Morning Discussion: Last of 2008 Edition

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  mmm that new task bar is hot : kpxkrnjc
  • yeah, i've been tired of the task bar for awhile now. : Ziz
• what was removed/changed that you did not like? As mentioned before people are going to scoop this up... : Iwannaacura
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  I dunno, I still haven't found a good reason (for me anyway) to stop using XP. : humbleone
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    How about a non retarded start menu? : rosewood
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      I use the classic start bar from win 95 still in XP. I cant stand that retarded new bar. : YerMothah
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        Oh god your one of those... my last job one of the admins kept changing the start menu to Classic on a... : Shadowdane
        • Except I dont force changes on other people. Its my preference, not required. : YerMothah
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          That's retarded. I'll use either or these days, but the "new" start menu is still trying to fix a shit co... : node
          • how exactly? by adding a search bar that doesn't require you to use the rest of the start menu? : derelict515
        • I had some that did the same, it sucks. I like having it remember shit I've used recently. : Halen
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      but then you get retarded search : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        Windows Search 4.0. Get it. : Sailor of Fortune
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          Yeah cause we all need our hard drives endlessly indexing our "Common Files" folder. Bonus: when you do ... : hussdelrio
          • or you can add it to the indexed locations? : derelict515
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      I find vista's start menu to be pretty awful. : Yanks
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        with the Start Search? That's an awesome feature. : redfive
        • No kidding. plus you can add indices pretty easily and search almost all of your files right from the sta... : retarded talking dinosaur
        • the actual programs menu IS godawful though. : Toraz Chryx
  • If you use vista for a while, xp becomes a pain to use. : re-verse
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  Can you briefly explain how the new taskbar works? I've read a few blog entrees but they explain the goa... : omnova
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    its basically like older versions except you only have the icon showing, and you can rearrange them. w... : re4ctor
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      Can you shrink the taskbar/quicklaunch icons to the previous size in order to fit more on the bar? : omnova
      • kind of. you can use smaller icons, and you can change if it shows the icon/label, or just the icon. ... : re4ctor
    • Sounds kinda like the OSX doc. : SqueegyTBS
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  Er.. is there something wrong with youtube? That's unwatchable it's so choppy. : Dynotaku
  • no its the video, read my op. vmware recording apparently sucks but i didn't realize until after the fact... : re4ctor
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    It took almost 5 mins to buffer here at work... but the connection here sucks, fucking proxy server. : Shadowdane
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      its still buffering here, but I'm on a 15/2 cable. I've got 1/2 the vid loaded and its still not playin : epit
      • yeah it's ridiculous. you don't need to buffer more than 2 minutes of video for a 10 minute clip on yout... : deject
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  How XP-ish can you make Windows 7 look, versus Vista? : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Hopefully not very. : Ebu
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    You're one of those people? : ColoradoCNC
    • I think most people are. A consistent interface = more productivity. : hussdelrio
• argh, it's practically unwatchable :( : suqur
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  I really wish they'd get a team on working on some visualizations. There's a lot you could do with showin... : Dave-A
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    You add bling and you have a bunch of people complaining because it's using an extra meg of ram. : DarkWolf5
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      OSX has been doing it forever and no one really complains? : Yanks
      • OSX fanatics vs. XP/Classic Theme fanatics just have different points of obsession : derelict515
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        oxs has always been a sluggish piece of shit though, toraz told me that this has gotten better and that i... : Hoax
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          Yeah, it pretty much gets faster on the same hardware every release. 10.0 was pretty much molasses on any... : Yanks
          • In particular, there was something very peculiar is the performance boost OSX got when they switched to i... : Toraz Chryx
    • I HAVE 6 GIGS OF RAM AND I DONT WANT TO USE IT! : FiReaNG3L
  • Milkdrop plugin for SQL Server 2008 : Ride-My-Rocket
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  The one thing I really really really want that I've wanted since Win95, and I'm not seeing it here, is th... : Dynotaku
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    http://www.freelaunchbar.com/ Or if you want more features http://www.truelaunchbar.com/ : Carnivac
    • I love you Carnivac and I want to have your man babies. : Dynotaku
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    This probably isn't quite what you want but I do this at work: http://www.omnova.net/files/images/quickla... : omnova
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      Yeah I've messed with that but I want pretty icons. :( : Dynotaku
      • I think Carnivac has you covered above. : omnova
  • Quicklaunch has kind of been merged with the taskbar. : retarded talking dinosaur
  • So.... you want OSX's stacks? http://www.apple.com/macosx/features/desktop.html : Toraz Chryx
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  I'm sorry, but that wasn't really a very good demo. Heres a keynote on some of the new stuff in Win7. The... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • i seached before but didn't see anything that showed that stuff. those are good videos, you guys should w... : re4ctor
  • http://blogs.zdnet.com/hardware/?p=3223 might be interesting too : Hoax
• I wish the public beta of this would come out already. Wanna check this out. : Ziz
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  I just shed a tear realizing I lost my near free academic license Oh well hello retail and OEM :( : boomstickah
  • OEM isn't that bad : Ebu
  • Oh fuck. Yeah, I had a free Vista license, forgot to actually go and get it, now college is over :( : zehh
• I used it, fast as shit : Mondo

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• I'm in for Sins, but I just got the game a little while ago and thus i am a total n00b : Cheeziologist
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  I'm definitely in for DotA tomorrow or this weekend. Sorry about the failure last night. : Head Rush
