Morning Discussion

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• You really think that harddrive issue is because of default Vista behavior? That it was coded in such a w... : derelict515
• Not me. I see no reason at all to switch obligatory post : bozer
• Can you elaborate on what programs are knocking you out of Aero? I don't quite understand, I've never had... : hoov1185
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  Vista x64 is the best OS I've ever used. Quit hating. : _jon
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    I know TCMP does it to me (note: I have Vista Ultimate x64 and am extremely happy with it. This post is t... : Adm.Snackbar
    • Ack, wrong sub-thread. : Adm.Snackbar
  • +1 from me. : SigENeaT
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  Im pretty sure if OSX had the vast number of 3rd party programs available to it that windows does, it'd p... : braaains
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    and had to run on the same variety of hardware.... : cpt_gloval
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      bingo. kinda funny at the end of the day, windows is more "open source" /boggle : Downforce
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        Not really open source, but less monopolistic, which is even more mind boggling considering we're talking... : thecray
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          If OSX could run on any hardware, though, it wouldn't be worth using. Not only would Apple be spending fa... : BlackCat9
          • What happened to 1984? :( : braaains
• I just boot into Windows when I want to play games. Most non-casual games sort of take over your computer... : taronish
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  OSX isn't really all that different from Vista or Windows 7. Having used both for an extended period of t... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    stability, security : MoreVespeneGas
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      in and of itself Vista competes just fine with OSX on this front. If I had to guess the average OSX user ... : derelict515
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        sure it does, lol : MoreVespeneGas
        • rofl lmao amirite : derelict515
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          well one of the issues is that windows people are tweakers and DISABLE stuff that greatly helps... : Downforce
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            OSX is not so much more secure as it is less frequently exploited. http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/burstin... : GloriousCow
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              Disagree. I certainly don't think it's invulnerable, but it is very hard to do anything beyond the indiv... : SolrFlare
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                That was a pretty hand wavy argument. I'm going to have to cede to the security expert in the linked arti... : derelict515
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                  Agreed there. Windows is certainly more secure than it used to be when standing on its own. : SolrFlare
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                    Also note that this was written back in may of 2007 when, the latest version of OS X was Tiger. Tiger wa... : SolrFlare
                    • yeah I noticed that, but obviously Vista has had updates too. It was a fair comparison at the time, I wou... : derelict515
    • Windows Vista has never crashed or bluescreened me without a hardware problem or idiocy on my part. : retarded talking dinosaur
• Steam is for the most part, a content delivery service. There isn't much gaming content available for the... : Mmmmmoo
• they might double their market share in the gaming market, but thats about it. my brother, mom and dad do... : QMS|superdave
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  windows touch screen computer > mac non-touch screen computer : Luminair
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    Cause there's nothing I love more than fingerprints all over my primary monitor : bipolar
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      yeah those HP's seemed really cool, and were neat to mess around with, but the constant struggle to keep ... : zerog83
      • I thought I heard they were selling above expectations (they are also very competitively priced all in on... : derelict515
  • cockprints : dmason
• It all comes down to DirectX. Microsoft owns it and as long a companies continue to use it, gaming doesn... : DianeOfTheMoon
• In windows 7 my hard drives always stop, literally! they power down completely after like 15 minutes. I c... : pyide
• I don't think Steam would have that great of an impact on Macintosh sales. But I am fully on your side in... : dmason
• Steve Jobs doesn't play games -- therefore, games aren't important on Macs : Postal
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  They tried once, remember the Doom 3 on Mac first thing? Well, that didn't work out so well and since it'... : terath
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    I thought I heard that company that specializes in Mac ports (starts with an A?) wasn't doing too well la... : derelict515
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      Aspyr? Yeah, it took them forever to get their port of Quake Wars out the door, and once it was done, the... : BlackCat9
      • I remember being really excited for those guys when I ran into them at Quakecon and CPL events. Then t... : fleabug
• I think that Steam on the Mac would be a game-changer, even without the entire catalog. Steam pretty much... : BlackCat9
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  Forget about Mac I would like PC+Linux. Why would I want to go from Resonably priced Hardware and Overpri... : johnlocks
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    Regardless of the fact that your assumptions about Mac hardware are unfounded, why would Valve work to po... : BlackCat9
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      No kidding. Not to mention the super small desktop user base and retarded differences between "distros." ... : terath
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        This is all true (and hopefully changing if slowly) but you could make half that argument against macs. M... : johnlocks
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          Incidentally, I dual-booted Ubuntu with XP/Vista for about a year before my laptop died and I tried out a... : BlackCat9
          • Ya I hate Gimp and I am a programmer, been using Paint.net on windows. Linux is becoming more industry dr... : johnlocks
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      Games are very different then an OS. I work with linux (and obviously windows) and I buy games all the ti... : johnlocks
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        Well, first of all, you're comparing building a tower with custom parts plus the operating system versus ... : BlackCat9
        • I agree with you there people who own Macs buy more software and have come to expect too. While windows a... : johnlocks
  • Steam runs great under Wine. The only real Valve game I can't get working at reasonable framerates is Lef... : dmason

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  yes you are, dogs shouldn't be in the office, especially if its got the shits : filthysock
  • Agreed. : ArcKnight
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    i disagree. first, i had to take her to the vet, so i had to bring her in. second, she's sick. i'm not go... : dahanese
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19632632#itemanchor_19632632 : ArcKnight
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    god damn dogs can't be in cars nor in an office, where can dogs hang out : FrayLo
    • jean stores : derelict515
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    I'm ok with someone bringing a nice, quiet, well-behaved dog to work on occasion. Possibly taking a shit : Arcanum
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      she's amazingly well behaved, which is great. the reason i post this instance is because it's out of ... : dahanese
      • You put a dog. With the shits. On a conference table. During a conference call. It acted like it was : Arcanum
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  she's at work with me because it sucks to be home alone when you are sick she is a dog dahanese not a ... : sgtsanity
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    of course not, but you don't leave a dog home alone when they need to go out every couple hours! also ... : dahanese
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      Oh no, she's just leaking on the conference room table. Do people eat on that thing? : walker270
      • not right now they don't : sludge vohaul
      • no, and she didn't go to the bathroom. she was waddling like she had to go, which is how i knew. there wa... : dahanese
    • ah, of course, i forgot, tiny dogs are inside dogs, so you can't leave her locked up at home without a do... : filthysock
    • Yes you do. You block them in an area with linoleum, tile, concrete, or other easily cleaned floor, you ... : Arcanum
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      a normal person would take a sick day and stay home with their pet instead of bringing their sick fucking... : electroly
