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  with that kind of budget you should start with a four digit monitor rather than start with core i7. core... : Luminair
  • The extra processing power doesn't kick in until you hit 30 inch yo. : ayesel
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    What does the CPU have to do with the monitor? : Lone Swordsman
    • something to do with them both costing money from a limited budget : Luminair
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    And a solid gold LCD bracket to ensure that the harmonics of the LCD vibrations are in tune with the Eart : losimagic
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      a big monitor makes your computer faster, apparently : zerog83
      • Downhill maybe. : losimagic
      • I'm sorry if I confused you. I didn't mean to imply anything like that. : Luminair
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  What do you do for work that needs 6gb of RAM? High end graphics? : pauk111
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    Triple-Channel Memory requires at least 3 modules. So it's 3 or 6 basically. : mrvandelay
    • while that is true it should be noted that you don't have to run in triple channel mode, and that triple ... : Luminair
  • It's future-proofing, mostly, but I also do photography work that's about to involve files twice the size... : Lone Swordsman
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  Building for someone else = Dell. I have no problem maintaining my own custom built PC, but as soon as... : Judecca
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    Oh it is for you. : Judecca
    • Yep. : Lone Swordsman
  • Listen to this man. Seriously :( : hawkeye
  • so true : redfive
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  Below $2000? Hell yeah, you can get a Core i7 extreme for $1K, memory for a couple hundred, video card fo... : CasbahBoy
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    I mean, assuming you already have a modern case and power supply and stuff. Add $50 for a kickass heatsin... : CasbahBoy
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      I'd new a new case and power supply, unfortunately. I could use recommendations there as well. : Lone Swordsman
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        I got an NZXT Hush case and ABS BZ800 PSU, so far I'm quite happy with them. I've heard a few bad things ... : WildDanimal
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          That doesn't exactly inspire confidence in the power supply. : Lone Swordsman
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            Get a 750W PC Power and Cooling for less. If TR's 'not even close to real-world, fully-loading-resistive-... : CasbahBoy
            • I'm inclined to go along here, PCP&P supplies are just mega. : Toraz Chryx
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  The Tech Report's Holiday System Guide has you covered with The Crushinator at ~$1650: http://www.techrep... : mn3m0n1c
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    Note: you could bump things up a notch (or two) by upgrading to an i7 940, faster DDR3 and a faster video : mn3m0n1c
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      monitor? : mrseldowski
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        I could use a new monitor, it's not essential though. : Lone Swordsman
        • here you go :D http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824002419 : mrseldowski
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    Good link here. Thx : royalally
    • Yeah, I'll have to bookmark it. : Lone Swordsman
• You surely want a second harddisk for Hackintosh purposes :p : Toraz Chryx
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  SSD SSD! : podizzle
  • $$D, more like. : SlamDunk
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  Just-below-highest-end AMD or NVIDIA graphics, I should say! : Lone Swordsman
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    Nab one of those top Radeons or crazy-factory overclocked GTX 260s: http://www.techreport.com/articles.x... : CasbahBoy
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      Any thoughts on the 4870? : Lone Swordsman
      • $200 Radeon HD 4870 - 1GB http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4037096... : rms

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  We euro's don't have black friday :/ : jbury
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    That's one of many problems with you euros. : Koral06
    • That, and the food. Beyond that, they rock : dognose
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      We have issues? Name 20! :D : SilverSnake
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        I'm what happens when you allow your fellow Europeans to immigrate and reproduce. Problem 1! also marryin : Koral06
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          *peers* So that's why you're visiting Sweden next month?! I have no idea if that's ok, I guess I could : SilverSnake
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            It never ceases to creep me out how the shack keeps tabs on me. <3 you too. : Koral06
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              It helps when you don't talk about it all the time. : ejectorpod
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                Funny cuz I never remember anything you repeat to me. :P : Koral06
                • So I shouldn't keep calling you a whore cuz you won't remember it anyway? :P : ejectorpod
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              I take pride in my stalker skills. but seriously, I only knew it because you posted it like yesterday or : SilverSnake
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                As if you'd be interested, Mr. Miss-Every-Shackmeet-Ever! : woddemandred
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                  Are you calling me "miss"? oh wait... :P Funny you'd mention that, while cleaning out old contacts on : SilverSnake
                  • I probably do. I can't remember last time I switched phone numbers. : woddemandred
              • I was joking. :P Actually I've been stalking you in order to keep track of what's going on over there. : Koral06
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      In our defence, our streets are paved with beer and marshmallows : alnya
      • well done : abovedefault
    • You're now on my naughty list, Miss >:[ : jbury
