Morning Discussion

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• you watch sesame street : GloriousCow
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  Apples usually work. : Chepito.
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    oranges work better : RikiTiki2
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      One apple plus one orange = ?!?! : dirge23
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        2 things. : re-verse
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          raindrops don't work so well either. 1+1=1 : capt tripps
          • Half of a hole in the ground is a hole in ground. 1 = 1/2! : delataur
      • 3 pieces of fruit? : Bumpmapped
      • 1a + 1o = a+o : Orange Pylon
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  one plus one equals two : vikramwillrock
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    this is still mathematics. : conandan
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      anything involving numbers is mathematics. therefore your question is meaningless. : dirge23
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        no it isn't. How do you prove mathematics is true without using mathematics? That is the question : conandan
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          empirical evidence. put one thing with another thing and observe that you now have two things. : dirge23
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            but you are still using mathematical logic. I am talking about using a whole different form of logic to ... : conandan
            • what is a form of non-mathematical logic? : dirge23
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              You're going to have to decide what you mean by "proof" before you can go mucking about like that though! : delataur
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                you could use religious logic. god decreed that 1 + 1 = 2; therefore it is so. : dirge23
                • Can I get an amen!! : delataur
            • You don't need it. That's the beauty of mathematics. : Flying h4x0r
        • How do you ask a question without words?! : lechuck59
        • Mathematics is merely a system of rules. We have created these rules because they have significant and us... : Nali4Freedom
    • its now english : FPSDavid
• is this part of a plan to teach your dog to do your taxes? : skryte
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  define mathematics that is the key first ... what if instead of assuming 1 = the value of one, take ea... : Nation
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    ^^^ is the key Here it is again -> define mathematics : Nation
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      http://us.metamath.org/mpegif/mmset.html : delataur
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        not you, you did not ask the question and will not go through and say "no that is using mathematics" each... : Nation
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          Sorry, I got excited. It's an interesting site anyway. I agree that a shared vocabulary is pretty key.... : delataur
          • LOL ... yeah ... LOL : Nation
• 1+1=3 for large values of 1 :-( : inchwide
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  some maths teacher at university actually proved that 1+1 was in fact equal to 3. My mind was fucking blo... : Utopia
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    guaranteed they divided by zero at one point and hoped nobody would notice. all of the "omg 1=2" or "1+1... : electroly
    • that has been the case every time I have seen it : Nation
    • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Division_by_zero#Fallacies_based_on_division_by_zero : dirge23
  • except he's wrong : kpxkrnjc
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  Define the number 2 as a full glass of water. Define the number 1 as a half glass of water. If you add ... : sKetchflow
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    please see the post above. You are still using mathematical logic to come to this conclusion. I am talk... : conandan
    • But I'm simply combining instances of objects to create a different instance. Magic not math : sKetchflow
    • That's like trying to speak English in Russian. Or something. Yeah. : daedraug
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  Isn't there a proof of mathematics that uses words? If so, I can find it. This is my favorite post of ... : sgtsanity
  • yep, it's pretty ludicrous. : dirge23
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    Oh, and this is the wikipedia article you want: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foundations_of_mathematics ... : sgtsanity
    • Woah, slow down there, college : burning eye
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    No, its not. There was a proof I am quite sure, that uses words and sentences to prove math is true or f... : conandan
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      The vast majority of mathematical proofs use sentences and words -- I would hazard to say all of them. I ... : Kentor
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        Every proof uses sentences, even if some are by reference. Meaning, once you have defined addition, we n... : hadronflux
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          I'm exactly sure what conandan is getting at. There are any number of proofs that 1+1=2, but it really... : Kentor
          • I'm NOT exactly sure... : Kentor
    • I'm guessing you might have seen one of these go by: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G%C3%B6del%27s_incom... : delataur
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      How the hell can you prove math is true in a simple few words when there are so many various branches of ... : Skoal^Fyfan
      • The one with the numbers. : A Sponge
    • goedel? : skryte
• I don't think you can. I think mathematical expression is the most common, basic, true form of expressio... : ra1n
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  Try looking up number theory or set theory? I think one of those comes at the fundamentals of math from ... : Ovate
  • He wants someone to prove 1+1=2 without using any form of mathematical proof -- so no set theory. This i : Kentor
• The proof starts from the Peano Postulates, which define the natural numbers N. N is the smallest set s... : hadronflux
• Here you go: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=328Q79GoR7g : nevicata
• You prove that 1+1=2 like this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principia_Mathematica http://quod.lib.um... : evildanish
• lol : mikecyb
• oh my god we've been living a lie, it's just like the bible! : dooberzoo
• Easy: Glipnar Pookatick mang mang. : xZanU
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  The problem with your thought experiment is that any attempt to prove a mathematical proof with words ins... : twifosp
  • yep. he's basically asking for non-mathematical mathematics. : dirge23
• lol conandan thread. : Hoax
• God : Sailor of Fortune
• If you have an apple and someone gives you another apple, you then have two apples. : Flying h4x0r
• Look into Church numerals and the lambda calculus. You can show that certain compositions are tautologica... : Dan[WSB]
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  You can't prove anything really. You can prove things within the confines of a system with rules and such... : Nali4Freedom
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    Prove it : scud
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      For formal systems, this has been proven for quite sometime now. Godel's incompleteness theorem is what y... : Kentor
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        Prove that the incompleteness theorom is correct. : scud
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          it's correct by definition? : itsjames
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            or rather, through inference : itsjames
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              Prove that inference is correct. : scud
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                god, let it be. : ra1n
                • prove god, and the beatles : 60days
        • Obviously a shack comment is too small a space to properly prove either of the incompleteness theorems, b... : qaldar
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        Godel's incompleteness theorem isn't known to be fact. There are plenty who disagree with it and have go... : Richese
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          It's a theorem, which is as "factual" as anything can get mathematically. Who would disagree with it? : delataur
          • What I meant to say but exactly didn't say was that the theorem has limitations, not that it's not a theo... : Richese
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          There are many known limitations, but I don't think I've heard of someone outright claiming that it's fal... : Kentor
          • No, you are exactly correct. : Richese
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          Uh, it's actually an absolute fact... Since it's proven. : uncleanmonkey
          • I guess I should say that there are limitations not that it's not proven. I suck at posting today. : Richese
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  if you use roman numerals you can prove it! 1 = I 2 = II : shirif
  • Why put them side by side? :) : delataur
• I'll take "Things people say when they're high" for $500 Alex : SenorSpine
• 1+1=2 for sufficiently large quantities of 1. : Richese
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  this should have been said already, but the reason 1+1 equals 2 is because that is the definition of 2. ... : Luminair
  • hmm no. 6-4 = 2 0 + 2 =2 : shirif
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    That's a logical fallacy, you are begging the question. : scud
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      no, you are just misinterpreting what I said : Luminair
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        No, I'm not. You said that two is the definition of one plus one, that assumes that one plus one equals ... : scud
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          If I define a set of symbols and their relationships, then I'm not begging the question, I'm just definin... : uncleanmonkey
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            But who is to say that your definition of symbols = proof. They are simply your definitions. : scud
