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• why not get a deal on the Dell's 2408W or whatever? : sharkII
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  Dell has some funky resolution monitor on today and tomorrow for $279.99. Its 2048 x 1152 resolution. I n... : Tincan
  • That's a nice deal! : guido anchovy
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  i have one and bought one from jen. theyre pretty good for the price but i spent a lot less than that : dantastic
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    look around i bought them on 2 seperate occasions on sale : dantastic
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      http://cbit.ca/product.aspx?ProdID=11860 : jayares
      • and there you have it. : dantastic
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  I'm loving my Dell Ultrasharp 2408W. Though, I sometimes wish I had picked up a 30" Dell Ultrasharp, i : esecasco
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    those are 549 here. someone suggested one of those to me and i laughed and bought my 2443BW for somethin... : dantastic
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      yeah, but displays can last years, video cards can too, but not in the same way. I wanted to get somet... : esecasco
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        no : dantastic
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          yes : esecasco
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            no : FPSDavid
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              yes : esecasco
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                purple : delataur
                • NO yes : Mr.Finkster
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    http://accessories.dell.com/sna/products/Monitors/productdetail.aspx?c=ca&l=en&s=dhs&cs=cadhs1&sku=320-62... : jayares
    • It's absolutely worth it. It's just an absurdly high-quality display. : mittense
    • Wait for Dell to put an offer on. It's an awesome screen, so long as you get a new one with the later fir... : nudel
  • The Dell displays are so motherfucking nice. : mittense
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  On a related note, does anyone use a 32" 1080p LCD TV as a computer display? I'd think that would actual... : Dechter
  • I am wondering this as well... : Utopia
  • It would look like a glaucoma monitor if you just had it on your desk in front of you. : spazzium
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    I am wondering this too... : Utopia
    • wtf : Utopia
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    I would not recommend any HDTV for gaming, way too much input lag. We're talking 100ms+ : sanchez
    • Although some have a gaming mode which turns off some post processing shit which reduces that lag. : sanchez
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      so everyone with a 360/PS3 is only pretending to have fun, even though they are unknowingly suffering fr... : Maarten Goldstein
      • Why do you think they spend so much time calling people fags? : rosewood
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      What are you talking about? I think it's more like a minority that do this. Rock Band probably confirms... : DinK
      • the free Samsung receiver that was given to me had a horrible lag on it but I replaced it with some other... : Shai-Tan
    • lol : moshman
    • um... what? : Toraz Chryx
  • I recently bought a refurb Samsung LN32A550. Seems to work pretty well although I won't normally use it a... : Shai-Tan
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  AHEM http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824185010 Yeah it's $700 but you can't find... : sanchez
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    wow those are some pretty spotty reviews for such a pricey monitor : datoo
    • I spent ages trying to find a perfect monitor that nobody had anything bad to say about but I couldn't, e... : nudel
• hardocp forums recommended benq g2400wd as a TN-panel / gaming LCD, I got one a week ago, it's great. ~$... : ]pm[chem
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  http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824002168 << High quality IPS panel 24". Buy that... : FlamingGimp
  • I can attest to its awesomeness. Best 24" display on the market. Its $$$, but it is well worth it if imag... : Serpico74
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  I got an HP LP2475w (IPS panel) that I'm pretty happy wth. : mathyou
  • This is a very good option. Cheapest IPS panel going then the 2408 (which is what I'm using) is a nic... : Toraz Chryx
• Benq v2400w. : vikramwillrock
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  I'm going to stick with my 2405 and 2001FPs until some LED backlit monitors hit the scene. : rosewood
  • I think I'd miss the heat in the winter. :) : nudel
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  UK folks interested in Dell monitors: You can get them cheap, no-dead-pixels guaranteed (for some mode... : nudel
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    I've seen them on ebay and was tempted by a 2408. I wonder how they're able to sell them for so much les... : losimagic
    • Lower profit margins is my guess. Dell sell them at those prices sometimes as well, but only when they ha... : nudel

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• Oh, and sounds get cut off mid-sentence sometimes. That's just the way L4D works. : guido anchovy
• I'm dying of laughter. This is outrageous! : Enkidu
• "Snap Into A Slim-Jim!" : TheQuad
• Scariest thing I've seen all year : Albemuth
• This is hilarious : Lionhart32935
• oh my god ahahahahah : manero
• im totally trying this out next time I play : Unleashed
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  I'm hurting from laughing and I nearly vomited. (stomach virus >:() Downloading now. : DrWaffles
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    You've got to put this on FPSbanana or elsewhere. : DrWaffles
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      I will, this is just a trial release. :D I guess I need to sign up for FPSBanana! : guido anchovy
      • FPS Banana doesn't like my soundpack's 26 meg file size (12mb limit??). :( : guido anchovy
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      Any suggestions on mod sites other than FPS banana (and their 12mb file size limit)? : guido anchovy
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        moddb? : Unleashed
        • Cool, uploaded to them. It's undergoing a mod review now. Thanks! : guido anchovy
• hahahaha awesome : hamachi
• hahahahaha, i feel sick from laughinng. ooooh yeah! : jayares
• oh wow : Serpico74
