. I grabbed a torrent. Currently downloading at 400 kb/s. : DrWaffles
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  Perhaps we should set up a shacknews torrent. If some people who already have the fp download help seed i... : aeg1x
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    Any shackers running a tracker? I'll seed. : Prozium
    • we've already got shackpics.com, maybe it's time for shacktorrents.com :P : aeg1x
• i just paid the $5 and skipped all the queues and downloaded at 900K/s+. : dromo5
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  http://torrent2.eamythic.com/WarBeta.torrent maxed my crappy DSL and I grabbed it all in 4-5 hours. : pyide
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    lmao I can't get above 4 kb/s. Which has nothing to do with how its set up because I am running other tor... : Toth21
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      How long did you give it? Took about 15 mins to max out, but this was a few days ago. Maybe there are les... : pyide
      • Given it about 3 hours now, and it hasn't changed. I am sooo pissed at FP right now, I got their stupid m... : Toth21
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        alright, I looked at uTorrent and it has a torrent tracker mode. If there are others willing to seed I'll... : Prozium
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          God that would be absolutely awesome. Where are the warshack forums? (sorry really new to the warhammer o... : Toth21
          • Warshack is the shacker guild for WAR. Clay setup the forums for it. : Prozium
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        150 seeds, almost 3500 peers, and I'm maxing out at about 12k/sec for the last 4 hours. It's not my setup... : Ctrl-Phreak
        • Same idea here... : Toth21
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  Dragging ass here at 90 K/sec.. What a ripoff. When I left for work, it said 6 hours remaining.. Gon... : ]aratex[
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    You could have installed but not patched. Open beta accounts can't even login yet to patch. : Prozium
    • Oh. Weak.. Maybe I'll miss the patcher rush while I'm sleeping then. Probably not, though. :p : ]aratex[
• I used their Download Manager and was getting like 650kb/s. I had tried earlier without their app and wa... : Penis Brittle
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  The torrent is up at warshackers. I created a new thread for it. Seeders are needed!! : Prozium
  • can one of you fags give me a link? I'm waiting on this gay ass forum registration. : windowpane
  • if you SM the details I'll help seed : hirez
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    sweet, it's already kicking the official torrent's ass so i'm canceling that bullshit for now. : mindfk
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      CAN SOMEONE PLEASE FUCKING SM ME A LINK :( : windowpane
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        I'm getting 20k a second on the official torrent :( :( :( :( : windowpane
        • http://www.warshackers.com/ : OverBurN
        • www.warshackers.com but apparently you have to be approved into a group before you see any of the good s... : boredguy
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          SM'd. : mindfk
          • I also have it up on my webspace so SM me if you aren't approved for warshackers yet. : Prozium
          • thanks : windowpane
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          Can i also score a link? The official torrent is slow as all hell, and i'm currently waiting for the next... : Drewus
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            check your SM. : Prozium
            • woot, thanks. This is sooooo much faster : Drewus
          • can I get in on this too... just got moved to the end of the fileplanet line : okhelomr
          • I'd like to get in on this too, if someone would be so kind. Queued up around 11 or so last night, damn ... : genom
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    Odd. Neither Warshackers.com nor 66.197.173.45 loads for me. http://downforeveryoneorjustme.com/warsh... : DrWaffles
    • its just you, sorry : loboca
  • Can I get a link to the torrent too? I've got the EU client, and a US account but I don't think it's w... : Gary the Llama
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  Is the open beta live yet? I can't seem to log in. : .sticks.
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    oh christ... just as I ask i reload the herald page. :( : .sticks.
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      well fuck I still can't log in. : .sticks.
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        nor can I : Joseph
        • now it's patching for me, at least : Joseph
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    It went live at 8:23 AM EDT : Awun
    • Look how right you are. : .sticks.
