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By: Steve Gibson x Show Full Post

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so i made sure to take off for the evening and i'm pretty sure it was a good choice. far more relaxing.

now most importantly, thank you very much everyone for the congrats. i couldnt possibly be more thrilled with how this turned out. i am still pretty much in shock for what this all means for life in general. it is crazy.

so i wrote up a thanks to the moderators for all the hard work they do that was fairly lengthy, but i think this one part of that will give you guys a good idea of where i am personally.

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Why now?

To give you guys an idea of what really made this choice clear to me, a little while ago my wife's surprise 30th birthday party was being held up in Pennsylvania. This birthday had some pretty special meaning to her and I knew how elated she would be with the surprise. I was dying to tell her because of the stuff she was dealing with but I knew it would make the surprise that much sweeter.
Two days before flying out I had to call her family and cancel because of this job. My wife had her surprise birthday party without her husband because I had to stay home and work on my internet blog.

Why am I working these insane hours while life outside passes me by? Will growing my company bottom line really reward me more than time with family and loved ones? I was given a chance to change my life, so I did.

Feb 04, 2009 12:39am PST

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so i made sure to take off for the evening and i'm pretty sure it was a good choice. far more relaxing. ... : Steve Gibson
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Interestingly, and really really hard to fess up to - my own current success is a direct result of me getting involved in this abortion of a website.

The most simple way to put it is this: A guy named Edward came along and pitched the idea of Fileshack to Steve. I had been helping Steve with minor graphics and ruining his brand for a few months at the time. They needed someone to design Fileshack in a hurry, and me having no standards or business integrity took it on as a favor. I kept doing design work for Steve but since Fileshack was a Speakeasy partnership, Speakeasy also started hiring me for things.

This got me hooked up with a few remarkable people at Speakeasy, namely the Speakeasy founder who I went and started a business with. I'm still friends with all of those people today. It pains me to admit that I get to design my life the way I want largely due to my homophobic and racist posts here, but it's the truth. I'm so incredibly happy for Steve and Maarten. This has been a long time coming and it was really hard to keep quiet about because it's such good drama!

So thanks Shack, thank you for everything you contributed to my ridiculous professional life. If gamefly still wants me to shit this place up with poor design decisions, I will hire pup to do it for me and take the credit as usual.

Steve especially - you dropped my name to so many people that it no doubt supported not just one, but several drug habits. I've billed people all over the world for mediocre design because of you and even though our projects together are sometimes quite stressful, you've been great to work with.

Feb 03, 2009 7:55pm PST

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http://www.forbes.com/2009/02/03/gamefly-shacknews-videogames-technology-personal-tech_0204_gamefly.html MorrisAtCNN Article on the takeover

Feb 03, 2009 9:03pm PST

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Guys...Beyonce - Single Ladies

Crazy song and crazy video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJFWH8vxcg

Feb 04, 2009 6:38am PST

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Guys...Beyonce - Single Ladies Crazy song and crazy video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VJFWH8vxc... : arizona bay
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(me) first it was voodooextreme.. now the shack.. .. *sigh*

Feb 03, 2009 9:16pm PST

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    - Friends don't let friends stoofoo. : pigvomit
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- dudes, Aids :[ : DingoStoleMyBaby
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- In the same boat here, lurked around ve3d then the shack, :( : chronnus
- This is exactly what happened to me. It's kinda depressing. : TShandy
- Actually, I think the old AGN3D was first. : LemonJoose

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Your wife is definitely important. But I would rather have had a "Hey guys, Im going on vacation to enjoy life for a few days. Sorry for the inconvenience" than to lose you and your site over "responsibility."

Its kinda like the US going to war with Vietnam over Communism. Ho Chi Mihn (hereafter "Ho") came to the US to ask for help way before he went to the Commies. The US rejected Ho in his plea for help, then later killed a bunch of people because Ho got help from another government whom the US directly opposed. In this example, Shacknews.com is the US, your are Ho Chi Mihn, Gamefly is Communism, and the shackers are the Vietnamese people given to Communism by their leader. At least Ho stuck around for Communism, instead of going to the Bahamas or something.

But really, congratulations. You will be missed.

