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• Shacker Birthdays: fluffy64 needs plenty of hookers and blow for their 22nd ! Helter Skelter IS IN UR B : askedrelic
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  This Old LOL Pile: The top 5 LOL'D posts from yesterday. Don't miss the funny, if there was any to begin : askedrelic
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    haha the quantz post is gold : maulla
    • :) I think I'm going to start a web comic that's just a cut and paste of shack threads... but I'll draw i... : voodooraze
  • what was the image Smax linked to? it's gone off of amazon.uk. : edgewise
• The Top INF: The smartest thing that was said yesterday. Get yourself to school. By: A Sponge with [4 : askedrelic
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  Random Post: By: Wolfanoz http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=8220681 Yep, 6800GT ahoy! : askedrelic
  • I feel so old reading that : Wolfanoz

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  Sorry man. Maybe you'll get a better one back? : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • Hopefully, this is #2 RRoD for me now. : mancide
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  Just as I was about to capture some new gameplay footage too. Fuck. : mancide
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    Use the towel trick capture your footage then send it in. : hashd
    • It's no biggie, I actually have a couple of captures I can edit this weekend. : mancide
• Today, you are a man. : dognose
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  but man, the games man. the superb gaming library. I read that 360/PS3 pricing comparo chatty and it made : moe6
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    360 is a 12 month warranty now iirc. And this is a 2006 unit. *shrug* : mancide
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      not over here it isn't. : moe6
      • there's also 1-2 tech shops that can reball the GPU part that causes the RROD but it costs like 1/3 the c... : moe6
    • They will still take it even if its out of warranty they did with mine. : hashd
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    The new units shouldn't have a problem with RROD. I bought a Jasper unit and it works like a charm, and i... : hoov1185
    • yeah this Jasper thing has actually made me think about finally getting one recently, but I'm going to wa... : moe6
  • what do you mean get a ps3 and miss out? same shit happens if you buy a 360, each system has a huge libra... : jayares
  • Or you could be like some of use and have their PS3 stop reading media. Both consoles kind of fucking suc... : sigpro
• :-( My launch one still works. <knocks on a fucking ton of wood> That sucks, at least you should be... : MacemanInTW

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• good stuff. : xxiv
• awesome! thanks! : pzilla
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  nice! tastywheat i see they have the failwhale in there : Dave-A
  • Holy shit new wallpaper'd : TastyWheat

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• er, 1/1/09 : opengl128
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  ehh, it's dairy bacterial discharge, what's the worst that could happen : dirge23
  • discharge :( : daedraug
  • nice intimate night with the porcelain goddess? : topkatz
  • discharge is such a dirty word :( : maulla
• sniff test. if it smells like yogurt usually does eat it. : Psigun
• it will be fine. Might not taste that great though. : baron calamity
• psh i routinely eat yogurt thats two weeks past its date. no problems, the consistency may be a little fu... : Xanthos
• yogurt goes bad? : InfoBiter
• 1/1/09 should be the sell by date right? should still be good. the date just tells me when i should sniff... : cpt_gloval

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  http://www.vimeo.com/2617870 : indosauros
  • Awesome - that makes me smile. I was just confused by that french kid she rambles : gakera
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZF5S5ko8dc : d fluke
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaAZKtoAFgc : tomservo
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ioiOAdFJKYE : tomservo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ppv61768KGo : Rag and Bone Man
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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5ALIL7T764 - Evil eye baby, no one can resist his charms http://www.yo... : Drakoniac
  • The baby is way better than the cat. : Kerath

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• I don't know that you can tell a whole lot in 7 minutes : jonin
• Doesn't feel the same as skate. But I'll need more time with the retail to make a final decision. : mancide
• I thought it was fun. It also felt like a lot more than 7 minutes. : owtwerd
• It's limited to 7 minutes!? That's kinda shitty. :/ : Damodred
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  I think in the process of adding the new lip tricks, the physics appeal of the first one got fubared, it : Lunatic Angelic
  • That's crap, but I was hoping for less leniency than the first one. I have to wait a week for the stupid ... : pyide
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  I'm more curious about the new Lord of the ring conquest demo. I'll check it out in 30 minutes. : razlebol
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    It's pretty crappy. : hoov1185
    • :( : razlebol
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  it was ok but time limited demos can eat my shit. : bRAINsick
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    i think they wanted to prevent what happened with the first game where the demo was actually pretty fun o... : erotic sock
    • Yep, this is exactly what I think happened. Everyone that was all about skateboarding said "Hell yes I'l... : boarder2
• more of the same from the first one : prime8

