Weekend Discussion

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  So basically you want to try out Windows 7, but you want to actually use the OS in a regular environment, : OverloadUT
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    if you do this again, just use acronis true image to back up and compress the entire disk to another disk... : Luminair
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      Well that is a little different because you can't just go back and forth. Once you restore the backup, Wi... : OverloadUT
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        if you are crazy you could do a very fringe procedure. you can convert a true image backup tib to a virt... : Luminair
        • holy shit, i hope someday to understand your new language sir : dignan
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      is acronis free? if not, any decent free bootdisk imaging software thats worth a shit? : dignan
      • no, it is pretty cheap. the free partimage app on the free systemrescuecd will probably work. but it is... : Luminair
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        I was gonna say I hate Acronis due to the years-old bugs, the way file & folder backup *still* doesn't wo... : nudel
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          In case that came out wrong, the image-based backups in Ghost are fast, even when copying the entire driv... : nudel
          • yea, i've used ghost plenty and never had an issue : dignan
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            I may try ghost again, last time I used it it was like a hangnail, left over and out of date and half con... : Luminair
            • Do you mean the old DOS version? That's ancient history now. Symantec bought a rival program (PowerQuest ... : nudel
  • Another fairly easy way to duplicate a Vista partition without third party software or anything: http://... : magistersmax
  • or you could have RAID in mirror mode and yank out one of the drives. : peter
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  If I installed WIndows 7 would I break a whole bunch of software apps that worked under XP? : mr.sleepy
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    XP -> Windows 7 would be a lot more serious than Vista -> XP. If you follow my steps here but for XP i... : OverloadUT
    • Oops that first sentence should read "... a lot more serious than Vista -> 7" : OverloadUT
  • Currently, the Windows 7 Beta only has upgrade support for Vista. : silentsunder
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  You should never upgrade a os :( clean install ftw : cltcprd
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    Vista to Windows 7 is a special case because barely anything has changed. : OverloadUT
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      yeah 6.0 to 6.1 is probably okay. same with 2k -> XP. this type of thinking mostly comes from upgrades ... : mikecyb
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        wrong, XP->Vista was also horrible. My point is that you guys don't know the underpinnings that have cha... : cltcprd
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          No one said XP->Vista wasn't horrible. That was a major change. 2k->XP and Vista->7 were small updates... : OverloadUT
          • " this type of thinking mostly comes from upgrades from 9x to NT-based stuff, which was a horrible thing ... : cltcprd
        • yeah I know XP -> Vista was also terrible I was just saying where the first time a terrible upgrade spot ... : mikecyb
      • It's only 6.1 to help with compat, not because it's necessarily minor. Loads of stuff has changed, but at... : uncleanmonkey
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      lol, k. : cltcprd
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        It's pretty much the same as installing a service pack. It makes some major changes but the core is all t... : OverloadUT
        • lol, k : cltcprd
        • You know this because you worked on it, right? That said, I upgraded and it's working fine. : boarder2
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          no : derelict515
          • Like you know anything! : cltcprd
          • I really am just making stuff up. : OverloadUT
  • BAM. And the dirt is gone. : Miller_TYM
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  My install blue screened but then resumed. Now when I click on anything it says I dont have access. And I... : Cygnus X-1
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    Might be a good idea to reburn the DVD as that can happen because of a bad disk. : OverloadUT
    • I hada burn 3 times. The last time i let it burn slower first two times was just on auto. : Ziz
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  What are the odds that Windows 7 is out by august 2009 to get a final key and keep the same os running : Judecca
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    The Beta will stop working on August 1, 2009. To continue using your PC, please be prepared to reinstall ... : Iwannaacura
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      Hmm that sucks : Judecca
      • that's how all MS OS betas have been. And that's why I'm only installing the bare minimum of programs on... : cltcprd
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  what did everyone use to burn the iso? : eldiablo01
  • Alcohol 120% : Shadowdane
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    imgburn : r3dn3ck
    • ^^^^ This. : hrdwregk
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    I used CDBurnerXP although I hear a lot of people here swear by imgburn : OverloadUT
    • Yeah CDBurner is what I used to. I like it. : Optimus Prime
  • If you have an extra hard drive you don't even need to burn it. Just unpack the iso and run setup.exe : cltcprd
  • I used the best program ever made for this BURNCDCC. Freeware, extremely simple, and has a verify mode. S... : LoioshDwaggie
  • OS X Disk Utility : Serpico74
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  Anyone try out gaming on 7? Performance hit or is it relatively the same thing on Vista? : jingletard
  • So far nothing is jumping out as different in the few games I've tried. Instantaction.com doesn't work n... : melkore
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  Anyone know what the story is on the bootloader etc? Right now I have two HDs, one with Vista 64 (day to... : TabsAZ
  • I'm pretty sure the bootmanager is very similar to Vista's. When you dual-boot it'll bring up both choic... : cltcprd
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  chrome is kind of broken : Chandler55
  • Yean, run with --in-process-plugins to sort of fix it, but not really. It gets confused as hell if you e.... : uncleanmonkey
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  media center is playing all my files out of the box, even the hd files that i never got working in vista ... : feek
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    then you never installed the CCCP's codec pack >:( but thats awesome news with it supporting stuff out... : xsoulbrothax
    • i did : feek
  • does that mean they'll work on an extender? : Halen
  • what do you think of the changes made from VMC? : Degenerate
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  looks like im sticking with xp on my dell mini since this thing takes up more than 8gig. so much for bein... : podizzle
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    Even with XP I wouldn't find 8gb to be enough : derelict515
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      i guess if you disable indexing and compression you can get it down to 1.6 gig : podizzle
      • i also have a 16gig sdhc to install apps on : podizzle
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        Use nlite to clean it out further and you can get it down to about 500mb. : Prozium
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          cool my mini comes tuesday so its good to know this : podizzle
          • This guide is aimed towards the MSI wind but you can modify it work work with the dell mini. http://fo... : Prozium
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  Hows compatibility with old XP apps in it so far? Also, how's performance? : Vorlonesque
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    someone posted yesterday running it on some old P-M laptop with <1gb RAM saying it ran faster than XP : derelict515
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      That would be me. It's running a Pentium M 1.4Ghz w/ 512mb RAM. It runs quite a bit faster than XP across... : zerog83
      • In that case I might install this bad boy on my wife's laptop, which is really slow but not nearly as slo... : OverloadUT
      • awesome. I just recently bought a new laptop and was going to give my old one away, but if this is the ca... : thecray
      • sweet, i'm going to drop it on my dell 700m (1.6ghz w/ 1.25 GB). : cltcprd
• I'm having issues with the colour for the windows and task bar. If I click "personalize" and change the c... : uncleanmonkey
