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  forget to put rocket launcher in above list, duh. : VuduChild
  • or did i : VuduChild
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  used to be? Why don't we fire up a Q3 server sometime and play the real thing? : the archvile
  • ^^^^^^^ this : RogerDandy
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  Such irony, coming from mr anti pro gamer. : terath
  • Yeah.. heaps of irony there.. moron. I hate pro-gamers who bitch and moan and modify games to suit the... : VuduChild
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  I'm mostly annoyed that people seem to be able to kill me in .005 seconds with the machine gun! : u sir name
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    i'm mostly annoyed that i've lost my twitch skills from a decade ago. getting old sux. : yacoub35
    • for some reason with quake live i feel like my twitch aim is better than it should be, but when i have ti... : Mansmells
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  i see people camping out on that rail platform all the time. and those with good aim that do it all map l... : Mansmells
  • and by that i mean camping out there and picking people off with the rail : Mansmells
• but thankfully we still have 150 pings on the australian servers so the ability to hit anyone with those ... : vomitgod
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  the shotgun is a fucking death machine. it's got the kill potential of the Q2 shotty but like 2x the firi... : gokart.
  • so satisfying to get in the face and shotgun kill someone who is spamming rockets : fathertime
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  i don't understand all these complaints w/ quake live weapons the only thing that has changed is the l... : nova_x
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    Seriously, the shotgun was always really powerful, ever since partway through the beta when they added an... : Serpico74
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      the beta just opened up to everyone : Mansmells
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        I'm talking about the Quake 3 beta from 1999 : Serpico74
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          Oh man typing that made me feel old : Serpico74
          • I understand and remember it, you are not the only one that's olde :( : nomaad
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    the RL is about the only thing I love weapon-wise in QL. Although i do connect unexpected rail shots some... : yacoub35
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      oh and the new power-ups are probably the weirdest bit. some of them are cool, like the Guard and the Arm... : yacoub35
      • I agree; most of the time I prefer regular old CTF, though there are others who like the Threewave poweru... : the archvile
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        That's all Quake 3 Team Arena stuff, but I guess that's new to most people since not many too people boug... : Serpico74
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          I loved Q3TA CTF. Played the shit out of it. My favorite was playing Defense with the Doubler. : CRasterImage
          • Me too. I've only played two or three CTF games in QuakeLive and its something I need to change ASAP. : Serpico74
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          the needle was in original Q3A but I dont remember if it functioned the same where you had to activate it... : yacoub35
          • The needle was always an activation item. Used to great effect on q3ctf2 :) : r_picmip 5
      • The Needle one was in the original Quake 3, it's not new, and not from Team Arena. Invulnerability and... : jet-poop
    • chaingun / nailgun / minelayer are new? Those were in Team Arena. Those were pretty much my thoughts on... : the archvile
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    considering you didn't notice the RG damage has been lowered, i wouldn't expect you to know what other ch... : gokart.
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      Did you read his post? : CRasterImage
      • obviously not... : gokart.
  • that's not true, there have been tweaks. just off a quick search here are some. +Change - Increased Li... : Mansmells
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  THREAD HIJACK Are the stats for each game disabled? I've played about four games and it's not kept tra... : stelth
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    Yes they are. They've been disabled for awhile though they said it's the #1 priority. : PointlesS76
    • Ah. I looked around on the forums briefly, but I didn't see anything about it so I thought maybe I was ju... : stelth
  • yeah stats are disabled right now : Mansmells
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  im not a fan of the new weapons.. that prox mine layer is total garbage, same with that weird nail gun an... : happynoodle
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    those weapons are from the team arena (quake 3 expansion) : pullmyfinger
    • yeah and they are only in certain team modes from what i've seen : Mansmells
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      I never got the expansion. I wish they would remove them from CTF as its my fav game mode :( : happynoodle
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        my fave mode too! <3 : yacoub35
        • whats you alias on QL? We can cap n frag together! : happynoodle
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  the crosshair setting don't seem to work. I still have the default circle-with-a-dot, no matter what I ch... : TPSReport
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    Are you trying to change it using the website? The in-game setting should work. : Johnny Law
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      the in-game setting lets u change the color, but not the crosshair itself. I've always used the simple cr... : TPSReport
      • The in-game menus also have a crosshair type selection. : Johnny Law
      • it's there, look harder : darkT
    • Yeah, I had to do that to get mine to work. : dmason
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  biggest problem with Quake Live is that it took the wrong version of Quake.. it should be based off Quake... : spaceyme
  • There's one thing that kills me about Q3. Space maps. Hate them. They just feel too empty and bland. : happynoodle
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  In our country we have a policy which states that "anyone that uses q3dm17 as a reference of quality shou... : dfz0r
  • this is probably true across a lot of europe where competitive q3 was way more serious in the long run. : anhero
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    How about Q3DM6? :( : d fluke
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      I had a whole post ready about how dm6 is the pinnacle of zonecontrol and timing but i changed my mind an... : dfz0r
      • ztndm3 is for lovers. : yonderboy
      • Been playing 1v1 since Q3 Test & I absolutely loathe DM6. In my mind the perfect map is ZTN. DM6 has zone... : Lionel2b
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  chaingun is in top 3 killing weapons for q2 at least. : dael
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    With the quad the minigun was a meatgrinder. I always preferred the machinegun though. : Omaha
    • I remeber I took the time to get insanely good with that little gun. People would get pissed. Then I trai... : happynoodle
    • I had Q2 down. I played games against players better than me that I knew I would win because I got the c... : dael
• Played Quake Live for the first time today. All weapons except the Railgun handle identically to Q3. : jayacheess
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  There are just too many people for the size of the level on every server. : GilesH
  • I don't get why CTF matches are set at 12 players max. What an odd number to have a decent CTF game :/ ... : r_picmip 5
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  Your complaint boils down to a simple premise, really - fucking n00bs. :D It will get better as people ga... : mn3m0n1c
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    That doesn't make much sense. If his complaint is people are getting easier kills with the shotgun and m... : r_picmip 5
    • D'oh, guess I kinda misread his post (insomnia's a bitch). Didn't realize he was getting owned by MG/Shot... : mn3m0n1c

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• http://www.rocksolidarcade.com/static/robokill/robokill.swf : filtersweep
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  I had fun with it. I just can't really justify $10 for 6 more levels right now. : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • this was my problem if it was 5 bucks no prob, but the way money is now you can get a used DS game for 10... : med1c
• That is pretty tight. : tsuba
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  Actually fuck this stupid bullshit ass cheating ass game. : filtersweep
  • Hahaha : hoov1185
  • robots have reclaimed two (2) rooms : EvilDolemite
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    i actually beat that demo pretty easily, maybe 3 rooms total gave me a little trouble : med1c
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      you are obviously so much a better gamer than filtersweep. what a chump he is. he should just put down ... : biskits
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        the skills comes from the balls : askedrelic
        • No wonder you can't get anything done you empty pursed sissy. : filtersweep
