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  1PM EST. : hawkeye
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    12pm EST : pancake humper
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      I bid 11am EST and not a second less!!! : boring gegtik
      • ONE DOLLAR! : DooBall
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      11pm CST :o : HaykB
      • 73pm ADT : deviantpaul
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      Shit, you're right. Not sure where I saw 1PM. : hawkeye
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        For some reason this one is starting at 9am instead of 10am PST. : pancake humper
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          They're going to talk about Steve's hormone imbalance and ask that his decision to become Stevana not be ... : RomSteady
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            still would rather do him than killcreek : boring gegtik
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              That's gay (homosexual). : pancake humper
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                I'm having O/S reassignment surgery : boring gegtik
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                  Removing that floppy drive finally? : pancake humper
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                    replacing it with a hard drive : Cheeziologist
                    • I would have used 'slot loading drive' for your follow up. : pancake humper
  • What is the time in joules? : sukabljat
  • THE WORLD WILL CHANGE AT 1PM!!!! : antareus
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  Steve Jobs will unveil his new fashionable mech-body and live forever until the battery dies. : Fish_Bulb
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    If only he'd made the battery removable :( : ColoradoCNC
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      This is a lot funnier than it is. : elwood00
      • > mind explodes : boring gegtik
    • This needs more love : DonarUDL
    • Oh yes. This needs much more love. : digital_d
  • Naw, he'll just have to recharge it hourly. : Totenjaeger
  • EVA.....AUF WIEDERSEHEN....*gurglegurglegurgle* : Wolfanoz
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  I'd bet my life that although Jobs isn't giving the keynote, he'll at least make an appearance so that ev... : Phreakin
  • he'll just stand on a turntable in the floor and rotate and the crowd cheers at his different angles of a... : get_navi
  • Only in an overlord style headshot video. He looks like shit apparently, and everybody knows that when h... : rasputinreborn
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  Is this the one that is just being webcast, no auditorium this time? : stgdz
  • no, this is the last one. It's in the auditorium. : pancake humper
• Ars Technica liveblog: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-macworld-ars-macworld-2009-keynote-... : elwood00
• Hey, it could happen. : SockMonkeh
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  Engadget http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/05/macbook-wheel-revealed-by-the-onion-news-network/ : industro
  • That was great. : dumb.
  • Haha that is brilliant. "Everything is just a few hundred clicks away" : MaxPete82
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    Hahahaha, "Predictive Sentences" : mr.sleepy
    • The agile aardvark arrived by airmail.The abortion went well. : dumb.
• I was lying on my couch yesterday playing with my iPhone and wishing it had a bigger screen. Come on tabl... : Geoffrois
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  I really like the Mac Rumors live feed. You don't have to refresh and you can open the photos larger in a... : MaxPete82
  • sweet, thanks : onji
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  Any good flash/AJAX/fuck-refreshing update sites? : Deathlove
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    www.macrumorslive.com : -sk-
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      check out this guy being awesome : Deathlove
      • Open the photos in a separate window for full effect. : MaxPete82
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      9:24 am STEVE JOBS JUST DIED : : PeanutsEnvy
      • haha, yeah, haxed : Deathlove
      • hahahahaha : askedrelic
    • looks like the 4chan retards managed to take it over : devnullgt
    • lol. what a disaster. : dromo5
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  Face detection tagging to organise iPhoto? Cool : Bamtan
  • That's pretty awesome really. : SqueegyTBS
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    Support for Facebook and Flickr! : hawkeye
    • Whoa, so the people tagging on Facebook can transfer back to iPhoto somehow? That's crazy useful. : Barnahog
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    Pretty cool, but it's just face detection, not recognition (a much, much harder problem). : rock elf
    • It seems to attempt some recognition, at least from the screenshots (namely the one with Liz). : Barnahog
    • 9:11 am Face detection isn't perfect, but this is incredibly good. 9:11 am iPhoto finds the face, and yo : SqueegyTBS
  • They need that in APSLR bad : rosewood
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  Yes, they announced the new MacBook: http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary : dirge23
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    Welcome to 39 minutes ago. : dumb.
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      you mean last night : jonin
      • Oh, uh... yeah, that's right... I meant 12 hours 39 minutes... yeah. : dumb.
    • dammit engadget link : dirge23
  • sigh.. : proclone1
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  lol 9:24 am STEVE JOBS JUST DIED : : Barnahog
  • :/ I had to do a double-take on that : losimagic
  • That's fantastic. : hawkeye
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  omg STEVE JOBS JUST DIED!!!! : suqur
  • lol... steve did not die! OMGOMG : suqur
• LOL, macrumors live feed: 9:24 am STEVE JOBS JUST DIED : : SqueegyTBS
• Umm, does anyone else see that macrumors live says Steve Jobs just died? : Chepito.
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  STEVE JOBS JUST DIED did macrumors get hacked? lol : MisterPhoton
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    PHEW! 9:27 am Steve did not die. 9:27 am Retraction on Steve Jobs comment...we don't know how that go... : MisterPhoton
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      9:30 am Oh, wait, sorry, Steve did die. Our condolences. : elwood00
      • The hackers have mastered the Caps Lock key. We're doomed! : elwood00
      • truly an american icon : dirge23
• RIP Steve Jobs : rosewood
• 20 mins an app... this is going to be a loooooong keynote : losimagic
• LOL: 9:29 am SEX ME : MaxPete82
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  SEX ME : Chepito.
  • lol macrumors is getting hacked. Awesome. : askedrelic
• SEX ME : HojuSimpson
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  "Oh, wait, sorry, Steve did die. Our condolences." hahah : Omaha
  • whoever is hacking this is doing a great job. funny shit. : senseimoron
• haha the poor macrumors guys... so owned : suqur
• haha, oh, they are so very hacked : Deathlove
• Oh man, their feed is crashing and burning, this is a major hack : MaxPete82
• oh christ its 4chan : MisterPhoton
• haha, 4chan links : Chepito.