• Right back at ya. I'm now on Win7 as well. Desktop Gadgets is broken, had trouble just creating the prop... : Optimus Prime
• I'd never upgrade Windows. Hell, I won't even upgrade OS X. Fresh and Clean install FTW. : jayares
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  When I boot off the disc is says 1. 2. Select CD-ROM Boot Type : And it doesn't seem to ... : derelict515
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    sure it burned as a bootable disk? : rlc:tk
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      well it is booting off of it isn't it? all I did was burn it in Toast via Copy->Image File. The contents ... : derelict515
      • you know, I had problems getting a disc to work properly that I burned using DVDFab. I kept getting read ... : zerog83
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    same thing happened to me : opengl128
    • damn >:( I burned it again to no avail : derelict515
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    I had this with the 64bit version, but I just burned the 32bit and am installing it no problems(yet) on m... : Unleashed
    • interesting, I was trying the 64bit version too, I guess I'll try the 32bit at some point : derelict515
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  I have a fresh, unopened copy of windows vista ultimate, think I should sell it on ebay and wait for wind... : kaddar0
  • it'll definitely be out within 1.5 years. most likely within 9 months. : suqur
  • i already decided to do this with my 3 copies : dignan
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  I'm on 7 too but I'm getting audio distortion similar to early Vista. I'm guessing Creative drivers are ... : melkore
  • Did you install the mp3 fix? : uncleanmonkey
  • On a sort of unrelated note, I had to pull my Audigy 1 when I reinstalled Vista Ultimate recently. The ca... : ateam311
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    no problem at all with my X-Fi in Vista or Windows 7 : Shadowdane
    • Creative Labs. Building artificial obsolescence into our systems since 1981. : capt tripps
  • I am too. It sounds like my speakers are underwater or something. I haven't tried to install right off my... : Ziz
  • I've got a Soundblaster Live! And yeah sounds bad. : Ziz
• Has anyone dual booted? I'm going to probably try this Sunday night or monday night! : boomstickah
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  Where is everyone downloading the ISO from? I can't get it to start via MS's website. : rt702
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    Nevermind, MS's site doesn't like Chrome. : rt702
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      Sometimes I really enjoy Microsofts subtle sense of humor. The way they subtly try to convince you that ... : capt tripps
      • with the amount of legacy and 3rd party stuff to worry about with Windows no change is trivial, so why me... : derelict515
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  How long does the beta run for? : ColoradoCNC
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    I believe it expires on August 1st. : malevolence
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      Release Date? : capt tripps
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        No, August 1st. : DOOManiac
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          Do you know what the release date for the retail version of Windows 7 is? I've seen October 09 and early... : capt tripps
          • depends on when they think its ready. was originally early 2010, but if this beta goes well it could be e... : re4ctor
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            MS hasn't nailed down the date yet. : DOOManiac
            • There's also going to be at least a Win7 Release Candidate 1 between now and then... : DOOManiac
• my impressions: so far its not bad, especially for a beta. far cry 2 gives me a nice "update to sp1" mes... : drewroy
• If you are on a Mac and Boot Camping just use Winclone in OS X before upgrading. : bawbeh
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  What's the link to the images again? Anyone? : Visceral Monkey
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    The regular page is working fine. You just have to run it from IE. There's a download manager and the c... : capt tripps
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      Grr, I'm in osx at the moment. Thanks. : Visceral Monkey
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        maybe you could run IE in a virtual pc. : capt tripps
        • aaahahah, irony there are I want to run win7 in a vm. No, I'll just reboot into vista and get it from the... : Visceral Monkey
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18910867#itemanchor_18910867 : DOOManiac
• Chrome is totally shitting the bed for me in Windows 7. Are you using 64-bit? : Judecca
• Where can I download windows 7 beta? : sticktastic

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• Sandy Vagina. : brickmatt
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  Electricity shut down his life support components, thus why removing his mask wouldn't make any differenc... : pharoah mike
  • and by that i mean, electricity in his sandy vagina : pharoah mike
  • so he suffocated? : Richese
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  Probably KIA when Republic terrorists detonated the Death Star's reactor core. : Arcanum
  • They burnt his body on a funeral pyre on the Endor moon. : LemonJoose
• Dehydration : spiderfill
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  Space Aids : YerMothah
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    spads, for short. : xxiv
    • The next time someone asks to play spades, i will kindly decline. : changejar419
• Darth Vader has died of dysentery. : kallanta
• Officially he simply disappeared on a business trip. : A Sponge
• He died of a broken heart like Padme. He was gay for Palpatine then he killed him. He had nothing else to... : pyide
• billy dee williams blew him up : RikiTiki2
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  Space Dementia. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=HeUbrJ9uicA : Prozium
  • LOL! This reminds me of the Ren and Stimpy episode with the "Space.... Madness" http://www.metacafe.co... : YerMothah
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  Fire : guido anchovy
  • death in fire \m/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-UbViuK4fY&feature=PlayList&p=35F90E493BC43A99&fmt=18 : skryte
• the battery for his artificial prostate pump died : fathertime
• Eaten by a grue. : Cliffzorz
• Hayden Christensen >:( : someWayne
• Asphyxia : slacko
• Showboating... I hear the critics are brutal. : jasoncrowley
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  Nobody knooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooows. : uncle slappy
  • I chortled. : Wadmaasi
• A shitty script : Godhatesfatpeople
• tuberculosis : jigstah
• He ascended directly into Heaven. : c0bra
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  Burned to death by his son. His injuries on the Death Star were minor at worst. : kallanta
  • hahahahahah : Serpico74
  • Hahaha, very nice. : carrioN luggagE
  • he was just tired :( : Theos
  • hahaha : mittense
  • I'm getting better. : DarkWolf5
  • lol : ThomW
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  The Emperor made him touch his dick so he killed himself. : SockMonkeh
  • lol someone actually dies just like that in Fierce Invalids From Hot Climates : Perturbation
• A broken heart. such beautiful symmetry : shyguy74
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  He was feeling blue. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZBevXohCI : judoka2
  • Took long enough for that to show up. : AgentPothead
  • this put a HUGE smile on my face, thank you sir : retarded talking dinosaur
  • ahahahahaha : Lightbulb
• Excessive prostate pumping : Mister Groin
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  Harmonica poisoning. : sgtsanity
  • Oh god, I laughed so hard at this. : gibolas1234
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    this always makes me smile: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eZBevXohCI : Dave-A
    • LOL. OMFG, I'm laughing so hard at this! : Super Sparker
  • LOL : jonin
  • hahahah damn i need to install the LOL script at home : SatansFist
• Finding out his whiny son was doing his daughter. : timmie
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  Auto erotic asphyxiation. : soggybagel
  • sounds like a fun way to die. count me in! : AMikaboshi
• not throwing enough dots : Downforce
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  PROTIP: At the end of a question, add a question mark. Also, he died of diphallic terata. (It is w... : creeping-judas
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    Without looking that up, it sounds like two dicks tearing you apart. : quadeh
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      Close, but no cigar. Or maybe two cigars. O_o : creeping-judas
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        To everybody else: don't look it up. You cannot unsee it. : Endymion_
        • TOO LATE OMG : persuxe