  • lol. : edgewise
• I am too... I'm considering the purchase. If anyone bought it, are the levels you get bigger than the fi... : eugthinks
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  Fuck the ledges. I'm trying to shoot stuff and don't have time to watch out for the ledge : melkore
  • Your guy is what you should be watching! : melt_core
  • TAKE CARE AROUND LEDGES : bolneze
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  filtersweep, I am still addicted to Titan Quest. I just got my third character to level 63, and I'm real... : deject
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    I've been meaning to play this forever but haven't taken the plunge yet for whatever dumb reason. : filtersweep
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      I've sunk massive amounts into this game. 3 lvl 63s, a lvl 56, a lvl 51, and a lvl 36. : deject
      • What builds are you using? : Rice-Rocketeer
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  fuck this four laser cannons room, what the fuck : Modica Sol Solis
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    that's the motherfucker that made me ragequit fucking bullshit : filtersweep
    • Circle strafing the turrets worked for me, that's easily the hardest level in the demo. : boredguy
  • Yup. Me too. : CRasterImage
• It's a fun game, but not fun enough to want to pay for it. :P : thetangent
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  Yeah it's pretty sweet - ended up paying the 10 bucks for extra levels and better guns. Once you get lase... : sonicdeathwalrus
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    when do you get lasers? : Modica Sol Solis
    • If you replay the last mission you still get experience, i think lasers become available at level 15. : boredguy
    • lvl 16 : melt_core
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    So is it worth the 10 bucks? : eugthinks
    • Was for me, you can level up quite a lot and it's fun to go back and try different approaches to the late... : sonicdeathwalrus
    • Meh. If they would update content, maybe. I got it month's ago, and played through it about 4-5 times. : Githyanki
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  i am fucking addicted to heroin : Juno
  • i heard the ending to that one sucked : podizzle
• I'm on my third playthrough, so fun : vynn
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  Yeah I played that nonstop until I beat it haha - really amazing. Brings me back to those old school shar... : bolneze
  • Tyrian! Oh god! Tyrian! : lolpatrol

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• Schedule of Events Rangemeet 9:50am: Meet at Richmond Rod and Gun ( www.richmondrodandgun.com ) ~12p : OverloadUT
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  "Possible" Attendees: Please update your RSVP status so I can get a more accurate headcount. Thanks! : OverloadUT
  • damn, that's kinda a lot of people. Cool : mojo the helpr monke
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  Oh and lastly: I would love it if people could bring either some money or some booze. It's going to cost ... : OverloadUT
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    make it mandatory to bring alcohol. you like beer? bring it. you like vodka? bring it. you provide chi... : dahanese
    • this is how i got my ridiculous bar btw, i am not that big a lush as to have 3 bottles of vanilla vodka. : dahanese
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      I'm too much of a pushover to tell people they have to bring it though! Or maybe when I repost these thre... : OverloadUT
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        I have like a 23 cans of coors light out of a 30 pack that I'll bring! I could always go on a beer run as... : mojo the helpr monke
        • fuck i wasnt going to go but you just said beer pong. I hate you! : med1c
        • Haha I doubt there will be room but you never know! : OverloadUT
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        make it official. then create a subthread where we call out what we are bringing. you're having a hous... : dahanese
        • i will bring a couple 4-packs of tetley's, which is a mildly delicious english beer : xsoulbrothax
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    I have vodka and genuine Curaco rum available. : spazzium
    • Yeah I'll just make it an official request for everyone coming to bring one thing of whatever they like. ... : OverloadUT
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  Shit. I wish I was leaving here on Sunday instead of Saturday. : djkenohki
  • Bad timing. :( : OverloadUT
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  So I've never been to this part of california, whats something interesting I could do on sunday? : bobbman
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    get stabbed, shot, and raped, all at the same time : FPSDavid
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      while naked gay men watch and masturbate : mojo the helpr monke
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        Interesting tell me more. : bobbman
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          he's actually serious and it's called the power exchange : xsoulbrothax
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            hahaha a dyke that I used to work with told me about that place. It actually sounded really interesting. : mojo the helpr monke
            • I've been there once. Downstairs was scary with said naked men watching and masturbating, but upstairs (w... : OverloadUT
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  I have two drunken birthday parties to go to on Sat. If I can still drive on Sunday I'll be there. Might ... : destroy.all.monsters
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    It's on Saturday, btw : FPSDavid
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      Fuck. San Hoe to Novato to Oaktown.... I dunno. What time is the meet at Moylan's? : destroy.all.monsters
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        sixish-sevenish, iirc.. though amazingly i'm too lazy to click on the upper shackmeet link to double-chec... : xsoulbrothax
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          It doesn't even require that! It's in the first reply to this thread! : OverloadUT
          • oh god, the time wasn't even in the shackmeet link, it's only in the thread XD it's too early to be think... : xsoulbrothax
          • Thought that was just for the rangemeet. Also not on the shackmeet page. Sadly this has gone from 90%... : destroy.all.monsters
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  I have a general party question that I thought I would post here because, well, you are talking about it ... : Galadriel07
  • It doesn't have to be booze, I'm sure cookies or cupcakes would be a big hit actually! : yosemiteclimber
  • Bring soda like Coke or Pepsi, great to be used in both alcohol and non-alcohol drinks for one. : Sailor of Fortune
  • That's a good question and I think the above answers are exactly right. Bringing something like cookies o... : OverloadUT
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    If you feel like you have to bring something, wine is almost always a pretty solid default. I mean no one... : geedeck
    • Yeah I would personally love wine. : OverloadUT
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  Anyone driving from or through SF to the evening meet? : rudds
  • I will be. But I'm heading to the game test at Telltale games first. : happynoodle

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• Carcassonne : emnii
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  hm. ROCK BAND PERHAPS? : johnwissinger
  • too expensive here :( I can buy another 360 and a game for that money : razorblade79
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  buy some board games? : nubitup
  • Never heard of those, are they like popcap? What are the system requirements? Will I need an emulator? : Splinebastard
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    I have some good ones(eg Carcassone) but lots of alcohol will be involved so maybe not the best idea : razorblade79
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      you'd rather risk your $1000+ entertainment system than a $10 board game? : gakera
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        Carcassone + 5 addons > a game controller for 30 bucks : razorblade79
        • also that's not the actual reasoning here : razorblade79
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  Death Tanks!! : marmite
  • I'm totally buying that game as soon as it goes on sale. : ThomW
  • This is the best answer, great.game. : stonedonkey
  • didn't check it out yet, I'll download the demo : razorblade79
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    this is probably the worst XBLA game i've played to date. i'd rather play yaris fever or whatever that g... : dantastic
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      haha - what?! I thought it was fun, just way over priced. : dedgecko
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        But it's cheaper than a Saturn + Duke Nukem 3D (or Powerslave) + Multitap! If Guardian Heroes and Satu... : roushimsx
        • bomberman live is pretty awesome even though its only 4 players... i find 8 player bomberman is a bit too... : dantastic
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      ...wtf? It's by far my favourite aside from Castle crashers. It's like 2d 8 player death match! : marmite
