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  No, there isn't. Molyneux thinks homosexuality is a sin and is punished accordingly. : Bamtan
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    can you cure STDs? does it really matter if i have them, other than having the number in my stat page? ... : dahanese
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      come on shack you know you ask these questions all the time not related to fable I NEED YOUR SOLUTIONS : dahanese
      • Just keep going - eventually the counter will stop or the game will crash with an overflow bug. : Jonathan
      • Have sex with a virgin. That always works... : menar003
    • I dont think you can. My character is rocking at least 5 std's right now. He is a monster. : ant_hillbilly
    • I don't think they're curable, but I don't think they affect anything either. : Arcanum
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      STDs don't do anything but put a number on that stat page. I think it'd be funny if they did though. Even... : OverloadUT
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        so i have no choice but to rack STDs up if i want to keep this wife? am i going to get a new one eac... : dahanese
        • Is that the farm behind the Demo Door? Maybe that's where she's getting them. : Arcanum
        • You know the floating eyeballs? ;) : DarkWolf5
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          I don't think you get a new one every time you fuck. I believe the keywords that she has will determine t... : OverloadUT
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            she's raunchy and randy :-( fuck i need to divorce her don't i. : dahanese
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              fuck divorce, just kill the bitch. : cltcprd
              • Murderous lesbian rage. So hot. : ryuuseki
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  Wait a minute, what game is this? : Saman
  • Her real life Fable II : action wombmate
  • fable 2. : Fyunch Click
  • thats pretty much my reaction to this post. wow. : Antilles_Prime
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    fable II might be the best game ever. seriously, i never played the first so i can't compare, but this sh... : dahanese
    • this is going on my gamefly queue : FrayLo
    • Fable 2 is what Fable 1 should have been. The expansion they released helped with content, but Fable 1 f... : breadsticks
• Maybe you should wash the butter churning stick before taking turns you filthy whore >:( : skitzo
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  That's kind of funny, because aren't lesbians the *least* likely to contract most STDs? : Vincent Grayson
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    Yeah, and this is what makes the religious right's "AIDS exists because God hates gays" argument funny...... : uncleanmonkey
    • Hm, i thought it was cuz some dude fucked a monkey? : menar003
• it's actually a mini-game. You need to get as many STDs as you can and spread them to as many possible. ... : Modulus
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  I managed to get my lesbian wife into a 3some with a guy and then got my other lesbian wife into a 10-way... : Fyunch Click
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    yeah how do you get sex parties going? find other raunchy people and bring them home? my wife will do jus... : dahanese
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      get them all worked up and loving you and then start propositioning them, if they accept they will follow... : Fyunch Click
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        I did this with my wife and another hooker (my wife was a hooker previously). Then she got mad at me for... : cltcprd
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          I think it only works if your wife isn't there. : azenmaster
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            oh no, she did it. But then was pissed at me afterwards. : cltcprd
            • Women! : ryuuseki
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              fuck so i have to invite two people back to my place? i can't use my wife? fuck. : dahanese
              • You can, she'll just get pissed afterwards! : cltcprd
            • mine didnt do it, she stood there while I did it, then bitched at me, but she still wanted to do it from ... : azenmaster
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      Just got the Island downlload content. Havent played it yet however my brother in law has ..says that onc... : cptstern
      • You can have more-somes in the vanilla game too. : DrZettl
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  see, the problem is you have condoms. you need to buy some dental dams. : hirez
  • do they actually have them? i don't think they do :-( : dahanese
  • yeah, but with a pair of scissors or your teeth, you can turn a condom into a dental dam : valael
• Well if i were you I'd sacrafice that whore to the shadowcult (can't think of the right name) with the wh : voodooraze
• This needs to be on the front page "so shack, what do you do when your wife is a gross plebeian but y : uncleanmonkey
• I just want to kill Reaver dammit. : azenmaster
• PICS'N'DIVX IS THE ONLY CURE, DAMMAT. come on people! you know this! i don't care if it's a game - : cerealSAM2
• Holy shit, why haven't I been playing this game. Oh yeah RRoD'd, tracking back home now.....but to your... : Lightzout
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  this is 360 only? : papaskot
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    they don't get naked so it's not worth getting a 360 for it : nomaad
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      no, i already have one, but i prefer pc games, the question is: is this 360 only? : papaskot
      • yes it is. : sigpro
      • but after some googling it seems as it is. : papaskot
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        First was later released on the PC, though it was a long while afterwards. They've denied any rumors of ... : breadsticks
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          IIRC they've all but confirmed it a couple times. Basically saying 'probably yeah, just not yet,' unlike ... : xsoulbrothax
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            Given Microsoft's recent behavior (closing Ensemble despite success after success, firing the Flight Simu... : Chris Remo
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              Coming out of anybody other than you I'd just shrug it off, but FUCK I really hope you're wrong. It di... : xsoulbrothax
              • missed a sad face after FUCK! : xsoulbrothax
              • It's really hard to take any other interpretation from it. They are actively suppressing PC projects and ... : Chris Remo
      • For the foreseeable future. Sometime very late this year/early next? Maybe Pc : locater16
• sacrifice them in the temple of shadows : m0rfus
• STDs dont do anything anyways : dantastic
• damn it, is this game getting released on PC??? : .Jayson

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  self Hijack: If you could do ANYTHING for 1 day, what would it be? I would like to an action star, film... : Rigor Morts
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    2 chicks at the same time : MagicWishMonkey
    • How about 200 hundred? : SigENeaT
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    NHL hockey player. : virus
    • ^^^ This no question. Even if for only one shift on the ice. : Solstice
    • same here : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I'd like to amend this to being the guy that scores overtime winner in an Olympic gold medal game. : Edges
      • I'd like to be the guy that scores the game winner in double overtime in game 7 of the Stanley Cup Finals : ninjase
    • I have dreams about hockey just playing in my D league. : chungathebunga
  • f1 driver : Mr.SEX
  • Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Photographer : ant_hillbilly
  • Professional League Rapist : Godhatesfatpeople
  • A Saudi prince. Fuckers have it good. : yoonix
  • billionaire playboy. I would take my day and siphon all the funds into a swiss bank account : .sticks.
