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• You don't have to spend a ton to get a card that will run L4D reasonably. : weevil bob
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  Can you run PCI express cards? : voodooraze
  • This question is very relevant. : LoioshDwaggie
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    I have no idea what that is :( : PapaBoo
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      how old is your pc? : jonin
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        2003 : PapaBoo
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          oh man. Yeah. Time to upgrade. : RyDogg1
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            but I don't really PC game. I mean, half-life, that's about it. It does fine for my internet/e-mail and... : PapaBoo
            • Your computer is six years old, though. Even your web browsing might be improved at this rate. Plus we ... : Lone Swordsman
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              http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102730 would probably run it well. : GrimmyD
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                Also, I had a shitty pic for the last 18 months and it killed pc gaming for me. Scrimped and saved an... : GrimmyD
                • Join the dark side, Papa. A good gaming rig is about $800 now days. A great one is 900. : LoioshDwaggie
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              You have L4D on the 360. Just play it there. I have this game for the 360 as do a fwe other shackers i... : FormerHPB
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                yes, but several of my good friends only have it on PC, so since it was on sale, I thought I'd get both : PapaBoo
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                  playing with kaiser isnt all its cracked up to be. That fucking mariachi music always gives me a headache... : Degenerate
                  • yeah, but when is 3 year old daughter is like "Yeah Bitch, Die Bitch" in the background, it makes it wort... : PapaBoo
                • ah. My PC is pretty old now too so I pretty much only play games on my 360 now. : FormerHPB
                • If you get it working I'll invite you to games! : Lone Swordsman
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          Do me a favor: download SIW ( http://www.gtopala.com/download/siw.exe ), run it (no install required), th : Ride-My-Rocket
          • FYI, you'll probably have to ratchet down the quality of your settings to play L4D with the X800 XL. I w... : Ride-My-Rocket
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  i run l4d on an athlon 3200+ with an ati radeon 3850HD AGP, works fine. : brainchild420
  • ps the 3850 cost me like ~$120 : brainchild420
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    big difference between the cards : feek
    • yeah but $120 for a card is a lot easier to deal with than $800+ for a new gaming rig. : brainchild420
• Weird. A few minutes ago I pulled out a 9800 Pro from an old machine. If it will work for you and you wan... : Bull

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• Check redfive's profile. Also, DBAN. : Robotic Puppy Eater
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  malwarebytes, spybot search & destroy : d fluke
  • Also good if you can run the scans on the drive when it's not in use as the system drive (plugged into an... : d fluke
• superantispyware : noodleboy723
• nuke+reinstall. : Agrona
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  Well in redfives post tjhe links are broken for crapcleaner and avenger anyone have any current links to ... : classicfork
  • you just have to remove my shitty brackers to fix that. : redfive

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  gettin a runcore? i was thinking about getting one before i sold mine : podizzle
  • yeah : boarder2
• I wish I could install OSX on my Acer Aspire One, but apparently OSX won't recognize the built-in WiFI ca... : AlexXdude
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  Where are you getting the upgrades from and what brand etc. : WhatIsThisFor
  • cheapest ram on newegg, ssd is a runcore from my digital discount which it doesn't sound like i'll actual... : boarder2
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  There's something screwed with Dell's Ubuntu, I think. I put vanilla 8.10 on mine and it's dramatically f... : jcupitt
  • Might be a different default sceduler. : TimeDoctor
  • I agree, ours is way slow. I'm going to nuke it and put OSX on it. : Visceral Monkey
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  Where are all you guys getting OSX, way too many of you are mentioning doing it to think it's not getting : Lunatic Angelic
  • I've made mention plenty of times about the 3 Apple machines I already own, maybe I own a family pack? : boarder2