Feb 04, 2009 3:47pm PST

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ShackFly: http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/57081

Feb 03, 2009 6:18pm PST

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  - You were here at the start, fitting you're here at the end. : ra1n
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  - ditto : r3ckless
  - this is my reaction : AMikaboshi
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      it gets sold to IGN : Bean
      
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      McDonald's themed Shacknews??? :( : Mister Groin
      
      McGriddles for Mercury Subscribers! : kikilupo
      
      That's depressing. I feel like such a nerd :( : MagicWishMonkey
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  - iawtp :[ : disposition
  - Yeah. I'm worried. : dmason
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    you were in this, eh, mikey? : askedrelic
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  - lol this is like "I like turtles" : Luminair
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  Does that mean I get Game Rentals with Mercury now? : Crimsonbeak
  - Good point. I have subscriptions to both. : Madwacker
- wow : Cheeziologist
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  - GOOD GAME!!!! : zebosausamite
- wait what??????? Joke right? : Iwannaacura
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  - I wonder what the value (monetary value) of a site like shacknews is : Cheeziologist
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  - i hope so otherwise you are fired! : retarded talking dinosaur
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  - think of the childrenNWS posts : Cheeziologist
  - haha totally, time to pull up our pants and comb our hair. : disembodied potato
- i cant make my mind up how i feel about this ? Glad for steve, he's put in so much work in here over the ... : disembodied potato
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  - Yea, I'm happy for Steve, I just hope they don't change things up too much : MagicWishMonkey
- I have no idea what this is going to do to the community :( : NastyJack
- Hilariously random news. I look forward to them freaking out when they realize the ridiculous discussions... : Fayk
- oh shit. not sure how I feel about this yet. someone get clay in here. : ]pm[chem
- better hurry and save off all those tranny pics on shackpics : kill9
- GameNews is catchy! : A Sponge
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      HE HAS SEEN THE BEACON!!!! : Downforce
  - that's the first thing I check when I saw the headline :( : soapland
  - ya thats what i thought. : AMikaboshi
  - This was my first thought as well quickly followed by an overwhelming fear of the latest chatty being cha... : DracoNocturnus
- I just hope they dont touch latest chatty, and keep the current mods and let things go on as they have. : ant_hillbilly
- So many mixed emotions. Mainly fuuuuuuuuuu with a little "good for you Steve!" and some worry that ILTC ... : ejectorpod
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  - Hahahahahaha : MagicWishMonkey
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    - hooray! i have complaints i need to file : RikiTiki2
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      That's... not what I phoned you for: when will Spore 2 come out and why can't I add it to my games queue?... : A Sponge
      
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      I have cockloft.org. Would that work? : Horn
      
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      Actually now is the time to form a splinter community with Chris Remo and the double parked Yaris as our ... : ejectorpod
  - we're probably going to have to either A] squat here until they pull the plug B] invade some other u... : disembodied potato
  - back to ja.zz : RikiTiki2
- Uh wow. That's interesting. Don't know what will happen, kind of concerned about it. I'm so used to shack... : carnivore
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    If they take away the NWS then somebody is going to get hurt. : baronzemo78
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      It's a Gibson quote D: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7vhCGqh7sM : DrWaffles
      
      I was talking about your post above that one. The one that says they will remain true to what gamers wan... : shwortdogg
- this is a joke right? :`( : grabbie
- GameFly, more like GayFly. I DON'T KNOW WHATS GOING ON HOW DO I PRESS SHACK : aethyr
- whoa.... unexpected : zerog83
- I don't know. I'm scared the shack will never be the same again. : freakynipples69
- Complimentary gamefly subscriptions for shacknews members? I'm starting this rumor NOW! : Lionhart32935
- Don't break my parser bitches. : SqueegyTBS
- yeah... congrats to Steve though : derelict515
- I sense a disturbance in the Force. I wonder how much shit is going to change around here. Now that Shack... : prime8
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  - Well, I wish Steve and company all the best, but I hope this doesn't affect the community here as I reall... : TroZ
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    - IGN or some other journalism company (CBS, Ziff Davis, Newscorp) : pigvomit
    - Fox News - Fair and Balanced amount of Cock and Lols; : deviantpaul
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  - As long as they don't pull some colossal gamefaqs type idiocy, they should be fine... : carnivore
- There goes the neighborhood... :( : hashd
- what the fuck is going on? : anthonybean
- quick, somebody hijack the chatty framework and setup their own server(s) : prime8
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    - hell yeah : bombay
  - new tab page, where's it's been for a while now : RikiTiki2
  - my homepage is igoogle but i have a link to http://www.shacknews.com/latestchatty.x on my toolbar. : Mmmmmoo
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    - amen to that. : Madwacker
    - this is how i feel. time will tell. : anthonybean
    - Yeah I feel this way as well :'( : hashd
    - Yup, this. : prime8
    - yeah. it's kinda weird : Mmmmmoo
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      it would have been nice to get an announcement from steve or maarten in the chatty. : ]pm[chem
      