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              well then you'll have to provide an argument that arithmetic is not an axiomatic system. : DonkeyPopsicle
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                Why assume that axioms are proof of anything? Who is to say that axioms are necessarily true? Couldn't ... : scud
                • I'm not sure what you mean by proof. Perhaps you should be asking instead, what are the nature of mathem... : DonkeyPopsicle
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              What? No, they're THE agreed upon axioms of natural numbers. That's what the symbols mean BY DEFINITION. ... : uncleanmonkey
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                So they are true because they are agreed apon? Are you telling me that consensus is the basis of proof? : scud
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                  Well, you can't build something out of nothing, and you can't have reasoned arguments about something unl... : delataur
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                    "Well, you can't build something out of nothing," Tell that to all those people that insist that the b... : scud
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                      Oh my god you're a religious nutcase aren't you? : uncleanmonkey
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                        Nutcase? You are the one insisting that your definitions are by their very nature true because you say s... : scud
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                          No, actually I'm not doing that, if you were to bother to actually read my posts you would see what I'm s... : uncleanmonkey
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                            Pamphlet? lol seriously, I read all of your posts. I understand what you are saying, I am just asking yo... : scud
                            • You're not reading carefully enough, or you are not capable of understanding simple reasoning. If I sa... : uncleanmonkey
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                          Also, pick up a fucking dictionary. The sentence "your definitions are by their very nature true" is lite... : uncleanmonkey
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                            Why not? Just because a book says so? Who the religious nutcase now? : scud
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                              No, because that's what a definition means. Are you seriously going here? Are you going to change the... : uncleanmonkey
                              • "because that's what a definition means" Says who? You? Don't you have to assume that the term "defi... : scud
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                      what the hell is this post The big bang theory doesn't include the big bang and inflationary cosmology... : Richese
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                        How did any "stuff" come into existence? You can't get something from nothing right? Inflationary cosmo... : scud
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                          It doesn't claim to, all it says is "the universe started - we don't care how, but here's what happened a... : uncleanmonkey
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                            So then if it can't account for itself, why should we accept it as true? : scud
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                              What does that mean? It does account for itself, the "self" just doesn't include what you need it to incl... : uncleanmonkey
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                                No, the problem is that you cannot account for anything. At least you haven't yet. You've just called m... : scud
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                                  I didn't call you names, I asked you if you a question, because once you started the "lol at the crazies ... : uncleanmonkey
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                                    I am simply asking you to prove that your "observations" are correct. So far you haven't. All you have ... : scud
                                    • You cannot prove anything in science. You can only disprove things. : evildanish
                            • The basis for these theories are empirical evidence, all you have to do is understand some basic physics ... : Richese
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                          Who says that it came into existence and didn't always exist? The big bang is just one event in a cont... : Richese
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                            Hey guys, there's a new chatty up! Come join us before this abortion of a subthread gives you aneurysms! : evildanish
                            • Well it went from math to physics which is an area I can actually say something intelligent about :) : Richese
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                      (a) Religion thread what? (b) I don't know, but despite doing math for a living, I still manage to sleep... : delataur
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                        Doesn't a priori come in here at some point or am I way off base? : Richese
                        • I don't know. For me that's just some vocabulary that often applies to a fact that was incidentally prove... : delataur
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                  No that's not what I'm saying? Seriously are you high or something? This sounds like really crappy philso... : uncleanmonkey
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                    Actually what you are saying does not make sense, unless of course you would admit that universal absolut... : scud
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                      Actually, it does. You honesty believe that you know better than the entirety of mathematical knowledge? ... : uncleanmonkey
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                        I never said I know, or even have the tiniest grasp of the entirety of mathematical knowledge. That does... : scud
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                          No, I must NOT assume X is always true? Jesus fucking christ are you just being intentionally dense now? ... : uncleanmonkey
                          • I never said you would acknowledge that absolutes exist. I said you have to ASSUME they do. Why assume... : scud
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          Axioms and definitions are not proven. 2=1+1 is a definition. The axioms that build the real line d... : walker270
          • err... a + 0 = a : walker270
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            "Axioms and definitions are not proven." Says who? You? : scud
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              The definition of the word axiom? : walker270
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                How do you know for certain that the definition of the term axiom is reliable? Why can't it change tomorr... : scud
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                  Do you honestly thing you have any sort of deep philosophical point here or something? It's the equivalen... : uncleanmonkey
                  • I think the best way to address people like scud is to ignore them. His mode of reasoning is about 2000 y... : Kentor
                • old logical positivist answer: mathematical truths are a priori and true by definition (analytic), and al... : DonkeyPopsicle
                • me in this thread http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCgdLIDmLzY : Luminair
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      My mind cannot seem to come to terms with the correct usage of "begging the question", even though I've r... : evildanish
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        yeah the words don't make much sense in modern english, so just think of it as a circular argument like t... : Luminair
        • I think that's the reason. I understand the problems of circular arguments, but connecting that to the wo... : evildanish
      • Logically you cannot assume the proposition in question is implicitly or explicitly already asssumed in o... : scud
• This thread is a mess and I'm loving it. : zehh
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  ^ LIberal Arts major. : omnova
  • I would expect a liberal arts major to have at least taken Logic or Epistemology, which should dismiss wi... : Dan[WSB]
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    Engineering Major Actually. Working on my masters actually. : conandan
    • That explains everything >:(. Do you like any of the following: a) rounding numbers and saying, "Close e... : Kentor
• You can't prove it unless you acknowledge the existence of universal absolutes. : scud
• read about peano's axioms http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peano_arithmetic : kaddar0
• does the set of sets that do not contain themselves contain itself? : DonkeyPopsicle
• How do you prove grammatical laws are correct without using grammar? How do you prove logical laws are... : tashtego
• math is a symbolic system. numbers are useful for describing, modeling and predicting phenomena in natur... : sroylance
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  1+1=2 is a definition. Mathematics is a field that tries to prove things within its own little world. ... : walker270
  • tell that to the Platonists: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/philosophy-mathematics/#Pla : DonkeyPopsicle
• Two cavemen are in a cave, each one has a rock. One cave man kills the other caveman because the first c... : skitzo
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  jesus christ : wvuong
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    He was nailed to a plus sign for questioning math. >:( : skitzo
    • hahaha : mysled
• It's Friday night and this is what you're doing? Christ's sake man, go drink a beer at least man. : dudehoyt

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  I've been to a couple of Ethiopean places. They usually have a sampler available, grab that if that's an ... : yoonix
  • agreed. Don't just get 1 meaty dish or you'll get sick of it by the end : itsjames