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  The Shack review of the demo for Wanted is pretty good http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1... : dognose
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    Yeah. From what I've read the full version is not worth $50 (too short). : coolbreezr
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      People said that about the Max Paynes too so I dunno :/ : dognose
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        Max Payne has an easier time justifying short because of the story. What's Wanted's excuse? : Arcanum
        • I dunno, gameplay maybe? I haven't played it. I didn't think the Paynes were too short anyway : dognose
  • X-play reviewed Wanted: Weapons of Fate today and gave it a 2 out of 5, mostly for being way too short. ... : LemonJoose
  • the demo was very unimpressive. the cover-to-cover mechanic plays like a rhythm game with only one button... : gokart.
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  My Godfather II review here: http://eat-games.blogspot.com/2009/04/godfather-2.html : warcrow
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    makes me think Mafia II is the real game to look for here : Postal
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      Oh man I loved the first game so much. What a fun game. I have high hopes for the sequel. : warcrow
      • my favorite game was the original X_X : jane911
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  Godfather II sucks: http://www.gamerankings.com/pc/948957-the-godfather-ii/index.html Necrovision sucks:... : PenicillinX57
  • most of the godfather reviews are pretty positive, it's the haters like gamespot with a 4.5/10 dragging i... : JINKY
• Godfather II looks and sounds pretty neat. Necrovision is apparently crap. Cryostasis has been getting ... : roushimsx
• Watched my friend play Godfather II today, doesn't seem to be very good. Looks like a rental. : hoov1185
• Necrovision isn't out yet! : Lone Swordsman
• I played the necrovision demo and didn't like it at all. The controls just felt all wonky or something a... : .frame
• godfather 2 aint bad if your looking to play a godfather mafia styled game and not trying to find a gta i... : italiano3d
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  The necrovision demo sucked. : freshyk
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    I didn't like it too :( : dognose
    • It was so disheartening because I was super excited for Necrovision. :( : freshyk
• protip: it means they suck : aeg1x
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  Godfather 2 sucks. The vehicle controls are WAY too arcadey. The physics and damage models in crashes and... : jane911
  • what about all the executions! : Mondo
• Necrovision demo was horrible. They took the game in the exact opposite direction that Painkiller went in... : Psigun
• It's no on your list but Riddick is great! : ArtilleryMarker

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• NYC : Mad Brahmin Disease
• NYC is much bigger, so I suspect it would probably cost more. : Vantage
• San Francisco is more expensive I've heard : bozer
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  NYC according to this: http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0883960.html : DonkeyPopsicle
  • that's Manhattan, though... : zerog83
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  I've lived in both cities; NYC is more expensive, but sometimes SF gives it a run for its money. : das_runt
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    Yea, probably NYC. The bankers in NYC know how to spend money and bump up the cost of living way more tha... : askedrelic
    • That might be changing in the coming 3-10 years, though. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/09/realestate/... : Ride-My-Rocket
• Manhattan is prolly worse then SF, but the outer boroughs of nyc might be alil cheaper. lets see, a stud... : sanewave

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  that would be a sweet job though : aeg1x
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    It'd be like being on Xbox Live. : marmite
    • My world is a video game. : Clasifyd
• haha awesome. : lasercat
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  Sweet, you should find a way to play actual clips from HL2 over their speakers. : chazums
  • climb up and hook up a laptop to the speaker cable perhaps. That would be awesome. "Welcome. Welcome, ... : marmite
  • and/or to hit the kid with an electric prod : dirge23
  • This would be one of the greatest hacks ever. : loboca
• yeah, thats big in the UK now : filthysock
• ENGLAND : Godhatesfatpeople
• That's fucking epic. : MercFox1
• that's great. : ass-street
• So wrong yet so funny. : trevis

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  18 films nominated, 7 films nominated for 3 or more awards, including our film nominated for 4... out of ... : Wheatloaf
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    Hey I'm going to post about my awesome work without saying what the work was done on : gmd
    • Whatever it was Spielberg did it better. : ArcKnight
    • It's either - Helen - Mothers & Daughters - Playing For Keeps My bet is on Helen. : sigpro
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  Maybe it wasn't deserving of it. : freshyk
  • Apparently. : Wheatloaf
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  what is it : Demius
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    To clarify: I worked on a short film that was nominated for some awards (yay), but I myself was not nomin... : Wheatloaf
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      Awards are 50% art and 50% politics, even in indies and shorts. Sorry you got shafted. =[ : grendel
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        How could it be politics though? Especially for my category... it doesn't strike me as being high profil : Wheatloaf
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          Politics exists in every level of everything, from high school teachers to high brow art critic circles. : randomposter
          • ^^^^ this this this : Serpico74
      • it's all politics, joel : randomposter
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      i'd be glad the movie was nominated at all. there's no I in Team : RikiTiki2
      • Exactly, and it can still be put on a resume, etc. : Serpico74
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      I have a gig in Europe that looks like it's going to come through and pan out, so that is a dream come tr : bostrov
      • That fell through... that producer is such a flake. I never know for sure if we are going to picture on ... : Wheatloaf
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  Anything happening with those commercials yet? : randomposter
  • We're aiming to go to picture hopefully the first or second week of May at the latest. We are currently ... : Wheatloaf
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  Dude, sack up. My entire body of work and I've been nominated exactly once. You look at some other nomine... : Serpico74
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    I don't care about the evening, I care about what a high profile award nomination like that means for my ... : Wheatloaf
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      What, you don't think having something like that on my resume wouldn't have helped as I was coming up, or : Serpico74
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        I did not realize we had so many filmmakers on the shack. That's pretty cool. : Antilles_Prime
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          Here's something I recently shot that was only for the UK market. First time shooting with the Phantom, I... : Serpico74
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            Holy shit, that was you? That was in pretty heavy rotation on BBC channels for a while. Nice work. : rock elf
            • Thanks! It was a super fast shoot but it was pretty fun to figure out how to do. : Serpico74
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        Wait, you directed the video for U2's Vertigo? Probably the only thing in film to ever give me motion ... : IndigoAK
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          Haha! Worse! He was director of photography, and probably operated one of the cameras too! So yeah, he... : Wheatloaf
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            Ah, well then I've got a bone to pick with you, Serpico74. : IndigoAK
            • Song's called Vertigo. Mission Accomplished! : Serpico74
    • so you weren't personally nominated, but the movie you helped make was? that's still good if you ask me o... : RikiTiki2