      I was just thinking this. If that last comment up there was his goodbye, then that's kind of gay. : Phreakin
      
      I don't think they even broke a sweat. They are getting fat stacks of cash to care about a bunch of foru... : deathofrats
    - It already feels different just. : prime8
    - I was really hoping this would last until DNF but I don't think that's the case anymore. Some shacker wi... : bashildy@speakeasy.net
    - I share this sentiment :\ : disposition
    - *pours one out* : noobja
    - Chalk up another "yup" right here. :-/ : thetangent
    - ditto : boarder2
    - ditto^2 : fugu124
    - Pretty much nailed it. : Chew
    - Same here. Remember when shack pointed out the ridiculousness of websites getting exclusive downloads? ... : burning eye
    - Hear fucking HEAR. : ForestCreature
    - well said.. it'll never, ever be the same : vynn
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      Note: This is the backup plan to be used only if they ban porn! : SockMonkeh
  - I don't have Shacknews bookmarked. :O Instead, I have Fileshack, which I've had bookmarked for years b... : cptn.peachfuzz
  - Welp. : Clay
  - github maybe? This question depresses me. : SqueegyTBS
  - Only if GameFly fucks it up. I have absolutely NOTHING against GameFly at all, btw I hope they don't. Th... : stelth
  - bluesnews.com could be a great place with a bit more intelligence in the posting populace. Exodus! : MrAdults
  - depends on if they kill the chatty : Antilles_Prime
  - the GAF or idle thumbs. I just can't stand normal forums anymore. : crummynz
  - squabble.org, God Clay willing : pyrogen
  - IGN.com Fuck the haters. Shack is my current homepage. : Melll
  - I'm not gonna leave here. It's still the same place and it's the people that make it. : nukewinter
  - Only if http://www.shackews.com/latestchatty.x goes away. : dmason
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  Well gentlemen its been fun, but i must dash i have train to catch, i trust you all know the way home? : disembodied potato
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      /wave bye everyone : ejectorpod
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  - dongs dongs dongs : aethyr
  - lmao, so true. Some seriously fucked up shit waiting to be uncovered. Sesmaster is going straight to jail... : royalally
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    - ^^^ good idea : ]pm[chem
    - thekidd's monster directory must be preserved :( : Downforce
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  - everyone needs to back up their shackspace and shackpics before they are gone : Cheeziologist
- If it means more money (and presumably it does) that means more high quality front page content. And that... : SpaecKow
- mike your reign of mod-ness was so short :( /weeps uncontrollably oh well, grats to steve and maarte... : Downforce
- APOCALYPSE!!!! : NexusOne
- wow. shocked. : bombay
- i, uh..oh :( not sure what to think : re4ctor
- All good things must come to an end. I hope this isn't it. : Marauder IIC
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  - Damn the man, save the Empire! : ejectorpod
- if gmd.shackspace.com goes away I might kill myself : gmd
- I get this horrible image of Henry Winkler leaping over a meat-eating fish. : Wyvern
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  - don't join the bandwagon that's trying to get fitted for life preservers : RikiTiki2
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    - I was trying to take some time off from drinking, but this may pushed me over the edge :-( : Head Rush
- Congrats Steve and Maarten :'( : SockMonkeh
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  - the shack hasn't been about steve for years. united we stand, etc. etc. it's not just him : RikiTiki2
- WTF : afrochops
- umm ok grats i guess : Umbr
- Obama the first African-American president, Cardinal in the Superbowl, Gamefly buying Shacknews... wo... : pigvomit
- It's too early to start throwing out speculations. But no doubt about it, this is defiantly going to be ... : bitter ego
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- oh geez :( : Modica Sol Solis
- holy crap : suqur
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  - it's all over man. they'll move it all to their servers and their web admins will BORK it all. : Downforce
- Shit. : lightly inclined
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shacknews#Site_history : SockMonkeh
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  - Give me chicks with dicks or give me death. : SockMonkeh
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      you mean where all our outcasts and scum and villains are? : RikiTiki2
      
      We'll be the outcasts soon :( : ejectorpod
    - which one? : greh kleh
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      i'd also like to know of a contingency plan. : Mmmmmoo
      
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      Dude I'm totally kidding around, christ, Iron Man would NEVER turn gay. : ejectorpod
      