• Yeah yeah yeah! : A Sponge
• Ok, this is fucking hilarious! I'll have to snag it when I get back home. : MacemanInTW
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  I actually met Randy Savage one time at the hosting company I used to work at. He was looking at us for ... : foo
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    I wish I could meet him. I've only met a few wrestlers: Undertaker (& Paul Bearer, who works in the fune... : guido anchovy
    • haha, Paul Bearer was always awesomely hilarious : Degenerate
    • He's a joke. This was about four years ago, and he was wearing a ripped up shirt and pants. I swear t... : foo
  • My friend has met John Cena, he was at CES last year and they ran into eachother. Somewhere there's a pi... : Q-ball
• I love the part where you're running away in that big room and you hear "snap into a slim jim" in the dis... : Bumpmapped
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  Needs more Bonesaw. : Duffman8369
  • Oh, it's in there. : guido anchovy
• haha awesome! : jonin
• ahh thats scary shit.. hahahhaha. : chilln
• haha awesome : das_runt
• hahahahha : Mmmmmoo
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  My only suggestion is that you vary the voices a bit more--or maybe pick up someone else. Mr. T would... : ConfusedUs
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    No, Rowdy Roddy Piper + Randy Savage would be perfection : SolrFlare
    • That is probably better. : ConfusedUs
  • If you can add more sounds to the infected roster, it'd be great. I'd love to have a whole slew of wrest... : guido anchovy
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    macho man/hogan mod, eot. : jayares
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      replace the eerie music with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BPQREIAj4I : SockMonkeh
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        I was going to do the Macho Man theme, but music replacement is weird in L4D. : guido anchovy
        • be a man hulk, don't be scurred, you're runnin' from macho that's what i hurd =( : pharoah mike
    • heels for the horde, faces for the survivors, and machos "be a man hulk" song has to be in there somewher... : pharoah mike
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    ^^^ too many "oh yeah's", amazing though : byorn
    • If they release an SDK I may see if I can do a full wrestler mod in the future. :D It'd be funny! : guido anchovy
  • maybe a few ric flair WOOOOOOoooooooo!!'s : re4ctor
• hahahah : delataur
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  if you submit this to digg or reddit I will totally digg or vote up it. Seriously, I demand it goes on a... : kaddar0
  • Thanks! I may, but first I need to know if anyone else is having sound issues with the mod like Unleased... : guido anchovy
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  it was pretty fun but after a while the sounds seem to crap out, and play only once in a while : Unleashed
  • Hmm, I wonder if anyone else is having this problem? I need to know! : guido anchovy
  • Does it get fixed between levels or just continue to crap out once it's started? : guido anchovy
  • Ok, I've been reading around on the problem and apparently it may have something to do with the sounds be... : guido anchovy
• We need some Jack Bauer.... : suicidemachine
• This is absolutely hilarious, good work sir. : spazzium
• I would put it in but I fear getting so amped up that I'd punch through the monitor in search of a slim j... : Q-ball
• srsly the best mod ever! : grendel
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  did you notice that you never have to reload your shotgun : Luminair
  • Yeah, I put on sv_infinite_ammo for the video. :P : guido anchovy
• I laughed my ass off at "snap into a slim jim!" : zerog83
• yeah, this made me lose it for a good 5 minutes YEA YEA YEAAAAA : Mikuya
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  Macho Man Rap, "Be A Man" : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1i2v1b0BsbA : EvilDolemite
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    oh shit this song is WAY better, just wait until the chorus: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFSvYuqiPoI&f... : EvilDolemite
    • Oh jeez. : guido anchovy
• I've watched this video twice now. I must not have played enough matches because I am still digging the ... : focusdaily
• this is amazing. : mmaster_pw
• thats pretty much the most amazing thing ive seen all year. : .ka`boom.zZz.
• good god haha. but srsly i would never put up with this : ifallible
• Well DONE. I had a laff. : The_Archon
• haha. I need to tell people about this. Good work. : humbleone
• that is fantastic! : yacoub35

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• Call of Duty 5. Bayonet'ing japs is fun shit : kpxkrnjc
• Robotron : drucifer
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  Hitman series : Mikuya
  • I was about to say this. : Cliffzorz
• Crackdown definitely, I feel pretty cool when I nail something in Trackmania, Duke3D for sure. : SpaecKow
• Ninja Gaiden series. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Ninja Gaiden Serious Sam God of War The Witcher Dawn of War Wind Waker The HL Episodes CS:S Metro... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Serious Sam! Hell I need to play this game again. : halophoenix
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  Fallout 3 in the later levels. : nomaad
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    Any Fallout game for that matter. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      Fallout 3 not as much, power armor aint that much power. No more 10 strenght 10 perception etc... : SpaecKow
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        I still owned everyone with the custom plasma rifle. The armor wasn't that important, it just allowed me ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
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          And I actually used the Enclave Power Armor more than the BOS one because it gave you less of an Agility ... : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • Plus it looks better :D : SpaecKow
    • I'm just getting started with FO3, but yeah, towards the end of the first two, I'd get this attitude of "... : BingusLargus
• God Of War x10000 Endgame of Half Life 2 Endgame of Riddick Quake Ninja Gaiden : Serpico74
• I agree with all of yours... also The end boss in Dead Space Half Life 2 vs the Striders Gears of AA... : marmite
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  Deus Ex, when you've got maxed Aggressive Defence System and a Dragon's Tooth. : PeanutsEnvy
  • Also, Mirror's Edge when you absolutely nail a run. Games with extremely well-crafted, flowing movement s... : PeanutsEnvy
