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• What is up with her eyes?! EEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACCCCCCK. : Super Sparker
• what the fuck is this. are these people retarded. i mean like short bus and leaving school early retarded : lokdown
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  Something tells me her family tree doesn't split, then one day it fell on her. :B : skitzo
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    She can see into my soul http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=922BYnTHePQ&feature=related : skitzo
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      She doesn't blink. Instead she roles her eyes back into her head. This is some weird shit, man. She obv... : Super Sparker
      • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_syndrome kinda feel like a dick now, but she should have been able... : skitzo
• Geppetto turned a real doll into a real girl! : Haku-Jin
• shut up cinderblock : lokdown
• Thanks for this >:E : gnomish
• Shacknews: In youtube form. : scorpiusman
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  Looks like her facial muscles are paralyzed. How sad. She can't smile. :( : godhatingatheist
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    Fuck it. HEY GUYS LOOK AT THIS! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r1eesc3HTA&fmt=18 : godhatingatheist
    • I think the idea of this is way more funny than it turned out to be. : davantalus
• she must have some condition where she cant move her lips : hobosapien
• abortion is good, utilize it. : mindshot
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_syndrome : The Southern Dandy
  • Poor girl. :(((( : Super Sparker
  • I wonder if she will have a mostly wrinkle-free face when she is 50 or 60??? : lasercat
  • This was informative and cool: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FJPvBcMNAE&feature=related : pupismyname
  • I don't ever want to see her strip. : SiW.
  • At least it has a cool sounding name. : mechanicalgrape
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    I've had a couple surgeries that have been in close to the facial nerve with a risk of facial paralysis. ... : kungfusquirrel
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      Yeah I went through a car windshield and did some pretty massive damage to my face, luckily the nerve dam... : yosemiteclimber
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        If it makes you feel good, I definitely didn't notice any messed up stuff about your face haha. : mojo the helpr monke
        • I had a good plastic surgeon :) : yosemiteclimber
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        I had this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholesteatoma wrapped around my facial nerve. I now have no b... : kungfusquirrel
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          can you hear fine? : abovedefault
          • I can now, actually. Still a little behind the right but much better than some stretches when I had a col... : kungfusquirrel
  • goodness... : zakazi
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    Well now I feel bad. : Koral06
    • You all should. : CRasterImage
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    Never being able to close your eyes. Damn : ant_hillbilly
    • you have hands and tape, you figure out what could be done : scorpiusman
  • :( never heard of such a thing. pretty sad. : happynoodle
  • oops you already linked it. Interesting stuff : two50six
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  2 girls 1 cup reaction. LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r1eesc3HTA&feature=related : Phil
  • ...you fucken beat me to it! : godhatingatheist
  • Whoa, what the : CrustaR
  • haha "you maam, would be the worlds best ventriloquist the world has ever seen" : sirkne
  • wheres the reaction videos to her reaction videos? : Ziz
  • I'm amazed at how clear her speech is, even the plosives are clearly defined. : bipolar
  • LOL irony at its greatest : askedrelic
  • Someone get this girl a puppet stat! : hashd
  • http://joseph.shackspace.com/ljicon-chatterer2.gif first thing I thought of when I saw that chick. cha... : Joseph
  • woah. when she laughs thats crazy. its like is this recorded onto? o_O : chilln
  • At first I was like :/ but then I was like :/ : Ajax
  • And I look soooo damned ugly with the gow of the computer screen reflecting against my face. X___X wu... : Entity
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    She should be a goddamn ventriloquist because I'm not seeing any lip movement. Yup just re-watched a bit... : icon_of_syn
    • hah missed the above posts about the same thing. Glad we're all in agreement. : icon_of_syn
  • haha. that is strangely hilarious. : thecray
• imagine waking up after blacking out strapped to a chair with that going on in front of you : fletch_
• Holy shit Phil - that's some messed up stuff right there...damn dude...just, damn : flagg209
• Fuck you, youtube! : stump
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  WTF???? she talks but her lips don't move! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9r1eesc3HTA&feature=relat... : vassili_zaitsev
  • your lips don't move, but I can hear what your saaaayin.... : .frame
• They must have had a tough childhood. Well, at least they seem to be happy. : DrWaffles