  • It's cool, I ended up playing a pub -apem game and did -random and got Axe against an all-ranged team. It... : Psigun
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  Yeah a SoaSE marathon would be great. Shame the expansion isn't available yet. : Jonathan
  • The beta is up for those who preordered. I installed it yesterday. : Sailor of Fortune
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  How long does a game of sins take? I played it a ton in single player when it came out but I haven't tri... : Horn
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    I have yet to play a multi game myself, but I'm planning on 3+ hours but hopefully not much more than tha... : geedeck
    • I've had long, large map games go for 8+ hours. It requires the endurance of WoW, but it's actually fu... : Gonzo
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  How is sins? It looks good. I love RTS and Sci-fi and seems perfect, I just havent gotten around to getti... : BikeNamedMike
  • You'll like it. : phate81
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    I... like a lot of things about it. It's an RTS that does Space Naval battles better than anything I'... : geedeck
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      I'm pretty amazed more wasn't added to the single-player portion since its release. : mittense
      • I don't really get it either. They talk so much hype about post-product support and balance means shit to... : geedeck
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        don't you, like, work there or something? am i crazy? : Dave-A
        • Ironclad developed the game, Stardock published it. I'm at Stardock. : mittense
• Let's get some evening TF2 going for tomorrow. : ass-street
• i actually might be up for this. it would have to be closer to 11am since tix to panthers playoff games g... : Clay
• TF2, any time just about. No 32-player servers, though. Those are an abomination to the eyes in Gabe. : carrioN luggagE
• If I am up and relatively conscious I just might join you, sounds good. : dael
• I might be down depending on what I end up doing tonight. Can someone playing just IM me on Steam before ... : mittense
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  DotA! I'm always up for DotA! I'll also reinstall Sins and see if I remember how to play at all since I h... : Psigun
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    DotA- Head Rush and I are trying to get a game going right now if anyone is up for a game. We need a host... : Psigun
    • I'm keen. I can't host though. : Cliffzorz
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      What game type? : D45hiz
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        I'll play anything but -apem : Head Rush
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          I like rdem, if you guys want to play I can host : D45hiz
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            Sure, I'm in East as AbortdYetiFetus in channel Shacknews. I havent played in a while though, so I'm goi... : Head Rush
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              YETI FETUS. : mittense
              • You need join to us : Head Rush
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              We have more? I can play in about 20. : D45hiz
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                I think Psigun is in a game right now, but it should end soon. : Head Rush
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                  we're in shacknews on us east- i'd like to play arem or sdem with all shackers (2v2 or preferably 3v3) : Psigun
                  • i don't like apem because someone always picks the hero they're completely ace at and get 3x the kills of... : Psigun
              • Ready to rock when you are. 3 in the channel now. : Head Rush
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  I would definitely be up for some Sins tomorrow. 10/11am seems a little early though as I'm in CST. : ErikTehRed
  • Yeah, I know that'd be earlier for you and ungodly early for PST peeps, but given the length of the game ... : geedeck
• im hosting a tf2 match on shackwest tonight actually, look for the post later : DrFlammable
• I need to get Sins, but last time I played it at a friends place I never finished a game, and I was alway... : Cliffzorz
• TF2 TF2 TF2 : nevicata
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  I am so fucking pissed at the developers of Sins. They were so close to making a good multiplayer game bu : OverloadUT
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    years later The game was released this past February. : walker270
    • I was measuing it in rage years wow for some reason I had no idea it was a 2008 game. I thought it was : OverloadUT
  • It's a fun game, but not for that long. It does need that feature you mentioned, but I also think that co... : lplasmatron
  • I really, really like the focus the strategic points are bringing into the gameplay in DoW / CoH. I alway... : enyakk
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    You should play single games then. Not multi's : kpxkrnjc
    • Yes that's totally a solution! Note: I am being sarcastic. : OverloadUT
• I just bought this online, downloading now. : jimmy-buffett
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  DotA: 3 of us are in the channel shacknews on US East, we need more players : Psigun
  • that's a wrap for today! gg's everybody : Psigun
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  Hell yeah, I'm up for it! : Sailor of Fortune
  • Oh dang, EST? I should still be able to manage if it's 11 AM. Guess I'll be one hung over civilization... : Sailor of Fortune

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  Those of you who continue to profess a belief in the Users will receive the standard substandard training... : LilCrypto
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    Can I get a 'what the fucking shit?'? O_o : losimagic
    • amen : onji
    • TRON, MOTHERFUCKER. : Super Sparker
  • My lightcycle crashed right in to this post. : jingletard
• I'm with you. People who use different names for different things at the same time suck >:( : losimagic
• i pretty much use the same name for everything i do, whether it's gaming or on IM. i like my name. =/ : mindmann
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  my IM name pre-dates dahanese, and that's such a bitch to switch i never have. i have a couple "dahansire... : dahanese
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    I bet changing your aim name and only telling people you want to talk to would be cathartic. : brickmatt
    • i do have the dahanese handle if i ever want to do that. i generally just do the "i don't want to tal... : dahanese
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  yeah I use the same one : Megara9
  • Sup consistency sister! : brickmatt
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  After middle school I figured I should change my handle from THeCYbaSTuD. I've pretty much used a differe... : the moon and antarctica
  • I like the old one better. : NastyJack
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  Wait someone is playing on the servers as Brickmatt? : Iwannaacura
  • Yeah, isn't that LOL? I love it. : brickmatt