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        no one's getting subjected to anything! she's acting fine and not bothering, or being a nuisance, to anyo... : dahanese
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          I'd considered being subjected to rancid doggy farts a nuisance. : walker270
          • most definitely! that's her first one in the office, i think i just surprised her. she let out a doozy... : dahanese
• i am so glad i don't work in your office. the idea of having dogs at work is completely foreign and unap... : electroly
• Taking a dog who has the shits to work and keeping her on tables, especially during an important conferen... : Arcanum
• Why the hell are you bringing your pet into work? : Godhatesfatpeople
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  you just set woman's rights back 100 years : gmd
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    hahaha no shit. : SenorSpine
    • There almost was. : David Craddock
  • marry me gmd : ArcKnight
  • rofl : AlexXdude
  • hahahaha : virus
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    Seriously.. lololol. I was actually thinking, "If I remember right, dahanese is a chick and that explains... : historyinthemaking
    • but i did what men told me to do, which is why she is here! i always listen to my men. they have the b... : dahanese
• I'M SO HARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : pancake humper
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  Next time leave your dog in the car so you don't have to worry about it. : Haku-Jin
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    Make sure you keep the windows rolled up. And also consider leaving the car running with the heater on f... : obiquatro
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      Don't forget the electric blanket for the dog to lay on. : Haku-Jin
      • Throw in a space heater, too. : obiquatro
• lmao. you are now one of "those pet people". :( : Downforce
• she's at work with me because it sucks to be home alone when you are sick she usually hangs out on tab : mindfk
• I mean I know you love your dog. But bringing her to the office *while* she's sick sounds counter intuit... : spazzium
• Pets and babies do not belong at the office, especially if they're going to shit on the conference room t : walker270
• this would make a good broken picture telephone game : shika.art
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  See if you were to replace a child with the dog in this story there'd really be like zero problems and ev... : SpaecKow
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    Fuck kids in the office too. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • ^ : electroly
    • If there would be anything more annoying than a little dog with a case of the shits at the office, it wou... : AlexXdude
    • I'm not saying it would be awesome but you do have to take care of a kid and sometimes bring it to work, ... : SpaecKow
  • Actually, yeah, you shouldn't have a sick kid in the office either. Hell, if it's avoidable, I don't wan : Arcanum
  • dogs arn't the same as kids though ... : disembodied potato
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    No. You'd be home with your sick kid. : ThomW
    • See my big gay post above. : SpaecKow
• this post is awesome : c0bra
• Dude, on the table? That's a bit too much. I'm down with dogs in the workplace, but on the tables is ki... : virus
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  That's being a lot less than professional. You wouldn't want people doing that kind of thing with babies ... : haiku
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    don't worry haiku, i do have all that stuff, and her wandering around is normal and welcomed by people. s... : dahanese
    • sounds like an opportunity to leave the dog there and upgrade to a cat. everyone wins. : Downforce
• sorry you're a spaz, which i think the point of the post was; but i'm with everyone else, i think it was ... : ibrokn
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  I think all daschunds have sensitive stomachs. I know mine will get the runs if she eats anything but her... : freakynipples69
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    You could say the dog nearly left a bio-shock on the desk. That was terrible, kill me now. : marku5
    • I think you just gave me cancer. :( : walker270
• that would annoy the fuck out of me and has happened before. My old company ended up making pets illegal ... : wtf242
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  1) Unless you have to feed medicine to the dog every hour, leave her at home. 2) Get puppy training pa... : Jumperus
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    dahanese = female, therefore feeling > thinking : ArcKnight
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      it's so fucking true : askedrelic
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        you of all people should know i am not a female. or did you successfully block that out already? because ... : dahanese
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          my theory is that mikecyb has a detachable penis and you wear it unless it's sexytime. : ArcKnight
          • or maybe the opposite! let your imagination run wild! : mikecyb
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    she was left home the last couple of days, and she's been sick for like 4 or 5 days now. today she was t... : mikecyb
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      I could understand that if it was a matter of timing and such, but putting the dog on the desk is not sma... : Jumperus
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        she's sleeping on my desk right now. i'd just like to reiterate that my dog isn't oozing crap. she's ... : dahanese
        • Mr. Bubbles : Modulus
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    1. yes, had to. had to see doctor, had to give meds. 2. yes, i'm not a moron. 3. same answer as #2. ... : dahanese
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      1) No, you didn't. You could have taken the day off or come into work late after taking your dog to the v... : Jumperus
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        Further regarding #1) http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19632736#itemanchor_19632736 "She's acting f... : Jumperus
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          it's mostly just circumstance. the appointment was made this morning because I told her to make it and t... : mikecyb
          • i made this horror show save yourself! : dahanese
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        i understand your position, and if you worked here and hated dogs, chances are you wouldn't even know my ... : dahanese
        • I don't have a problem with people bringing dogs to work. Office dogs are awesome. But.....if you're do... : Haku-Jin
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          Believe me, I'd have a puppy if I didn't want to subject him to not having a yard of his own, and I'd lov... : Jumperus
          • if she were having uncontrollable bowel movements, she wouldn't be here. she doesn't have that. she has t... : dahanese
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    I can't understand why people are such douchebags about dogs. I think it is OK to have well behaved dogs ... : TimeDoctor
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      Why do you think that WE think it's ok to bring a screaming annoying baby into work? : ArcKnight
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        dogs aren't babies, so it's a weird parallel to make. they just don't compare on any level, so we shouldn... : dahanese
        • I agree! : ArcKnight
        • Yes, that. : TimeDoctor
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      The only reason I hate dogs more than babies is because I'm ridiculously allergic to pet dander. If daha... : walker270
      • if someone like that worked with me, she wouldn't come in ever. i have horrible asthma and allergies, ... : dahanese
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      I guarantee that anyone that is annoyed by a well behaved dog in the workplace is annoyed tenfold by a sc... : OverloadUT
      • This was my attempt at using a straw-man argument pointing out how dumb it is that people contrast them w... : TimeDoctor
• I had to read this a few times to make sure that I read it right the first time. : FlatlineDixay
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  Just tell him you own a sausage dog and everything will settled. Even cold-hearted lawyers think that sau... : Utopia
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    the gal i was sitting with knows that. she owns a doxie too and was bitching this morning about how much ... : dahanese
    • that calls for picking up the dog and plopping him/her outside. : j0nchan
• Well putting a sleeping dog next to a phone on speaker which is usually loud and obnoxious is kind of ask... : hoov1185
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  dogs in the workplace? uuuuh no. : randomposter
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    Depends. There's a little wiener dog that wears a sweater at my work. It will randomly pop into my office... : dumb.
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      That...actually sounds kind of cool. But only if it does it at a different time each day. It's like so... : ArcKnight
      • What's the story, Wishbone? Do you think it's worth a look? Shake a leg now, let's wag another tail. S : dumb.