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    Sultan... I'd see how many hot chicks in my harem I could bone in that 24 hours : riptyde
    • You'd probably only get one done before you wasted the rest of the 24 hours bragging about it on the shac... : bostrov
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    Astronaut, assuming I get to come back down since that might take longer than a day. : Modica Sol Solis
    • Your brain is MINE! : gakera
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      you know, i'd probably be OK with not coming back down. : dooberzoo
      • I would too if I was terminally ill. : Modica Sol Solis
      • I hear taking a dump in space can be messy, so I'd like to come down at least once a week to defecate. : gakera
    • yes : braaains
    • Fuck yes. Hell, I'd go on the trip to Mars in that case. WALK ON ANOTHER GOD DAMNED PLANET. The enti... : DrWaffles
    • Same. : fluke
  • astronaut in space I want to see the earth from space :) : gakera
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    if it's just for 1 day honestly i'd probably be some kind of awesome criminal. because fuck it, it's onl... : electroly
    • until you get caught. give it a shot. : reverend~heresy
  • Musician in studio. : ass-street
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    bukkake diva : GloriousCow
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      I believe we can arrange this. Who else is in? : yoonix
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        COME ON GUYS WE CAN GET A SHACKNEWS MAKE A WISH FOUNDATION GOING HERE : yoonix
        • not even if he wears udders and his cow suit. : cerealSAM2
        • i admire your passion, yoonix : GloriousCow
  • probably an astronaut, to see space/earth/micro-gravity : Modulus
  • unquestioned overlord of all humans : Downforce
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    Duke3d.exe : CrustaR
    • i'm going to start hitting lol on every one of your Duke3d.exe posts : ass-street
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      you post weird : randomposter
      • thewriter, why would you say that? :| : CrustaR
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    Fluffer : kgargonmagrix79
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      for girls I mean... : kgargonmagrix79
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        too late : thekidd
        • haha : ass-street
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    Professional dreamer. : helvetica
    • Oh, I imagine that could be a crappy job. I mean they have to be recording your dreams, otherwise why wou... : Modulus
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      that's such a lame chick answer >:( : ninjase
      • You're just pissed because she stole your answer. : yosemiteclimber
  • a hobo humping faggot : Utopia
  • i would rape you. : minigomp
  • Fly. like superman flying : RikiTiki2
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    Arsenal FC : pupismyname
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      I mean I'd like to play for them. I don't want to be the stadium or anything. : pupismyname
      • ^^^ post-game lockerroom attendant; shower-room detail : proclone1
      • why not play for a good team? : AllYourBase
  • President of the United States (w/ nuclear launch codes) : Mmmmmoo
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    What the fuck, no one wants to be a Green Beret? le sigh : Magus
    • Are you kidding? If I want to be a Green Beret I'll just go put 70 pounds of rocks in a rucksack and hike... : ArcKnight
    • and get electrocuted in the shower?!? no thanks! : proclone1
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    James Bond for a day. Eliminate like thirty evil henchmen and end the plot to hold the Earth hostage, all... : the_burd
    • James Bond doesn't do it in 24 hours, he spends too much time making fun times with the womens. Jack : ArcKnight
  • Famous rock star : ColoradoCNC
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    have the best possible sex ever. all day : jenisthebest
    • sup ;) : AllYourBase
• COPS MISTAKE 14 YR OLD FOR ADULT. FAIR TRADE AHEAD MOTHER FUCKERS! : NexusOne
• The only thing that would make this better is if he had sex with the female officer while they were on pa... : ArcKnight
• No wonders Jack Bauer has so many issues with moles. : breadsticks
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  you mean that kid is a dumbass : jonin
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    why? : sanchez
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      LOL : jonin
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        Really? LOL? He just exposed a whole department. : noobja
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          no not really lol : jonin
          • lol tighten the chin strap on your helmet : gokart.
• The best part is the cops saying he had no interaction with the public , while the mom says that's BS he ... : malus72
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  the quality of our police force is diminishing rapidly. not just here tho, it seems that way nationwide. ... : mindshot
  • It's amazing that nobody figured out anything was wrong until they got back to the station. The kid as po... : ArcKnight
• No wonder Batman has to beat criminal ass in Chicago. The cops are retarded. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Sounds like something from the 5th season of The Wire. : nurglich
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  He got charged with impersonating an office which isn't a small offense. : ra1n
  • How bad could it get if he's only 14? : d0gbert

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• i can't wait to see how the car is. : Mr.SEX
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  I have a feeling that all plug-in only vehicles are going to be a monumental failure, not just the ones f... : zerog83
  • of course now that I see it's not plug-in only... I still believe this vehicle will be a monumental failu... : zerog83
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  Early reports I've read say its going to be in low 30's even after tax credit - if this it true it's doom... : malus72
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    Some people like good looking cars and can afford them. The Prius is a dumpy car. That said. The Producti... : Slowtreme
    • Not to mention the current Prius is not a plug in vehicle. You cant run it only on battery power. That be... : Washburne
  • They are both overpriced crappy cars. I don't see much of a difference between the volt and the prius ho... : FormerHPB
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    Volt > Prius. With the Volt you most likely won't use any gas at all for your commute. : cltcprd
    • Not filling up as much makes you feel so good. Even though it costs electricity it feels free. I would ... : handofthrawn
• with honda bringing out a new hybrid that's cheaper than the prius, having a 30-40k volt is just idiotic. : festivalman
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  I hate their ad campaign here SO MUCH "Pole dancing on the subway! Have a little fun!" : pyros
  • Err this is for the Aveo, my bad : pyros
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  It's the smartest thing the company has ever done to remain competitive, so no. It shows shareholders ... : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    at 30K+ ? I assure you in the US most would laugh at the idea of paying that much for a Chevy car and wou... : malus72
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      not if gas gets back to the $4/5 a gallon range like it was this last summer...if the car came out then t... : ninjase
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        Why ? again all early reports show close to 40K pricetag , and it seats 4 only , so you could buy a Toyot... : malus72
        • why? because theyll see the savings in the MPG it offers : ninjase
        • You are forgetting people's willingness to pay huge amounts of money for a symbol of how green they are. ... : Washburne
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  what a strange post. you think they have a large marketing budget for a product, and that makes you thin... : Luminair
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    It just seems like they're going all in with this Volt concept, and to be perfectly honest I just don't t... : Ellissd
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      there is a lot more to this than feeling the money spent on volt isn't just spent on volt, it is an in... : Luminair
      • Perhaps. We'll see. : Ellissd
• Bring back the EV1 !!! : ghost hacker
• If it is at all what they are promising, I will buy one as my next car. I'm all for helping out our econ... : Rigor Morts
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  HOW DO YOU CHARGE IT FROM THE STREET?? or anywhere that doesnt have a garage?! : feek
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    HOW DO I CHARGE CAR kthx. ps I live at the bottom of a lake : Dave-A
    • HOW DO I CHAGE CAR PLZ I have only outlet with two prong on top and one on bottom. My cord has two on bo... : Delaric
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    EXTENSION CORDS MOTHER FUCKER : Rigor Morts
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      that still isn't practical where i live, and even if you could park right in front of your house what's t... : feek
      • You're right. Electric cars currently aren't ideal for everyone in every situation so they should just sc... : Prozium
      • READ MOTHERFUCKER READ : pupismyname
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        This is a horrible argument. How many houses have outside electric hookups right now? Every home I've l... : Freon
        • i cant think of any house i've lived in where it would be practical, including 3 homes i've lived in in f... : feek
    • I NEED MORE TIME : CoRDS
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    By driving it. The gas portion is just a generator that charges the battery. It runs until the battery ... : melkore