• I'm pretty much nurglich or micatron everywhere. : nurglich
• Same name since the beginning. Cant stand people using different names on shit. : onji
• yeah. I'm not creative enough to think up something new every time. : Horn
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  R.I.P. LazB : cltcprd
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    Sacraficed to the gods of organization! : brickmatt
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      you should have just changed everything to LazB instead! : cltcprd
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        Everyone does appear to like that one better. =( : brickmatt
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=12175368 : yosemiteclimber
• It's either this or sinner0423. : jingletard
• I try to keep mine the same. Had to change my xbox one though because the one I had the same name as my s... : sigpro
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  hell no, i like to keep things compartmentalized and as anonymous as possible -- in fact I should probabl... : snicker-snack 2
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    LOL, banned for changing names. : brickmatt
    • as far as I understand, it's fine as long as you mods are notified... ? : snicker-snack 2
  • sorry snicker-snack 3 is taken : GloriousCow
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  I use zakk almost everywhere, if it's taken I use zakk23/zakk4223 and more recently zakklol : zakk
  • Zakklol cracks me up. : brickmatt
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  this is the only place I use this nick because shacknews is lame. most new forums I find myself just usi... : mikecyb
  • You're courier new? Fuck this is why I hate multiple names. : brickmatt
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    'courier new' aaaaaahahahahaha what : tomservo
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      uh well one day we were playing CS and helvetica was there so we all changed our names to fonts and we ha... : mikecyb
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        Ahaha those name changing games of cs are exactly the sort of thing I don't get. : brickmatt
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          I dunno it's just goofing off. We played a couple games where we were all named after characters from 24... : mikecyb
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            It's so lame. =( : brickmatt
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              whatever, buttmunch! : mikecyb
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                Buttmunch! The sort of insult I'd expect from a guy who thinks fonts are funny. : brickmatt
                • I don't think fonts are funny I just think it's funny when people make the same dumb jokes :( : mikecyb
      • I was there, but I used my regular Shack nick'. :-( I try to use Bold whenever possible, but it's often : Bold
      • We used to do this at NJIT when we were there playing CS 1.6 . The small group of us that were really go... : Galadriel07
• I use redfive but some other posers sometimes use it and then I have to use squeegeeboy : redfive
• i use Pukerat whenever possible but it occasional gets censored (like in WoW and Warhammer Online :( ) : pukerat
• I generally use the same name everywhere. Although i used to play CS on shack servers under several diffe... : maulla
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  HWM|tomservo 4 lyfe : tomservo
  • Fpc fag. : brickmatt
• I use headrush on most forums, but some assclown had it on the Shack when I finally registered. : Head Rush
• gloriouscow exists only on this beloved black sausage party : GloriousCow
• lol : oHnOES
• nope, have ~5 different ones : re4ctor
• I'm shark, or a variation there of, everywhere. On more professional sites, I'm firstname last initial... : sharkII
• Mmmmmoo all the way! I had to settle for MooCow101 on Xbox Live since I forgot my original password. :( : Mmmmmoo
• mine are either "devnullgt" or "Luke Five Oh"...dont use any beyond that. : devnullgt
• Same here, I used to have "Yossarian" as my game name but most of the time it's taken where you needed to... : Sailor of Fortune
• Never. If a girlfriend, employer or anyone of importance ever found my handle, then they'd be able to Go... : TwiLyght
• Yeah, the name-changing alias bullshit is pretty lame, but at least it isn't rampant (from what I have ob... : dopeman
• I use 2 and only 2...well except in Steam where I use random nicks for awhile and then one sticks for a y... : acheron
• I am only dognose at The Shack and at 3DR Forums, I was a troll elsewhere and do not want to bring that n... : dognose
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  Yup. Usually it's "mittens" and then "mittense" is the backup. "mittense" is pretty much never, ever take... : mittense
  • Aww, never taken. :( : nevicata
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  I'm always rosewood. When I was younger I used to watch a lot of TV, basically whatever was on. There ... : rosewood
  • That was an EXCELLENT story, sir. : ForestCreature
  • GUYS THIS IS ROSEWOOD'S 100,000TH POST. HE OFFICIALLY HAS LESS OF A LIFE THAN MOST OF US! : yoonix
  • Well, somebody should probably Inf this. Congrats on your chattiness, Mr. Wood! : mn3m0n1c
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    Damn. 100,000 posts. Congrats my man! I'm happy that I'm no longer THE chatty bitch that always comes ... : Vantage
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      Knowing that I was at least chatting with some awesome people makes me feel less of a loser for such a mi... : rosewood
      • That was my rationalization as well. :D The Shack is pretty awesome. I can't believe we've been here fo... : Vantage
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    your profile is 200 posts behind, chatty bitch. congrats! : re4ctor
    • Profile doesn't count nuked posts :x : rosewood
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    100,000 posts? Achievement Unlocked : Mmmmmoo
    • I used the umax get out of jail free card, no achievement points rewarded. : rosewood
  • holy posts, congrats! : Audhuml4
  • 28.9 posts per day, for 9 years, 5 months, 15 days. Dedication. : Bamtan
  • You need to add, "I introduce myself to strippers as Rosewood"... : edlin
• I use nevicata as much as possible. : nevicata
• I am only inchwide here iirc. I wanted a change from my usual nym and since footlong was taken, inchwide... : inchwide
• Cliffzorz works perfect for me (obviously), even though people usually pronounce it without the first 'z'... : Cliffzorz
• I use spozik pretty much everywhere - skizl was the name of my rogue in EQ and my nightshade in DAOC, and... : skizl
• I do, but my preferred handle (mnemonic) is often taken so I have to use a variation (like this one--->) : mn3m0n1c
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  sometimes i have to use 2 underscores... : fletch_
  • I hate you underscore people so so much. : brickmatt
• Only the one name for me. But I hate my username so it sucks. I blame hotmail and the Wu-Tang Clan : cookblaze
• Been using my stupid name since '96 but sometimes i use Igor of some sort but it is way too common. : hrdwregk
• Occasionally random nicks are just downright hilarious. I see some really good ones on XBL, actually. Non... : antareus