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      tough love makes this thing work : RikiTiki2
      
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      Go get laid then >:( : ejectorpod
      
      ( I meant that with love and anger, I <3 you too riki ) : ejectorpod
      
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      Would someone mind SMing me the Shack IRC infos? : quadeh
      
      Into the ether. : quadeh
      
      www.newspond.com : Kentor
      
      Back to work : Ebu
      
      look at his nick. : Marauder IIC
      
      Well there's always the Steam group to spread the word if things go off the deep end. : Prozium
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      approve my account :p : ]pm[chem
      
      relayed. : Jerry C
      
      Me too, please. :D : TrptJim
      
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      Acting like 12 year olds, yes. You are correct. : hoov1185
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  - http://letmegooglethatforyou.com/?q=related%3Ashacknews.com : ]pm[chem
- it's been nice knowing you all. i'll be in my room crying :*( : reverend~heresy
- That's a little scary. And I wanna know how much they got. : qwpeoriu
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  - Pictures of actual shacks only. : Wyvern
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    was shackpics part of "Shacknews?" like Fileshack and Shackvideo? : RikiTiki2
    - i thought it was acquired a couple months back? : Mmmmmoo
    - They took it over after...someone here (?) maxed out their bandwidth. : alias
- Hear ye, people. Look at what this site is. It won't change immediately. If it does, are we just going to... : Bamtan
- 1996 - 2009. Goodnight Sweet Prince. I had to do it! : guido anchovy
- pants: pooped. : DonkeyPopsicle
- Nooooooooooooooooooooo! : Havoc1c4
- Congrats Steve and Maarten! : Flying h4x0r
- I haven't check the Shack a lot this week, due to work. But I saw this and I feel absolutely shocked. ... : RevRaven
- will people finally get their t-shirts? : Jerry C
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  I've seen a lot of acquisitions completely gut/ruin sites that I've frequented, I don't think either side... : jingletard
  - when i read it, i first thought "there goes the neighborhood." is a mass shack chatty exodus imminent? : anthonybean
- TURN IT ON CLAY!!! : NeoMoose
- Does this mean I need to find a new site? : bobbman
- What about shackmeets? OMG someone better figure out another place we can go!! : med1c
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    - No reason that policy won't change but I hope it's kept. : ejectorpod
    - (for now) : FrayLo
    - Lightning bolt may not mean anything to Gamefly. : prime8
- and job productivity rises 200 percent. : DarkWolf5
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    - if they didn't continue then we might as well just go to stoofoo : derelict515
    - Yup. Or that things stay relatively the same here, at least in terms of commentary and moderation. : lightly inclined
    - We're screwed if the mods leave or are replaced. : Havoc1c4
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    - and bring back flat mode while you're at it! please god no : DonkeyPopsicle
- HOLY SHIT : deject
- Interesting. Not sure how I feel about this, but congrats to Steve and Maarten for finally getting moneyh... : ColoradoCNC
- I hope I wake up and this is all a dream. : prime8
- FREE RENTALS FOR ALL : cpt_gloval
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      i say sir, have you seen my walking cane? : reverend~heresy
      
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      Why old of course old bean its just over there resting quite at home next to the cucumber sandwiches. : disembodied potato
      
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      oh. uh.... get off my lawn you kids! : MagicWishMonkey
      
      I think I better put on a monocle http://www.shackpics.com/files/bendermonocle_bejjkzzzd913lablqqjg.gi... : re4ctor
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      we'll always have trannyshack, mr. jack. : jimmy_legs
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  - Ahahahah big corporations don't unsertand!!!!!!!!!!!! : Utopia
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    - lol, you know this will happen too : Cheeziologist
- Excited for steve and maarten, a bit worried about what I consider my online home. : whore
- first "I miss the old douchebag mods" post! : Antilles_Prime
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  - But of course that's the selfish part. Congrats to the shack guys who made money off making this site wha... : NastyJack
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    - I'm only speaking of the difference between the site being independently owned and owned by GameFly. : NastyJack
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- good night, sweet prince : kill9
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      No no by the deep fryer! : ejectorpod
      