• Wow, bad decision. We allow dogs at our place until they screw up....., You never take dogs with diarrhe... : historyinthemaking
• Cathy is the worst comic. : Rauol Duke
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  Haha maybe you ARE part nutjob if you don't just take your dog to work but to meetings, lol. : DinK
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    well this wasn't actually a meeting. a lawyer was confused about the terms of a complicated contract so i... : dahanese
    • Not upstairs. It's boring up here. :( : OverloadUT
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  I'm sorry that everyone here is jumping on you for bringing a dog into the office. I don't think it's ... : fleabug
  • i told mike this story before i posted and i said "i would post this to the shack because i'm a dumbass b... : dahanese
• I know I'm an old fart and don't get the younger generation but holyshit I would never even think of brin... : Phil

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• because they make more money on a monthly basis they don't need burst damage of $$$ : pancake humper
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  Did you ever get the credits to roll or were you still working at that? : TheNiXXeD
  • I read the credits in the back of the manual, does that count? :P : DM7
• how old are you? I'll calculate a price for you that you give me money and I'll subscribe you to WoW for... : azenmaster
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  So you quit b'c of the 15 dollars a month? : kgargs
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    It wasn't that, I just haven't logged on to play for like 2+ months. I didn't do anything crazy like vend... : DM7
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      Bah, so you'll be back... just like everyone else. Let us know when you vendor your stuff, delete your ... : zebosausamite
      • And, by association of everyone else that lives on Earth, everyone else will have quit too. : one random winner
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  Wow. If GCR were going to shut it's doors, I would picture you as the one to turn off the lights and l... : Hizzow
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    I think though, for all intents and purposes, GCR back in the hayday is a far cry from what it is now. It... : DM7
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      agreed. I do miss the old days : theWhite
      • I do as well. : AMikaboshi
    • This man speaks great truth : TheRealBigDumbass
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      Yeah. GCR now is not even close to what it was in the good 'ol days. : boarder2
      • For better or worse, changes in the game are the reasons GCR has evolved over the years. The GCR raid mod... : Practix
• ::guy on the other end:: *hangs up call* what a fag *takes next call* : maulla
• this may be my cynical side poking through but I pictured the Blizzard rep rolling his eyes and air mastu... : darcspeed
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  Rustblade. Just the mere mention of the name sent chills down the spines of the filthy Alliance. Tr... : Phil
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    that was an epic moment in all time. rustblade devirginized at ragnaros. TOO SOON. : Downforce
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      But Executus kept speaking to me I had to keep clicking! :O : DM7
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        We understand. : hbalce1
        • And it was a oneshot. That was impressive. Rustblade should start more boss fights prematurely! : Downforce
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      i think hitting 60 by killing Tyrande tops that :) You will be missed Rust, but i understand. i rarely... : theWhite
      • it does feel like wtfpwning the lich king (whatever patch that is) would be a good grand finale. : Downforce
      • haha I forgot about that. it took him forever to hit 60. : AMikaboshi
  • holy crap, DM7 is Rustblade? Rustblade will not be in Azeroth anymore? :( : pancake humper
  • lol he was rustblade? I remember him taking me to Ulduman when i was on my rogue Hollister. : Iwannaacura
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  holy shit. :( you secretly are playing a gnome, admit it >:( : Downforce
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    Never! I parked myself in the Chophouse store in Orgrimmar, stop by and buy some meats from Olvia. : DM7
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      Awww I was hoping it was deep inside Stormwind with your fishing pole outstretched. Forever infiltrated! : Phil
      • >:D : DM7
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  You paid them like $900. I think they know it is a good game. : S1ing B1ade
  • For the /played entertainment he got I'm sure it was a steal. I know my hourly cost it saved my hundreds... : handofthrawn
• I remember when you got the Spinal Reaper from Rag : ease one
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  Sucat here, hey Rustblade. Whenever I think of going back into hardcore playing I always remember your c... : handofthrawn
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    Those were good times, old GCR and the mass pandemonium it caused on the shack when it came out was crazy... : DM7
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      Remember when you dinged 70 and made the epic axe about 30 seconds later. Guess who was there. That's ... : Downforce
      • Whatever ultranoob :P : hbalce1
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        dinging 60 was great, didnt he do it exploring a new area or killing an npc boss out in the wild on a rai... : handofthrawn
        • I "dinged" 70 by exploring Garadar for the first time. >_< : DM7
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    STOOCATS! </vissi> : Phil
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      lol, i wonder what window that guy is licking nowadays? : handofthrawn
      • I don't know but I bet it's a small window surrounded by padded walls. : azenmaster
      • http://www.wowarmory.com/character-sheet.xml?r=Mal'Ganis&n=Visadin : acidnynex
      • Haha he was truly an internet phenomenon. Gnowknayme used to make me laugh so hard when he would goof on... : Phil
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  TOO SOON, RUSTBLADE : grendel
  • i think that was my very favorite wow experience ever. : Clay
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    I'm with Clay, the best times were the times in MC and I still fondly remember that time. It's still funn... : AMikaboshi
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      I thought BWL was the best personally... mainly because I got to train around a ton of orc'ish warriors w... : Demius
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        BWL was definitely my favorite. It was the most involved for the tanks ever. MC was a drone for us most... : boarder2
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          I hated BWL. That horrible whelp room and the dreaded Firemaw.. the GCR-killer. : Wyvern
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            hahaha ya, firemaw sucked, lol. : AMikaboshi
            • I can hear CB grumbling right now. : nurglich
          • I can only imagine it must have sucked horribly for anyone that wasn't a tank, you guys got hosed on almo... : boarder2
          • fuck the entirety of BWL.especially whelp room and technician packs. /gun : Downforce
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      That's cause you weren't driving the bus. You all will have no idea how much cursing was done when I turn... : hbalce1
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        ya I don't want to imagine. It was always fun in MC with you raknar. I still miss Jamraza's Speeches. : AMikaboshi
        • FOR NATALIE! : Wyvern
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          Jamraza was the funniest sonofbitch ever. I loved all his nick names for people when he called out spots... : Phil
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            His farewell video was legendary. : nurglich
            • I think I still have it somewhere. : AMikaboshi
      • The Cult has gone underground but is not forgotten... heh : Wyvern
      • I was. And I never turned off my mic. ;) : the_doctor
    • Shortbus FTW! : acidnynex
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    What is this a reference to? : fishbone
    • isn't it rag's line? : Demius
    • nevermind, think I found it above : fishbone
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      Way back in the day, we were standing around in Molten Core explaining the Ragnaros fight to the people w... : Gnowknayme
      • and it's still funny :D : AMikaboshi
  • I loved that day. I think we still won, right? : Wyvern
• Khhaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn : Chod
• RIP Rustblade, we salute you. /salute (Damn I haven't played WoW in a long time) : CapnChaos
• RUSTBLADE NOOOOOOOOOOO : Clay
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  When I quit, it was done a few months before BC came around... In fact Naxx hadn't even been "beat'n" yet... : Demius
  • They're all very casual now, unless you do the "hard-mode" Sarth w/ 3 drakes. : Nihilist
• world = shattered : DapperDan
• I'll miss you man. I always had fun playing with you, and always looked forward to your events the most. ... : AMikaboshi
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  The LOREMASTER has stepped down! Woe is Wow. It was always great playing with your Rustblade! : Wyvern
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    I assure you that was a typo and not a euphemism. : Wyvern
    • hahahaha. more like a secret exposed! : AMikaboshi
    • lol : Phil
    • hahaha you frickin druids furries : Downforce
    • hahahaha : tomservo
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  Rustblade, it was an honor fighting as a warrior alongside you. You made me want to read Warcraft books a... : king_darius