• I used one prior to this pretty extensively...but it was tied to my real name and I decided that wasn't a... : whodares
• Been using this since '96, but I have a couple of others since 'conan' is often taken. : Conan
• I don't always use this one because I don't want to freak out family members, etc. : Mansmells
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  This is the only username I've used consistently since 1995 : Slowtreme
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    Didn't you have one other nickname during Q2/Wastelan days? : ImageOmega
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      nope. well I did sometimes join games as ARC. But everyone used to nick so you wouldn't get called out. B... : Slowtreme
      • Mediocre or something to that effect? : ImageOmega
• Been using this nick since I was 12 playing Quake 2. : ImageOmega
• I've had the same handle since 1994. : DOOManiac
• I shortened it to yosemite because yosemiteclimber is a bit of a mouthful to blurt out in game. : yosemiteclimber
• i use 'ass street' 'ass-street' and every once in a while 'assstreet' with varying amount of S : ass-street
• I'm Guido Anchovy except for Youtube because something got screwed up with the account I was going to use... : guido anchovy
• Most places I just use my first name because it seems to be rare enough to be able to get as a handle. I ... : renegade732
• I'm almost always smax, except some cockmunch on here already took it. >:( j/k smax, I like your name... : magistersmax
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  Enkidu is my preferred handle whenever I join a forum, but it can be a surprisingly popular name at the b... : Enkidu
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enki whoa : GloriousCow
• My "Handle" is usually Juno, but I often times have to register for things as junosword ever since the mo... : Juno
• yup, that's why there's a 2, "boarder" was always taken. I don't think I'd use boarder now, but I've bee... : boarder2
• I'm thinking of changing my username back to get rid of the stupid "-", and so i can change my XBLA handl... : Dave-A
• I use Umbr everywhere I can :) : Umbr
• I'm still migrating to Bamtan, which is fantastically unique due to how retarded it is. : Bamtan
• I've been using this since I was 12, but I can't imagine keeping it much longer. I mean, I'm married with... : Deathlove

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  I thought they were currently working on a fix through a firmware update? It's in testing now apparently. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    haha hell of a way for Zune programmers to spend new years eve. everyone probably has the rest of the we... : mikecyb
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      "Can't we just wait until it sorts itself out tomorrow and just pretend it was magic?" : Schnapple
      • until Dec 31st, 2012 anyway! : mikecyb
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        UPDATE: this is actually their answer http://forums.zune.net/412486/ShowPost.aspx : cerealSAM2
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          this is so amazing. that means they hard coded in the number of days in the year to be 365. why would a... : mikecyb
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            My guess is that it's more complicated than that : OverloadUT
            • oh yeah I'm sure it's not quite that simple but firmware always works on a low level so when you attempt ... : mikecyb
• obligatory should have bought an ipod! : Ellissd
• Good thing I have an 80GB. : NFXFSX
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  It's not a killswitch, it's a programming error based on it being a leap year according to pretty much ev... : ColoradoCNC
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    Yeah I don't know why he assumed it was a killswitch. That makes no sense. : OverloadUT
    • archvile hates Microsoft : Degenerate
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      I admit I jumped to that a bit too easily, but the 30 GB Zune has been out for how long? Wikipedia says ... : the archvile
      • this is only present if you updated to the latest firmware which I believe is only a couple weeks old at ... : mikecyb
      • Yay, congratulate mediocrity! : loboca
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  what the fuck? sounds like a huge class action lawsuit : .Jayson
  • "Welcome to America. How can we help you sue someone today?" ... fuck. Seriously? Its a bug based on leap... : Madwacker
  • Bullshit : yoonix
• Zunesplosion : mr.sleepy
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  haha... this isn't from a killswitch. : pandastrong
  • it's Titor's advance guard : Merconium
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  Yes, this happened to me. It's probably not a killswitch but rather poorly designed firmware. All but t... : Enkidu
  • well this is my question too. I mean, if it's some kind of wacky programming error where it doesn't real... : mikecyb
  • I am also confused as to how they are going to fix this. If you hook the zune into your computer it begi... : fanax
• "Laputan machine" : tomservo
• My zune is dead. Boo. : famine101
• Mine is toast :/ : sharkII
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  UPDATE: http://zuneinsider.com/archive/2008/12/31/30gb-zune-issues-official-update.aspx : airrob
  • hmmm. ok, I guess. : sharkII
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    UPDATE: We are doing nothing! : dravalen
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      // We are doing nothing and its gonna be fine tomorrow and for 4 more years ! : barichnikov
      • don't worry Zunes only last three years past manufacturing date so none of them will make it to 2012! : mikecyb
    • Well they're doing "nothing" because their QA process would take longer than it would for the process to ... : Schnapple
    • wtf do you want them to do? The fucking thing won't boot because of an *INTERNAL* clock. Would you like t... : ateam311
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    Q: What is Zune doing to fix this issue? The issue should resolve itself. Wow. That's a pretty shi... : Horn
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      Yeah, they really should have said "The issue will resolve itself in 24 hours, after which we will releas... : OverloadUT
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        No reason to patch it right away since it won't be an issue again till 2012.. I think. : K1Bond007
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          It is not clear whether or not the issue is an bug within the flashable BIOS. It might take a bootloader... : Freon
          • Alright nevermind I guess it sounds like it is a driver, which is software, which should be patchable. : Freon
        • March 2007, Microsoft Zune QA office: "We don't have to fix this right away; it won't be an issue until D... : the archvile
    • Zunetwitter: we will update the firmware before 2012 : Iwannaacura
    • Jesus ya'll are being hardasses about this. It's a fucking bug and of course they'll fix it, but there's ... : ateam311
    • Fortunately, the people that actually read the big blocks of text before the Q and A on that same page kn... : CyCo_PL
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      Read a little farther before you kneejerk post. : Ebu
