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  Cool that sounds like something I will never ever see a single moment of : Chris Remo
  • What if it had a cameo by Kramer in blackface I bet you'd watch that : bipolar
  • Seconded! I'm going to set my DVR to record something else. : MorrisatCNN
  • That's pretty much my stance on all reality TV. : FormerHPB
  • Yeah I am really looking forward to not watching it : Begawkiness
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    They'll probably include alternative lifestyles couples as well? : Haku-Jin
    • Dammit should have been a '.' not a '?'. :( : Haku-Jin
  • you will be forced to, however, when the promotion blitz will plaster clips for its premier everywhere : Home Nugget
  • I am going to subscribe to cable just so I can watch something else instead : dognose
  • What are you gay? : loboca
• I was really excited for a second and hopes for a curb your enthusiasm type show but it looks like housew... : boring gegtik
• What's the deal with reality shows? : gmd
• I like this. Everyone knows the best comedians are men and they'll take the man's side in most of the arg... : edgewise
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  "After nine years of marriage, I have discovered that the comedic potential of this subject is quite rich... : semaphore
  • This kind of quote makes me think the article originated at The Onion, haha : Home Nugget
• this would have been great only if it was done about a decade ago. : grabbie
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  Excellent. : mrvandelay
  • Do you think they'll use you again? : Omaha
• They need to hire me to write for this piece of shit show. : Phil
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  god fucking damnit i wish reality tv would just die. there's nothing real about it. : gokart.
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    The Deadliest Catch is pretty sweet. I haven't seen it on in a long time though. : helvetica
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      that's kinda pushing the boundaries of what i consider reality tv to be. you could lump suvivorman (also ... : gokart.
      • That's true, those shows are a lot less goofy than reality TV. : helvetica
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  MILF Island was a much better idea : genjuro
  • yeah or even the "seinfeld moments" were a better idea ! : barichnikov
• ugh : Megara9

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  there is a third person hack iirc. though it looks like complete SHIT. check it out on youtube. it looks ... : jane911
  • It's the most hilarious hack ever. It still looks better than Fallout's third person view. : CrustaR

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  "User agent switcher" : ryuuseki
  • ^^ a prettty handy addon : dmason
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    awesome! thanks a bunch. so this gives me the ability... now i just need to figure out the how : Korban
    • never mind. just found an XML file with a BUTT load of configs: http://www1.qainsight.net:8080/conten... : Korban
• FYI: I think you need all the latest OS X security updates for the Safari beta to work... : dumb.

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  if you simply want to hide it from the browse network thing just run this command: net config server ... : onji
  • Hey this might just work! Hopefully the command doesn't have any problems on Server 2008. : atom519
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  that's the whole point of a server? They can just control access rights through permissions. : redfive
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    Yeah, it seems pretty silly to me. They need it to have internet access so another firm can remote into ... : atom519
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      are they protecting their network from people using this machine, or are they protecting the machine from... : electroly
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        afaik only people that are on the network, as no one will really have local access to the server - just t... : atom519
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          local vs. remote doesn't make any difference, the people remoting into that machine will have full access... : electroly
          • right, I see what you mean. client didn't specifically address this, but the only people that will be re... : atom519
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  you can do this in the local security policy, just deny connections from all ips except those 2 or 3 on p... : grandmasterlee
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    I forgot to mention that none of the workstations are on a domain, just a default workgroup. I don't ... : atom519
    • it doesn't need to be in a domain, and no it shouldn't because it will only deny incoming connections, in... : grandmasterlee
• I think if you disable the server service that would also achieve the desired effect. : sroylance

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• this one is awesome http://www.smbc-comics.com/index.php?db=comics&id=1438#comic : boring gegtik