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  does this make it behave with windows 7 window snaps (specifically, unsnap doesnt work) : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Dunno, but it has a good chance of doing so, try it and let us know :) : Zero|DPX
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    oooh, it does! Is there any way I can suggest that mouse autoscroll work in a dual mode fashion like Fire... : retarded talking dinosaur
    • File a bug upstream at bugs.webkit.org, this is a webkit feature. : Zero|DPX
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  can I just download the new version? : radula
  • No (our only Google Chrome downloadable installer is the current stable channel version, and the trunk bu... : Zero|DPX
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  Greasemonkey support HOLY SHIT, i didn't expect that so soon, even if its crappy : filthysock
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    does shackLOL work? : GloriousCow
    • No, it uses the gm_xxx APIs (see my comment below). : Zero|DPX
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    Right now, it's only user script support, so we don't support the custom gm_xxx APIs. You have to throw ... : Zero|DPX
    • dang, oh well, keep us updated! : filthysock
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      Are you guys planning on implementing the gm_XXX functions? : Horn
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        Our plans here aren't nailed down. Not completely, no; for example, GM lets you do XHR without respectin... : Zero|DPX
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          your mom lets me do XHR with respecting same-origin policy. : GloriousCow
          • goddammit : GloriousCow
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      Hang on, I was doing this beforehand and now my greasemonkey scripts have stopped working. I've got -enab... : Mr.Finkster
      • It should be --enable, not -enable. Also maybe we changed the flag name. Make sure to read the curren... : Zero|DPX
• how do i install greasemonkey scripts? : filthysock
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  sorry, off topic, but is Google using SVN internally for scm? If not, what do you folks use? : TPSReport
  • For Chromium, which is open-source, we use SVN, and you can check out our code directly (see instructions... : Zero|DPX
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  so I'm just on the beta channel now? i'm still getting updates just not the cutting edge ones? : sposh
  • Yes. : Zero|DPX
• will Chrome eventually get quakelive support? : Lawgiver

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• Do you want a good reference? Do you care about the company? If not, fuck 'em. : father_crown
• only if you care about the references or give a crap about the people you work with. : GloriousCow
• do you need the cash from working those 5 weeks? that's the answer right there : AssGoblin
• 5 weeks is a long time. your new job could fall through, your current job could suddenly offer tons of mo... : festivalman
• two month notice? that seems excessive. : dromo5
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  Just be professional and everything will be fine. : owly
  • It's the longest I've ever given by far, but I've heard of longer. I wanted to give them ample time to fi... : Polysorbate
• shoot a man load in his coffee : japoneez
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  cut that shit down to two weeks mister! : m0rfus
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    yeah 5 weeks is way more than generous. 2 wks is standard. : beastrabban
    • 2 wks is an obligation, anything more and you are the one handing out handjobs : m0rfus
• you haven't actually quit yet. you are still getting paid. do your job. if you want the dude to hate y... : dahanese
• i'd have given notice on january 28 ish : cpt_gloval
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  I would have taken a rubric's cube into the meeting with me. : rosewood
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    no one will ever solve that thing : japoneez
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      a friend of mine can solve one in 20 seconds flat. i am humbled by his gigantic cranium. : cpt_gloval
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        20 seconds is pretty quick. But those speed runs are much easier to do than you think. Simple memorizat... : twifosp
        • my father wrote a book about people who were champions at solve the cube. they could put it under the tab... : dahanese
        • Although it is memorization, it's still impressive and takes a lot of practice to learn the moves and whe... : DHAvatar
        • i've read how-tos and i still can't do it : cpt_gloval
        • My personal record is 1m59s. It's all pattern memorization. : wendigo
        • this guy does game development at a well-established company, so i'd assume he'd be good at algorithms. : cpt_gloval
• Next time he comes in your office and you're doing jack shit, look at him and say : Not now now Chief, I'... : Utopia
• i would. when it comes to work, i try to as professional as possible about it. i signed a contract with t... : blindi0815
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  Does he want you to work faster, or longer hours? : Kerath
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    One of the two. Longer hours is the most likely scenario. I'll likely be staying until around 7 p.m. ... : Polysorbate
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      If you are on salary and they know you are leaving, there isn't a huge incentive other than good will tow... : Zhaneel
      • This is what I was going to say. : Kerath
• i had a similar situation but i think it was because they didnt believe i was really leaving. since maki... : smacknca
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  Maybe he is pissed that you are leaving and just wants to give you a hard time while you are still under ... : freakynipples69
  • Maybe he has repressed feelings for you and wants to see you as much as possible before you leave him =( : Mr.Finkster
• my last days have tended to be 12-16 hours just wrapping up loose ends. So yeah. Buck up and leave a good... : zakazi
• It sounds like maybe they already found a candidate they like to fill your spot who could start working e... : LemonJoose