• no, it's delicious. do you like spicy food? a lot of it is spicy, particularly the meats. : dahanese
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  it's delicious! just order vegetables and beef. it's mostly just stewed stuff with some ethiopian spice... : mikecyb
  • and if you order kitfo, it's also beef, and raw, and you should let them leave it raw because it too is d... : dahanese
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  wat : re4ctor
  • I see what you did there. : nevicata
• it's pushed out the back of a plane and you have to cook it youself. : inchwide
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  http://gmd.shackspace.com/WTF_Bread.jpg : gmd
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    nom nom injera : dahanese
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      I honestly thought it was a moist towel at first. : gmd
      • haha oh man : mikecyb
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        the first time i ate ethiopian i was weirded out. i also am left handed and eat with my left hand so if i... : dahanese
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          eating left handed is offensive to them? oops, must have been the holocaust for all the Ethiopians surrou... : gmd
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            no I think it's because you wipe your butt with your left hand so it's less gross to eat with the hand yo... : mikecyb
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              ^^ this. it's tradition. : dahanese
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                I had no idea (and was never told to use my left hand) at the place I went to and they were entirely poli... : NastyJack
                • yeah i doubt any restaurant would give a shit. i live above an ethiopian restaurant and the owners wouldn... : dahanese
                • yeah I think the tradition exists mainly out of necessity but since we live in an area of the world with ... : mikecyb
            • However, I am sure they cook with both hands. So it's only half shitty butt you're eating. : stuka
• go in with an open mind, and you should be fine : RikiTiki2
• It's wonderful. I don't eat meat so cannot suggest what to order but my carnivore pals love it too. W... : dognose
• The best part: the food is very good. The worst part: eating with only your hands. Some people dig on ... : NastyJack
• Nothing. They are going to stake you out in the desert and let you starve todeath while the buzzards pec... : capt tripps
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  is that kind of food they eat in the beginning of indian jones and temple of doom? : mindshot
  • Mmmmm....soup : gimpx32
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  I am such a chicken-shit when it comes to food - there's no way in hell I would go to an Ethiopian restau... : virus
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    this really doesn't surprise me : wtf242
    • haha exactly : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • wtf is that supposed to mean? : virus
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    it's a stupid food to be chicken shit about. there is literally nothing weird about it aside from the br... : mikecyb
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      Would I like Burmese food? : dognose
      • If you like Chinese, Thai and Indian, then yes. My favorite restaurant in the city is a Burmese joint. : Ely
  • it's like bread, gravy, tomatoes, grilled meats, hot peppers, nothing exotic : EvilDolemite
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  it's not real ethiopian food unless there's about 5 flies buzzing around your plate and mouth. : -=kodiak=-
  • COCA-COLA?!?!? : jingletard
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/askedrelic/3098453958/ it's delicious stuff : askedrelic
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  I went to a (supposedly) top shelf ethiopean restaurant in montreal and really didn't like it. the meat s... : Chunks
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    sometimes there are bones on the meats. lamb in particular, and some chicken -- like a whole leg, and you... : dahanese
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      :( I moved. But I plan to visit, so maybe they'll overlap :) I really do want to give it another shot.... : Chunks
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        i don't like the lamb usually. i'm okay with the chicken but i usually just do kitfo and tibs wat if i'm ... : dahanese
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          Stockholm, Sweden. I'm living with my brother (and annoying -efx- as time permits) and generally enjoy... : Chunks
          • holy shit that's quite the change. enjoy! : dahanese
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    there's no baking soda in that bread. you probably just don't like sour dough : wtf242
    • Is that all it is? I didn't think baking soda was right, but it was definitely a bitter taste. (not that ... : Chunks
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  Ethiopian food: http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=emptytable1_pp7cze3jvjmagjybj69c.jpg ? : MrBig0
  • jokes! : mikecyb
  • there are usually more flies than that : two50six
• it's weird but try it, not bad. : Enigme
• There's a reason people in Ethiopia starve to death. I went out to one of these supposedly awesome Ethiop... : bozer
• do not under any circumstances order wine from Ethiopia. It is horrible horrible horrible. : DonkeyPopsicle
• It's fucking awesome. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• it's pretty gross. imagine a bad chunks of meat covered in a red pepper sauce on top of an extra large pa... : rigg5kthx

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  No you don't. The spellchecker is useless, it has multi-monitor problems, it's the only browser I know t... : Richese
  • you've used the mac version? is it on their dev channel or beta or whatever it's called? : Mmmmmoo
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    It also run a silent auto-updater in the background at all times. I'm sorry, but even windows gives you c... : MisterClaw
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      i find it super annoying. dunno why they don't do what every other app does, which is to tell you an upda... : Mmmmmoo
      • its presence annoys me too, but personally it's one of those "the upsides outweigh the annoyances" deals.... : electroly
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      God forbid they want to make sure people's browsers are patched and up to date. : mancide
      • The problem is that no one knows if/when it's up to date. : Richese
    • are you serious ? fuck that : qwpeoriu
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      You can disable that pretty easily. Remove it from your scheduled tasks and startup config. : ieGod
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        Yea, that's easy... Wait. : Richese
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          You're saying these two tasks, which I assume tech savvy shackers have performed a multitude of times, co... : ieGod
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            It doesn't matter what a tech savvy user is capable of doing. I'm a coder, I could modify Chromium to in... : Richese
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              The average user will just install FoxFire. : dmason
              • Probably, Chrome market share is already leveling out. Maybe if they get some OEM deals they can boost t... : Richese
            • I agree with you for general purposes, but my post was addressing a specific, informed user. : ieGod
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              The average user is precisely the one who's well-served by having things up-to-date and no UI hassles. : Zero|DPX
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                Up to date is fine but notifying the user that it is indeed up to date could help get rid of any confusio... : Richese
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                  We might add that someday but I don't see how it's terribly important. Most of our users aren't wonderin... : Zero|DPX
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                    It's obviously important for IT, not just geeks at home, and I think you know why. It would also help us... : Richese
                    • Chrome is all wrong for corporate use right now in all kinds of ways. IT needs MSIs, group policy suppor... : Zero|DPX
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                  I have to side with Zero and Google on this. I always get at least a few calls from users whenever I upd... : hawkeye
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                    it is useful information if you update it and the update breaks it. when my software gets updated and su... : handofthrawn
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                      You maybe (I also like being notified personally), but Chrome is going for the common user market, they w... : hawkeye
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                        Can't go for the common user market and have a feature that will get your application banned from compani... : MisterClaw
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                          See my comment in Richese's sub-subthread above. We don't expect silent auto-update to be the route for ... : Zero|DPX
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                            So you are saying "wouldn't do much with a cryptic icon telling them so, and would be annoyed at a larger : MisterClaw
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                              We'll never be perfect for everyone. I'm not going to try. I think our approach _is_ measurably better ... : Zero|DPX
                              • Those majority of users listen to knowledgeable minority of users, or are forced to by corporate policy. ... : MisterClaw
                      • I understand the goal but I don't agree with their execution. After all greatness in simplicity is not a... : handofthrawn
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                Notifying a user that an update is applied is a UI hassle? Oh please. You're just hiding from the user th... : MisterClaw
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                  Huh? You have never seen people's complaints about update UIs being too intrusive? People only want to ... : Zero|DPX