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  It pretty much sucks to be Polish any time from an invasion standpoint. : Visceral Monkey
  • That's true : MagicWishMonkey
  • Rolled over almost as often as Austria during Napoleon's time. : ihya
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  You didn't know about the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact? : woddemandred
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    I knew about that, but I didn't realize they helped Germany take Poland... I always thought it was more o... : MagicWishMonkey
    • That was essentially the deal, they didn't really help Germany, except by opening up the opportunities th... : woddemandred
• yeah, stalin was a real asshole to the poles. They fucking kicked the shit out the germans during their ... : stgdz

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• To relax and get away from all the women chasing me and orphans thanking me for adopting them : spiderfill
• because it's more involving than TV; because of achievement and community; because most of what's on TV i... : Postal
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  God that entire episode was a drunken train wreck, I could not even finish it. : Evil Benius
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    It got way better after they kicked the Scottish guy off : Dave-A
    • ^^^ I was ready to turn it off (the first time I would have ever done that) but thankfully Garnett realiz... : derelict515
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      As soon as that guy spoke his first word you could tell he was totally wasted. : cookblaze
      • Utterly hilarious though "NO LISTEN!" : TroughLollie
      • Having hung out with that 'drunk Scottish guy' on a few occasions I can say its totally not in his charac... : paroxym
• It's simple, it's interactive and movies and books aren't. Also, it does not have the real life consequen... : Skyburst101
• It is interactive rather than passive entertainment. : frib
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  Another reason people play games, or more specifically violent games, is that human males have aggressive... : techx4
  • stand back, this guy is doing science : Drakoniac
• Actually, I prefer film and literature. They have better stories with deeper characters that have a want... : STURM Mr Grey
• As it has been said by others, it's the interactive nature of games that makes them a unique draw compare... : Rag and Bone Man
• Primarily it's an issue of "interactivity" versus "passivity" - other mediums are much more laid-back and... : wytefang
• -It's a different medium to tell a story in. The interactivity can be pretty cool. -Some games I play fo... : d fluke
• The stories are engaging enough, plus they keep getting better. I suck at sports, so games give that t... : Tawler
• As an Eve: Online addict i'm not sure i'm qualified to answer this question... as sometimes i just sit in... : megreedy
• It's taking the fantasy of films and books a step further, by putting you into them in a convincing enoug... : terylene
• It helps me train for nuclear fallouts, alien and/or demonic invasions... oh and it helps me live out my ... : Wshmaster0
• I play games cause I like to shot people in the face and or body. I also like to make things go boom. : voodooraze
• Escapism and some inertia from when I was a teenager....it just sort of carried on as something fun I spe... : kainen1
• For me personally it was started out as escapism when I was around 13-18. The pressure of graduating Midd... : RogerDandy
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  Slight followup: Do you feel more guilty when you stay up too late playing a videogame vs watching your f... : Jenings
  • Definitely after playing too many games. Playing too many games makes you feel crappy sometimes TV can to... : RogerDandy