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    With the open beta do you still need a pre-order key, or is it really "open"? : camel_jockey
    • it's open to anyone with money : Slowtreme
• Any way for a Euro to acquire the key, but not for the Euro beta? : Bamtan
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  anyone else getting authentication failed? I'm positive i'm typing in the right pw : iwonthelottery
  • Yup. Over at SA they say if you just keep spamming your login and password eventually it will get in. My ... : Gary the Llama
  • I got that until I went to the accounts page and entered my beta key for my game account (I had previousl... : Awun
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  I gave up on all the shitty file planet or fileplay.net or whatever else options and just nabbed it from ... : node
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    Got a link you can hit me up with? (Assuming it's the US client.) : Gary the Llama
    • Yeah any chance I can get that? I have to try any of my options =) : Toth21
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  i installed with the EU client but i signed up on mythic's US site and i'm trying to sign in with the... : iwonthelottery
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    Same here buddy. :) But then again, EVERYONE is getting the auth error and some saying it eventually w... : Gary the Llama
    • i'm guessing this IS NOT going to work... sad downloading 8 gigs for nothing the sad thing is the reg... : iwonthelottery
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  Woah - trying to register an account is a pain in the ass. : Nihil ME
  • After countless error codes 300 and 414 at Step 4 I am back at step 3 and get the message that either m... : Nihil ME

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• Yes. : spaceless
• bwahahaha.....I knew it. : Rigor Morts
• i dunno, will you be able to slap around your creature? : mindshot
• i hate you shack : derelict515
• nerdhype is a fickle thing : [fry]
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  I've put probably around 15-18 hours in to the game with in the last 2 days for the write-up I'm doing fo... : warcrow
  • I dunno, I think the creature phase is a blast, but the tribe and civ phases are pretty boring (but thank... : Vincent Grayson
• I haven't played it enough to decide yet. But so far I've enjoyed it quite a bit. Still got two phases le... : SilverSnake
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  Well guess i won't hafta worry about picking this up. Yeah i did still pay for the creature creator. : Ziz
  • lol : derelict515
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  I knew it: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17272850 : itsjames
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    WOW YOU'RE SO CLEVER. : mittense
    • PRETTY MUCH! : itsjames
• 80 on Gamespot, so I dunno. : GeorgeB3DR
• No. : Richese
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  Robin Williams, drag your ass out of lurk mode and speak up! : GeorgeB3DR
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    no kidding, its not like you have a good movie to make : spaceless
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      wait, he makes good movies? oh yeah, I forgot about Patch Adams... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • ok so i didnt make it harsh enough, but there was no sarcasm there :/ i still love the guy though : spaceless
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        Good Morning Vietnam, son. Look it up, or ask your parents about it. : stratedge
        • ... Good Will Hunting, Death to Smootchy, Toys, The Fischer King, Awakenings, Dead Poets Society... Yo... : stratedge
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        Garp. : GeorgeB3DR
        • Have you read the book? : pgharavi
    • that reminds me, I watched License to Wed the other day because Mandy Moore was in it and she is amazing.... : Ellissd
  • To be fair, the version of of the creator he played was more complex. : baron calamity
• It seems to be for the Sims crowd so it's not for me. My hype was dampened a lot after playing the Creatu... : freshyk
• my guess: yep : AMikaboshi
• maybe : aurealis
• No, it's actually really fun. I'm about 20 hours into the game. Only thing yet to annoy me is the difficu... : Bamtan
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  it's a toy more than it's a game. I don't know what people were expecting. I mean... it's Will Wright. He... : aeg1x
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    ever heard of SimCity? : derelict515
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      they really need to do SimCity 5... I wanted to play SimCity 4 recently but it looks like I'd need to ... : Shadowdane
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        don't hold your breath, I think they're spending a lot of time trying to reel in the complexity and make ... : derelict515
        • yah i know... I'm hoping this turns out good: http://www.gametrailers.com/player/34816.html : Shadowdane
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    Before I tear that notion a new one, what makes this game a "toy"? : Bamtan
    • you play with it rather than play it. Make your own fun. Black and White is similar although there is sti... : aeg1x
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    What the fuck does that even mean? Honestly, I want to know what you mean. : mittense
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      I explained it in the post right above this one. : aeg1x
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        I was hoping that wasn't really your idea of an explanation. A game is something that is created for peop... : mittense
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          no, because there mercenaries 2 is also a game rather than just being a sandbox (note: a sandbox is a toy... : aeg1x