    • start it. : fluke
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    The majority of americans don't drive more than 40 miles a day so the 40 mile range of a volt is more tha... : Washburne
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      Fucking hell, you guys don't read shit. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt 3rd paragraph I... : pupismyname
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        what happens when i run out of gas ? : qwpeoriu
        • it starts burning patchouli : GloriousCow
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        READ WHAT, THERE WAS NOTHING LINKED MOTHERFUCKER. i kind of figured there'd be a gas engine, but if i wan... : feek
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          Read about the topic you are discussing before jumping in a thread with an ALL CAPS RAGE POST. Every s... : pupismyname
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            i knew it had a gas engine, what difference does it make?! either you cant charge the shit, so you end up... : feek
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              Again, read! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chevrolet_Volt#Fuel_efficiency TL;FDR It gets anywhere fro : pupismyname
              • fair enough, that does make it more interesting if it's toward the higher end of that mpg range. : feek
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        I'm fully aware of the gas engine but the expected range for the whole vehicle is 360 miles. While that i... : Washburne
        • Wiki is telling me different? "This effectively extends the Volt's potential range to as much as 640 m : Danny5225
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      yeah, ok, but im saying how do you charge it when you get home if you dont have a garage, esp if you dont... : feek
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        I will kill you with a knife. : pupismyname
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          you can charge it with a plug though :P The Volt's 16 kWh lithium-ion battery pack can also be fully c : mikecyb
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            Yes and that rules. : pupismyname
            • until you get your electric bill! fuck automakers in bed with general electric!!! : mikecyb
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        clearly not the car for you then. : Slowtreme
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          im saying it's not the car for a lot of people. it just doesnt make sense, and maybe they should be pushi... : feek
          • I have a garage, If I wanted one, I could charge it. If you don't have a garage, you probably live in an ... : Slowtreme
      • hopefully the volt comes with a picture book for instructions in case of people like you : qwpeoriu
      • It's definitely not a car for apartment dwellers. But it is good enough to market it to the other 50% of... : Freon
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  I think it'll do fine for a first gen new-tech car. It doesn't come out till 2010 anyway. : K1Bond007
  • I know, and i've been seeing commercials for this thing for practically the last 6 months. : Ellissd
• I think it will be a moderate success, it's one of the few Chevrolet products that doesn't seem to be com... : arizona bay
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  it might have succeeded had gas stayed above $4... : GloriousCow
  • I'm happy gas is under $2/gal now but I don't expect it to stay there. This car isn't hitting the street ... : Slowtreme
  • I'm sure it will be by summer time :( : yosemiteclimber
  • It's only a matter of time. Fuel is going back up like it or not. The only reason it's down now is beca... : nukewinter
• It may fail for GM but overall its a push forward for the industry, the more of these cars they make the ... : fluke
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  it still has a gas engine btw. Somehow people forget this. : conandan
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    Yeah, I'm not sure why people are going on about being able to plug it in on the street. : jayacheess
    • because its named the VOLT man, its ALLLLLL ELECTRIC!!!! : conandan
• I'm using a fat lady as transportation. I feed her with McDonalds fries. She does 2 MPF : Utopia
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  I think it's too expensive to really penetrate the market. All they are doing is lubing up the market fo : packav
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    Not only that, I think it's fucking hideous too. Look at this rear end, what the fuck were they thinking:... : Ellissd
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17479828 : packav
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  It might be a moderate success, but Shai Agassi's idea for electric cars is still the best and most pract... : ColoradoCNC
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    lol@"he's the only guy making sense here" : xxx2xxx
    • And DONG Energy - it all makes sense now! : xxx2xxx
• Yeah, I don't see it turning out well with GM execs talking about how it's luxury pricing being justified... : CrimsonHandHiro

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• That's pretty cool. : CrustaR
• very cool! : anthonybean
• I found denzel washington and p diddy, that was fun. : EagleSweet
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  I think Clarence Thomas is asleep : zakk
  • hahaha i saw that too : .Jayson
  • Yeah it really looks like he's sawing logs like a motherfucker. : action wombmate
  • He must have thought he was actually at work. : riptyde
  • check out the muppet/bitter beer face lady to the upper left from him, haha : kungfusquirrel
  • speaking of which I bet Stevens is psyched he can die now since Bush isn't going to appoint his replaceme... : mikecyb
  • Haha first thing I saw. : pigvomit
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  NWS for the two people humping way back in the crowd on the right. : BongSlayerB
  • what pixels #'s? : fuzzydamnit
• Bush looks bored out of his mind. : bakanoodle
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  Confirmed: Dick Cheney is really Henry F. Potter : action wombmate
  • The moment I saw him in the wheelchair I thought of The Big Lebowski. : sgtsanity
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  Where's Waldo? : kainen1
  • in high school, it was a tradition for one guy to dress up like waldo on the day of the school picture : Foxhawk
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  There's a person teleporting in to the right of the camera tower, behind the metal fence. The terrists... : HojuSimpson
  • * B A C K T O T H E F U T U R E ' D * : riptyde
  • terroris spotted: check the highest and furthest to the right grand stand behind obama. front of the top... : dantastic
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  this wont load at work, if this the Inauguration pic that is stitched? : Slowtreme
  • Yes and it's huge. : AgentPothead
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  I knew those CSI episodes were true! : SilverSnake
  • Haha anytime I see them do that "enhance" shit in movies and TV I can't help but cringe a little bit. : action wombmate
• check out the ghost in front of Aretha Franklin (edge of the row behind Obama) : .Jayson
• Bush 41, winner of this year's "worlds worst hat" award : riptyde
• so what's the resolution of this image? : shyguy74
• This one is more impressive (requires Silverlight): http://www.xrez.com/yose_proj/yose_deepzoom/new/XRez%... : rossimo
• pair of legs only walking down the isle : papaskot
• The black guy with the red scarf right above Bush is wearing a man's scalp and hat! o_o : DM7
• Now someone do one with Fallout 3 :( : d fluke
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  Is it bad that I felt like I was playing Silent Scope when I zoomed in on Obama? :( : Moonbase Commander
  • * F B I A L E R T ' D * : DM7
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  Holy fuck cheney really is an evil supervillian. : sammyl
  • haha I thought the exact same thing : Begawkiness
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  something creepy is going on 4 rows back from cheney : arcane_
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    Aretha Franklin is emerging from that man. : trove
    • or she just ate some of him! : arcane_
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  Michelle doesn't look like she dressed for the weather. : trove
  • Yeah its usually this way when they have to do some photo op. Its hilarious when politicians and their fa... : Hoax
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  Is that Bush Sr. sitting next to Hillary with the Elmer Fudd hat on? : Begawkiness
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    Because that hat is amazing : Begawkiness
    • that hat is cool, i also like orange golf hat : arcane_
• Kucinich went stag, apparently. : DonkeyPopsicle
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  Hahahah Cheney totally looks like doctor Strangelove with his wheelchair and even has the sinister black ... : Hoax
  • Also lol at Jimmy Carter enjoying himself. i think he will be on the dailyshow today. Looking forward to ... : Hoax
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    No way, he's totally Mr. Potter http://metaphilm.com/images/philms/wonderful-potter.jpg : action wombmate
    • The Resemblance is astonishing. : Hoax
  • I think he looks like that Nazi dude from Raiders of the Lost Arc whose face gets melted. At least the h... : mojorisen1117
• Some guy has two heads in the row behind clinton to the right (their left). But very cool pic regardless... : handofthrawn
• nice. couldn't we have gotten someone to punch Scolea (sp?) in the face to cap off the inauguration? that... : Antilles_Prime
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  who invited Dan Quayle??? : mojorisen1117
  • man bear pig.. : metalremains
• I found Waldo! : Agrona

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  Didn't you know you were the unofficial 51st state? : RomSteady