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        i played the demo with another shacker and we just sat there trying to figure out why the controls were s... : dantastic
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          This post makes no sense! The controls are simple and the game is insane fun, especially if you have 4+ p... : marmite
          • yea, if someone finds a game unfun I think they just need to play with shackers and it'll be all better! : dedgecko
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  Scene It : freakord
  • ^^^ been whipping this out regularly when people come over. plus you can get non-gaming idiots to play : dantastic
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  I think Worms has 4-players locally TMNT 1989 Arcade should have 4 players. (and ninja turtles) : azenmaster
  • yup TMNT does : MoreVespeneGas
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  Lets put Castle Crashers on there twice, mkay? : MoreVespeneGas
  • it really is among the best multiplayer games in years. I read somewhere the guy who made it is working o... : razorblade79
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  NHL 3 on 3 : Bull
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    yeah i dont care if he said no sports games nhl 3 on 3 is awesome with 4 players : dantastic
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      Oops. Missed that part. Still, it's so casual and the games are quick. Anyone can have fun with it. : Bull
      • i've never played it on anything but fast mode : dantastic
      • for lols, I bought that game accidentally : razorblade79
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  Do BC games count? fuzion frenzy : maulla
  • twisted system !!!!!!!!!! : barichnikov
• Rumble Roses XX! Fusion Frenzy. : Jeepy McJeeperton

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• There can only be one. : Head Rush
• I laughed: http://www.elrepositorio.com/shack/lost.png : Yanks
• Off to a good start! : mechanicalgrape
• Well fuck! : pimpium
• WHAT THE WHAT? : kikilupo
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  So did they end up in the past after Locke stabilized the wheel? : Flying h4x0r
  • It's all crazy. : pimpium
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  I got in just before commercial break, when it showed Sawyer as a Dharma dude. What happened before that? : Modica Sol Solis
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    he and the blonde chick had sex and then kate got back and he was like ^_^ : Luminair
    • whoops thought you said after : Luminair
    • everyone make sure not to read this. >: : Modica Sol Solis
    • that better not have been from the previews. >:( : Flying h4x0r
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    just the whole "Previously, on LOST" bit : Flying h4x0r
    • oh and They said 3 years later (after Locke left) and Dharma guys were in the dharma viewing station with : Flying h4x0r
  • "three years later" and he is head of security for dharma : Luminair
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  fuck I hate juliette - the actress..not the character. : fathertime
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    f u she's a babe : Modica Sol Solis
    • I would agree that she is one of the closest things the show has to a decent looking woman. But I'm refe... : fathertime
    • I agree with you, Modica. That actress is pretty. : Rice-Rocketeer
  • 100% disagree, she is one of the better actors on that show : Cheeziologist
  • yeah man I hate her luscious golden locks and dick sucking lips too : Luminair
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    i'd take her over kate. : jayares
    • jrsX, i fully agree. : boomstickah
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  Is the girl who just gave birth the same one who sawyer saved 3 years ago, and I forgot what they said ab : Flying h4x0r
  • Yes and she said the fight was about him. : Modica Sol Solis
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  lol eyeliner joke! : mechanicalgrape
  • I laughed hysterically at this. Calton Cuse is a Shacker? : notd665
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  God Juliette is beautiful when she smiles : flagg209
  • Her mouth is huge! : Moonraker7
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    God, Juliette is beautiful all the time : Cheeziologist
    • This is the correct answer. : Salad Sammich
  • Juliet is always beautiful. And she owns the fuck out of Kate and Claire and etc. : mittense
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  Man, what a waste of an episode. And we don't get another one for two weeks, fuuuuuuuuck : Modica Sol Solis
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    Yeah, that episode was kind of weak, compared to the past few. : Flying h4x0r
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      i think you better get used to weak. the next episode also looks lame, and i think it's going to stay tha... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • agreed. Have very little interest in the next ep : Cheeziologist
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      It was a transitional episode. It's unfortunate because you had a good amount of background into the O6's : K1Bond007
      • I completely forgot who Horace was, except we saw his jacket in the mass grave. http://lostpedia.wikia... : Flying h4x0r
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        But goddamn, we know Alpert has always been there, or at least been there since a long fucking time ago, : Modica Sol Solis
        • As I said, it's a transitional episode. : K1Bond007
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          look at how wrong you are about everything in your post. : thekidd
          • How? We know Charlotte was born on the island, we know Alpert was there since before Jughead. We know he : Modica Sol Solis
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          Why don't you just stop watching and just watch the last episode... : WhatIsThisFor
          • I was just hoping that from the ending of the last episode, we'd see something huge happen between Sawyer... : Modica Sol Solis
  • I thought it did little to move the overall storyline forward, but it was definitely entertaining and wel... : notd665
  • how was that a waste? : AllYourBase
  • i really liked it.....they got back to what the show is about, the fucking characters instead of this sci... : ozfactor
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    I disagree and feel like the season's finally getting good. hell there's finally an actual premise that t... : thebigbeefsandwich
    • ^^^ this! : ozfactor
  • I thought it was a great episode; the last few episodes, sans the last one with Locke, have been absurdly... : mittense
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  Question: When they first discoved the van in Season 2 or whatever, was Horace's remains in it? Anyone re : notd665
  • no it was roger, workman who was someones father if i could use spoiler tags correctly : ozfactor
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    No that was Roger, ben's father. Horace was the one who invited ben and his dad to the island to work fo : xjdrake32
    • Horace was also the guy who built Jacob's cabin : Chrrs
    • FUCK. I accidentally LOL'd this! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • That was Roger, who was Ben's father as ozfactor said : Chrrs
  • No. Horace died at the barracks and is seen sitting on the bench when Ben comes back from killing his fat : K1Bond007
• hay guyz -- gets jumped on as he walks past the thread ;) : randomposter
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  NEW THEORY! Did anyone else think the statue looked like the ancient Egyptian god of the underworld, Anub : notd665
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    ok, but where's the theory? : xjdrake32
    • :[ : notd665
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    Are you suggesting that the ancient egyptians invented time travel? : Moonraker7
    • no, just the first to discover it : davislovestacobell
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      He's hoping for a Jack O'Neill cameo : grabbie
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        lol : .frame
        • Plot for final episode of Lost leaked: Richard Dean Anderson walks on set, shoots Ben and Whidmore, vapor : umcpwintermute
    • oh man, now I want to go find Timelapse and somehow make it work on a modern computer : Cheeziologist
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    Could be Horus too. Definitely Egyptian though; what, with the Ankh necklace, Sawyer's "eyeliner" comment : Bamtan
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      Spoilers, HQ pic: http://www.shackpics.com/files/lostspoilers_hot3dedzaa2aberowvog.jpg Holding 2 Ankhs. : Bamtan
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        Hmmm. The pan on the head makes me think it's not Anubis, but maybe Tefnut, Nut, or Bast. : notd665
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          Yeah. Definitely looks more feline. But a lot of Goddesses have "sun discs" above their heads. This statu : Bamtan
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            I'VE GOT IT. It's a statue of Amun. Check this out: http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/ho/04/afe/ho_26. : jimmy-buffett
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              I dunno, the statue in lost appears to have pointy ears which points to either Horus or Anubis, but good ... : ashkie
              • I don't think it's Anubis because the ears would be more pronounced : jimmy-buffett