  • I actually bought one because of him. I didn't finish it tho :( : AMikaboshi
• I imagine the reason there's no lifetime sub is because they know WoW is addictive enough to keep people ... : derelict515
• 4/08/09 Never forget! I always enjoyed playing with you, Rusty. I hate to admit that I recently start... : slickdoody
• Many fond memories with WoW. I played for a good year and half when it launched but just got tired of it.... : freakynipples69
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  I will never understand why people become addicted to that piece of shit game : Drewus
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    it provides continual gratification which is reinforced by a guild mechanic that keeps you feeling obliga... : electroly
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      You forgot the bit where it's repetitive and boring as fuck. : Drewus
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        Do you even play games? Quake - I've shot the rocket launcher 100+ times. Let me guess, it will explo... : handofthrawn
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          I guess I really don't see the element of fun in grinding for hours to be rewarded. Or really why any of ... : Drewus
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            do you just not like games? i don't see how this is any different than playing the same six TF2 maps ove... : electroly
            • I don't play TF2. I HAVE played TF2, but I no longer play it for the repetition reason. I like games j... : Drewus
          • COD4&WAW has a similar mechanic with unlocks+XP+prestige. : mrvandelay
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            Although I must admit, the most fun I got out of that game was purposely annoying the people that treated... : Drewus
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              Did we just get RL trolled? OH YOU! : Phil
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                Nah, that was all in game. When someone screams at me constantly and orders me around like i'm their k... : Drewus
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                  But you already work at KFC. : Chod
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                    I do? : Drewus
                    • YES. GET ME SOME BREASTS. : Phil
                • yeah, internet tough guy syndrome doesn't work well in a long-term game environment. glad you had your ki... : Downforce
                • lol put the ego down : pancake humper
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    When you have guys with a good sense of humor playing with you like DM7, Gnowknayme, Darius, slickdoody, ... : Phil
    • Guild chat was huge for me. It was like scrolling latestchatty while playing a game. : handofthrawn
    • That was the key really. The game itself was mostly an excuse to hang out and play with a bunch of cool ... : nurglich
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      I never knew you felt that way! You always wrote the funniest shit in raid chat by the way. : king_darius
      • oh heck yeah. I loved it and was always cracking up. My only regret is not being able to raid with you ... : Phil
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      No doubt. I would have been gone a long, long time ago if it wasn't for the social aspect. BTW, Phil, I'm... : Gnowknayme
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        haha yeah. he was legendary. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19631438 : Phil
        • WORSER THAN HITTLER! : Gnowknayme
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      I've yet to be in a guild on the EU servers with the same sort of chat you got in both gchat and vent tha... : captfarrell
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        I apologize for nothing. That was entirely justified. : hbalce1
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          I only wish I could remember the lead up to that conversation : captfarrell
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            Back in the day when we knew shackers wanted to join the guild, we'd normally ask them a shack related qu... : DM7
            • na, it was something else. I think it was directed at one person in particular. Although, it was a relate... : captfarrell
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      what the fuck how am I not on this list. /prepares vitlering : the_doctor
      • No one remembers you, ya cross-dressing moo-cow! : Wyvern
      • I still love you Vitler. : AMikaboshi
    • Ya guild chat was the biggest reason for me to play. Talking with you awesome communist bastards was alwa... : AMikaboshi
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    WoW revolutionized MMO addiction-inducement, in my opinion, by keeping the average character's quest log ... : Felraiser
    • I disagree with your "not a great game" bit. : Ellissd
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      I totally agree with you. But I think the hook is in the diversity and limitless options of the loot rew... : kainen1
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        See, I can't help but feel that the whole aspect of collecting virtual loot to feel rewarded is pretty sa... : Drewus
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          but how does this differ from other games? unless you're going to make your argument that ALL games are ... : electroly
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            Because I know the other games I play are short, story driven experiences. With various layered gameplay ... : Drewus
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              it sounds more like you just don't like multiplayer games. there's nothing wrong with that, i just still... : electroly
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                pretty much. Invest 100s of hours in any multiplayer game and what do you have to show for it? It's all t... : derelict515
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                  Superior skill over others. In WoW alls you have to show is superior gear. : dkrulz
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                    Implying that WoW requires 0 skill and that after 100s of hours of some other multiplayer game you have r... : derelict515
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                      This isn't about trying to impress people in real life. It's about what you get out the time you put in.... : dkrulz
                      • Is seeing a "YOU WON THE GAME" screen really any different? : walker270
                      • but there's the same reward in WoW, there's a PvP leaderboard that you can try to be the best in. The gea... : derelict515
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                  Why do you need to have "something to show for it"? Is there something wrong with the experience just be : action wombmate
                  • No I agree, that was my point. The argument against WoW was it's just this giant time sink with no story ... : derelict515
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              Blablablabla, you just didn't like WoW and that's about it. : [7]kami
              • Awesome. : Drewus
  • lol all these sentimental wow posts and then *thud* I like it! : kainen1
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    Ah, I was waiting for the bitter ex-WoW player post. : atom519
    • It's amazing how angry people get because other people are enjoying a game. : deveus1
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  grats! : hirez
  • Slacker : devi| dog
• Aka'Magosh, friend. : acidnynex
• /wave :( : devi| dog
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  What the hell rustblade. What the hell. I was thinking of picking up WotLK but I guess pretty much no one... : sammyl
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    I've been playing less since we got back from our honeymoon, but there's still Xang, Gnowknayme, Inovius,... : king_darius
    • I think Chickan transferred his new deathknight to some backwater server to get away from us. :( : Gnowknayme
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  My free account status ended this month after 4+ years. Guess I'm done too :) : breadsticks
  • how did that happen? : fishbone
• Youre never done. Just on a break. : bolneze
• posting in WoW thread : scorpiusman
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  time to move on to EVE! : Modica Sol Solis
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    STOP TAUNTING ME! : SigENeaT
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      DO IT! : AlexXdude
      • AARRRGH The voices are telling me to again!! : SigENeaT
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  Rustblade, I remember ganking lowbies with you when we were around level 20. Fun times. : bRAINsick
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    haha I think that's what I enjoyed the most, during the old days when the game was still new you'd have ... : DM7
    • ya ganking while leveling was always the best part but now it's vacant, no alliance around :( : AMikaboshi
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  /sigh well there goes the horde domination of Mal'Ganis, those damn dirty Alliance are going to slowly... : Kniggit
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    man there are some serious old school gcr in this thread! : slickdoody
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      Loyalists prevail! ;D : DM7
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        The traitors are here too! : egg5hen
        • Egghax! : Wyvern
        • Hey! It's you! : king_darius
• Rustblade, I will never forget entering the Plaguelands with you, as your first time in there ever. You ... : the_doctor
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  farewell rustblade! : .sticks.
  • this is such a sad day :( : .sticks.
