Evening Reading

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 55 replies.

• toggle

  hah yeah the kids behind the deli counter at the grocery store call me sir all the time >=(. You know it... : metalremains
  • Haha, fucking kids! : code-e255
• toggle

  Would you prefer Master? : losimagic
  • Depends on the context. "Master Whateveryournameis" is generally used for young boys. Using it toward... : genom
• toggle

  While I don't feel like a sir, I appreciate the gesture when I'm called one :) - the alternatives usually... : PlanetPerfecto
  • ^^^ This. : Arctic Fox
  • toggle

    I wouldn't necessarily call that not taking their job serious enough. I usually call people by their fir... : goatjc
    • sup cunts? : disembodied potato
• toggle

  sir would be nice since that would mean i would be getting saluted. : lcizzle
  • That is the biggest goddamn hassle ever. You realize officers have to salute back, right? I have seen off... : ArcKnight
• toggle

  it's better than the overuse of "boss" by someone you don't know. big in nyc for some reason. : festivalman
  • That's big in Montreal too. I can blame the french, not sure what NY's excuse is. : r_picmip 5
  • toggle

    chicagoans, do this. they are so gangster. : mnsnota
    • ignore comma : mnsnota
• toggle

  You prefer "Agent?" : r_picmip 5
  • Only if they tell him that they can see their house from there. : Dave-A
  • Being called "Agent" would be awesome. : Arcanum
• Yes, especially since 90% of the people that call me "sir" work for my company and are all older than me ... : zerog83
• When I go to the Mazda dealer for a service, the must-be 60 year old calls me (the young 21 year old) sir... : pturvz
• toggle

  Ok, CHIEF! : Wolfanoz
  • toggle

    No problem, Buddy. : jamesray
    • toggle

      Thanks, Boss! : Wolfanoz
      • sure thing sport : AllYourBase
    • Yout got it, Hoss. : pimpium
    • You guys went backwards, it's buddy, cheif, gaylord. : mancide
    • He's not your buddy, guy! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I've been called sir since I was 18 years old - so no, it doesn't do that for me. : flagg209
• It only weirds me out when it's someone older than me calling me sir. The dudes at the garage all call me... : yoonix
• At my last job, my boss impulsively called me "sire" all of the time. Drove me nuts after about a year. ... : crimrOw
• Try going to the Philippines.. I'm 23 and EVERYONE including private security guards with 12 gauge tactic... : noven
• it is weird they did that to me at the bay harbor golf resort last summer i kept looking behind me : podizzle
• I call quite a lot of people sir. I guess it only bothers people who are insecure about getting older? : Chunks
• toggle

  I hate when people call me "bro". Not "sir". : Godhatesfatpeople
  • I have to agree with this response. : Kaerof
• I call people sir all the time. : voodooraze
• sir pothead : feek
• ok, tiger. : Fyunch Click
• I get this at work.. : wimpy1
• Yeah, I find that odd too, especially since I don't call anyone sir : sikander
• toggle

  I hate hate HATE HATE HATE being called "ma'am". : jenisthebest
  • howdy ma'am! : Dave-A
  • My wife says the same thing. I don't really care about being called sir, but if you call a young woman "... : afty
  • all Texans do it. : kbnerd
  • I'll start calling you sir then. : skitzo
  • toggle

    so you hate the contraction and would prefer madam? : Fyunch Click
    • i would prefer "hey you" : jenisthebest
• NO MA'AM I DO NOT FEEL WEIRD : jingletard
• not unless it's followed by one of the following sentences "have you been drinking? "is that tappin... : cptstern
• not really, I think a lot of times it's just scared kids in retail/food service.. "Is that all sir?? can ... : wetard
• Sir, yes, sir! : Mad Brahmin Disease
• It's also weird when little kids call me "Mr. <last name here>" : industro
• toggle

  yeah i hate it. i was buying some beer the other day and brushed passed a kid (oh god, he was probabl... : [fry]
  • of course he said that. he's probably a Texan and so uses his manners. What i hate is being call chief. i... : kbnerd
• OK...I hear alot of people saying stuff like this. Where exactly are you being called, sir? Because if it... : Flint Ironstag

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 163 replies.

• toggle

  Yeah, those 42" screenshots are just amazing. : spazzium
  • Yeah, they truely are. Sarcasm or not it was awesome. : Confrustrating
  • lol : sanchez
  • Hahah : stump
  • heheheh : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • hahah : flubba79
• These are... screenshots? : Judecca
• did you take a screenshot of what was displayed on your 42" tv or a picture of your setup? : carnivore
• toggle

  Your computer went up to 42" without having poor resolution? : ju$tmon3y
  • toggle

    The tv is 1080p, roughly the same res as any 24" monitor. : bipolar
    • awesome... I didn't' realize it would work that well. : ju$tmon3y
    • toggle

      Same res but twice the size. : SockMonkeh
      • toggle

        More than twice, but the video card doesn't care about how big the pixels are -- just how many of them it... : bipolar
        • toggle