• Assassin's Creed Duke Nukem Max Payne Oh yeah, and METAL GEAR. Snake is the most badass motherfucker... : Mr.Finkster
• Max Payne, L4D (when things go well), Oblivion (in later levels) : niceguynick
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  DOOM : daedraug
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    What, doom was the scariest shit ever. There you are a lone marine surrounded by these scary as fuck supe... : Mr.Finkster
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      The Doom2 double-barreled shotgun made me feel like i was unstoppable - even with no health. : humbleone
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        In Painkiller (aka DOOM 3) the shotgun's alt-fire freezes guys before you shoot them. :D : DinK
        • ahhh paninkiller.. gosh i love that game.. the last hell level was such a classic.. Gold pack at Steam ... : recoilfx
    • Except you could run at 40 MPH while carrying 100 rockets. You could literally run circles around the Cy... : Dynotaku
    • Doom's shotgun made me more dangerous than a malignant tumor. : tomservo
    • well, you can be the biggest bad ass WUSS by 'idkfa' : recoilfx
    • "There you are a lone marine surrounded by these scary as fuck super demons and shit." Yeah, and you f... : SockMonkeh
• Freelancer. : ShekkyBoy
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  God of War is the maximum badassery I've played, without a doubt. : jcupitt
  • A million times this. : Deathlove
  • Indeed. Although, in a different vein, maxxed-out Supers (and certain Reals) in Super Robot Wars games... : genom
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  Painkiller : DinK
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    oh yeah! : humbleone
    • I'm playing through it right now, and at some point I need to play Painkiller the game while listening to... : DinK
• Tauren Warrior with a Thunderfury in WoW before the expansions. It was so funny seeing people turn around... : razlebol
• Peggle, of course ;) : waxthirteen
• Virtual Sex with Tera Patrick : pancake humper
• Fable & Fable 2 : dumb.
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  Tenchu as long as nobody sees me. : changejar419
  • The first Tenchu was so awesome, I dunno what happened to that series. : Lunatic Angelic
• Team Fortress 2!! : Pneum0
• KotOR. Mass Effect somewhat. : Jonathan
• max payne of course : JohnnyDanger
• gears of war 1/2 : maulla
• System shock 2. Unleashing a Psi storm in 3...2...1... FFX - Calling (almost) any of the summons. H... : jasoncrowley
• Ace Combat games :D : tomservo
• Ninja Gaiden on xbox 1 and definitely Crackdown : bagelcc
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  Viking Battle for Asgard, Rainbow 6, hell just about any action game. : jonin
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    Someone just gave me Viking Battle for Asgard for 360. I never heard of it. It's GOOD? : Slowtreme
    • I rented it for a bit. I liked it ok. : jonin
• Crackdown, Assassins Creed, Fable 2 : woodchuck70
• Force Unleashed playing on a harder difficulty and totally destroying a room. : Evil Benius
• Raven Shield Multi-player : SockMonkeh
• Warhead makes me feel like an ultimate badass until I run into a mounted gun that fires a higher caliber ... : CasbahBoy
• Ninja Gaiden II. Once you start going with the combos I feel like I could take on god with that scythe. : jingletard
• Witcher, you dwarf cock sucking motherfucker. : deviantpaul
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  Rockband1/2 after you nail a song on expert Max Payne Chromehounds after a good run COD4 after a good ... : foo
  • Assassin's Creed : foo
• Mech Assault, Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII : melkore
• Chaos Theory CS:S : Zolneirz

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  Kanye West - 808s and Heartbreak - I am specifically putting this at the top of my list to stir some cont : aaarrrgh
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    Pitchfork hates everything, just in degrees. Did you see their review of the Black Kids album? : jessipoo
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      They came to their senses with that review. : NastyJack
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        NastyJack, you buy lots of music and you're pretty pretentious and stuff. Let's see your list! : aaarrrgh
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          haha I just reposted it in this thread. And what... pretentious? Moi? : NastyJack
          • Interesting. : aaarrrgh
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        Oh hush. I saw them live and they were good fun. People need to loosen the fuck up. : jessipoo
        • My review of the Black Kids album (for the record i like it): This is an album The Cure would of made if ... : shavenewok
        • Whoa daddy stand back! I gave that album a listen and it just didn't do it for me. : NastyJack
  • I'll have to check out the MGMT album. I've only heard "Time to Pretend" -- which I love! Also, love th... : ImageOmega
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    If you like Cut Copy check out The Presets - Apocolypso : shavenewok
    • Will do! : aaarrrgh
    • I missed out on the perfect show because I was totally sick from ACL. http://i198.photobucket.com/albums... : packav
  • in ghost colors was so damn good. definitely one of my favorite albums of the year. cut copy put on a fuc... : warpdude
  • nice. i'll have to check these out. thanks. : dromo5
  • Totally agree on MGMT. I love "Time to Pretend"... It's my song of the year hands down. : Ormsbee
  • I TOLD you Kanye was good. IT WAS ME. I TOLD YOU. : nomaad
  • I agree with your Kanye selection. I really didn't like the approach he had taken at first, but like his... : cruncht1me
  • Cut Copy Bright Like Neon Love. Listen to this album, please. While lacking the variety of In Ghost Color... : packav
• I was going to make one and put a lot of effort into it and post it on my blog but that turned out to be ... : cfalcon
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  According to my last.fm account: 1. MGMT – Orangular Spectacular 2. Bon Iver – For Emma, Forever : Bamtan
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    Empire Of The Sun was another good one. That Sigur Rós (I can't tell if the one you have there is the... : aaarrrgh
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      what the fuck. epic emo musicals? you are insane. : deject
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        I agree with deject... It's one of my favorite bands when I want to pass the time. : Ormsbee
        • Just because the guy sings with a falsetto sometimes does not make their music emo. They are not an emo ... : deject