• gee, great, 4chan have arrived >:( : losimagic
• Ahaha this is epic. : ZombieAcademy
• how long till they starting posting to the Pictures feed... uh ohs : suqur
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  *closes image feed* God knows what 4chan will do with that if they can :/ : losimagic
  • I'm almost surprised that wasn't their first target. : hawkeye
• hahahahah oh 4chan : askedrelic
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  page load error lololol : hirosushima
  • I got screens for sure. : hirosushima
• they pulled the site. :( : senseimoron
• this is why we can't have nice things : alarm cock
• Hahaha, MacRumors iBroke : MaxPete82
• ahaha wtf just happened : opengl128
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  oh god, it's back, and worse than ever : losimagic
  • Oh...Dear...God : MaxPete82
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    Got screenshots? They're still timing out for me. : eldersveld
    • It's just a constant stream of 'omg 4chan/how you so stupid/steve dead' etc etc etc : losimagic
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      go to http://www.macrumorslive.com/ : abunch
      • and yes it is just a bunch of unemployed retards : abunch
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        what is this shit? why is there all kinds of spam on that page now? reader comments inline with the act... : electroly
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          Someone found the backdoor to their posting hook. My guess it was security by obscurity and it requires ... : SqueegyTBS
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            Surely they wouldn't be so damn stupid?! : losimagic
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              I would be money that they are that stupid, they are mac users. : rosewood
              • "I don't need anti-virus, because I'm on a Mac!!" : MisterPhoton
          • from some of the comments, i'm guessing they just have an IRC channel that feeds the website. it was pro... : electroly
        • They hacked the mechanism used to update the feed, apparently. Looks like *someone* is working on it, as... : genom
      • looks like 4chan hacked that.. : bosst0ne
• oh jeez still going : opengl128
• teve Jobs is dead. : Friedrich Nietzsche : r3dn3ck
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  i sort of want a mac now XD : packav
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    Apple: Become An Hero : Deathlove
    • no money right now :D someday though! : packav
• lol, looks like macrumors just blew up again. : jonin
• There's still MacNN and Ars if you need coverage, BTW. : Lone Swordsman
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  okay i totally got fucked over by forgetting about the keynote... anything interesting happen (not the ha... : Demius
  • how did you get fucked over? : Maarten Goldstein
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    Steve Jobs died and iPhoto knows what you look like. : dumb.
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      ah so nothing interesting then. : Demius
      • There's other stuff that's also uninteresting: http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/live-from-the-macworld... : dumb.
  • They haven't gotten to any big announcements yet. : Chepito.
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  Holy shit, instrument tutorials. That's kind of awesome. : hawkeye
  • Way awesome for a guitar noob like me. : SqueegyTBS
  • STING, who will not only teach you to play the guitar, but have sex for 10 continuous years. lol : hawkeye
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    I wonder if you'll be able to print the sheet music for the songs, or if you'll be restricted to practici... : MisterPhoton
    • Only if you print it via the New Apple printer, which is only compatible with apples ink, also you can on... : hirosushima
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  Oh boy! New version of iWork! wait...that's not exciting at all. : hawkeye
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    Yeah, I hope the 3rd thing isn't software as well :/ : losimagic
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      I'd be okay with that only if it's an iPhone firmware update that has push. : hawkeye
      • It would be so awesome if they introduced that by playing "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa. : MaxPete82
    • iDump: the new Mac designed specifically for the bathroom. : exigence7
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    iWork is pretty goddamn great so I'm kind of happy :-/ : Yanks
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      I really like iWork too...but I don't need it in my MacWorld keynotes. Just say, "New iWork! Check it o... : hawkeye
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        There's nothing really new to talk about in the hardware space so all there is is software. The next thin... : Yanks
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          I really hope they do some seriously cool stuff with Snow Leopard. : hawkeye
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            IIRC It's mainly a stability/bugfix/behind-the-scenes release, so I wouldn't expect much spectacular from... : genom
            • Yeah, that's exactly what I mean. If they fundamentally change the way an OS thinks about apps and make ... : hawkeye
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              If it means my mac is automagically much faster due to better multicore CPU support and graphics card uti... : SqueegyTBS
              • I'd like to sign up yesterday. Also modern cocoa finder plz : Yanks
              • there's nothing automagic about that graphics card utilization stuff. it's a full API you have to specif... : electroly
    • Me too. iLife and iWork is shit I actually use, and may get the new version of soon. : sgtsanity
• This is so boring. Oh god. : -sk-
• yaaaaaaaaaaaaaawn : opengl128
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  9:55AM "Next up, Pages." Next up, we're napping. : hirosushima
  • Seriously. At least they're running through the iWork stuff pretty quick. : hawkeye
  • But hey, fullscreen text editing... : -sk-
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    I see that Engadget sent their usual Man-Children to the keynote. : sgtsanity
    • haha yeah. : hirosushima
• So was there no update to iDVD??? :( I use that program : Mrc32
• Keynote on iPhone/iPod Touch is pretty nifty actually. I need to use this for something and currently I e... : node
• Let's hope this is building to something. : byorn
• http://www.engadget.com/2009/01/06/itunes-going-primarily-drm-free/ ?? : losimagic
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  shit, guess they're not announcing Snow Leopard: "Some customers haven't upgraded to Leopard yet but i... : boring gegtik
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    That box set looks really nice. I gotta upgrade to Leopard sooner or later. : sgtsanity
    • I'm gonna wait for snow leopard to upgrade I think : boring gegtik
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  10:01AM New Numbers features... so, did you guys do anything cool over the weekend? Are you FUCKING KI... : sgtsanity
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    CHECK OUT OUR NEW SPREADSHEET FEATURE : boring gegtik
    • NO. SPREADSHEET FEATURES CAN WAIT. INTERNET SNARKINESS IS NEEDED UP IN THIS LIVEBLOG. : sgtsanity
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    Try ars http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20090106-macworld-ars-macworld-2009-keynote-live-on-ars.htm... : Barnahog
    • Wow much nicer and less juvenile feed, thanks! : tfboc