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  There be rain and flooding in WA : Iwannaacura
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    Shouldn't they have redundant data centers in geographically different locations? : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • they didn't last time there was an outage. : the archvile
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  cant you play in offline mode? : extrahappyturtle
  • can't download it in the first place. : sharpie
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  i'll walk over to valve and clock gaben in the face for you : japoneez
  • what if he cries dude? what if gaben looks at you with one hand on his cheek and his eyes fill with tears... : Draugluin
• Yikes : maulla
• Mine is still working fine. *knock on wood* : deject

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• Would that be a Will or Fortitude save? : obiquatro
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  I CAN'T HEAR YOU http://fukung.net/v/8813/can_you_hear_me.jpg : Dschinghis Khan
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    Is that you Thekidd? : Mr.Finkster
    • HANG ON I THINK MY KEYBOARD IS BROKEN : thekidd
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    I bet it would be pretty sweet to use that thing. : action wombmate
    • Until someone pranks him with the LRAD http://science.howstuffworks.com/lrad.htm : snuff
• http://fukung.net/v/10408/850ea598c760ccec5ce756f3f0c18a8d.jpg onedoesnotsimplyrockintomordor had me l... : erotic sock
• this is also so true http://fukung.net/v/5637/monkeyswordfight.jpg : Dschinghis Khan
• they are also utilitarian ... "hello?" http://fukung.net/v/5581/ebaum20070618005340.gif : pointyelbows
• lol - http://fukung.net/v/7462/asians.jpg : Shadowdane
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  http://fukung.net/v/9560/ff0edecd0a0ae4e47ce2201cf01cea1c.jpg BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA : r3dn3ck
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    i don't get that at all : eldiablo01
    • iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii : xxx2xxx
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  http://fukung.net/v/11247/10e73664054db942eb6a34bd3f07194d.gif : Utopia
  • http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3032364 : Moonbase Commander
• god this gets me every time http://fukung.net/v/5485/mordor.jpg : gokart.

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  It's cuspy but I'd say “To Be with You” by Mr. Big. The Rock Ballad is fading at this point and you'r... : zakazi
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    You know after just listening to it I don't think it rocks enough and it's not ballady enough to be in th... : zakazi
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      That is kind of how I feel about Lenny Kravitz's Again : rosewood
      • But it rocks more than to be with you. I just don't think it is really a rock ballad. It just doesn't fee... : rosewood
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  Aerosmith - That song from Armageddon : sludge vohaul
  • Not a favorite song of mine, but a very respectable Rock Ballad. : rosewood
  • Oh good one. Nice and late. Also bonus points for picking a band that has an 85% chance of writing one in... : zakazi
• Scorpions - Winds of Change : mechanicalgrape
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  She's got the jack. : jonin
  • Great part of the AC/DC show. Whenever they said that, the camera for the big screen cut to the skankiest : Serpico74
• I don't want to miss a thing - 1998 by Aerosmith probably : grandmasterlee
• Skid Row - I Remember You. Nothing even comes close. : thecray
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  What about 70's Rock Ballads? Stuff from Styx, Foreigner and whatnot. : CRasterImage
  • kiss - Beth : Colleton
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    Damn near everything from Journey! : rosewood
    • true dat : CRasterImage
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      Plus Kansas, The Who and Boston : CRasterImage
      • two thirds of this post confuses me. : mafu5150
• Aerosmith - Dream On : Colleton
• Warrant-Heaven : silent77
• Ozzy Osbourne - I just Want You : RobFlinn
• The Darkness has some I think http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJX-zLB3Cf4&feature=related : spiderfill
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  How about, what band has the most great power ballads you can name? I mean, we all know that probably ... : Zero|DPX
  • I can name off a lot of Journey power ballads and I don't really care for them as much as I do the power ... : rosewood
• Musical Aside - Hotel California from Hell Freezes Over (Live) is better than the original, even with the : rosewood