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            So, let's say there's a game where you design your own creature as you take it through five phases of lif... : mittense
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              Aside from being a dick, there should be no distinction between a "toy" and a "game" for a title like thi... : mittense
              • Aside from me being a dick, that is, I'm not calling you one. : mittense
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                and i'd say there should be a distinction because there is a tangible difference between the experience o... : aeg1x
                • That's what genres are for. So you can have a "toy" game genre. : mittense
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              well that depends on how structured the experience is. Games can be won and lost, have well defined goals : aeg1x
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                Have you got to the Space stage? Hell, have you played the game? : Bamtan
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                  no. What happens when you get to the space stage? Can you win? My impression was you just fly around and ... : aeg1x
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                    Was that a "no" to not having played the game? Every post from you seems to discuss the concept rather th : Bamtan
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                      http://www.shackpics.com/files/zoom7_cyffuinwb0we2y9axavw.png See this? All the green bubbles are my a... : Bamtan
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                        I was getting some lunch actually. I already told you I haven't played it. I can't believe people are... : aeg1x
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                          "I don't know what people were expecting." is probably getting interpreted as a belittling comment. Me... : Bamtan
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                            Well you only have to read this thread to see people who got something they didn't expect. I call it ... : aeg1x
                            • retreading* : aeg1x
                        • it's mostly because you talk like you've played the game when you haven't and don't seem to realize the s... : derelict515
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                All games are toys I hate to inform you. Take a look at definition #3 http://dictionary.reference.com/bro... : Chod
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                  wow I guess the argument is over, the dictionary has defeated me : aeg1x
                  • No your dumb argument did that long ago, but the dictionary just put the nail in the coffin. : Chod
        • In a (good) game, you play to win and the designer guarantees that you will have fun. With a toy, there i... : GilesH
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    This "hardcore gamer" elitist bullshit really needs to fucking die. : walker270
    • IAWTP : thetangent
    • wow : aeg1x
    • I don't know about "this" hardcore gamer elitist bullshit, but casual gamers are taking over. : capt tripps
    • please, get over yourself. : spaceyme
  • For what it's worth aeg1x, I agree with your distinction between toy and game. And I don't think toy is a... : ahlee
• I haven't played it yet, but it sure seems so from what I've seen. I'll reserve my final judgment till I ... : InflatoMonkey
• No, Spore is the new game from the mind of Will Wright that will be fucking amazing. : mittense
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  BORING. BORING. BORING. ATTACK, GOBBLE GOBBLE, ATTACK. DO NOT BUY. It's like warcraft in every phase b... : Skoal^Fyfan
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    ok. At least like Warcraft in creature phase. I stopped playing from sheer boredom 15 mins intro Tribal p... : Skoal^Fyfan
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      did you pay for the game? : sixfoot6
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        of course. : Skoal^Fyfan
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          and it was so boring you already stopped playing? wow : sixfoot6
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            do you force yourself to continue playing even though you know it was a bad purchase? : Skoal^Fyfan
            • it's called cognitive dissonance : aeg1x
            • I would, because all I want to see is the space phase. : pyide
    • hahahah : Bamtan
    • lol, did you play it long enough to realize you can jump to whatever phase you want? : derelict515
  • I could have told you that, Skoal. :| I was not looking forward to this game at all. : CrustaR
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    You have something against single player games? : thetangent
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      on PC? hell yes. They better be captivating. Console games can get away with single player games way more... : Skoal^Fyfan
      • I don't personally understand this mindset. The vast majority of good gaming times I've had have been sin... : thetangent
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        that doesn't make any sense : derelict515
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          How does it not make sense? most of my "online" social interaction is through my PC. When I sit my ass do... : Skoal^Fyfan
          • I agree with you. Almost every game i play on the PC is a multiplayer game. I'm already sitting in irc wi... : aeg1x
      • That makes so little sense. If anything, I expect my console games to have some sort of social factor to ... : mittense
    • The problem isn't that it's single player, he means that it uses WoW grinding and leveling with no story ... : node
  • You probably didn't even make it to the space stage. : Richese