          Yeah, but I mean that it wouldn't look as good because it's fewer pixels per inch. : SockMonkeh
          • True but you're much further away. There's a chart online that says you have to be ridiculously close to... : bipolar
  • Yeah..? I changed my computer's resolution to 1920x1080.. : Confrustrating
• Get a 24" LCD. And since you're sitting closer it'll feel relatively the same. : Sailor of Fortune
• toggle

  What are these screenshot things you speak of? : PoopStewart
  • toggle

    Wait, what? I'm confused as hell now. Are you guys not able to see the pictures or being sarcastic abo... : Confrustrating
    • toggle

      Sarcastic about you posting screenshots. :) Get a camera and take a picture of L4D on the 42" screen and ... : PoopStewart
      • toggle

        Ah, alright. I would of if I had a camera, but, sadly I don't. So screenshots like that are the best I... : Confrustrating
        • toggle

          Would have, not would of. Pay attention in English class tomorrow please. : rudds
          • Yay, you pointed out a common mistake. Damn, you're smarter than me. : Confrustrating
    • toggle

      What you basically did was post screenshots of a game in 1920x1080. You can get the same screen shots off... : Sailor of Fortune
      • toggle

        I see. Well, it was more so I posted it just to say that it was nice we had the TV, and I was happy I ... : Confrustrating
        • toggle

          Oh yes, which is why I recommended a 24" LCD for computing. I went from a 15" LCD to a 24" LCD and it was... : Sailor of Fortune
          • toggle

            This isn't true. CS:S (and all source afaik) doesn't increase screen width for wide screen, it increases ... : InfoBiter
            • You're wrong, it increases screen width: http://www.widescreengamingforum.com/wiki/index.php/Counter-Stri... : Arctic Fox
    • toggle

      psst, posting screenshots of a game running on a PC, does not in anyway demonstrate how awesome that new ... : TPSReport
      • toggle

        I'm.. not trying to show off the TV, though :(. : Confrustrating
        • 1920x1080 is so like 10 years ago. : mindshot
        • toggle

          but wait... what? alright i'm confused : TPSReport
          • You mean you're confrustrated! : stuka
        • ...that was the whole point of your original post? : jingletard
        • http://www.epix.de/images/scanners4.jpg : Turd Ferguson
        • toggle

          lol then no one fucking cares. The TV matters, not that the res. : askedrelic
          • toggle

            Awesome, then don't post. I love how far you guys are looking into this when there isn't much to look ... : Confrustrating
            • toggle

              We will ruin your happy :< : askedrelic
              • Heh, it's cool. My post was misleading. : Confrustrating
            • your line of logic is confrustrating : kevp
            • It's cool that you got a brand spanking new TV, but just imagine someone getting, say, a new netbook and ... : Grimp
            • Your happiness is insignificant compared to that of the collective. Submit to our will. : Ride-My-Rocket
• toggle

  this thread's comedy index is rising : TPSReport
  • toggle

    it's fairly absurd. : carnivore
    • Better than unfairly normal. : SinistarX
• toggle

  haha, is this thread like the one where someone was having issues with their monitor's display. So they p... : chilln
  • toggle

    It's like saying, "My car is low on gas" and you send pictures of the car in question. : Sailor of Fortune
    • toggle

      It's like saying, "I think I broke my leg" and you post a picture of your leg from 2 years ago. : chilln
      • toggle

        Right.. : Confrustrating
        • its like you jerk off to a hot chick and instead of showing us the picture of her you show one of the mes... : Turd Ferguson
    • Shack analogy : fishbone
• image fail : Turd Ferguson
• lol. : mindfk
• lol. : lodit
• /facepalm : Serpico74
• You sir are my hero. : pturvz
• i am so confrustrated right now : industro
• hahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa : mindshot
• toggle

  Yeah I think a lot of us play in 1920x1200 which is higher resolution than 1080p. :P How about some ph... : OverloadUT
  • toggle

    What kind of graphics set up would you need to drive this. Would a single 8800gt work decently or would ... : ju$tmon3y
    • Totally depends on the game, but an 8800GT can run most of the recent stuff at 1900x1200 as long as you d... : Priest77
    • My 8800 GTS 640MB card was showing it's age around early Fall last year. I went to a 4870 which has more ... : Sailor of Fortune
    • I tried playing L4D on my 46" Samsung (LN46A550) with an 8800gts 320 and it was very choppy (2.10 GHz AMD... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • I have an 8800gtx and a 2.6ghz quad core and run L4D with everything maxed at 1920x1200 and it runs flawl... : Beady
• holy shit this looks like just like when i play L4D on my 90 inch television...awesome! : Jackass1233
• I don't know what to say. This is awesome. : stuka
• toggle

  This is almost as good as the guy who posted screenshots to show us some problem he was having with his m... : yourGarbageMan
  • No, this is better. : disposition
• holy fucking lol : disposition
• toggle

  Dude, we can't see how it really looks on a 42" TV.. you took a print of the screen, we can only see what... : Utopia
  • toggle

