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• Listening to Sunn and Boris - Altar right now. Pretty good atmosphere music : melkore
• Whatever fucking utter garbage is on the radio in the cube next to me. : hawkeye
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  Local H - Twelve Angry Months : Phil
  • I shall take this opportunity to listen to As Good As Dead you know from before local h was a terrible ba : Deathlove
• Asobi Seksu - Hush : ass-street
• My pandora radio station, Chevelle and others: http://pandora.com/stations/f90fe53cc76412a8a96bbcbc7b... : Jinxplayer
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  New Prodigy album is out. Too bad the fucking Zune servers are down and I can't fucking login. : ateam311
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    I went to their show last Friday, it was crazy :O : d fluke
    • The 30-sec clips sound great. Still waiting to download it. : ateam311
• Five Finger Death Punch has been getting regular time in the rotation, as has quite a few Children of Bod... : Chunks
• Mistabushi - Drop A MUST HAVE FOR DNB HEADS : Vincenoir
• R.E.M. - Supernatural Superserious : Flying h4x0r
• Was just listening to Digitalism - Idealism. Such a nice album. : stuka
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  Opeth - Blackwater Park First time listening to any of these guys stuff, loving it so far. Where shoul... : nodebug
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    "Orchid" and "Morningrise" FTW : d fluke
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      Sweet, I'll give these a go next. : nodebug
      • I personally didn't care for them too much. Morningrise has some good songs on it, but it's not my favor... : valael
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  Gorgoroth - Ad Majorem Sathanas Gloriam Venom - At War With Satan Bathory - Hammerheart Bad Brains - ... : waxthirteen
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    I saw Soul Brains in NYC, because my friend was a big Bad Brains fan. To this day, he says he'll go to... : Chunks
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      i would never see see them either... i'm kind of a lame bad brains fan... i only like their hardcore/punk... : waxthirteen
      • Same with the guy I went to the show with. Me, I barely know them at all. They were in 100% hard core... : Chunks
• Lynden David Hall - Sexy Cinderella <3 : niceguynick
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  Bone Thugs N Harmony Ohio what what? : korruptedone
  • Gotta make that money man Gotta make that money man : ADSliv
• Buckethead : Rag and Bone Man
• Buried Inside's Spoils of Failure. : Afterglow
• Dev Parade - Bacchikoi http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C50p00Sl6GM : fathertime
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  I'm listening to my hip-hop Pandora station. Public Enemy, EPMD, Salt-N-Pepa, Snoop Dogg, A Tribe Ca... : ThomW
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    Here's a link : http://broadcaster.pandora.com/t?r=927&c=0&l=37961&ctl=16A69A4:D304AA0DAB7FA6B068D7C38F88... : ThomW
    • \m/ : Wolfanoz
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  Interpol - Our Love To Admire I can't stop listening to this band. Afterwards I'm going to load up Edi... : zerog83
  • Yeah, Interpol rules : Flying h4x0r
• was listening to the breeder's pod. : anthonybean
• Someone copying shit, fuck work. : orgcaptainnemo
• Canario for Lute - Johannes Kapsberger : senseimoron
• Shawn Lee feat Nino Moschella - Kiss The Sky : pimpium
• I just bought Saturnalia - The Gutter Twins since I love Mark Lanegan and just found out about this. : valael
• The new DOOM song "Cellz" is off both the chain and the hook. The new Mastodon isn't my cup of tea. : NastyJack
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  Why I am typing this since - No-one reads this anyways : SlamDunk
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    I read it, SlamDunk. :( : electroly
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      i also read it. : arcane_
      • me too : Mmmmmoo
  • There are a couple of interesting metal bands posted up above, and I even had a nice subthread going. ... : Chunks
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    I'm a hypocrite. I kept making fun of that ketchup on mac and cheese thread with a bunch of people this ... : ThomW
    • ketchup on mac and cheese IS gross. the masses should be kept informed. : arcane_
• In Flames - A Sense of Purpose has been spinning for 2 weeks now, fucking great. : graceofdragons
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  The Prodigy - Invaders Must Die : smax
  • Prodigy++ : Slowtreme
• Some Aly & AJ and the new Lily Allen album with some Hannah mixed in for good measure : electroly
• Right this very minute, Boards of Canada. : hatelull
• Amon Tobin, Foley Room. Esthers has this brilliant buzzsaw like noize that I can't get out of my head, an... : Mr.Finkster
• Been listening to alot of *shels the last month. So awesome. : d fluke
• Led Zeppelin - Hots On For Nowhere : thejm4n
• Nine Inch Nails - Year Zero Nine Inch Nails - Y34RZ3R0R3M1X3D System of a Down - Hypnotize System of a... : cptn.peachfuzz
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  Dethklok (it always is), the new Thursday album, Molotov Solution, LOST soundtrack, SUNSHINE soundtrack, ... : Legolas5
  • How's the Thursday album? I just saw AV Club's review, sounds like they like it OK. : Deathlove
• Billie Holiday - Remixed & Reimagined : samekh
• Acumen Nation - Elective Surgical Strike (Cracknation Mix) it's such a badass song, total skinny puppy v... : -=kodiak=-
• I'm listening to Neko Case's new album right now. She's got such a beautiful voice...would love to see he... : wretchedradio
• Fleet Foxes self titled album : cstamas
• the I:Scintilla album "Optics" : Sideways Bob
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  I've been listening to Josh Ritter's Animal Years and The Historical Conquests of Josh Ritter. MediaMonke... : MisterPhoton
  • and by "MediaMonkey will choose" I mean this neat little Auto-DJ plugin I have that queries last.fm to fi... : MisterPhoton
• Society's Finest - And I, the Drunkards : Mindfried
• Amon Tobin - Supermodified : Mr. Goodwrench

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  My company was able to get refunds for most of our Mtron 7000 SSDs, after the fiasco that ensued when we : Ride-My-Rocket
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    fuuuuuuck, that's tempting. But I have no use for them. : orgcaptainnemo
    • Yeah, I feel the same way. Daaamn. : dmason
    • Assuming we can't sell them all, I'll probably throw one or two of them in a Vantec SX enclosure ( http:/... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    yes yes yes. save me one. what is their size : Yanks
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      i can't read, but i will probably buy one : Yanks
      • 32-GB. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • fuck fuck fuck I want one but I don't have $100 to spend!!! : zerog83
  • I'd be interested in a new one : pancake humper
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    Does this makes a good HDD for an OS? : cookblaze
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      I assume it makes an IDEAL drive. Yet I will use it for WoW, for some reason. : Rotten Deadite
      • hmm shit that's a good idea : Downforce
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    Ooh, I'd like a NIB one. : pyrogen
    • Or maybe a couple open-box ones and RAID them together... decisions. : pyrogen
    • SM me the request, plz. Easier to track requests that way... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    me me me. I want one if still available ? : r3ckless
    • SM me so I don't have to keep checking this thread. It's first-come, first-serve, so if you want more th... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • SM'd : mrasparagus
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    Also, the price ($100 open-box, $130 NIB) does NOT include shipping. Sorry, forgot to mention that. : Ride-My-Rocket
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      How bout if I pay for shipping by buying you a beer? : loboca
      • How about I just give you the SSD the next time I see you, and I pay for my own beer? : Ride-My-Rocket
  • SM'd : loboca
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    I'm interested - please let me know. : virus
    • Only open-boxes are still available... SM me with the # you want, if you're still interested. : Ride-My-Rocket
  • bump for good deal page temp scratch file disk : Luminair
• what do i have to lick and for how long? : fletch_
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  Need a link to a review stat! : sanchez
  • http://www.anandtech.com/storage/showdoc.aspx?i=3167 http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/mtron-ssd-32-gb... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I'm pretty tempted for this, actually. How do you guys do this with such limited space, though - use it f... : crummynz
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    Anyone? : crummynz
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      I'm going to use one for Windows and apps, one for games I'm currently playing, and then use a traditiona... : pyrogen
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        Yeah. Problem is I use Steam which I don't think will like accessing games in various drives. Do you noti... : crummynz
        • From what I've read there is a huge difference in day-to-day usage. Apps open instantly or close to it, ... : pyrogen
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          if you're sufficiently motivated, you can use ntfs junctions to move steam games to other drives without ... : electroly