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    fuck that, you will never have my poutine!!! : jayares
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      get ready for McPoutine : dirge23
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        That already exists. Yep. : melt_core
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          Canada: America's Hat : dirge23
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            Canada: It's like a whole other country : capt tripps
            • ...that resides in America's hat : zerog83
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        it already exists and like most Americanized products it is pure ass : MrLobo
        • whoa, whoa, slow down. are you implying that a McDonald's(TM) product does not adhere to the strictest st... : dirge23
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          How exactly does one fuck up french fries with cheese and gravy on it? : riptyde
          • By not using proper cheese CURDS : Solstice
          • By having that attitude. Poutine is not merely "french fries with cheese and gravy on it". It needs che... : father_crown
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            The gravy's not very good and they changed the cheese to something that doesn't have anything to do with ... : melt_core
            • If it doesn't squeak it ain't poutine! : MrLobo
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  Manufacturing in Ontario and Quebec has been hit hard. : Bull
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    those are two provinces that could use a reality check anyways : jayares
    • Low gas prices make Alberta cry : MrLobo
    • I checked, it's still there in the corner. : Boxelder
    • Yeah! Stupid diversified industrial base and large, well-educated population. Who do they think they ar... : father_crown
  • More like the oil sands have been devastated since oil prices have gone to shit. : Super Sparker
• Since the opposition parties threatened to bring down the gov't if we didn't. : Fred Garvin
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  No country is doing fine, unless their import and export are neglible, in which case the country was prob... : Maarten Goldstein
  • Economic recession hits Nigeria, scammers resort to stealing money from Zimbabwe to power steam generator... : ryuuseki
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    Canada is actually doing extremely well compared to most western countries. I agree that our government i... : jayacheess
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      Umm, no. Canada is tanking just like every other nation. Your perception that Canada is doing well is b... : TwiLyght
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        Canada isn't tanking. I can see why there might be a greater sense of urgency where you live, though. : jayacheess
        • yea because ontario = car manufacturing. GM goes, so does south ontario. : -=kodiak=-
    • Here's the thing. The full gravity of what will hit us is inevitable, but significantly worse than what i... : carnivore
• Well everyone else was doing it... : father_crown
• How is Canada doing fine? Aren't you reading the news? There have been thousands of layoffs and more are ... : Attica Blue
• we are getting hit with a lot of layoffs as well... the rescue plan will create new jobs to try to compen... : mnok
• So how do I get some of this money? I promise to hire peoples! : Dave-A
• canada is fine except for how it totally relies on other countries that are not fine the purpose of ca... : Luminair
• If California can ask for a bailout, so can the state of Canada. : Priest77
• because of the totally fucking awesome idea to generate a majority of our nation income from the US, if t... : gokart.

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  is it rebooting after a bluescreen? perhaps turning off "automatically restart" on system failure will l... : wendigo
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    I never see a bluescreen : ]pm[chem
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      chances are you won't. it usually reboots immediately so the blue screen doesn't even pop up. : zerog83
      • ^^ Such an annoying auto-enabled feature. : acidnynex
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  check your C:\Windows for a folder called Minidump. Any files in there? If so you can debug them using ... : redfive
  • I will check this : ]pm[chem
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    also, what tool do you recommend for this? there appear to be several :/ : ]pm[chem
    • I just use the Windows Debugging Tools : redfive
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    son of a gun, there are 5 minidumps in there. should I enable a full kernel memory dump in advanced or j... : ]pm[chem
    • hmm none of them are from this weekend, though. I'll look at them anyway : ]pm[chem
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  you need to change your crash settings in windows and in the bios, change the bios to "never reboot on fa... : grandmasterlee
  • I will have a look at this : ]pm[chem
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  Ensure your motherboard BIOS is up to date. wendigo and redfive have some very good suggestions that I wo... : CasbahBoy
  • antec sonata iii comes with an earthpower 500W, should be good. thanks guys. : ]pm[chem
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  It sounds like a power issue. If it was heating of GPU you would probably get random stuttering and ar... : Alco23
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    Arctic Fox's post below reminded me about the ram issues I had with source games. Source games tend to be... : Alco23
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      I guess I'll test the RAM again. can everest log that power info to a file? RAM would be an easy/cheap ... : ]pm[chem
      • Yeah, Everest is a pretty good program to log (to file) almost anything on your system that can be logged... : Alco23
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  It's probably one of: heat, bad memory, power supply issues. Heat: Open up the side of the case, point... : Arctic Fox
  • It could also be a flaky ram slot. Drop some ram out (if all your slots are used) and play some L4D (or ... : schnitz76
• A little while ago I was experiencing random reboots that were driving me completely nuts, and I was at a... : ayesel
• When my computer did this it was the PSU, and after ignoring it for half a year it fried my motherboard a... : pyros
• does it do a savedump? You could always use the debugging tools to find out if it's a driver issue, etc.... : Halen
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  maybe I need a UPS, here is something similar from Ars where it was external (utility) power problems: h... : ]pm[chem
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    Occam's Razor still says it's more likely to be your PSU than the power company. A good PSU can filter ou... : Arctic Fox
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      ^^^ Exactly. A poor PSU, on the other hand, introduces more fluctuations to your lines... : Alco23
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        yeah, I'll use everest or what I can find to log voltages, etc, but I am 100% sure this brand is solid. ... : ]pm[chem
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          Did you read my SM? Antec brand for PSU is NOT solid! They were (maybe 5years ago) but not lately, esp... : Alco23
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            yeah I just replied to the SM with a defense of the earthwatts 500 and a couple other notes :P : ]pm[chem
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              Doesn't mean that you couldn't have gotten a lemon. Like I said above, bad PSUs cause all sorts of random... : Arctic Fox
              • yeah I may grab a PSU from lab if I can't figure this out : ]pm[chem
  • Having a good UPS will help, but I would think that you would notice if your power problems are that seve... : schnitz76
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  you said you ran prime95 but not memtest86+... and seemingly random crashes are most often tied to bad m... : Luminair
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    yeah, don't have memtest for this machine (yet), but prime95 torture test does pretty well on memory too : ]pm[chem
    • if/when you to run memtest86+, run it over night. One pass is not enough : Modulus
    • I'm afraid it doesn't because it only uses a small portion of your ram. and even if it did use all your ... : Luminair
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  • heh, bizarre. I have the "newer" "fixed" glossy part there, though. I will plugin my headphones to the ... : ]pm[chem
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  update: looking through logs in event viewer and analyzing the minidumps, some of the past crashes were c... : ]pm[chem
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    It's possible your computer will not boot if you disable AHCI in the BIOS. I know this is true if you ena... : Goncyn
    • naw, I just rebooted. it falls back to standard IDE smoothly. : ]pm[chem
  • Make sure you are using the latest Intel AHCI drivers http://downloadcenter.intel.com/Detail_Desc.aspx... : Smitty

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• get an intel mac go to http://developer.apple.com/iphone/ and download the SDK : snicker-snack 2
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  You need: 1. Intel Mac 2. iPhone or iPod touch 3. Xcode and the iPhone SDK 4. The $99 developers li... : orgcaptainnemo
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    ok I'll start there, thanks guys. : grandmasterlee
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      Go here as well: http://unity3d.com/ Not required - but I think it would make your life a lot easier d... : jbury
      • Until he knows how to code it's just adding yet anoter layer where things can break. Not only does he nee... : derelict515
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    You need a Mac to develop for the iPhone? lame they should port that shit to PC as well. : Modulus