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    That's just because we don't enjoy camping out on an Thursday night like any other Thursday night or tram... : SilverSnake
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      This is why Hitler kicked your asses. >:( : ejectorpod
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        No he didn't. We weren't an active part in the conflict. >:( : SilverSnake
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          All Europeans are the same to me >:( Except the French, whom I hate while the rest of Europe I look at w... : ejectorpod
          • trou du cul : azenmaster
          • I hate them too. I married one of them. Not sure which came first though. : melt_core
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          You just sat idly by and watched him kick our asses >:( : daedraug
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            I guess their plan was to make sure we went down in the history as the bastards who sat idly by and did n... : SilverSnake
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              Weren't you the bastards that sat idly by and sold Hitler iron ore for his war industry? Or was that some... : bostrov
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                That may or may not have been some other Sweden. We were the bastards that sat idly by and let Hitler use... : SilverSnake
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                  So Resident Evil 4 and Sonic and the Secret rings for $30 y or n? : Koral06
                  • Resident Evil 4, most definitively. It's awesome. :D : SilverSnake
                  • Resi 4, funk yeah! : nodebug
                • We had a valid reason for that. Norwegians are dicks, just look at how many of them collaborated with the : woddemandred
  • Au contraire, we have a few: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_friday : daedraug
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  Here's a good site. http://dealspl.us/ that's all I got so far... : Koral06
  • http://dealmein.net/ : ejectorpod
  • A few online deals here: http://www.blackfriday.info/ http://www.black-friday.net/ I'm off to go bra... : helvetica
• Amazon has a bunch, gogamer, newegg, Target/Walmart/Kohls, etc : Iwannaacura
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  http://gizmodo.com/5099497/best-of-black-friday-deals-complete-roundup : prime8
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    There's no pictures! How do I know what they're talking about?! : Koral06
    • google? : prime8
• Ohh any game bundles good here? http://www.walmart.com/catalog/catalog.gsp?cat=133169&dest=9999999996&sou... : Koral06
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  Amazon has a 60 inch pioneer kuro for $3900, buy it. : gmd
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    If it were a 50 inch and I were able to buy it, I'd probably be all over that... : SilverSnake
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      they have the 50 inch for $2400 : gmd
      • Too bad they don't ship to Sweden... But I'd get raped by customs anyway if they did. :( But that is a... : SilverSnake
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    sweet merciful xenu /sips coffee and contemplates this : Downforce
    • I'm just going to put it on my credit card ! : gmd
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  Prey (PC) for $3.90. I bought one. Played the demo last night and thought it was interesting in an inte... : Ocelot
  • gogamer.com : Ocelot
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  Really trying not to pull the trigger on this. http://www.compusa.com/applications/SearchTools/item-deta... : Pettytheft
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    That's a steal. I paid $269 for mine and it was worth it. : pancake humper
    • You bastard. I just bought it. : Pettytheft
• the checkout line at frye's is about an hour long.. i decided ill buy the Ln52a750 online : e v i l
• I had some time to kill so I went into Best Buy tonight. Wow, they had a lot : rosewood

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• oh come on guys this is really awesome. : deject
• That is pretty fuckin awesome. The mod is up at http://www.fallout3nexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=634 if... : AgentPothead
• Holy shit, this is awesome. : Vincent Grayson
• lol @ guitar violin : mega man
• Pretty damn awesome! : TShandy
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  And to think people were complaining about Bethesda's animations! : geneshifter
  • Well, one guy, using a mod, created more interesting animations than anything Bethesda did. : pyrogen
• those are some smooth moves. : bakanoodle
• This is all sorts of awesome! : ghostmac
• That is awesome. TUNNEL SNAKES RULE!! : Drewus
• bump for post Thanksgiving dinner viewing : deject
• Wow, that was amzing. : braaains
• ...what the hell? : Moonbase Commander
• Very cool (and possible spoilers) : Perturbation
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  holy shit lol at dogmeat dancing near the beginning : jackalope
  • HAHAHA yeah. He's like... floating, and spinning, and generally rockin' out. : etherealrhythm
• OK that was great. Thank you. : Vangoghs Ear
• wow that was really impressive lol : eeeealmo
• oh man cracking up here : Trips
• tunnel snakes! tunnel snakes! : jackalope
• That was great! : prime8
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  better animations than in the actual game... lol. : mwasher
  • haha, sad but true. : breadsticks
  • Yeah, I love the game, but they really need better animations and higher detail characters. Everything el... : Helios150
• lol, that rocks : ColoradoCNC
• that was actually a catchy song : gyokuro
• Excellent! : kallanta
• That was awesome : twifosp
• fresh and dope. its frope! : hirez
• hahaha man, someone ported over the animations from oblivion dancing mod : Mondo
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  sooo, DEJECT. I know who has you for your WE and (s)he is so pissed off (s)he has you since you like are... : thief
  • oh really? is it you? : deject
• love it! : tcs
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  sigh.... not trolling, but just don't find it that funny =\ : jane911
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    These people have no reason to be DANCIN : Mondo
    • like Cop Rock : drucifer
• EXCELLENT! : Legolas5
• Awesome : chungathebunga