                  • As a personal anecdote, I'll just say that every time Firefox tells me it has downloaded an update, I pre... : electroly
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                    Google doesn't understand that Google Earth, Chrome, etc, are not running on Google's computers. Deskt... : MisterClaw
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                      I think you're vastly overestimating how much users care about this. I really, really doubt that normal ... : electroly
                      • Normal users don't care about anything on the computer, so long as they can get their torrents and pr0n. ... : MisterClaw
                      • See though, that's completely not true. They just don't know any better. They DO care when their comput... : boarder2
          • It's not actually real easy in OS X, I think you have to edit permissions on files and shit, I looked at ... : boarder2
      • Nope, it can not be simply removed, since it is downloaded and installed again once Google Earth is launc... : MisterClaw
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      There's some evidence to suggest this is necessary: http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/02/worldwi... : rock elf
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        Auto-update is fine but the feature should be able to be turned off (however enabled by default) and it s... : Richese
        • Exactly. Many companies must documents and control what updates are applied to what machines. Not to much... : MisterClaw
    • some of their stuff installs a background updater on Windows too, it used to silently update GTalk before... : jonas54
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    i know it's the end of the world!!! no middle click scrolling?? why does google torture us so? obvi... : kbnerd
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      It's a pretty fucking basic feature. I have a 99% accurate guess that you got 99% out of your ass. : Richese
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        it's actually 100% but i gave you a 1% benefit of the doubt. : kbnerd
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          also i don't understand how it's a basic feature of most people don't even know it's there? : kbnerd
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            Are you just going to keep making up numbers? "Most", how do you know that? Just got to the chrome su... : Richese
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              What do you mean it doesn't do middle click? Scroll wheel click? Yea, it does that, I know it does becaus... : mancide
              • Oh, middle click scrolling, never mind, that's what my scroll wheel is for. I thought you meant middle cl... : mancide
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              i'm not saying everyone in the world. i'm just saying people that i know. it's anecdotal evidence (ie not... : kbnerd
              • It's irrelevant because when I say basic feature I mean feature that every other browser sports trivially... : Richese
  • i will agree, the spell checker is worthless in chrome : oHnOES
  • i just want a browser, not a damn spell checker : FrayLo
  • i can't wrap my mind around the lack of middle click scrolling. it's just natural to me. : packav
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    You might want to try our Dev channel releases where basically all that stuff is fixed? : Zero|DPX
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      I haven't seen anywhere that the spell-checker was replaced or overhauled, has that issue been addressed?... : Richese
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        We added a bunch of words to the dictionaries, fixed a bunch of issues that were making multi-lingual use... : Zero|DPX
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          My problem is that it simply isn't a good spell checker. It's not as aggressive at taking a stab at inco... : Richese
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            Oh, the "no suggestions" problem got a lot better a while ago. It's not perfect but we fixed a bug that ... : Zero|DPX
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              I'm gonna finish my pizza and then I'll snag it and see if it suits me better. I'm all ready to switch t... : Richese
              • BTW, in the interests of fairness, I should note that our current middle-click autoscroll implementation ... : Zero|DPX
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    I wonder if Chrome for Mac will use OSX's spellchecker instead of the one it uses for Windows. : magistersmax
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      Based on the recent posts on the dev blog I'm betting their too proud of their own spellchecker now. : hawkeye
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        That's kind of a shame. It seems like it'd be much easier to implement than building their own from scra... : magistersmax
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          I love having a spellcheck in every single text field I use. OSX <3 : hawkeye
          • Seriously. I'd say FIREFOX USES IT but I think the devs would take that as another reason to use their... : magistersmax
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    I hope Google hires a team of ninjas to silently nullify your dissent. Oh, and the spell checker and ... : Danny5225
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      Middle click scroll does not work. Spell checker blows ass compared to everything else from Firefox to t... : Richese
      • Honestly, I just don't understand how an inferior spell-checker is such a big deal. I have never used the... : Danny5225
• I use Chrome at home and Firefox at work. I like Chrome because it feels zippier, but it's pretty flaky. ... : SenorSpine
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  it's just webkit. why not use safari? : festivalman
  • process separation and a much nicer tab interface : sroylance
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    Isn't Chrome's JS engine jacked the fuck up too? : SenorSpine
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      Chrome's JS engine is the mace of JS engines. : hawkeye
      • Its prostate pumps uncontrollably? : magistersmax
  • and firefox is "just gecko." why not use the mozilla suite? : electroly
  • Chrome keeps Zero|DPX fed! : Postal

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  I suspect it has more to do with crtc canadian content rules but that's just a guess : Morgin
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    Yeah - crtc make life hard on everyone - shoving manufactured "culture" down the throats of canadians, li... : re-verse
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      I support Canadian content rules, they are very important for our local industry. You can't realisticall... : Wheatloaf
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        I hear you, but listening to canadian radio is fucking painful, as one in 4 songs has to be from a Canadi... : re-verse
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          Art does stand on its own, but the sheer mathematics of the situation means it needs help to survive. Am... : Wheatloaf
          • CBC Radio 3 has good stuff a lot of the time. AFAIK it's all Canadian. : monkeygone
          • The only radio I listen to is when i'm changing CDs in my car. And 9 times out 10 it's a commercial. : Ellissd
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          there's only so much goddamn Tragically Hip you can take before you freak out and start killing people. ... : -=kodiak=-
          • what? they've put out albums in 2004 & 2006, and there's a new one coming out in April. The Hip fuckin... : Majuju
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          Actually I think they very recently upped the required Canadian content for radio to about 40%. It's r... : dumb.
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            BTW it's called 'cancon' in the industry, and a lot of radio people hate it. : dumb.
            • i remember listening to 640am a few years ago while i was working. The afternoon guy got the smack down f... : -=kodiak=-
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          Hearing celine dion every day has to be pretty awesome : stgdz
          • every night in my dreams : re4ctor
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      What's CRTC? : action wombmate
      • canadian equivalent of the FCC : Utopia
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    ^^^ I know this was the reason why they had to cut off pandora : gigaduck
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      I don't think that's accurate: From the Pandora.com founder: Much to our chagrin, on the heels of ou : Wheatloaf
      • huh, I could have sworn I read something about the crtc right after it got cut off. : gigaduck
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    I don't know that CRTC rules would apply to websites like that. They might, though. : Lone Swordsman
    • To summarize: No, the CRTC had nothing to do with that, read my post above. CRTC Cancon guidelines ... : Wheatloaf
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  Sorry, dude :( If it makes you feel any better, every morning when I read the amount of bullshit in our n... : theangrywaffles
  • Also, while all this is free at the moment, I expect to be charged for it soon. Either through surcharges... : theangrywaffles
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  A little bit of Googling will let you watch anything you want. It's the Internet, fuck regions in the ass... : Utopia
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    At this point it's not availabilty, it's on demandness. I know I can torrent shows, but I'd rather have t... : Morgin
    • I think he means hulu not knowing you are a viewing it from Canada. : SirX
    • Hulu looks and sound nice, but there just isn't a huge amount of content that I care about on there. It ... : Wheatloaf
  • Yes but most of those solutions are incredibly slow unless there's a secret I don't know sm? : ArtilleryMarker
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    If you're referring to proxies, they are generally so ridiculously slow and unreliable that it completely... : SenorSpine
    • Again, that's not true. I've tried two separate free proxies that give full functionality to Hulu. : Wheatloaf
• www.hotspotshield.com for Hulu at least. : Wheatloaf
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  wtf was Vantage calling a parking garage the other day, a Parkateria? A Parkival? A Car Care Nursery? A... : dognose