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            You're hardcore. : Wheatloaf
            • that's how i roll : electroly
  • OS installs generally only suck up 10GB of formatted space, and that's after a year or two of use and not... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I really want to pull the trigger but this drive is so much slower than the X25E (another SLC drive) that... : sanchez
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    Yah, the X25-Es are what we were gonna test in RAID-5/6/50/60, along with Intel's SRCSASJV ( http://www.i... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      If the X25's don't work out then can I get a few for $100/each? :D : sanchez
      • You must have missed the part where I said "But we're pushing back any more SSD work until next year". N... : Ride-My-Rocket

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  I wish I could convince dan to go : jenisthebest
  • i'm sure you arent trying hard enough. : hirez
  • you can go with me : redfive
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    try anal : Korban
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      :o : dantastic
      • watch your cornhole, dan. something is afoot : ThomW
• I'm driving again this year. Flying costs too much. :( : guido anchovy
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  fuuck. man. i want to go. i cant take off much time, so i'd prefer to fly, but then it'd be a huge pain t... : feek
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    Laptop : RikiTiki2
    • i dont have one and one that could game would be expensive : feek
  • i took my computer in '07 and didn't play a single game.. not bringing it this year : dignan
• awesome. cant wait to meet you hirez. : flubba79
• I will bring my netbook and play Quake Live only. : PoopStewart
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  I'm going to make every effort to register for this. Is the site going to be hammered at all? : Sailor of Fortune
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    it always is : feek
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      Any tips I should know? like https not http? : Sailor of Fortune
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        i dunno, just get their really early and refresh a few times. that usually does the trick. otherwise i'd ... : feek
        • I missed last years as I was out of state and I registered I think 2.5 weeks after it opened and I got 56... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Last year it seem like they had a bunch of open tables for pcs. : flubba79
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  I want to go there! : ThomW
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    let's go man! I'm game again : PapaBoo
    • Do it! : flubba79
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  Texas in August? :( A big gathering of nerds will smell bad as it is, but in Texas in August? *shudder... : FormerHPB
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    I plan on moving from bar to bar in nice air conditioned buildings drinking myself stupid over the course... : mwasher
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      I don't even like the hot summer days up here in NH. : FormerHPB
      • we will sip pina coladas with little umbrellas! : mwasher
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    They have this miraculous new invention called AIR CONDITIONING. its the bees knees. : hirez
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      I've been to nine QuakeCons. Air Conditioning doesn't help. Trust me. : Schnapple
      • (with the smell, that is) : Schnapple
  • What happens outside is rarely that important - if it's really a big deal you could run to the car (or ju... : Jonathan
  • weirdly enough we spend most of the time indoors because holy fuck was it hot out. also the ratio of sme... : mikecyb
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    New Hampshireites don't get to vote on what defines "too hot". I live in Arizona. Texas in August ... : CRasterImage
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      actually it might not. dallas was unbelievably humid when we were there. arizona is much more of a dry ... : mikecyb
      • this is why I never, ever want to live in Louisiana. : DonkeyPopsicle
      • Yes, Arizona is normally a dry heat. However, in August we get Monsoon Season. (lots of rainstorms) D... : CRasterImage
    • Not true. Different kind of heat, but equally miserable. : Just A Girl
    • We get some days in the 100's and humid up here. I have Central AC at my house in NH. I hate the heat, ... : FormerHPB
  • They BYOC area is usually kept at about -23 degrees. I've gotten so cold in there that I lose the feelin... : mrwolf710
  • Agreed, nothing worse than nerd sweat. : Porkasaurus
  • The weather is so unpredictable here. : ElArabDeMagnifico
• I'll have to go this year... I've wanted to go for a few now. : Shadowdane
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  I really want to go but fuck airfare is expensive. :( : OverloadUT
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    I'll Roadtrip with you and any other shackers along the way! Though this will take a lot of time I bet... : Sailor of Fortune
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      I've been toying with the possibility of roadtripping. The problem is the amount of time I'd need to take... : OverloadUT
      • Yeah, it's 1,817 from SF to Dallas: http://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=San+Francisco,+CA&geocode=&dirflg= : Sailor of Fortune
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      i'd road trip. If you don't mind me bringing film equipment :) : happynoodle
      • Looks like we're going to need a bigger car. Perhaps we should rent an SUV! : Sailor of Fortune
  • yeh tell me about it, its costing me over $3k in airfares : CoRDS
• I need to find some roomates to split the cost with, but I am planning on coming down this year. : Totenjaeger
• I should go : sparkly
• Tempting....... just to buy more stone beer though. : devi| dog
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  if i go does anyone have a reservation at the convention center i can stay at? : feek
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    You, me and hirosushima could probably work something out again... Although I've not messaged him in a wh... : Jonathan
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      i was hoping you would respond! did you get a reservation? i think hirosushima wants to go, but he's busy... : feek
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        I'm getting a reservation tonight but I'm still struggling with the knowledge I can get a very nice room ... : Jonathan
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          how is it free? i think staying at the convention is totally worth it, even if it is kind of a long walk : feek
          • its $150 a night to stay at the Hilton, its $50 a night next door at a 3 start hotel : dignan
          • I have enough HHonors points for a week at either the Hilton or the Hilton Garden Inn but the Hilton isn'... : Jonathan
• I hope the intel booth doesn't feature console games again this year. : Dynotaku
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  I really really really wanna go : devnullgt
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    I really really really want you to go too. : hirez
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      Ok, in that case, I'm making plans. I'll register, and see if zerog and/or korban are still up for drivin... : devnullgt
      • if we have to drive, I would have to be back in PA on Sunday, because I absolutely cannot miss work on th... : zerog83
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  i ended up not winning publishers clearing house so i'm too broke : fletch_
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    oh you sonofa. I was counting on you. : hirez
    • send freelance work my way and i'm there! :( : fletch_
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  It's not looking like I can make it... I'd have to be back in PA on the 16th, since I can't miss work on ... : zerog83
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    It's Quakecon - you can practically guarantee a wedding or death! ... or both ... : ThomW
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      pay for my flight and I'm there, broseph :-( I'm going to work on saving up the money, so I'm gonna re... : zerog83
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        I am not Daddy Warbucks, zerog. ;) : ThomW
        • who?! lol : mikecyb
        • ...can I call you that at the next shackmeet, though? : zerog83
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        i just looked and found a sweet flight for about 200 : feek
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          yeah, that's how much I found one for on Expedia. But then there's hotel costs as well, not to mention pa... : zerog83
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            you can go to qcon and be ultra cheap, but you need to be smart about it. geedeck (and he will probably ... : mikecyb
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              it's still going to cost me a couple hundred bucks, which doesn't come easy. I'm not trying to make excus... : zerog83
              • and strippers are a must : zerog83
            • Staying next door is kind of what I had in mind. It'd save a bunch of money. : ThomW
          • you can stay next door at a 3 star hotel for $50 a night, through priceline : dignan