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        That wasn't there when I posted but one kneejerk deserves another I guess : Horn
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          Q: Will you update the firmware before the next leap year (2012)? Yes. That wasn't there? On the lin... : Ebu
          • No that wasn't there, and if you can tell by the lack of spacing between it and the previous "Q", someone... : sharkII
  • As shitty as it is that your Zune doesn't work, there is no reason for them to do anything if they truly : Freon
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    I like how they point out "a large number of which are still actively being used". It's like they're surp... : Bumpmapped
    • can you blame them? : GloriousCow
• thread #3? : dantastic

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  28 days later is great. 28 weeks later, imo, is equally as good. the only movie off the top of my head... : anthonybean
  • I thought they had a good thing going. But they had to put a dude in there who has access to EVERYTHING. ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • I RAGE QUIT 28 weeks later I thought it was fucking retarded that the kids decide to go look for some : esecasco
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  Blair Witch, I know most people hate it but everytime I watch it - I can't sleep :( : jbury
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    Blair Witch 2 scared the shit out of me. : changejar419
    • It didn't scare me, but I saw it at the cinema and remember being horrified at how rubbish it seemed comp... : jbury
  • Blair Witch was absurdly scary if you were young and naive and fell for the marketing. I had downloaded a... : DooBall
  • I saw a preview before anyone knew it was a media thing. Scared the fuck outta me too! : spyrext
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  Creep has one of the most horrific scenes ever. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JthGCZsygAk So very ... : Mr.Finkster
  • Oh and FUCK ME this one made me jump out of my skin; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuCG8zwMKSc&featur... : Mr.Finkster
• Peters you are petarded : gmd
• The Descent :( : pancake humper
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  Aliens. Still. Nothing else even comes close for me. : kallanta
  • Winner. : YerMothah
• Aliens, the Descent, Let the Right One In, Exorcist Most scary movies are just boring, or go for the g... : d fluke
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  It : Dschinghis Khan
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    I laughed my ass off when I watched this with my fiancee a the time. She hyped it up saying it's the sca... : dedgecko
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      Watching IT as a kid scarred me for life : phate81
      • for real : oHnOES
      • me too. ugh that movie ruined my childhood. : jenisthebest
      • totally : Xanthos
      • lol, so true! : voodooraze
      • Same here : sonicdeathwalrus
      • I'm in this club. : MaJeStu
      • ditto : smoove
      • Oh yeah my crazy aunt made me watch this when she was babysitting me. My parents were pissed. (and I was ... : Geoffrois
      • Yeah I can't stand clowns to this day. : lplasmatron
      • Same here. Visions of John Ritter being chased by a Clown with fangs through a cemetery , followed by a s... : heartsauce
      • seriously. fuck clowns. : mindfk
      • here here : Mikuya
      • We all float, FATBOY! : TrptJim
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      i saw it when i was 6, and that movie gave me nightmares for a few weeks. Fucking clowns, man. : Dschinghis Khan
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        I saw Arachnophobia when I was 6. :( : nevicata
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          thats another one that scared me. : Dschinghis Khan
          • I still sometimes think spiders are going to kill me in the shower. :( : nevicata
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          Because of that movie I still to this day check the shower area for spiders before showering. :( : Frozen Pixel
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            Yeah, damn spiders. :( : nevicata
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              I always felt silly for doing it, but last year there was this huge ass spider on the ceiling right above... : Frozen Pixel
              • I had one of those too! He was right up in the corner, waiting to jump on me. :( : nevicata
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      The book was worse, the book had flying exploding leeches and the Ritual of Chud and all that business, n : Lunatic Angelic
      • peddle your chud porn elsewhere.. : On the Brane
  • I stayed up until 4am watching this the night before I took my ACTs and still scored in the 98th percenti... : ConfusedUs
  • My friend and I used to terrorize his little sister after she watched It, we used to say ba ba ba baloon ... : shortbuscaptain
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  Fire in the Sky scared the crap out of me for months when I was a kid : Ovate
  • Me too! : Just A Girl
  • I already had an alien phobia when I saw it. I don't think I slept for weeks after seeing that. : smegmar
  • My gf and I picked this up from some bargain bin on DVD for £2.... it was all fine up until the end when : jbury
  • Good one, that movie is creepy as shit. : action wombmate
  • this : kn1fe
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    I caught the eye part, and refused to even think about that movie ever again : proclone1
    • So agreed. Gross. : megarust32
  • This scared me the most as a kid as well : Mondo
  • yeah that one gave me nightmares too. : khaosman
  • Same here. Plus Abduction: Incident in Lake County and Communion. Fuck that noise. It all made it hard fo... : djkenohki
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  Event Horizon : Just A Girl
  • ^^^ this : AllYourBase
  • Watched it as a kid and it terrified me at the time. : Dontdrop
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    Where we're going, we won't need eyes to see. Damn you for reminding me of that movie :( : mem
    • I love how about the same time this movie came out Sam Neill was doing those Sprint (?) ads where he was ... : kungfusquirrel
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    Just picked this up on Blu Ray. Havent seen it in ages... scared the shite out of me as a kid. : thinkp0l
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      It's not nearly as scary. Kinda sad. I remembered it being super scary as a kid but it's a joke now. :( : Pacalon
      • A friend told me the same. I'm scared to spoil my childhood memory of the movie being awesome. : Dontdrop
  • Eep : sKetchflow
  • I guess I watched it too late. I remember I waited for something to happen, and when it did I laughed. A ... : Damodred
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  Pan's Labyrinth, it had some nasty shit coming straight out of nowhere. I thought it was a fable for kids... : Marauder IIC
  • Its rated R. Not for kids. : trOmblyj
  • The weird eye-hand guy freaked me the fuck out. : magistersmax
  • beautiful movie loved every second of it : m0rfus