    Yeah, that was the entire point. I was simply happy I was running at that resolution. That's it. : Confrustrating
    • toggle

      Wouldn't you be able to run it at higher resolutions on your monitor or is it really that old? : manlyman
      • toggle

        What? : Confrustrating
        • You don't need a big 1080p TV to play games at that resolution. A regular monitor will do that as well. : Arceihn
    • toggle

      I...uh..I..but... : Utopia
      • toggle

        Just join the rest of us /facepalming in the corner. : disposition
        • Yeah, I'm joining in on it as well doing it to you guys. : Confrustrating
• toggle

  i played hl2 all the way thru in 1920x1080 on my 50inch plasma last week, it was amazing, so much so that... : CoRDS
  • toggle

    Is 1920x1080, 1080p/i? : manlyman
    • p : CoRDS
  • toggle

    can TV's these days handle having a PC attached and playing games for extended hours? I have a 720p/1080i... : Jackass1233
    • Wow. What TV was this? : spazzium
    • They sure can. Lots of newer video cards are coming with HDMI outputs to make this even easier. One of th... : Serpico74
    • toggle

      They probably only included that warning because the set was susceptible to burn in. If you're not leavin... : basketofkittens
      • DLP is not susceptible to burn in. It sounds like an anachronism in the manual. : yourGarbageMan
    • That warning was discouraging for people using it for non-games. Think about how static your start menu i... : OverloadUT
    • Absolutely. An LCD HD monitor really isn't much different from a desktop sized one. My 37" 1080p set ha... : DinK
    • how do you think people use video game consoles? : OrkO
• toggle

  guys check out halo 3 on my 50 inch sxrd. http://gmd.shackspace.com/halo3screencap.jpg : gmd
  • toggle

    did you actually draw that? : askedrelic
    • yes* *about 2 years ago for another thread : gmd
  • toggle

    Lies! it's obviously doom 3 not halo 3 : Dave-A
    • I disagree, check out the mini map. : spazzium
• I played Crysis on Very High at 2650x1600 and it actually ran okay. Wasn't my computer. : SockMonkeh
• toggle

  This is why the young don't last here. : spazzium
  • toggle

    I guess because the old are retarded? Not sure how many times I have to point out that I wasn't lookin... : Confrustrating
    • toggle

      They probably would have related to it 5 years ago. : SockMonkeh
      • More like 10, actually. : SockMonkeh
    • toggle

      But a high resolution on a 40" monitor isn't a big deal. That's the same resolution (lower actually) tha... : batkiwi
      • This is true, but you will be viewing a 40" monitor from much farther away. My 60" is about eight feet fr... : Serpico74
    • toggle

      After you explained it, the funny shifted from what people thought was funny to the fact that you are exc... : OverloadUT
      • I lol'd this by accident. It's not really funny, but it kind of is because it is so so true. Just thou... : laurgasms
      • toggle

        Uh, 1920x1080 became standard 5 years ago? You sure about that? : Confrustrating
        • toggle

          I got an Apple Cinema Display that could do that way back in fall of 2002. They became more popular for g... : Serpico74
          • And by "they" I mean the resolution, not the display itself. :) : Serpico74
        • toggle

          http://www.geek.com/articles/games/the-first-geforce-fx-benchmarks-arrive-20021126/ November 26, 2002.... : batkiwi
          • toggle

            No-one was really playing at that resolution, though. : crummynz
            • bzzt fail. High end CRT owners represent. : dafugg
    • toggle

      Sorry son, you mentioned the TV several times and the only resolution mention you make is 1080p, which is... : boarder2
      • toggle

        I don't see any reason for me to get any sort of ban? I'm not going to get very far by calling you guy... : Confrustrating
        • Outright personal attacks are a no-no here. You can make fun of the stupid things people do, but direct a... : Serpico74
        • toggle

          Read your own fucking post: "Going from a 42" screen to my tiny 19" Monitor was/is quite depressing." ... : batkiwi
          • Okay, then I suppose it could be interpreted in 2 ways, only the way I chose was to post screenshots, if ... : Confrustrating
        • toggle

          You have zero self confidence or something: "stop mocking me, waaaa" : noobja
          • 17, makes sense. : noobja
          • toggle

            Waaa waaa, you called us retards. Oh god, ban him, he called us retards. : Confrustrating
            • toggle

              That's more of a friendly warning for not letting yourself get too worked up. But its hard not to believe... : noobja
              • toggle

                No shit I didn't understand what you guys were laughing about - there was nothing TO laugh about. I wo... : Confrustrating
                • toggle

                  I would say 100% of them do, you just don't "get it" which is ok. : noobja
                  • Whatever, even if most of them didn't come across that way I guess I can safely say I'm happy I made some... : Confrustrating
                • toggle

                  We are laughing AT you, not WITH you. : batkiwi
                  • Yeah, I'm well aware of that. Thanks for pointing out the obvious. : Confrustrating
        • The difference is that you are being retarded so it's fair for us to mock you. Calling us retarded is jus... : SockMonkeh
    • You can't even show off right! : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • toggle