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            split a room with a ton of people and it's not bad. i dunno, every year i've gone i've managed to do it f... : feek
            • so this year i guess i'd budget 400 and shoot for 350. depends on the hotel room. : feek
  • Not looking like it's gonna happen this year. I'm still holding out some hope but ... Yah =( : InfoBiter
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  Im so glad I live in Oklahoma, its just a few hour drive! This will be my 4th year, I can't wait to go b... : Funran
  • don't go. : AllYourBase
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  I am undecided, if I go I wouldn't register or any of that crap. : gmd
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    you wouldn't be able to come into the BYOC : redfive
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      I would force my way in ! : gmd
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        the sign outside would stop you : redfive
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          not if I use fpsdavid as a baseball bat : gmd
          • At least his shoes would make a comfortable grip. : Sailor of Fortune
  • you'd just go to hang out with your internet friends!! : feek
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    You and I can take your vette down there when you buy it later this spring : ateam311
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      That is like a 150000 mile drive : gmd
      • 1,331 miles. We can take my Civic and tow the vette behind us. : ateam311
• I've only missed 2 Quakecons and both of those were because of the birth of my kids. My wife isn't pregn... : mrwolf710
• I am so going o/ room already booked : felicia
• airfare alone costs 1000€ :( Plus I have to do an internship over the next 6 months : rookieone
• OH SHI, you're actually going? I think I kinda have to go now: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=18... : nyranger66
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  I've set restriction. I'll only go if someone road trips with me! Pays half the expenses in gas bills. Do... : Koral06
  • I'd offer to let you room with edlin and I but there's a really strong chance that every night would end ... : Ajax
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  Got my room reserved and everything. Time to dust off the double ended dong! : TheMonkeyWench
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    so, how YOU doin ;) : felicia
    • i got the camera! : reverend~heresy
    • <3 : TheMonkeyWench
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    but where will i stay? :*( : Korban
    • I requested a room with an extra large closet, complete with complimentary gimp masks. : TheMonkeyWench
    • I assumed on the other end of the dong? : mikecyb
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      You can hide under the bed with me, I'm making a fort : Halen
      • can i bring hirez? he's gonna brush my hair : Korban
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    I'm disappointed that it's dusty >:( : action roommate
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      poop dust is okay : jane911
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        I was going to ask, but now that I think about it, i don't want to know what poop dust is. : action roommate
        • it definitely isn't something you want to get into your pee hole when expirementing with anal sex. : jane911
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    fuck you're going? now i need to go! : dahanese
    • Hell yes you do! : TheMonkeyWench
    • i wasn't incentive enough? : Korban
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      What the shit, woman, you're not going!?!? : felicia
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        i am so fucked with work this year and my sister gets married in september. i don't know if i have time :... : dahanese
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          buh. If you don't go, I'll be so sad. I want to rape your face. :( : felicia
          • my face desperately needs a good raping. i'll look into it. : dahanese
    • fail : Downforce
  • wait... where's my bacon bikini pictures? : Korban
  • \o/ : TastyWheat
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  Still too far away! : omnova
  • you live there. of course you are going. : hirez
• check : dignan
• I'll be there, but I'm not booking anything for a couple more months, maybe June or July like I did last ... : FPSDavid
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  depends if genjuro goes or not : wtf242
  • genjuro showed up at main event. is this the real reason you did not attend? : mwasher
  • what : genjuro
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    And I'm not going unless genjuro, wtf242,and Phil show up. : Koral06
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      i mean that i'm only going if genjuro doesn't go : wtf242
      • just go, I'll protect you with Depeche Mode ring tones. : hirez
      • So you wouldn't want me to go because of your own hate for genjuro? Fine, I'll just waste my road trip fu... : Koral06
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  I am THERE son. : newek
  • ^^^Me too. Still exploring flying/carpooling options, I won't make a decision until the start of summer p... : askedrelic
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  tastywheat and myself have already booked our rooms for quakecon and the travel will be paid for very ... : CoRDS
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    tasty, i owe you a beer or 2 : dignan
    • Awwww yeah : TastyWheat
• I will for sure be driving over for this, after the fun that was the shackmeet I am not scared of the dri... : quazar
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  Didn't we have threads like this last year where everyone said they were coming but like the week before ... : DrillBit
  • that was an even year, shackers go on odd years : dignan
  • Not really. Last year everyone basically said they weren't going and then they didn't go. The year befo... : mrwolf710
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  Hmm for the first time in 8 years I might not go : mr.sleepy
  • you have fucking better go : CoRDS
  • dont you dare. : hirez
  • WHAT : genjuro
  • No you have to I need to play Metal Gear Sleepy : tomservo
  • Fuck that. Go. : ThomW
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  I don't have my plane ticket, but I have my hotel reservations! I'm not flying, I'm driving. : Ormsbee
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    Wait is anybody driving from California! LETS ROAD TRIP..ROAD TRIP. I SWEAR I DON'T SMELL BAD. : Koral06
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      http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19349184#itemanchor_19349184 : hirez
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        Now we're definitely going to need a bigger automobile or more than one. Hmm, An RV with a Towed unit ... : Sailor of Fortune
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          OMG I'm so up for this. SM me with details. : Koral06
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            someone pick me up in toronto : jenisthebest
            • $275 plane tickets from Buffalo : redfive
• I will wait and see if any of the Amsterdam commies are going. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Have to work out the details, but yeah! :D : helvetica
• I will fucking be there. : lookitzpancakes
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  OK, taking the initiative here. I made a Shackmeet for the Roadtrip from CA to QuakeCon: http://www.shac... : Sailor of Fortune
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    I'll think about it, but it's unlikely that I'll drive down to SF to get a roadtrip to qcon. : FPSDavid
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      Take a Train or something! : Sailor of Fortune
      • If anything, I'm probably flying like last year. : FPSDavid
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    tickets are only $280 or something (after tax) from SFO with one layover, and like $400 non stop. with... : dahanese
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      Hmm, I didn't check SFO to DFW. I checked the has shackmeet in Frisco and it was something like $300 one ... : Sailor of Fortune
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        you're finding non stop round trips from SFO? show me these deals! : dahanese
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          By the way guys, Dallas Love Field is extremely close to the Hilton Anatole compared to Dallas Fort Worth... : FPSDavid
          • yeah i checked that, it's more expensive though. : dahanese
  • Oh, shit... SF? That means I might be able to get a ride (I'm in SB.) : crummynz
  • OK I'm going but I don't know if I'll be able to attend the shackmeet to plan this out. I'll be in SF in ... : Koral06
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    It sounds like fun, but I don't think I could do that. I'd get all Oregon Trail on motherfuckers like two... : Ajax
    • That's how our dad used to make us take road trips as kids. :( : Koral06
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      the road trip sadly ends when Ajax decides not to pay an Indian help them cross the river and Sailor of F... : mikecyb
      • Don't be stupid Mike you always pay the Indians to help you cross the river or you LOSE ALL YOUR SHIT. Th... : Ajax
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        I'll bring the guns so we can all feed off the land. And again be responsible to making Buffalo endangere... : Sailor of Fortune
        • I don't consider it a successful hunt if we're not wasting hundreds of pounds of buffalo and bear meat : mikecyb