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              Some interesting info http://lostpedia.wikia.com/wiki/Hieroglyphs and here is Amun in Hieros htt... : ashkie
              • Props department must love working on this show. : WhatIsThisFor
              • er here is Amun http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amun#Rise_of_cult_after_Hyksos_expelled : ashkie
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              http://www.nilecommerce.net/images/statues/colored/sekhmet-cremeL.jpg Uhh.. toes? Sekhmet has some rel : Bamtan
              • WE HAVE A WINNER! : notd665
              • that's pretty cool : Modica Sol Solis
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                wow looks like it, good job : jimmy-buffett
                • I think the amount of toes can be explained by the anthropomorphic interpretation of Egyptian gods. : Bamtan
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      The implication that Richard might be an ancient Egyptian blows my mind. Also, Charlotte proclaiming " : notd665
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        Anubis would have tall dog ears : Cheeziologist
        • that's what steered me away from Anubis and toward Amun (above) : jimmy-buffett
    • holy smokes good connectioning post, the secret cylon reveal theme was playing in my head : Luminair
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    Lost island = Atlantis. : jayares
    • i was just thinking that : CoRDS
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    It's probably not specific to any Egyptian god like some of you guys think. But it is curious how many re : K1Bond007
    • Those bodies in the cave from like season 1 are called Adam and Eve. I'm sure there is a connection there... : baronzemo78
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  That was pretty amazing when Hurley started playing All Along the Watch Tower on the piano. : gmd
  • This post was the highlight of my day, well done : Moonraker7
  • dude spoilers : boomstickah
  • hahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  when did they show the statue? - I missed it : flagg209
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    it was in the "Previously, on LOST" bit, after the well John went down disappeared" : Flying h4x0r
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      That wasn't a "previously on LOST" segment, it was just an extended scene from a prior episode. : mittense
      • It seemed like they meshed together the "previous" scenes with the new ones to provide context. : nurglich
  • Just after Locke fell down the well. It flashed, they looked up, statue, then they flashed again for the : Bamtan
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  Michelle Dessler!! : boomstickah
  • Yeah, I can't wait for Tony to come and rescue here. : pieman
  • hell yes. :) : silent prophet
  • Word. : mittense
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  Who's the newborn? According to Lostpedia Hurley was born in 1977 :/ : pieman
  • that would make zero sense. no way hurley came out of michelle dessler's tiny vagina : dirge23
  • Ethan? Goodwin? : Bamtan
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    Probably a new character. Someone who would have died when Juliett wasn't there. : Flying h4x0r
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      Huh? LOST typically assumes that anything that our cast of characters do in the past has already happened : mittense
      • Faraday even said that in this episode. : elwood00
    • The show seems to embrace a time travel mechanic wherein they have already done the stuff they did. going : retarded talking dinosaur
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  So I saw some of this last night. I thought lost was a show about some people who crashed on an island an... : nandu666
  • McGuyver stopped by to build some shit for them. : .frame
  • a lot can happen in five seasons : dirge23
  • fail : opengl128
  • Yeah you've missed the boat. I'd recommend that you stop watching it and get the DVDs. its pretty good. : boomstickah
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    Don't bother it's a horrible show that goes nowhere. : skitzo
    • I used to think that but these last few seasons have gotten really good. : .frame
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  Fuck. I missed the last few minutes because the network switched to a local station. What happened after : Fred Garvin
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    he went out to meet Jin who had brought kate, hurley, and jack in : AllYourBase
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      he then had a long meaningful staring contest with kate, thus contradicting his whole "you can get over a : dirge23
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        Then Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith washed up on shore. : skitzo
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          Then the magic mural painting midget appeared, said a few words of wisdom, got smacked in the mouth and c... : Splinebastard
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            SPOILER THAT SHIT : .frame
            • OH SHIT SORRY! : Splinebastard
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  So last night showed we will finally find out about those 2 skeletons they found in season 1. http://l... : ashkie
  • I reckon that's Rose and Bernard. They've been missing since the start of the season. One of the corpses : Bamtan
• This show is all over the place now....makes no sense. : Mr. Goodwrench

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  fucking canada fuck can't load those I hate the comedy network : azenmaster
  • Same here, I guess I will never know. : Helios150
  • Why is the Canada site a day behind? >:( : Dave-A
• Brutal. : Rotten Deadite
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  yeah I saw that. the irony is that Rick Santelli was kind of seen as the "good guy" because he has actua... : mrtony
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    Interesting, a plant? Have more info on that? I hadn't heard anything. : Chunks
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      this is where I saw it: http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/02/rick-santellis-faux-rant/ : mrtony
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        There you go folks. Your only sources of real investigative journalism are The Daily Show and Playboy Ma... : hawkeye
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          Seriously, you guys are just now figuring out that damn near all the news is Politically Biased crap? ... : GoodBoy
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            I love NPR :) : MagicWishMonkey
            • Also - they can be a bit biased at times, but it's not nearly as bad as the networks on television : MagicWishMonkey
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            That's true. NPR and various other public radio stations do a pretty good job (sometimes very good even)... : hawkeye
            • Average Joe's don't read or listen to much, they watch everything. : MagicWishMonkey
        • TDS doesn't actually do investigative journalism, they're just good at remembering what people have said. : evildanish
  • I felt that way about his rant against homeowners. When this first started he was the lone voice in the ... : hawkeye
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  Stupid. Typical cherry picked quotes. Completely missing the point. : Chunks
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    Then what was his point? Why didn't he flip out about bank bailouts? : MagicWishMonkey
    • He did, from what I've seen. : Chunks
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      He was complaining about people taking out mortgages on houses they knew they couldn't afford. He said ev... : peter
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        Why the hell would a bank ever give a mortgage to someone like that? Aren't most of those people out ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          http://vimeo.com/3261363 Pretty informative. : Chunks
          • I've seen this and I understand how the crisis started... both borrowers and lenders are responsible. : MagicWishMonkey
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        So who's to blame for that? Bankers ("smart people") who gave them money they couldn't EVER afford to pa... : hawkeye
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          Without your parenthetical descriptions, your question is really the heart of the whole thing. Why sho... : Chunks
          • They are fucked, everyone involved is royally fucked. Even people who didn't do anything stupid are fucke... : MagicWishMonkey
          • So why should the banks get a bail-out but not the individuals? That's what Rick Santelli, on CNBC, seeme... : nudel
        • A large part of it is the government telling bankers "Hey, go ahead and make these insane loans, we'll co... : mmogger
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        You know why they couldn't afford it? THE BANKS DIDN'T VERIFY THEIR FUCKING INCOME. : mancide
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          So the homebuyers should get a pass for committing fraud? : Shin_Chan72
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            It wasn't just the homebuyers who committed fraud. The banks called up accountants and asked for sheets o... : mancide
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              Never said it was only the home owners. My point was they are just as responsible for their own fucking a... : Shin_Chan72