    Yeah, I posted a video of my 124" setup on youtube and some retard posted "you idiot why didn't you use f... : stgdz
    • toggle

      Very nice! Link to thread? Plan to keep the wall unfinished? : spazzium
      • No, the wall and basement will eventually be finished. I am in the process of getting the audio gear for... : stgdz
• toggle

  y'all are haters, no 19" monitor does 1920 so whats the big deal : Chandler55
  • toggle

    pbbft, and why laugh at this? this is such cheap humor, you guys are the reason jimmy fallon has a job on... : Chandler55
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19396814#itemanchor_19396814 A whole bunch of people go in expecti... : Serpico74
    • toggle

      I think everyone is chuckling because when clicking links we all expected to see photos of a television w... : tomservo
      • toggle

        Well then I apologize, maybe sometime soon I'll get around to somehow taking pictures of the TV since tha... : Confrustrating
        • Oh no reason to apologize! I chuckled too but I completely understand what you mean with your excitement ... : tomservo
        • No need to apologize, but you should loosen up. Look back on the original post, it is pretty frigging fun... : Serpico74
      • I know I did. : dmason
      • toggle

        yeah im just thinking maybe some of the laughter was at him like, what an idiot! kind of laugh...kind of ... : Chandler55
        • You can't look at a post like that and tell me it's not confusing. : spazzium
  • toggle

    My 15.4" Dell with a 1920 x 1200 resolution, and my 17" Sager with the same resolution say you are wrong : bipolar
    • toggle

      your optometrist must send you fruit baskets every christmas, jesus : Juno
      • Orrrr.... he just runs it in high-dpi mode to make the fonts bigger (under advanced graphics options). : Arctic Fox
• Oh man that screen is so huge lol : TastyWheat
• I would lol this post, but that would be too easy. : CrustaR
• Awesome. Thread of the day. : Super Sparker
• toggle

  Friends of friends have showed off setups like this to me. At first I thought a 42, 46, 52 inch LCD would... : Dr_Cube
  • As soon as my dad told me he got a 60" DLP, I made a note to take my PC on my next trip home. Made HL2 p... : spazzium
• What the hell is going on? What a train wreck. : chuck577
• yayyyy : spaceyme
• LOL!!! I'm tempted to hook up my PC to my 46" and then do some print screens to show off the awesomeness. : 5150Joker
• toggle

  this thread is amazing, too bad the Shack had to rip this guy's enthusiasm to shreds : MikkleThePickle
  • toggle

    No, it's still there. I'll say it for the millionth time now - sorry. Actually, I'll just copy and pas... : Confrustrating
    • Sorry's not good enough, we demand candy! : helvetica
• Yeah I thought they were going to be photos of the setup not screenshots haha. But yeah its fucking aweso... : bolneze
• toggle

  This thread reminds me of high school. A normal guy runs out onto the field and encounters a trip over a : PlanetPerfecto
  • toggle

    So did you sprain your ankle when you tripped or what? : fishbone
    • toggle

      DAMN THAT PEBBLE!!!! :D : PlanetPerfecto
      • No, damn YOU! Oh... pebble. Nevermind. http://joomlacode.org/gf/user/sinistarx/ : SinistarX
  • Guy doesn't clearly explain what he was trying to convey in his post through pictures, but then proceeds ... : skizl
  • Your analogy fits better if the guy who tripped then shouts repeatedly 'I DIDN'T TRIP GUYS IT WAS ON PURP... : Arceihn
  • This is more like college when someone does the same thing and everyone laughs and then he shouts back "H... : SockMonkeh
  • COMEDY POLICE, MOTHERFUCKERS. GET DOWN! GET DOWN! : Super Sparker
• Francis' face looks awesome in that second shot. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Wait, you guys would prefer a shitty photo of the TV? Who cares? The point is he's excited he has a nice ... : node

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 111 replies.

• toggle

  books that make you dumb? dumb enough to think correlation => causation? : kaddar0
  • toggle

    correlation is still interesting to see im glad that u2 is part of the higher iq group in the music corr... : Chandler55
    • I love that crazy Beethoven outlier. Wish some of my favourite bands were popular enough to be included.... : Vantage
  • toggle

    Dumb enough to miss where he acknowledges this very fact? "Yes, I'm aware correlation ≠ causation. T : Vantage
    • agreed, I just disagree with the domain name choice, but I know he's just being provocative and really I ... : kaddar0
• toggle

  atlas shrugged..haha : EvilDolemite
  • It's an.....interesting read. ;) : thetangent
  • toggle

    Regardless of your opinions on Rand's philosophy (or "philosophy"), it's not surprising that people who e... : Vantage
    • toggle

      thing is, AFAIK ayn rand specifically wrote her books to be simple to read, so it's still interesting; bu... : kaddar0
      • toggle

        she may have purported them to be simple to read but she can be pretty fucking didactic, long winded, and... : dahanese
        • I'll agree with this. Also, any book that promotes rationalism is certainly going to have a lot of peopl... : kaddar0
  • toggle

    not liking a book does not mean it is unintelligent or bad. : dahanese
    • toggle