    • has to do with Xcode - it was originally made for Mac apps, and I'm sure Apple doesn't mind steering peop... : Postal
• There are a slew of iPhone development books both released and coming out in the next few months. http... : ChibiJosh
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  I assume you already have a mac and iPhone? Because if not I'd say there are much cheaper ways to get sta... : derelict515
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    I don't own either, so I should start with simple console/GUI apps just to get my feet wet? : grandmasterlee
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      I'd start learning how to program C console apps. Then learn about object oriented programming. C++ wou... : orgcaptainnemo
      • gcc will do obj-c, you can download a free windows version from mingw.org etc. : jcupitt
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      get the mac, then get the iphone sdk. Download and open in xcode (which you downloaded with the sdk for f... : snicker-snack 2
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        This is kinda a horrible idea. It sounds like he needs to learn how to program from scratch. Changing s... : orgcaptainnemo
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          no, your suggestion about about making c console apps is a kinda horrible idea. At least with my way he ... : snicker-snack 2
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            Wrong. If he knows nothing about code playing in an example project is going to totally overwhelming and... : orgcaptainnemo
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              Wrong! He needs to feel like he's moving towards his goal and tinkering with something like a unity demo ... : snicker-snack 2
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                We'll have to agree to disagree. : orgcaptainnemo
                • I disagree to agree : snicker-snack 2
          • he's going to have absolutely no idea what is causing something not to work with that many layers between... : derelict515
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      Absolutely. It doesn't matter if you do C#, C++, python or whatever, just get a handle on basic CS concep... : derelict515
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        I took C and Pascal back in highschool, oh 16 years ago so I'm not going to rely on that. I can do it, i... : grandmasterlee
        • i'd personally start out with C#, do something like "C# programming for the absolute beginner" .. does a ... : Demius
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          Honestly C++ is a horrible mess of a language, you really need to be an expert to not fuck yourself in th... : uncleanmonkey
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            I love and miss C++ :( Right now I'm stuck in a loop of jobs that are all Java. I miss my old job whe... : Omaha
            • Oh god if I never saw another line of C++ it would be to soon. It's honestly a significant detractor to m... : uncleanmonkey
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            C++ is really powerful, but yeah, it's not the most elegant thing in the world. : Arcanum
            • Depends on what you mean by powerful. It allows you to go low level really easily, but it's hardly a para... : uncleanmonkey
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  Buy a license of Unity. Make game. Thank me. http://unity3d.com/ : gooblerampling
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    That's certainly the way to go once he knows he's in for the long haul but buying a mac, iPhone, dev lice... : derelict515
    • not to mention the unity license is okay, but you need the iPhone license too which is another 600 bucks,... : Demius
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      Unity 2.5 adds XP/Vista support so if he waits on that that would at least save him money if he doesn't a... : Frozen Pixel
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        as in it emulates the iPhone on windows? I would've thought that violated some TOS of apple's or somethin... : derelict515
        • No, just that he could get the indie license and learn the tools, then later get Unity iPhone for iPhone ... : Frozen Pixel
      • How does this work? : Richese
      • Sure it does. But the iPhone portion of the engine won't work in XP/Vista. You still need Xcode to comp... : orgcaptainnemo
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  Do you have any programming background at all? If not, what you're asking for is a little like saying yo... : Arcanum
  • Isn't that what those Time/Life books written by Bob Villa are for? : Xin Jing Client 1a
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    Wasn't there a Shacker who had no programming experience and has been coding his own RPG? : hoov1185
    • yeah, that was me.. and to be fair, i've put a LOT of effort into learning CS, most ppl wouldn't go this ... : Demius
• i would recommend learning C by getting a good book, maybe a beginners book to game programming on the ma... : Demius
• dive in, tinker with stuff for hours : Chandler55
• find a calendar and scratch off 500 hours because thats how long it will take : Luminair

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  It was unsportsmanlike like, it was overkill and made the team that did it look like a bunch of dicks. It... : Visceral Monkey
  • I, personally, think that is impressive as hell. : mwasher
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    Yes, but "Unchristlike" ... O_o : virus
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      you've never hear that before? you need to come down here to the bible belt man... : deject
      • how would jesus dunk? : GloriousCow
    • humility is a virtue : RikiTiki2
    • Isn't competition "unchristlike"? : Sarcastro
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    so do you just let them score? : reverend~heresy
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      somehow i find the idea that you would start going easy on an opponent because they're behind even more i... : GloriousCow
      • seriously. what if they are so bad letting them miss lay ups, shots, dunks, etc... wtf is the point. bad ... : reverend~heresy
      • This is the way I see it too. It can be very insulting if you are not playing your best on purpose just ... : Awun
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        An article I read about it a while ago said they were basically stealing at midcourt and driving down for... : Ovate
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          If you aren't going to play at the peak of your ability, whats the point of even playing the game? : the_burd
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            Playing a game isn't just about trouncing your opponent as much as humanly possible. It's also about pla... : Ovate
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              if your sport is boxing its about knocking the other fucker on his feet : GloriousCow
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                So in Mike Tyson vs. GloriousCow, Mike Tyson should pound the shit out of you at a maximal level, even th... : Ovate
                • mike tyson would punch my head right off :( : GloriousCow
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        This is why I always give it my all when wrestling with my 10 year old cousin. I respect him too much. : SpaecKow
        • ground n' pound that little fucker : GloriousCow
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  The coach: "My values and my beliefs would not allow me to run up the score on any opponent..." wait w... : fishbone
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    Yeah ... somehow mixing religion with sports doesn't make any sense at all. : virus
    • Jesus really let us down out there today... I mean, 3 fumbles? Jesus really phoned it in. : Lunatic Angelic
• Christ would have put up a quadruple triple triple on those ADHD kids plus turned all the water into Frui : Lunatic Angelic
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  you would think the coach of the losing team would decide when enough is enough. : SolveChrist
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    Arizona girls played 2v5 about a year ago against Oregon State. It was pathetic, one AZ player trying to : Lunatic Angelic
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      Come to think of it, a team walked off the court against Lisa Leslie in high school after she scored 80 p : Lunatic Angelic
      • according the wikipedia it was 101! at halftime....Christ : buzzbat
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  They really fed that team to the lions. : Sze Ior
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    Jesus saves! : two50six
    • The rest of your team takes damage. : DOOManiac
• Its part of the christian school rules to include Christlike as a descriptor in anything you do. : slambast
• I once lost a rec basketball game by a score of 62-10. Brutality. If I was the coach of that girls bas... : pupismyname
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  There is no mercy rule in girls basketball that shortens the game or permits the clock to continue runnin : mikecyb
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    mikecyb, the only thing i would argue with you here is that allegedly, the winning team kept shooting 3s ... : FrayLo
    • I guess it's fucked up but would it have been better if they were doing layups? that seems even worse be... : mikecyb
  • blindfolds man. blindfolds. : hirez
  • Easy. You put in your 2nd string. After that you put in your higher end jv. You use it as time to give yo... : hadronflux
• it happened, the coach is an idiot, and now everyone should move the fuck on : FrayLo
• Their approach was perfectly Christlike http://www.theangelsgarden.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000002/3981.... : fishbone
• Fucking babies. It's a sport. You suck, you lose. You suck so bad that you never win a game? You acce : SiW.