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  So much chum though. :( Just buy Jagged Alliance 2 and Alien Shooter Vengance for $12.50 and you've got e... : geedeck
  • Culpa Innata, despite it's flaws, it's worth playing. It's just very rough along the edges. I only recent... : avatar_58
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    The flatout games are a fuckton of fun too, especially in multiplayer. They're no burnout, but they do... : aaarrrgh
    • flatout uc is rad : feek
• I wonder why they don't release the Kohan games. : Rag and Bone Man
• I dont know how they did it but they managed to create a package of 26 games I have no interest in playin... : aeg1x
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  Does it reflect poorly upon me that I've never even heard of most of those games? : Bold
  • There is a couple of very good games in there. Not sure of the rest. Alien Shooter Disciple 2 Jagged... : razlebol
• i don't think i've ever heard of any of those games. : Clay

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  Ordered Clear Skies. See if it shows up. OEM Gift and all that. : RookieCAF
  • Confirmed and charged! Woot! : RookieCAF
• available to canada as well. http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16800997041 : razlebol

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  Oh, but Chunks opts for cider instead of beer because he is a girl. : the moon and antarctica
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    I was trying to put off a gay vibe, to lure unsuspecting women over for you to enjoy. : Chunks
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      Well, it was a halfway success! : the moon and antarctica
      • PS tell your brother to hire me so I never have to leave. I'll do anything. even office fluffer. : the moon and antarctica
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  I'll try to come along next time :( Also, I recommend you go to Thorildsplan station to see some nifty s... : woddemandred
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    I'm convinced you are an -efx- character account, and you don't really exist. : Chunks
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      Come ride my train sometime, and you'll see my view isn't quite to -efx-'s standards. : woddemandred
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        What do you mean "your train"? Are you a conductor? Also, that station you mentioned above is like....... : Chunks
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          Don't be coy, you know exactly what he means. : the moon and antarctica
          • woddemandred is commonly known here as the conductor of the stockholm midnight meat train. Fun times y... : -efx-
        • I'm a subway train driver. (subway means anal) : woddemandred
        • Does your brother love the Kungshol? : Ride-My-Rocket
• I'm jealous. Those guys are awesome. not gay : Portax

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  Would you prefer they say, "Nuh uh bitch, happen not gonna!" : spiderfill
  • Yes, 'you're screwed" is a better answer if that's the actual answer. In this instance, the answer is al... : freqq28
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  "Do you realize your answer makes no sense?" : silent prophet
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    Exactly what I'm telling them. =) Fourth email now. I feel obligated to keep it going now. : freqq28
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      The thing I love is they answer as if they've addressed my issue perfectly. : freqq28
      • one of you is getting paid for this exchange. : nem00
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  I've been temporarily banned from posting technical support questions to EA's help system before for gett... : IndigoAK
  • I got an Ubisoft rep to admit they don't support games over 2 years old. I asked him why they still conti... : avatar_58
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  I've had this a couple times with the Comcast support techs, I don't think they are trying to be jerks, s... : vitaminzach
  • Yes, so I'm being polite though firm about my question. : freqq28
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  All the fucking time. :( I've ended up looking up the head-office and calling the CEO, then bitching at h... : nudel
  • lol city link. I've never known a worse company. : marmite
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    city link are beyond help - i fucking hate them. it's a pain as ccl online use them and they generally ha... : even4
    • I avoid any company that uses them for delivery. : marmite
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  Yeah, been on both sides of that one. Where either the person just isn't getting the solution, or I just ... : zakazi
  • Exactly. It feels like they're only allowed to give out scripted answers, and they don't have one for thi... : freqq28
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  One of my all time favorites was when I was having issues with my DSL years ago. At some point in the con... : s2jason
  • Ah yes. "Router" is the universal escape clause for dls/cable support personnel. : freqq28
  • I had an argument with Qwest once when they first rolled out DSL, their system said I was online and work... : rhuntley12
• It's industry standard to go over a list of steps that may or may not have relative pertinence to your i... : jasoncrowley
• Cisco is like that sometime. Its really hit or miss with their support. You either gets someone that kn... : retardhumper
• I do tech support and I hate calling tech support. :( My tech support area is pretty awesome though a... : geedeck
• In a customer service call/support center like that, anyone worth their salt will be culled from the herd... : theo20185

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  sorry... the shack is only for lawyers, doctors and people who apparently work at a dogfart factory : dfz0r
  • dogfarts are recession proof : MagicWishMonkey
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    Zebra cum manufacturing here!! Doing great! : Githyanki
    • Update: I just jerked off the biggest zebra cock ever! : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Don't forget the fluffers. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  A guy that works customer service at our local cable company makes ~$12 an hour. He just got promoted to... : goatjc
  • I wouldn't do on-site tech support for less than $20. Dealing with people sucks so much. : hawkeye
  • $14 is way too low to deal with the gross people you would have to deal with. : melkore
• Unless you get higher up in the pay scale (management, etc.) I wouldn't expect to make a whole lot of mon... : umcpwintermute