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    I think they got so much backlash from being apple fanboys that they not have to be dicks to prove their ... : melkore
    • their iCred numbers are through the ROOF : Horn
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    Oh come on I LOLed, it's a fucking spreadsheet tool and they're a hardware site. : node
    • Srsly, I don't get the hate... this is hardly an exciting keynote so far, they're just trying to lighten ... : losimagic
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    are you kidding? this is the dullest macworld ever. they can say whatever the hell they want : mikecyb
    • oh well there's the new 17" macbook so that's cool I guess : mikecyb
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  Hey guys its JUST LIKE GOOGLEdocs. : hirosushima
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    It looks really neat. Not happy about it being a pay service though :( : hawkeye
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      so use google docs : boring gegtik
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        Google Docs is fucking awful though. I'd rather use Zoho before Google Docs. : hawkeye
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          when did you last use it? It's no where near fucking awful. : Horn
          • A few months ago. Spreadsheets are ok, but the Word Processor might as well be Word 97. : hawkeye
        • Office Web will be nice for you then : derelict515
    • Yeah, it's going to be tough for this to compete with GoogleDocs, which is free, useful, and works very w... : genom
    • but, dude.. brushed metal and gradients! : industro
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    Except you'll have to pay for it? : exigence7
    • I just don;t get apple sometimes. I love them and then I hate them. It's one of my necessary evils. : hirosushima
    • So silly. If it was free people would use it. : Bamtan
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  17" mbp : losimagic
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    Well, looks like no new Mac Mini's. Might as well just forget the Mac Mini ever existed. : hawkeye
    • What? do you live in the future? It's til going. : node
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    MATTE?! : Bamtan
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      This makes me happy, and gives me hope the matte option will spread back to the 15" model at some point..... : genom
      • It seems the matte/anti-glare display ones have a silver display surrounding, rather than piano black glo... : Bamtan
      • Or indeed the iMacs. Which might tempt me back from the top end Mini I'm currently considering. :( : node
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      ahahaha its now a $50 option to get back to matte. man apple just does whatever the hell it wants : smacknca
      • oh sorry, guess that might be a special anti-glare coat on a glossy version : smacknca
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    let's guesse the MSRP! I'll go first: $1650 : boring gegtik
    • 1799 : hirosushima
    • x 2 : Thresher
    • One Dollar! : DonarUDL
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      2800 : OverloadUT
      • ^ Same as the last... : SqueegyTBS
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        BOOYAH : OverloadUT
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          actually you were over by $1 so YOU LOSE MCFLY : mikecyb
          • As if anyone reads 1799 as 1799 and not 1800. >:[ : OverloadUT
      • You win a prize! : hawkeye
    • 2750 : semaphore
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      1899 : losimagic
      • fu why not just bid 1800. : hirosushima
    • 1999 : suqur
    • $1650 gets you a nice MacBook, not a huge MBP : derelict515
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      $2799 : SiW.
      • ding ding ding : Lethal01
      • ding ding! we have a winner! : zerog83
      • WE GOT A WINNER! : sgtsanity
      • and here's your $500 for having the exact retail price! : epit
      • well played. now you get to sniff steve jobs asshole. : hirosushima
      • Overload and I both know that Apple releases new models at the same price as the old one. If you're an e... : SiW.
    • lol are you kidding? it's going to be like $3k : mikecyb
    • $2899 : virus
    • $1651, Bob. : deathofrats
    • $2399 : exigence7
  • shit shit shit. I needed this to be a mac mini so bad. : skilesare
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    sounds like they made a battery breakthrough? : boring gegtik
    • The hummingbird. : hirosushima
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      Can't imagine what it would be. If it was huge, you'd think we would have heard something about the tech... : exigence7
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        It's probably more about optimization of power consumption of the components than a big battery breakthro... : MaxPete82
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          "8 hours on a single charge, can be recharged up to a thousand times, more environmentally friendly compu... : boring gegtik
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            LOL "When you design for a removable battery, there's a lot of wasted space" : boring gegtik
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              I think that's a fair point to make. : Horn
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                it's a fair point, I'm laughing because it's so apple to spin something like this as a consumer breakthro... : boring gegtik
                • The ipod shuffle -- FINALLY no more screen on an ipod. The Macbook Wheel is next, seriously. : boring gegtik
                • It's a bit of a unrelated point though when talking about a 17" laptop. Shaving off a pound and some inc... : exigence7
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            If you're using it every day...365 days in a year...you get a little under 3 years out of the battery bas... : genom
            • I really hate the direction Apple is going with disposable hardware. Use it up until it's dead, buy a ne... : deathofrats
      • there are plenty of lithium ion breakthroughs that you haven't heard of : Luminair
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      yeah, make it unreplaceable for the user ;) : losimagic
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        It's fused with the aluminum unibody. : Arcanum
        • cool I didn't know we were watching a how its made live blog. : hirosushima
    • now with less explodey : sgtsanity
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    lololol non-removeable battery? fuck that : hawkeye
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      i've never removed a battery, or had to upgrade or replace one, in any of my laptops ever : Maarten Goldstein
      • It's a nightmare for IT people though. : virus
      • I haven't had to do it with my MBP yet (about 1.5 years old) but I'm only getting about 2h per charge now... : hawkeye
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        If you use a laptop unplugged on a daily basis, you'll have to replace the battery after a year. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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          They just said that this battery should last three times as long : OverloadUT
          • Responding to Maarten's claim. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • the kind of cell that most laptops use will lose half its capacity in two years, regardless of how you us... : Luminair
      • I needed a new battery in both my Dell laptop and MBP within 18 months : derelict515
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      Wow I thought you were joking... they really did it - that's retarded. : dumb.