• my tank in his prime: http://packav.shackspace.com/brantus.jpg that sword took 6 months of MC to complet... : packav

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  I think Space is why I liked BSG so much. I miss the Tick live-action show. So much potential. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Oh yea the tick I remember that yea it was cool. : RogerDandy
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    I didn't watch The Tick much when it first aired, but now that it's on Netflix Instant I've been watching... : hoov1185
    • I loved that show. not surprised it got canned though. just too quirky for regular tv : hamachi
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  Oh, shit... I totally forgot about that show. I don't remember much about it, but I remember liking it. ... : elocanth
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    Exo Squad was great, very mature themes for a Saturday morning cartoon. I think the last episode ended i... : r_picmip 5
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      The old school Battletech cartoon was awesome. : walker270
      • Meh, I didn't like it very much. The "3D View" was such a gimmick. : r_picmip 5
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    Exo Squad was the shit back in the day. : Begawkiness
    • They had the most badass toys. : ArcKnight
  • Exo Squad kicked all sorts of ass. : Rag and Bone Man
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  Someone had a thread yesterday mentioning "Reboot!" that was a cool show too. : RogerDandy
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    I wish they would finish the story instead of leaving us hanging. : Edges
    • They did, did you not see it? : one random winner
• Nowhere Man: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nowhere_Man_(TV_series) : EvilDolemite
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  Firefly and Deadwood would be the ones I miss the most. : Arken.ca
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    i could watch Deadwood over and over, indefinitely. : cpt_gloval
    • ^^^ Greatest TV Show EVER; I love me some cocksucka... : massdev
    • Same. : destroy.all.monsters
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  Space: Above and Beyond became even more awesome when I read the concept for the show was to follow a dif... : walker270
  • Huh, that would've been cool. : Begawkiness
  • no doubt that would have ruled. : RogerDandy
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  Journeyman, goddammit. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • Yes, this makes me so sad because I love time travel and the show was really picking up :( : Begawkiness
• That was a great show : chazums
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  ST:TNG, Night Court, Seinfeld, Frazier, Cheers : not work safe
  • night court is on re runs up here on some cable network global tv runs : -=kodiak=-
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    I see what you did there. You missed Simpsons. : orgcaptainnemo
    • I think they're still running new episodes, so they haven't finished yet. : one random winner
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    Those were short run? : spazzium
    • I think they're actually some of the longest running tv series on television in the last 30 years or so. ... : one random winner
    • Oh I missed the short run part. Damn, well then I guess Seinfeld, it was only . : not work safe
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  Anyone remember Earth 2? : spazzium
  • Yeah it had that hot chick , and cool video glasses : WadeMcLain
  • yup, great show, filmed near me too : gameagog
  • oh yea my dad was way into that i remember watching it a few times. I loved that hot ass red head. : RogerDandy
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  Rome. : dirge23
  • Vorenus isn't dead dammit : jimmy-buffett
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  My dad has it on DVD and we watched it all the way through last summer. My entire family had previously : Begawkiness
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    Don't forget The Angriest Angel! : kungfusquirrel
    • That's my favorite. : mathyou
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  Alien Nation. And FUCK YOU if you disagree. : jason bergman
  • I watched that one. : ShoCon
  • What about "FUCK YEAH" if I agree? Alien Nation was sweeeet : Toraz Chryx
  • hell yeah. I'd agree with you. : hirez
• Good show. Ended too soon. :( : guido anchovy
• Firefly Wonderfalls Dead Like Me Jack Of All Trades The Adventures Of Brisco County Jr. Profit Back... : Toraz Chryx
• life on mars (US version) : j0nchan
• I actually enjoyed watching Grosse Pointe. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247104/ : ShoCon
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  Not old, but as of last night, Jericho(me and the wife just finished the series). Fuck CBS in the ass. : Stoned Gargoyle
  • It started weak, then got awesome. then got cancelled :( : Toraz Chryx
• Kolchak the Night Stalker, Gideon's Crossing (as well as just about anything else Andre Braugher's been i... : destroy.all.monsters
• Pushing Daisies already :( : Begawkiness
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  As a 12 year old I enjoyed VR.5. I haven't seen it since and it was cancelled after about 10 episodes so ... : Prozium
  • I didn't like VR.5. The way they used virtual reality made no sense. : ShoCon
• Earth2. I was young at the time, maybe 12. I loved this show. I ran around the back yard pretending I w... : Goblin au
• me :( : gameagog
• I wish E-Ring wasn't canceled. they had to end that show on a sad cliffhanger. Also that blonde chick ... : Sailor of Fortune
• I liked that show, but I tried watching it again a few years ago. The first half of the season was absol... : mathyou
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  STILL waiting for my second season of Over There. Also, The Riches. Also, The Richard Pryor Show. And the... : AxeMan808
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    Rod Serling's Night Gallery. Chappelle's Show. Kolchak, The Night Stalker. Apparently The Boondocks. : AxeMan808
    • Best Of The West. The Rockford Files. Key West. : AxeMan808

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  The finished product or the beta? : one random winner
  • yuk yuk : foo
• if people can access your voice mail that way that means your voice mail has always been open to anyone w... : electroly
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  Google Voice is out, isn't it? I use it pretty frequently. : OverloadUT
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    You're probably thinking of the Mobile Voice thing. I'm talking about http://voice.google.com : foo
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      Yeah I know what Google Voice is and I use it all the time. I guess I got in because I had a GrandCentral... : OverloadUT
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        Ah, okay. Makes sense. How do you like it? : foo
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          I like it. WAY better than Grand Central. However, I need to turn off the call screening option becaus... : OverloadUT
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            there is an ap for that on android, called 'gv' by even charlton. maybe he has an iphone app, too? : QMS|superdave
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              I just checked the app store and there is nothing yet. :( : OverloadUT
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                http://lifehacker.com/5201353/google-voice-for-iphone-and-ipod-touch-coming-soon : Jonathan
                • Oh cool it's even been submitted and expected to be approved this week! : OverloadUT
  • Still super limited beta. : hawkeye
• It's already out for people who were Grand Central users. : sigpro
• I'm in it. I don't see much use for it until I can port my cell number to it? I don't want to give everyb... : airrob
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  im in it, but for some reason grandcentral [and i think google voice] have made their mp3 links in the em... : PlanetPerfecto
  • I have never been able to access them on my iPhone, so I'm assuming it's the flash page thing. Honestly t... : laurgasms
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  Super limited beta. : virus
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    hmm, I might be able to dig something up, one sec. : virus
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      ok - I can invite people by gmail address. first 10 here and I'll put you in. It takes a couple days to... : virus
      • first post by non-american who isnt allowed to participate : Luminair
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        quadrocketjump @ gmail.com w00t : Downforce
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          done! : virus
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            w00t received thanks! :D : Downforce
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              well not yet, the storm dinged on a different account. lol. : Downforce
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                sry t-storms : king_darius
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                  I'm going to be calling you every 15 seconds with "void zone, melee !!" : Downforce
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                    I feel like the -50 dkp guy sometimes when I do shit like that. But I like to think it's a necessary evil... : king_darius
                    • then let's both call smackette with deathplague impressions : Downforce
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        sanguine at gmail : owly
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          done! : virus
          • Thanks! : owly
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        SUP Canada? : Skoal^Fyfan
        • ^ bah saw Luminair's post. : Skoal^Fyfan
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        claymitchell @ gmail.com : Clay
        • done! : virus
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        pnevares at gmail thanks! : king_darius
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          done! : virus
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            gracias : Clay
            • hey gtfo out of here! : king_darius
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          i am going to call the shit out of you : smackpiece
          • i miss your scent :( : king_darius
      • shackmessage'd : gameindustryplant
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        ian.t.cowan@gmail.com thanks! : bipolar
        • done! 4 more... : virus
      • jayares @ gmail : jayares
      • ME!!! shackmessages. : NeoMoose
      • rosewood@ : rosewood
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        smackpiece @ g mail.com : smackpiece
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          ok - thats it, no more after this for today. got all you guys. : virus
          • oh well, thanks anyways virus! : c0bra
      • crimsonbeak@ : Crimsonbeak
      • iwannaacura@gmail.com : Iwannaacura
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        david.vick@ ! : MurrayTheSkull
        • in the 24th century a real text reading spam bot will be able to figure this out and then you're FUCKED : Luminair
      • coolbreezr@gmail.com yo i know too late. But keep me in mind. ;-) : coolbreezr
      • dr@nevernet.com OH GOD PLEASE (it's google apps so it will work) : foo
      • nhawk7 @ gmail.com If you're still giving them away. :( : DM7
      • emailc0bra at gmail (DID I GET IN? :D) : c0bra
      • jacobg at gmail !!!!! : sludge vohaul
      • beadly at gmail.com aaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh : spaceless
      • conandan@gmail.com : conandan
      • hey virus, did you guys get 603 area codes? I have an account but I don't use it because it's 802 and i ... : .sticks.