      Yea, that's probably a good idea. : MagicWishMonkey
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- I hope we get some more information on the changes that are going to happen and who will be "running" the... : h o s t i l e
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  - as entertaining as corporate ban-hammers get, anyway. : skryte
- Gratz Steve! I hope this brings more good then bad. I'm kind of scared what happens to the community. Thi... : pun][sher
- Congrats Steve, Maarten and crew! : Omning
- I grew up here. The shack (as terrifying as this thought is) was where I spent my teenage years. I hope ... : hawkeye
- Does this mean we all have to grow up? : Horn
- Congrats Steve and Maarten. I hope you guys got a really good payout after all your years of hard work. : carnivore
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  - I bought lampsandlime.com and .net ...just in case. : Frozen Pixel
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      The busted-up half-people that are that site's raison d'être would be briefly puzzled by the sudden infl... : eldersveld
      
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    - Yeah I think your right, all of those sites are absolutely horrific looking. Looks like the Shack will b... : bitter ego
- well there's some good that will come of this. with the site going to shit, i'll be able to get a lot of ... : Modica Sol Solis
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  - Me too. Dammit. : ForestCreature
- Just sad to think of a future where latestchatty turns into something else and the inevitable schism to f... : lowpoly
- Game over man, game over... : TrptJim
- I'm so afraid :( : sKetchflow
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  - someone already beat you to it : RikiTiki2
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  - yeah that is pretty much my reaction too! : Mr.SEX
- I must post in this sad sad thread as well : .frame
- I WILL NEVER GET MY GOD DAMN $5 FROM THATT GOD DAMN THREAD, FUCKERS!!!! : Melll
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  - http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18037867#itemanchor_18037867 : thetangent
- oO stoofoo server going to blow up : graceofdragons
- I'm happy for Steve and Maarten but this can't be good for us comment-dwellers :( : snicker-snack 2
- welp, : rgoer
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      we only used to hate steam : derelict515
      
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    - There's only like four dudes posting there now. I'm gonna be their king. : Haku-Jin
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    - You're going back to feek? : CrustaR
  - We are all going to stoofoo so just shut your mouth. Who wants to be Moses and lead us there? : eldiablo01
- boooooo : Bob_Loblaw
- http://home.comcast.net/~guidoanchovy/drudgesirenshack.gif : guido anchovy
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    - i just use mirc : dantastic
    - screen + irssi : rmjackson
- I just saw this. Been hiding under a rock for a couple hours. Hold me, I'm shaking : delataur
- i'm going to be posting my balls once a day for exactly 30 days when the new moderation takes over : [fry]
- I dunno what to think. : thejm4n
- maarten must've gotten so many goddamn poptarts out of this deal : DrFlammable
- Awww, this is so sad. :( What now? : Nihilist
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  - the whole thing? : bling1bling
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  - sugar free health-conscious smoothies : Audhuml4
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- end of an era :/ : Slowtreme
- *sigh* I love the Shack, just the way it is. I have a feeling that this is gonna suck. : Ormsbee
- I kinda thought they'd just shut it down one day. So, this ain't so bad! : Dave-A
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  - Agreed. Have to be happy for them! : Wolfanoz
- oh god it's starting i just saw a gamefly ad at the top of latestchatty. : DrFlammable
- Wow. The times, they are a changin'. :( : Super Sparker
- I... ...what? : sevogajre
- wow, I don't know what to say. : Modulus
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  - lol : royalally
  - What the Fuck is Juice!??! I want some apple drink.. it's green!! : proclone1
- I keep reading McShackFly in a Biff Tannen voice. : InfoBiter
- Well hopefully they'll leave the chatty alone. Screwing with that is a dealbreaker for me. : riptyde
- I feel that this does not bode well. The cynic in me is definitely speaking very loudly. It would be an e... : zuga
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  - That's what I first thought too. : furiouscrak
- good run shack, good run. All good things must come to an end, I suppose. : heff
- http://i40.tinypic.com/2mebr77.gif : slacko
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- I hope shacknews stays. I don't want to go back to Beyond3D forums as they got rid of Politics and Religi... : Sailor of Fortune
- To think I was hugely annoyed they had blocked the Shack are work this past week... : dirtboxer
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  - Thanks a lot. : TreMetal
  - Not right now you don't. : MrAdults
  - I feel the pain. I just started posting too! : notdeadyeti
- damn, i just got here one year and 2 days ago, i would have made a post but i lost track of time. Registe... : Dschinghis Khan
- I've been here through thick and thin, I don't know if I'll be here after this. Shacker since early '... : greh kleh
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  - forward, rossimo. ever forward. : jujubees
  - you could join shack steam group, sign up with gamewith.us for the shack group, and there's some shack ir... : Mmmmmoo
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  - :( I only start crying if others cry, so dont cry people! : happynoodle
- Can you imagine what this site being gone would do for the economy? All of us having to work rather then ... : bozer
- ummm wow : jbury
- I HAVE SUCH DOUBTS : Arceihn
- In my most impressionable years, i was reading the shack. The shack first told me to shave my balls back ... : Klebold
- Well, I'll probably be slightly more productive at work I guess.... : retardhumper
- the day the earth stood still : niceguynick
- rabble rabble rabble : Ebu

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RABBLE RABBLE

Feb 04, 2009 8:19am PST

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Well, I hope Gamefly got a gift receipt.