      • There was a level of facetiousness implied in my post. :P : aaarrrgh
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  I think my album of the year is Gas - Nah und fern. I guess it's technically a remastering of 4cds that c... : wtf242
  • shut up : genjuro
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    What, no Tha Carter III or whatever the fuck Plies released this year? Not even a mention of the incerdib... : genjuro
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      anything khia does is onpar with the writing of the 10 commandments or the bible or some shiz : jessipoo
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        Finally someone that understands What is your opinion of Frankie from the Keyshia Cole reality show? W... : genjuro
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          You need to start a petition to have ME on that shit. : jessipoo
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            No Jessipoo you don't have what it takes. I am talking about syphilis. : genjuro
            • I am thinking about making catching syphilis my New Year's resolution, though! : jessipoo
    • Crystal Stilts, Walkmen, Beach House were all great albums. I could name like 40 or 50 I liked this year.... : wtf242
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  I don't think I've heard a single track from an album that came out this year, not knowingly at least. So... : SilverSnake
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    I'm surprised you didn't take the opportunity to call me a cock then. I'm sure Genjuro will, when he sees... : aaarrrgh
    • I've come to accept that I'm not nearly as interested in music as I used to be. I still have music going ... : SilverSnake
• Only 2008 album I've listened to is Insurgentes by Steven Wilson. I like it. Not as much as some of the... : valael
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  Here is mine complete with mp3's and videos : http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18619808 : NastyJack
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    Oh and I finally listened to the Fleet Foxes. That album might have made my top 10 but I'm not gonna thin... : NastyJack
    • The Crystal Castles album is hit or miss. 80% of it is great 8-bit dance music that is fun as hell to sha... : jessipoo
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      Crystal Castles are kind of a guilty pleasure. I wouldn't say the music is good, but it's catchy as hell.... : wtf242
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        alice glass is insane, saw them at hard haunted mansion nws kinda: http://www.flickr.com/photos/countess... : re.flo
        • and she's super cute. i always wanted that haircut, but my giant hips throw that shiz out of whack. : jessipoo
    • I like their music even though it's not really that great and they're dicks. They sampled a song that wa... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • i was into quite alot of lofi music (stuff like Adventure) when i discovered crystal castles, but was tur... : packav
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    PS This was the best song I listened to this year. Crank this shit up loud and then play it 5 times in a ... : NastyJack
    • I don't really like Fucked Up (nice guys though. Talked to them for a bit before a show) but I just looke... : cfalcon
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    hey nasty: do you understand Spanish. Cafe Tacuba is one of the bands I try to catch every time they play... : lacker
    • I don't understand Spanish but it doesn't stop me from thinking they are one of the coolest bands around!... : NastyJack
• Pavement - Brighten The Corners: Nicence Creedence Edition : kramweil
• 1) The Classic Crime - The Silver Cord 2) Lovedrug - The Sucker Punch Show 3) The Sophomore Attempt - H... : IndigoAK
• A few off the top of my head Flogging Molly - Float The Black Keys - Attack & Release Local H - Twel... : uncle slappy
• 1> Chinese Democracy : foo
• http://afterglow.despayre.org/2008/12/best-music-of-2008/ 48. Autechre - Quaristice 47. Woven - Desig... : Afterglow
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  not too enthused this year. Lots of solid albums (Amon Amarth, Opeth, Metallica, All That Remains, to na... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    I noticed your criticism of Traced in Air's length earlier, and it still really bothers me. Does that act... : Felraiser
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      for the type of music Cynic plays it does. The albums not just short, but all the songs are very under-d... : DonkeyPopsicle
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        Your second criticism seems more valid, but I'd just note that Focus was barely over 32:20. : Felraiser
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          35:50, sorry. : Felraiser
          • still a bit too short for an album, I feel. Why not work a bit more and create a few more songs? Yes, t... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • If you count the physical release of Radiohead's In Rainbows as being a 2008 album (it was released Janua... : coldfusioncs
• I don't have 10 albums that I really loved this year, but here's my favorites in no particular order: ... : deject
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  I listen to a lot of music and buy a bit too but since I don't lisen to the radio or follow main stream a... : baron calamity
  • "California Girls" is one of my top 10 single songs this year. I love that track so much. : jessipoo
• some of my favorites, in no order: Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash Why? - Alopec... : pandastrong
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  I don't think I could name 10 albums I've really liked this year, and I listen to a lot of new music. Any... : PeanutsEnvy
  • I'm in this boat. I could probably name 10 songs, but not 10 albums. : Slowtreme
• Not a great year for albums: 1. The Rosebuds – Life Like 2. Kings of Leon – Only By The Night 3. T : sonicdeathwalrus
• I can't really make a list :D : packav

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• just confront him/them. you might seem like a dick but it's your stuff so whatever. : ass-street
• This type of shit is why I never got a housemate. : Pneum0
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  Put it all on wireless and keep the router in your room : foo
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    It's all single-player stuff. I don't think he's signed his profile up for Live (after I passworded my pr... : nudel
    • Move your room to where the breaker-box is (garage?). You will have TOTAL CONTROL : foo