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  http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/af/Oludeniz.jpg : SilverSnake
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    Where is that??? Beautiful : Utopia
    • It's Ölüdeniz Beach near Fethiye on the Turkish Riviera. :) : SilverSnake
  • hm, looks great that turkey : Flinz
  • I've been there! it's almost like being in the Caribbean, so awesome : moshman
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  Is that a french bagel on your plate? <scowls> : erebus
  • pillsbury crescent roll motherfucker : feek
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  I only blog my meals if they are color-coordinated. http://gregbrown.tumblr.com/post/32652507/color-co... : sgtsanity
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    Kraft dinner much? ahhahaa : Utopia
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      looks like dorm food. : dopeman
      • that would be my guess : Grumbeld
• Give me an hour! : Koral06
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  LOOK AT THIS! http://flickr.com/photos/laurgasms/3064692226/sizes/l/ http://flickr.com/photos/laurgasms/... : laurgasms
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    Stuffing in the bird? Hope you like bacteria or a new set of teefs :( : jasoncrowley
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      I've had this discussion like five times today. I made two types of stuffing, one in and one out. The one... : laurgasms
      • it looks amazing. : randomposter
      • +1 for resourcefulness. I take back my slight. :) : jasoncrowley
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4TcGEcKjSu4 : eldersveld
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        holy shit I need to watch this show. That was great. : pancake humper
        • It was great, but there are lot of people who hate it. : mem
        • It's one of the best shows ever made and you owe it to yourself to watch it. You just don't hear a lot o... : Wheatloaf
    • you fool. : ejectorpod
    • So this is why my whole family vomits for an hour after Thanksgiving every year : Ovate
    • It doesn't do anything bad as long as you stuff it right before you cook it and remove it right after. : Pettytheft
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    if i ate turkey i'd want to eat it at your place : erotic sock
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      yay i am flattered i think : laurgasms
      • do not encourage this non-turkey eating behavior please. : pancake humper
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  http://www.flickr.com/photos/85434272@N00/3063863865/ : nevicata
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    i hope that wasn't the cat : Mmmmmoo
    • Nah, we decided to cook the bird. : nevicata
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  http://cybercjh.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/actual-300x225.jpg : spigot
  • Lol that's sad. : Koral06
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  Tofurkey, bitches http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_x6jtlfffkyuxmzxfoqal.jpg : wasylm
  • sometimes being a vegetarian is really, really depressing : erotic sock
  • =( : naios
  • good luck with that : HeXoN
  • :( : Bamtan
  • hahahahaahahahahahah : mista mista
  • I had Mac and Cheese like Paul McCartney : drucifer
  • :/ : shika.art
  • what the : industro
  • Um, yeah, no. : Drewus
  • hahah. that is just sad. : stump
  • I just vomited on my keyboard. Delicious, meaty vomit. : rock elf
  • *vomit* : randomposter
  • My tofurky never looks like that.... But then again I buy it from the store. : wattss
  • Maintain sanity, eat meat! : Lone Swordsman
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    looks pretty good... did you make it yourself? it looks different : feek
    • Yeah, I made it myself with this recipe as a base: http://whatdoiknow.typepad.com/what_do_i_know/2005/... : wasylm
  • i'm a vegetarian and i wouldn't touch that : dantastic
  • what have you done : thekidd
  • I HATE ALL OF YOU. I'm going to go eat more of it. : wasylm
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  Aw yeah: http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v647/61/112/832228183/n832228183_1020814_7424.jpg : rudds
  • i love deviled eggs!! only when theyre made with miracle whip and not mayonnaise though. i dont like may... : dantastic
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  If you guys have turkey at Thanksgiving, what do you eat for Christmas? Turkey again? : rock elf
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    Ham. Fat, succulent pig meat. : acheron
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      We had turkey and ham today. What now? : rudds
      • Moo? : jasoncrowley
      • Human is the only choice : acheron
    • I see. We do have "pigs in blankets" in a Christmas meal, but turkey is the main meat (or goose, if you'r... : rock elf
  • Ham : Zero|DPX
  • heck yeah - if it's good, it's good : Postal
  • Eating turkey twice? THE WORLD HAS GONE MAD! : derelict515
  • I usually go to my godparent's house... my godfather is black and my godmother is Italian and they cook t... : laurgasms
  • man, I fucking hate it - I want Turkey more than once a year. I FUCKING LOVE TURKEY. : randomposter
  • i eat turkey at least once a week. : Slowtreme
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    jew baby hearts : mega man
    • ^^^ David Cross fan detected : Postal
  • We usually have both a ham and a turkey for Thanksgiving and Christmas. We all decided today that we'd... : Colleton
  • Turkey is the ubiquitous named-day food. Christmas, Thanksgiving, Easter, St Swithin's Day. Third Wednesd... : Dave-A
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Roastedpigsiumei.jpg : creep
  • My family has lasagna. : tested2
  • chinese food : Korban
  • Honeybaked Ham : ColoradoCNC
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    HELLS YES!!! Or sometimes fish. Or goose. Or moose. om nom. : Megara9
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      Moose is chewy and unappealing, though :( : ColoradoCNC
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        you're crazy. It's like the best filet of beef you've ever had : Megara9
        • I dunno, the one time I had moose (moose steaks that my ex's dad made out of the moose he was hunting in ... : ColoradoCNC
  • Goose! Duck! Ham! Whatever. Actually, my Christmasses tend to have huge awesome breakfasts, and the d... : Agrona