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      What does it not do? : ArtilleryMarker
      
      I can't stop clicking it now. Like the jewel in battle.net. Damnit. : gnomish
      
      what does it do? I'm assuming it's for moderators? : phipple
  - hahaha for reals. : Mad Brahmin Disease
- The next person to click 6969 times exactly becomes a mod! : FPSDavid

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Hello, Shacknews. I'm one of the least useful site members, and as such, I just wanted to say, thanks.

I stumbled across shugashack.com one day while I was searching for the latest Counterstrike beta download (which I didn't find here), opened up "stuff that sucks," and I was hooked for good. I spent a lot of time here, made some friends (like in real life and everything wtf), and probably annoyed some people, too. This site has been a good place for us nerds to just be ourselves, without TOO much fear of the banhammer :D

Steve, Maarten, Pup, Sander, Haiku, Nick, Remo, whoever else I can't think of, you really did a good thing with this place, and really, I thank you for all the effort you put into it.

Steve! Be happy! Congratulations!

now here's to another thirteen years of awesome!

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  - it was intentional. : erotic sock
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  - ... front page? : Draugluin
  - I love that internet lifeboats expression. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    - Because that would be tacky as hell. : Helter Skelter
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    - who is your daddy? and what does he do? : 60days
  - [...slowly puts down oar.] Well OK, but I'm keepin' an eye on you guys! O_- : mn3m0n1c
  - So Maarten remains as some sort of Editor-in-chief? : melt_core
  - Question (that may have been asked elsewhere): I don't want you to speak against your new bosses or an... : dumb.
  - When there were 4 editors there was quite a lot of editorial content as well as the news. Any plans for t... : rock elf
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Anyone care to speculate on what shacknews sold for? Not trying to be tacky (I don't know steve after all) but I knew the slashdot guys since they went to my college and I remember hearing they sold that site for millions. But that was 1999 when stock options and money was cheap. Also I have no clue what readership slashdot was at compared to shacknews is today or how web sites are valued now anyways. I looked at shacknews.com at alexa rankings and it just barely broke the top 10,000. Is that a reliable site?

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      Yes, that is how web sites are valued. Sometimes people pay more for strategic reasons (email lists, use... : hotel96
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    - frosted strawberry. : Clay
    - no way, unfrosted strawberry or frosted cinnamon. : wetard
    - s'mores : FrayLo
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  - hey maybe he can fund 3DRealms for a few years : peter
- one prerelease copy of DNF : dirge23
- so many animal crackers : DonkeyPopsicle
- A lifetime supply of hugs ^______________^ : A Sponge
- When the French-Canadians discuss a bad Hockey player trade, they say they sold him for a box of stick ta... : melt_core
- It was enough for 2 people to retire on? : spiderfill

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r(SHACKMEET}r Steve really DOES LOVE ... you guys. For Serious. Details forthcoming. :)

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      i was thinking we start a DC riot. who's with me. : xxiv
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      Wrong, intothefray still has a server (I think). : yosemiteclimber
      
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I'm a little worried about this Gamefly buyout, but if they have some money to spend on things like supporting things like Socksta's Shackers show, or *cough* GameWith.Us *cough*.