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  Why not just say what you wrote here to your housemate? You could surely only win from doing that. : humbleone
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    Partly because I'm a wimp when it comes to things like this and partly because if I did mention it I migh... : nudel
    • That's shitty on their part, but you need to either call them on it or just keep living with it hoping th... : d fluke
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      You need to arrange a meeting with him or the two of them and figure that shit out. My brother did the s... : changejar419
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        P.S. - How does the GF feel about this? Not too many SO's are happy to work and pay bills while the othe... : changejar419
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          Dunno, I find her hard to talk to about this kind of stuff as well. Plus he's a full-time student so gett... : nudel
          • Plenty of full-time students have jorbs. And if he IS a full time student, but plays games instead of st... : changejar419
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      It should be obvious to him. What should be obvious really? If you share a living space, then stuff pl... : SilverSnake
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        No no, he means the having a jerb and paying rent thing should be obvious. If the dude had a job and pai... : changejar419
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          It's kinda that (though he's studying for a masters or PhD or something so he kinda has a job, but is poo... : nudel
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            LoL I've had many a night of that. When my bro was still living with me, he'd come home drunk at 2a.m. w... : changejar419
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              Hehe... The thing is I can sort-of see it from the other PoV. I used to piss off a previous housemate bec... : nudel
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                The feeling I used to get when I'd come home to see "You've been playing for over 6 hours, maybe you shou... : changejar419
                • Thing is, I do the same sometimes. When GTA:IV came out I basically took the month off and I was either p... : nudel
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  "my-housemate-who-doesn't-even-pay-rent" Stop being a pussy. Kick him out. : d fluke
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    Hi GF pays rent but I think because there's two of them living here now they should pay more. (See post a... : nudel
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      time for them to pay 2 parts of the bills instead of one. : NeoMoose
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        this is the only reasonable solution (though i would also ask that he pay a lesser portion of the rent si... : kbnerd
        • Charging more rent doesn't make so much sense as he is not occupying an additional bedroom. However, spl... : hussdelrio
  • co-signed : mc-fine
• Don't do the passive aggressive stuff. It won't solve anything as your housemate will probably not get th... : ShekkyBoy
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  turn on the family timer on the 360. LOL YOUR 30 MINS ARE UP GET A JERB : Slowtreme
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    Haha, yeah, it'd be both sad (on my part) and funny at the same time. It would be better to just say some... : nudel
    • People always take the piss if you let them get away with it. You need to channel a little Batman: stay v... : ShekkyBoy
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      So which shacker is the 3rd housemate? Normal people don't come up with those kinds of idears. : changejar419
      • Heh, he's not a Shacker but he does (still!) play Quakeworld and is on SA. : nudel
    • Don't do stupid shit like that. There's a reason why that guy isn't taking you seriously. Just talk to hi... : Godhatesfatpeople
    • seriously, man up. talk to him. Resolve. You know, the life skill you are supposed to acquire. : recoilfx
• he wants to play, he gots to pay (rent) : NeoMoose
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  Posts like this make me glad I've decided NOT to have a roommate. Fuck people. : avatar_58
  • I had responsible roommates for years before getting my own place. I never had trouble like this. This gu... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    It can be a lot of fun, it's just really difficult to know what people will be like (and who they may bri... : nudel
    • Oh I know some folks like it, but for me I'd probably have killed the son of a bitch instead of making a ... : avatar_58
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  this is why before I live with someone, i make a list of all the living style agreements before hand. ... : recoilfx
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    It must be a hoot living with you. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • those are pretty good house keeping rules. it sucks to invite friends over when your living room is reek... : recoilfx
    • Fuck that, he sounds like a great roommate to me! : Super Sparker
• log into the router and fuck a setting like changing it to PPPoE or put the ISP IP in manually and blank/... : dantastic
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  move. : dantastic
  • I love this house, though, plus it's sweet being friends with the people who own it as there's no grief a... : nudel
• Just lock him in, burn the place down, and start over again. : Godhatesfatpeople
• he doesn't pay rent? kick him out! : jenisthebest
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  my roommate at school who slept with (i kid you not) a 6" circular saw blade under his pillow at night an : RetroRedEyeJr
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    Yes, that's the same. You say "don't worry about asking, just play whenever" but with the assumption that... : nudel
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      Saying "Dude, I'm trying to sleep, can you turn it down" is well within your rights. : loboca
      • I've done that (sleep once, work once) and the volume does get reduced. Still bugs me sometimes just know... : nudel
• I've had similar experiences - I feel your pain :( : Milleh
• Put a timer switch on the plug, that'll teach him to mess with you! Be really aloof when he asks you abou : A Sponge

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  Descent has been the only game to do that to me : Wolfanoz
  • Descent is really the only game that I could understand people getting motion sickness from. : MacemanInTW