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    Parkade? : Morgin
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      lol, no it was almost that funny though : dognose
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        Park-O-Rama? I think that might have been it : dognose
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          Park Chops with a side of mashed taters? : Rauol Duke
          • Pretty sure it was Parkade. :P : Vantage
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    Car park? : action wombmate
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      No the Brits do that. This was something quite amusing, probably he was trolling. : dognose
      • I thought they did it all over the Commonwealth, because they say car park in NZ, too. : action wombmate
  • parking lot? : SenorSpine
• We Americans aren't that bad. We really do try and remember there is actually some country called Canada ... : peter
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  I would kill for Netflix in Canada. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • zip.ca is pretty good but they dont serve anything digital : dantastic
• It's not advertisers. The way the industry works is there are "release windows" within licensing agreemen... : Attica Blue
• Over Hulu and Netflix? Come on man. : Ellissd
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  install hotspot shield and go onto hulu. the ad banner can be closed and they go away as soon as you dis... : dantastic
  • btw, canadian networks have begun to show tv shows they air online. also if you have rogers digital cabl... : dantastic
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  For what it's worth, being Canadian you can download all that online and it's not illegal. Here, only upl... : stratedge
  • I believe that is only for music : Luminair
• Sometimes it's so frustrating being a Canadian, in terms of entertainment. Like much of the world, we're : lightly inclined
• That last sentence just put you on the terrorist watch list. : uglysad
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  yeah well you have healthcare, we have hulu. : baconisgod
  • It's nice that it's free, but you get what you pay for to a certain extent, in my experience. : Boxelder
• don't like it you can git owt : RikiTiki2
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  fucking kindle :( : Boxelder
  • Amazon did say it hopes to go international with Kindles this year. Canada's probably on the short list,... : Postal
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  Why exactly are you mad at America for having awesome things that you can't have? Wanna-be Americans... d... : Xanthos
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    inorite? he should be mad at canada for not having cool stuff : RikiTiki2
    • yeah! get your own fucking netflix. : skryte
• Don't worry, one day we will invade to drain the last bit of maple syrup from the main artery of the Eart... : tomservo
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  well at least you guys have better health services? : X-GOUKI
  • depends on what you mean by "better" : RikiTiki2
• Sure it sucks not getting Hulu but the alternative to not being a Canadian is frightening. Who in their r... : NastyJack
• I think I am more annoyed by the cell phone problem, which should hopefully be alleviated soon. Cell phon... : SenorSpine
• You can have Jay Leno and Eddie Murphy. : capt tripps

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  Sorry, signed a NDA : dognose
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    I issued the NDA. : ejectorpod
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      I notarized the NDA. : hoov1185
      • I am the NDA. : Moonbase Commander
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        I drew up the NDA. : ArcKnight
        • I am a gun owner and member of the NDA : cerealSAM2
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          I invented the NDA. : alexthegreat2
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            I have DNA : lokdown
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              Prove it. : nevicata
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                I spent way too much time on this. http://www.shackpics.com/files/shacknews_ozc07bbzzp9j36v4uzp2.jpg ... : lokdown
                • It's good that you can amuse yourself. : nevicata
                • i'm so glad that wasnt a picture of man sauce on a desk or something : MrBig0
                • I'm really bored.... http://www.shackpics.com/files/shacknews2_s5lafwy0ckan9s6iznjy.jpg : lokdown
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            I'm your father. : Delaric
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              I am your GOD : conandan
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                prove it : ejectorpod
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                  *unzips* : -=kodiak=-
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                    you live because I allow it : conandan
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                      plz prove this only using numbers. : Skoal^Fyfan
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                        4, 8, 15, 16, 23, 42 : pharoah mike
                        • 4, 5, 1, 2, 3, 6 : oHnOES
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  I might be able to : Flying h4x0r
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    This might seem like a basic question, but how does the hillock decide when it's reached the correct thre... : Richese
    • For some reason I enjoy the fact that none of that made any sense. To Wikipedia! : dumb.
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      i think this is regulated by voltage gated sodium channels. if i recall from my biology class, potassium ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        so the answer to your question is, it doesnt decide anything because chemicals dont decide things. if the... : retarded talking dinosaur
        • Okay, this helps me out quite a bit in my thinking. Thanks. I guess I need to go find out at what mV th... : Richese
        • the threshold could probably vary. if there were less voltage gated sodium channels in a membrane or they... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        this is correct, the resting potential for a nueron is typically somewhere around -70mV, although the way... : Jackass1233
        • wikipedia says usually 15 mv higher than resting membrane potential. biochemically, there should be a ver... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      From what I remember, the threshold is reached when the influx of ions causes enough of a gradient to act... : Flying h4x0r
      • George is taking notes and you just delayed the game >:( : dognose
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      http://scienceblogs.com/clock/upload/2006/06/ActionPotential.jpg there is a nice visual representation... : Drakoniac
      • Yes, lots of good responses in this thread I really appreciate it. : Richese
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      Some points that might help. 1) All or nothing principle: An action potential (AP) will be generated o : Alco23
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        My last question was kind of stupid. What I was trying to get at is that if threshold could be reached i... : Richese
        • Ah... Just to add to that, first/second year physiology classes tend to like to use motor neurons as e... : Alco23
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  it's a myth, just like the female orgasm : -=kodiak=-
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    If it's a myth, then i am the myth busta. : Utopia
    • golden showers dont count. : -=kodiak=-
  • Female orgasm, ha! I'll believe it when I see one! : cerealSAM2

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  talk to brickmatt he has every possible mac product, peripheral, and accessory : Downforce
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    Except for their sense of style! WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA! : Rauol Duke
    • WAKKA WAKKA WAKKA! Indeed. : Jonathan
  • Yes! : brickmatt
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  www.ilounge.com Right now, I just have the shitty hard case griffin one on att's wireless store. It's... : goatjc
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    errr. here is the direct link for the 3g case reviews. http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/review_... : goatjc
    • also, I'm failing at typing today. Many grammatical errors. : goatjc
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  the one that I have is not a gel case, it is a fo-leather cover that has a screen protector on top of it.... : conandan
  • http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/griffin-elan-form-hard-shell-leather-case-for-iphone-3g/ : conandan
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  none! : Mr.SEX
  • ^^^ I guess I'm lucky. : askedrelic
  • I also enjoy using my iPhone bareback. : DOOManiac
  • I wonder if they have car bras and couch covers. : vigilante
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    no case, but http://www.zagg.com/ for your screen. : zerog83
    • I amend my previous statement. get one of these, and then put the whole thing in the case mentioned below... : zerog83
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  I have this and love it http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/switcheasy-capsule-rebel-for-ip... : Horn
  • THIS. I have one and love it. It also really does protect the phone. (I'm clumsy, and have dropped mine... : Ormsbee
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    mike had the other version by these guys and it fell apart. literally. it was weird. : dahanese
    • Yeah... that other one (the Neo) has been reviewed pretty poorly. I have a friend that has gone throu... : Ormsbee
  • Same. the case is pretty much perfect in every way, IMO. I've had mine for about a month. : nakedsavage
• I like the PixelSkin from Speck. http://www.speckproducts.com/products/pixelskin/iphone-3g/143 : Jonathan
• I tried several cases (lol) and finally ended up with a SwitchEasy. By far the best I've used: http:/... : Richese
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  I want a nice thin professional leather cover, but it doesn't exist. All these rubber cases are terrible... : gmd