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      NO STOPS. Except for hunting. And despite only carrying back 50lbs, we'll kill every goddamn animal out t... : crummynz
      • Every. Last. Fucking. One. : Ajax
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  AUSSIE AUSSIE AUSSIE,]y OI OI OI : TastyWheat
  • btw I'm going : TastyWheat
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    remember this is out of your jurisdiction so you're not allowed to arrest anyone >:( : mikecyb
    • but still bring the handcuffs, things might get outta hand! : dignan
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    this is going to own so very much : CoRDS
    • We need to raid a souvenir shop yo : TastyWheat
• Aw, epic sadness as I am unable to attend again! I wish QCon was held during a holiday weekend, it wo... : RevRaven
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  holy shit when did they change the layout? : nyranger66
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    of the website that is. : nyranger66
    • Today. I was looking at it this morning and it was its old hideous self. : ThomW
• QCON 2009 SHACKMEET PAGE http://www.shacknews.com/shackmeet/events.x?id=5662 : TastyWheat
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  If I'm on an easy rotation then I will most definitely come for Friday and/or Saturday. : freshyk
  • Will other people be coming on Friday/Sat? lefthighkick and I might not be able to make it until then. : helvetica
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  Okay so who's fucking who : TastyWheat
  • There isn't a set number, everyone fucks everyone at Qcon. : felicia

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  First of all, I had an absolute blast on this trip, irregardless of my nightmare being stuck so long in t : PapaBoo
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    i need more who's who. there's a ton of nerds in all these pictures but they are all nameless. who are yo... : feek
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      all these being not just yours, but all of them posted so far : feek
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        Wendigo updated his gallery with nearly everyone in them captioned. http://wendigo.smugmug.com/galle... : ThomW
        • oh awesome. holy shit jimmy-buffet\!!! : feek
        • I couldn't have done it without your help, Thom. Thanks! : wendigo
      • I labeled about 3/4 of them feek : PapaBoo
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    I wonder if IHOP is annoyed when people spell it iHop. : pupismyname
    • it actually makes them think that they are popular. : kbnerd
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    REGARDLESS. Not irregardless. : Lone Swordsman
    • AREGH OMG BRAING EXPLOSION! : SigENeaT
    • It means without lack of regard! : SilverSnake
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    When you handed me your camera I thought about going around and getting more pics but I didn't want to yo... : quazar
    • Links flashbacks. The sounds of small aerial projectiles impacting against a bunker at a high velocity c... : RomSteady
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    FPSdavid is wearing those shiny ass shoes. LOL : soggybagel
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      i'm telling you, chicks dig the shoes : FPSDavid
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        yeah those shoes are sweet its the crazy colored ones i cant handle : podizzle
        • lol, i never bought those : FPSDavid
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        There was some hideous ginger girl at the mall who walked by straining her neck to check out his shoes. ... : ThomW
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          It happens all the time too. : FPSDavid
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            Also, not always hideous or gingers. : FPSDavid
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              Sorry. That girl was the only one that really stuck out in my mind. ;) : ThomW
              • Yeah, I'm talking in general, not just in Dallas. : FPSDavid
      • Yea, but she was 15 : rosewood
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    wtf Dognose, you're completely different of this image i had of you.. for some reason i thought you we... : doomed
    • thats right http://dognose.shackspace.com/Img22.jpg : doomed
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  So how ya liking Duke 3D huh? : dognose
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    dognose - honestly, when I got home yesterday I went to bed. But today is a new day, and it will go in my... : PapaBoo
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      PapaBoo, if you don't play Duke3d.exe tonight, I will be disappointed!! : CrustaR
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        prepare to be disappointed Señor CrustaR :| : r3dn3ck
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          PapaBoo does not want to see me angry!!! : CrustaR
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            I bet he'd like you when you're angry : zerog83
            • Angry scrotums are made for nibbling. : Ride-My-Rocket
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        But he promised me Left 4 Dead! You're gonna choose a wang over boobs? Oh wait....nvm. :( : Koral06
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          so many games, so many promises, I can't keep up :( : PapaBoo
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            You'd better...!! : CrustaR
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              He made his promise to me last week. When did he make his promise to you? You're dead to me Papaboo. DEAD... : Koral06
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                We are still on ... I just need to know your availability ... my social calendar fills up quickly. : PapaBoo
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                  Yeah actually I can't do it today. How about this Sunday? : Koral06
                  • sunday Sunday, Sunday - yeah that's fine : PapaBoo
                • Now you have no excuse! :| : CrustaR
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  What's with mr.sleepy's shirt :( : dognose
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    thats eric fucking wareheim. i love that shirt! : steaming79
    • Oh shit really? I love Tim & Eric but had no idea what was up with that shirt. :) : ThomW
  • I asked him the same thing. He promptly jumped up and down like a retard and showed me the other crotch ... : mwasher
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  FPSDavid, you need a haircut even worse than I do! : tashtego
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    RomSteady- also needs a haircut : tashtego
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      i also need a haircut but am not captured by anyone's camera : kbnerd
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        it wasn't intentional sir :( : PapaBoo
        • just get your butt back here. you were crazy cool and fit right in with the awesome texas shackers. : kbnerd
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        Yeah; I ran into you all over the place down there and yet you somehow evaded everyones cameras. : ThomW
        • it's my latent superpower i guess. : kbnerd
    • I was supposed to go get one Sunday, but work got in the way. My next chance is going to be Friday aft... : RomSteady
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    More like a sandwich : Bamtan
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      Those $300 jeans could fit a ken doll : PapaBoo
      • He obviously has an eating disorder so this kind of talk is counter-productive. FPSDAVID YOU ARE BEAUTIFU... : tashtego
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        I thought that was WTF242? Or are all these guys the same? Like a clone factory. : CRasterImage
        • I thought it was a 90lb girl. : fuell
        • I saw the jeans, and asked, and yes he said they were $300 jeans, never washed, etc. : PapaBoo
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          wtf242 was busy getting a tattoo and didn't make it. : ThomW
          • so he was a shackerdouble? : Slowtreme
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    Nah, my hair looks awesome, IF I put stuff into it, which I was too lazy to do after I took a shower at t... : FPSDavid
    • Old dudes like ThomW and PapaBoo don't make as much "hair gel", it's true. You should've gone to mace's h... : tashtego
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  mr.sleepy looks like some kind of anime character in this shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22719435@N05... : DrWaffles
  • It's the eyeliner... : CRasterImage
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  Is this Just a Girl checking on the Girls? : http://www.flickr.com/photos/22719435@N05/3325415369/in/set... : CRasterImage
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    No, that would be my friend. Me being the one wearing the enormous shack medallion. I honestly have no ... : nurglich
    • She is checking on the girls, obviously. : CRasterImage
  • That's not me : Just A Girl
  • tha'ts not Just a Girl : PapaBoo
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  Pointy Elbows lives up to her moniker: http://www.flickr.com/photos/22719435@N05/3325415669/in/set-72157... : CRasterImage
  • put those away you'll poke out an eyeball : azenmaster
  • surprisingly, when I first met her, it was her elbows that I first noticed. : PapaBoo
  • like daggers : Mr.SEX