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        I wonder how they repair something like that? Ghost your HD onto an unused model and refurb the previous ... : Bamtan
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          I'm sure its removable if you open the laptop and void the warranty. Its nonremovable like the ipod batte... : re-verse
          • yeah if you get a busted one I'm sure they have a replacement program. it's not like you can't open up t... : mikecyb
          • I'm sure there will be a fairly standard repair cost to have an apple store replace it, like iPods/iPhone... : Fayk
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            Yeah exactly, I guarantee the battery has a case, clips or screws holding it in, a wire plugged into it -... : dumb.
            • While it's probably mounted in something along those lines, I think you're completely wrong and baseless ... : Fayk
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    Does anyone know whether you can swap out your own HD or memory with these? Could you do it with the othe... : boring gegtik
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      That's easy. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        with the old macbook the access was under the removable battery -- how do you get at these with the new o... : boring gegtik
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          HD is right next to the battery. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
          • this thing has a non-replaceable battery.. now what? : boring gegtik
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  If that's it color me unimpressed -- absolutely nothing I wanted to see. : Yanks
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    Perhaps there is a "one more thing"? : MaxPete82
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      We're seeing that now : losimagic
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        Not really, he said there were 3 new things, this is the third thing. : MaxPete82
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          10:10AM "One more thing... the third thing." : losimagic
          • I'm following Ars Technica, they didn't mention that... : MaxPete82
  • I'm hoping they discontinue the plastic macbook and drop the price of the new one. It was rumored but it : mikecyb
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  oh come on you can have a 256GB SSD but I can't have a 64GB Touch get fucked apple >:( : Deathlove
  • Yeah, when the 64 gig ipod happens, I'm on it, until then, i spend my money on camera gear. : re-verse
• http://www.theonion.com/content/video/apple_introduces_revolutionary : nosseman
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  So iLife is no longer bundled with new Macs? :( : dmason
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    It still is (from Ars coverage) "iLife is free on all new Macs, $79 for non-new Macs, upgrade to family p... : mn3m0n1c
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      iWork '09 ships today and will cost $79 for a single license, $99 for a family pack and $49 with a new Ma : dmason
      • Ah, wait. Found my crucial reading error. : dmason
      • That's iWork not iLife, and no, $99 gets you a family license. You get a $30 discount on a single license... : tfboc
  • Of course it is. : tfboc
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  one more one more thing? lols : losimagic
  • Lol, and you didn't believe me. : MaxPete82
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  one last thing time which is itunes. DRM free anyone? : Horn
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    AM SO XITED! : gakera
    • o wait apple doesn't want my money because I live in an igloo, nm YAY PIRACY FOR ME : gakera
  • subscription please : losimagic
  • Finally bending to pricing demands. : hawkeye
  • -The second thing we're doing is iTunes Plus (DRM-free music) Wooooo : Horn
  • drm free is nice. : re-verse
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    iTunes plus is probably where the 1.29 pricing comes in. : Horn
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      They've had iTunes Plus for a long time now. It used to cost more then they changed it to be the same pri... : OverloadUT
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        until now. -Really easy to go in and upgrade your entire library to DRM-free I just checked mine; $... : zerog83
        • Ohhhhh well that is kind of ass >:[ : OverloadUT
  • they've had DRM free music for like a year and a half already : electroly
• "Over the last six years songs have been $0.99 -- music companies want more flexibility. New pricing, $0.... : suqur
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  "World's largest music library, over 10 million songs, over 75 million accounts with credit cards" ...... : genom
  • Hahah, I thought the same thing. See ya suckers! : hawkeye
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  One more thing - a price increase in itunes! Hooray? : re-verse
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    huh? : losimagic
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      $1.29 : re-verse
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        No it's not a price increase, don't listen to re-verse. They are offering new pricing options for studios... : OverloadUT
        • uh, so you can get old music that should be cheaper than .69 cents for .69cents and now instead of paying... : hirosushima
        • Oh i must have been temporarily insane. I'm sure all the studios will prefer to sell their tracks at $0.6... : re-verse
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          lol. I wish i had the lol script handy... When faced with the option to sell their music for $0.69... : deathofrats
          • Some will, some won't. : OverloadUT
          • Let me [lol] that for you. : dumb.
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          interesting perspective. I guess you think the music companies want "more flexibility" so they can... ma... : Luminair
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            probably so they can sell hot singles for 1.29 and the really shitty filler songs for .69 : boring gegtik
            • Yeah that's what I'm expecting : OverloadUT
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  YESSSS! No more DRM! : zerog83
  • A small step for an acronym, a huge step for mankind. : zehh
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    I thought Itunes+ songs already had DRM removed..am I mistaken? : deathofrats
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      You are right, but it was mostly just EMI based artists, but it now looks like sony, virgin, american, an... : DonarUDL
      • Ah, it seems a lot of independent artist's music and smaller labels were Plus, like Warp Records and Merc... : deathofrats
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  "Over the last six years songs have been $0.99 -- music companies want more flexibility. New pricing, $0.... : deathofrats
  • ^^^ this is my thought too. any song thats worth paying for is now more expensive : epit
• Make an entirely new itunes store! Please! It's complete shit. : Albemuth
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  att's data network just cringed in fear haha : smacknca
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    haha yeah notice how edge was not included. : hirosushima
    • god viewing web pages over Edge is painful enough I can't even imagine downloading a song : mikecyb
• oh snap music store over 3G : mikecyb
• holky shit, music store over 3G. I am almost envious. almost : Deathlove
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  Interesting. Locked to iTunes for 69 cents, go to Amazon for 99 cent DRM free, or pay up $1.29 to keep a... : SiW.