        • thank you. : naios
  • is that a fancy way of saying kaboom? : RikiTiki2
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    Someone spent too much time with their Trivial Pursuit cards. : cerealSAM2
    • Someone else did, too, huh? : creeping-judas
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  His cause of death was having his limbs cut off and being burned alive by volcanic lava. They kept him on... : baron calamity
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    As opposed to the lava that isn't volcanic : TastyWheat
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      http://www.lavasoap.com/ : cerealSAM2
      • ^^^ knows whats up : baron calamity
    • http://www.lavaworld.com/ : Vantage
• He shorted out. : Fyunch Click
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  Technically? He was redeemed from the Dark Side of the Force. It was at that point that Darth Vader cease... : coraldayton
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    I never understood why in all the bedlam of the Death Star exploding, and all the people onboard, that Lu... : Omaha
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      yeah...everyone seems to be running the other way. : ass-street
      • Death star exploding, oh lets steal lord vaders private shuttle. He seems like a nice chap I'm sure he wo... : baron calamity
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      Because Vader had the keyless remote. If you look in the deleted scenes, Vader actually points at the sh... : elwood00
      • L-O-L : Vantage
    • At this point in the Empire's existance it's not the unlimited power it was 20 years prior. It''s grown r... : sun and moon

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• I had no problems with the WU drivers for my 8800gts. : dudehoyt
• I installed all the missing ones for my laptop by using the Vista drivers, everything looks good so far. : Dave-A
• Fun fact - my laptop's 7600 Go never worked with the Vista drivers using Vista, requiring me to run aroun... : avatar_58
• I downloaded the latest gtx 280 drivers from nvidia, no problems at all. I installed the chipset drivers ... : Colleton
• One thing I really liked is that Windows 7 has a built-in p2015 pcl6 printer driver. I hated having to do... : Colleton
• I am a self-confessed Apple whore. But I've installed Windows 7 in a VM, and I have to say I'm shocked by... : PeanutsEnvy
• I had to install the latest stable NVIDIA drivers from their website. The WDDM 1.1 drivers from Windows ... : IndigoAK
• Installed flawlessly the 64 bit version on my dell xpsm1330. didnt need any drivers. so sweet. : bozer
• A mate of mine just grabbed it and it works nicely, but does he need proper nVidia drivers for his video ... : five_percent
• used the bootcamp ati drivers and it worked fine for my mbp 1600. had to run in compat mode though : Unleashed
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  i have a question about windows 7... i'm getting ready to build a new system, would it make sense just to... : dextius
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    can anyone help me here? : dextius
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      give it a shot, if its unstable then buy vista : synack
      • and dont yell at us when i blows up and we say 'told you so' but srsly, go for it >:) : synack
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    Depends I guess on your hardware, but if I were you, then yes. My laptop is running it with zero issues, ... : bozer
    • this whole windows 7 reminds me of the transition from Windows ME to Win2K... vista being ME, and hopefu... : dextius
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  Damn that installed fast. 20 minutes to go from 100GB of unpartitioned space to a booted OS! And the best... : DOOManiac
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    Oh but I absofuckingloutely HATE the fact that Windows+E opens Explorer to the "Library" (whatever the fu... : DOOManiac
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      Hey go to control panel and find folder options. First window at the bottom has 2 show options. Bring u... : dantastic
      • Sorry a bit unclear. Bring up the libraries window to observe the changes when you check the boxes in th... : dantastic
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    The install time + amount of questions was no different from Vista. In fact the only difference I noticed... : avatar_58
    • Although there are far more questions, xp installs in about 25 minutes on my 1.5 year old computer. Yeah... : dantastic
    • Yeah, the install was the same as vista for the most part. : Colleton
  • thats pretty sweet : moe6
  • I initially used the included nv driver with no problem, but I realized that it's an older revision so I ... : Whistler77
• The Windows Update Nvidia one worked. For other drives I just tell it to search my Vista partition's C:\W... : glio1337
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  Heh, I've been running it in VMWare Fusion on my Macbook. It locks up if I try to sart Solitaire or Mines... : suqur
  • The games are trying to use hardware acceleration and its crapping out because of that ?? : JT
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  install help boot to dvd i burnt from 64 bit ISO. seems to hang at the blue splash screen after the in... : maulla
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    I had the same problem and it seems that both Vista and 7 don't like recognizing my NEC ND-3500AG DVD dri... : pyrogen
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      Hmm I have an lg. Vista had no issues : maulla
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        Do you have a flash drive you could boot from? I didn't have any problems with my drive installing XP, s... : pyrogen
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          USB hard drive but I have stuff on it : maulla
          • It's installing now, just not very fast! : maulla
• When installing should I set the partition as 4k? I have my games installed on seperate partition. : Sixcos
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  This thing is great for tablets! I love how the onscreen keyboard fades out when not in use. Also Paint h... : Dave-A
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    CHECK OUT THIS SHIT i am way too excited http://www.shackpics.com/files/paint_c4d3b5r4swxy85x2hnjn.png : Dave-A
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      speaking of classic apps that were updated, check out the features in calc now : synack
      • whoa, those new programmer and statistics modes are going to come in handy : Dave-A
      • Screenshot please? : Priest77
    • WTF?? Paint looks like Office 2007 now. Haha, I didn't even think to check. : avatar_58
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  I've got an M1330 and I haven't had to adjust any drivers at all. Following installation, W7 warned me ab... : zach`
  • I just ordered a 300 GB SATA HDD for my M1330 to install W7 on. Can't wait! : Sailor of Fortune
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  wow, its rating my sata HDD at a 3.0 o_O its a 7200rpm, is 7 looking for 10k rpm drives?! : maulla
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    Same here. They might have adjusted the weighting to account for the new Solid State Drives. : tbreffni
    • me 3 : vynn
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    Vista's problem with the index was that every machine hit 5+ very quickly. Windows 7 seems to account for... : avatar_58
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      I still don't understand why they didn't just expand the rating system past 5.9 in Vista. : pyrogen
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        From what I've tried of Windows 7 it seems Vista has been 'left behind' when it comes to fixes everyone w... : avatar_58
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          you're right again, amazing : derelict515
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            Sarcasm aside I wish I WASN'T right because I really hoped this would be a huge improvement over Vista to... : avatar_58
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              well obviously you have no idea about the changes that went on underneath, which is where the majority of... : derelict515
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                And you do know what the difference is? The very fact that most Vista drivers still work speaks volumes a... : avatar_58
                • Obviously the driver model is the only component besides the UI which could possibly be changed... no... : derelict515
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                  I've read that unlike Vista, W7 performs very well. That's a huge difference for an operating system, and... : code-e255
                  • yah I dunno what they did but I benchmark Crysis in Vista and then in Windows 7. I got 38fps average in... : Shadowdane
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        yah i didn't get that i get 5.9 on everything but my CPU. : Shadowdane