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    this we are having lamb with turkey so my weird bro-in-law doesn't feel his jew-sap draining away or some... : filthysock
    • mmmmmm delicious cute little lambies :d : Megara9
    • mmmmmm delicious cute jew sap : ColoradoCNC
  • BACON : Mmmmmoo
  • We eat Duck and thanksgiving and goose at xmas. : Thisispol
  • If it's brown, it's going down. : gmd
  • When I was home in CA. it was Goose and dumplings. mmmmmmmm : hrdwregk
  • Turkey AND ham and goose and duck : rosewood
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  My cat ate it. :( : Koral06
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    http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3199/3064809118_ddc49e47b7_b.jpg ok but really here it is....http://farm4.... : Koral06
    • That kitty does look quite satisfied although it seems to be looking for an escape route or more food. :-... : Aragoat
    • your turkey's vag looks infected : Korban
    • Thats a big pussy right there. : Q-ball
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      your turkey must have ate a lot of nuts before it died. Its stool is packed with them. : valael
      • You guys are so fucking gross :D : Koral06
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  i had left over indian curry and white ricef for dinner. no turkey : : wtf242
  • that sounds depressing, man... : deathofrats
• my turkey this year. gobble gobble. http://www.undercovertourist.com/united-states/kentucky/lexington/a... : Teiresias
• Mmm... http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_tql7dah42bwkcodb0y6z.jpg : Ormsbee
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  This is the smoked turkey. I didn't get a picture of the roasted one, there were just too many people in... : Galadriel07
  • OMG wtf. Links here: Turkey: http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/uWl93ZU4xQeS7hzlFke22w Whole albu... : Galadriel07
• Look, I know ra1n chickened out, but do we really have to call his wife a turkey? Can't we just drop it, ... : BlackCat9
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  i don't do animal snuff porn : japoneez
  • Most people just eat the turkey - you don't have to stick your dick in it. : dumb.
• Does this count? http://www.filefu.com/view.php?fileid=474 : festivalman

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  used S2000 / 350z or if you have to get new, mazdaspeed 3 / civic si / golf gti : warpdude
  • i started counting golf GTI's on my street, there are 3 in my apartment block and 3 on the street within ... : filthysock
  • Seems like they are finally offering the S2000 with Hard-top again! Now I can go back to lusting over it.... : SilverSnake
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  e46 coupe : FrayLo
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    I have to say that the E46 is my newest favorite BMW 3 series; I thought the exterior styling went down t... : the archvile
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      the new 335i coupes look AWESOME : zerog83
      • I have a mini orgasm every time I see a 335i coupe : FrayLo
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    This is what I would recommend!! : bombay
    • Because I miss the old gal: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=9679140 : bombay
  • I fully endorse this recommendation. http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/47026/woods.jpg http://dl.getdropbox.com/ : skinlab133
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  350z, G37 : boomstickah
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    the G37 is sub-30K? : the archvile
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      not according to it's web site... starting 36k basic : deadfish
      • used g35 then : boomstickah
      • yeah, that's what I figured. That's why a used 350z / G35 would be better in that respect, but I'd recom... : the archvile
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  Subaru WRX! : el_bandito
  • Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes : historyinthemaking
  • Based upon your requirements, this is a great answer. Be wary of buying a used one that was abused by so... : i am the baker
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  Lamborghini Gallardo Superleggera : cerealSAM2
  • Seconded, but to stay under the $30k mark, you'll have to mod a Ford Probe. : reznory
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  Buying a car in December is probably the best time to, because they're putting all the old models on sale... : Koral06
  • yea thats what i was looking at.... i liked the toyota spiders but i didnt research them yet : deadfish
  • if only it wasn't for the credit crunch. I could probably get a new car with no problem in financing rig... : the archvile
• GTI or a WRX. : Ellissd
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  mazdaspeed3. i average 22mpg in mine with a good bit of city driving, highway is easily 30 : opengl128
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    sports car : gmd
    • But it's so much fun :( : Scoots06
    • yeah, he didn't say SUPERCAR! : FormerHPB
    • Thank you for this : ateam311
    • You've obviously never driven one. I own one... trust me, it is a sports car. (And my previous car was ... : Gwyndion
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  bump more choices? how rate toyota spyder? : deadfish
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    A fun handling little convertible but you will be disappointed by the horsepower. Which is a shame too b... : jimmy-buffett
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      Do you really want a convertible? To hit the sub-$30K mark, you will have to give up a bit of horsepower... : jimmy-buffett
      • i'd rather not have a convertible actually. say whats good! : deadfish
      • Pontiac Solstice GXP or Saturn Sky Redline. 260hp/260ft-lbs in about 2900-3000lbs. Super fun cars. : cltcprd
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  VW GTI. fast, good handling, but won't scream "I'm a boy racer!" or get your car keyed in (most) places. : Postal
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    uh, it does scream boy racer IMO. : FormerHPB
    • ^^^ : Ellissd
    • only if you get it in "look at me I'm speeding" red or white. and besides, boy racers can't afford cars ... : Postal
  • SPORTSCAR! : cltcprd
  • he said reliable : mega man
• Yeah I'm pretty sure the best car for you in that range is a Nissan 350 Z. You can buy plenty of "sports... : jimmy-buffett
• If its next year, look at the 370z's, they are going to have the g37 engine, and they have reduced the nu... : DonarUDL