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  Yeah, this was posted here a while back. I still don't understand why the 5th person is Steve the Pirate.... : Arctic Fox
  • He obviously didn't as he doesn't appear in any other pictures... : dedgecko
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  Yeah, fat pirate guy ruins the pictures http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3464/3378891393_c70012ccf4_o.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Looks like Louis just shat his pants and he just smelt it. : ihya
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  If by cool, you mean dumb, then yeah that's fucking cool. : voodooraze
  • Why dumb? They did a pretty good job, minus the pirate. : razlebol

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• Hmmmm, I didn't know they were playing here. I might have to look into this. : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• Yup, I especially love The Last Broadcast : sonicdeathwalrus
• Doves are awesome : ThomW
• Yes! But I will be out of town when they play in DC :[ : DonkleyPunch

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  I'm pretty sure Donna turned down the job offer, the MLP connection continues through the season and .. I... : alnya
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    I never saw Donna turn down the offer and that was like 7 episodes ago now. I know there are more that a... : bipolar
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      It's implied that she turned down the offer but yeah it never happens on the show. MLP comes and goes : Schnapple
      • I can't really remember, but while there wasn't a specific scene where Donna said No, wasn't there a bit : alnya
• Usually stuff gets brought back in later episodes. : thekidd
• These annoyances are nothing compared to the ones you'll see in season 5-7 after Sorkin left : spiderfill
• Or for example when the president can't sleep and he brings in the doctor who treated Josh. They have on... : bipolar

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  hulu SUCKS. It doesn't want to show me its shows. Fucking JERK. I wanna check out Fringe :/ : SpaecKow
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    Like I've said before you should emigrate to this country. You are primed to come on over to the winning... : trove
    • Think about what you're saying trove! I would probably become naturalised, and might start voting. : SpaecKow
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    *cough* Hotspot Shield, google it. : carnivore
    • massive piece of shit : scottythejock
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  I've now set my Fringe schedule to record an extra 10 minutes instead of 3. : DarkWolf5
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    you can do that? how do you do that! : dahanese
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      I know the Dish DVR can do this under the timer options for each show. I don't know about other makers. : DarkWolf5
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        i've got comcast, but i'll check that out! : dahanese
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          You can do it on the piece of shit Comcast DVR. Just look for "more options" when you're setting up a ser... : Arctic Fox
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            I still don't understand why they haven't rolled out the Comcast/Tivo boxes. They've been available for ... : BingusLargus
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              because the standard DVR boxes from Comcast are fucking awesome. : Degenerate
              • I love the retro early 90's interface they've got. And the themes (purple, grey, green) are awesome! : hawkeye
              • I'm buying a Tivo HD this week, and one of the primary reasons is so I don't have to pay Comcast every mo... : Arctic Fox
            • ...because it's Comcast...they're shitheads. : hawkeye
            • the tivo/comcast boxes are available in my area but cost more than a standard dvr box. : tested2
  • I upped mine to +15 minutes because of last night. So stupid. : mathyou
  • I do the same for all my important shows on my verizon dvr : El Tigre
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  until you get throttled or metered bandwidth : RikiTiki2
  • i don't usually watch shows on hulu. in fact, that shit is still buffering so really it kind of sucks. al... : dahanese
• I tried to watch it 5 minutes ago and realized the same thing before I started playing it. My TiVo is an ... : Ctrl-Phreak
• another reason to hate the shit out of american idol. fuck that show is lame. : deject
• Sadly, this happened to me too. : freqq28
• This happens to me with Family Guy, American Dad, and Scrubs all the time. The annoying thing is if you s... : Dave-A
• the ending: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19632604#itemanchor_19632604 : smax
• i hate my time warner dvr. i wish the thing were fucking smart enough to only use one tuner when recor... : maulla

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• You better save me a spot igi : dmason
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  cmon more! : sanchez
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    wtf are you guys doing? sleeping? : sanchez
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      You're not even logged on? : socksta
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        we ragequit : sanchez
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          Do you like fishsticks? : socksta
          • In your mouth? : Visceral Monkey
• Alright, that was fucking lame. : dmason
• Most of us have jobs. : sheepraper

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• Oh no! I just realized I did not save my dungeon crawl files from my reformat. I was about 5x deeper than... : braaains
• Of course I say that, and a few hours later I'm an unstoppable juggernaut. Until I get stupid, that is. I... : woddemandred