Who knows ... maybe there's a silver lining to this whole thing. :\

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      fucking lol. : aethyr
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    - Exactly. : ThomW
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    - gamewith.us is actually an awesome site. : Mmmmmoo
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  - absolutely would love to see you guys do more episodes. you listening gamefly? : waxthirteen
  - Oh, we watched it, and it was excellent : ) : Athlon7
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  - They were great. :) : Rice-Rocketeer
  - I hated them and I hate you. : pupismyname
  - those were awesome! : Flying h4x0r
  - Well, you got feedback from us. : trOmblyj
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  - we gave you a FUCKTON of awesomes on that ! : anhero
  - shackers.com looks like an unused domain. get on that shit. : ]pm[chem
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  - Come on. At this point you gotta know we loved it. : mrwolf710
  - Loved watching Shackers, you guys did a great job. : node
  - I still have yet to check these out but I will once I get home (no audio at work). : handofthrawn
  - I don't understand how you could look at that show during editing and NOT think "Man, this stuff is gold.... : Rotten Deadite
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    - Yoko: breaking up more groups and co-opting talent since 1968. : Fyunch Click
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  - You were awesome (great sense of timing and hot), the other dude wasn't bad, and the show was always good... : hawkeye
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  - still awesome! : Agrona
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- i'm just curious what the angle is, aside from controlling all the ad space on the site. : gokart.
- Maybe they have some new type of digital distribution model and want to use us as guinea pigs. It would a... : shortbuscaptain
- Maybe there is a depleted uranium lining to the shell that just destroyed something I cared about. : Lightzout
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I think I'm going to miss the line about Maarten trying to bathe me the most. lol

Feb 04, 2009 5:28am PST

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Listen.

I know there are some of you that hate my fucking guts, and some of you just hate my politics, and some of you have actually played games with me for years and know me as a good fun loving guy. I've never been to a shackmeet. I only know one shacker in real life and he moved to seattle. But the shack has been a part of my life for a long time and it is a part I don't want to let go of.

Apart from the jokes and the slumber parties, we help each other out. I have given away games for the fun of it, or because people help me out with stuff in my life. We have exchanged memories and troubling times in our lives. We have gone to see each other when we were sick, and comforted others when they have lost their loved ones. We have seen people come and go and come back again. We have endured pointy elbows, tight jeans, living life in the danger zone and much more.

I can't tell you how many laughs I get out of this site every day from people like boring gegtik, dognose, Phil etc. There have been many times when I needed an answer to a question that could not be easily found that the shack has pulled through for me and likewise for others.

I find that this is a Home on the internet for me. It has been a welcoming place in a bastion crap. The Shack has been filtered and wrung out of shit and left with the honed mound of dung we call home. Its not perfect, but it has done us well. We owe it to ourselves and our community to make sure that we are able to keep it intact in a form that most resembles its present state.

We are the shack, where ever we are, be it at the shacknews or elsewhere.

To all of you that are leaving: You guys have made me a better person. I am in no doubt of that. I understand principles, and I wish you well in your adventures to come.

To all of you that are staying: Thank you. You guys are awesome. Please to be conversating and playing games with you.

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      You should have seen the collective shock and awe lastnight. : bombay
      
      tldr: steve sells shacknews to gamefly : fsck
      
      Oh wow, that's a bit beyond uninformed :( : ateam311
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- and to you: i have always enjoyed saying your name out loud. : Klebold
- I love you man! : voodooraze
- I thought it was a good post and I agree. : baronzemo78
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What films can you think of that have great scripts?

I don't just mean classics, like Casablanca, but movies where the script really elevates it beyond everything and makes it the movie it is.

My personal picks for great scripts are:
Adaptation
Glengarry Glen Ross
When Harry Met Sally

I want to watch some really greatly scripted movies.

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Remember when Planetquake and the Planet* network and Quakespy to Gamespy, and the whole network merge network? I just realized that's all IGN now.

Since I already pay monthly for Gamefly (x2) do I get a lightning bolt now?

Seriously I'm very happy for Steve. I know exactly where he is coming from. I used to run a huge monthly LAN party (100 up to 300 seats) but one day I decided I had to get out and spend time with my family. I got paid and turned the keys over to incredibly capable people. The community complained "It won't be the same, we are losing the only real LAN." But I was sure it would be fine. That thing didn't last 2 months.

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I need a bigger printer.

tldr: massive poster size versions of old Lucasarts artwork

http://www.lucasforums.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=195492

Feb 04, 2009 5:27am PST

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guys... i'm feeling the pressure... should i be writing an epic post...

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- DO IT. I have a slow morning at work and am now waiting with baited breath for your epic post. : senseimoron

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http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/graphjam/~3/zr6Tr3j-7tU/

true, true.

Feb 04, 2009 6:58am PST

http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/graphjam/~3/zr6Tr3j-7tU/ true, true. : boring gegtik

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http://www.mywebsiteworth.com/site/www.google.com

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Can I get an invite to the Shacknews Steam Community: http://steamcommunity.com/id/mtgDoofy
Trying to root myself where I can before the flood of change comes.