• s2000. : moe6
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  Dodge Charger R/T. Nothing beats the sound of a Hemi. : Dimmona
  • lol : gmd
• I was gonna say RX8 until I read "20mpg" at which point I just cried a little. : yoonix
• Subaru WRX or used STI. I'd go with the used STI particularly the 2006 model as it is pretty much bullet... : Matto357
• How about that new Pontiac 2 seater : quazar
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  Get a Canyonero http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8hDUaik7A4 : drbriefs
  • Klassic Krusty : HeXoN
• if you are talking used, you could get a used lotus elise for $30K (2005 model). I can't vouch for relia... : retardhumper
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  I saw the new Charger on the freeway a couple days ago. Man that thing has a dumpy ass on it. : snuff
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    Oh it was the Challenger, not the Charger. : snuff
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      WRONG!!! The new challenger is fucking hot. : NeoMoose
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        The rest of it looked alright but the ass seemed to go down too much. : snuff
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          For example http://goontheroad.com/test/wp-content/uploads/2008/04/dodchal_09_real_5_gallery_image_lar... : snuff
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            Here I chopped the pic to what I thought it should look a little more like http://www.shackpics.com/fi... : snuff
            • It doesn't look so bad if you get it in a color aside from Hideous Red. : ateam311
            • They should hire you. It looks better like that. : ArB
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  Subaru WRX STI, Honda S2000, Nissan 350Z : newek
  • This is the correct answer. : boarder2
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  do you want a sports car or a sporty car? : abunch
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    sports if possible : deadfish
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      its odd, cause im pretty sure the dictionary definition of sports car was a 2-door rwd, which eliminates ... : xsoulbrothax
      • ...fragging the diff on the s2k with clutch dumps. It's like skater lingo. : jayacheess
      • 350Z is RWD too, isn't it? And the WRX is four wheel drive, so that is still kinda okay IMO. So, 350Z,... : SilverSnake
      • Yeah, that's why I asked. If he wants something "practical" then he's going to be in a Miata/MX-5, RX-8,... : abunch
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  Honda. Fit. : Cihte
  • Sports car? My Dad has a Fit, I drove it also. Nice little car, but certainly no sports car. : Force[FED]
• Ariel Atom. : kahuuna
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  Another vote for 350Z/G35. : bolneze
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    looks like new 350z run a bit more than i wanted to spend but nissan doesn't have a handy used car search... : deadfish
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      you should be able to pick up a g35 coming off lease for 15-18k with no problem. being in one for about 6... : festivalman
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        Don't these get relatively bad mileage? avg less than 20? : afrochops
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          25-30 highway, 18 average for a good amount of city. they're really all about the fun though. you don't g... : festivalman
          • okay this car is winning so far :D : deadfish
• why no suggestions of a miata? they seem to have really high reviews.. are they slow or somthing? : deadfish
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  Toyota Solara. Not very "sporty," but it was great for me with plenty of power when I used to have one. : pauk111
  • WANT PLZ. : WildDanimal
• Great recommendations in this thread, I'll chime in with a used Mazdaspeed 6 : shirif
• the only real answer is whatever bmw you can afford on your budget : eeeealmo
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  If you can wait a little while, consider the 2010 Camaro. The V6 model has the 300HP 3.6l DI engine from ... : godwit
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    One problem: GM is teetering on the verge of collapse. : Arcanum
    • after my friend had brake issues, I googled gm cars and bad brakes and came up with countless horror stor... : festivalman
• Civicsi? Accord 2dr v6? : Iwannaacura
• Evo 10 MR : Downforce
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    sub 30k? are you insane? : papaskot
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      30 Karat diamond, no? i stand by my insanity. : deviantpaul
      • oh wow you can spend more on a car than me! good for you! /pathedic : deadfish
• MazdaSpeed3 : Gwyndion

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• WTF on the getting the arcade : filthysock
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  new arcades have internal memory instead of 512mb sticks :( : pancake humper
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    The one I bought a month ago only had a 256mb card that came with it. : sigpro
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      New as in new Jaspers. His machine is a jasper. : pancake humper
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        I know, but the older one I got only had a 256mb card not a 512. : sigpro
        • Yeah I have an old 256mb card one too. : pancake humper
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  you now need to order that $20 20gb hard drive from MS : boomstickah
  • ^^^ Get on it! : ieGod
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    I doubt they'll give you that deal if you have a Jasper that can handle the NXE with its internal storage... : rudds
    • The only difference between old Arcades and Jasper is the 256mb being discreet vs. internal.. I highly do... : sun and moon
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  Do new arcades have the white drive cover, or chrome? : Judecca
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    white. : sigpro
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      shut it all down. : Judecca
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        You do know that optical drive bezels are removable and replaceable right? : Endymion_