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    Where are you getting this from? That the DRM scheme (or lack) depends on price? Also, there is still a $... : Fayk
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      Yeah, I'm guessing the songs they're willing to lose DRM on will be a similar group as the songs they're ... : perstephanie
      • All songs DRM free (coming anyways) http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2009/01/06itunes.html : Fayk
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    Amazon is pretty awesome. You only get one-time downloads (AFAIK), but it's great quality, drm-free for 9... : K1Bond007
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      Apple does do that and does allow you to do that. Not often and you have to call but they will do it. : OverloadUT
      • over 1/2 of the itms music I have bought in the last year I guess is itunes+ no drm. Though I haven never... : Slowtreme
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    C) move to canada and privately pirate music for free because it is legal because you pay a levy on thing... : Luminair
    • You have lots of words in here but this is not even close to how the copyright levy works. Legality of do... : Morgin
  • I'll pretty much be sticking with Amazon. : dmason
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  4chan thread: http://www.webcitation.org/5dd9iJFVY : rock elf
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    Hah, man. 4chan is the scourge of humanity, and it's hilarious. : zehh
    • zip.4chan.org/g/src/1231266492239.png man. : zehh
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    oh god a .passwd file bad security is bad : Deathlove
    • Let me guess - it was even stored in a public directory? : dmason
  • hahah I wonder what the stock did at 9.24am lol : gakera
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  Hahaha, 4chan hacked Mac Rumors Live. http://www.webcitation.org/5dd9iJFVY Screenshot: http://flick... : sgtsanity
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    welcome to the top of the thread. : hirosushima
    • Now with actual links, new in iTopOfTheThread '09! : sgtsanity
  • God. Script kiddies are the lowest form of shit head scum on the internet. : node
  • A less elegant but (I think) more comprehensive series on Easyscreens: http://www.easyscreens.info/ind... : eldersveld
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  No Push Notification (maybe they meant September 09...) No new Mac Mini's No AppleTV refresh iLife a... : hawkeye
  • No iMacs, No Snow Leopard. It was probably foolish to expect that much to be crammed into a Keynote, but ... : node
  • No MacMini announcement makes me a sad panda. : dmason
• Downloading a song now over Edge (no 3G signal here). Edge is slow. : cookblaze
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  MOST BORING MACWORLD EVER. No wonder Steve decided to die. : Albemuth
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    I heard he died of boredom. : re-verse
    • I heard he was strangled by his turtleneck. : dumb.
  • enjoy it, didn't apple say it was the last time they would do a big macworld show? : Luminair
• The new MacBook Pro sounds nice, I am interested in getting one. The one thing I love about Apple is tha... : manlyman
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  No new mini (kill the damn thing) and no iMac update. Blah. : Serpico74
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    Don't kill the mini yet. Plex is too awesome for the mini to die. : rosewood
    • But i want a new Mini before i make the jump from my old Xbox with XBMC >:( I can't believe they didn'... : Arsenal
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  Just to confirm... no new iPhone right? I still have 25 days to return my old one if they come out with ... : treefingers1
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    Why would they come out with a new iphone when the old one is still the bees knees x1000 : Yanks
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      There have been rumours of a 32GB model. : rock elf
      • Probably the wholly unsubstantiated kind. The 3G is still quite new, I don't see why they'd need a refres... : derelict515
  • Correct. I'll be getting one later this week. : rock elf
• They don't appear to have removed the 10 MB download cap for podcasts in the iTunes app. I just tried, a... : elwood00

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  Unfortunately for me, a lot. I'm a pretty pick eater and usually it's the stuff that isn't good for you. : bcyde
  • ^^^ Same, : NFXFSX
  • I have the same problem. :( I wish I could just eat whatever was on the plate but it all tastes like s... : DOOManiac
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  I think they're called Water Chestnuts. You find them a lot in stir-fry and asian cuisine. To me, they ... : jingletard
  • Wow, that's one of my favorite parts, bag them and send them to me! : devi| dog
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    Yep, same thing here. Korean mom always used to put water chestnuts in everything and it fucking drove me... : disposition
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      Me Too but its because i HATE the texture. : SlingBlaze
      • They're just like apples minus apple taste : snuff
  • They're mainly for texture. : prime8
• Paging Soapy McNuggets.. : SiW.
• Carrots and celery, all other vegetables are delicious though. : devi| dog
• Raw celery and Broccoli soup. Oh, and spicy pickled cauliflower. : deadhorse
• i'll eat most things, though there are things i like better than others. : mindmann
• orange potatoes : DrZettl
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  Things that are excessively bitter like european coffee. They don't make me want to gag but the taste is... : action wombmate
  • Yeah, I don't generally like bitter foods. : omnova
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  Nothing. I had a few dislikes as a child but I grew out of them. : rock elf
  • Exactly. I can't think of anything I just can NOT eat. Plenty of things I have a very strong dislike for,... : mmogger
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  i'll eat pretty much anything it doesn't matter : qwpeoriu
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    except mayonnaise, fuck mayonnaise that shit is disgusting : qwpeoriu
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      you need a watch that shoots hot sauce : Old_Fart
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        who doesn't need one of those?! : yosemiteclimber
        • I'll buy 3 : RikiTiki2
      • Mushrooms, black olives, regular olives... there's quite a bit but it's mostly small stuff like that. : prime8
• Tomatoes and mushrooms. Gross. : tsuba
• Mushrooms and water chestnuts. : disposition
• liver, I'm okay with pate but liver served as liver can FTFO same goes for kidneys too actually I'l... : Toraz Chryx
• i have to have chicken nuggets with fancy sauce for every meal. : .frame
• rice pudding : headbone
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  Brussels sprouts, and most cooked greens like collard and mustard greens, and broccoli too. Funny thing i... : Old_Fart
  • I too share your hate of the dreaded sprouts. http://www.eyegas.com/attackofthesprouts/ : Mr.Finkster
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  sauerkraut : Albemuth
  • Then what do you put on brats??!?! : soggybagel
• hard alcohol. i gag whenever i try and drink it and i start dry heaving if i manage to get it down : oHnOES