        • Processor 7.1, Ram 5.9, Graphics 7.9, Gaming Graphics 5.9, Primary HD 2.9 So yeah final score 2.9! :( : Ziz
  • I installed on a 74GB Raptor, & it got a 5.8. I think it may have a free space component to the rating... : mafu5150
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  I wanna try out W7, but I don't really have an extra computer to play with it on and I don't want to dual... : K1Bond007
  • i got it working with VirtualBox. i selected "Other Windows OS" or something like that during the VM setu... : jonas54
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  My Tablet PC drivers are all messed up and half the features are non-functional, but that's to be expecte... : Arceihn
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    Try the Vista drivers? worked for my HP : Dave-A
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      I did, to no effect. It's a Toshiba. : Arceihn
      • Update: Got the buttons to work. I tried the button drivers on my restore CD and they started working, ev... : Arceihn
• Running smooth on the MBP. Sound, graphics, and obviously WiFi work great. : phobium
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  hey Mac users had any success downloading Win 7 from within Mac OS X? I've tried Firefox and Safari and ... : Postal
  • It needs some kind of ActiveX Windows Bittorrent client or something : phobium
  • dont think so i downloaded it in firefox : extrahappyturtle
  • I got it fine from some shack link, just haven't gotten it installed yet : derelict515
  • I got it on Friday evening direct from Microsoft via Firefox on 10.5. Granted, I redirected it through... : Dechter
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    Do I need my 10.5 disk for bootcamp drivers? don't have it here, so my hope is that I can windows update ... : FirstPersonCooter
    • pretty sure you're SOL, I doubt windows update will take care of everything. : bawbeh
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      cant you just burn a driver cd from the bootcamp assistant? : extrahappyturtle
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        I guess you cant do this anymore... i tihnk if you do some googling you should be able to find them all : extrahappyturtle
        • That did it. Thanks. : FirstPersonCooter
  • I had no luck, I had to reboot and download it from XP. : PeanutsEnvy
• What can i do about my Soundblaster Live!? My sound is bad now, sounds muffled etc. I still got my Soundb... : Ziz
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  when is President Dayt, i have a bet with friend and he is saying its in March lol : strandgeck
  • February 16 : Shadowdane
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  I'm about to install it on my MSI Wind (from a thumbdrive) once gparted is finished slicing up my HDD. Wi... : Prozium
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    what are your wind stats good sir? : packav
    • It's the best buy model so it's got the atom CPU, 1gb ram, 120gb HDD, and 3-cell battery. Doesn't have in... : Prozium
  • Ooh, interesting idea. I have WinXP and OSX on my Wind, so perhaps I'll try Win7 as well. : Dechter
  • And it's done installing in 20 mins. That is just amazing. : Prozium
• I hate to see the taskbar after a soccer mom gets a hold of it. Anyways just installed on a VM.. works... : JT
• For all of my stuff I've used the appropriate Vista drivers. The only driver that would not install was m... : dmason
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  Download issues? I get to the download page, click "Download now" and nothing happens :( : baconisgod
  • NM, apparently you have to use IE to download this. : baconisgod
• I'm using primarily Vista version... I'm going to look for the Windows 7 drivers for my onboard Realtek A... : coraldayton

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  I miss the fog. Thanks, FPSDavid. : nevicata
  • I think there's a monster :( : FPSDavid
• stay indoors :( wait for help, don't do anything rash that you will regret in 30 seconds : dantastic
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  zombie hordes to follow??? : FuriKuriKilla
  • Seriously, that is zombie weather. : Lightzout
• quick shoot the religious chic! : deadfish
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  image is fake, no snow! : jayares
  • It never snows here, though I wish it did :( : FPSDavid
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    Not all place have snow during the winter man : Utopia
    • right, next thing you'll say is that the world is round. : jayares
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  there was some crazy fog here last year (2007 actually), it was nice. http://gmd.shackspace.com/122307... : gmd
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    haaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy : FPSDavid
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      Seriously. does that just irritate your lungs, or do you catch the gay? : jimmy_legs
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        Haven't you heard, I'm immune to the gay. : FPSDavid
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          You usually become immune after contracting something, so you're basically ILTC'D now : gakera
          • I was born immune. : FPSDavid
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    Did you mean: 9th St & Stuart Ave, Victoria, Lunenburg, VA 23974 Stuart St & 9th St, Adair, Adair, IA 5... : rosewood
    • Or 9th & Stuart, AREA 51 : bostrov
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      none of the above : gmd
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        http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=9th+and+stuart+arlington+va&sll=38.879207,-77.100935&ssp... : gmd
        • Well then : rosewood
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          giant metal dog, you ever eaten at Ray's Hell Burger? It's damn close to there. : mechanicalgrape
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            I have not been to any of the Ray's. : gmd
            • You should go. Now. : mechanicalgrape
          • I have heard this is the most hardcore burger joint around. Like, they don't even serve french fries is h... : cfalcon
        • Ballston Metro whut whut : halophoenix
  • "Fog." More like "secret government experiments" amirite? : Arcanum
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  Got some cool fog pics over xmas: http://picasaweb.google.com/steveholmes/SomersPointNJ#5286289550062865 : Cygnus X-1
  • That swing looks so sad : rosewood
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  Xzibit heard you like fog. : sgtsanity
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    so he put fog in yo fog : jamesray
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      STOP. THIS. FUCKING. ANNOYING. MEME. : jbury
      • so he put a meme-hater in yo hated meme so yo' meme can be hated while you hate yo' meme. : cerealSAM2
      • WAAAAAAHHHHH. It'll die eventually. : jamesray
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        I love this meme. so there. : Foxhawk
        • seriously, ive started composing yodawgs that are neither funny nor make sense, but i love every second o... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • pimp my meme : randomposter
    • so he put some fog in yo fog so you can check the fog while you check the fog : kill9
• I'll see that and raise you this: http://the_archvile.shackspace.com/lolboats.jpg : the archvile
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  when you see it you will shit bricks and then sit on them again : gakera
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    http://dynotaku.shackspace.com/dump/fog.jpg : Dynotaku
    • lol! A++ would LOL again! : g0nk
    • excellent. : qsylvr
    • haha very good : dromo5
    • Haha nice effort : ShekkyBoy
    • Took a sec :) : Githyanki
    • damn that's subtle : mrvandelay
    • thats awesome : trOmblyj
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      I had to compare them to see it. : h o s t i l e
      • I don`t see any difference : lord_omega
    • http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=foggy_waste_60igolk05qauvmoe7dlo.jpg : AxeMan808
    • lololo very nice : proclone1
    • haha, great! : dmason
    • Haha, rad! : Chris Remo
    • OH SHIT!!! RUNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!! : m0rfus
• Yo dawg we heard you like fog? : skinlab133
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  not exactly fog, but we get sandstorms: http://picasaweb.google.com/vareck/Sandstorm?authkey=p6N6ku_np-... : bostrov
  • Wow, screw that. : FPSDavid
  • holy shit pull out pull out : Yanks
• it's a statement about suburbia : eldersveld
• It is just compensating for a near draw distance. : CRasterImage
• More fog action (Seattle a few months ago): http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomas_dimson/3076927604/ : or_smth
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  What is wrong with the grass in that picture? : bakanoodle
  • It's partially dead in some spots and there's dark red leaves in it. : FPSDavid
