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• I have to wait until May 5th, I'm not special. : ant_hillbilly
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  this is pretty slick. : Clay
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    It's so slick infact, that it makes me think that vista was really a "oh crap, XP is ancient... release..... : Toraz Chryx
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      Is readyboost worth a crap? : noven
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        it's been worked over in W7 so.. maybe, in vista it was kinda futile. the Mini9 has an SSD anyway thou... : Toraz Chryx
        • I have no idea why I brought up the mini9 there. *blink* oh, it's 2:30am no fucking wonder! : Toraz Chryx
  • You have RC1 already? : prime8
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  If you were to take an educated guess when would you say Windows 7 will go gold? This year? Next year? : bstrad
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    I'm going with this year, sometime around august/september. : Toraz Chryx
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      Ugh, I hope so, the sooner the better. It already seems solid, I'd completely replace Vista with it on my... : Serpico74
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        remember they'll have to do SOMETHING to counter Snow Leopard's marketing push. : Toraz Chryx
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          Dumb question but if this is RC1 why would it take until August / September for the final? I keep asking... : abrasion
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            You know, in certain older, civilized cultures, when men failed as entirely as you have, they would throw... : Toraz Chryx
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              Errr try from the folder list view on the left of explorer and get back to me. : abrasion
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                That would be doing it wrong, and thus failing. :p actually, I agree with you on this particular issu : Toraz Chryx
                • You motherf! thanks for telling me, I'd crossed you off my xmas list and added you to my 'hitlist' when... : abrasion
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            What's much worse is that, in the regular, non retarded status bar, W7 still doesn't/only sometimes show ... : GreatGooglyMoogly
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              NO GOOGLYMOOGLY YOU'RE JUST A WHINING FUCK AND DUM, LOL - GET USED TO HOW IT IS NOW IT IS SUPERIOR LOL... : abrasion
              • MINE BAD LORRLROLOL : GreatGooglyMoogly
            • yes it really annoys my not being able to see it there. fuck. : MrBig0
        • I can't believe that didn't occur to me, of course they're going to release it against Snow Leopard. Micr... : Serpico74
        • is there an ETA for that? I haven't really been paying attention. : derelict515
    • That's my bet too. : Nitrium
  • they said they were ahead of schedule, some time at least before Jan. 2010. : g0nk
  • http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/04/30/windows_7_october_acer/ : jingletard
  • I bet it goes gold in June / July : rosewood
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  When will the public links be sent out :( : abrasion
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    May 5. : RomSteady
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      I need official Microsoft.com links, then I won't get hassled downloading it at work. : abrasion
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        the microsoft servers will be so crushed on tuesday : Thomas Hace
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          Wednesday. Tuesday for you :( I want to know how the hell I'm gonna get it for free! That's what's ma... : abrasion
          • For free? It is free. Open beta. : Albemuth
• Just got it installed - installed in about 14 minutes - pretty fast. So far so good. Installing L4D..... : virus
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  Very curious to hear how stuff plays. Especially using ATI hardware. : prokat
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    I'm not sure what you're waiting for, the beta worked extremely well for most people regardless of hardwa... : derelict515
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      Good to hear.. I hadn't been watching impressions. So it's main computer stable then! : prokat
      • I have been using it on my gaming desktop and my home laptop that I use for work occasionally, haven't ha... : fried sushi
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  so i have an older HP Slimline with a Athlon 64 3500+ in it, it'll run the 64bit version right? i've neve... : g0nk
  • help? : g0nk
  • Yeah it'll run. : dafugg
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  my experience with W7 has been exactly the same as Vista with all of the updates installed. Is there some... : Yanks
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    Also can't forget the ribbon in everything which makes me do a Vader style NOOOOOOOOOO : Yanks
    • the ribbon is also fantastic : zerog83
    • Time for you to buy a mac : rosewood
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    the "start menu" in Vista / W7 is fantastic : zerog83
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      I disagree ... I actually prefer the old school start menu for some reason. : virus
      • Same here but I'm getting used to the new one, I guess the recent applications is handy - but I miss keyb... : abrasion
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        once you get used to the Start Search you'll never look back : redfive
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          hmm, that is pretty sweet... : virus
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            that's one thing that is f'd in Vista and W7 is the old menu. It's painful to browse directories where y... : redfive
            • Hey, thanks. I didn't even know that screenshot utility was even in there. : OmegaRed59
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          Do you know if there's a way of accessing the old search? I actually don't mind the new one but the inde... : abrasion
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            How long have you had it installed for? generally the indexing should be instantaneous after it does the ... : Yanks
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              it seems OSX still has the leg-up on tying the filesystem and index together. : Toraz Chryx
              • I agree with this man entirely on this one. : abrasion
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    Windows Explorer doesn't look like a convolouted mass of shit. http://abrasion.shackspace.com/lolsta/w... : abrasion
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      god quit using classic mode, it's horrendous : cltcprd
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        this was my first reaction : Yanks
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          incoming abrasion rant about how he knows (and only he knows) about UI design : cltcprd
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            Who cares what I use - what fucking difference does it make to you? I'm happy with what you find ugly, yo... : abrasion