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  fuck apple for not putting garbage collection on the iphone. worst decision ever : electroly
  • or maybe you're on a memory constrained device and it would be silly to have garbage collection. althoug... : sammyjojo
  • It has garbage collected javascript. :p : vigilante
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  If you're trying to assign a new value to texture (or string), you need to release the old one and retain... : sammyjojo
  • aah, thanks man. : Demius
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  It would be best illustrated with code. Trying to describe code in English is always a bad idea. For in... : vigilante
  • actually sammy's post cleared it up for me :) : Demius

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  you'll only get a game at the top of your queue if it says "high" availability or greater. medium or lowe... : waxthirteen
  • =( it seems like most of the games are medium or low availability even if they've been our for a long ti... : extrahappyturtle
  • I've never had to wait more than say 5 days at most for something that says medium. : sigpro
• When's the last time you sacrificed a farm animal on the blood altar? : silent prophet
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  The queue doesn't seem to care what order you put games in. If there's 20 medium availability games, I'll... : TrptJim
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    Do you know if you have to have a minimum number of games in the queue? : extrahappyturtle
    • No you don't, but the more games you have the better chance of one of them shipping. The availability is ... : TrptJim
• the "Q" is useless. i just keep it gutted until i send something back. most i've had to wait for a high-d... : cpt_gloval

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• Oh, also the Sharp has a DVI input, while the Toshiba has one more HDMI (both of which could do the same ... : Sirus2400
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  Check out the models in person. The contrast ratio number is basically BS since each company could use wh... : Prozium
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    I hear Samsung is a fan of dartboards. : DarkWolf5
    • I like how they now list dynamic contrast ratio. They use the dartboard for the regular number and then s... : Prozium
• Go big or go home. : Ellissd
• I fucking love my Aquos! : tohm82
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  Get at least a 40 inch. You will be much happier : maulla
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    The room it will be in is less than 10 square meters and I sit about 3 feet from it. If I went 40, I woul... : Sirus2400
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      3 feet? Yeah a 32 would be just about perfect. : DarkWolf5
      • That was my initial thought, but then I found the 37 for the same price. Now its up to the Shack : Sirus2400

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• http://hideapod.com/ : Cashh
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  http://www.ilovethecock.com : AMikaboshi
  • Hey there . : Cashh
• So anyways, doing some post holiday shopping in a rural Pennsylvania EB Games, and I spy a lone 30GB Zune... : theargent

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• I <3 my Klipsch 5.1 Ultras. Too bad they discontinued it. : Bumpmapped
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  My next set is the Bose 2.1's. They sound great. : Cygnus X-1
  • lol : Jumperus
  • lol : retarded talking dinosaur
• Someone stole my speakers at work, I guess they don't like Avril Lavigne >:( : dognose

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  Bastard. : d fluke
  • wanna store them for me? 5 large uhaul boxes and 9 or so large walmart plastic tubs. : dignan
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  Daaaamn. Do you have multiple copies of HHGttG, or is it just in multiple photos? : jason bergman
  • if its in multiple pics its multiple copies, each picture is 1 box, thats 13 boxes pictured. I believe o... : dignan
  • the copy next to all the Ultimas is still shrinkwrapped and inside a comic book sleeve :) : dignan
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  awesome. Some day you can open a museum. : GloriousCow
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    I prob could right now, check out my massive pre-nintendo collection , http://fatman.shackspace.com/zagzi... : dignan
    • dude i wanna visit and check all that shit out now :( : GloriousCow