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    I have her beat http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_b7r4wkoo7vw5qtlgtxuv.jpg : gmd
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      yes, those are some womanly elbows : zerog83
      • I couldn't see them at first I thought his arms were spears : azenmaster
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      Get on a bike. : Koral06
      • NO ! : gmd
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  What were you guys doing in the stockyards. That like... 5 minutes from my hizzy. : mace
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    We should have dropped in. HI WE'RE THOM AND PAPABOO ... FROM THE INTERNETS! CAN MACE COME OUT AND ... : ThomW
    • That could be a loaded question. : CRasterImage
    • you couldn't feel him near you? You should have been really horny and overly aggressive. : gmd
    • More like CAN WE CUM IN AND PLAY? : Edges
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    doing something "Texasy" : PapaBoo
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      Shooting guns into the air while drinking whiskey on the back of a flatbed? Building a wall to keep ou... : silent prophet
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        papaboo? probably just the last two : zerog83
        • are you just searching for ways to throw lame insults around? you can stop now : PapaBoo
  • same. wish i could have made that. : pandastrong
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  Hey I got some more pics of you if you want look at my post history. ( Im at work) : flubba79
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    flubbas pics http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19337808 : Phil
    • Thanks : flubba79
    • ^^ awesome, thanks. I wanted a pic of all of us playing the shooting games. : PapaBoo
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    I missed your pics earlier. I'm glad I went looking for them. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?fil... : ThomW
    • Oh yea Im gonna try to get bling1bling to go with me again. You see this bro? I think Summer had enough ... : flubba79
    • I'VE GOT THE BIG GUN COVERED THOM, YOU STICK WITH THE LITTLE ONE : PapaBoo
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  we're the nerds all over pointyelbows like a new zelda game? : Phil
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    TALK to a GIRL??? : ThomW
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      In my head I can see guys dropping Skeeballs when she walked in and it getting really quiet for a sec. : Phil
      • GET ON THAT POLE ! : gmd
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        Dude, she kicked all our asses at laser tag. I think we were all in love. lol : ThomW
        • haha awesome. : Phil
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        Yeah she's hot. : ejectorpod
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          But can she handle it up the ass? : mace
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            Jesus Mace, there's a time and a place for comments like this :/ : jbury
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              Evening Reading? : r3dn3ck
              • shackmessages : acheron
          • awkward : FrayLo
          • Haha : flubba79
          • hahahaha : virus
          • Never change mace! : pimpium
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            hahaha i can picture you all excited posting this : Break
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              Really? I pictured him saying all calm and matter-of-factly :D : virus
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                I am much calmer this week then I was last week. Last week was the first week of higher Testosterone and ... : mace
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                  Wait, what did you feel bad about? : virus
                  • be careful what you ask for : mmogger
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                    The sexual atrocities I bestowed upon my dearest wife. MMMmmm! And damn! : mace
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                      What kind of atrocities? i should probably stop now, shouldn't i... : virus
                      • Yeah, you should. She's fine and there are no injuries, so it's all good. : mace
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                        /closes eyes I'm seeing LIVESTOCK, THE NEW YORK GIANTS FOOTBALL TEAM & 55 GALLONS OF MAYONNAISE ... : Phil
                        • hahahaha : virus
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                          I fucking HATE mayonnaise!!! True story, I punch a fucking hamburger that was laying on my bed after I... : mace
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                            What were you doing in bed with a hamburger? : notd665
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                              He was having anal sex with it. Duh. : MagicWishMonkey
                              • That wasn't mayonnaise... : Rotten Deadite
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                              I was married to my 3rd wife at the time and for some reason we ate a lot in the bedroom. : mace
                              • MY THIRD WIFE : r3dn3ck
                          • Wow. Mayo is awesome. : virus
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                            First post in a I punched a hamburger subthread. : Phil
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                              goddammit : Phil
                              • pwned : virus
                              • Gettin' old and slow, man. : c0bra
                              • lol not : ThomW
                              • hahah so behind too : noobja
                            • First post in a Phil missing his first post subthread : azenmaster
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                            You punched a hamburger? Are you a rosewood alt account? : Rotten Deadite
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                              No you guys don't understand. I have hypoglycemia so I get kinda grumpy when I am hungry. Well I was fuck... : mace
                              • mace i want you to promise that when you die, two hundred years from now, after banging every female on t... : qsylvr
                          • I agree with you. Mayo is the worst thing ever. : Bamtan
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                            go ballast ?!!? submarine style!??! this is just epic : Downforce
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                              ballistic... FUCK!!! I'm all fucking worked up and angry just remember the event. Plus I'm hungry. : mace
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                                mayo does fucking SUCK ASS. I could see going submarine postal as being within your abilities. : Downforce
                                • Yeah and there is nothing you can do. You can't scrape that shit off cause it has this napalm like oil go... : mace
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                            "I punch a hamburger" is going to be a new meme. : retardhumper
                            • Why you throw chip? : TreMetal
                          • rofl : Luminair
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                            how are those testosterone supplements working out : dirge23
                            • he recently upped his dose. pizzas around the world tremble in fear. : [fry]
                          • i have never laughed this much at a shacknews subthread : jenisthebest
                          • lol omg i am dying : eeeealmo
                          • * M A Y O R A G E ' D * : Merconium
                  • he didn't stick around to snuggle : tashtego
                • You're like that Brucie character from GTA4 : glio1337
          • she's a shacker, so the most obvious answer is yes : zerog83
          • lolololol : orgcaptainnemo
          • omg hahahaha! : yosemiteclimber
  • there's a new zelda game? : mikecyb
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    papaboo is clearly paralyzed so am I : Downforce
    • lol : Phil
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    my girlfriend said she was pretty cute. : mwasher
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      (my girlfriend is hotter tho.) : mwasher
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        Your GF read this, huh? : mace
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          just stating facts : mwasher
          • She's totally reading this. : ThomW
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        Post pics you flaming homosexual. : Phil
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          no you could have met her had you shown up you jackass. : mwasher
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            then you would be crying about your exgirlfriend today. POST POICSSDLK:FL:S : Phil
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              she actually asked me who I was most excited to meet and you were one of them because I thought you were ... : mwasher
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                BUT THE REST OF THE SHACK DESERVES IT, DAMMIT! : lookitzpancakes
                • you could have shown up as well!! : mwasher
          • you know if you don't make with the pics, you're fucked next time you ask for pics, right? : zerog83
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          Yeah, seriously. When has this ever turned out poorly? : notd665