  • It has already begun the change : d fluke
• I like that picture. : Milleh
• I was flying through Chicago just after christmas, and there was a massive fog. While looking out the pl... : ra1n
• Damn, I hope your rescued Yukiko in time. : Boxelder
• Have you seen my daughter? : Kerath
• we just got some crazy fog in Vancouver too: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/pretaanluxis/sundayfo... : lord_omega
• I saw a movie about this. Be careful. If you get bitten by the fog, you become one. : uglysad
• http://www.enkidulives.com/?p=368 A rare winter fog in Michigan. : Enkidu

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  I haven't tried 7 but in vista there's an option to use the 'classic' start menu. Did they take that opti... : Perturbation
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    Yes they did unfortunately, at least out of the beta. : AgentPothead
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      They did, finally! Get with the program and leave the ten year old compatibility crap alone. : uncleanmonkey
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        Wait, what. The new start menu is a clusterfuck of unusability. The old start menu did what it was suppos... : AgentPothead
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          the point is that you don't "use" the start menu. you just type in the name of the program. : suqur
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            So why do they bother having a menu I can't get rid of if all they need is a dialog box? : AgentPothead
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              you can choose to not populate the menu with anything, but it's nice to keep track of the 5-6 apps you la... : Slowtreme
              • ^^^How I use it : freqq28
              • I hated it and then I took the time to set it up with no "recently used apps" and just a 5-6 of my most-u... : wasylm
            • If your only problem is how short the tree is -- i.e. it doesn't take up the whole screen like the Progra... : nudel
        • you are so completely, totally, and utterly wrong. just incorrect. the vista start menu is a godsend : retarded talking dinosaur
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          The Vista start menu, once you took a few moments to familiarise yourself with it, was much more useful t... : Mr.Finkster
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            Negative.. the scolling within the menu is one of the UI decisions I hate most from Microsoft. : stonedonkey
            • You vs a team that has bazillions of hours of usage data from XP and now Vista. : rosewood
            • You can make the start menu "taller" by increasing the # of recent programs to display or adding more stu... : factor27
            • haha what, how is that worse than a three-column start menu that fills the screen : nomaad
        • put down the pot for a second and expand your mind : Slowtreme
        • the searchable start menu is the bomb. In XP my fucking start menu would cover 3/4 of my screen at 1600x... : GloriousCow
        • compared to the new start menu, the old menu is a clusterfuck of unusability. it's awesome once you spend... : zerog83
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          Mine works just fine. : Scotty22
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            You mean.... it just works? : Mr.Finkster
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              Why did you post this? : Ebu
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                why did I post this? http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=XYoaqVbJoR8 : 60days
                • Why did I post this. : Ebu
        • I think the new start menu is a hell of a lot more usable, especially since there's no danger of accident... : uncleanmonkey
        • YOUR OPINION IS WRONG AND YOU ARE A BAD PERSON FOR WANTING OPTIONS : Sapiens
        • Are you fucking kidding me? The old one is so limited compared to the Vista one. Especially the search th... : Rice-Rocketeer
        • Really? The Windows 95 start menu was shit. XP's was significantly better, as was Vista's. Is 7's that... : walker270
        • What? Who wouldn't use the new start menu? I never even use control panel anymore, I just type what i wan... : avatar_58
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        You really don't know what you're talking about, do you? : TrptJim
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          Actually I do, seeing as my posts actually have content in them, while yours are just void of anything us... : uncleanmonkey
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            "Ten year old compatibility crap" being useful content? : TrptJim
            • In comparison to your useless posts? Hell yes. : uncleanmonkey
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      God that's stupid of MS. The Vista startmenu is okay but to take away options is almost always a bad mov... : Horn
      • Not really, if they programmed for all the old features then the whole thing would be a clusterfuck of un... : Mr.Finkster
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  The Vista start menu is fantastic. I hate it when I have to use XP because the start menu is so terrible... : arhughes
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    I agree actually. I still don't like the entire concept of the start menu but the Win7 implementation of ... : Neech
    • yep, it's the next closest thing to no start menu. I love the new task bar as well : zerog83
  • The thing I like about the start menu and control panel in Vista is the search boxiness of it. As both of... : Dave-A
• Just use Ubuntu if you are going to refer to Vista's start menu as a joke. Maybe one of those third party... : rosewood
• Fuck the classic start menu. Fuck it and its endless labyrinth of menus that was borderline impossible to... : Arceihn
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  Just so you guys know I'm restoring my xp install just because I hate this start menu so much. Well that ... : AgentPothead
  • And I'm back. 13 minutes from power down to desktop not bad. : AgentPothead
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    Just stay there and enjoy your 8 year old operating system. : rosewood
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      You say that like it's a bad thing. XP still works. Who cares how old it is. : Ellissd
      • pretty much everyone that is now expecting a constant flood of new devices and software from everyone : Downforce
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    adaptability : -1 : Enigme
    • I know I know. http://garthfearschange.ytmnd.com/ : AgentPothead
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    All the new taskbar is is basically a dock ont he bottom. Just take whatever programs you use most freque... : bozer
    • its basically just a combination of quicklaunch and the taskbar : retarded talking dinosaur
    • yeah I love how I can mouse over the programs in my OSX dock to turn other things transparent and bring t... : derelict515
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    ah the best type of user ever, the one who is unwilling to change. : maulla
    • * M O J A V E ' D * : Slowtreme
  • haha god, do yoiu realize the changes made were tried and tested painstakingly before they were implement... : the city
  • Hi dad. : glio1337
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  I haven't tried the Vista/7 Start Menus, but I don't really use the one in XP often. I do, however, use t... : code-e255
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    I use that a lot also, but it also seems to be gone in win7. It appears you can pin tasks directly to the... : AgentPothead
    • You can go back to the old way by choosing the "never combine" option in the properties. The new way is m... : Dave-A
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  is there a way to get firefox's tabs to show up the way IE 8's tabs show up off the new taskbar? : dantastic
  • Don't think so. That feature is up to the developer to implement if they've got an interface that runs i... : DrWaffles
• If you're using the menu, you're doing it wrong. To launch apps, press the Windows key, then type the nam... : Gonzo
• Oh god the XP Start menu at work is painful for me to use after using the Vista start menu at home. What... : Judecca
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  I used to be a die-hard classic start menu user. Then one day I decided to give XP's new one a fair shot ... : Marlin
  • I mean not only can I pin Firefox to the new taskbar, but I can also pin Latest Chatty to that. At any ti... : Marlin
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  Seems pretty uhh, Vista-y to me. I think everyone can leave UAC enabled now which is pretty great. Multi-... : Yanks
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    i still dont like UAC. i'm still getting too many nags as I install programs. : dantastic
    • This really isn't a giant leap in speed and usability at all on my PC -- I am running a pretty massive ma... : Yanks