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  Only guitar hero and the like. Something about all the motion towards me, I can usually only play a coupl... : opengl128
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    oh yeah totally. after a while you look away and everything starts swirling around. it's kinda trippy. : bakanoodle
    • Yup, I avoid the game because of this as well. After getting up from playing I've almost fallen on my fa... : gnomish
  • That's funny, I just don't even register the motion in those games. Or, I do, obviously, but all the stuf... : perstephanie
• I was playing the mirrors edge demo today on my rents plasma, and it was giving me a bit of motion sickne... : chilln
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  nearly all fps do this to me :( : jessipoo
  • None of the COD games do it to me, but all of the BF games did. I did find that in the BF games, playing ... : zipper76
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  move back from the screen. one of the half life expansions did that to me back in the day, and gta vice c... : CoRDS
  • I would definitely give this a try, but I already sit back about 30-36" from my monitor and can't move ba... : zipper76
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  This is the main reason I never got big into FPSs. Doom used to make me feel horrible. Being nauseated ... : perstephanie
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    Ever watch someone play Portal? : Dave-A
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      Nope. Why? : perstephanie
      • You would go into a coma. : Unleashed
• the only game that made me sick like that was doom 64, i dont know what it was but after about 30 mins of... : thebroccoli
• All old 2.5D games now give me nausea, but didn't back in the day. : stuka
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  COD4 hit me hard, but I never had a problem with Halo. Very odd. : fishbone
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    in the cod4 console type cg_fov 90 : flasher 907
    • some more info http://bashandslash.com/index.php?Itemid=74&id=179&option=com_content&task=view : flasher 907
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  Bring the monitor in closer. The problem is when your screen is showing motion, but you see steadiness i... : Thresher
  • Oh, and some games let you turn off head bob, that can help as well. : Thresher
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  Gears of War on the PC fucks me up big time. I have to gather up the courage to sprint because I know it... : treefingers1
  • The problem with a lot of these games is the very narrow field of view. : Thresher
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  I find if I dont play FPS's for a long time, I have to 'adjust', I dont know if its motion sickness or no... : Unleashed
  • That's me. If I take long breaks it takes about a few days and then it's all good. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I can't play any first person shooters for more than 3 minutes otherwise i start feeling nauseous. : integer
• Try changing the brightness. Turn it up. Friend of mine had issues with Raven Shield back in the day, a... : foo
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  This has become a huge problem for me lately. I've played FPS games from the beginning to now and it's on... : Bumpmapped
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    yup, i bought bioshock played it for 5 mins and said the hell with it because of the FOV. it took months ... : flasher 907
    • Any time something like that happens, check http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/ ... it seems like for p... : Johnny Law
  • Same for me. I used to never have problems but it seems most newer fps games are going with a significant... : Chod
• Prey did this to me, it's the only game that's ever done it. I had to look away when I was flipping grav... : valael
• I can't play more than 15 mins of Half-Life 2 at a time without getting a huge headache and nausea : Rasnowl
• I never made it far into F.E.A.R for this exact reason. It made me so nauseous. : Gojirah
• yes, and it sucks :( i cant play any FPS now, even old ones I used to be able to play for hours and hours... : ninjase
• Jdoom did this for me, and it's the only game I've ever played to do so. :( : halophoenix
• Totally feel your pain, Zipper76. To this day I cannot play Half-Life 2 at all, for this very same reason... : wytefang
• Only game I've ever had that happen to me was Prey. A friend of mine can't play any FPS games because of... : silent77
• It never used to bother me till I switched to LCDs a couple years ago. : samduhman
• yup, it's the field of view dude. i can tell within seconds if a game uses a field of view of say 60-70. ... : flasher 907
• Portal made me heavily sick when I first began playing it. But it was mainly due to how jarring the camer... : Godhatesfatpeople
• System Shock 1 and Dark Forces 1 give me motion sickness. Most recently, I've tried playing Halflife: So... : Rag and Bone Man
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  maybe you werent cut out to be playing video games... maybe stick with monopoly or something.. : mcborn
  • Maybe you weren't cut out to be posting on internet forums - maybe stick to writing short poems or someth... : wytefang
• If I remember correctly, my big brother had this exact same problem and he asked the shack for advice. ... : esecasco
• It's so frustrating :( I never had problems before and then Doom 3 made me queasy, and then I had to ... : edlin
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  HL2 used to make me motion sick, but I'm not sure if it does any more. : FPSDavid
  • This happened to me too. I couldn't play more than 30 minutes before feeling motion sick. : f3ynm
• I'm weird. I don't get motion sickness in cars, I don't get them playing video games, i get them while pl... : baron calamity
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  S.T.A.L.K.E.R. screen bob makes me bad sick : baconwizard
  • I only lasted 10 seconds before quitting and finding a hack to remove headbob. That was completely unpla... : jigstah
  • When this happened, did you say "Get out of here Stalker"? : hussdelrio
• If I haven't played for several weeks, than yes. My new 60" plasma did the same to me as well. It goes aw... : Serpico74
• Nintendogs just ravages me. : packav
• FOV is what messes with me, although I tend to get over it after 15-20 min of play. : jasoncrowley
• My little pet theory is that it's about how many frames the game runs at. Far cry 2 running at 30 fps ... : zigzagitry
• I haven't had any problems with L4D, but I do get bothered by HL1 and HL2. I've read that changing the FO... : ShoCon