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  Nice. I actually like Makin now, with the exception of the spineless bastards that snipe from the water. : Head Rush
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    still my least favorite map : PapaBoo
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      I think Roundhouse holds that crown for me. : Head Rush
      • I like that map, except for the tanks. It's great with overkill and a sniper rifle and machine gun. : FormerHPB
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        Hell yes. I like Makin overall. Roundhouse just flat out sucks. : sigpro
        • yeah roundhouse is probably my least favourite map : dantastic
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    I'm not a fan of this map. Maybe it will be better in daylight, but I don't think it will help much. : FormerHPB
    • There are so many great spots to utilize on Makin. I'm a big fan of the circular building in the center o... : Head Rush
    • people hiding in the water should be easier to spot : dantastic
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    i like blindly shooting in the circular middle house from the outside and killing everyone through the wa... : dantastic
    • I just do laps around the inside of the builidiing and always run into people every few seconds. : PapaBoo
• So we're all to start makin our time? : Fyunch Click
• Is it available for PS3 players? : Bumpmapped

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  Bought it and tried it. Found it boring, lifeless and complicated. Took the original TA (which I loved) t... : Attica Blue
  • It's a different direction from normal RTS games; just like DOW II but in the opposite direction. If you... : Modulus
• It's my favorite RTS, well Forged Alliance is. The campaign in that is only like 5 levels but it's fun to... : Shai-Tan
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  I love SupCom/FA. I really wish other RTS games would adopt the zoom-in/zoom-out camera movement paradig... : Vantage
  • Yeah, since playing it, I keep wanting to zoom out every other RTS I've played. C&C3, RA3, DoW, I feel li... : theamazingrand0
  • I love that and the dual monitor support. Being able to keep a giant tactical map or monitor a specific ... : hawkeye

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• It'll put you right in when you get home. That's what I did. Got myself in the queue and when I got home ... : Madwacker
• I know, the system is terrible at this point. I'm willing to give it another try in a week. : Sgt_Boomstick

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• His Sweep Counters My Balls : boring gegtik

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• No one owns an ATI All-In-Wonder as a primary adapter? : Xin Jing Client 1a
• My previous computer I had an All-In-Wonder x800 card. It worked well, but i think a stand-alone TV card : TroZ

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• fucking bullshit - chlorine does not kill zombies - wtf : flagg209

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  who gives a shit they should be allowed to fleece people for dumb aesthetic shit like costumes would y... : boring gegtik
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    All I am saying is that could have been in the game in the first place. We've gone over this already, bu... : c_man_tmt
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      The fact that you don't like it doesn't make it "wrong". I can't speak for SC4 since I didn't buy that g... : bcyde
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        The fact that people are actually buying this stuff may lead to more DLC of this form in the future. I a... : c_man_tmt
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          where could it lead next possibly horse armor???? : boring gegtik
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            My $5 DLC Ryu Ultracombo does more damage than yours. : c_man_tmt
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              It travels back in time to 2 years ago when this discussion was fresh and relevant. Did you just discover... : boring gegtik
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                Are you always this abrasive or just when you are on your period? : c_man_tmt
                • its a dumb argument, and it gets my hackles up. They are selling outfits on DLC -> What if they didn't l... : boring gegtik
        • If people are actually buying this stuff then clearly people think it's worth it so why shouldn't they ch... : OverloadUT
      • extra characters for DLC sounds like a great idea but not if they're overpowered : dantastic
  • The thing that bugs me is the fact that the arcade version had the alternate costumes already in there. I... : smackpiece
• There's a demand for it so why not ? It has no effect on gameplay whatsoever so it's not like they shippe... : qwpeoriu
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  http://www.cheapassgamer.com/forums/blog.php?b=6806 : grabbie
  • Yeah, I saw this earlier and I think it's kind of a retarded rant. He's basically saying because online m... : qwpeoriu
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  How do you even select those alternate costumes? : Bull
  • I will never know. : c_man_tmt
  • when you choose your character you get to scroll through diff. colors I assume they're just added to that... : boring gegtik
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  ya, the queue sucks hard. I had a few free minutes to play and all I ended up doing was sitting in the qu... : vynn
  • exactly. I'm sure it will get better. : c_man_tmt

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  The $1299 435 should be fine. : bipolar
  • I would up the ram to 6gb and the video card to either the 4850. : ant_hillbilly