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    I remember going in to Pan's Labyrinth and there was an old couple behind me, and the woman was all excit... : Crimsonbeak
    • Did they leave before guy gets bottled? : mem
    • There's a common misconception that fairy tales are supposed to be "disney." I did a very in-depth resear... : DooBall
  • On the topic of Spanish-language movies, The Orphanage was really good and scary as crap without being ch... : nurglich
  • it's an old-school fable, yo! : Megara9
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    • and it's done by the same guy : inchwide
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  The Ring (US version) is the movie that I was scared shitless by : sonicdeathwalrus
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    Ring 0 (Japanese) has one of the most memorable endings for a movie. Poor Samara. :( : mem
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      What?? Nothing poor about her. She's fucking pure evil. : EvilDolemite
      • She was blamed for things she didn't do. And then killed twice, dumped and forgotten into a well : mem
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      what happens..i can't find a clip. : deathofrats
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        Couple of reviews with plenty of spoilers: http://www.sarudama.com/movies/ringu0.shtml http://www.mandi : mem
        • For subtitled version of whole movie. http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=xuskln&view=videos : mem
  • Yeah I couldn't make it past the closet scene, had to turn it off : SatansFist
  • Yeah, indeed. I watched that by myself on a farm out in the middle of nowhere after smoking a bit of the ... : slip42o
  • This movie made me LOL because all the wierd shit just looked like Internet photoshops and animated gifs ... : DOOManiac
• The Devil's Backbone is really atmospheric and sends shivers down my spine when I watch it. : inchwide
• The Thing! : voodooraze
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  jaws as a kid scared the living shit out of me. was scared to open my book of sharks :( : Unleashed
  • The one at Universal Studios scared me when I was a kid. I was looking the other way and my dad said, "lo... : nevicata
  • Haha Can't read... sharks'll get me... can't read... sharks'll get me. : Lunatic Angelic
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  Prolly still Poltergeist. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Another vote for Poltergeist. I still keep an eye on my closet at night. : Edges
• I don't think there's any scary movie that "rocks me to my core". Creepy movies are usually scarier when... : action wombmate
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  Final Destination : proclone1
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    proclone1 you fag that movie is retarded, please tell me you're joking : action wombmate
    • well it was the airplane part at the beginning that did it to me, I'm super super paranoid about shit lik... : proclone1
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  Stephen King's Cats Eye scared me as a kid, that little troll was fucking creepy. : Lunatic Angelic
  • the cat was my hero : proclone1
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    Jesus Christ yes, that fucking bastard and its jester outfit. : gmd
    • also I want to start a company that does the same thing to stop smoking. : gmd
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  Alien: I snuck out of my room at about 5 to watch this. I was hiding behind the couch and hurled when the : ConfusedUs
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    Neverending Story YES That movie ruined me as a child : foo
    • ARTAAAAAAXXXX!!! : fishbone
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      Didn't the horse actually die during filming, or is that an urban legend? : phate81
      • I'm fairly certain that is a urban legend. : Frozen Pixel
      • Urban Legend. The actor that played Atreyu was pulled underwater during one of the takes and when they p... : fishbone
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    Interesting thing that you say about Neverending Story. I think that stuff for "kids" doesn't necessaril... : action wombmate
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      Oh I agree, not every kids story has to be all fluffy bunnies and rainbows, but Neverending Story is real... : ConfusedUs
      • I don't remember being absolutely terrified by it, but I do remember some parts being creepy. I think it... : action wombmate
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        THE WOLF scared me when I was 10 : EvilDolemite
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          more like Teen Wolf, amirite? : deathofrats
          • http://catfish.transworld.net/files/2008/08/wolf.jpg : EvilDolemite
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      marley and me is supposedly an old yeller type ending.. : deathofrats
      • I can confirm this. : voodooraze
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        But the question is, was it a legitimate part of the story and theme of the movie? Or cheap sentimentali... : action wombmate
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          my wife read the book and was in tears for the rest of the day. it's a true story, so it's not just "chea... : waxthirteen
          • I haven't seen it either, so I can't say. I was just raising the question to point out that characters d : action wombmate
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      How about Time Bandits? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        that movie freaked me out as a kid, only because at the end everyone just leaves that poor kid by himself... : waxthirteen
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          "Mom, Dad, it's evil! Don't touch it!" : nurglich
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            hahaha yes! i just don't think my prepubescent brain could handle such an open ending. i always wondered ... : waxthirteen
            • I first saw that movie when I was 12 and have loved it ever since. Totally aside, I saw the movie in... : nurglich
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      Or fucking My Girl. That movie still makes me cry fuck bees : Modica Sol Solis
      • My Girl is a good movie. : dognose
      • Oh yeah that was a brutal one : SatansFist
      • My friend on fourth grade had a massive 9 year-old crush on the girl. He was also into Aerosmith and Fin... : nurglich
      • argh yes : Unleashed
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    funny how shit can mess you up for life. that movie Mask did it for me. i was about 10 when it came out a... : waxthirteen
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      You cried like a baby through Mask when you were 20? The fuck. : action wombmate
      • yes :( for like 10 minutes... i felt like a fucking moron. : waxthirteen
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      You mean as in The Mask with Jim Carry and a fucking hot Cameron Diaz (hottest she's ever been)? : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • hahaha... no. but sometimes when i see "the mask" in the TV listings my heart skips a beat thinking it's ... : waxthirteen
      • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089560/ : Super Sparker