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          yeah but in your head you know what was once there. : Judecca
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            Yeah but you know neither of them make my dick hard? : Endymion_
            • Why did you have to make this weird : Judecca
• http://www.xboxstorageupgrade.com/hh/web/home/hhauthentication.jsp?ssLocale=en_US : boomstickah
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  I know all about the free 512mb flash or 20GB hard drive deal. But what I need to know is can I sell t... : sun and moon
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    Since it's not guaranteed to be a model with the die shrink yet (right?) and nobody knows if it's still R... : SilverSnake
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      It is guaranteed, been confirmed with several photos at this point. : Endymion_
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        Ah, cool. But there's still no guarantee these won't RROD with about the same frequency though, and you c... : SilverSnake
        • Even if these things are god in the form of a console he'll never sell it for a huge profit. All you have... : Endymion_
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  Personally, I'd never get a 360 without a hard drive, even if it's the old 20GB one. : Lone Swordsman
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    this post makes no sense to me : OrkO
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      What's to miss? He bought an Arcade, which has no hard drive. : Lone Swordsman
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        He said he would not buy a 360 without a hard drive even if it's the old 20GB one, excuse me doesn't the ... : Endymion_
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          I'm saying that if you're going to get a 360, you should at least have a 20GB drive. The new drive optio... : Lone Swordsman
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            Well that post makes sense, the earlier one does not. :) : Endymion_
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              it made perfect sense. : lakren
              • it makes more sense if he had said ...even if it's just the old 20GB one. : ejectorpod
            • well we're all smart enough to know what he ment, and it made sense. : papaskot
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    He can upgrade to a 20GB hard drive for only 20$... : razlebol
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      how so? : azenmaster
      • http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081014-microsoft-undercuts-wii-value-with-20-xbox-360-hdd-promo.ht... : festivalman
• Congrats - it's the new Jasper chipset! : MatzL.E.
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  So do you get the 20 gig HD free? Am I missing something? If they are not free, how much are they? : risimage
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    No the 512mb flash unit is free the 20GB is $20. After I level up enough in COD4 to get the M4 and wak... : sun and moon
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      So if I buy an arcade today for $199 then I can buy a 20GB HD for only 20 bucks? : risimage
      • Yes. It's refurbished though, just keep that in mind, but it should work as advertised. : ieGod
• congrats, new Jasper owner! : Smitty
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  any 360 owners pick up the "better" d-pad controllers (green/red) ? : dextius
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    I have a red controller and notice no difference with the DPad besides the color : phobium
    • Me too, it feels basically the same. : rudds
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  There's a deal floating around (I'll find the link if you want it) today where you get a 60gb HD 360 and ... : changejar419
  • Best Buy has that. The standard bundle games + a sports game and Tony Hawk Proving Ground. : Zakko
  • Circuit City (I think) has buy an Xbox 360 Arcade, get a refurb 20GB HDD and Wireless controller for free... : jake
• As a few others have said - you have a Jasper 360, which is pretty much the best you can get right now. ... : jingletard
• jasper! : prime8
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  Well that seals it, I picked up my 360 Pro today at Target with a lot code of 0837. Gonna hold onto it u... : Zakko
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    There still isn't any solid evidence that this will fix the RROD problems, but it's definitely a step in ... : jingletard
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      True, every 360 revision so far has continued to RROD with abandon despite continued refinements. : rudds
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        Proof? : jake
        • lmao you must be new here. anyway, here's hoping I can grab a jasper today!!! : Downforce
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          are you kidding? Just browse the comments daily. : Slowtreme
          • Yes, because every RROD that has ever happened has been posted about right here. : Endymion_
      • Well, that isn't very fair. Every revision is going to have RRoDs, that is a given. The Falcon model did ... : aggressor
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    you can return it opened.... play it : dignan
    • It's not opened yet. : Zakko
• Okay so I just did it so obviously the Jasper still qualifies for the program. The only thing was the ... : sun and moon

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• holy fuck that is AWESOME why don't I live in the UK anymore :( : jbury
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  where can I buy this?? I will go out and buy one right now! : marmite
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    As above, except I'm temporarily vegetarian & can't eat dairy. But it would be worth it. : gingerninja
    • Temporarily vegetarian? Either it's a cholesterol/health issue, or you're REALLY honest with yourself. If... : pauk111
• i can feel my heart stop as i'm looking at that : mojothemagician
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  Oh yeah http://www.easyscreens.info/?v=3829 no one cared :( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17507... : Slowtreme
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    I just didn't see that thread :) : jbury
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      I found it at a package store in Florida, so you don't need to travel to the UK. : Slowtreme