• Think she's friends with Fievel Mousekewitz? : mechanicalgrape
• i saw panties when she threw her leg up!!! : askedrelic
• the preview pic is not very enticing. : Sailor of Fortune
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EPAEVpKqVHg&feature=related she probably looks good from the neck down ... : El Tigre
• Geico, so easy... : yourGarbageMan
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  If it wasn't for that face I would fuck her. : hashd
  • I'd rather have her then the fat one, at least I can avoid looking at the face : johnlocks
• Is that Splinter's daughter? : eldiablo01
• That was fucking frightening. : yosemiteclimber
• Is it me or does that girl look like Quark from DS9? Phil this needs a pic. : Koral06
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  haha, someone said she looks like Moira Brown from Fallout 3, and now I see it :( http://www.youtube.c... : Poor Yurik
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    She's actually an alien from They Live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBY6pF42I-c&feature=related : LilCrypto
    • Id say she was related to Shane from The Shield http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/319elxjAzaL._SL500_... : johnwissinger
• I don't think I've ever hit Ctrl+W that fast in my life, yet the 1.5 seconds I saw will haunt me. : rosewood
• I love the comments on there: "whats wrong with your teeth you meth smoking father fucking redneck pie... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  It's when I read comments like these I realize that most people are insensitive dicks. It is shameful. : SeaLlama
  • I hate to agree with a Llama, but I agree. : CRasterImage
  • yeah i'd rather keep the negative comics to here since they won't read these :\ i just gave some thumbs ... : dantastic
• that grill is fucking epic : filtersweep
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  Fucking shit! : snuff
  • http://www.hulu.com/watch/26320/its-always-sunny-in-philadelphia-too-much-freedom?c=39:40 : snuff
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobius_syndrome : two50six
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    I wonder if she had to learn how to talk and enunciate her words, she does a pretty damn good job : two50six
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      doesn't everyone have to do that? : OrkO
      • Yeah, but imagine not being able to move your lips and doing that. : Hiro
• Kelbane hit it : bigginsmicginty
• So sad....I feel bad for her. Although, with a little more working out her body isn't that bad. It's real... : Dookeyfingers
• I'd hit it. : melt_core
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  How is no one commenting on the giant yellow elephant crashing to the ground at the end? Seeing her kick ... : anhero
  • I dont think anyone else made it that far into the video : themelon
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    I only made it like 15 seconds in before I quit watching. : jonin
    • Few men make it that far, those that do are never the same : phate81
  • at 1:25 when she kicks you can see her panties. : kikilupo
• this reminds me too much of shaye st john and it's freaking me the fuck out : industro
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  You know I don't get these videos. When did our nation's youth become a collection of attention whores? ... : flagg209
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    Oh, they've always been attention whores. They just didn't have the internet. : nurglich
    • lol, yeah I guess it is that simple eh? : flagg209
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    People are social creatures who love sharing themselves with the world. You just did it, and look, by God... : ayesel
    • this is different though - this has substance (most of the time). I guess I kind of see your point t... : flagg209
• It's like Carrot Top had a baby with a caveman (or woman is it may be). : pigvomit
• |8 3 (E) : minigomp
• awww :( : thekidd
• jesus fucking christ wtf : ass-street
• Who is this character that they're obsessed with? : fishbone
• i had to close that really fast : das_runt
• You could save this thread with JessicaSlumberParty.avi : mrvandelay

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  Buick.?! Damn, guess they've come a long way. Worst vehicle I ever owned was a Buick Skylark. : Pettytheft
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    I had an 89 buick skylark coupe. I loved that car. It was such a sleeper. Had a 3.3 V6 in it while the... : FormerHPB
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      You should look at Buick's offerings right now. 2 Sedans that are visually and functionally indistinguis... : jimmy-buffett
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        The new Buick Crossover is supposed to be REALLY good. Gets great reviews. I'd like to get one for the ... : FormerHPB
        • And the whole HP/Liter thing, who cares? This doesn't just go to performance but efficiency as well. : jimmy-buffett
        • Visually undistinguishable? You're saying you frequently mistake the updated Civic for other cars? : cingkrab
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    gotta remember most Buick owners are old people less likely to notice if their car has a problem. : yacoub35
    • Hahah yeah a car will never break down if you don't take it above 10 MPH. : dumb.