      • Hey virus, do you know when they'll have Canadian numbers available? I'm the beta using a US number, whic... : Kentor
      • kai.nevalainen@gmail.com : kahuuna
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  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123879117244487663.html : Luminair
  • Yeah, I noticed it will only scramble the most important part of a message. All the language overhead co... : smegmar
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  i got my invite today. invite to convert from grand central : feek
  • do you have any invites? if so, please share! been waiting for this for a long, long time : foo

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  congrats dude, glad it all went well. i took my dog to the vet and worked. not quite as glamorous, but... : dahanese
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    That's cool. What kind of dog? Happy dogs make happy people. so that's good. : angrytaxman
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      How do you not know of Pancake the Dachshund? You're a shack regular! : Prozium
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        I'm not exactly sure, but I'd sure like details. : angrytaxman
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          pancake the dachshund: http://dahanese.com/?gallery=65 : dahanese
          • That's one adorable dog! : angrytaxman
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  details? : boarder2
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    I donated "bone marrow' (really they were stem cells) to a cancer patient that would die if my exact matc... : angrytaxman
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      Here's more info on the procedure that I had done today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stem_cell_transplan... : angrytaxman
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        So they just drew blood? : fishbone
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          More or less. They take blood out of one arm and then spin it in a centrifuge, collecting all of the whit... : angrytaxman
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            much better than drilling out your thighbone! : radula
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              Except I now have had 3.900ml of an experimental drug injected into me, and it's still not approved by th... : angrytaxman
              • trust me, better than having your BONES DRILLED! : radula
    • kick ass dude - that is very cool :D : virus
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      Very cool. I made it a final 25 pool of donors about a year ago to do the same thing. Did it hurt as ... : kallanta
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        I did the PBSC's, and not the marrow harvesting, and it definitely hurts as bad as they say it will. The ... : angrytaxman
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          so what do you do for 6 hours with IV's in both arms? fap a couple out? : Skoal^Fyfan
          • I couldn't really move my right arm at all and my left arm I could only move a bit, so I sat around and t... : angrytaxman
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      What a way to impress on the first date! : SigENeaT
      • If only I weren't married. : angrytaxman
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      How were you identified as such a match? : action roommate
      • I was on the National Marrow Donor Program registry: http://www.marrow.org/JOIN/index.html : angrytaxman
    • Painful? I heard it's painful. : spazzium
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      Sweet dude. My dad has/had multiple myloma (similar) and got a stem cell transplant and it saved his lif... : orgcaptainnemo
      • That's awesome! I'm glad to hear that programs like these really are out there helping people every day. : angrytaxman
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      Awesome, man. I'm signing up for marrow donation right now. Do you happen to know off-hand how often you ... : Deathlove
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        oh, wait, you just gave stem cells, i'm doing the bonedrilling shit : Deathlove
        • So are you an actual match for someone? As in you're already on a list and you were contacted that you're... : angrytaxman
  • Stomped on a guy's egg sandwich. : woddemandred
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  So was it painful? I heard that donating marrow was very painful. : virus
  • They collected stem cells from my circulating blood, so that part didn't' hurt too much. It was basically... : angrytaxman
• I farted a lot in my office : gmd
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  It's a shame that I can't donate blood or stuff because I smoke pot. I would do this regularly if they... : fleabug
  • If I had to guess I'd say that they'd take your bone marrow even if you smoke pot. You could call them up... : angrytaxman
  • huh? i've never heard of that before... where do you live? : father_crown

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  Yes because they should be watching Die Hard 1 and 2. : sigpro
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    die hard 2 is well known as the worst of the die hard trilogy so I don't know what universe you're coming... : Luminair
    • i love that you only mention the trilogy; you don't even admit the fourth one exists. i agree with you. : biskits
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      2 is way way better than 3. Shit 3 sucked balls compared to 2. : sigpro
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        I do not recognize 3 as being part of the trilogy. There is only 1, 2, and 4. : dognose
        • See I agree with you on this. : sigpro
        • I felt the same way about 4. 3 was good. 2 and 4 is shit. : Godhatesfatpeople
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          agreed. I hated 3. : edgewise
          • you are truly an improbability. a tall asian man with a big cock and the movie taste of a female under 1... : Luminair
        • Same here, 3 was horrible. : o0JediBeavis0o
        • agreed : AlexXdude
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          *sigh* profile updated : biskits
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            lol dognose, three strikes "you're out" : Luminair
            • oh, he's got lots more strikes than that. i just stopped adding to the list for a long time. honestly, : biskits
        • dognose, I somewhat agree, but 4 kind of sucked as well. : CrustaR
        • This man knows what's up. : shyguy74
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          You really think 4 was better than 3? I mean... really? : silent prophet
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            Yes, because it is. I left the theater depressed when I saw 3. 1>2>>>>4>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3. <---- Clini... : dognose
            • ^^ so accurate : AlexXdude
            • But... Samuel L. Jackson... : silent prophet
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          WHAAAA 3 was fucking awesome, 2 was a POS . it goes 1,3,4 : CoRDS
          • Your FACE goes 1,3,4 >:( : dognose
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D02uo1gTME Don't watch it on TBS ;) : RookieCAF
    • your face is well known as the worst : RikiTiki2
• Predator 2 is good. Also, what's wrong with Die Hard 2? Nothing, we have established this. : dognose
• Under Siege is a must for Die Hard clones. : NFXFSX
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  The Bourne Ultimatum is the only clone worth a damn. : biskits
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    That's more like a Bond clone. : Lone Swordsman
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      you've got to be fucking kidding me : biskits
      • Eh, it's kind of like they mixed the two together, but I get where both of you are coming from, politcal ... : one random winner
      • It's based on novels by Robert Ludlum, who desperately wants to be Ian Fleming. : Lone Swordsman
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    That movie was okay, I guess. : CrustaR
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      stoofoo is for trolling, crustar : biskits
      • try it and find out how long last there now. : Jerry C
  • bullshit, the bourne identity was the only decent movie of the 3. Fuck shakycam lameness. : OMGzImBurning
• Die Hard 1 and 2. : CrustaR
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  I have only seen 2 a few times and it was a long time ago but I remember it being pretty bad so based on ... : Begawkiness
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    Watchoo talkin' 'bout, Willis? 2 was awesome! : CrustaR
    • ^^^This : RookieCAF
• Speed Hard - Harder Speed Speed Harder : voodooraze
• DH2 is great : riptyde
• For reals, son. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  What exactly constitutes a "Die-Hard" like movie? An over the top action movie that is still grounded in... : exigence7
  • Jingle All the Way is a great Die Hard-like movie! : DonkeyPopsicle
  • Invasion U.S.A. is an awesome "Die-Hard like" and Christmas action movie. \m/Golan-Globus\m/ : o0JediBeavis0o
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    die hard clones are movies where terrorist(s) take hostages in "something" and the good guy has to kill t... : Luminair
    • ok i changed my mind i'd rather not choose any. : wetard
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  i like the 2nd one. : wetard