• hahahahhhha : mindshot
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  Yeah let's all freak out about a christian team beating a team comprised of mentally handicapped players.... : kpxkrnjc
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    oh come on they kids with dyslexia and ADD for fucks sake. it's not like they beat down a team of wheelc... : mikecyb
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      Maybe their coach should sign them up for a different league for such specialized kinds of academies then... : kpxkrnjc
      • dude being dyslexic means you rearrange letters when you read (basically.) ADD means you have trouble foc... : dahanese
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      Most ball players I tutored in high school were dyslexic. I think the fact that the school is putting tog... : anhero
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        yeah -- they just weren't as good. it has nothing to do with anything else. just an inferior ball team. : dahanese
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          Right so why the fuck is this a news story? 'NEWSFLASH GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM BEATS OTHER BASKETBALL TEAM... : kpxkrnjc
          • i think it's the firing? that's not really what you were talking about in your last post. : dahanese
    • What the article fails to mention is that the dyslexic kids were scoring on the wrong net the entire game... : fishbone
  • my high school's team would play against the deaf school once a year; they had these sweet seismic machin... : proclone1
• i'm confused. it's not like the other team was in wheelchairs or something right? they're in the same lea... : gokart.
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  I heard this story on Mike and Mike last week. I think the issue is a legit team beat a squad that can on... : sm00v3d
  • my bad it's High School but I feel the same : sm00v3d

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  http://www.amazonmp3.com/ : electroly
  • I agree with this post. Also those two albums you bought from iTunes would have been $23 on amazon. : CrazyPants
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  Three albums worth for about $11.66 each, sounds completely reasonable to me. : EvilDolemite
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    LOL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mellon_Collie_and_the_Infinite_Sadness - bad use of ampersands, he only ... : sonicdeathwalrus
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      it's a double though, and itunes treats doubles as two albums usually : EvilDolemite
      • hmm it's only 13 euros here. but i'm thinking that if MC&IS is 25 tracks and TV is 11, perhaps he acciden... : sonicdeathwalrus
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  MGMT - "Oracular Spectacular" is one of my favorite albums of 2008... I really love it. Also, Amazon for... : Ormsbee
  • Hi rez video of "Time to Pretend": http://www.court13.com/TimeToPretend_480.mov (I love this song) : Ormsbee
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    Nice.. buying Oracular Spectacular for 7.99 on Amazon! : kgargonmagrix79
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      actually it came down to 4.99 for some reason. : kgargonmagrix79
      • even better! : Ormsbee
  • Itunes is mostly DRM free nowadays or soon will be completely free : carnivore
• both awesome albums. it was worth it, dude : whereiwannab
• 1- fuck iTunes. 2- MGMT is one of the best new albums in recent memory for me. : stuka
• MGMT = awesome. 808's and Heartbreak = not. : mwasher
• MGMT is awesome, though when I saw them live it was very different than their album. iTunes in 2007 ha... : TwiLyght
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  that's better, see how much more constructive your posts get? :D : redfive
  • My iRage was too great at the time to be constructive : kgargonmagrix79
• Well, that is retarded, and you should have just gone to the store and bought it for $14. : virus
• MGMT is great. Picked it up yesterday for $10 at HMV. : UselessHack
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  AmazonMp3. Also watch for their daily deals (full albums for 1.99). Once in a while something good pops u... : K1Bond007
  • Today's deal is The Pharcyde's Bizarre Ride II which is awesome. : Prozium
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  usually get (gasp) CDs and then rip them, but when I go online it's usually iTunes. the all DRM-free mov... : Postal
  • As weird as this sounds, it doesn't really fit into my lifestyle. I stream my iphone/ipod to my stereo(s... : kgargonmagrix79
  • I buy CDs from Amazon too. It's the same price as the mp3 album, and I can rip to FLAC for archiving. Plu... : Arctic Fox
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  808's and Heartbreak is genius. I can't stop listening to it : wtf242
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    genius a terrible rehash of old beats and an INSANELY over-autotuned rapper-trying-to-sing. ugh shit is ... : mwasher
    • Yeah seriously. I have never been able to stomach Kanye, he's crappy in every way. Just the pinnacle of... : father_crown
• itunes wouldn't let me sync peggle to my ipod because it was authorized to my old PC. Fucking buying stu... : Fish_Bulb
• redfive is a smart guy when it comes to being smart. : packav
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  Guys.. I'm pretty bummed. Melon Collie wasn't as good as I remembered it :(:(:( : kgargonmagrix79
  • Yes it is. You just don't have the same mindset you had in middle/highschool when you first heard it. : mwasher
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    the misses on the album stand out more now, i think. but siamese dream is still perfect in every way. : EvilDolemite
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      see that's what got me to purchase Melon Collie again. I ran into Siamese Dream on a trip back from Chic... : kgargonmagrix79
      • Although I still say that they wrote some of the most melodic riffs ever : kgargonmagrix79
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        try Gish. that has more of the raw pumpkin fuzz that were so prevalent in siamese dream. : whereiwannab
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          And then listen to Silversun Pickups - Carnavas which is kind of a Gish II. : Deathlove
          • hahha yea it really is! : whereiwannab
    • I still can't believe that I got their 120 track Rarities and B sides collection for $20 from rhapsody la... : Prozium
• Recently while driving north out of San Antonio on 281, while radio surfing, there was a girl talking abo : capt tripps
• I just threw Mellon Collie on my iPod last week; I hadn't listened to it since about 1999. : the archvile
• I was a big fan of Oracular Spectacular. Pleasantly surprised. : ColoradoCNC

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  It is amazing the monopoly TI has, those pieces of shit have barely changed in 15 years and are still the... : gmd
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    dude they were awesome, i remember writing really shitty games in Z80 assembler on those things =D : MoreVespeneGas
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      hell yeah. I had Scorched Earth on my TI-85 and could even do MP over the link cable. It was also gre... : riptyde
      • Yep same situation, except one teacher would pull out the battery making sure the memory wiped. The fat b... : MoreVespeneGas
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      Haha I once wrote a small text RPG in the "if..then" programming function. Nothing as complex as ASM tho... : kpxkrnjc
      • My friend Quang wrote a tiny clone of Dragon Warrior for the TI-83 during senior math class, entirely wri... : father_crown
    • yesssssssss. TI-8x programs were the best. : Foxhawk
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    I think I used the TI-81 in high school (1990 - 1994). Worked fine for me back then, but I'm surprised t... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      Four new versions. TI-82, TI-83, TI-83 Plus, TI-83 Plus Silver, TI-84 Plus. : electroly
      • Don't forget the vhs cassette-sized TI-92 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TI-92 : riptyde
      • The "new" Plus Silver I have I bought around 2000 and has copyright 1999 on its back. And it wasn't even... : BohemianLeper
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    My ten year old TI-86 still works great! : Flying h4x0r
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      What does your ten year old need with a TI-86? When I was in fourth grade, we didn't do anything near tha... : uglysad
      • I meant my TI-86 is 10 years old : Flying h4x0r