      It does in this case. : Conan
      • toggle

        if you can actually explain why the book is unintelligent, please go for it. "bad" is an opinion. and if ... : dahanese
        • toggle

          You're right, it's definitely opinion, and any opinion I utter on literary matters should probably be dis... : Conan
          • toggle

            lovecraft by no means kills your credibility man! and i have to agree, i don't "like" objectivism, but i ... : dahanese
            • See, I'm the total opposite. I think Objectivism is pretty morally bankrupt as a philosophy, but there a... : TShandy
  • toggle

    I feel dumb for not having yet read any Ayn Rand. Both my sisters and my dad have read quite a bit. Am I ... : Danny5225
    • toggle

      do you like reading books even when they may slightly irk you? either in style, belief system, or charact... : dahanese
      • toggle

        I've certainly done it before. I have no qualms reading material espousing beliefs and ideas I'm not quit... : Danny5225
        • toggle

          she's not the best wordsmith. that might get to you. if you are intrigued by what she is doing ideologica... : dahanese
          • Sounds good. I'm going to write this in giant letters so that I don't forget. I have the recall capacity ... : Danny5225
          • toggle

            What if you just liked Bioshock and that's really all you know? : DOOManiac
            • toggle

              uh... you mean you go into the book knowing only that BioShock had ties to it? there are no metal suit... : dahanese
              • toggle

                lol, I know that. :P I'm just saying, I never heard of Ann Rand or Atlas Shrugged because I am a simpl... : DOOManiac
                • toggle

                  i think it's totally rad if BioShock gets you to read Atlas Shrugged. i know that you should probably tak... : dahanese
                  • toggle

                    4 days? It took me 2 weeks to read Watchmen. (I'm a slow reader w/ physical paper books for some reaso... : DOOManiac
                    • toggle

                      4 days is a little insane given the density and length of the book. i'm an insanely fast reader, however,... : dahanese
                      • toggle

                        Okay I feel less stupid now. 9 hours of reading? Gah. I can't do that. (Says the man who has been refresh... : DOOManiac
                        • feel free to hit me up if you ever want to talk about pretty much any book. if i haven't read it i'll go ... : dahanese
• toggle

  I FART AT THEE. : SiW.
  • FROM HELL'S HEART : Rag and Bone Man
• These are taken from people on Facebook so it's already skewed towards stupid people lol : spiderfill
• Farenheit 451 makes me dumber. FUCK DAT YO : soggybagel
• Well, I'm glad I didn't read Fahrenheit 451 until after high school. : anhero
• toggle

  couldn't that have to do with other factors that correlate with regions of the country in which these boo... : Megara9
  • toggle

    I don't think he's really saying that the books influence SAT scores. In fact he's saying that they do n... : Vantage
    • ohh ok, I'm a bit sleepy tonight :D : Megara9
• toggle

  Lolita? Is that book really great literature? Isn't it only about an underage girl who seduces an older... : deathofrats
  • toggle

    Lolita is a masterpiece. : dirge23
    • toggle

      And that isn't really a good synopsis of the plot. It's a first-person narrative by Humbert Humbert, an ... : dirge23
      • toggle

        So why is it good. I've never read it, but I am sure there are dozens of Harry Potter Hermione fan ficti... : deathofrats
        • Because of the intensely vivid characterization of Humbert Humbert. : dirge23
        • They're not all written by people who can actually...write. : Conan
        • toggle

          it's the way it's written, and the underlying issues he's dealing with both with the actual story and wit... : dahanese
          • toggle

            I would but I don't want to get labeled a perv at Barnes and Noble. :/ : deathofrats
            • toggle

              This is one of many reasons amazon.com offers delivery direct to your home. : dirge23
              • Yeah but then Amazon's gonna recommend Kiddie Fucker III: The New Batch or something and you'll have to e... : nudel
        • because Nabokov was one of the greatest writers of the 20th c. and anything he did is fantastic : jcupitt
        • As Roger Ebert likes to say: "it isn't what it's about, it's how it's about it." : drazz
      • The conflict of his desire feeling wrong but finding the character extremely engrossing is a pretty power... : gnoleb
  • toggle

    Crime and Punishment is just about some guy killing someone. Huckleberry Finn is just about some kid flo... : Sacred Sperm
    • Choke is just about a sex addict that pretends to choke to con people out of money : spiderfill
    • toggle

      Moby Dick is a scholarly treatise on whaling. : dirge23
      • Lord of the Rings is just about midgets taking a hike... : DOOManiac
  • toggle

    The plot alone isn't necessarily what a book is actually about. : Conan
    • toggle

      Yeah if you appreciate plot I wouldn't recommend Lolita. : datoo
      • toggle

        This is a poorly constructed insult. : dahanese
        • toggle

          I'm not exactly trying to insult Nabokov, I just found Lolita to be incredibly long and pointless. It was... : datoo
          • toggle