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  Those eggs with the fully formed chicken in it that have been pickled or something. Definitely won't ever... : Psigun
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    WTF? I have never heard of this abomination. : erebus
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut : gnomish
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balut : Slowtreme
• celery and cottage cheese : randomnull
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  I hate all kinds of fruit and most vegetables. Can't even stand the smell of them when someone else is ea... : yemeth
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    how do you live if you don't have those? : bakanoodle
    • Apparently salads, potatoes and tomatoes (on pizza or in pasta) supply me with enough of the stuff to get... : yemeth
• Chocolate. :( : menkey
• eggs, beans, mayonnaise : kbnerd
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  Anything super spicy. I'm a huge wuss when it comes to spicy food. : helvetica
  • I'll agree with this, too. It's not even so much about it being too spicy to handle (though I don't like... : action wombmate
• marshmellows : scorpiusman
• Anything thats not really dry. Or that is not a grilled cheese or pizza. : not work safe
• Sardines. : hirosushima
• smallest hint of coriander makes any dish inedible, bummer when I order all this tasty Indian food and th... : dael
• Peas are definitely the most disgusting thing in the world, and lima beans aren't that great either. Also... : skizl
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  mayonnaise and any dish that includes mayo. (chicken / tuna salad etc) : pyide
  • This. Never could stand the stuff (and Miracle Whip is even worse). : Ormsbee
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  What about peas in the can? The soft ones? I fucking hate all frozen vegetables, but the ones in the can ... : royalally
  • I'm the exact opposite. I hate vegetables from a can, but I like to steam fresh and frozen vegetables. : Just A Girl
• Seafood. I find the taste, the smell, and the appearance absolutely loathsome. It was pretty intere... : eldersveld
• walnuts.....and most cheese, unless its melted then I love it....strange I know : niceguynick
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  carrots, so fucking disgusting : MagicWishMonkey
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    carrots are awesome, wtf? : pyide
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      Carrots and liver are two foods that will almost instantly make me projectile vomit. I hate them so much.... : MagicWishMonkey
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        I can understand liver but fresh, peeled carrots are 100% delicious and crunchy goodness. : pyide
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          And one of the blandest tasting vegetables. I can't really comprehend how or why they would be considered... : pyide
          • I don't know why, it's something about the aftertaste and texture, I don't know why but it's just gross. ... : MagicWishMonkey
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  Black licorice, bleh. : sugarwaffle
  • As vile as this black licorice is, adding salt to it takes it to unprecedented levels of TERRIBLE SHIT. ... : gnomish
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  This thread is actually making me hungry. : Boxelder
  • no kidding. this is why I ignore most food reviews from the shack. I assume almost everyone who types s... : hamachi
• Vomit and mold... about the limits I discovered so far. : Jonathan
• The popcorn jelly beans. Other than that I'll eat almost anything. I'm also in no rush to try eyeball aft... : DarkWolf5
• Onions! It really sucks, too, because onions are in EVERYTHING. The smell repulses me and I can't stand t... : Marlin
• Broccoli If it is in my food in any fashion, even in heavy sauce type dishes, I still refuse to eat it... : breadsticks
• I can't stand peas or green beans. Until they are cooked with ham or bacon, then they become a delicious ... : glio1337
• raw whole tomato slices : GloriousCow
• pickles. pickles=pure evil. However, I love cucumbers. go figure. : beastrabban
• brussel sprouts. : baron calamity
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  Coriander, more specifically Cilantro (the leaves) - it tastes like metal to me, like steel or aluminum u... : gakera
  • Same here, Cilantro tastes FERROUS to me. Not-food. However since my boyfriend's Mom started going waaaaa... : ForestCreature
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  raw olives. I can't wrap my head around their taste and can't understand why anyone likes them. : deathofrats
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    uhhhh aren't they poisonous or something? : DarkWolf5
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      Or just really really bitter? : DarkWolf5
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        I would assume he means green olives. : sandcrab
        • I used to hate green olives with a passion, but started to enjoy them recently. : DarkWolf5
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          Olives are not poisonous. : ateam311
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            um, I never said they were. : sandcrab
            • Someone up in this bitch was suggesting it. I'm striking it down. : ateam311
  • Olives are ridiculous : rosewood
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  Jello. It makes me puke. : Salad Sammich
  • you, sir, are broken : Postal
• onions : spaceless
• Mustard : cltcprd
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  Eggs. I can't for the life of it stomach eggs. I really really honestly get sick and nauseous if I'm sitt... : aaarrrgh
  • +eggs : aaarrrgh
  • must be a Danish thing : Postal
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  Uni (Sea Urchin). You either love it or hate it. It makes me want to projectile vomit. :( : racer5
  • ^^^ I'm with you on this. I can't stand it. : Ariakus
  • if fish pudding sounds appetizing, try uni. : skryte
• Boiled cabbage. Ugh... : Home Nugget
• Lima Beans Rock! : Kaerof
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  Bananas. : Cliffzorz
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5O6C9YYGmgk : sandcrab
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=St_RkB7Q0zk : Dschinghis Khan
• Anything in the yellow or red, or anything derived from anything in the yellow/red (think corn syrup, ...... : boarder2
• Mushrooms and olives. I want to be able to like them, but every time I try them it doesn't change. : mechanicalgrape
• Fish, and Mayonaise. Ugh : SolveChrist
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  Cauliflower in any form, broccoli unless I eat it almost whole or with a bunch of stuff, cucumbers too. : h o s t i l e
  • hello my cauliflower hating friend. shit makes me dry heave unless it's in a curry or something. : erotic sock
• Kimchi probably : RikiTiki2
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  Whole Wheat Bread... vomit city every time. : Grumbeld
  • why the hate for wheat? : Ariakus
• Bat and dog. Never again. : kramweil
• A can of V8. : Optimus Prime
• I can't eat yoghurt. I haven't had yoghurt since the 3rd grade or something. I think it's repulsive. Othe... : evildanish
• Aubergines make me vomit almost instantly : alnya
• Fish sticks. : lplasmatron
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  Eggs in any form other than scrambled, bell peppers (capsicum), raw tomatoes, cooked spinach, mushrooms,... : Thresher