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  I have a TI-82 somewhere that probably hasn't been turned on in 12 years. : PapaBoo
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    btw, pupismyname got is comp programming start with a tic-tac-toe game for the TI-82 : PapaBoo
    • super mario for the TI-82 was the shit, the one written in assembly. : gmd
  • Heh, yeah, I probably have an 82 in a drawer somewhere too. : boarder2
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  no, your gf is out 150, wtf wrong with you. this is shacknews, we dont play nice with girls. : papaskot
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    we play w-w-w-ith g-g-g-girls? : cerealSAM2
    • Real, l-l-live g-g-g-girls? Hot dig-dig-digitty damn! : cerealSAM2
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  a TI-89 is like $99. TI-83s should be more like $75. : electroly
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    p.s. the TI-89 is about a million times better than the TI-83 : electroly
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      Yes, the TI-89 is an awesome little machine. I loved mine, I wish I hadn't sold it when I was in my broke... : Goncyn
      • I have 2 of them, that's how awesome I think they are! : MagicWishMonkey
    • When I made the jump, it was like the clouds parted and I could look into the heavens. It made my college... : hoov1185
  • I got my TI89 about 2 years ago and it was $150. : Fish_Bulb
• buy one on ebay that some kid likely stole from his school. : ohhjebus
• don't talk to the school, call TI and look for a replacement : sys_ref
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  HP > ti. RPN > algebraic. : vikramwillrock
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    don't you mean HP TI > : electroly
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      Haha, yeah, i typed it up like that but didnae expect the ti posse to get it. Glad you are on the same pa... : vikramwillrock
      • the raps were totally awesome as i expected. i look forward to more. i'm also glad that "didnae" has ma... : electroly
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    HPs feel much better made too. I love my faithful 48. : delataur
    • I don't know if this is true of all HP calculators, but when I used a friend's 49G, I was horrified at th... : electroly
  • ooh get a load of this rebel. : wetard
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    I went from an 83 to an HP (48 I think?) and even after a year of using it I went to a TI-89 my senior ye... : mwasher
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      no wait it was the fancy 49 one. : mwasher
      • yes, while the cool kids were partying in high school, i was spending $150 on a calculator and trying to ... : mwasher
      • 49g kinda sucked. was it the blue one? The 49g+ was way better but it had that stupid gold colour. The 48... : vikramwillrock
  • ti's are better than any HP shit I used : AllYourBase
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    Yeah. My dad thought so too. He made me get one in High School back when everyone else was using the Ti-8 : Magus
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_Polish_notation : wetard
      • ah yes, I remember that now. : Magus
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  this may sound silly, but take out the batteries, put them back in, hit on, and then try to turn up the c... : newek
  • Yeah, I tried to turn up the contrast. It is just toast. =( : risimage
• That sucks, my TI-83 was like a tank. Bought it in middle school and used it all the way up to my freshm... : arizona bay
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  just fyi: Transistors don't leak. Might be a capacitor. : asdf
  • it could've been corroded traces and/or solder joints that affected the part as a result of the battery c... : wetard
• ebay? intarwebs, bitch : Antilles_Prime
• tell her that daddy cant afford another TI-85, so shes gonna have to use an Abacus now : Antilles_Prime
• Not the best time to buy one. They go for real cheap used once class is over :) : SiW.
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  just offered risimage my TI-85 for 40 bucks, the pal-discount... and now he's trying to negotiate me down... : Antilles_Prime
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    $40 really isn't that good of a price for a TI-85. : electroly
    • I saw one in a pawn shop for about $15 : GloriousCow
  • 85's are fucking useless unless your an accountant : conandan
• any time I sense any calculator nerdery going about, I feel compelled to give a shoutout to my HP 48G... ... : TPSReport
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  I would never part with my TI-83 PLUS. Best calculator I ever owned and still works great. Plus I have ... : father_crown
  • Mine has like 3290523 layers of white-out on the lid and I'm never throwing it away. Ah, math class! : d fluke
• This is why whenever I take anything in to be fixed I act like a dumbass and not tell them I figured out ... : ghost in my shell
• You keep saying it's battery acid. Do you know for sure that's what it is, if there isn't any in the bat... : DinK
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  Hijack: I have a TI-89 Titanium and Vista 64. I've tried everything I can think of to get the OS to recog... : Psigun
  • maybe you could use virtual PC and a XP install? I don't know if you have USB access in a virtual PC thou... : Modulus
• "Its the best day, I ever had! Its a calculator! Finally, this...a calculator!! I´m gonna keep dividing... : Mister Groin
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  I collect those things like beanie babies, I have a 81, 83, 85 and an 89. :p That being said I've had mos... : acidnynex
  • I have one of these! http://www.datamath.org/BASIC/DATAMATH/ti-2500B.htm Purchased by my dad when h... : eldersveld
• usually when you return shit you just play dumb. you tell them it just doesnt work and dont give them an... : dantastic
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  I've got a TI 87 in great shape I'll sell if someone wants it. It even has a cheat sheet for Differentia... : ra1n
  • Whoops, thats a new version TI-89 now that I looked at it. : ra1n
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  didn't they make real computers to replace this kind of shit? i can load up a program like this on my cel... : rigg5kthx
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    Can your cellphone do symbolic calculations? : sludge vohaul
    • And I also don't know of many math instructors that will let you use a cellphone (or anything besides a p... : Prozium
• I had a Ti-89 and that thing was all sorts of awesome. I remember having the program that you could fake... : dysfunctional
• HP4LYFE. : capt tripps
• That sounds like a manufacturing problem, and I think you should contact TI and make them replace it unde... : famine101

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  Like how I back over the jerk that says, "hey, you!" when I steal a car in GTA. : Omaha
  • GETIN THE BACK! AAAAH! : tomservo
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  I want a minigame where I can take my skateboard, and beat the crap out of the fisheye lens corner shit t... : DrZettl
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    You know, I never even notice that when I'm playing. : pyide
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      Do you play on a 16:10 screen? I'm wondering if it's that. My buddy says he doesn't see it, but I find ... : DrZettl
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        Yeah, my screen is 16:10 so it's letterboxed for 16:9 content. I really never noticed it until someone po... : pyide
        • Yeah, the the HUD lacking a north arrow is crap. You have to go to the Challenge Map to see where to go. ... : DrZettl
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  Audio Option -> Dialogue 0 : BikeNamedMike
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    No no. My rage makes me feel alive! : tomservo
    • No, you bleed to know your alive. : DrZettl
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  so, I should be receiving this tonight from gamefly. shackbattle? : Foxhawk
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    I don't think servo is playing the 360 version as he doesn't have his 360 online yet. : sigpro
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      As someone who has the PS3 version, if he has a 360 I really hoped he got that one. The game's performanc... : pyide
      • Also, no custom soundtrack support. Which is really disappointing :( : pyide
      • He does has a 360 because I traded him one cheap. But knowing how stubborn he is I bet he got the ps3 ver... : sigpro