            I think it was more about the character than the events. Did you see There Will Be Blood? I would say tha... : Vincent Grayson
            • It's also a love-letter to America, I think. Nabokov liked going on motor tours around the states with hi... : jcupitt
  • Romeo and Juliet is just about some tweens who go emo and kill themselves : lasercat
  • Why, it's nothing but a series of patterned ink drops on paper! Preposterous! : sasoi
  • toggle

    Nabokov could have turned Transformers into high-art. : sgtsanity
    • I think you mean *higher*-art. : Vantage
• toggle

  i had to google 100 years of solitude, anyone read it? enjoyable read or huge suckage? : thenoodleincident
  • difficult, but lovely. there's a lot of book club wankage around that, though. avoid that. : dahanese
  • toggle

    One of the greatest books ever written, everyone should try and read it. : Modica Sol Solis
    • ^^lol this post and the post above it : askedrelic
  • Great book, definitely give it a read. : sasoi
  • a very great work of art that will change the way you see the world : jcupitt
  • Excellent book, worth a read. : mem
  • Just finished reading it. It's just beautifully told, love the style and the descriptions in the book. Al... : Dontdrop
• I'm not really sure what you can conclude from this since it uses info from facebook profiles. I gues : Kaerof
• toggle

  mixing up correlation and causation is what makes you dumb. : skryte
  • toggle

    Where did he do that? : ieGod
    • correlation implies a lack of causation : dirge23
• done by the same people that did musicmakesyoudumb : creep
• toggle

  jesus fuck, freakonomics sucked. why the fuck was that book so popular? : d0pamine
  • People with SAT scores of between 1250 and 1300 disagree with you! : Vantage
• so what about people that only read star trek books. i mean, apart from ending up at nasa what can they d... : CoRDS
• If they retake the SATs after reading Atlas Shrugged do their scores get lower? Given that most of th... : peanut-
• toggle

  If you haven't read Catch-22 you are not a real person yet. : ArcKnight
  • Poor Major Major Major :( : mem
• toggle

  Original concept: music that makes you dumb. http://musicthatmakesyoudumb.virgil.gr/index.php : mini-sanity
  • toggle

    I want to see a http://websitesthatmakeyoudumb.virgil.gr : pyrogen
    • More like http://websitesthatgetyouchicks.virgil.gr #1-10 SHACKNEWS.COM!!!!! : peanut-
• toggle

  Liking Atlas Shrugged may also be a sign that you were born into wealth and so can afford a better educat... : Lone Swordsman
  • toggle

    Seriously. This list looks like a pretty good example of "books you would be required to read in public s... : MagicWishMonkey
    • The idea of either of those making it onto any sort of education curriculum is bizarre. It's a stretch to... : peanut-
    • toggle

      seems like those would be books read independently instead of books on a private school curriculum. And... : DonkeyPopsicle
      • Maybe you guys are right, I only had to take 2 English courses in college and they were both focused only... : MagicWishMonkey
• I have noticed a couple of "Who is John Galt?" bumper stickers on Bmw's, lexus's and mercedes more and mo... : stgdz
• toggle

  Hah! Journey > Queen. LOL @ "I Don't Read" Apparently "The Bible" is okay. But that Holy one is for idi... : vitaminzach
  • toggle

    And the Book of Mormon is better than either of them. : ArcKnight
    • Yeah, I haven't figured out how to interpret that... how about politically, that won't be controversial. ... : vitaminzach
• toggle

  What about > 1300? : nevicata
  • toggle

    I really doubt many high schools average above 1300. : laurgasms
    • Mean for my HS was 1384 last year. : TShandy
• Funny that Freakonomics is amongst those, considering there is a chapter on that exact fallacy in it. : melt_core
• toggle

  seems like stuff to the left tends to be more required reading books, and stuff to the right voluntary, w... : stgulik
  • Yup. The biggest single predictor for verbal SAT is how much you read. Doesn't matter what, just the sh... : TShandy
  • Well, a lot of the stuff on the right tends to be required reading in an AP Lit or college level lit cour... : walker270
• toggle

  Threadjack! What did you get on the SAT? Be honest, because I will: 1300 : Omaha
  • Never took it. : ArcKnight
  • 1250 or 1270? Damn that was a long time ago. : CapnChaos
  • I took the ACT in Kansas... I got a 31, I think. Or maybe it was a 30.. I can't remember for sure now. : fatman
  • 1350. : thetangent
• I don't think I read any books completely, including the required ones, in high school. I did fine on the... : freshyk
• I watched the Lolita movie, does that make me smart? : trevis

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 39 replies.