  • the one I posted above is nice fairly thin : conandan
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    I have a thin leather cover, the Sena Ultra Slim Pouch. I like it. http://store.apple.com/us/product/TQ29... : rock elf
    • have that too, its pretty nice. : re4ctor
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    what about a Vaja case? www.vajacases.com it'll take weeks to ship, but you get exactly the case you ... : Postal
    • oh god these are perfect : gmd
    • holy crap, I want one of those for my touch : zerog83
    • Lilac Grey with Baby Blue inside. Yes. : pancake humper
    • 80-120 dollars?! NUTS! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    http://www.more-thing.com/leather-hard-cover-for-iphone-3g.html : sKetchflow
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      Polyurethane leather, from bakelite cows. : A Sponge
      • You bovine massacring bastard! : sKetchflow
• Speck Candybar at www.speckproducts.com : SolrFlare
• Tack on the word iPhone to anything and you've guaranteed to pay a $20-$40 premium for it, especially for... : jingletard
• incase slider. it's nice. if you take a lot of pictures, the griffin one that has a lens for close up : dahanese
• iPod sock : kramweil
• Invisible Shield is badass, i have one for my iTouch. : FPSDavid
• http://www.vajacases.com/ : Yanks
• I have the black version of this and love it. http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/reviews/entry/dlo-jam-jack... : festivalman
• Get this: http://www.marware.com/PRODUCTS/iPhone-3g-cases/Sport-Grip-for-iPhone-3G;jsessionid=0a0107431f4... : two50six
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  nothing except for a plastic invisible screen protector : wtf242
  • i only use visible plastic because otherwise i could suffocate : dahanese
• I bought one of these monstrosities because I'm rough on my poor lil ol' gadgets - http://bradwelltv.com/... : Dave-A
• I slather dick oil on mine and let it dry to a glossy sheen : Luminair
• I just ordered an otterbox defender case. My phone can get pretty beat up at work and my last case (some... : valael
• i'm telling you dude, rock it naked. like gmd's mom. : xxiv
• Nothing! You get ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!! : geedeck

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• Agreed. This is what I want when I buy the same classic game again 20 years later : bozer
• oh god that link to the past one is amazing. : gmd
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  Some of these look absolutely retarded, really. But there are others that NEED to be done. That Megaman i... : theangrywaffles
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    My heart dropped when I saw that. That is what we should have gotten for the new megaman game, instead we... : Jackass1233
    • Megaman looking like that would be amazing. Someone around here has to know someone at Capcom. Tell the... : Senate5000
• these are incredible : riptyde
• I would pay good money for a Gunstar Heroes remake with graphics similar to the picture there. : ErikTehRed
• wow great looking stuff : onji
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  This is awesome. But what is that one with the filename war zone? Is that Strider? : AgentPothead
  • Nevermind that's gunstar heroes it even says so on the click through page. : AgentPothead
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    looks like Strider]p to me : Postal
    • oh, tag fun : Postal
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  WHY CANT YOU FUCKING GAMES LIKE THIS DEVELOPERS. FUCK ALMIGHTY:( : Jackass1233
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    FUCKING GAMES, YEAH : oHnOES
    • YEAH FUCKIING! : conandan
  • it seems like the 2d aspect would allow them to really crank up the detail on the scenes too. I would lo... : .frame
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    Extreme niche market. : action wombmate
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      more extreme niche market than the people they marketed megaman 10 to? I'd think its same exact market... : Jackass1233
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        Games that look like shit play like shit! : Sailor of Fortune
        • way to completely miss the point of the post : Jackass1233
      • Not saying it couldn't work, but not a lot of game developers/publishers are going spend the time and mon... : action wombmate
  • I'd certainly pay for more 2D type games with modern graphics and some extra gameplay enhancements. Fuck... : riptyde
  • YOU FUCKING A WORD THERE : ArcKnight
  • While those are all cool, I would like to see more old school pixelated game like these: http://www.yout... : TroZ
• Oh god, Yoshi's Island, I miss you :(((( : ShekkyBoy
• Very good : persuxe
• That is awesome, even the retro wallpapers. : cjcharv
• That's the street fighter i want :-( : trevis
• damn, bandwidth maxed out on original site :( : virus
• Reminds me of the Braid art style. : rock elf
• Mario in the world of blue dongs. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Wow... I would replay Mario with graphics like that. : Utopia
• Super Mario Bros. Looks like Braid. : Sailor of Fortune
• zelda one really sets the mood well : Chandler55
• Sweet! : hamachi
• yeah I wish more companies gave damn about the old school lush 2d kind of art. pretty much a lost directi... : thebigbeefsandwich
• All of those look great other than the Castlevania one. : pigvomit
• This thread is a great counterpoint to the people making fun of roushi for liking that Kim Possible game. : sammyl
• little big planet is the closest i think to capturing that look. i love the dystopian environment of meg... : packav
• that zelda cap is how i imagine a SoM remake. : packav
• 100% agreed. : Milleh
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  METROID!! : fsck
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    I've always thought the new metroids should have been exactly that, a very highly detailed 3d world. : Nighteyes
    • uh, 2d game with 3d models and maps : Nighteyes

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  Waverace was a pretty big "wow" for me because I'd never see anything like that graphically and the game ... : Richese
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    Waverace was awesome for me because I used it as an excuse to make out with the hot neighbor girl when I ... : hawkeye
    • Howd you work that out? : sharkII
  • Ok... ok! oooooooook! : Mondo
• Yep. Watching my brother play Half Life blew my mind. The tram ride at the beginning was especially jaw ... : Perturbation
• Most recently was with Crysis, realizing the plane diving sequence was in-game, not pre-rendered. : avatar_58
• Few and far between unfortunately (considering ive played thousands of games) -Playing Wolf3d the firs... : Jackass1233
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  funny, first time i played mario 64, i absolutely hated the controls, the absolutely shitty camera system... : -=kodiak=-
  • Get off my internets :( : avatar_58
  • I don't like it either. : SiW.
• Mario 64 & Super Mario Galaxy were the best Mario games ever created. : jingletard
• I need another TIE Fighter. Most memorable experience of my gaming life. : thetangent
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  My best "WOW" game experience probably has to be playing x-com. I was in the process of checking out a cr... : skelom
  • make that x-com: UFO defense (the original one, not the crappy ones that followed) : skelom
  • yup. I remember having aliens attack one of my bases with like 4 crappy soldiers. Sadly for them it was m... : deadfish
• the only real wow experience that i've ever had was running a 3d demo after upgrading to my old ati rage ... : Mmmmmoo
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  GLQuake on my brand new Voodoo Rush card. That was amazing! It really tightened up the graphics! : weevil bob
  • Yeah, that was definitely a moment that changed a lot of things for me. : BoKnows
• the last "WOW" experience that I can think of was when I first played Guild Wars. the game felt huge an... : X-GOUKI
• When GTA came out on PS2. That was awesome. : ant_hillbilly
• Me and a friend played that for ours on shrooms. It was insanely surreal and so much fun. One of the best... : bozer
• the physics puzzles in HL2 had my mouth open. it was so neat at the time :( : oHnOES
• EQ was pretty wow for me back then : moe6
• GL quake, Monster 3d. sweet merciful xenu it was glorious. I knew I had graduated from cga/ega/vga/othe... : Downforce
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  First time I booted up Mario64, definitely. Also, the tram ride in HL1 and the first time I played GTA3.... : BoKnows
  • the n64 emulator was really a thing of magic when it came out. : re-verse
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  W,A,S,D + mouselook completely blew my mind. I think it was while I was playing Quake that someone told ... : hoopfam4
  • yeah when I went from looking with keyboard to looking with house, in Doom, it changed everything for me.... : re-verse
  • haha this happened to me too. : kaddar0
• Zillion on the SMS Strider on Sega Genesis Doom Tombraider 1 using a Monster 3D card GLQuake (same v... : trevis
• My fond gaming memory also involves the game Doom. I remember the first time I saw it in action was at t... : bitter ego
• Mario Galaxy is great as well : Katarn3279
• Hmmmm, I'll list what I can remember. Opening scene of Crysis was pretty wow. Lots of environmental wo... : Nali4Freedom
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  you are just describing something that happens to young people. you'll never feel that way again. in th... : Luminair
  • sorry wrong account : Luminair
• I fucking loved unlocking the dolphin in Waverace 64. : packav
• The action scenes with Dog in HL2, for sure. : crummynz
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  The first time fighting the AI Sorceress in Archon, and she shot at me, I ducked behind a tree, she STOPP... : AxeMan808
  • OOOO! The Butcher in Diablo was pretty awesome the first couple of times! : AxeMan808
• Shadow of the Colossus had many moments like these. Slowly advancing towards the first colossus while it : DrWaffles
• Mario Galaxy was total magic for me. It was up there with seeing Quake on a Voodoo card and playing onli... : TaintedSyringe

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• Welcome to the beginning of the rest of your life!. I quit in december and could not be happier sure I ge... : lordvampy
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  Is there any way to transfer a character between two different account holders? Or do you pretty much hav... : Magus