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    I do too but you can only submit two movies, so you have to make some hard decisions : Luminair
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      i'm gonna have to buck the trend here i guess.. hudson hawk and running man. : wetard
      • rofl jesus christ wetard you picked fucking HUDSON HAWK and a movie made BEFORE DIE HARD lmao : Luminair
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  I like DH2 but it's mostly just the first one set on an airport and made to be even more absurd. DH4 is ... : mikecyb
  • Yeah I really dig 3 too : Maarten Goldstein
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    Vengenace was fantastic. Sure, it was a wide open setting, but it felt more "Die Hard" than 2 did. Jackso... : Bamtan
    • How does 3 feel more Die Hard? WTF man? 2 is die hard 1 in a fucking airport. : sigpro
  • iawtp : biskits
• 1 > 3 > 2 > 4, but they're all good. : Bamtan
• What's with the 2 hate? That movie was almost as good as the first one. In fact, I may have seen 2 more t... : shyguy74
• Still haven't seen it. : zerog83

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  Since they removed the DRM on most of them. : skinlab133
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    totally unrelated to the DRM thing. that happened months ago. the price hikes happened today. : electroly
    • Are you sure about that? didn't they announce this a while ago, the same time they announced the DRM chan... : skinlab133
    • No they are related, publishers wanted to be able to charge more, Apple said only if they can remove DRM ... : OverloadUT
• starting today : electroly
• I believe it was an option introduced when they started to move to DRM-free, higher-bitrate stuff. : Vincent Grayson
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  Isn't their shit DRM-free now? : heartsauce
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    f that. amazons stuff is drm free and still a buck per song. : maulla
    • Not for long. Amazon has apparently upped their prices, too. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
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      amazon has started to creep up to 1.29 as well. i thought for sure they were goign to stay at 99 and cru... : smacknca
      • It seems like Amazon usually has pretty solid prices anyway though, especially with their daily specials.... : Vincent Grayson
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  It's not just iTunes. Walmart, Lala, and Amazon all have tiered pricing now, although it's widely varied... : silent77
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    I think this comes from the record companies, not so much each individual store. : silent77
    • Bingo! Apple fought against variable pricing for the longest time. Purely out of selfish reasons, of co... : Lone Swordsman
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  Nice. Less work required to create the files = higher price. : vitaminzach
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    it's pretty funny that you think the cost of the song is based on the cost of producing the digital file : electroly
    • COPY AND PASTE! HOW HARD IS THAT?! : byorn
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  Fuck it at this point I have all the music I'll ever want considering I like hip hop and nothing good wil... : bozer
  • The Herbaliser would like to have a word with you! : Lone Swordsman
  • but you just bought the new doom! : Mr.SEX
• Pandora FTW : SqueegyTBS
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  Honestly, there hasn't been music good enough to buy in a long time. : freakynipples69
  • you're not looking hard enough : EvilDolemite
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    What kind of music do you like? Also, define 'long time'. : ArcKnight
    • Saturday : OverloadUT
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    if you honestly believe this then i feel pretty bad for you : electroly
    • i could find something amazing on itunes every day for a year : EvilDolemite
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    You're generally right. Really good stuff is few and far between, but good stuff gets crapped out frequen... : Tawler
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      man are you guys serious? i could spend my entire bank account on itunes right now and still have more g... : electroly
      • IAWTP. I've been buying at least a song a day for the past three weeks. : ArcKnight
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      i can't believe anyone would really think this there is so much music coming out all the time that is ... : EvilDolemite
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        for some reason it seems like these complaints tend to come from people who thought early 90's grunge was... : DonkeyPopsicle
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          My post history says differently and I hate almost everything that's out right now. There is good music ... : devi| dog
          • Oh and that's for new music, I find 1880's- September of 1978 tolerable. : devi| dog
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            nobody is talking about the radio. : electroly
            • That would be why I made that clear in my post and covered both sides of it? I wasn't aware the topic ha... : devi| dog
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    There's more good music out there then I have time to listen to, let alone buy. I guess I kind of unders... : bipolar
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      There are people out there that do not like music at all you know and prefer silence or talk radio. I'm ... : devi| dog
      • it's just hard to reconcile this with my experience that the last couple of years have been absolutely am... : electroly
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        But that wasn't the original statement, which was that "there hasn't been music good enough to buy in a l... : bipolar
        • Yeah I've been looking. If you wanna list a few you like I'd really like to check them out then. I won't... : devi| dog
  • start visiting hypem.com : sKetchflow
  • Don't worry, you can still rock Skynyrd in your firebird. : cltcprd
  • sure thing dad : sgtsanity
  • I love "you" people. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  why doesn't itunes use floating prices? You could adjust prices in real time according to demand, making... : DonkeyPopsicle
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    I don't think they really want demand based pricing. They want perceived demand based pricing. If it went... : mancide
    • but that would encourage more sales. There's got to be some demand-based pricing scheme that would creat... : DonkeyPopsicle
• today - and everyone else raised their prices too. It's the price to pay to kill DRM : halophoenix
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  Here is the deal: Both itunes and Amazon now have variable price schemes. It happened like this: Appl... : SolrFlare
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    fuck the RIAA : maulla
    • What I do is, I go to http://riaaradar.com and if the mp3s I want to buy are non-RIAA, I buy them, and if... : dognose
• wow that's lame : virus
• I don't see any change in the price of full albums so I'm ok with this. But if albums start selling for o... : renegade732

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  Yeah, they are tiny. Love ours though, just need to order more memory. : Visceral Monkey
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    Also, 2 gigs of memory. $17.99 http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductReview.aspx?Item=20-208-341&SortFi... : Visceral Monkey
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      Yeah, I have 1GB just laying around here. When shipping's almost as much as the product I almost just do... : boarder2
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        Your math sucks. : Ride-My-Rocket
        • Right, I was being somewhat sarcastic. I will be purchasing that ram now. : boarder2
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  i really want a netbook but there are way too many to choose from. I think Im just going to grab the next... : maulla
  • The Mini 9 has gone on sale for $200 twice recently, so I'd say hold out for that. : dmason
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  oh hai! http://maximumfast.net/mini9osx.png get 2GB of ram dude, srsly. : Toraz Chryx
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    How does that perform even with the 2gb of ram? Compared to Windows, for example? : jasonepowell
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      ANSWER ME. : jasonepowell
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        it takes him this long for a reply to be posted. lolz : Downforce
        • haha nice. : NeoMoose
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      OSX runs great with 2 gb ram in all honesty. : sKetchflow
      • yeah my unibody macbook only has 2 gigs, nice and fast. : orgcaptainnemo
      • With an Atom based processor? : jasonepowell
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      It's quite snappy faster than a G4 powerbook for sure. : Toraz Chryx
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        that's not saying much : electroly
        • don't you be dissing my 17" PB G4 but yeah, surprisingly the GMA+Atom can do edits in Aperture faster ... : Toraz Chryx