• haha, that's pretty funny. : dmason
• toggle

  why do they feel the need to give you that "don't turn off while saving" message on consoles anyway? : dirge23
  • toggle

    AFAIK because if you do it can wipe the memory card. Not all the time but it probably increases the chanc... : DOOManiac
    • toggle

      yeah but my point is: isn't this obvious? : dirge23
      • not obvious enough for the mentally-12-year-olds who buy FEAR 2 for PC. Sadly, they have to cater to eve... : the archvile
      • toggle

        I'm going to go ahead and say that, no, it's actually not that obvious that your memory card would be era : DOOManiac
        • yeah, i guess i'm so used to the idea that you don't turn off a machine in mid-operation that this warnin... : dirge23
      • I don't think anything is sufficiently obvious when you're dealing with the general public. : DinK
  • You would be amazed at some of the things that are included in console cetification requirements. : qsylvr
  • Because people are retarded and will do the stupidest things possible, unless explicitly instructed to do... : Ride-My-Rocket
• toggle

  Yeah, that's why I haven't bought it yet. : Ocelot
  • It's really not that bad. : CrustaR
  • toggle

    i don't mind that much about this stuff, what bugs me is it's not scary and it's just like the first game... : baconisgod
    • agreed; it's a bit better than what Timegate put out for Extraction Point, but still not enough. I wish ... : the archvile
    • The first game was brilliant. This one just seems extremely weak and uninspired. : CrustaR
• toggle

  OH NO THE GREAT CONSOLE MENACE : RikiTiki2
  • omg it looks like the console virus infected you : gyokuro
• toggle

  GTA4 on the PC did this constantly: "Saving, don't turn off your system." Very well then, I won't mash ... : vezatron
  • toggle

    That isn't the only example of GTA IV being ported in the most lazy way imaginable. After listening to m... : Sparticuse
    • Your loss, dawg. :[ : CrustaR
• toggle

  Why can't you lean in FEAR2 8( : tomservo
  • because you are not reticent or hesitant. you kill, period. : EvilDolemite
  • heavy helmet throws off center of gravity : Dave-A
  • That part sucked. It was the cover as an afterthought style of feature development. : Fyunch Click
• Yeah, I enjoyed FEAR2, but it definitely suffered from consolitis pretty bad. : Conan
• ever since HALO. I will never forgive them for that NEVVVVAAARRRR! : mindshot
• toggle

  Don't be ridiculous. : GeorgeB3DR
  • Get back to work, Balki Bartokomous. : Ride-My-Rocket
• thats actually a minor thing, the weird mouse input and the fucking quicktime punch left/right mousebutto... : Hoax
• Yeah I seriously have a bias against "push any button to continue" after a title screen on PC. It just ma... : melt_core
• Haha yeah those save messages are kinda stupid. : bolneze
• What happens if you turn off your system while saving? I'm guessing the zombie apocalypse begins. : skitzo
• toggle

  I really wonder what Crysis 2 will turn out to be like now that they are doing multiplatform, I can only ... : stgdz
  • toggle

    Crysis isn't going multi-platform. : SockMonkeh
    • CryEngine 2 is coming to consoles, but Crysis is PC-only. : SockMonkeh
• Dreamfall Assasin's Creed Halo 1 and 2 Lost Planet All of them have angered me with their consoliti... : r_picmip 5
• When it comes to console'd PC Games, things like that are the least of my worries. : Kaerof
• FEAR2 has the best feel to the interface in a PC - Console crossover type game if you ask me. The only... : GoodBoy

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 38 replies.

• toggle

  I replaced mine with a Logitech Illuminated Keyboard and fapped for like 50 years straight it was so hot. : TastyWheat
  • Same with mine. It's fantastic. : TaintedSyringe
  • toggle

    How is that one? It looks awesome. : ErikTehRed
    • The feel of the keys is what won me over. They sink in further than what you would expect. It's akin to... : TaintedSyringe
  • Oh fuck this looks hot. I loved the ultrax series. : bundy
  • toggle

    What happened to the Insert key? : disposition
    • Delete assimilated it. : TaintedSyringe
  • It is indeed the future of all thinks keyboard. : Arsenal
• toggle

  That funny... My 1982 IBM keyboard still works perfectly. : sr71photo
  • toggle

    how is that funny? I was born in 82, I didnt have the chance to buy a 32 button keyboard yet. : sesmaster
    • Well, I was born in 81, so I had to buy it used in 1995... It's pretty awesome though. It clicks so lou... : sr71photo
• toggle

  Apple aluminum, : Visceral Monkey
  • This. My favorite keyboard ever. I bought one for home and loved it so much I had t get one for the off... : Ormsbee
  • toggle

    Do they make these in a wired version? : disposition
    • of course : hankyJR
• toggle

  cant you call up logitech and get a new one for free? : smacknca
  • ^ five year warranty, do it : MrBig0
• toggle

  I replaced my G15 with Apple's aluminum keyboard. Very very happy with it, IMHO better for typing and gam... : Serpico74
  • toggle

    This keyboard is phenomenal. : rudds
    • toggle

      Its the weirdest thing though, Apple has both the best keyboard and worst mouse on the market right now. : Serpico74
      • why bother investing in the mouse when you're trying to bring touchscreen to the forefront : Juno
      • Apple keyboard + MX518 for greatest justice. : rudds
• toggle

  MS Natural Ergonomic 4000 : aeg1x
  • Agreed! : Magmaticzebra
  • Thirded. Easily the most comfortable keyboard that I've ever used. Worth every one of the 5000 cents that... : Micand
  • I love this keyboard to death but I wouldn't mind a buckling spring version :) : MikkleThePickle
• toggle

  http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB869LL/A?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg&mco=NDE4NjI4Mg : lacker
  • toggle