  • And looking through the list... Chicken Gizzards, liver of any kind, brussel sprouts., : Thresher
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  Brussels sprout. They make me gag. : razlebol
  • that's definitely an easy target - many can't stand them : Postal
• Polenta : IcomeINpeace
• I too cannot eat peas. I can filter them out of any dish and have them perfectly piled up on one side of ... : DooBall
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  Nothing : c0bra
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    Oh wait, any red candy-type thing. This includes red starbusts, most red throat lozenges, red suckets (in... : c0bra
    • Maybe medicine tastes like CANDY : fishbone
• split pea soup with ham juice. disgusting : JINKY
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  i hate green onions : Chandler55
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    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-7QSMyz5rg : rosewood
    • i listened to it all : Chandler55
• man i can throw some peas on anything : lakren
• http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=w1c-Y0Qxv-M 0:45 : Kerath
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  P[Eggplant]P : hashd
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    oh my what happened here? : hashd
    • there ain't no purple tag (that I know of) : Postal
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  Mushrooms and cauliflower. Can't stand them. : timmie
  • i used to hate mushrooms but now i love them. Sauteed mushrooms in wine... fucking awesome : GloriousCow
• green olives. vile fucking things they are. FUCKIN WRETCHED : reverend~heresy
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  PIckled ginger. One of the first times I ever hung out with my best friend of 4 or so years, she convince... : WildDanimal
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    how much was 'a big piece' : GloriousCow
    • More than one of those thin slices they give you at sushi restaurants. : WildDanimal
• I can't eat anything with a Y and a G in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SivpLzwYSYE : willy359
• Pickles and fresh olives(cooked on pizza - good). : Don Vito Corleone
• Onions. Gah. : Bob_Loblaw
• Guacamole and artichokes. : silent77
• onions (because they are nasty) and shellfish (because i throw up) : kill9
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  Salmon and capers. I will not use them. I will not work with them. : rosewood
  • ...sam i am : onji
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  Tripe, Blood Stew, Pig Hoof, Chicken Feet. You think it sounds crazy, but my ridiculous chinese GIRLFRIE... : Vantage
  • if you and your culture grew up licking fresh shit stains off a cow's ass, then you'd think it's normal a... : reverend~heresy
  • everything but blood stew is good :( : jimmy_legs
  • I would not be able to date someone who ate food like this. Jesus. Every time I went in to kiss her, in m... : weaselmeister
• Onions, tomatoes : FPSDavid
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  Cottage cheese, omg :( And brussel sprouts. Tartar sauce. Bleu cheese. Buttermilk. A lot of random dai... : laurgasms
  • OH! Fresh cilantro. Tastes like soap, makes my eyes water. : laurgasms
• Liver Avocado / guacamole Pumpernickel bread Lutefisk (My mom has it every Christmas, and always tries... : ]aratex[
• Onions ruin every fucking food. I can stand the taste but not the texture and crunch. Get the fuck off my... : Bamtan
• are there any chef's on here? that's where the fun starts : scorpiusman
• dry roasted edamame. cooked with sauce i can handle.. : rezombie
• beets : justsayno
• raw onions and DISGUSTING OLIVES : pointyelbows
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  Cooked carrots. I love carrots but when cooked I heave a little. : zakazi
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    they're far better roasted than steamed : nem00
    • Honey. Fucking. Glazed. : Ebu
• brussel sprouts, cooked colly flower and broccoli : Dschinghis Khan
• Celery, potato salad and eggplant : itsjames
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  Vienna sausages, marshmallows, and raisins (unless its Raisin Bran) : Just A Girl
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    We are exact opposites. : royalally
    • I have family in Englewood and they like all food from a can... maybe it's in the water there. : Just A Girl
• Raw tomatoes, canned mushrooms (rubber slugs, ew), super spicy things. : TheMonkeyWench
• Eggs. They are just disgusting. : ColoradoCNC
• Scalloped potatoes. : melkore
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  Everyone hates peas because they cook them wrong. Peas at home = mushy and nasty Peas in things like As... : snuff
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    Oh and to add... everyone cooks peas wrong because they buy canned peas. There's your problem right there... : snuff
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      but ... i like canned peas. now i really want peas. : pointyelbows
      • Canned vegetables are an abomination. : Ebu
  • ranch is fuckin vile : reverend~heresy
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  99 percent of vegetables. None of them taste any good. It's the salad dressing or whatever sauce is on th... : bozer
  • Lies! Raw carrots are delicious, as is raw broccoli. Even raw cucumber is tasty. Raw snap peas are awe... : Arcanum
• Eggplant. : nevicata
• What kind of peas? I can raw peas or even frozen pea's like candy. Cooked they're still good but less fun... : renegade732
• After having to eat many failed cooking attempts, I'm pretty sure I can stomach just about anything now. ... : renegade732

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  I liked the idea of the series in the begining and they have some funny episodes but goddamn has this ser... : Hoax
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    oh and i'm not trying to shit on your exitement, hopefully it will be good. : Hoax
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      your hate filled words couldn't bring my day down! a full hour of Scrubs, new keyboard, mouse & thumb dr... : Korban
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        Why do you like Scrubs so much, Korban-mah-man? I enjoy it, but I'm not all fully-veined over it. It does... : Dave-A
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          this is why, Dave-A http://scrubs.mopnt.com/_graphics/content/elliot_hair.jpg need i say more? : Korban
          • *swoon* : Mr.SEX
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      alan sepinwall says it's good. :( : Deathlove
      • He obviously wasn't watching last season. : Hoax
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    season 7, to me, is the only truly weak season. i've enjoyed every episode other that those ones. : Korban
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      Season seven was pretty awful. : mittense
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        The last episode i saw was some fairy tale costume episode and it was painful to watch. i barely can reme... : Hoax
        • That was supposed to be a midseason filler ep, but NBC ran it as the season finale. Because NBC can chug ... : Deathlove
        • Forget it happened and considered the episode before it to be the finale. : walker270
    • I didn't have any problem with S6 (isn't this S7 coming up), the only major problem I had with any were t... : Deathlove
• It's going to be an awesome hour of television. : Lionhart32935