    • i have a last-gen Intel mini w/ 2 gigs of ram (intel video), and for normal computer use it runs beautifu... : dopefish
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    send me your copy of OSX plz : cltcprd
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      I used a retail 10.5.6 disk (imaged onto a usb harddisk) for the install : Toraz Chryx
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        I don't want to pay for a $130 OS for my $200 netbook. I was hoping to find it somewhere for cheaper. : cltcprd
        • you can get it half off if you say you're a student : electroly
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    Given up on Win7? : pieman
    • the drivers for the wireless chipset kept crapping out, I took a backup of the win7 install, but if I go ... : Toraz Chryx
• I want one of these running OSX :/ http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?cata... : sKetchflow
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  how's the os X support on those things? is it comparable to OS X on a macbook? : snicker-snack 2
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    Apparently it runs perfectly on the Mini 9, all you have to do is fuck with the bootloader once and you'r... : boarder2
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      I think its important to emphasise that OSX doesn't run on mini10s though, AFAIK. Just to avoid confusion... : pieman
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        Dell would sell MORE net/notebooks if they patterned their hardware after the hackintosh forums. : sukabljat
        • instead... they fashioned their notebooks on an Onion parody of Apple... and we got.. www.adamobydell. : Toraz Chryx
      • This is correct, and is why I chose the 9... The 10 has a crappier video card and max 1GB RAM : boarder2
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      Two fingered scrolling on the trackpad doesn't work, but so far as I can tell everything else works. : Toraz Chryx
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        That's like one of the best things about OSX :( : sKetchflow
        • yeah... however, the thing is so small I can use the trackpad and rest my pinky on the arrow keys : Toraz Chryx
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  Yeah, i just got in my epc 1000he and put 2 gigs in there. Should get my 32gb ssd in next week. Does ... : broly1718
  • http://gadgets.boingboing.net/2008/12/17/osx-netbook-compatib.html : boarder2
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    yea, you can follow the guides for the 1000h when doing it for any of the other 1000 series... http://... : rmjackson
    • Additionally, the only thing I had to change when doing it was the wireless mini pcie card.. you can ... : rmjackson
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  Vaio P vs Mini 9, fight! http://twitpic.com/1npru ( 2 GB RAM, 64 GB SSD, 1600x768 display) : bostrov
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    Vaio P : $900+ Mini 9 : $200+ Winner? : mwasher
    • well that depends which metrics you're measuring, the VAIO is smaller, higher res, has a much larger SSD ... : Toraz Chryx
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      Vaio P: smaller yet easier to type on, add a 64 GB SSD, GPS and swap panels for closer to the Vaio's reso... : bostrov
      • I kinda wish I could get a 1280x768 panel for the thing 1024x600 is just a bit too short on the vertic... : Toraz Chryx
    • depends on what you want. vaio P does have integrated 3g and gps as a standard : sKetchflow
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      Vaio P has a trackpad, that's a no-no for me : shirif
      • err, that stick thingy : shirif
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        Vaio P does NOT have a trackpad. It has the thinkpad style pointer stick (though it's better to just carr... : bostrov
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          I used to like those pointer stick things better than the trackpad. Then I went mac : sKetchflow
          • My normal notebook is a 15" 2.4 GHz SR Macbook Pro, it doesn't bother me to switch back and forth between... : bostrov
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          Yeah, I made a mistake. But carrying an extra mouse seems rather contriving : shirif
          • Still less weight and bulk than a Mini 9 though. The Vaio P cannot (at present) run OS X though (it's... : bostrov
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  ... and about twelve minutes of battery life... Go for the Samsung NC10 or something... : uncleanmonkey
  • twelve minutes of battery life? the two hours I was next door earlier on the battery with mine and only g... : Toraz Chryx
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    Meh, I'm actively using it and streaming audio from a full charge and it's estimating about 3.5 hours. F... : boarder2
    • Still on that charge with 47% (estimated at slightly less than 2 hours) remaining : boarder2
• I have an Acer Aspire One which I added 1GB to (total 1.5GB) and made WinXP netbook-friendly using Stardo... : Matt Burris

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  Eight hour days still? What kind of job is it? That would be hard for me to agree to. : Do_Or_Die
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    Probably 10 hour days. Best way to describe the job would be test engineer. : rossimo
    • That sounds like hell, but if you need the job just take it. : spazzium
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      wtf??? uhh not a chance in hell unless it's crazy high salary : deadfish
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        What would you think of as crazy high? It would probably be something like a $40k/yr raise for me. : rossimo
        • what would it be adjusted hours wise for an equivalent position that works 40 hour weeks? It would have t... : deadfish
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          crazy high > $200k/yr : epit
          • I want to meet the 24 year old kids making > $200k :) : rossimo
        • To be worth it, I think that it must be high enough for you to afford to say "fuck it", quit, and take a ... : woddemandred
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          Yeah, and when are you going to spend it? Those Sundays that you're sleeping because of the six, ten-hou... : Arcanum
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            Another valid point that has been going through my head today in my boring job! : rossimo
            • So how much reverse-telecommuting do you think will be possible at the new job? : Prozium
        • Did you figure in all the extra hours you'd be working? : orgcaptainnemo
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      Ugh. If I was hard up and needed the job, I'd take it until I could find something else ASAP. But otherwi... : Do_Or_Die
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        I'm very miserable in my position and I've been looking for a new job for more than 6 months. This has... : rossimo
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          Call me cynical, but if you're salaried, they have little-to-no motivation to do that. : Arcanum
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            Yeah, I hear ya. For what it's worth it seems like they are bringing in a lot of people. : rossimo
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              Ok, so they bring in more people. They still have little to no motivation to drop you to a 5x8 workweek. : Arcanum
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                I imagine staff turnover with a prolonged 6-day work week would be pretty high. Depending on the type of ... : Sacred Sperm
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                  True, somewhat. On the other hand, the economy sucks, 6x10 doesn't give much time for looking for other ... : Arcanum
                  • Depends on what he's testing. I'm a test engineer and we have a whole test engineering department, but i... : DinK
          • Of course they do. The job market makes them either treat employees normally, pay them enough that the e... : DinK
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          I would put a year or two in there to see if it changes and put away some bank. : Evil Benius
          • ^^^ this. : epit
    • I wouldn't even consider it unless I was really desperate, or merely desperate and it was hourly (i.e., 2... : Arcanum
    • only if there is a specified end point either from the job or myself. you stay too long on a job like th... : smacknca
• 6 day, 8 hours/day? I sure as fuck wouldn't do it for salary unless I was desperate, and even then I'd b... : Arcanum
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  As long as your pay is at least 20% higher than the same job elsewhere doing a 5day week i wouldn't be to... : SigENeaT
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    You mean more than 25% higher, right? (Overtime.) : RomSteady
    • I guess it depends on the situation. If it were me going for the job in my field i would probably accept... : SigENeaT
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  6x12's (sometimes up to 16), mandatory since Christmas. Was supposed to end months ago though, just one ... : Omning
  • I hope you enjoy what you do, because that sounds terrible. : hoov1185
• I worked 6 days a week, 10 hours a day (except Saturday, that was only 8!) doing drafting and design. I ... : nurglich
• We're working 6 days/10 hours right now, woooooooooooooooooo. /gun : dravalen
• fuck that. : EvilDolemite