              • I'm not saying all of them were duped, but there are some that were duped by predatory lenders. : mancide
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            It isn't that simple. Often the buyers would put accurate income information on applications and the bank... : baron calamity
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              oh come on they would know that in the pre-approval process. This wink-wink stuff in the end and the home... : peter
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                Sounds like you are advocating personal responsibility and suffering the consequences for your own decisi... : Shin_Chan72
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                  Love the voices of reason that come out of the woodwork after the fact. : baron calamity
                  • Plenty of us WERE reasonable and didnt buy more house than we should have and have made payments without ... : Shin_Chan72
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                Exactly how would they know? A couple walks into a real estate office. They sit down with an agent. He ta... : baron calamity
                • Not be ignorant and stupid and actually read the contract before signing ? : Shin_Chan72
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          Could the borrower verify their own income? Or was it a mystery to them as well? : asylumn
          • As I understand things, usually the mortgage brokers handled the faking of income for the borrowers while... : hawkeye
    • that's the point: Santelli was flipping out about bank bailouts. here's a defense of him from another g... : mrtony
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    How is it cherry picking? If you've got a video of someone murdering a kitten is it cherry picking to sho... : nudel
    • link to video please : mrtony
    • I don't think that's a good analogy.. it's more like if the guy recorded several videos of himself killin... : wetard
  • While I don't agree often with Stewart ( I do like him though), I think the morons on CNBC are as out of... : Shin_Chan72
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    Yet they show the dates of said clips and what exactly these CNBC people stated. How is that cherry-picki... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      alot of those clips were from 2007. Back when the housing bubble was still going. And if you think a CE... : Crimsonbeak
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        There were a ton of voices in 2007 that were saying things like, "This whole housing bubble is predicated : hawkeye
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          and CNBC had those people on too, the Daily Show didn't show those clips. : Lunatic Angelic
          • If CNBC aired clips saying "KILL YOUR NEIGHBOURS" half the time, and the other half saying "No, killing y... : nudel
  • Having fun trolling? : hawkeye
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    The Daily Show seems to have gotten increasingly bitter and biting, and not really as humorous. : yacoub35
    • I liked the booing for AIG...and the fact that no one was laughing at clips of the idiots shouting UPUPUP... : hawkeye
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    Agreed about the last part. I also agree with the Daily Show's suggestion that CNBC has a problem with a... : Foxhawk
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      Exactly. Santelli has gone on air and made fun of Cramers market predictions himself, so using the same m... : Chunks
      • Santelli has been one of the more sensible people on that network, until that rant. Then it's like he ju... : hawkeye
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    I'll back up Chunks here, those were cherry picked. Stewart's audience likely never watches a lick of CN : Lunatic Angelic
    • Until they get rid of Cramer I can't take them seriously. Cramer is consistently wrong, then alters his t... : mancide
    • Of course they were cherry picked. That's what the Daily Show does. It's a comedy show, not a news show. : tashtego
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    I don't care what he has said that is right, he made one point that was dead wrong. Honestly, what the f... : ejectorpod
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      A person like that is really seems more dangerous to me. If someone is an idiot 99% of the time but righ... : hawkeye
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        I'll step back a bit, and take as non-personally-invested a tone as possible in this. Why is what he s... : Chunks
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          First point: He's standing in a room full of wall street (well, Chicago) traders asking if they want hom... : hawkeye
          • First point, agreed. Tho I assume he was just looking for cheers. Second point, I thought he was prett... : Chunks
  • This whole situation seems to be much more political then it should be. It seems people on the right plac... : baronzemo78
• Owned : Godhatesfatpeople
• OMG. This is the greatest thing I've ever seen. Skip to around 1:20 if you don't like Jon Stewart. T... : hawkeye
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  Posting in this thread so I can check it out when I'm home : sonicdeathwalrus
  • me too : MuteMode
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    You could, you know, email yourself the URL. : nudel
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      I printed out the page, enclosed it in a swanky box filled with packing peanuts and some other assorted f... : Phil
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        Actually, you may find yourself checking the FedEx website, seeing the words "DELIVERY DELAYED" and shout... : MorrisatCNN
        • lol : Phil
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      Is it that much of a hassle to ignore his post? : elwood00
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        Perhaps you forget the "tagged" behavior that was eventually banned? : action roommate
        • Doesn't this entire subthread support my position? By whining about sonicdeathwalrus' post, it's created : elwood00
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      I called my phone and left a voicemail with the URL : sonicdeathwalrus
      • "yes, that is H T T P, as in HYPER TEXT TRANSFER PROTOCOL. FORWARD SLASH, FORWARD SLASH (note that it is... : Phil
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      A lot less trouble then just posting, right?. Had he posted "lol" or "my sack itches" you wouldn't have c... : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • I'd think that was wasting lines in the visible list of replies as well, and probably nuke the posts if I... : nudel
    • That's stupid. I often tag posts by making bogus replies in them. So much easier. Hell, it should b... : CRasterImage
• Good ol' John Stewart. : chazums
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  So basically, Jon Stewart mischaracterizes someone and then rips them apart based on that mischaracteriza... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Santelli is a cock of the highest order. A cock so profoundly cocklike that all of the other cocks in... : LordPall
  • what no way Jon Stewart would never do that <__< >__> : yacoub35
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      ^^^ THIS : needlez
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        and the funny part is that cnbc is so proud of it, they keep mentioning it again and again, trying to bas... : needlez
        • No, it's controversial, so it gets press time, their advertisers see increasing numbers or viewers, so CN... : Chunks
• Stewart's mashups of Rush and CPAC the last few episodes have been hilarious. The best were the soun... : Danny5225
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  my sack itches : Mad Brahmin Disease
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• Uh oh : boring gegtik
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  How the fuck does the FDA pass any drug that creates GANGRENE with the benefit being nausea relief? : massdev
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    We don't need no government regulation dagnabbit, let the market decide if a drug will make your limbs ro... : MagicWishMonkey
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      I feel sick, don't worry we got this, wtf my arm fell off, yeah but you don't feel sick anymore AWESOME. : massdev
      • Well, now drug companies get to share some of the responsibility for better testing and screening. : MagicWishMonkey
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      you know I realized yesterday the two extremes we are looking at are 1. the govt should focus on pre-emp... : boring gegtik
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        Yep that's pretty much it, we need to find a reasonable balance between the two. Giving people the abi... : MagicWishMonkey
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          Shouldn't the first priority be do no harm? And if its a case where they are trading one serious conditio... : massdev
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            That's not always realistic, if they could develop drugs without any side effects they would. It's all... : MagicWishMonkey
            • I appreciate that but in this example I don't believe they have mitigated risk at all, infact just the op... : massdev
      • Pretty much. And when people don't know the limits of the law, they are more apt to worry about the extr... : pigvomit