          • yesterday? : azenmaster
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        How is your girlfriend at laser tag, though? : ThomW
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          obviously not first place : FPSDavid
          • yea she was on the opposite end of the list. :D : mwasher
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          I'm still stumped as to how pointyelbows beat me. grrrr : mwasher
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            i was coaching her. duh : rigg5kthx
            • haha I just left my girl to the wolves : mwasher
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              aww i missed this thread :( and actually i think i won because it was about that time my 5th shot sank in... : pointyelbows
              • i apologize for this Zelda Anal Mayonnaise subthread on behalf of Gamefly, The City of Frisco TX, mace & ... : Phil
          • She cornered a mentally handicapped kid and shot him over and over. : TreMetal
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  Urgh, this made me realize...I've spent more time in video game forests than real forest. I think at ... : Splinebastard
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    Goddamnit, I just can't reply to the right topic anymore. : Splinebastard
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      I agree with your opinions on the stimulus package. : CRasterImage
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        Thank you goddamn sir, you're a stand-up fellow. : Splinebastard
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          Ketchup on mac and cheese? Hell no. : lookitzpancakes
          • those new Mac Minis are a ripoff : zerog83
          • http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/19517.html : mace
          • But his dog is soooo cute. : CRasterImage
• God I'm so PISSED I couldn't be there! It's only ~30 minutes away from me. Fucking work. : lookitzpancakes
• this thread is epic! : m0rfus
• pleased to be posting more pics of pointyelbows's pointy elbows : doomed

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  what's your point, slick : Yanks
  • this just came out today, it is news : Luminair
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  And for half that, I'll build my own machine with the same components : Moonraker7
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    But dude, the plastic Apple case it where it's at! : IndigoAK
    • its aluminum : SlingBlaze
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      no no no, you just don't get it! it's an aluminum unibody that is super strong! it's got a custom bevel a... : Drakoniac
      • I wouldn't try putting a Mac Pro on my legs, personally. Maybe the problem is that you're trying to use a... : BlackCat9
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    If you could do that I would be surprised, mostly because you'd need to use a server-grade SMP motherboar... : Yanks
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      Just because they use Xeons doesnt mean Xeons are what they should be using. : retarded talking dinosaur
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        maybe they are : Mr.SEX
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          Maybe they should go back to Power PC : retarded talking dinosaur
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            why would they do that they just recently switched to intel : Mr.SEX
            • Maybe the act of switching is what makes a Mac a Mac : retarded talking dinosaur
      • not going to disagree there, but they are expensive for a reason and that is it : Yanks
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        the OP argument was that he could build his own machine with the same components for half the price. whe... : dopeman
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          Maybe the OP should built a time machine instead : retarded talking dinosaur
          • that's a mac only program iirc : mrvandelay
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            maybe the OP should do the math instead of rehashing the same argument that's been had over and over. : dopeman
            • Maybe the OP should rehash his hash : retarded talking dinosaur
  • There are a lot of products out there that are marked up 100% or higher, so why do you only hate on Apple... : TwiLyght
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    just out of curiosity I priced out the bare minimum mac pro as best I could from parts on newegg. the ha... : mikecyb
    • also I am pretty sure I picked out the wrong video card since it was only ~$185 ($210 before a discount) : mikecyb
  • i doubt that, but price it out, i'd be interested to see : halophoenix
• what the fuck are you? a walking advertisement for shit? : Drakoniac
• how much did you get paid to post this? : Horn
• Almost 3 grand! : Godhatesfatpeople
• High end machine but they use the 512mb version of the 4870. Makes no sense. : ant_hillbilly
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  mac's aren't perfect for 3d modeling/rendering because they don't have the same software support linux an... : ibrokn
  • which i guess, by default, doesn't make them ideal for motion graphics. : ibrokn
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  Have these stupid fucks (stupid fucks = Apple) released the god damned specs for the new imacs yet ? I'm ... : qwpeoriu
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    yes : Luminair
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      oohh, you're right ! No quad core :( But 8GB RAM and radeon 4850 !! I'm definitely picking one up next... : qwpeoriu
      • nice, only $3249 : Luminair
      • Fucking finally! Now I can get OSX86 running on my Q6600 with full GPU support on my 4850. : Prozium
• The punchline made me laugh!! : CrustaR
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  I'm guessing this isn't out yet? 4800 series support isn't coming until Snow Leopard, afaik : retarded talking dinosaur
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    10.6.7 supports 4800 series : Yanks
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      i'm just going to assume you mean 10.5.7 :P : retarded talking dinosaur
      • yeah, i should have just said the next leopard update : Yanks
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  wasn't the base mac pro 8-core for $2999 before? and now the cheapest 8-core is $3,299? and they're clo... : skryte
  • This just in: clockspeed does not tell you the whole picture. In other news, megapixel ratings are useles... : ovrlrd
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  holy shit they updated the mini?! I guess I can retract my statements from the other day :P : mikecyb
  • the mini still isn't worth the money. : ibrokn
• Still no eSATA? What the fuck, Apple. I wonder if the firewire bus is still a piece of crap that can't do... : forksalad

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  i'm kind of like that too, only my other hand is in my pants : esmokah
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    Ah, the WAYSAD position. : dmason
    • nice : pixelat3d
    • ha : mnsnota
    • lol : yosemiteclimber
    • way sad stewardesses : dael
    • hahaha : re4ctor
    • bwahahah. : hirez
    • i love this post : oHnOES
    • hahahaha : Merconium
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      ice burn : r3dn3ck
      • epic ice burn : scorpiusman
    • haha : khaosman
    • hahahaha : Chris Remo
    • I like the cut of your jib. : CrazyPants
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    The "Al Bundy position" is best imo. : Tech T
    • Too bad its gone out of fashion : MoreVespeneGas
• this is how I surf the web as well. : ejectorpod
• ...Holy shit, I do this too! : ForestCreature
• That is exactly how I do it too. wtf. : virus
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  you're supposed to. That's why the F has a notch on it (decrepit mac users are banned from objecting to ... : itsjames
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    You don't know what WASD is do you : thecray
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      Weird, you actually move your fingers over that one notch? I play with my forefinger on the F key. It d... : itsjames
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        This is the ONLY way to play. How WASD became more popular than ESDF is fucking beyond me, but people ne... : fishbone
        • agreed! : tangles
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          ESDF players unite! : crust
          • this is the one true path. it's home position -- i don't see how anyone could argue this. : skryte
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          I play with arrow keys, and i'm right handed. : Mr. Goodwrench
          • you're broken. : Omning
        • jumpin' in on the ESDF train :D : ermac
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          When I play WASD my left pinky rests perfectly on control. ESDF, not so much. It rests on shift, but th... : Blucklesworth
          • buy a spring : skryte
      • I'm WASD for life, but when browsing I've got my fingers on the F notch. : Rasnowl
  • do you see an F in WASD? : dopeman
• oh it's not just the internet. I do it in basically all computer aplications. : sparkly
• Ever since I got my wireless mouse years ago, I hold the mouse horizontally, in front of the keyboard. T... : MaxPete82
• those frighteningly targeted adverts are going to capitalise on this. : Klebold
• 1 hand on the mouse, other hand under the butt with a finger in the sphincter.. : g0nk
• ESDF for life : oHnOES
• always ready for QUAKE LIVE : doomed
• looks like i do this too... never noticed before : Just A Girl