• Sometimes, and I noticed this with a STALKER game more often, I get vertigo. I cannot keep up with the ga... : Darkfox76
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  I hope this never happens to me, I don't know what I'd do without CS:S and Wipeout :( : d fluke
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    advance into this century? : dfz0r
    • Shut up :( : d fluke
• 3rd person shooters and FPS games with a narrow FoV make me nauseous. : Old_Fart
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  i remember tons of people complained of motion sickness when HL2 was released : mr.sleepy
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    i think it is a combination of the FOV and the "floaty" gun bob : mr.sleepy
    • also you cannot play the airboat level without becoming motion sick : mr.sleepy
• HL and HL2 really fuck me up ... bad. : rosewood
• I played UT on a 4:3 monitor a while ago for like 30 minutes and I got a very nasty headache from that wh... : code-e255
• The only things that give me motion sickness in games are low FOVs and choppy, inconsistent framerates. I... : pyide
• yup totally, FPS since the mid 90's. : massdev
• Low FPS give me headaches, but only if i play for more than a hour, hense why i try keep my fps above 40... : Ward3nb
• Used to get it when I first started playing FPS's in the 90's, but recently on Stalker has affected me th... : Marrbe
• I guess i'm lucky that I never had any nauseous feelings when playing any FPS or game for that matter :D : cruncht1me
• Kingpin and HL2 are the only games so far : Daggoth
• How do you change the FOV in HL and HL2 then? : Marrbe
• Duke Nukem 64 has been the only game I can recall that does this to me. My suggestion: increase your m... : Evil Bones

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  These guys? http://www.televisionzombies.com/images/3.1_02.jpg : elwood00
  • No. Those are the Murderous Moppets Kevin and Tim-Tom. : obiquatro
• are those like Ta-Ta's? =/ : med1c
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  Tim Tam Slam! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Tam_Slam : Barnahog
  • That's how I've been eating Thin Mints most of my life (with milk). : Zeeliv
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  holy shit thanks for the heads up, my wife's birthday is in two weeks and she melts for them. : Deathlove
  • Oh yeah, and don't be put off by the branding. They are distributed by Pepperidge Farms, but are exactly... : gnomish
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  They're pretty good! A friend in Australia used to send us some here and their. : zakazi
  • there =( : zakazi
• Haha we always bring a ton of them back from Australia when there for work. : Evil Benius
• holy shit, i'll have to check these out : Dschinghis Khan
• I agree with this gnome. Tim Tams rock. You can get them at World Market in the states as well. : Galadriel07
• Natalie Imbruglia does a Tim Tam Slam. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzMfZ1FaqA : Thresher
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  You lucky bastards. Enjoy our natural bounty... next there'll be Drop Bears in the California hills, I ju... : five_percent
  • That sounds like some sort of fat, hairy, gay mansex. It would fit in well in California I think. : Thresher
• They are the bomb. I need to make another run to Target to get stock up on some more. : smoove
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  Hehe that's awesome.. Now I have one thing more from Aus to eat when I go overseas.. Next we will work ... : biofrog
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    My local gourmet shop already sells Vegemite, Marmite, and Bovril. Just 3 different kinds of nasty. : Thresher
    • We like it nasty over here : biofrog
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    I can get Vegemite here in Halifax, thankfully. Although it's ungodly expensive. Like $6 for the tiniest ... : Dave-A
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      They sell Tim Tams at the local Real Canadian Superstore, here in Calgary, though only the chocolate kind... : The Key
      • I'll check out the Atlantic Superstore, never seen them there though : Dave-A
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  Wait, Tim Tams arent sold overseas? wtf. Its like our only good export item. : thewindcriesmary
  • lol. But I love your women too :I : Godhatesfatpeople
  • its not an australian company anymore though : filthysock
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  Tim Tams are the best! I heard they are suppose to be available at Cost Plus World Market too... : Alco23
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    They're listed on the website, but only available in store, which varies widely. I've looked and they ai... : gnomish
    • I have gotten some in Tracy and in Sacramento as well as in Bakersfield and LA. I am all over California... : Galadriel07
  • World market is awesome for finding random candies and stuff. they carry a decent selection of stuff. : hirosushima
  • Yup I've seen them there. They have a lot of Cadberry stuff. : zakazi
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  first 2 people that are going to quakecon 2009 to message me will get some tim tams when i arrive : CoRDS
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    Make sure you take dark chocolate variety aswell so the world can experiences their splender. : thewindcriesmary
    • and double dipped and the caramel ones etc yep, i'll take the full kit. i did ask my dad (worked for ... : CoRDS
• mwuhahahaha and the world domination begins mwuahahahaha *twirls moustache* : shavenewok
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  I'm going to go buy some tomorrow. AND EAT THEM IN SPITE OF ALL YOU POOR BASTARDS WHO CANT GET ANY. : Cliffzorz
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    I'll weep into my fast unfiltered and cheap internet connection, good sir : Dave-A
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      and before you say LOLZ I'M NOT IN AUSTRALIA NO INTERNET FILTERING FOR ME i'm gonna assume that New Zeala... : Dave-A
      • actually scc goes thru NZ so thats what about 560gigs a second (if not already it will be soon) : CoRDS
      • Carrier pigeons in an underground tunnel network. Sometimes they get lost in the dark or tired, that's wh... : Cliffzorz
• Tim Tam Slam FTW! http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=BHzMfZ1FaqA&feature=related : Smellsy

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  Well son of a bitch, it's happened to mine. :( : Helter Skelter
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    fuck, i havent backed up my music in a long time either : Mikuya