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  - unless I'm somehow an admin you don't need to be an admin to invite peepz : deject
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- I'd like an invite! http://steamcommunity.com/id/mrtinnedpeach : cptn.peachfuzz
- Me too, I lost my spot when my account got jacked. http://steamcommunity.com/id/crummy : crummynz
- Might as well add me to the list plz http://steamcommunity.com/id/metldude : metldude
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  - Awesome, thank you! : flipoit
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Shack tipping menz,

How much should I get tipped when a large gaming company when they buy out my website?

But seriously, how are things going to work now? Are we still going to have mods? Are they going to be mods set up by gamefly? What is the government going to do to help the unemployed mods?

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I'm getting really sick of my Microsoft Windows Mail for my work email. What do you use? Not really looking for any features in particular. Just something that's clean and will function properly.

Feb 03, 2009 6:18pm PST

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Might as well say it now since "changes will be a comin''"

I'm not even paying for this Lightning Bolt. I signed up for it in the past and canceled, yet the lightning bolt still remained. I don't have shackspace or the higher tier fileshack download service but the lightning bolt remains.

Where do we go now? : /

Feb 04, 2009 5:59am PST

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I hope game devs keep posting here. That's one (of the many) cool aspect of the Shack.

Feb 04, 2009 6:18am PST

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The fresh scent of Red Shirt

http://i.gizmodo.com/5145695/love-jealousy-passionstar-trek-cologne-for-men

Feb 04, 2009 6:34am PST

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Have you guys seen this?

http://www.eurogamer.net/gallery.php?game_id=11104&article_id=402500#anchor

Red Dead Redemption. Rockstar are making an open world wild west game and sequel to Red Dead Revolver.

EXCITED.

Feb 04, 2009 6:23am PST

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i think i need to get xbox live gold again... saints row 2 would be so much god damn fun. im loving just fucking around playing single player

Feb 04, 2009 6:00am PST

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this is how i hope to go
http://criggo.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/george-george/

Feb 04, 2009 6:41am PST

this is how i hope to go http://criggo.wordpress.com/2009/02/04/george-george/ : boring gegtik

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Windows 7 UAC is a trainwreck.

*Another* way to bypass the UAC whitelist has been discovered, more serious and difficult to fix -- especially with Microsoft saying there won't be another beta -- than the previous one that itself was very easy to exploit.

In reply...

Feb 04, 2009 4:27am PST

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This reminds me of the old Saladfinger videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15G9e_c9b-g

Feb 04, 2009 6:28am PST

This reminds me of the old Saladfinger videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15G9e_c9b-g : Slowtreme

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Sup Shackers. Well how about that? UMax suggested we say something and since he's still a better mod than myself, here I am to talk about this thing and the stuff.

tl;dr?

<numbah 5> It's all cool baby. </numbah 5>

If there's something horrible like fry not being able to say dongs or conandan not being able to rail against the smelly hippy democrat machine, we'll let you know but I think that's about as likely as people not making pop tart or wooden shoe jokes towards Maarten. Frankly, there are plenty of Big Corporate Websites that have online communities that discuss more than just games, and I'm going to be my usual inelegant, blunt person and say we have something special over those places.

Furthermore, I think it's just silly to assume that the Gamefly Powers That Be wouldn't know what they were getting into in buying this place, as opposed to some homogenized boring bunch of plebeians, and they are fine, if not better than fine about having Shackers. I in fact truthfully think this will present us with even bigger and better opportunities for our community, as long as we can both keep sucking as much as we do, and more importantly not sucking as we do so much better.

Just keep doing what you were doing. We share your concerns--we don't want drastic changes in the comments either. I've been coming here since high school when GLQuake, ISDN and hand-written IP lists were cutting edge, have seen so many years pass since then, just got married a bit more than a month ago, and really hope to keep being a part of this amazing community till... well, those are bridges far in the future and hopefully ones we'll cross together. Steve and Maarten have done right by us in the past, and we're confident that they're still doing what's best.

Feb 03, 2009 9:39pm PST

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are there any good, free clients for postgresql?

Feb 04, 2009 5:43am PST

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Mark Prindle was right. Tool is technically brilliant, but they play such boring music.

Feb 04, 2009 2:08am PST

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I see a bright future ahead. One where I will actually get some work done! Nah, I really hope the attitude here doesn't shift too far for most of us to lose interest. I really like coming here and pissing the whole day away. Good luck to you, shacknews.com

Feb 04, 2009 6:10am PST

I see a bright future ahead. One where I will actually get some work done! Nah, I really hope the attit : industro

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