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        this would only be a reasonable dichotomy if the government were actually good at measuring risk and crea... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          Also: DONGS : MagicWishMonkey
          • if Obama ended a State of the Union address like that, I would totally vote for him in 2012. : DonkeyPopsicle
        • I am merely reflecting on the ideological extremes not the likeliness of either being attainable : boring gegtik
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    Because gangrene can catch on in any cavity in the body when any intramuscular / intravenous injection is : Lunatic Angelic
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      So if the doctor botched the injection why is the drug company liable in this case? : MagicWishMonkey
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        Why would I sue you MWM, when your insurance companies have more mon... ok, maybe that doesn't hold up i : Lunatic Angelic
        • It's ok dude I have e-surance I'm golden : MagicWishMonkey
      • because Wyeth believed it could not change the FDA-approved warning in the package insert, which disclose : Jonathan
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        The logic here seems to follow from adequacy of warning. FDA did not reject a stronger warning. It seems ... : yoonix
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          Someone paid attention in torts, I see. : ra1n
          • Oh, I never paid attention in torts. My worst grade in the semester. :D : yoonix
        • That makes sense. Glad I'm not a lawyer :) : MagicWishMonkey
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    Because the FDA is a joke. : yacoub35
    • We have been fighting with the FDA tooth and nail to get our product on the market. The amount of bureau... : stgdz
  • Because someone is making a shit load of money from it, and medicinal marijuana is still in flux (I hate ... : wasylm
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  The drug side of the medical industry is royally fucking fucked up anyway. 1. Disallow prescription dr... : laurgasms
  • sounds reasonable to me : boring gegtik
  • Yeah, I love how the FDA can completely avoid any responsibility here. : pigvomit
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    That would work for me, I doubt the drug companies are going to stop doing business anytime soon. There's... : MagicWishMonkey
    • Oh but they will throw so much money at lobbyists to ensure the public thinks this is a bad idea. Wastin... : MrLobo
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    Yeah your plan sounds great, until you realize that if you only allow the drug company to profit from the... : josecuervo
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      Oh, re: your first point, I forgot to say that if your drug is found to cure whatever on that list and it... : laurgasms
      • Why not just have the government run all the R&D then. : trove
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        cure, or treat? : boring gegtik
        • eh, that's up to the ilst. i haven't worked out, like, any details. i'm just throwing out a wildly dramat... : laurgasms
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    And how would doing that not destroy R&D and halt development of new drugs? : asylumn
    • It's the sustainability crowd, or the "things are good enough right now" crowd. "We have plenty of d : trove
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19364978#itemanchor_19364978 i forgot that part, my bad. : laurgasms
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      Come on, man, the gubmint makes everything just work. Fuck capitalism : mmogger
      • I could probably do without ever seeing this lazy, shit-ass style of garbage sarcasm ever again : boring gegtik
    • Most drugs released in a year only have a handful that really change anything for most people. Most of th... : The Key
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    that seems pretty radical. 1. This is complicated, because advertisements do let consumers know that t... : DonkeyPopsicle
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      1. I honestly think, in this rare case, that the wide availability of information on drugs has made peopl... : laurgasms
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        1. I think this is an empirical question, so I'd need to see some evidence before I'll support either sid... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          Look at LASIK there's a chance of retinal detachment : boring gegtik
          • that would suck, but it's less risky and more effective than radial keratotomy. I don't mind my glas... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          2. I'm sorry, but I think the fact that there are plenty of hair regen drugs when people in other countr... : laurgasms
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            2. That would be a problem if there were monopoly, but there isn't. The first company to cure the common : DonkeyPopsicle
            • 2. The first company to cure the common cold will figure out ways to manipulate it to make more money. Th... : laurgasms
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    Spend 15 years researching something and you only get one year of exclusivity before it's reversed engine : Lunatic Angelic
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      Also, lol, I hereby sue the FDA for... 10 treeeeeeelion dollars for my cancer meds A) not working B) : Lunatic Angelic
      • I'm going to sue the FDA for a slave. I don't care what race/religion the slave is, so it's not racist : skitzo
      • that's no big deal the govt has unlimited money : boring gegtik
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        i'm sorry, i should have written every single stipulation to my plan in my post. next time i'll bring you... : laurgasms
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          im suing u : boring gegtik
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            there is a clause in my plan that says any punitive actions against me result in the loss of reproductive... : laurgasms
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              Too bad you didn't stipulate that it was his organs that are lost, I hereby demand your reproductive orga : Lunatic Angelic
              • oh, it's stipulated. it's all stipulated. : laurgasms
    • It's something like 1 billion to get a drug from idea to market. : ra1n
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  I was reading about this earlier. What a fucking retarded court decision. What it essentially says it tha... : aeg1x
  • fucking lay people. thank god they don't have any role in our political system : dirge23
  • And people get on my case for saying retarded things ... : ra1n
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  The prescription drug industry is insanely profitable. Lawsuits aside, when you have a $100-Billion indus... : Jeepy McJeeperton
  • Not entirely true, their R&D arms have been sucking wind for awhile. The amount they get out for what the... : Toth21
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  I don't really get this case. I agree with the court's reasoning -- if a drug company *knows* that a... : Ovate
  • There is an entire issue as to what sort of warning is sufficient. It's not a black or white deal. : ra1n
  • The drug companies have more money. This case is really dumb. I can understand insufficient or incomp... : walker270
• Drug companies are some of the worst abusers of patent laws. They spend billions to find a way to flip a ... : Fred Garvin
• What's the problem? : Attica Blue

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  also, this flaw was discovered by a shacker! http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19161527 : jcupitt
  • That is awesome : rosewood
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    Wow, nice find nudel! : Ride-My-Rocket
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      People jumped all over his case for complaining about it too, lol : MagicWishMonkey
      • yes, typical shack dogpiling, hehe : jcupitt
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  did they fix it in rc1? http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/ : podizzle
  • not yet, no :( : jcupitt
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    The article addresses that; no they didn't fix it. : rosewood
    • Half of the problem is they don't think there is anything to fix. : rosewood
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    Nah, they just said they'll put some band-aids on the axe wound. The article is about the stuff I foun... : nudel
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      You should just box up the exploit and post it on Usenet. If they won't be proactive, let them be reacti... : Ride-My-Rocket
      • Hehe. It's weird actually... I don't want to release anything that might help someone malicious, but I th... : nudel
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  they really need a reboot of the whole OS like apple did from OS 9 to OSX. : Horn
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    Fuck no. See what happened when they even tried breaking backwards compatibility in order to fix underlyi... : Arctic Fox
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      It's going to have to happen eventually. With how strong virtualization is, it wouldn't be too painful f... : Horn