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• They should make a flash add for shacknews that rapes the comments in half and jams them in a mailbox! : Dave-A
• that ad was designed for CNN alone -- makes assumptions and has a large boundary that does not respond to... : Yanks

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  Which is nice except for the fact that their selection sucks. I'm sure it'll get better, but I'd rather o... : K1Bond007
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    The streaming thing isn't entirely Netflix's fault, hopefully they will get more content providers on boa... : mancide
    • They are getting some shows the day after they air, like Heroes. Also some Disney shows like Hannah Monta... : mancide
• Yeah that would be great if their instant selection was half as good as their DVD one. It's getting bette... : VictoriouSecret
• I'm surprised that the article didn't mention that TiVo can also stream from netflix : TroZ

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  Good luck. Going from PDF to Word is hilarious. : pancake humper
  • this is what I thought, I'm gonna look for about 10 more minutes and tell em that it ain't happening : RobFlinn
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  try http://pdfonline.com/ : onji
  • this 2.3mb pdf became a 25.3mb rtf full of images, guess that didnt work : RobFlinn
• If you have a scanner, you can scan it in as OCR and do it that way. Otherwise, as far as free, I'm not ... : bipolar
• http://www.hellopdf.com/ : sikander
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  1. Open PDF. 2. Press PrtScn. 3. Open Word. 4. Press CTRL-V : OverloadUT
  • i get so many emails with documents like this. : ass-street
• Might be worth a shot http://lifehacker.com/5159601/pdf+to+word-converter-pulls-readable-text-from-scanne... : Carnivac
• If they just need the text you can pdf2html then bring that into word. Any kind of formatting will more ... : abunch

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  for a videogame artist community you think they could do a bit better on their website (www.polycount.com... : mwasher
  • Ya, that's unused and has been for years. The forums http://boards.polycount.net is where it's at. : eonix
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  I'm surprised Ubisoft isn't higher on there, since they have the POP series and Assassin's Creed, which i... : Begawkiness
  • Also SCE Studios Santa Monica with the God of War franchise, but of course these are just specific games ... : Begawkiness

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  I could have sworn I already had this album but winamp is only showing 2 songs. re-bought. : melkore
  • I love this album. It's the one that got me into Opeth's death growls in the first place (before I just ... : valael

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  I had no idea the verb 'escalate' came from escalator, nor that 'escalator' was once a trademark. It's pa... : evildanish
  • Mind = Blown. I never would have guessed. (did you look up the danish thing..is that a transliterati... : hawke
• tweeting now : freshyk
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  'tweet' was actually invented by users of twitter, not twitter itself :( in fact most stuff associated w... : mikecyb
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    whatever twitter apologist : AllYourBase
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      I love twitter, it's great! : mikecyb
      • I do too. I'm glad a bunch of shackers started following me when I posted mine the other day because it g... : OverloadUT
• I feel meta and vaguely ironic for having tweeted that Qwantz just now. ...I'm also slightly ashamed. : ForestCreature
• Google do this long before twitter. Stop hating on twitter Ryan "gegtik" North! : voodooraze

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  so this is the new 'DAILY XXXXXXXXXXXX THREAD'? : pancake humper
  • i've only seen one :/ : papaskot
• http://www.grapheine.com/bombaytv/v2/play.php?id=127891 : Mmmmmoo

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• Shacker Birthdays: retroredeyejr turns 21. Prepare the drunk tank ! Pisces 2/19 - 3/20 Exercise your c : askedrelic
• This Old LOL Pile: The top 5 LOL'D posts from yesterday. Don't miss the funny, if there was any to begin : askedrelic
• The Top INF: The smartest thing that was said yesterday. Get yourself to school. By: [fry] with [5 inf : askedrelic

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  grats on the title. now go get The Immortal :) : electroly
  • OMG DIE! :) We're working on it, LoL. : LoioshDwaggie
• loiosh are you still on efnet #quake? : manero
• We got all the way to KT on our last Undying attempt, and had our fury warrior hang out in a void zone ju... : atom519