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  left hand: AWEF right hand: JIO; don't you kids learn how to type at school anymore? : Enigme
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    this is most definitely not the correct way to have your hands : oHnOES
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      I'm finding it hard to agree with you. I seem to remember from my Dvorak days that QWERTY layout uses the... : davantalus
      • http://typingsoft.com/typing.htm or just look up touch typing in google : oHnOES
  • mavis taught me otherwise : crummynz
• Holy crap I just noticed I do that to! : locater16
• Yeah I always go straight to WASD, with my pinky on the shift key. It's completely ingrained after, I don... : Chris Remo
• i play on home row anyways (sdf, c as my back key), so my fingers are always there. : arcane_

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• should've had Spain on crutches there at the end. Or at least shooting itself in the foot. : naios
• haha, I enjoyed that : lonepie
• fucking awesome : rookieone
• hahaha i love how america chucks the bomb at japan awesome : DrFlammable
• Haha. That's great stuff. : Syixxs
• awesome! <explosion sound> : burning eye
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  I had the biggest grin on my face reading this. Thanks for posting it. Wow. : tomservo
  • haha same here, that was quality entertainment :) : yosemiteclimber
• that was fantastic : Korban
• Brilliant. : Mr.Finkster
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  nicely done.. is that your work bamtan? : beastrabban
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    nein http://angusmcleod.deviantart.com/ : Bamtan
    • lol http://angusmcleod.deviantart.com/art/Corny-90952467 : Do_Or_Die
• <explosion sound> : mittense
• This is basically amazing. : sgtsanity
• wow, started and just couldn't stop, vay nice. : santa-s
• oh god it was so good : halophoenix
• lol nice : two50six
• Wow that is hilarious. Needs animated version as well. : Do_Or_Die
• Very nice. :D : DM7
• The Sudaten Land gets no love? : WaterSign
• amazing : Audhuml4
• I liked this so much, I chopped a couple of 1280x1024 backgrounds (ish) with them: http://www.elreposi... : Yanks
• heheh, not bad : delataur
• that was awesome. : jayares
• I like how he actually wrote out the characters you spam when you smash your keyboard : aeg1x
• Loved it! : glio1337
• All of history should be taught in this fashion. : dumb.
• I understand that better than a textbook : Just A Girl
• Wow : kainen1
• That was amazing : OverloadUT
• That's the only way to remember World War II : melkore
• wow that's fucking awesome. : Big Luke
• This is hilarious. : deject
• i pretty much lost it at the backwards russian letters. fucking excellent find : theWhite

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  this one is pretty fucking cool: " * Black holes, unlike the common image, do not act as cosmic va... : Megara9
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    ok, except for the part that black holes gain mass over time while stars lose them right? : grandmasterlee
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      Black Holes I thought radiate away energy which reduces their mass, though slowly, over time. Hawking Rad... : Sailor of Fortune
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        a quick google search yielded that they first grow bigger and bigger and eventually radiate away, so we a : grandmasterlee
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          Big is not the proper term to use when discussing black holes since it implies volume. Black holes are as... : ieGod
          • there's a certain loseness of nomenclature that is implied when posting on a gaming news website, but tha... : grandmasterlee
      • Black holes suck in particles from the false vacuum. In space, quantum particle pairs are created randoml... : pieman
    • Everything has entropy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawking_radiation : twifosp
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      Only if there is mass to fuel it. Otherwise they will radiate and actually lose mass over time, and event... : ieGod
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        evaporate? you are going to correct me on saying a black hole gets "bigger" as being the wrong term the... : grandmasterlee
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          "Evaporate" is the term physicists use. : Arcanum
          • physicists are retarded then black holes are made from water man! : grandmasterlee
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          My post above wasn't meant to be confrontational. Chill out grandma. And evaporate is the proper scientif... : ieGod
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            if you'll notice i've already been corrected, but thanks for the additional correction : grandmasterlee
            • :D : ieGod
  • That kinda kills the plausibility of Stargate SG-1 season 2 episode 16 where the SGC dials in to a planet : SigENeaT
  • What happens to black holes? Do they fizzle out or to the become something else? : Rag and Bone Man
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  I didn't know this. Nowhere in the Bible is the fruit eaten by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden refe : jasonepowell
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    I did not know that. Hmm. : ColoradoCNC
    • There's a lot of misconceptions of the Bible due to translation issues. I say issues and not errors beca... : exigence7
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  Wow.. Al Gore never said he invented the Internet, though he did state that "During my service in the : stonedonkey
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    Yeah, he only created it! : WaterSign
    • we all hate people who try to take credit for a project when they actually did nothing technical / hands-... : yacoub35
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  This just ruined my day. In spite of reports of successful non-surgical techniques for penis enlargeme... : Senate5000
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    Also this is kinda fucked up. # Lemmings do not engage in suicidal dives off cliffs when migrating. Th... : Senate5000
    • Holy shit that I did not know. : Toth21
    • wasn't that the same animation that showed bees as having their stingers on their noses instead of their ... : deathofrats
• It's ... snopes ... on wikipedia? : boarder2
• "These words from Herbert Giles' 1912 work, The Civilization of China, "...and which has been glorified a... : mmogger
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  lol: "A common myth that Chameleons will "burst" if placed on orange is not true." : Arctic Fox
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    haha what? : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • Clearly it's suppose to be plaid, as evidenced by the Caped Chameleon. : exigence7
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  Does anybody else find this ironic? It's a list of popular misconceptions, created by a website who's kn... : exigence7
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    What you just said is actually a common misconception of the way Wikipedia works. : JohnnyRey
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      Care to enlighten me on this misconception? (honestly, I'd like to know) : exigence7
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        I'd guess he's referring to what I said below -- articles need to have citations from reputable sources f... : Arctic Fox
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          Hence "maintained" by popular belief, not created. : exigence7
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            There doesn't have to be anything popular about it. The admins don't remove edits just because they disa... : Horn
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              Yeah but the general populace enters the info in (yes I know by citing some source). That means that vie... : exigence7
              • I don't think there is all that much room for opinion on wikipedia. I don't know what articles YOU spend ... : retarded talking dinosaur
              • Subjectivity exists in everything written or communicated. Just the way it works! : sKetchflow
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                I read an article a few months ago that did some statistical analysis of Wikipedia contributions. The ups : Arcanum
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                  Exactly, and honestly, why would I trust an encyclopedia any more? If anything an encyclopedia will be le... : mysled
                  • didn't see your comment. this is actually true. wikipedia is more accurate than an encyclopedia. : dahanese
                • This. There are also people who "guard" various articles like it is their baby. All of the science facult... : retarded talking dinosaur
              • wikipedia is maintained and the bulk of its content is created by the masses. but it needs citations to e... : dahanese
      • They're very, very anal retentive about citing sources which helps to cull the common misconceptions from... : Horn
  • Indeed. At least it's cited, though. : Arctic Fox
  • It's probably because they've edited these "facts" out of articles time and time again. : dirge23
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    you're thinking of conservapedia : Horn
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      hahaha omg, that place is a cesspool : Arctic Fox
      • it makes me angry :( : crummynz
  • hm, i didn't think anyone still held true to this view of wikipedia anymore. regardless of the underl... : gokart.