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        C'mon, even Apple had to wuss out and include a 'Classic' virtualization. They're only just completely ph... : Arctic Fox
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          You can't realy compare MS and Apple anyway.... wasn't Apple in dire straights when they decided to re-en... : MagicWishMonkey
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            They started the "we need an OS that isn't terrible" thing back in the early 90s when they were in relati... : jcupitt
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              Doesn't Apple also have a history of breaking backwards compatibility with new releases? : MagicWishMonkey
              • By design, have to sell new shiney to the same people that bought the old, now broke shiney... : massdev
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                it happened a lot in the early days of OS X, but I think it's been a while now since they broke apps : jcupitt
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                  Except for that whole Carbon/Cocoa switch last release (well, technically last release Carbon was simply ... : Arctic Fox
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                    Oh heh, forgotten that one, you're right. Carbon has had an axe over its head for a while though: it was ... : jcupitt
                    • To be fair to Apple (I must not be feeling well!) Microsoft have about 252937429387 different UI framewor... : nudel
              • They have a history of not supporting older things in new OS releases. They definitely don't try to suppo... : mancide
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                If you're talking about not being able to run older apps in a newer OS, this has only happened once ever ... : electroly
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                  weren't there a set of things broken 10.0 -> 10.1 and again 10.1->10.2? I remember a huge amount of bitch... : jcupitt
                  • not as far as i know. Apple tends to break forward compatibility, not backward compatibility. : electroly
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          He's not arguing against using virtualization like Apple did. In fact, that's what he's arguing for. (... : nudel
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            My point is that virtualization is unpalatable for Microsoft, because they have to support a whole other ... : Arctic Fox
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              not so. they just did an exchange 2007 install at VMware that utilizes virtual servers for exchange. : Fyunch Click
              • And released a white paper on it. : Fyunch Click
              • the ms guy at a seminar mentioned offhand that most of MS's us-based servers are virtualized right now, t... : xsoulbrothax
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              I think unpalatable is a little strong. Why would they spend the money to purchase Virtual PC if it wasn... : Horn
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                We're probably coming at the same point from different directions here. Virtualisation may be unpalatable... : Arctic Fox
                • The security and reliability gains from rewrite would be a pretty huge feature. Of course, if I'm gett... : elwood00
  • There's a lot of legacy crap in Windows to be sure but the thing is, this issue could have been fixed wit... : nudel
• They should ditch all old legacy stuff, but include a VM with every copy of windows, if the software will... : quazar

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  but ThomW, those people need our help with their mortgage. Its not their fault the economy is bad. You ... : .frame
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    The banks should really be blamed for this mess. I'd love to see the balance sheets of some of these ridi... : ThomW
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      You think banks should be blamed over someone's common sense? Most of these jackasses had no business own... : MoreVespeneGas
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        the banks deserve blame for giving people loans they obviously didn't qualify for. : MagicWishMonkey
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          When two parties make a contract that's wildly unrealistic, they share the blame. : dirge23
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            Exactly! At this point the only thing that matters is getting out of this mess, there will be plenty ... : MagicWishMonkey
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              Exactly! Except, blame is obvious right now. How "we" are "getting out of this mess" is a joke. : MoreVespeneGas
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                ok so what do you suggest? pointing fingers is a stupid waste of time and it will solve exactly ZERO prob... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  It'll make us feel better about ourselves! : dirge23
                  • America, Fuck Yea! : MagicWishMonkey
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                  Who said anything about pointing fingers? It doesn't matter what I suggest I'm not in charge of any form ... : MoreVespeneGas
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                    That's one way of looking at it. Personally, I don't think it would be a good idea to let our entire b... : MagicWishMonkey
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                      Much though I like Fallout 3, I don't very much want to live there. :P : Arctic Fox
                      • One of the economists they interviewed for a NPR special a few days ago said if that were to happen peopl... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    The reason it makes sense is because if all of these loans foreclose at once, there's a glut of houses on... : dirge23
                    • You'll be fucked but goddangit you'll feel good about being responsible yessir. : MagicWishMonkey
      • How about equal blame? If you loan somebody $500k based on their word that they earn a certain income, t... : abunch
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        Look, BOTH parties are to blame, but the banks were completely irresponsible. They know what a person ca... : ThomW
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          What I'm saying based off this language in your post, is that the people who accepted these loans were co... : MoreVespeneGas
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            Hey, let's argue on the internet more! Fuck yeah! : ThomW
            • McMuffin Cocks LOLS and Jeans amiright : MoreVespeneGas
          • The people accepting the loans weren't Ivy League MBA's, no one expects them to do the smart thing or eve... : MagicWishMonkey
        • yes, but that guy should not be allowed to keep that house. It is ridiculous to bail out that homeowner. : peter
      • So the buyer loses the house, the collateral returns returns to the lender and the buyer is off the hook.... : cannelbrae
    • How about people that could afford their loans, lost their job, and are now asking us for help??? Sell y... : .frame
  • Absolutely not. EVERYONE is supposed to have a house, even if they work part time and don't have any sign... : Shin_Chan72
• Morning news is the most retarded news of all the news, I've complained about it before and MorisatCNN se... : MagicWishMonkey
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  HIGH FIVE THOMW!!!!!!!!!! Awwwwwwwwwwesomeeeeee : azenmaster
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    Right back at ya! w00t! : ThomW
    • living without the weight of irresponsibility! Yessssss!! I love paying my mortgage!! : azenmaster
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    I'm going to go look up "schadenfreude" and get back to you. : ThomW
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      Reality TV will make complete sense to you once you do. : dirge23
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        Reality TV was alright while it was still in the Zeitgeist, now its just become a parody of itself. : Mr.Finkster
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          Even though contest-type reality TV shows are nominally about finding a winner, the real entertainment co... : dirge23
          • I sometimes watch the first few weeks of X-Factor and Pop Idol for exactly this reason. : Mr.Finkster
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        Do you actually use that word in real life? If you show up at Korban's are you actually going to bust ou... : ThomW
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          It doesn't come up that often, but it's the only word to describe that emotion/phenomenon, so you kind of... : dirge23
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            I'm sure there will be a lot of grunting. : ThomW
            • Go on.... : Mr.Finkster
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          It's one of those german words that has become rather fashionable in geek circles. I use it fairly often... : bipolar
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            It's useful because there isn't an english word for the same feeling. It's not about being geeky or fashi... : MagicWishMonkey
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              It's funny the emotions we only have German words for: schadenfreude and angst. : dirge23
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                Yea, Germans are pretty in-tune with human emotions it seems : MagicWishMonkey