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  lol shacktag fail : trOmblyj
  • Yellow's kinda fitting for Watchmen. : thejm4n
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  haha I accidentally four tickets (instead of two). Fandango gave me an error page after purchasing sayin... : trOmblyj
  • is this some sick meme : boring gegtik
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    When you go to the theater, just explain that, they'll refund the money. : Deathlove
    • Well I already let a friend of mine know and I think he's taking one of the tix. If it gets closer and I... : trOmblyj
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  My girlfriend invited me to a free screening of this next Wednesday, and I couldn't drum up much exciteme... : rossimo
  • wth : boring gegtik
  • You take Cialis, don't you? : Ride-My-Rocket
• i wish there was an imax around here. : anthonybean
• Oh shit, I totally need to book this. Any other London shackers going to the IMAX at the Bullring : node
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  Check this shit out!!! http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/watchmen/ : lookitzpancakes
  • Those reviews are pretty good - although I would expect it to drop a bunch by next week. Still, I am exc... : trOmblyj
• I'm going to this launch event thingy in london http://www.futurecinema.co.uk/?utm_medium=email&utm_so... : silentbobuk
• Just bought my tickets for opening night in Imax : Crw22
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  The IMAX theater near me decided to show Jonas Brothers in 3D instead of the Watchmen : Crimsonbeak
  • I have a feeling that is what is going to happen to me as well :( oh well at least i will still be able t... : med1c
• Damn, the local imax theater here in Austin doesn't have it for opening night :( : twifosp

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• I'll bet the person who saw that in the queue to clear had their blood pressure spike a few points. : Ride-My-Rocket
• you know, that doesn't really make too much sense as a computer error. someone probably manually fucked t... : mindfk

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  How's the game? : Attica Blue
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    it's the best co-op game on the 360. with a friend it's pretty unrivaled as far as i'm concerned. heav... : [fry]
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      can you play co-op online? : wtf242
      • No, it's local coop only unfortunately :( : MagicWishMonkey
      • No split screen co-op only sadly. It's the opposite off crackdown. : sigpro
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        even if you could playing with a buddy is way awesomer : [fry]
        • i don't really have any real life friends though that would come over and play video games with me : wtf242
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    Top two games for the system. The other is Crackdown. : ieGod
    • Crackdown's day-glo colors and flashing lights nd symbols made me feel like I could have a seizure at any... : Attica Blue
  • It's absolutely awesome, my gf and I have put 50 hours into it over the last year... we finished the game... : MagicWishMonkey
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    it's very difficult to find a copy of this game by just casual looking. i'm going to have to order it onl... : kbnerd
    • ryuuseki and I are ordering it from here http://www.movies4wholesale.com/earth-defense-force-2017-p-11361... : dantastic
    • http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B000LV9N8S/ref=pd_bbs_sr_olp_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1235663960... : Horn
    • I usually look for used copies to buy for shackers when I hit used stores. I got my copy for $5 or $10.... : DrZettl
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  my copy should be coming in the mail in the next week or 2 : dantastic
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    Make sure you have someone to play co-op with, and don't let the goofy graphics bother you. Once you shoo... : MagicWishMonkey
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      yeah i've convinced jen to play :D : dantastic
      • Ok good you guys are in for a treat :) : MagicWishMonkey
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  Alright I just ordered this game for 14 bucks off Amazon. My roommate and I will hopefully enjoy it....s... : icon_of_syn
  • Its only fun in co-op. Single player is boring as hell : Horn
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  That game is retarded. The only way to succeed on higher difficulties is to get better weapons. The onl... : Cottc Cid
  • Sometimes you'll hit a level that is insanely difficult, when that happens I usually just skip it until I... : MagicWishMonkey
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    I find it's best to advance normally, then go back several levels and move up in difficulty to get better... : Blucklesworth
    • ^^^ This is what I've been doing. But at 39% done with the game, I'm having a brutal time defeating leve... : Ride-My-Rocket