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  Where could I expect to pick it up RIGHT NOW? : Warlock
  • 9/7/08 is the US release date. I don't know when it will physically be available, but the EA Store is unl... : mittense
  • Walmart, maybe, depending on time zone. : Goncyn
• They have caning in Black and White? : slacko
• Speaking of B&W, was it made any better with patches? I wouldn't mind trying it again. : iamgoat
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  It's a game of exploration. It's a bit of Sim City, Civ, Sims, Gal Civ, and even has some elements of Wo... : Richese
  • I thought it had flOw too. : capt tripps
• Spore will be the new sims. Not black and white. : great-white
• So at this point, I feel like it's impossible to tell what this game is going to be. I've already ordered... : cdbeckman
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  I'd like to know too. I saw in the interview on the front page that they had scrapped the procedural anim... : Stage
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    Nowhere in that interview does it say they scrapped the procedural animation, unless I missed something. ... : Vincent Grayson
    • Nice, I completely misread that. : Stage
  • precedural animation is very much still there. : trelain
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  Wait, it's out? : DOOManiac
  • been out since the 4th : trelain
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  i will play it though all the phases to make my final judgment but truth to be told i was bored for the m... : Hoax
  • also i need to drink some coffee cause that posting above seems rather incoherent and repetitive... : Hoax
• I got a copy of the galactic edition but I can't be bothered to install it yet. Everything I've heard sou... : marmite
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  Tribal and Empire are the worst of the ages. Tribal has no real point but to act as filler so you can se... : Nighteyes
  • And Creature age definitely should have been 1 or 2 brain evolution cycles longer. : Nighteyes

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• Gmail Notifier, single account. Digsby also has a gmail mail checker, but I don't use it. There is ... : aggressor
• digsby : windowpane
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  digsby does IM + gmail + facebook + whatever else it does and it does support multiple gmail accounts ... : OverBurN
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    gonna try this out, i'm a big pidgin fan, but it doesn't do e-mail like i want : graceofdragons
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      im using pidgin right now but to tell you the truth im not liking it as much as digsby... its actually cr... : OverBurN
      • like it so far, soon as i get rid of this fluffed up bloated chat box ... ew : graceofdragons
• Huh, you know what? I've always used Google Talk, just because I love the client so much, even though I u... : crummynz
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  Thunderbird : Penis Brittle
  • This along with the MinimizeToTray add-on. Perfection. : aldraek
• I've been using GMail Notifier for Firefox for months and months to check multiple accounts, no problems ... : glio1337
• anyone's digsby gmail not working? Mine keeps saying failed to connect. : aeg1x
• I used to use gmail notifier, but it'd randomly lose connection before so I stopped using it. Digsby has ... : xsoulbrothax
• When I'm in Firefox I use GMail Manager ( http://www.longfocus.com/firefox/gmanager/ ) and I use Thunderb... : ZeroSignal
• My iPhone. : Helter Skelter
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  I can't be the only person who checks their gmail by simply clicking their "Gmail" in their bookmarks. : Vincent Grayson
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    I do, but I have 3 accounts i check constantly, and it gets annoying as hell : graceofdragons
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      set up outlook then? or thunderbird or whatever : moshman
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        i know its best, but i use the gmail flagging and categories a whole lot, digby seems to be working excel... : graceofdragons
        • On a lonely planet spinning it's way to damnation, amid the fear and despair of a broken human race, who : moshman
    • The gmail notifier plugin for firefox lets you keep tabs on multiple gmail accounts. : Prozium
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  Thunderbird and iPhone. <3 IMAP : DOOManiac
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    I really hate the Thunderbird and Gmail implementation. It asks for my password about 5 times a day even... : slax0r
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      That's weird, I never get this. It works exactly like it should: checks my Gmail accounts every so often ... : aldraek
      • Well, sometimes it'll work fine. Actually, sometimes it'll be great for a few days at a time. Then, out... : slax0r
    • Yeah, Thunderbird and an IMAP tasktray checker I have both do this. I think it's Google's IMAP servers mo... : DOOManiac
• Pidgin... and my phone. : Conan
• https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/4490 I use webmail notifier which checks gmail + web.de fo... : razorblade79
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  You can POP with gmail, I get gmail with all my other mail : dael
  • why would you use POP3 when IMAP is so vastly superior in any kind of imaginable way ? : rookieone
• http://mail.google.com in Firefox. I don't trust other interfaces with my mail. : code-e255
• I actually use the web mail, but I've also set up Outlook to check it with IMAP so I have it as a PST as ... : d fluke
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  digsby!! : tcxsnoop
  • Sir Digby Chicken Caesar? : drucifer
• Gmail Manager for Firefox. : SlamDunk
• I use the website or my iphone : Slowtreme