• In spite of reports of successful non-surgical techniques for penis enlargement, there is no known scient : retardhumper
• it's bullshit though because al gore invented the internet and it's depicted in Civ4 !!!!!!! : Downforce
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJNVgCHLR-k&fmt=18 : SlamDunk
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  There went an hour. : Omning
  • jason reads 3x's faster than you : reverend~heresy
• Weird! Rather than being a dietary staple as commonly believed, the cabbage was not known in Asia until t : Dave-A
• Thomas Crapper did not invent the flush toilet. haha. : deathmuppeter
• Read this thread's first post http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=2842901 : vezatron

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  Only when your are standing still. : silent prophet
  • And that's all relative! : Sailor of Fortune
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    I guess I should clarify: If you consider time a physical dimension (like Einstein did, who proposed the ... : silent prophet
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      Oh shi the universe just became clear to me... : Omaha
      • *bong hit* : silent prophet
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      did you also watch BBC Horizon's What Time Is It ? : sikander
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        Nah, I like reading about physics, especially the fringe stuff we're still trying to come up with explana... : silent prophet
        • hey that's a good recommendation! : mwasher
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          I bought a physics book once. For some reason I thought I was some type of idiot savant and that studyin... : skitzo
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            I shunned calculus in high school, then later in life I was like: Hey, I'm a smart guy. Let's fucking do ... : silent prophet
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              I don't really get why calc has such a rep as being difficult. It's just the next step. Sure, looking at ... : Ebu
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                I think limits tend to be hard for people, and calculus is based on them. : DonkeyPopsicle
                • The concept or the practice? Because the concept seems freaking easy. The practice, I can grant that m... : Ebu
        • one crazy thing i learned from general physics is that orbiting a planet, is really just flying around it... : Jackass1233
        • I've read both of his popular books as well as a few Hawking books This is basically how it works :D : conandan
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        haha I watched that. Check out "The Elegant Universe." : mwasher
        • Excellent series and an even more excellent book. : Sailor of Fortune
        • Yes, this is good. : Xin Jing Client 1a
      • I'd watch this show if it was just some British dude telling you the time every minute. : heartsauce
      • Was that the one where they had a spaceship flying by the moon at or near lightspeed while a giant meteor... : Marauder IIC
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      do most spaceships have a ridiculous speed setting? what happens when they achieve ludicrous speed? : cptstern
      • They turn plaid. : ZTac
      • You don't even want to know about Plaid speed. : Arctic Fox
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        The spaceship gets heavier as it approaches the speed of light, so consequently it needs more power to ac... : pieman
        • mass and weight are two totally separate things : dysfunctional
      • The fastest they can go is Lint Speed. : Anti_dentite
    • If you haven't seen it, Carl Sagan did a great job explaining this in his TV miniseries Cosmos, and the R... : WaterSign
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  *bong hit* : tashtego
  • that slows you down, maan! : deviantpaul
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  I prefer to think that we travel through light at the speed of time. : cerealSAM2
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    I like staring at my clock and thinking how fast light goes by : azenmaster
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      I like staring at my lamp and thinking how fast time goes by. : Goblin au
      • I stare at my candle and think how fast I can end time by blowing it out : scorpiusman
• This is about as deep as a paddling pool :/ : Mr.Finkster
• I wanna make a supersonic man out of you! : Splinebastard
• Faster than light if you want to. Speeding through the universe. Thinking is the best way to travel : deathofrats
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  So how fast is God going? : sesmaster
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    he's already there, man : zerog83
    • He's everywhere! And supposedly He's love and dead, too. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    God? <looks around> no God. : reverend~heresy
    • you would say that. : crummynz
    • lol I loved that line from that movie. So eerie. : disposition
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      wait wahts that from : mindshot
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        30 Days of Night : disposition
        • 30 days of night was an awesome movie. I liked how the vampires looked like they had down-syndrome. : burning eye
  • i'm not really going that fast : Mr.SEX
  • Ludicrous speed. : boredguy
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    goes does not live within the construct of time : sparkly
    • Yea, he lives in the sewers with the ninja turtles : MagicWishMonkey
    • i can't remember if i do : Mr.SEX
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  the universe is a hologram, how about that shit. : mindshot
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    have they proven that or is it still just speculation? : MagicWishMonkey
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      Speculation at this point. The theory is that the "information" for our 3d universe is written on the su... : WhatIsThisFor
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        Yea I've read a bit about it, sounds pretty trippy if they can prove it's true. : MagicWishMonkey
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          I wish someone eloquent like Brian Greene would write up something explaining the ramifications. I under... : WhatIsThisFor
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            I wonder if it would give weight to the theory that our universe is a simulation of some sort? : MagicWishMonkey
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              The Physical Plane is one of 7 planes of existence, with all being composed of energy. : dognose
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                Is that what Buddhists believe? : MagicWishMonkey
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                  I dunno, I am not Buddhist :/ : dognose
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                    is that what doggies believe? : MagicWishMonkey
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                      I dunno, I am not a doggie :/ : dognose
                      • is that what duke believes? : reverend~heresy
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                        What the hell are you, anyway? : BlackCat9
                        • the dog knows : Ebu
            • I'm not sure about that but it would suggest that our "viewing" of the universe as a big pile of three-di : WhatIsThisFor
• It depends on how much you're traveling through the spacial dimensions. An objects total movement throug... : WhatIsThisFor
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  Don't you know we're all light? Yeah, I read that someplace. : BlackCat9
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    We are beings of energy which is probably similar. We incarnate on the physical plane to learn the lesso... : dognose
    • dognose i thought you stopped doing drugs : opengl128
    • Yeah, some bumper sticker someplace. http://www.last.fm/music/XTC/_/We%27re+All+Light http://www.yout... : BlackCat9
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  You just read The Elegant Universe, didn't you? : Odoyle
  • The Fabric of the Cosmos is a much better book. : WhatIsThisFor
• No idiot, we travel through time at 1 second per second. : PenicillinX57
• Th Con-Time Machine http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZIVoYWgMkg : sparkly