  • I drove my dad's 85 buick century and I loved that thing. : cerealSAM2
  • Buick has been at the top of this list for quite some time now. I suspect that it has to do with the f... : jasonepowell
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  I find it interesting that some of their findings are so completely different the consumer reports. Espec... : SirX
  • http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-truth-about-jd-powers-iqs/ : dumb.
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    and yet at a glance, it seems almost perfect representative of everyone I know and their car happiness le... : Slowtreme
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      The only one that seems rather out of whack to me is Mazda. Every Mazda owner I know is a raving fan and ... : zakazi
      • VW drivers Love their cars right until the moment they need service. I was getting my oil changed at ... : Slowtreme
• Wow, they give the Dodge Caravan the highest rank in minivans? O_o Shocker right there. : FormerHPB
• are they averaging over all models per manufacturer? : DonkeyPopsicle
• I love the fact the Lexus ES and Acura RL are classified as the same type (Midsized Premium) as the RL is... : LoioshDwaggie
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  JD Power and Associates is bullshit. This graph only represents who paid them the most money. : Lunaran
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    Bingo - it's a worthless rating system. http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/the-truth-about-jd-powers-iqs/ : dumb.
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      That's Initial Quality, this is Vehicle Dependability. This one rates 3-year-old cars based on a survey ... : afty
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        Interesting, this I didn't realize. Gives them a but more credibility, but I still feel more confident wi... : dumb.
        • Oh, I agree. Consumer Reports is much more useful. If I'm interested in a Mazda3, I want to know about ... : afty
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      Ha! That's hilarious. The phrase initial quality always cracked me up. : zakazi
      • "well initially it was very good. then it all went to hell right-quick." : yacoub35
    • You do realize that this article talks about "Initial Quality", and the OP's link is for 3-year dependabi... : jimmy-buffett
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  Do you still get mexcian made vw's in the usa? : xxx2xxx
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    si, senor : Fyunch Click
    • german built vw's are up there with audi and porsche in those statistics, they have to have really old fa... : xxx2xxx
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  What am I missing here..."Problems per 100 vehicles". The best brand has 122 problems per 100 vehicles? : fishbone
  • but the clutch ain't one : xxx2xxx
• Yay for my Sequoia! : Lunatic Angelic
• Congrats to Buick on this, Lexus was #1 for 14 years. And also Jaguar, wow Ford's ownership of them has ... : jimmy-buffett
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  Why is the RSX listed on the second pic? : snuff
  • the second pic lists specific cars for each segment that got the best marks. : FormerHPB

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• Oooh, reading this now. : five_percent
• Good stuff. Finally OCZ has something that competes price:performance ration-wise with the Intel SSDs. : yacoub35
• Ive been reading this since you posted it. very cool. im an SSD newb. : chilln
• Shit, this is an awesome article, thanks for reposting! : hmonster
• Glad someone posted this! great read! : synack
• Yea I am glad you reposted this. I thought people would be interested in it with morning discussion but ... : ant_hillbilly
• Basically amazing. I love Anandtech. : sgtsanity
• Anand uses AIM lol "I got so excited that I remember hopping on AIM to tell someone about how fast the SS... : gyokuro
• Wow, nice article. I feel like I actually know about SSDs now. : frenziedbadger
• Anandtech is by far the most informative hardware review site on the net. : retarded talking dinosaur
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  What is the TLDR for the mentioned highlights? : DooBall
  • Buy an X-25M or an OCZ vertex. everything else is utter shit : retarded talking dinosaur
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    1. SSDs make thing open faster, generally make your PC snappier. 2. They lose performance over time beca... : Nali4Freedom
    • Some additional comments. 2) Even with their degraded performance (which ranges from 3% to 15% for the... : aggressor
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      6. Dont buy one until Windows 7 comes out and they support TRIM. They will keep going down in price and... : ant_hillbilly
      • Intel X-25M for AU$500 = I will splurge. : five_percent
    • only jmicron based controllers cause stutter. intel does not, this newer controller on vertex does not : retarded talking dinosaur
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  For those of you who are super nerds about this kind of stuff, here's a recent paper about enterprise lev... : Spezzer
  • doh, link: http://csl.cse.psu.edu/wish2009_papers/Polte.pdf : Spezzer
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  exactly what i need! probably gonna pull the trigger on a SSD purchase soon : smax
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    That OCZ drive reviewed in the article looks like a really good buy. : aggressor
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      the backstory on that was pretty interesting. respect++ for OCZ : smax
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        Kind of ridiculous that such a performance increase could be seen by a simple firmware update. And even c... : DOOManiac