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              exactly. however, the way you name your hard drives makes my brain hurt :) : virus
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                Really! ? :( I love that, helps me know which disk I'm on, both physically and virtually (partition) : abrasion
                • To each his own :) : virus
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              it makes a difference when you make a post about it drawing attention to how you have it setup. : redfive
              • this why I can't stay away from these threads, although I'm trying hard :( the vocal minority who turn o... : Dave-A
              • What are you talking about? Seriously - I show a screenshot, how is that drawing attention? I made a pos... : abrasion
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        I don't know a single server or desktop administrator in any of the previous jobs I've had who will put u... : abrasion
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          then use win2k3 and ws08 server. Not the clients : cltcprd
          • I don't understand your complaints about my UI choice, seriously - who cares if I prefer classic? I guess... : abrasion
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        no. classic for life!!! : g0nk
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          The way I see it is for this beta shit I'll use the new stuff and see if I get used to it. If not, I'll ... : virus
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            i HATE the new task bar in Win7.. fuck that shit. OOOH ITS BETTER.. yeah, whatever it sucks. why do they ... : g0nk
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              because thats what mac does and mac is better : Luminair
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                honestly, because of the way the OSX dock is, you'd think i would love the Win7 task bar in it's new stat... : g0nk
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                  im constantly moving things around the task bar trying to get them to make sense (well, the old way of ma... : virus
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                    how about the blank bar that shows the desktop. how is that for creative thinking microsoft: lets put... : Luminair
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                      Yeah - like if you didn't know what that was, you would never click it. Pretty stupid, or at least it sh... : virus
                      • all you have to do is mouse over it for a fuckin second and then you'll know what it does : steve_o
              • lol.... : ColoradoCNC
            • It puts all the functionality of the quicklaunch bar and taskbars into one, and adds more functionality. ... : Dave-A
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              I don't like the bigger icons - thats for sure. I also miss my "quicklaunch" like before. But the rest ... : virus
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                i think that's a big part of why i hate it, is the icons being so big. or more so, the "white space" arou... : g0nk
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                  You can switch back to the old taskbar style. It takes two seconds. : aggressor
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                    You really can't. : GreatGooglyMoogly
                    • Um, yea you can. Right click task bar > properties > select Use small icons. Then use the dropdown for Ta... : aggressor
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                Right-click an empty area on the taskbar. If Lock the Taskbar has a check mark next to it, the taskbar is... : bozer
                • o shit. : g0nk
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              if only we could go back and give those Win95 designers a medal for creating the pinnacle of design 15 ye... : derelict515
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                they and their peers have probably gotten some over the years, and from more reputable sources than shack... : Luminair
                • I'm pretty sure latestchatty.x is as reputable as it gets good sir : derelict515
            • g0nk, when they make a positive change I'll happily praise it but people don't see those comments, they c : abrasion
            • It is a lot better, but you can change it to vista style if your vagina is that sandy. : pyide
          • This is where I was when Vista came out. I switched back to the no-Aero-classic-everything mode in a few... : mafu5150
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          they took 2d hardware acceleration out of vista and win7. if you want a hardware composited windows envir... : retarded talking dinosaur
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            If classic mode is 10x slower and it takes an entire 2ms to refresh a screen vs .02ms with aero - who rea... : abrasion
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              I kicked a test rig into non-glass mode and I could SEE windows being drawn when I opened the window.. ... : Toraz Chryx
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                it's to create a more authentic experience to go along with the age of the design :p : derelict515
                • Low blow man :( : abrasion
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                Something wrong with the machine then, I have no such problem here - you using stock video driver? I... : abrasion
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                  no, using the windows update supplied driver (because the nvidia supplied one is crashy as fuck) and..... : Toraz Chryx
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                    Something is wrong with the system either way, what you're describing hasn't occured on any of the 10 or ... : abrasion
                    • well It's a fresh install of 7100, E8400@3Ghz, 4GB of DDR2-800, Geforce 6800GT put it in classic, full... : Toraz Chryx
          • Apparently some 2D GDI stuff is accelerated again in Win7, but it probably requires new Win7-specific dri... : nudel
    • I think the windows 7 explorer still sucks but beh : Luminair
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      Hey look, Windows 98! : Danny5225
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        the windows 98 version of that is better. they actually put a lot of thought into the windows 98 version... : Luminair
        • http://www.bcschools.net/staff/images/WindowsExplorer.jpg you know, I probably would rather use that : Yanks
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      Jeus christ you fail so hard with whatever the fuck you did to your computer and windows. Its dusgusting ... : bozer
      • Yet simple and functional! : abrasion
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    What the hell? How can you hate the start menu? : rosewood
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      because getting to not recently used programs sucks major balls (yes I know you can search but the mechan... : Yanks
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        But you get recently used programs too and what viewable area do you need? : rosewood