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      I haven't installed a whole lot yet, but I barely even saw UAC. I think it said "Are you sure you want to... : Marlin
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        The problem isn't/wasn't a Vista problem. The problem was that software wasn't being written with Vista's... : pullmyfinger
        • It wasn't even that. With some special exceptions, programs that had problems due to UAC also had problem... : nudel
      • ah i never had UAC turned on in vista which is probably why this still bothers me : dantastic
  • UAC is exactly the same though, all they did was make it adjustable .By default windows changes are not p... : avatar_58
  • I still don't understand how anyone can have a problem with MultiMonitor support in Windows since Windows... : nudel
• Can it remember your folder view settings for more than three days now? Does it still automatically set ... : deathmuppeter
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  Did anyone had any luck running Fallout3 (Steam version) on Windows7? Mine keeps crashing. It's the opnly... : Nitrium
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    damn i was gonna try this. did you end up updating any video drivers. the forceware drivers i notice it... : dantastic
    • I've used the pre-release ones that come with Windows Update. But I've updated to 181.20 and no luck, sam... : Nitrium
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      Oh yeah, and I've tried Compatibility Mode to Windows Vista and Running as Admin - no luck, : Nitrium
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        ah well i was waiting for a patch so that it would stop crashing for me in vista anyways : dantastic
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          actually it loads fine for me. i copied over my whole steam apps folder from my vista install. ran the ... : dantastic
          • Strange, unfortunately turning off compatibility and running as administrator returns an exception window... : Nitrium
• I'm digging Windows 7 so far. The interface feels nice and speedy and I like the new taskbar. : glio1337
• I had to go back to using vista for a bit and I actually missed the improvements to the UI that windows 7... : d3tached
• I use Stardock's Fences! I love it and hope it works in Windows 7. Used to be a Quick Launch fanatic, b... : valael
• Start menu? Haven't seen that thing in ages. Launchy killed it. : stuka
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    That's how I set it up. I didn't like the new taskbar at first. It grew on me but I still really didn't l... : nudel
    • Though it seems like the "classic" taskbar mode wasn't tested very well. I immediately ran into one glari... : nudel

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• The EU can suck all the dicks. All. Of. Them. : Mr.Finkster
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  Fuck that noise, I love my plasma and my next TV will also be a plasma as things looks right now. If this... : SilverSnake
  • this is such a great excuse "baby, we have to buy that 50 inch plasma RIGHT NOW! or the man is gonna stop... : silentbobuk
• I imagine a significant portion of people in this country who own those things are having their electrici... : theghostofsmdever
• They're looking to do the same in the USA. First they'll start with taxes. Then the ban-hammer. I do a... : LilCrypto
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  Holy shit, they banned 100W light bulbs? Seriously, WTF? : Scrimbo Obeer
  • Anyone want to start up an light bulb bootleg operation? : pigvomit
  • California has banned incandescents too, hasn't it? : jcupitt
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    and why not? they waste a ton of energy, are more costly and are not brighter than the newer energy savin... : moshman
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      and i'm sure people love the government forcibly reminding them of that fact! (And if you're talking abou... : Bantis
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        Huh? People don't give a shit. You can still use your old bulbs until they die. Then you go to the shop a... : nudel
        • If they're CFL, there's a pretty good reason to care : Bantis
      • what does that have to do with it? it's a waste of money, anyone with any common sense should have switch... : moshman
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        CFLs Are the crappiest lights ever. They may be more "effecient" than incandecent but only in a energy to... : RogerDandy
        • I don't know which type we have but the light that comes out of them is fine and whatever 3rd harmonics a... : nudel
        • The current philips ones at least are nice. Some of the older or cheaper bulbs were a bit greeny-yellow. : jcupitt
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          Some of them have improved the spectrum differences: http://www.popularmechanics.com/home_journal/how_to... : semaphore
          • interesting link, thank you : jcupitt
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    Yeah, it's stupid. Inefficient or not, if I want 100W bulbs (I use them to warm the plants in the winter... : guido anchovy
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      20% of generated power goes into lighting. CFLs are a very easy way to reduce CO2 output significantly. : jcupitt
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        And I'm paying for the power that I use. It's not like I'm stealing the energy. That power's going to b... : guido anchovy
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          You're not paying the full cost of the power. You are not paying for the environmental consequences of yo... : jcupitt
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            Sure I am. Not only am I paying the rate of electricity, but I am paying taxes on the energy I use. The... : guido anchovy
            • Heh, dead thread, anyway, you are not paying the full rate because power consumption (or CO2 output) is t... : jcupitt
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  Fuck yeah, pave the way for OLED : Bamtan
  • you mean like the one I saw at the sony store over the weekend? It was about 8 inches across and cost $2... : FormerHPB
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  Aren't good quality LCDs as good as Plasmas? Whats the problem here? : jayacheess
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    A nice plasma still has better image quality than a nice LCD, though it does depend a bit on the viewing ... : jcupitt
    • The part about my plasma TV that I hate is that it weighs 140 god damned pounds. : snuff
• This isn't a problem. PDP's are getting more power efficient with time, as everything else. : d fluke
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  LOL 800kWh. Assuming 400w (per wiki) (oh no 4 light bulbs!)... That's an average of 5.5 hours a day ... : Theos
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    ineficient homes that pisses away heat/cold : ghost hacker
    • Germany seems to have a bunch of passive homes which are so energy efficient that all they need is a pers... : eldiablo01
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    well in a few years all analogue terrestrial tv transmissions will cease to exist in britain. : Klebold
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      I thought they already stopped them : moshman
      • its being phased out region by region. 2012 is the official year its all digital, its to give all the gra... : Klebold
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  Excuse me but doesn't this set a bad precedent? What about PCs that use high end power supplies? Do gamer... : avatar_58
  • oh its completely retarded. i blame all of you that let environmentalists fear-power politicians into thi... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    PCs have energy star ratings, certain fridges and washing machines are already banned. This is part of a ... : jcupitt
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      BUT THE SECRET EUROPOLICE ARE GONNA BREAK INTO MY HOUSE AND TAKE MY CURRENT TV!!! How dare they force ... : nudel
      • INFRINGING MY RIGHT TO OWN A BADLY-DESIGNED TV!! : jcupitt
      • plus you can't fight the government with bad residential lighting - its just a step towards tyranny : 60days
  • It ends when we start figuring out more efficient ways of doing stuff, I guess. : Juno
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    Xbox 360's and PS3's will be attacked before PC's though, those burn through a lot of power. Governm... : stgdz
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      The electrical grids (in general) are private entities, why should the government pay to add additional c... : Hiro
      • So government intervention in one aspect of private corporations is OK, but not in another? I can underst : Evil Benius
  • PCs only draw the power they need. even if you have an 800W PSU. If everything is idle it's only using a ... : Slowtreme
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  Haha Europe. I may be American, but Bush will be gone in a week and you'll still be European forever. ... : Visceral Monkey