        • well they were going with marketing and choosing one performance number over the other and from that pov ... : smacknca
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  We have been playing with the 320 gig FusionIO's Holy hell they are fast. No bus speed limitation... : Grandmoff
  • Nice, I can only imagine the costs though. : ant_hillbilly
  • If they don't work out for you then just send them my way, ok? : sanchez
  • Can you boot off of that thing (seeing as it's PCI-E)? : uncleanmonkey
• Whoa, why did no one tell me the Intel drives dropped to $360? I'm now considering buying one. :O : DOOManiac
• Real good article there. It's amazing how big of a slam dunk the X-25 drives are, they've been out for a ... : sanchez
• Thanks for the repost. SSD drives are one of those techs that make me wonder if they'll ever live up to ... : treefingers1
• I liked what he said about the biggest thing you notice about SSD is when you switch back to HDD. : dael
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  I've heard outlook in cached mode is HORRIBLY slow on SSDs. any update to this? I've confirmed it on some... : epit
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    Priorities.. whack.. how many times are you going to post this? : loboca
    • What's wrong with that? If this was the case it would be a serious con for getting this at work. : ZombieAcademy
• So essentially TRIM becomes the equivalent of defrag for SSDs (I appreciate that's technically nonsense e... : cause&effect

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  you're not supposed to manually do it : feek
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    Yes, you are. I prefer to do maintenance manually as much as possible. : SlamDunk
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      the presence of scheduled tasks for maintenance by default when you install vista would seem to agree wit... : electroly
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        The preference as to how to keep his system maintained is silly? I think that statement is silly electrol... : ieGod
        • That should have read "fail to see how not providing". : ieGod
        • You fail to see how providing the detailed information, like "how much longer is this going to take?", wo... : electroly
    • well you can still do it manually, but i guess ms has put it's foot down on how much monotony users can i... : feek
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      How often do you defrag? : walker270
      • Once a week. I do it via the DOS prompt: defrag c: -w -v : SlamDunk
• You shouldn't have to defrag manually in Vista. : pancake humper
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  I hate the dumbing-down of Windows. Every iteration, they seem to take information away from the user, e... : elwood00
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    There was no information there, though. It was a meaningless animation. : walker270
    • People bitch about progress bars that run to 95% then hang for 3 hours, then they bitch about not having ... : mroizo40
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  reason #29 When you try to round robin DNS to Vista users, instead of using the first IP in the list (... : homeboyJim
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    heh, I read about that, they are just following the spec though : jcupitt
    • (I saw someone claim that MS drafted that retarded bit of the spec, so who knows) : jcupitt
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  Reason number #523 I HATE dynamic folders. Why the folders can't just stay the way I have set them up? A... : SlamDunk
  • Oh shit I hate that too. I'm using Windows 7 now and every time I open the control panel I get pissed off... : MagicWishMonkey
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    There was a fix for that. Let me dig it up. : lolpatrol
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      http://www.tweakguides.com/VA_4.html It's down the page just a touch. : lolpatrol
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        Ok I'll check it out, I saw it when it was last posted but I didn't think I would be using Windows 7 for ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          Oh and thanks btw : MagicWishMonkey
          • You're welcome. Though I'm not positive it'll work in 7, I also don't know why it wouldn't (folder gnome... : lolpatrol
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    Does that happen for all Vista users? We're getting Vista machines at work, I gotta remember this fix.. : snuff
    • Not me (because Windows Explorer is a piece of shit and I use a replacement :)). (Actually, that's not... : nudel
• who cares? it's something you do overnight anyways not something you stare at the screen for. 20 minute... : dantastic
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  use JKDefrag : MagicWishMonkey
  • ^^^ this : epit
• I don't think I've ran regular defrags since Fat32. Just not really needed as much anymore. Even when I... : melkore
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  So basically most of your hate from vista comes from a lack of knowledge about the operating system. : ju$tmon3y
  • ^^^ IT Professional right here guys, listen to what he says! : loboca
• why are you watching it defrag? : Slowtreme
• Someone should make a program that takes 6 hours to run and all it does is move colored blocks around. : PointlesS76
• Hopefully within the decade we will be mainly using SSDs and hard drives will be saved for just massive f... : Wombat Woo
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  MS said that defrag progress was unpredictable so there was no point showing the user anything. I thin... : nudel
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    But if it's unpredictable, the app itself doesn't know if it'll take a few minutes or the next seventeen ... : mroizo40