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  There is a Greasemonkey script for this : Begawkiness
  • Say wha? : pop_secret
  • Here they are: http://www.shacknews.com/profile.x?person=dodob : Begawkiness
• use this if you can't install greasemonkey http://www.stonedonkey.com/shack/altpostform.html : ass-street
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  If you're running Firefox: 1) Get Greasemonkey : https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/748 ... : ThomW
  • I've seen the light. Tagged so I can follow these instructions at home. : UselessHack
• Is this the site? http://rock_elf.shackspace.com/tags/index.html : Dontdrop
• Sweet, thanks guys! : pop_secret

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• go slow and use goo gone? : kikilupo
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  I think you can use a heat gun and then just peel them off. I made the deal do that before we left with ... : FormerHPB
  • be careful with a heat gun... they're used to remove paint. : manero
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    i'm glad someone else feels as strongly about it as i do. : kbnerd
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      Drives me CRAZY! I remember long ago they used to poke holes in the body and put those ugly plastic badg... : FormerHPB
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        my wife just doesn't understand. I've tried to explain it but she can't grasp it. I think that is largely... : kbnerd
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          lol. my wife just got a coach purse a few weeks ago. : FormerHPB
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            my wife got one from the coach outlet. $84 seems like a lot but when the same purse was $400 in the regul... : kbnerd
            • she got it at the outlet too. : FormerHPB
  • ^ this is what everyone should do. If they want you to advertise, they should be paying you for the car. : riptyde
  • I hear that, when I bought my car it was the first thing to go. I used a hair dryer on low heat and pe... : arizona bay
  • This worked for me. A few light passes with heat gun and it will just peel off. Goo gone to remove rema... : wendigo
• Use a blow dryer to melt the glue. : poknatcha
• Belt sander + rocks : walker270
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  blow dryer + dental floss : riptyde
  • ^^ this. I took all the badges and decals off of my Si with this method. : newek
• A credit card? : zipr
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  Blood+Jizz= Decal gone : pimpium
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    Hooker blood only, though. Any jizz will do. : Salad Sammich
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      Hooker blood is so tainted it will probably strip the paint off. : coldfusioncs
      • You can mix it with the jizz of an angel to balance it out. : Salad Sammich
• I know a few ladies that could suck those clear off. : voodooraze
• "Goof off" or any sticker removal liquid, they all work great : dignan
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  Motherfuck i hate those things. I mean I have an irrational amount of rage over them. I told the people... : trevis
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    I feel the same way. When I lived in Washington state I didn't see the decals very often, but in the midw... : meesterbill
    • The stickers are bad enough but there are some dealers who glue on *HUGE* hard plastic badges. Un freggi... : trevis

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  I dont get it....you already have the PSP that plays these kind of quality games (but better), but yet IP... : sreyes22
  • eh? : disembodied potato
  • What's there to get? People who own the platform, i.e. the iphone and don't own another, i.e. the PSP, wa... : carnivore
  • Why carry two devices when you could have it on one? : chazums
  • ...who the fuck are you? : Korban
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    I didn't know you could make and receive calls on the PSP : icon_of_syn
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      Yeah, the PSP comes with Skype. : Vorsic
      • I did not know Skype worked without a network connection. : TreMetal
  • What about those of us who don't have or want a PSP? What then MISTER? : voodooraze
  • sigh. : freakynipples69
  • yeah!!!!!!!!!! fucking iphones!!!!!!!!!!! : jenisthebest
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  not very with its lack of buttons : Maarten Goldstein
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    Duke only needs the kick ass button, Maarten. : r_picmip 5
    • there'd be a "chew bubblegum" button too, but you'd run out of that quickly : Postal
  • They could make it like a duke nukem themed version of Bop-iT - where the only command is SHAKE IT BABY a... : mroizo40
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    Let's wait till Prey comes out to see how the on-screen touch buttons work out. : freakynipples69
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      there are plenty of games that already use on-screen buttons, and it just doesnt work for me (talking in ... : Maarten Goldstein
      • I agree. The games and things I've tried using that have on screen buttons that you have to touch really ... : sigpro
• it'd make dognose buy an iPhone (or iPod touch), that's how awesome : Postal