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    Yeah that whole superior educational and living standards thing sure does suck. : theghostofsmdever
    • My country could kick your country's ass. : tyrelhill
  • Racist. : d fluke
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    Good for you - fatty : jbury
    • haha : GodZilly
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    LOL best eleanor roosevelt ripoff ever : jimmy-buffett
    • And by that, you mean Churchill right? http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/quotes/w/winstonchu108948.htm... : itsjames
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  HIJACK My sister is convinced that she wants a plasma instead of a LCD b/c plasma's are better. What ... : risimage
  • There is almost no chance of burn-in on plasmas anymore. And the PQ is generally better, though you're go... : mechanicalgrape
  • Typically, plasmas are better for image quality because they have higher contrast ratios and deeper black... : ieGod
  • LCD would make her look hotter. : Ziz
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    Your sister is correct. Plasmas are better. LCDs are cheaper and use less power but thats it. : baron calamity
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      In general, but I've seen some LCDs that are just drop dead gorgeous. I think the most impressive display... : ieGod
      • There are some impressive LCDs. I say plasmas are better and still feel that but next time I buy a TV set... : baron calamity
  • Pics of sister or GTFO : Mrc32
  • Your going to lie to your sister because she's making the right decision? : walker270
  • Yes they are better at larger screens : WadeMcLain
• Would ya want plasma leaking all over your living room!? : Ziz
• The comments are interesting in that article, from the American bashing the Brits and their nanny state t : stgdz
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  Is it bad that I want to punch anyone in the face that uses the term "carbon footprint?" That term just ... : FormerHPB
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    Yeah, it's just another way to try and make people feel guilty. : guido anchovy
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      ...for understanding more about the effects of what they're doing and how they may be bad? That doesn't s... : nudel
      • with great power consumption comes great responsibility! : jcupitt
• EUSSR - we know what's best for you! : xxx2xxx

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• That really is awesome. It's the journey not the destination. : haiku
• fucking solid. he's a fucking champ. : XchumpoX
• Sorry guys, can't play L4D tonight, I'm finishing up my Dodo skeleton. : pupismyname
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  Is this the dodo / maltese falcon speech? If so, yes. This is awesome. Especially the part where the ... : CRasterImage
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    what : pupismyname
    • chicken butt : CRasterImage
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    Yeah, or at least a part of it. I agree on the RFID part and I also like being able to learn about these... : DinK
    • Ya, he never gets to explain the results he got;. Though his tone infers that it was easily cracked/hac... : CRasterImage
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    that part was not in there : byorn
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      Perhaps not. There was a 12 part series on youtube that aired the interview with some collage. It cove... : CRasterImage
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        bir= bird and maltes = Maltese : CRasterImage
        • collage = college : Mr.Fusion
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    apparently this wasn't included in this clip :( : anhero
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      Here we go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-St_ltH90Oc He was giving a talk to a university and gave s... : CRasterImage
      • also, to hear more, searchj for the other parts of the series. It is good shit. : CRasterImage
      • THX!!! : anhero
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  BTW, I think I could relate to Adam more than I could to Jamie Hymen. Just a guess.... : CRasterImage
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    Nah I'd MUCH rather get to know any Jamie hymens out there. : DinK
    • If you can stand a lack of humor. Then, yes. : CRasterImage
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      Their best playing off each other. Their personalities make them a great team. : johnlocks
      • Agreed. As long as they can stand eachother, so can we. : CRasterImage
    • ...psst hymen joke... : Chunks
• it was awesome to see him geek out like that, he always plays it a bit sillier on the show. : aethyr
• That was excellent. : re-verse
• I want to be Adam when I grow up : familycircus
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  Not a sculptor and yet created that. Amazing. I would probably have created a blob of...something. : slacko
  • You would be surprised. WIth no training, my first piece of art when in college/uni I created a pretty d... : Q-ball
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  this one's good too: http://fora.tv/2008/12/12/Mike_Rowe_on_Discovery_Realization_and_Lamb_Castration : festivalman
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    Wow... now if ever there was a guy I'd love to spend a couple of hours talking to at the bar with... Mike... : Q-ball
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      If only to pick over his cast-offs! Chicks love that dude. : cerealSAM2
      • Everyone loves that dude. : lechuck59
  • That was really good. I hate stuff that really makes me think :) : Chunks
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    the concept that 'higher education' == 'success' and 'skilled labor/trade career' == 'failure' is one of ... : zakk
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      My dad always told me that if programming/computers wasn't for me, he'd be just as happy if I was a carpe... : Chunks
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        That video made me think that I should dump my nursing job that I'm not crazy about and just go be some s... : valael
        • I don't know how people can stand the mental stress of being a nurse. My friend is a nurse in pediatric ... : riptyde
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      Why is it damaging? Are we suffering a shortage of skilled labourers? : Vantage
      • Yes you are. He says so in his speech. A D- for your infrastructure is not something to be proud of. : ysbreker
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      the truth is that everyone has their place, and as long as there is interdependence, there is no true sup... : Luminair
      • Thats like some traditional african philosophy - doing well is being a good villager, a good father etc. ... : 60days
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      I totally agree with this. I hope that in the near future we will get back to teaching trades and trade s... : baron calamity
      • Trade schools and apprenticeships should've never died out. They still make sense even with modern jobs ... : hawkeye
    • Charles Murray agrees with you: http://www.american.com/archive/2008/september-october-magazine/are-too-m... : DonkeyPopsicle
  • He talks better than any professor I've ever had. : persuxe
  • ^^^very interesting : suruwek
  • That was really entertaining. : Big Luke
  • Holy fuck! I say it all the time but, Mike Rowe is awesome. : Thisispol
  • this is great. i love mike rowe : riptyde
• Uhhhhh......????? : mr.sleepy
• That dude is fucking crazy. : rosewood
• Very impressive. Also obsessive. : randomjgj
• wow, that guy is nuts. Impressive work though : chazums
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  Huh, he worked at ILM as a model maker. : ahlee
  • When I first heard his speach that was on my mind. He is a bit more skilled at this than he lets on or he... : baron calamity
• dammit, that makes me wish i could sculpt : lja83
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  O YAY a no-buffering mickey mouse player. Take note: Youtube / Vimeo / Dailymotion has done this already,... : gakera
  • Proper youtube, bufferable, watchable, non FFF--FFFOO---OOORRRR---RRRAA---AAA - TT---TTVVV---VVV version:... : gakera
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  Is mythbusters still worth watching? I watched it the first couple of seasons, but after I believe the... : stgdz
  • Its hit or miss. I think the moon landing episode was one of the best of the entire series. : baron calamity
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    I enjoy half the show. The b-team they have sucks. I usually have no interest in what they do. : mojorisen1117
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      I've been hot for Grant since he was on Scrapheap Challenge/Junkyard Wars with the ILM team. Him brain so... : d fluke