• The Shining, The Exorcist, The Ring, : EvilDolemite
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  As a kid Ghoulies and Critters. Ghoulies actually I never saw but had a terrible fear of something comin... : Crimsonbeak
  • I still have that fear of the butt biting. :( : Pacalon
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  Jacob's Ladder freaked me out the first time I watched it. First time I can remember getting chills from... : Bruzilla
  • Very uneasy feelings watching it : Mondo
• I remember watching Pet Cemetery as a kid and that movie is the only scary movie that ever gave me nightm... : Frozen Pixel
• The exorcist is my favorite horror movie. : razlebol
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  Candy Man pretty much fucked my ability to look in mirrors for a few years. : packav
  • candyman candyman candyman : gmd
  • Hit the gym fatty >:( : skitzo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2d_7f0LBgTo >:O : indosauros
• Session 9 creeps me the fuck out. Event Horizon is probably my all time favorite horror movie though. : hawkeye
• The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, original version. : eldersveld
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  Jesus Camp : Godhatesfatpeople
  • you win the thread : nurglich
  • so scary : timaste
  • Definitely the scariest movie I've ever seen. : ColoradoCNC
• Coincidence, Listening to album from Godspeed your Black Emperor right now that is the song played in the... : timaste
• The Exorcist. : edgewise
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  Touching the Void probably made me feel more or at least as unnerved as any other movie I've seen. : action wombmate
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    I will never hear Boney M the same again. But seriously that scene with the Boney M playing really affect... : NastyJack
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      Boney M? What the hell are you talking about? : action wombmate
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        I'm now not convinced you have seen the movie >:( Check out the "Music" section: http://en.wikipedia.o... : NastyJack
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          Not convinced? WTF is that? I saw it back when it first came out on DVD which was like 5 years ago, so : action wombmate
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            Holy jeez I was just kidding, calm yourself. But the Boney M part was a pretty big part of the movie and ... : NastyJack
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              ps I was kidding again don't get angry at me again. : NastyJack
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                INTERNET RAGE, JACK : action wombmate
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                  RAGE : action wombmate
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                    This will soothe you http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaWsIzWZFr0 PS you might think you don't know w... : NastyJack
                    • I don't have speakers at work :( : action wombmate
• When I was a kid I saw a double feature at the drive in of Star Wars and The Island of Dr Moreau. The Isl... : notext
• I get a kick out of reading World War Z once in a while : Juno
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  The Cube : Megara9
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    oh and Disney's cartoon version of Alice in Wonderland. What the fuckity fuck was that?? : Megara9
    • It was awesome is what. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • That was on last night. It never fails to amaze me just how creepy it is. : riptyde
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      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pAwR6w2TgxY : sonicdeathwalrus
      • this is what i always pictured LSD would be like : mjcrash
• Glitter. : BongSlayerB
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  Arachnaphobia. KILL IT WITH FIRE : jingletard
  • BUT IT KEEPS COMING!!! AAAAAAAHJ! : Q-ball
• I remember being mortified of Hellraiser as a child. Pinhead (and Cenobites), and all the torture just r... : burning eye
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  Return to Oz is pretty disturbing if you're a kid : tbreffni
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    Dude. No doubt. The "wheelers" aka rapists on wheels. Them and the scene with the screaming heads are sca... : NastyJack
    • The hallway of screaming heads scared the hell out of me as a kid. Actually, that whole damned movie was ... : ColoradoCNC
• I saw Dawn of the Dead for the first time 2 nights ago. It was great. : pauk111
• Alien is just so fucking creepy : cpt_gloval
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  That movie posted 2 days ago where some chick is licking Faye Valentine's vaginal warts. :X : DOOManiac
  • Would you stop bringing that up fer fuck sakes >:( : yosemiteclimber
• The Exorcist is the one that freaked me out to the point of almost paralyzing fear. I've seen it twice an... : edlin

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• zombie brains : inchwide
• my bedroom is decorated with movie posters because i can get them for free from the movie theater : electroly
• Target has lots of Hannah Montana items on clearance : dognose
• Velvet paintings of couples making sweet sweet love. : carrioN luggagE
• tapestries, a good bong is a centerpiece in its own right too : esmokah
• Chicken parts and pentagrams : Godhatesfatpeople
• Find a bunch of used needles. Place them on the floor of your room forming a way of passage to wherever y... : humbleone
• I have two flags (UK and Scotland) and two maps (world and Europe), along with a calendar. : Juno
• Paint it all black. : Lightbulb
• If you want something rather large, Rasterbater is pretty awesome. : Perturbation
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  So what exactly is your theme there? : DooBall
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    manlyman : ass-street
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      FUCK, hot tea just came out my noise. MOTHERFUCK YOU. : Super Sparker
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        nose. I couldn't see...tears...in...eyes. : Super Sparker
        • sorry dude :( : ass-street
• some sort of animal skin rug : pandastrong
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  All of those things. ALL OF THEM : genjuro
  • COLLEGE : tomservo
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  Tom of Finland artwork. : woddemandred
  • now you're talkin : Mansmells
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  so you live in a college dorm? : wtf242
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    you forgot the bob marley, pot leaf, and usual suspects posters : opengl128
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      Don't forget the John Belushi Animal House poster. : smoove
      • I've been patiently awaiting the rhetorical hipster sub-thread. : heartsauce
      • little old there... they don't really celebrate him anymore. : Q-ball
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  You don't need more shit, take that shit down. : pancake humper
  • Everyone should live in a bland, off-white cube with kindling furniture from Ikea that has no soul. : NexusOne