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• hahaha that's hilarious : tomservo
• Whoever came up with that idea is a genius : OverloadUT
• *steeples fingers* : d fluke
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  screw all those high school people I haven't talked to in 10 years. : Agrona
  • this is my plan :D : halophoenix
• baby jesus does love us and want us to be happy! yay!! : pointyelbows
• Rofl i went to there from android and since no flash yet Sorry you have to upgrade to flash before your s... : Iwannaacura
• omg so awesome : japoneez
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  so wait, what does "sacrificing mean" is it just like "poked" or something, or are you deleting them fro... : proclone1
  • Probably ok'ing BK to message them on your behalf. : Lunatic Angelic
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    u actually delete em and it lets them know :) : mindshot
    • That is freaking awesome : whore
• is this a cheese whopper? those are my secret shame (no onions or mayo.) i will sacrifice my friends for ... : dahanese
• hahaha : jonin
• damnit. wish i had a facebook right now >:( : reverend~heresy

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• roar-shack : mechanicalgrape
• Some guy is on the phone, saying something about "Raw-shark?" : theargent
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  i say "roar-shock" but "roar-shack" is okay to my ear, too. : dahanese
  • I like roar-shack :D I just opened Absolute Watchmen (got it for xmas) for the first time, there was t... : jayares
• rorskak : festivalman
• Righteousness : mindmann
• Ro-shack : deadfish

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  i think it's a fine idea. the way i've always operated is that professional references can be anyone you ... : cpt_gloval
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    Cool... I just didn't know if it was in bad fashion to use someone who is with the company you are leavi... : mwasher
    • Those are the best people to use. They can be specific about what you've done for the company, whereas so... : Polysorbate
    • that's the way to go. always ask first. if they say yes but seem reluctant or hesitant, don't use them. u... : cpt_gloval
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  you should remote desktop into your home computer and log into wow right now, there is no queue : electroly
  • fucking hell I forgot to do this. I need this entirely scripted somehow : Downforce
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    oh I keep meaning to punch a hole in my firewall to do this, or setup logmein.com or something. i got s... : mwasher
    • priorities, sholina. slay internet dragons with a bunch of nerds who live with their parents, or watch s... : electroly
• I typically stay away from it unless that lead is a personal friend first and already knows I'm on the ou... : zakazi

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  I'll be home in about an hour! : SockMonkeh
  • Khan will likely make wait this long! I deserve it :( : thief
• Woohoo zombie pwnage! : mysled
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  thief, how was Austin? I was never able to reach you! : CrustaR
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    He got really drunk with me on new years eve at the sock hop party on the east side. We also ate at El Ch... : wtf242
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      couple friends of mine (Marst (dnb), Parson (dubstep), and another dude) are starting a new electro weekl... : mwasher
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        yeah definitely. Tonight? I might be up for that. Call me later on : wtf242
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          will do. i don't work till fucking 10AM anymore so I'm probably gonna go to more things during the week... : mwasher
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            Let me know if you guys are going, I've got nothing going on tonight : twifosp
            • cool. if i do it won't be till after the game. : mwasher
      • That sounds cool, much better than the previous hip hop thursdays at barcelona... : twifosp
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      I didn't want to get in the way of whatever girl you were with or whatever whatever whatever. I tagged l... : thief
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        lol. you always just hang out and stick with 242 because most likely you are less annoying than the gir... : mwasher
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          One of his friends kept telling me how she wanted to kiss the blonde bartender on new years eve. I was a : thief
          • haha doesn't surprise me : mwasher
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          mwasher is exactly right. I won't go into details but that night was long and terrible. Every time i thin... : wtf242
          • did you accidentally get drunk : EvilDolemite
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        I had a "date" with the black haired girl last night. she showed up 1.5 hours late and she brought two ot... : wtf242
        • 242 :[ : CrustaR
• dude i'm always online, though i wasn't earlier because i had to cut the grass. : Dschinghis Khan
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  What is the IP of the server, the steam friends list is down so I can't see your game. : twifosp
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    I don't know, how about we just pick one and join up? : thief
    • I would if I could get on steam : twifosp