    • Yeah, it's not such a big deal for me, since much of my music was downloaded with my Zune Pass (and I kee... : Helter Skelter
• Time bomb! : node
• Y2K9'D! : PoopStewart
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  Dang, that's a pretty big bug. MS can't seem to do anything right when it comes to hardware. It's a sh... : nudel
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    It's not the hardware I don't think. It's more likely a firmware issue as the Zune development team is p... : kpxkrnjc
    • On second thought... LOLOMEGADIRECTIVE : kpxkrnjc
• Yep, big thing on Engadget about it. http://www.engadget.com/2008/12/31/30gb-zunes-mysteriously-begin-... : pancake humper
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  It's like when all of the ipods were failing around a year after use. The HD's would die out. I still hav... : hirosushima
  • also the battery would kick the bucket and barely hold a charge. : hirosushima
• a-team gets fired this morning and then this. happy new year shipey! : dantastic
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  My 30GB is frozen. What the fuck???? : ateam311
  • are you sure my 120gb is fine and sitting in my ihome :D : dantastic
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  FIX use at your own risk though Herman 6:23 AM There's a fix: "Your zune will need a "hard res : dantastic
  • I'm not going this route. Gonna tough it out I guess. : ateam311
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    I wonder if letting the battery drain all the way would accomplish the same thing? : Horn
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      i'm wondering if the battery runs out if you'll even be able to charge the battery up again. we'll proba... : dantastic
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        My battery was out and I plugged it in this morning. Got the Battery screen, then it booted to the loadi... : smegmar
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          sorry to hear that. any chance that you have an extended warranty and can take advantage and get an upgr... : dantastic
          • Well, I did get it from costco, but they were closeout items I think. I'll just wait till I hear from MS... : smegmar
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    Does the Zune have a low-level disk mode that'll allow a firmware fix to be installed without a hard rese... : nudel
    • Sort of. There's a button combo that you can hold during boot that'll wipe the drive contents/firmware an... : Helter Skelter
• My Zune was Y2K9'd too :( : smegmar
• well I'm sure they will have some kind of fix or way to get it fixed. They do handle the RROD issue pret... : FormerHPB
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  Anyone in Europe found a Zune at a retail store yet? Everywhere I go its nothing but Apple stuff still... : humbleone
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    Nope. :( Seems like MS don't have the guts to release them over here which sucks as (well, apart from thi... : nudel
    • My thoughts exactly. Shame about this incident though yep. : humbleone
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  lol zune : Iwannaacura
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    Hey a year ago when these zune 30s were $100, it was stupid not to get one if you were in the market for ... : smegmar
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      Well, this is what happens when you buy 1st generation devices : kpxkrnjc
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        what? No it isn't. This is what happens when a programmer makes a mistake. : Horn
        • Hahah exactly, it's not a fucking hardware failure. The hardware itself is far more solid than any one of... : ateam311
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    laugh all you want, but my 120 gig zune is fantastic. I'm very happy with it. : FormerHPB
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      Pretty sure it's only the 30 gb's that are having issues... for whatever reason : kpxkrnjc
      • yeah the 120 is fine : dantastic
    • and ours are still working :o : dantastic
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      actually, I have the 80 gig, but it's still great. MS will fix this. I'm sure it's just some stupid pro... : FormerHPB
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        Zune programming team is really really bad. : kpxkrnjc
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          Really? What other issues have they had? : Horn
          • when i leave my zune software playing music and idle my pc the fucking thing starts putting random images... : dantastic
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            Well, the software for the PC has pinballed around between "lol what", "kinda crappy", and "what the hell... : Helter Skelter
            • "Meh" software is outstanding in comparison to that of just about any other hardware device's PC-side sof... : nudel
          • Well a couple firmware updates ago they completely shit on the trackbar. IE The song progress bar would ... : kpxkrnjc
      • wait you said "my 120gig" but now its just an 80gb? how dare you pretend youre in the 3rd gen club! : dantastic
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  lol shit. mine is frozen as well. i will try to open it later, already did it once to fix the case when i... : stgulik
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    I wouldn't. Read smegmar's post above. : ateam311
    • it fixed mine. pretty easy to do. : stgulik
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  I hope a few moron hacks at MS get fired over this : proclone1
  • Why? they just sold a whole new generation of iPods Zunes! : Slowtreme
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    Dude, people don't get fired for bad code. That'd be pretty fucking stupid. : ateam311
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      yeah, how fucking moronic of me to think that there might be some people working there who's sole job is ... : proclone1
      • I understand your point, but you have to take into consideration the scope of the software for these play... : ateam311
• Mine is bricked, yay. Hillarious. : tsuba
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  Oh jeez, don't they test these firmware updates? : guido anchovy
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    I guess somebody forgot to run the 12AM December 31st test plan. : SinistarX
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      That's the part that kills me. I could understand 1/1/09, but why brick at 12/31/08? : hatelull
      • Leap year? We've already had 365 days this year. : smegmar
• Bricked. : RookieCAF