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  well there is this minigame: http://goonskate.com/video.php?id=4268 : mikecyb
  • holy shit lol : pyide
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    holy crap this video is hardcore - http://goonskate.com/video.php?sort=rating&id=4662 : mwasher
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      holy shit that fucker is bobsledding : mikecyb
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        holy crap check this one out http://goonskate.com/video.php?sort=rating&id=4300 : mwasher
        • I love that video, when he does that spin its just like, "damn that's cool." : h o s t i l e
    • i hate that fucking area so much. i pull of a sweet move and then i land and it's like bam insta-bail fuc... : Chris Faylor
    • haha, that's my favorite trick I've seen by far : taronish
  • You can also use the RB to grab onto cars aka Marty McFly. Do that in a populated area and see how long/... : DianeOfTheMoon
• They should have just had Gilbert Godfried voice that guy. Rage Rising tenfold! : Masem
• There needs to be a mini-game where you run over koston and Carroll with a truck >:( : fen boi
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  how is this game? better than the first one? : pandastrong
  • The career mode is fucking epicly terrible, but overall the freeskate game mechanics have improved. On... : PeanutsEnvy
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  I want to hold a gun in this game so i can shoot every fucking pedestrian that just randomly walks into m... : -=kodiak=-
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    Have you noticed that the longer you stay in an area, the more skaters and peds flock in to fuck up your ... : DrZettl
    • In career mode, yeah that seems to be the case. In freeskate, you can turn those fuckers off though. : burningtrees
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      hah yea, i did notice that. I find a spot.. i spend like 10 minutes off board using the horrid controls s... : -=kodiak=-
      • attach the objects to your session marker : zakk
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  hey tomservo, why didn't you answer my text messages from last Thursday? :( : nyranger66
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    You probably have my old number :( Sent new number :( : tomservo
    • lol hope no one has your old number. we sent some interesting texts. : nyranger66
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  let's play this game online! Add me, Foxhavvk (two v's) : Foxhawk
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    also, is EA Nation broken? I try to sign in in-game and it fails, and online I enter my username + pass (... : Foxhawk
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      I can sign into the skate website just fine with my EA nation account that is tied to EA sports and also ... : sigpro
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        i can get in the skate site but not this EA nation thing : Foxhawk
        • hmm i am signed into the ea nation website just from signing into the skate site. If the game is in my ma... : sigpro
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          I just connected without doing anything differently! hooray! : Foxhawk
          • My copy did get here so I should be online later tonight. I suck ass though and only played skate 1 once ... : sigpro
    • yea i tried signing into EA nation and cant... still wont. : -=kodiak=-
  • I might be playing later! : DianeOfTheMoon
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  It's a serious love hate relationship with me and skate2. Seems the Thrasher quests are bugged, unless th... : Werkin
  • In what way bugged? Have you found the pools to unlock them to start with? If you have, try doing a coupl... : PeanutsEnvy

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  My favorite mods right now are: Native Expansion ( http://forums.taleworlds.net/index.php/board,109.0.... : Pacalon
  • Too much to read in my intoxicated state, but saving for later. This game is fucking awesome. : AgentPothead
  • Installing now, thank you! : sanchez
  • Nice write up. I'll check some of these out. : NFXFSX
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    Looters replaced by war parties, which are fairly powerful - 30-40 mercenaries. Yes, great, replace th : Arcanum
    • haha! It's not that bad, actually. Early on its a bit tough, yeah, but you can manage by outrunning them ... : Pacalon
  • The other Mount & Blade thread had some stuff, but this is pretty comprehensive. Thanks for the links. : Rag and Bone Man
  • Very nice, I will install some of the graphical mods asap. :D : DM7
  • inf+ : razlebol
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    The version of graphical enchancement you posted is 2.5. The author released 3.0 http://forums.taleworl... : razlebol
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      Nevermind, it's work in progress and it hasn't been released yet. : razlebol
      • GOD DID YOU NOT SEE THAT IT WAS A WIP JESUS FUCK : ArcKnight
    • This is incorrect - 3.0 is still a WIP. : ArcKnight
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  Tangent: What difficulty settings are people playing on? I started playing on the easiest, which seemed... : Arcanum
  • I'd DEFINITELY start off the easiest.. which frankly, won't be easy at the start. haha! I'd then start wi... : Pacalon
  • I play at 73% difficulty. Not sure what combinations put it up to that. This game is brutally punishin... : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Crank everything to the hardest. Put manual blocking on. Only then will you be a man. : SockMonkeh
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      Wait, whats manual blocking? : ArcKnight
      • Blocking work like attacking in reverse. You move the mouse the direction an attack is coming from and ho... : SockMonkeh
    • Seriously though, crank everything up except manual blocking. Once you have gotten comfortable then you c... : SockMonkeh
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  Damnit I give up. I just checked and it was still 7.50 so I bought it. I don't this dont suck. Damn the ... : jonin
  • *hope* : jonin
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    I literally just did the same :( : jayares
    • we are so weak jayares :( : jonin
  • i successfully avoided this purchase last night : extrahappyturtle
  • I bought it today too. I've been meaning to try it, but at $7.50, I think the question becomes why the fu... : hoov1185
  • got it for me and a friend. damn shackhype : onji
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  I played an early beta and did not like it. What's new that can change my mind? : kpxkrnjc
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    The demo? : ArcKnight
    • I agree with this suggestion. : bakanoodle
    • damn good idea, rofl : kpxkrnjc
  • k dayum I'm liking this. : kpxkrnjc
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  Can someone please tell me why I suck? More specifically why do my Hero companions totally blow? They... : skinlab133
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    My hero's level is way lower than mine and he does suck, the rest of my army does pretty well since they'... : sanchez
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      I'm using a Balanced Bastard Sword with great success right now. It's got a pretty decent range on it. Ho... : ArcKnight
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        Bastard swords are nice because they can be used either one handed or two handed, which makes them great.... : Pacalon
        • Yes! I feel like I'm in Braveheart or something. I got jumped by a group of ~30ish mountain bandits (I wa... : ArcKnight
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      Get yourself a lance. : SockMonkeh
      • I seem to suck at hitting things with the lance. : sanchez
  • You might want to turn down companion damage level for a bit until you get more tactics down. Think of it... : Pacalon
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  This game is so awesome. Someone needs to make a mod that will add gore and gibs. : razlebol
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    I want limbs coming off SOF style. : ArcKnight
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      Yeah. It would be perfect with that. : razlebol
      • heads getting torn off and getting stuck to the end of your lance... : sanchez
  • I would love to see this game done on the CryEngine2 with dismemberment added. : SockMonkeh
• Oh great, I'm buying this now, I hope it doesn't suck because this is COSTING ME A SUBWAY VALUE MEAL. : nukewinter