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        Well I was from the UK, I just moved to Germany recently :/ Now I just have to eat sausages in curry s... : jbury
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          haha, oh my fucking god germans are OBSESSED with currywurst, what the hell happens to them when they see... : moshman
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            My girlfriend keeps getting me to try it, then when I say i don't like it she says "oh its not that nice ... : jbury
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              leberkase, i love that stuff. in moderation. : moshman
              • and you don't put curry ketchup on those, you put sweet mustard on (lol) : moshman
              • It tastes like jellied meat... it tastes... wrong :) We have a cool store in Frankfurt though called "... : jbury
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          they also pollute their kethcups with curry, its infuríating : imperator
          • haha yeah we have a huge bottle of this curry ketchup stuff. It's so odd :) : jbury
          • yeah, wtf is that about. fucking disgusting : moshman
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          Do you get kaiserkrainer (sp?) there? Sausage with built in cheese. They were all I ate in Austria : nodebug
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            I don't know if its the same thing, but there's a place here that sells cheese filled meat... I've not tr... : jbury
            • Cheese filled meat? Probably time to see a doctor. : scottythejock
          • Käsekrainer. I love those :) : Lightbulb
  • Hey wow guys, I am surprised you all weren't up at 7am to read slowtreme's post six months ago! GEEEZH w... : deathofrats
• you can get them here. I've given them as Xmas presents. : Deathlove
• SWEET! I'm going there this weekend for the first time ever.. : ShadowRam
• The gourmet store here in Bloomington, Illinois sells that brand, but I've never seen the bacon one. Mus... : Thresher
• There's a cooking store a few blocks from my house that sells it. I tried it and was underwhelmed. Salty ... : TheMonkeyWench
• oooh, I want one : I7 SilverFox
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  Probably the only good food there : hobosapien
  • You don't like oily frozen battered fish and non-crispy oily bits of potatoes referred to as "chips"? : melt_core
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    My weekly Sunday roast will beat your thanksgiving turkey every time! Bring it! : nodebug
    • I haven't had a sunday roast since my mum died - someone should come and cook one for me out of sympathy : jbury
• Nasty, avoid it. : tsuba
• That is disgusting : mr.sleepy
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  Zingerman's Deli in town sells those, and also claims that the "Mo" in the product name is named after so... : Ninja Techno
  • The back of the box (I didn't scan that) has a couple paragraphs from the person that came up with it. I ... : Slowtreme
  • It's 7 at central market/whole foods...still very pricey. : deathofrats
• Have you tried BACON MINTS? http://www.mcphee.com/items/11706.html These are glorious : Iwannaacura
• Those are from Vosges, which is a company based in Chicago with stores in NYC and a few other places. Th... : scythide

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• Back in 1996 I thought Plug-n-Play meant you could install a new IDE Hard Drive without turning off the c... : Shadowdane
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  Not a fuckup, but funny nonetheless - my power supply fan went out while I was playing counterstrike and ... : jingletard
  • This qualifies as a fuckup. : dumb.
  • hahaha : Shadowdane
  • Somewhat in that same vein: On my way old P90 the CPU fan was glitchy, so I had to manually open up th... : yemeth
• At one point before I really knew what I was doing building computers, I connected a fan header to the so... : Helter Skelter
• ram backwards. : moe6
• Not me, but a few years back I got a call from my dad who's (win 95) PC had stopped working... "change : losimagic
• RAID 0. : ayesel
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  Not me, but I watched a guy take a metal PCI slot cover thingy, and slowly put it through a slot on a pow... : ShadowRam
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    Wow, was he alright?! : losimagic
    • yea, he was alright. Natural Selection fails again. : ShadowRam
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  Took the heatsink + fan off a CPU while the PC was running to see if heatsink goo was spread properly. O... : alnya
  • Sadly i have done that too. : hrdwregk
• Deleting nvidia chipset drivers instead of the display drivers. And installing Vista SP 1 on my old des... : freakynipples69
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  Not mine, but a totally incompetent friend : Trying to put a new CDROM in the computer, he managed to plu... : mmogger
  • That's really not supposed to be possible, no. Your friend is special. : Arcanum
• I troubleshooter a pc once for 2 hours to find out it wouldn't boot because I had the mouse and keyboard ... : g0nk
• Blowing the power, display adapter, fuse for the room and and main fuse by plugging the power wrong way t... : mem
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  Ghost. The wrong direction. :< : hawkeye
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    Ouch. Did you only realise once you booted off the drive? : nodebug
    • No, you realize when the Ghost process takes about 1 second instead of 2 hours :( : hawkeye
• my first computer (Packard Bell) I broke by pulling the IDE HD cable out while the PC was still on. I de... : dignan
• I wiped out my RAID5 array accidentally. It was almost a terabyte of data and I accidentally dropped the... : Q-ball
• i was putting in some DDR3 ram drunk and broke it in half :[ : deadfish
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  Went on a delete spree in Windows95 and deleted a critical .dll because it didn't show in the process exp... : shirif
  • Goes back to my dads smart move... seems file protection wasn't too hot in 95 : losimagic
  • I think we've all done that and learned the hard way not to mess with those sorts of things. I did the sa... : antareus
• Nuked a guy's computer (as a school tech) and was too busy to replace his files within the two day window... : Ovate
• A few years ago I sas upgrading a friend's computer and accidentally deleted the partition with all her w... : prime8