• i've Germany and Ireland flags, license plates from past vehicles and states we used to live in, Pink Flo... : Dschinghis Khan
• some cool black n white photos w/ a similar theme.. such as artistic photographs of jazz intstruments.. t... : Megara9
• Round it out with some Transformers and Muppets and you will be golden. All chicks will dig you. : LilCrypto
• get some old WWI / WWII propaganda posters : Solar Jetman
• Dogs playing cards on velvet. : Phil
• etchings : sugarwaffle
• A guy and girl having sex. But they must be lighted. : Ziz
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  http://orion.dfluke.net/rot/vegg/IMG_0105_1.JPG http://orion.dfluke.net/rot/vegg/IMG_0097_1.JPG http://... : d fluke
  • that wall is really cool : meesterbill
  • are those spray paint stencils? : ass-street
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  poop : rosewood
  • I immediately thought of this south park episode... thanks rosewood! Cartman: Okay, Butters, let's st : hirez
  • Nuke + ban + inf + front page chat bubble : dognose
  • one hundred thousand and one dalmations : Juno
• Plants are cool. Books. My favorites are these two paper mache day of the dead skulls. : romulan
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  some art and house plants : cpt_gloval
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    Ah yes I have been meaning to get adequate plantlife : manlyman
    • you can't kill pothos plants http://www.finesseflorist.com/images/graphics/pothos.jpg and they're super e... : cpt_gloval
• the BLOOD OF 50 VIRGINS : beastrabban
• God, that sounds like lots of rooms I spent time in in college. : action wombmate
• Beanbag chairs, bright orange shag carpeting, 70s-era hi-fi set. Groovy hippie chick. : willy359

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  I'm removing Genjuro's and blocking all incoming texts from him. >:( : Rauol Duke
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    genjuro and I often pontificate about rasslin through text message : tomservo
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      which one of you gets to be the Iron Sheik? : Degenerate
      • remember when iron sheik and hacksaw jim duggan got busted for coke and weed together? rocked my world. ... : fletch_
  • genjuro :( : boomstickah
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    I am so unloved :( : genjuro
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      genjuro lets exchange phone numbers and talk about the good old days : lakren
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        No : genjuro
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          we can talk about the abundance of man ass in the old days of nip/tuck and me destroying you in guilty ge... : lakren
          • That's a part of my life that I'd like to forget : genjuro
  • How do you block texts from someone? : ImageOmega
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  is this a warning about some drunk dialing later tonight? : Horn
  • I have to work tomorrow morning at 7 :~( So I hope I get some :D : tomservo
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  I just checked, I have 9 shackers in my phone. That is so lame. : laurgasms
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    do you have them in there by their shack names? : Dschinghis Khan
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      Only one of them is their shack name because I can never remember his real name, I will not say who that ... : laurgasms
      • Tough break, hawkeye. : A Sponge
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        What the?! : ImageOmega
        • how did you know it was you :( : laurgasms
  • I have one! :) : nevicata
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    I have none, nobody wants to be friends with me :[ : jbury
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      That's ok, I don't call any of them and only one of them ever texts me :( : laurgasms
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        To be fair though I would be worried about giving my number to most shackers, as I'm fairly certain some ... : jbury
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          says the crazy guy who rubs poop on his girlfriend : lakren
          • She fucking mentioned that again tonight when I tried to give her a lapdance :( : jbury
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            I have YOUR number. I'm going to text message you. : laurgasms
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              i think you might have my old number. i texted you after i saw this thread and i'm not sure if it was the... : lakren
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                you probably texted my grand central number. it's what i give people i don't actually want to talk to. : laurgasms
                • snap! : c0bra
          • oh god link to thread gets lube out : proclone1
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    4-5 too lazy to look. genjuro sleepy dognose pe etc : boomstickah
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      Who is pe? Perstephanie? : genjuro
      • nope. unless he's stalking me or something. which would be interesting I guess. : perstephanie
  • I only have 2, Megara9 and action roommate, of course. : action wombmate
  • I got pancake humper and Peters4life in my shit. : voodooraze
• Only 1 shacker in my phone. : changejar419
• I have a few, among the 10+ phone numbers from WoW guildies. Blizzcon had my putting them in there, and I... : NexusOne
• 8 in mine. I'm actually a bit shocked by this. : re-verse
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  you still owe me some L4D, Thomas J Servo! : hirez
  • omg this weekend plz? I have your phone number! :D : tomservo
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  I have 16 but I've probably never called half of them. : omnova
  • Woohoo!!! i'm in the good half. : kbnerd
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  i have 34 shackers in my phonebook ( for some of them i even have multiple numbers) : kbnerd
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    omg, I have 34 as well! : tomservo
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      GOTTA CATCH EM' ALL : tomservo
      • TOMSERVO, I CHOOSE YOU! : zakazi
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  I have two or three, but one of them is rosewood and I don't really count him. : Deathlove
  • and if you do count him you almost have to count him twice. : kbnerd
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  Yeah right like you still play Left4Dead. You've had it for more than 48 hours so I know there's no way y... : Ajax
  • ahhahahaha I hate you I hate you I hate you I was all about playing with you and Hawaii's Packie last ... : tomservo
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  We need to play more L4D : brickmatt
  • Do you have much going on this weekend besides showering and brunch with your iphone? Because we should k... : tomservo
• I have all of five. Mostly Austin people. : nurglich
• I think I have ~10 from NYC Shackmeets and D&D sessions. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I think I have three. : perstephanie
  • oh, wait, I have three, but none of them are DC area shackers, which are the numbers I always need when I... : perstephanie