  • yes you can transfer character to another account. i think it's $35? : whereiwannab
  • you can only xfer characters to an accout with the same name, so between friends is a no go, and even fam... : fleabug
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  instanced pve is the best part of wow : electroly
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    arena pvp ruined wow : electroly
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      agreed : Jackass1233
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        you played wow? fuck i wouldve loved to gank your ass : Chandler55
        • I doubt it, I barely ever got ganked, I played a priests, b/w my little bubble, flash heals, and regen I ... : Jackass1233
    • fuck yes it did. : eskimo spy
    • agreed. : AllYourBase
    • it was delayed big time from open beta. they KNEW it would be a cluster fuck. : Downforce
    • iawtp : Just A Girl
    • omg yes. a thousand times yes. : dromo5
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      Sadly I agree, I loved running into alliance when I started and having cool world pvp. Thats all dead now... : jbury
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        wait you mean no brawls out in the middle of Hillsbrad for no good reason? aw : RikiTiki2
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          It's mostly because theres very few people leveling at a single time in Hillsbrad. Only reason that plac... : Nighteyes
          • wow so sad now : RikiTiki2
      • That was dead long before Arena entered the picture. : Ellissd
    • I 100% agree. It was wonderful for season one, and season two. After S3 things were obviously broke... : fleabug
    • You are so so so wrong. Arena PVP saved TBC imo. : Ellissd
    • Fully agreed : OverloadUT
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      I miss BRM world pvp so much. : lightly inclined
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        BRM world pvp was honestly the best. : deveus1
        • One of my greatest memories was wiping out a BRM raid group (over 10 people) at the choke point between B... : Ellissd
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      I agree. The class balancing and STA focus made things crazy. : pigvomit
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        I'm still not sure how I feel about resilience. : action wombmate
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          i think resilience is retarded. you can't step into an arena and have any chance of success if you're we... : electroly
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            It was the worst stat they could have ever added. If it helped in pve at all, it would be neat, but si... : fleabug
            • i've basically just resigned myself to never doing pvp. i kinda enjoy pvp but without the gear i just ge... : electroly
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            It helps if you look at arena as something more than a means of obtaining another set of gear. The genuin... : Ellissd
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              my complaint is that the other set of gear is REQUIRED to have any fun in arena. if you don't have the p... : electroly
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                Now you know exactly how the non-raiding folks felt when you needed 40-man instanced gear to be competiti... : Ellissd
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                  but at least then, there was only one progression of gear updates. your pve gear was your pvp gear, and ... : electroly
                  • although i will give them credit for allowing you to buy pvp gear with pve emblems. that's definitely a ... : electroly
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                    It's an improvement when you have large groups of people who like doing one thing but not the other. Why ... : Ellissd
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                      It's only an improvement for the group who like PVP but not PVE. It sucks balls for people who like PVE ... : electroly
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                        Ultimately what I'd prefer is if PVP gear still existed, but it was just alternate PVE gear with more sta... : electroly
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                          But if you remove resilience, you don't realize how fast people would die. And trust me even full resilie... : Ellissd
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                            Obviously if they removed resilience, they wouldn't just leave the rest of the game exactly the same. If... : electroly
                            • I disagree. I thought the system, at least when I last played, worked great. I would have liked it even b... : Ellissd
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                        PVP gear is so easy to get that I don't really understand what you're complaining about, you can get sava... : gia-
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                          it just seems unnecessary. i've been spending my emblems on pvp gear because all the other emblem gear i... : electroly
                          • PVE gear IS competitive, if you have Nax 25 gear you're already in a good position, just get 5-6 pvp item... : gia-
  • It's also the last thing I am interested in doing, especially Blizzard's version of it. Their encounte... : fleabug
• still glad I never joined WoW or LotRO or anything like that : naabster
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  What made me quit was when I got to 60 and it was like 4am one night and my eyes were bleeding and I spen... : bozer
  • Yeah my first run through wow was when i was unemployed. What a great way to not realize how much time yo... : re-verse
  • LOL @ WoW nerd rage at 4 am. I bet it was actually the kid's mom and you were just hearing it from the b... : conandan
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  Yeah I'm pretty much done myself. It was good times. : Phil
  • Good for you, Phil!! : CrustaR
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    give me your account, then you will be done. : conandan
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      that is pretty much the true test. I gave mine to a friend and that really seals the deal. Do it Phil. Do... : bozer
      • I will run around in ORG shouting I AM GAY I AM GAY GIVE ME THE JESSICASImpSONSLUMBERPARTY.avi and I AM A... : conandan
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    phil you fag if you were really done you'd give me your account and i'd disenchant all your gear and mail... : electroly
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      and right before i log off i'd join the Hannah Montana Fan Club guild : electroly
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        oh lord. there is a hannah montana fan club guild? I might have to start a new account. Fuck you elect... : conandan
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          yes, i used to be in it before i transferred to my current guild. we had a tabard with a pink heart on i... : electroly
          • best part is rolling into AV with that guild tag. people would whisper me either "omg i love your guild!... : electroly
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  on to EVE!!! : mindfk
  • is there a direct brain implant for evemon yet : Downforce
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    Even is nice as you don't have to pay it too much attention. Its too bad you can't set up macros though f... : re-verse
    • that's why they don't let you do that :) : cpt_gloval
  • Yes, join uuuuuuuuuusssssss : ejectorpod
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    I'm really enjoying Eve, only doing level 1 missions but I have a cruiser so it's kind of easy. my cousin... : Drakoniac
    • Me too, we should team up. : ejectorpod
    • I'm also doing level 1s! : re-verse
  • no.. fuze.. say it aint so!!!? : greydog
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    I did the 14 day trial, and I enjoyed my time, but its not for me. if they had something like guild wars... : fleabug
    • buy a level 80 account on craigslist, then you can just queue up for a bg and be killing people in second... : electroly
  • I have an active account but haven't actually done much in game. I'm waiting until I have all of the ski... : valael
  • do they have mini game while real eve people slowly orbit their giant ships about? maybe a zero-g deathm... : eisencc
• I quit the day I hit 60 and never went back. I understand the appeal, but there are so many other good ga... : baronzemo78
• Hi, my name is metldude. And i've been WOW free for 13 months!!! : metldude
• Now you can work on the next episode of Shackers! : cjcharv
• just in time for diablo 3 : filthysock
• This is my last xpac and then i will be free. Gods honest truth. : johnny rotten
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  thanks for taking the time to link the pic, it was totally necessary : Dravenport
  • Hay so was this post!!!! Thanks dude!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : fleabug

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  about time fgt lol I havent been myself but took you awhile to hit 50 : moe6
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    I'm not even 49 yet! But i started the expedition quests to get into Moria the other night, and with som... : trOmblyj
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      what's Moria? is it a new zone? i thought it was a raid dungeon or something. : electroly
      • it is a new huge zone. : trOmblyj
      • It's the new zone they added in the expansion. The Full Mines of Moria http://www.lotrolife.com/galler... : fried sushi
• There's an issue with the lotro.com link, by the way - free trial link here: http://www.lotro.com/trial/ : trOmblyj
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  If I wasn't so time-sinked into WoW, I would like to try this MMO. But when I get burned out of WoW, this... : cjcharv
  • LOTRO is very laid back. I've been playing for 11 months so far. Don't have a char at max level yet, al... : trOmblyj
• Wow, something I just found out about this game: Yes, weapons with damage to a particular type of crea : trOmblyj
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  Damnit, you enter Moria tonight and I have to take the wife to dinner. I'll try to catch up later. My guy... : jonin