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  More funny, less emo Braff, more nude Chalke : soggybagel
  • LOL, abc fool. Strike that and reverse it. : brickmatt
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  Is it true that this show is back only for one season on ABC? : rosewood
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    It's 90% sure that it will end this season. Both Zach Braff and the lady playing Carla said they will le... : Lionhart32935
    • Yeah, that'd be like Saved by the Bell: The New Class :( : Bamtan
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    Bill Lawrence and Zack Braff are both leaving, but there's rumors that it could carry on. I think a lot o : Deathlove
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      oh god a new cast of characters? talk about jumping the shark. : med1c
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        Seriously, always a recipe for disaster. : soggybagel
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          although, i do like the concept of a new cast ever year. like new interns from the incoming class. : Korban
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            this is why ER is shit now, keep changing the characters, i really dont care about them anymore : med1c
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              I think that's much more a function of the writing than the cast. : Deathlove
              • no thats just my opinion, i like the story lines i hate the characters because they are constanly leaving... : med1c
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      Zack Braff leaves and the show dies. : melkore
      • Based on the first half of the episode...it's already twitching :( : Ebu
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  OMG! 28 MINUTES! : Korban
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    Hopefully we get a Cox, Banks and Chalke boob-off. : Bamtan
    • perry does have some pretty nice man boobs for someone his age. i'd lick em : Korban
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  I seen a commercial for it a week or so ago and I was amazed that show is still on. I thought it was canc... : bozer
  • It started in 2001 : Bamtan
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  Scrubs is an abusive mistress. I hate the characters but I have to watch because of how good it used to ... : Horn
  • me be. One day I'll pick up that typing tutor : Horn
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  Hmm, not blowing me away so far :( : Ebu
  • the very first gag was funny he pointed towards the abc logo and said 'hmm, that's new' : deathofrats

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  I'd snag a collectors edition to see whats in it. : pigvomit
  • the dna of Lord British, if you catch my drift : nem00
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  Who wants to dump time into MMO characters that will disappear forever at the end of February? : semaphore
  • yeah that is what I don't get. : deject
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atari_video_game_burial : dirge23
• man, so many years of hearing people bitch about working on that game, about how ludicrous the management... : deathofrats
• That's so sad, I had hopes for that game when it was announced. :( : halophoenix
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  Tabula Rasa means "Table of Rice" in Latin. Truth. : Drewus
  • Wrong. It's "Tabu la Raza", the Hispanic Taboo : dirge23
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    You sure about that? I thought it was "Erased Tablet" in direct translation. : pigvomit
    • common misconception. : dirge23
    • Yeah people use the phrase as a synonym for 'blank slate' usually. : Perturbation
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      No, it's definitely Table of Rice" : Drewus
      • Drewus is correct. I edited Wikipedia to make sure he was. : imcompa
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tabula_raza Wiki says no. Admittedly that article is on the concept rath... : Zhaneel
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      And Further still: http://www.archives.nd.edu/cgi-bin/lookdown.pl?erase Erase as the look up (for root... : Zhaneel
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        this is a lot of research to rebut a joke post : dirge23
        • First Post I would have just went meh. The defending against Pigvomit made me curious if it was in fac... : Zhaneel
  • PAGING skizl, straighten this out, yo : MisterPhoton
  • blank slate, is it not? : packav
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  I tried the beta and that was more than enough. I actually liked Auto Assault quite a bit more. I wish ... : melkore
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    I was also in the beta and I thought it was pretty crap. The interface was terrible, the quests were all... : deject
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      I stopped after I had to stand in line for 45 minutes to complete a quest. We had formed an organized li... : melkore
      • Everquest. : trove
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        lol are you serious? They actually made it where you have to wait for other folks to talk to the questgi... : deathofrats
        • yes. Also the kill x of x quests were in areas where the creatures in question took about 5-6 minutes ... : deject
  • I hope this happens for Planetside :( : atom519
  • in 5 minutes of playing I knew tabula rasa and auto assault were going to be stillborn : Luminair
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    I agree. Auto Assault was quite a lot of fun, I just never played it beyond beta because I didn't think ... : Aragoat
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      if you liked AA you might try the source mod called DIPRIP it is the same kind of quasi lame car thing... : Luminair
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        I've never heard of this mod before. I can't wait till I get home and can check it out. Thanks! : Aragoat
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          install it right from steam http://store.steampowered.com/app/17530/ aw yea dogggggggggggggggggggg : Luminair
          • Awesome! Less effort for me! : Aragoat
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  failed mmorpgs are the new ET : Luminair
  • I just found a copy of ET for Atari in a box of stuff here in my house : MisterPhoton
• A failed MMO is very sad. Nothing to show for your work. I mean, even if you are part of the developmen... : pigvomit
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  I always wanted to see what it's like in an mmo minutes before the plug is pulled : Bumpmapped
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    I logged into Asherons Call 2 to witness the moment of death. It was amazing. There were five of us in ... : pigvomit
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      http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=19rC-Fl-KwM : Drewus
      • Poor Whitney. : Pettytheft
      • appropriate : tedrotheredro
    • :( Thats unexpectedly sad. : KxRook
    • :/ That would suck. All that time investment, gone. I really don't know why they don't release the code f... : node
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      That game actually had the potential to be good. Problem is they made it as more of an engine demo and fo... : jayacheess
      • the insane level of micro crafting needed to just craft half assed shit was absolutely astounding. eve... :