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                  those are the only two emotions we have, give them back :( : xxx2xxx
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                    Everyone has the same emotions, Germans seem to be particularly skilled at communicating them. : MagicWishMonkey
                    • There are other emotion words from other languages. Naivete from French, for example. Anybody know any w... : dirge23
            • I agree, but the nerd community tends to pick up and use these words faster than society at large. Thoug... : bipolar
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              mischievousness, gloating, spitefulness is what the dictionary gives me as english translations, don't th... : xxx2xxx
              • they don't capture the exact sense of the word, which is simply taking joy in somebody else's misfortune.... : dirge23
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                Not really. Mischieviousness - means something completely different Gloating - lording some shit over... : MagicWishMonkey
                • glad it did glad it happened : MagicWishMonkey
                • Well I guess you could start saying harmjoy, it's shorter : xxx2xxx
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          It's pretty widespread ever since it was on the simpsons. I do hear people say cromulant more often than... : nem00
          • Schadenfreude is a perfectly cromulent word. : c0bra
          • This was about the same time that all the bildungsphilisters started using it, yes. : Mr.Finkster
          • There's also a great song about it in Avenue Q. : Arctic Fox
  • I think it's more about FUD. : c0bra
  • TV news is completely about getting ratings and making money, not about actual information. Hell, all new... : mmogger
• I don't. Well, if I do, it's usually Bloomberg. They cover the important stuff while focusing on the econ... : yoonix
• Shut up and enjoy the Ozzy. : Wolfanoz
• o/ : rmjackson
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  Imagine if they actually reported on relevant information! : Lone Swordsman
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    It is amazing how little news is actually on the news. Sports and some negative crime, thats about it. Th... : MoreVespeneGas
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      What the hell is positive crime? : abunch
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        Costumed vigilantes : dirge23
        • I assumed this might be the answer as soon I clicked post. : abunch
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      A major part of the problem is a lack of resources. Investigative journalism requires shelling out to tr... : Lone Swordsman
      • GO CAPITALISM! Your point is pretty on the mark. Some of the best investigative journalism in Quebe... : MrLobo
    • they were talking about american idol last night like it was news : .frame
  • I've noticed that most TV news is crap but Chicago's is actually pretty good. In a lot of other cities on... : Chod
• http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_djgssszshgM/Sa_Sy4xijNI/AAAAAAAAA1I/DZmgjHGw4pU/s1600-h/fiscal+responsibility.J... : DonkeyPopsicle
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  I only listen to NPR for news, unless its sunday morning then its "Meet the Press." : stgdz
  • This. NPR is the only mainstream new source I pay attention to. : Ormsbee
• I can't even watch cricket anymore without someone getting murdered, fuck this planet. : pieman
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  It's all about the ratings. If you're forced to watch TV news, BBC World News is probably the easiest to... : DrWaffles
  • I know it's all about ratings, but is THIS what people really want? It's terrible. : ThomW
• i dont watch the news anymore, even cnn is a joke now. frankly i have no idea whatsoever as to what is g... : arizona bay
• i get my news online. i havent turned my TV on in many months, aside from to watch the SuperBowl. : yacoub35
• Globe & Mail, National Post, WSJ, CBC's "The National" and occasionally CNN : spiffymc
• I stopped watching TV all together and just read newspapers and internet. It's seriously changed my life ... : The Key
• Watching the news makes better because I have a secure job that pays well (got a raise & bonus this year,... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  I dont see how people can go without watching the news ..how do you keep up with what's happening in the ... : cptstern
  • reading it online. tv news is atrocious and not really a good source of information at all. : electroly
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    There is a difference between reading news headlines to stay informed, and letting the over-the-top perso... : silent prophet
    • dont watch hannity, nancy grace, glen beck and ilk ..it's infotainment not journalism. there's still quit... : cptstern
• Quite simply, I don't. I read a few general-interest news feeds, and skim the front page of Google News ... : genom

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  Pretty sure some people here must like good music... : Vantage
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    I used to :( : dognose
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      This one is maybe different from the awesome music you used to like. :( I like the same music you do : Vantage
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        Did you get in a car accident too :( : dognose
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          Is that really why you like Avril Lavigne and Miley Cyrus? : Vantage
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            I can't think of any legitimate reason :( : dognose
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              Matt Brann is an awesome drummer and that is what made the good half of the last Avril album good. Leg... : anhero
              • and Travis Barker too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKJj2pp4lv4 next summer is going to be my summer... : anhero
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  Good stuff man, I was scared there would be some terrible lyrics but there weren't! : mrasparagus
  • There's no lyrics! Just pure awesome music. =D : Vantage
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  i like this a lot. i miss mod music : spaceless
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    Yeah. I'll have to ask him what he's using actually. Probably not modtracker or anything like that. : Vantage
    • I'd be curious as well. I think it's the portamento sound that gives it such a mod vibe. I've never fou... : aux7
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  This is very cool, been listening to a lot of Crystal Castles lately and wanting more, excellent! Been... : heartsauce
  • I cannot fully voice how awesome Crystal Castles is : askedrelic
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  this is indeed awesome : askedrelic
  • My favourite part is the build from 1:35 to 1:50ish. The takeoff at the end is just perfect. : Vantage
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  you had me at 'C64-style Electro'. thanks, this is really awesome I'm guessing you have already heard Da : stamps
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    Yes! Danger rocks. So do Sebastian and Justice. Other suggestions??? : Vantage
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      not really electro but I've been listening to Burial recently (apparently it is 'dub-step' or some shit) : stamps
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        Yeah, I dug his Archangel track. No idea wtf dubstep means though. : Vantage
        • Going the other direction in the C64 spectrum is Perfume, Japan's C64-Bubblegum-Pop group. :P http://w... : Vantage
        • I don't really have any interesting obscure stuff... look at my 'last listens'... Hot Chip, Simian Mobile : stamps
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      Treasure Fingers, Drums of Death, Bag Raiders, MSTRKRFT, Simian Mobile Disco. : nomaad
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        Surkin, Yuksek, Cut Copy, Shinichi Osawa, Kap10Kurt. I could do this for a while : nomaad
        • Fake Blood, The Bloody Beetroots : nomaad
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  Not bad. Crystal Castles is indeed awesome. :D : stelth
  • Honestly, I don't really think this sounds anything like Crystal Castles, other than similar samples obvi... : Vantage
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  Holy crap.. That's just plain AWESOME! Thanks for linking it :) : preachy
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    Yay! That's the kind of reaction I expected! It's how I reacted anyways, haha. : Vantage
    • I've just been leeching my ass off from that site. Some really good stuff there :) Thanks for getting me ... : preachy
• i've probably listened to this a dozen times since yesterday. good stuff : electroly
• Where can I get more stuff like this? : preachy
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  Great melody. Wish most of the instruments didn't "fade out" on every bass hit :( : Zero|DPX
  • Also, as someone who composes with Impulse Tracker, I don't think this is done on a tracker. I could be ... : Zero|DPX
  • Yeah it almost ruins the song for me. : Trips
  • that is what it is all about with the kids today zero, get with the times old man. : nomaad
  • This is one of my favourite aspects of electro actually, haha, I kind of like the fade out effect. : Vantage
• awesome - thanks for posting it : Mr.Fusion