      • PS: not gay : d fluke
• this is a good one too http://fora.tv/2008/12/13/Dan_Ariely_Tendencies_of_Irrational_Behavior : boring gegtik

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• sucks to be you, bud. wake forest +5.5 :) : cajuncook
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  lol! First the Panthers, now UNC. SHUT IT ALL DOWN CLAY! NO MORE SPORTS IN NC! : FormerHPB
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    why do you mock my pain :( : Clay
    • Let's go Deacons! : prfectjon
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    He still has the Bobcats. : pyrogen
    • they actually won saturday night. pretty sure that's why the panthers lost. I don't think the panthers... : Clay
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  i really hate delhomme. are we getting rid of him or what. : xxiv
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    he had a bad game, as bad as he played, they won't get rid of him, they don't have any other QB's. : jonin
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      he melts down far too often to write it off as "a bad game" : xxiv
      • how'd they do last year without him? I do wish we'd get a decent backup to put in there when he's not pl... : jonin
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        @ TB, he threw 3 picks, and I defended him because they are freak accidents, usually the ball bouncing of... : Clay
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          Where there was the one pick Sat that actually was caught by the receiver but AZ took it out of his hands... : Slowtreme
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            Ok, I can't defend 4 of the picks. : Clay
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              all the praise when you're winning, all the blame when you're losing. the life of a qb. : xxiv
              • in this case it's more "all the blame when you pretty much single handedly lose the game" : Clay
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          I agree he sucked in the Arizona game. He kept looking for the "Big" play insteaf of making the smart pl... : jonin
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            I hear in Phoenix, they are passing out "honk if you intercepted jake" bumper stickers. : Clay
            • damn, i want one of those : jonin
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  Clay you are my sports nemesis. For absolutely no reason at all, at least not known to me, every sport te... : Slowtreme
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    What are your teams? : Clay
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      That's the thing, besides for my hometown teams (anything San Diego and Tampa), I really don't have a hor... : Slowtreme
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        maybe you're just a douchebag! : Clay
        • the possibilities here are ENDLESS. : Slowtreme
  • Same, but I live in Atlanta so it makes sense. : pyrogen
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  hey, Duke's still going strong! : DonkeyPopsicle
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    GET OUT OF MY THREAD : Clay
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      why must you hate? We're just a pleasant 20 minute drive from UNC! : DonkeyPopsicle
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        I don't think NC is big enough for UNC, Duke and NC State. Too many awesome teams for one state : ateam311
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          Wake Forest is in NC too, don't forget them. I know that intra-state rivalries are always the worst, but... : DonkeyPopsicle
          • Fucking Deacons man. We don't get to play em guys in FB again until 2010 :(. : ateam311
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          NCSU is pretty much the opposite of awesome. : Clay
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            Oh there we go. There's the rest of that non-UNC hate! SHOW US YOUR HATE CLAY : ateam311
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              I actually don't hate NCSU. I hate Duke, but I generally have warm feelings towards the rest of the ACC. ... : Clay
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                * except for VT/Miami/BC, they haven't been around long enough. : Clay
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                  BC is terribly retarded and Miami managed to lose their last game in the Orange Bowl to UVA. VT just ... : ateam311
                  • Nobody outside the conference would want it though. : abunch
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                I miss Chuck Amato :(. He seemed like such a fat and happy guy. : ateam311
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                  Great recruiter, Good DC, terrible head coach. : Clay
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                    I wonder if "I'll let you drive my red corvette" was part of his recruiting offer? : Clay
                    • Hahahaha yeah, he definitely wasn't a great head coach. Seemed like a nice dude though : ateam311
              • I think NCSU should change basketball coaches every year. At least then I could watch them lose in the to... : abunch
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  Shut up. Try being a Detroit fan for a few years and then you can complain a bit. Add being a Pittsbu... : jasonepowell
  • You seem to forget that until the Lions ripped it from Chris Weinke's barely alive hands (ok, Weinke woul... : Clay
• at least you're not a cincinnati sports fan, like me. : botch

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• lol : electroly
• My plan was to get my wife an iphone for Xmas. Now she is begging me to get one so we can have matching p... : MaxPete82
• hahahaha. why weren't you at elf practice the shackmeet? : Agrona
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  to pay for the service you would probably need to pack the lunch for much longer than a week. just saying... : lacker
  • Dont tell his wife that. : SigENeaT
• logic ftw. : dchavez999
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  Hah, you accidentally wrote "My wife" ;D You mean't your Mom, right? : GodZilly
  • Also "work" should be "school" : doomed
• You will never get the iPhone. She just said that because she doesn't believe you'll make it through the ... : Sacred Sperm
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  "Saving money" and "iPhone" should never be used in the same paragraph. : gdestiny
  • You can say that again. You get the phone, you get the data plan and you think, "ok, I paid alot i'm done... : baron calamity
• how will she know if you buy a snickers bar or two? : RikiTiki2
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  lol u are so whipped : gyokuro
  • the labial chains of doom, bro! : reverend~heresy
• sympathy lol : lasercat
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  How does that work? Your wife does realise she has to pay for the iPhone right? : Drewus
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    its like when you give treats to your dog for not shitting in the house : lasercat
    • i knew "on the horse" made no damn sense. i need to fuckin sleep : reverend~heresy
    • "we're working on eating out less and SAVING MONEY" : Drewus
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    You can save a hell of a lot of money by not eating out. He'd pay for an iPhone within a few months. : jayacheess
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      Not within a week, like I said though. : jayacheess
      • like HE* said. Back to bed for me. : jayacheess
      • Wouldn't take long though. I know that whenever I have to go over to Whole Foods that it costs ~$10 for l... : ateam311
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        If you're not married, you probably wouldn't get it. The idea isn't that he's saving enough money to p... : TheNiXXeD
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          It's a terrible fucking habit to break. I started working for real in May after graduating and I was goin... : ateam311
          • I know =( I posted later down this thread about how much I spend on it. As I post this, I'm eating a mu... : TheNiXXeD
• What do you have to do to get your balls back? : losimagic
• How could she ever find out?... : melt_core
• Grats! figured you deserved at least one since these guys were being dicks : halophoenix
• that makes no sense : Dravenport
• that's awesome. don't forget to pickup her pants at the cleaners on your way home. ;D : xxiv
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  One week of bringing your own lunch and no snacks saves you enough money to buy an iPhone? How many fucki... : voodooraze
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    Put it this way - he finds the iphone a little small in his hand : jbury
    • I fail to see what a big dick has to do with eating snacks. : voodooraze
  • My guess is that it is to help show him that it is not that hard to change his lifestyle in such a manner... : Evil Benius