    Except get the one with a num pad. : Visceral Monkey
    • toggle

      Absolutely. I have the full size wired one in my office and the wireless one in my living room (PS3, lapt... : Serpico74
      • toggle

        It allows me to set up the imac perpendicular to my PC on this desk. I don't do numbers that often. : lacker
        • If space is a real issue, then sure, I totally get it. That said, I'm cramped with two keyboard and mouse... : Serpico74
• MY G15 : fsck
• toggle

  If you got the money, the G19 is coming out this year. I think it's $200 bones. Probably should just get ... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Daaaaamn. The G19 looks badass awesome. : Rice-Rocketeer
• I just got the MS Wireless 6000 last week and so far I'm digging it. : kallanta
• you know you could call up logitech and tell them that it stopped working.. give them the serial number..... : virtualsinner
• logitech wave desktop thingy that came with an mx1100 mouse : CoRDS

Thread Truncated. Click to see all 51 replies.

• toggle

  yeah. Pretty crazy. Also, the VP has a bigger vagina than the president. : FormerHPB
  • toggle

    WHY ARE THE VP'S ALWAYS HUGE GAPING VAGINAS????????? : pancake humper
    • toggle

      southern too : retarded talking dinosaur
      • John Edwards? : the archvile
    • Holy shit, HE'S AUSTRALIAN! It's Cameron Daddo... no wonder his American accent is poor. : Goblin au
• toggle

  Spoil that shit holy fuck : pancake humper
  • i didnt actually say anything about anyone. so no!! : retarded talking dinosaur
  • yeah, I can't believe Bill grew a beard : Sailor of Fortune
• DAMMIT : Mondo
• ok that global warming shit was so stupid my head exploded : retarded talking dinosaur
• I can't believe they just killed Billy Baldwin. :( : PoopStewart
• Spoiler your shit, I don't wanna see a peep about shows when I'm on the west coast. : FPSDavid
• holy fuck this season is so god damn awesome. : pancake humper
• JEEZ I want the next episode now dammit! : Mondo
• toggle

  I don't normally like JBPH, but those last 15 minutes were COOL. : zach`
  • toggle

    Jack finally agrees not to physicaly torture someone and look what happens! : Mondo
    • toggle

      I was awesome how scared the guy was. : bolneze
      • It* : bolneze
  • You dont normally WHAT? Blasphemy! : bolneze
• toggle

  spoiler: /me pours one out :( : das_runt
  • i did the same thing too.... :( : steaming79
• That was great. Can't wait for the next. : thejm4n
• Apparently African Militants count as green cover. : walker270
• toggle

  He was one of my fav characters too. At least he went out better than some of the others... This is on : DOOManiac
  • Also lol @ Kurtwood Smith telling himself "BITCHES LEAVE" as he ran for the door. : DOOManiac
  • toggle

    Every established character can and will die at any point in any episode, except Jack who is already dest : walker270
    • toggle

      I thought I heard the show was signed on for like 3 more seasons? : DOOManiac
      • toggle

        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)#Season_8 : walker270
        • toggle

          dammit, i hoped they'd make it to 10 then end it : Mondo
          • I am saddened by this news. : bolneze
• toggle

  HOLY FUCKING SHIT Did a character really just say "If we stayed out of Jacks way, then maybe none of t : walker270
  • That was such an awesome quote. : Flying h4x0r
  • Same thing with "He has been right every time." FINALLLLLY a character sees what viewers have been seein... : bolneze
• CLIMATE CHANGE : walker270
• toggle

  I want to interrogate agent freckles. : jayares
  • If by "interrogate" you mean "confidently insert my penis into", then yes, I too want to interrogate her. : DOOManiac
  • toggle

    she's also called Rack Bauer on some forums : fsck
    • hahah : das_runt
    • Haha awesome. I could see her coming back in later seasons - as a sidekick/apprentice or even taking the ... : bolneze
• Jonathan Parker Bedrava likes Bill. :| Bill is actually one of his top clients who needs to be motivated... : CrustaR
• toggle

  This season has some really absurd basic events (terrorists invading the White House and holding the Pres : mittense
  • toggle

    hah just like in this episode @ the end the assassin dude grabbing a map and layout of the entire buildin : -=kodiak=-
    • nurse stations are networked. who knows what technology the military hold that can do crazy stuff with to... : steve_o
• toggle

  FUCK!!! SHIT!!! Bill was like the last character I actually liked :( : mikecyb
  • toggle

    I really thought Tony was going to save them, dammit Bill dammit :( : Mondo
    • i'm trying not to think about it. : das_runt
• Buying a 40 tonight. : cack
• toggle

  BIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!! But at least Aaron made it out. And I cant wait for... : bolneze
  • toggle

    Quinn? You mean Gordon Ramsey? : Arsenal
    • hahaha SO glad I'm not the only one who thought that : opengl128