    • The app could show *some* indication, just like every other defrag app does. I'd much rather be able to l... : nudel
  • That's why it's supposed to be a scheduled task that happens when the computer is not in use. : walker270
• O&O is your friend. : Wolfanoz
• 1) Just do it as a scheduled task and you never see it. 2) The original defragmenter pretty much lied. Y... : uncleanmonkey

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  CIv4: Beyond The Sword. Any other answer is just plain wrong. : Vantage
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    it's still inferior to Alpha Centauri in many ways : dirge23
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      The only ways I can think of are story (because Civ4 has none) and possibly diplomacy. In every other re... : Vantage
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        Story, diplomacy, unit customization, combat mechanics.... : Arcanum
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          unit customization is for bitches who can't win with what they're given And who wants story in a 4x? I... : Deathlove
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            Perhaps story is the wrong term. Background flavor, if you prefer. Unit customization adds an interes... : Arcanum
            • The countries/leaders in Civ4 feel way more generic. I mean, the most defining thing about each county i... : dirge23
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          I hate unit customization. It's why I won't touch GalCiv with a 10 foot pole. : Horn
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            GalCiv takes it to an irritatingly fiddly extreme. : Arcanum
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              You never really had to use it in AC. The prefab units were totally fine. This doesn't work at all in Gal... : dirge23
              • Yeah, which was part of the problem in GalCiv. That said, I was never really happy with the default unit... : Arcanum
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        social engineering/civics was better realized in AC (and also an innovation there that Civ copied later).... : dirge23
        • Yeah, the social engineering was good. So was the fact that Secret Projects were permanent. : Arcanum
      • Proof that Brian Reynolds > Sid Meier. : Sailor of Fortune
  • Vantage is correct! : SockMonkeh
• 4x4 ironman offroad racing! : radula
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  chu chu rocket Power stone 2 Civilization 4 Smash Bros. Brawl there are so many choices =-( : kbnerd
  • uh. : RikiTiki2
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    4x, not 4 player : dirge23
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4x : dirge23
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        well i'm an idiot so there! : kbnerd
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          it's a pretty obscure term : dirge23
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            no its not.... : vikramwillrock
            • actually reading more of this thread and finding a whole bunch of people not knowing what 4x is, its pret... : vikramwillrock
        • No, you're not. I was going to say the X-Men arcade game. :( : Super Sparker
        • i have never seen the term used before either : abovedefault
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  I had a ton of fun with Master of Orion 2 back in the day, but I haven't played a true 4X game in a while... : MikkleThePickle
  • Don't bother. Moo2 still wins hands down. : dafugg
• Ultima IV : gyokuro
• monster truck madness : CoRDS
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  Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri It's old and has a few odd quirks, but it's still my favorite. I'll probably... : Arcanum
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    yeah, same here. i think AC does more with theme than any other 4X game. : dirge23
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      The voice narrations for the research completion are amazing. : Sailor of Fortune
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        yep. leonard nimoy is great and all, but the way they use these to tell the story in AC is brilliant. : dirge23
        • It was a good step back to Civ2 days of video conferencing. But Civ 3's was fucking atrocious and I don't... : Sailor of Fortune
  • My voting token goes here. : Kaerof
  • I played this game for 8 hours straight one time. It was the only time I played it, and I never touched i... : zerog83
• dicks. anyways I think for me it is probably MOO2. I played Civ 4 recently and that was quite fun as well... : lasercat
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  Master of Magic. Every other answer is wrong wrong wrong. : geedeck
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    And I should say why at least. -well designed city building system, gave different races lots of dive... : geedeck
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      Yeah I agree with you. I remember getting that for christmas and how amazing it was. : lasercat
      • Oh my god, flying invisible warships I need to dig out my copy and install it under DOSBox right this ... : qsylvr
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      hahah aren't they coming out with a new version now? : hamachi
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        dudes at stardock are trying to make a spiritual successor : lasercat
        • I'll get it then. I wish they could pay more attention to the single player game though : hamachi
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    i need to replay that someday : smax
    • I just dug up a copy of it. :3 And I have the next 4 days off work, and the quarter is over. This is a re... : geedeck
  • MoM is great. I'd say it definitely deserves 2nd place after Civ 4. : mrwolf710
• Sword of the Stars. Only valid answer. : Link.