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  Turned on a pc with an amd 2000xp without a hsf to see if it would turn on. Turned off less than a second... : shotgun1
  • science! : ibrokn
  • I am also guilty of this. : Flying h4x0r
• Tried to install what turned out to be DDR RAM into a machine that took DDR2. Made it fit somehow and it... : dognose
• I once managed to wipe a hard drive just trying to install the talkie demo of Sam and Max Hit The Road. I... : WildDanimal
• I've seen some doozys working at the tech bench back in the day. Saw a guy pull the plug on a CRT tube... : Halen
• Used to click the mouse just because I was bored while looking for files. Stopped doing that when I acci... : plunkymeadows
• once used thermal tape instead of paste for my heatsink - figured it would be less mess... burned my cpu... : e v i l
• Once I was trying to figure out a pc that was hard locked and wouldn't even reset. I held the "power" but... : melt_core
• Once when I was building a new computer, I was having problems getting it to post the first time. (Ok, wa... : ]aratex[
• Shocked the bejeezus out of myself when I found out why my PSU was malfunctioning :-( : Thresher
• Was a Novell admin and was trying out mounting Novell shares on a linux box. Got it mounted under my home... : theargent
• Not a fuckup, but for well over a year my computer suffered from strange slow-down in games. It just didn... : pilgrimage
• Accidentally going del *.* while at C:\> I was five, okay? : Majuju
• Years ago, I was asked to upgrade a friend's PC from Win95 to Win98SE. It needs to be said that his comp... : Xin Jing Client 1a
• Windows ME. : DasCracky
• touched the inside of a powersupply when it was on. ow. also broke a chip putting the heatsink on in the... : chazums
• Back in the DOS 6 era I used DoubleSpace to compress my 107MB hard drive and fit more on it. Somehow I di... : Schnapple
• Back in the Win95 days I accidentally (don't remember how) dragged Taskbar from the bottom to the side. I... : te[R]ror

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  for a split second i thought you meant Mr. Bale. :o : marmite
  • I thought it was Adam West... D: : dumb.
• haha yeah thankfuly its not Bale : Melll
• just wait, they will bring him back. they always do. : nomaad
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  has anyone of significance ever actually stayed dead in the comics? : shyguy74
  • Captain America? : Melll
  • Not sure, but the difference with Bruce Wayne is that he's human, so whilst it's not impossible to bring ... : losimagic
  • Barry Allen had a good 20-year run as dead. : woddemandred
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    Sandman : alnya
    • haha, yes! : TShandy
  • Captain Marvel (Mar-Vell) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar-Vell : Endymion_
  • Spawn : hawkeye
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  Did anyone read the last episode of the series? It was a big piece of garbage. : Nitrium
  • I actually liked most of it. Apparently the collected trade will also include the next two issues so the... : scythide
  • I did. Hated it : baron calamity
• No he's fucking not. It was the oldest comic book trick in the book. No body is ever seen, they don't e... : critch
• LOL.. at "Comic Batman reaches end of road"... and THEN the spoiler warning... : ShadowRam
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  Wow... I thought you meant Bruce Willis. : Grumbeld
  • R.I.P. ! He hasn't been the same ever since Demi replaced him with fucking Ashton Kutcher : rookieone
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  I was thinking this was referring to Adam West. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Me too.... : sharkII
• Bah, they didn't show the body. Saying a hero or villain is dead with no body doesn't really mean anythi... : Arcanum
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  The whole R.I.P. story line has me pissed off beyond believe. If anything is going to make me quit main s : baron calamity
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    Wow I just clicked those spoilers, I really hope you are joking, because that if fucking terrible : jbury
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      They should treat Grant Morrison like a dog. Grab his head, rub is noise against the script and say "no!... : baron calamity
      • Are you still into comics a lot? I used to collect them a load as a kid (still have my collection) and... : jbury
    • Hahaha, wow... REALLY? that is terrible. : lodit
  • So, this whole wtoryline is cos he didn't get to play catch 20 years ago... : alnya
  • haha thats hilariously bad :D : r3ckless
  • Wow. That might have been cool 30 years ago but it's way too late. : Pettytheft
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    what is thomas wayne's motivation in all this : Luminair
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      irony : azenmaster
      • or maybe he just loves ruining a good comic franchise : azenmaster
    • His wife having a kid that isn't his. Thats about it : baron calamity
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    I think you need to re-read the run as it is not clear that any of those are true. : scythide
    • Yeah DC made him tone down the story to give future writers an out but thats what he wanted. : baron calamity
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      it is a triple cross and the man getting thomas wayne to get everyone to kill batman is none other than A... : Luminair
      • i think bruce's dad should be bruce from the future and also the guy that killed his parents is also a ti... : papaskot
  • hahahahhaa : Mmmmmoo
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    Sounds like he's using the patented Lucascript touch. : trove
    • Not sure Lucas could screw up this bad. : baron calamity
  • Wow. You need to reread it because none of that is true and it even says so. : kikilupo
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    snoopy was hired to kill batman? : podizzle
    • doh! My typo. : baron calamity
  • hahahhaha. those are bad : AMikaboshi
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  The last line in that story is amazing. : Judecca
  • LOL i was about to post the same thing : podizzle
• No he's not. Cause that's Bruce in Final Crisis and Final Crisis takes place after RIP : kikilupo
• wait what? that is some DUMB SHIT. a guy pretending to be his assassinated father gets him? fucking FA... : Downforce
• http://img99.imageshack.us/img99/5807/batmanohnva9.jpg : cptstern