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    I still have to finish the expedition quests - but Galedan and I are ready to start them (I did 3 or 4 of... : trOmblyj
    • nice, there's some quests in the entrance we can all do. I was just cleaning up the quests in Eregion wai... : jonin
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  I tossed a couple videos up on the youtubes this week as well. My Burglar slaying some dirty orcs. ht... : fried sushi
  • I tried to find the second one but couldn't connect to my home computer - was going to put that up in the... : trOmblyj
  • Damn grims :( They are one of the toughest enemies for me to kill. They never attack my pet and always go... : Umbr
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  I'm on Viylma : whistletits
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    If you just started - switch now! Join us on Silverlode. (Unless of course you have a bunch of friends ... : trOmblyj
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      dont join them, these faggots will leave you stranded at the very first sniff of another mmo! I'm bitter : moe6
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        Hey you jumped kins! should have stuck around! Come back and join us, need a hunter to port me around... : fried sushi
        • I jumped kins because it literally was just me online for weeks, and I had been raiding with Red Legion b... : moe6
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  do you only play in third person? any first-person combat vids? thanks! : ]pm[chem
  • first person is possible but not entirely practical. You really have to be situationally aware, and a zo... : trOmblyj
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    first person is hard to play. I do miss EQ's first person view though :( : moe6
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      yeah exactly what I was thinking, I had plenty of situational awareness in EQ : ]pm[chem
      • the way the first person is done in LOTRO isn't the same as EQ. As a hunter (ranged) class I can't even t... : moe6
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  We need more players in the 30 - 40 range. All the people we used to group with disappeared. Horn? Degen? : CapnChaos
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    my alt is in the 30's iirc. i should resub shouldnt i damn : moe6
    • Yes you should. : fried sushi
    • I still have you on my friends list! : CapnChaos
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    I put my two alts (Vallraen and Vilara, both level 30) on the back burner so I could get Dkurt up into Mo... : trOmblyj
    • Yeah I knew you were doing other stuff, but I liked having a full group to do stuff with. Not sure where ... : CapnChaos
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      don't forget Evendim! : jonin
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        more like evenswim : moe6
        • haha, I love that area. Atleast it's easier to get around in Annuminas than it used to be. : jonin
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    sorry! I'll try and play again. just so hard getting time away from the new born. little jerk prevents... : hamachi
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      Yeah you too! wtf, priorities man! j/k, congrats :) : CapnChaos
      • what level are you guys up to now? I miss killing small helpless animals. and if I'm on later this we... : hamachi
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    Look me up as Trestus (38 Minstrel) and Siagrin (44 hunter). I am online quite a bit but solo a lot. Wh... : SeanJuan04
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      They are Malamar and Applethistle. : trOmblyj
      • ahh, I have tried to hook up with them a number of times, but the timing was always off. Seems like they... : SeanJuan04
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    My Elf Hunter is 17th now; I had missed an Boss kill in the Epic Prologue, so I got bogged down having t... : AxeMan808
    • As you explore you'll get used to seeing different resources show up on your tracker. Rowan is common in... : trOmblyj
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  Whey they do the free trails they should set them up based on time played rather than a specific number o... : vynn
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    register another account with another e-mail, log in to that account with your game client, and you get a... : trOmblyj
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      the thing is, I just don't have as much time for gaming as I used to so I can't really get into the game ... : vynn
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        waaah waaaaaaah buy a lifetime sub. problem solved. : moe6
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          hah... maybe if Turbine would go back and recreate AC1 with a modern graphics engine, I wasn't sold on LO... : vynn
          • YES : feek
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  I tried signing up for the trial, but the captcha is always 1/2 off the screen in that turbine downloader... : AgentPothead
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    OK - SM me your e-mail and I'll get a kin member to send you a buddy pass. : trOmblyj
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      Awesome thanks tromblyj and whoever Eric is :) : AgentPothead
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        Jonin! : trOmblyj
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          I'll make sure to thank him as soon as I can get in game. I thought I downloaded the whole full client ea... : AgentPothead
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            I haven't heard of this behavior so you might want to check the forums. : trOmblyj
            • Well I installed a bandwidth meter since comcast implemented their 250gb limit. I just checked that and t... : AgentPothead
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        That would be me! : jonin
        • Since I still haven't finished downloading the game I'll take the time to thank you here :) Thanks man I ... : AgentPothead
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  Thanks for posting this today, reminded me I wanted to do a trial this weekend. Any recommendations fo... : dmaownsyou
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    All the classes are decent early on - keep trying them out until you find one you like :) : trOmblyj
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      I am thinking (Ham)Burglar since rogue was my favorite WoW class. : dmaownsyou
      • The Burglar class is a lot of fun, first 10 levels can be tough but once you get dual wield it gets a lot... : fried sushi
      • burgs own. They're not my kind of characters play-wise but they totally own shit in the opposite way a hu... : moe6

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• Now that's how you do a trailer. : freshyk
• Courtesy of kilomike: http://fp.scea.com/Content/Movies/18600/Videos/1/movie1080p.mp4 http://fp.sce... : ShekkyBoy
• That ending is absolutely fucking INSANE! : treefingers1
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  Wow, awesome trailer. I just hope there is nothing to do with SIXAXIS motion sensing in the game. It ruin... : theangrywaffles
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    You do realize you could turn that off if you want, right? Plus, I thought it was a brilliant implementa... : treefingers1
    • Hahaha, seriously? I guess I need to spend more time exploring the menus. : theangrywaffles
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      No implementation of SIXAXIS is ever brilliant. : sigpro
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        I would have agreed with you until I played Flower. : pyide
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          And littlebigplanet, and folklore. : razlebol
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            I guess that's true for LBP, but it has nothing to do with the actual controls, gameplay, or movement. Ye... : pyide
            • Sucking the souls out of the creature, kinda like ghostbusters. You just have to move the controller upwa... : razlebol
  • You should check out flower. Finally someone got it right. : Boxelder
  • im sure it would be awesome if done right though : eeeealmo
  • thanks for the warning, i was about to buy that : CoRDS
• lol fur a second i thought he would mount the cyclops and use it as vehicle but he kept fucking stabbing ... : Hoax
• All kinds of badass. : lightly inclined
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  Was trying to figure out what the deal was with the gravity suddenly changing O_o : Prototype
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    I thought it was pretty obvious given the ending to GoW2. : shyguy74
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      never played it : Prototype
      • what's it like to be so flawed and empty : Deathlove
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    Did you even watch the whole trailer? It reveals why. :[ : My Documents
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      While it was happening I was wtf : Prototype
      • Sorry. I read it wrong and thought you were pulling a rosewood. :[ : My Documents
• I like the wall runs and stuff, hope that's in there. More environmental interaction seems like a very l... : Boxelder
• ok that was AWESOME! I was watching thinking, hey this is sweet, i wonder how they are going to address ... : smacknca
• wow, that looked really cool. : Turd Ferguson
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  that crow scene must be a homage to the diablo intro video, and those skeletons produce entirely too much... : Luminair
  • yeah, i agree: this game looks totally inaccurate. : skryte
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    its juicy marrow : GloriousCow
    • it makes me want some GUSHERS CANDY : Luminair
• That looks sweet. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I just creamed in my pants : jimmy_legs
• Attention Gamefly: THIS is how you do "HD" flash video! Please fix ShackVideo. Oh and the game looks c... : DOOManiac
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  Is it confirmed for 2009 or is the release date still unsure? : razlebol
  • wiki says 3/10/10 :( : eeeealmo
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  this game is going to cost me like $500 : wtf242
  • you going to buy a PS3 just for this? : humbleone
  • I'm sure the price will have dropped by that point. : Ellissd
• yes, yes it does. : FormerHPB
• Yes...looks great. Can't wait to play this. : cookblaze