• Galactic Civilizations 2 + expansions you dumb bitches, Jesus. : ArcKnight
• Mster of Orion 2 > Master of Magic > Civ4 : fufux
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  I had the most fun in X-Com Apocalypse and Jagged Alliance 2. (they could be considered 4x, right?) : Poor Yurik
  • eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate. (i guess JA2 sort of fits) : smax
• moo2 : jayares
• The "Most X" games I could find. X³: Reunion - http://www.mobygames.com/game/x-reunion Xexyz - http:... : Kniggit
• Alpha Centauri by far. : DonkeyPopsicle
• Civilization 4 and its expansions. That and maybe Galciv 2 and its expansions. : thetangent
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  MoO2 and Civ4 pop to mind immediately. If I had to pick from those it would go to Civ4 because it is orde... : Psigun
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    moo3 doesn't exist and don't dare mention it again. i've had more fun with excel than that damn abominat... : fufux
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      I never heard of a moo3 or even the possibility of something like that existing, what are you talking abo... : lasercat
      • No idea. Wouldn't it be sweet if they made MoO 3? : Rice-Rocketeer
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    Galactic Civilizations II is the only true MOO3. : kungfusquirrel
    • Even then...it's still inferior. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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  1. SMAC 2. CivIV BTS 3. MOO2 : riptyde
  • Don't forget RiBD3:A : Rotten Deadite
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  not one vote for sins? : TimeDoctor
  • Sins was great but it just didn't grab me like a good 4x usually does. It felt more like a really long rt... : Psigun
• the obvious: Alpha Centauri, GalCiv2, the less obvious but insanely fun: StarGeneral : razorblade79
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  what the hell is a "4x" ? : OrkO
  • thank you for asking this question : Juno
  • Offroad. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • explore, expand, exterminate and uh exploit? Grand scale strategy basically : razorblade79
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/4x : Kniggit
    • i accidentally lol'd your post :( : yacoub35
  • Foreign Exchange? : zakazi
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    I've heard of it before but I can never remember exactly what it means : nomaad
    • it doesn't help that none of the words actually start with the letter x : dirge23
    • means boring and tedious strategy game :( : dantastic
• Alpha Centauri due to the massive atmosphere the game had, simply breathtaking. Master of Orion 2, bes... : gebz
• Oh man, I remember playing Imperium Galactica at a LAN party and it was quite a sleeper hit among my frie... : Sailor of Fortune
• Oh, another worthy mention is Civilization: Call to Power II, that had a fun multiplayer mode and was pla... : Sailor of Fortune
• Anytime you have a 4X game with Brian Lopes, you know its going to be rad. : not work safe
• MOO eof : BauriceMastard
• HOMM 3 : quazar
• Super Currency Traders 4: Revolutions : spiderfill
• Space Empires IV Gold : nem00
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  I fucking suck at 4X games. I loved Galactic Civilizations 2 (+ expansions). : Rag and Bone Man
  • I also think that I am really bad, but luckily that never stopped me from playing them because I enjoy th... : amrbean
• Either Civ4:BTS or MOO2 : OverloadUT

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  They're removing bouncing betties? : stump
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    I gave up on MP when I found out dogs were a deployable. Fuck those things gave me PTSD in COD4. : Sailor of Fortune
    • dogs? meh, i have no problem taking out dogs now. I might die once or twice during a match... but it stil... : -=kodiak=-
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      The dogs weren't that bad. The constant Death by Bouncing Betty turned up the rage factor pretty high. ... : stump
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        im a sneaky fucker with the betties :) ill engage in a fight, and if im losing ill just run away, run ... : -=kodiak=-
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          I learned to never chase people while playing Quake 1. A lesson I never forgot. : stump
          • also with the betties, ill put one in a regular 'well known' spot on the map... it will usually get your ... : -=kodiak=-
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      wow, finally fixing that spawn bug. That drove me so crazy. : FormerHPB
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        lets get some nazi zombies goin tonight or something. : -=kodiak=-
        • I need to get more MS Points. I'm down to 150. :( : FormerHPB
  • if you hate them so much why dont you use the bomb squad perk. it's awesome actually seeing them before ... : dantastic
• Items Addressed: * All rifle grenades fired during the first 15 seconds of Search & Destroy wi... : -=kodiak=-
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  LOL let me find that thread... : Iwannaacura
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    yea, go ahead.. dig up my hate threads for the spawn killing. i havent touched WaW in weeks due to tha... : -=kodiak=-
    • I give you 2 weeks before your next FUCK WAW again : Iwannaacura
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  Did they remove all the vehicles in Hardcore mode in the last patch? I hadn't played in like a month and ... : ArcKnight
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    yea they did... they removed tanks, and the forums went ape shit over it. : -=kodiak=-
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      Fucking awesome! That means that half the maps are actually playable again! Infantry only Downfall was ba... : ArcKnight
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        once i forced myself to play a shitty throwaway anti tank class in core games, the tanks really dont both... : -=kodiak=-
        • Yeah, I had an anti-tank class but it seemed that I was the only one who would ever go after tanks, and f... : ArcKnight
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  Are there more zombie maps yet? : Edges
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    yea, zombie asylum there was a video on the front page from a couple days ago. it looks really good... : -=kodiak=-
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      has that actually been released? is it free? : SlingBlaze
      • It's supposed to be released on 3/19, so if it's not available yet, it should be later today. : LemonJoose
      • I don't think it's free, at least on the 360 and PS3. Not sure about PC. : LemonJoose
      • later today... 3 maps + zombie asylum, 800 points. think i read last night that the map pack is goin... : -=kodiak=-
• I've never really run into anyone doing any griefing or puposeful TKing in Hardcore. The only real jerks... : LemonJoose
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  Map pack is out so is the patch... as well for canadians, a contest to enter if you download a gamer p... : -=kodiak=-
  • ive just been buying and queuing up downloads from the website lately. XBL seems to have become to laggy... : dantastic
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  No mention of whether they fixed the fucking holes in the maps. :( : Fyunch Click
  • yeah, there are a few glitches that are horrible. : FormerHPB
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    I haven't seen anyone use them in quite a while - the worst glitches I've seen in a while are ones where ... : ArcKnight
    • those are all fixed. : -=kodiak=-
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      I saw some clown on outskirts starting to climb up in the sky, killed him, and messaged him to quit the g... : FormerHPB
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        should report them too. fuckers : dantastic
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          Yep. I report them whenever I see them. I don't think it does much, but it makes me feel better. I als... : ArcKnight
          • i was listening to major nelson's podcast and he had one of the dudes from the complaint team in saying t... : dantastic
        • I did. : FormerHPB
      • ah when i first saw people doing that 'elevator' glitch out of the house on outskirts, i did what i norma... : -=kodiak=-
  • they did, last patch. : -=kodiak=-
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  ok, the new zombie map is 100% badass : -=kodiak=-
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    nice sized level, you can buy bouncing betties now for 1000$ costs a lot of money just to get the powe... : -=kodiak=-
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      furthest i got was getting upstairs in the first map but then it too easy to get fucked over. some aweso... : dantastic
      • not really. You just have to know what to do and have the luck of the mystery box on your side. ive ma... : -=kodiak=-
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  how are the 3 new maps? i love the bigger maps but there arent enough smaller ones to play 4 player loca... : dantastic
  • the subway map is a modified version of the subway level in single player. Seems pretty CQC oriented, but... : -=kodiak=-