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          Enough to see at least all program groups that I have on the system at once. Kind of like this: http:/... : Yanks
          • I'm confused. Between the recently used programs list, and pinning things to the taskbar like the OSX doc... : derelict515
      • I do wish they came in large icons, I admit. : abrasion
    • That thing is always startin' somethin'! : nudel
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  Didn't I read that there was like a "administrator" command line? If so, what is it? : Clay
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    winkey > cmd then right click on it on the list and run as administrator ? : Toraz Chryx
    • THIS IS SO COMPLICATED : Clay
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      winkey > cmd > ctrl+shift+enter : StuMan1337
      • Or, indeed, that. : Toraz Chryx
  • In that thread from the last chatty, someone posted a link to features in Win7 and it gave you an easy wa... : rosewood
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  g0nk did you just use the phrase "chitty chatting"? : Dave-A
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    yes i did. DEAL. : g0nk
    • I says to mabel, I says... : Dave-A
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  Loving the piss out of it : rosewood
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    rosie this VPN thing is driving me crazy cuckoo bananas :( : Dave-A
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      I replied : rosewood
      • I read your reply : Dave-A
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    I'm finding the Action Center to be a tad annoying. : virus
    • I turned that off : rosewood
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  FUCKING JUST BLUESCREENED ON ME >:( Details: Problem signature: Problem Event Name: BlueScreen ... : virus
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    Open up the dump in the debugger and see what actually caused it. : rosewood
    • and submit a bug report : derelict515
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      ...the debugger? : virus
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        http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315263 : rosewood
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          The computer has rebooted from a bugcheck. The bugcheck was: 0x0000001a (0x0000000000008884, 0xfffffa800 : virus
          • Event viewer isn't what you need. Open up that dmp file and it will tell you what caused the problem. : rosewood
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            Here is the full dump file: Microsoft (R) Windows Debugger Version 6.11.0001.404 AMD64 Copyright (c : virus
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              Definitely submit that bug report. Also run a hard drive scan. : rosewood
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                Ok so I don't have the feedback link ANYWHERE .... how do I submit? : virus
                • Run "Problem Reports" in the action center : rosewood
            • Additional Debug info: ADDITIONAL_DEBUG_TEXT: Use '!findthebuild' command to search for the target : virus
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              I dont know how to read that but since nothing obvious sticks out, I'd wonder if the computer hardware is... : Luminair
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                Thats what I'm starting to wonder, but I never ever had a problem with XP. : virus
                • So, you have the debugger but you don't have the debug symbols. Normally, you can get the symbols from ht... : gimpi
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    my data suggests a 97.4% chance that third party software is to blame : Luminair
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      The only thing I've installed so far is Steam and firefox and Left 4 Dead : virus
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        and the drivers for every device in the computer : Luminair
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          Automatically installed by Windows 7. : virus
          • and manually developed by third parties : Luminair
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    And again and again ... now it won't even boot past the "Starting Windows" screen. Windows 7 hates thi... : virus
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      Are you maybe having an SATA/AHCI issue? : mafu5150
      • Just checked - no. :( : virus
  • heh, 64-bit bluescreen parameters; must be THE FUTURE! : the archvile
  • Windows.... windows never changes : askedrelic
  • Apple commercial'd : festivalman
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  i want to try it out. How do you get it? : ultramega
  • MSDN for some today/tomorrow and May 5th for the public : Madwacker
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  Does RC1 have the XP mode? I read about it and it seemed like a parallels-like virtualization mode for XP... : crummynz
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    Those who can get it via MS Connect can get it slowly but surely. : rosewood
    • 28 hours to go... zzzzzz....... : g0nk
  • I read it's a seperate download, available soon - I'm curious to scope it out. : abrasion
• Just got it up and running. Such a sweet install. : bozer
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  Still can't install, perhaps one of you know why? I had same problem with Vista64, Windows will get past ... : graceofdragons
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    I had that problem, I unplugged everything but the monitor, keyboard and mouse. Have anything else plugg... : virus
    • I have a Raptor on SATA and an IDE drive, so I unplugged that and ran just SATA HD and IDE DVD drive. I ... : graceofdragons
  • I have this exact issue you describe. I put in dvd it will get to the "setup" process and just hang. So ... : Iwannaacura
  • I had this exact problem on a HP DC 7100 or DC 7600 machine - they use an onboard intel graphics card, ca... : abrasion
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    Just let it sit there for awhile, it happened with vista also. It's doing something, just really slowly. : crazywigga
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      its trying to find the right sata/ide driver - I think... our PE environment does similar things on some... : sludge vohaul
      • indeed i wasn't being patient (no bar) took about 8 minutes but it resumed setup : graceofdragons
    • yeah, takes like 5 minutes to go through but eventually it carries on : steve_o
  • Longshot here, but check your floppy drive settings in your BIOS. I had a problem where certain spots wo... : JHelgie
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  Ok I have two problems 1) I can't connect to a samba share. I get an error saying "The account is not ... : Clay
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    I have had extensive samba issues ever since Windows XP, guest accounts have given me problem after probl... : abrasion
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      NTLM authentication mismatch perhaps? i know vista/2k8/w7 presumably raise the default level to NTLMv2 : gokart.
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        er wait that'd only apply in a domain environment eh : gokart.
        • still worth a try i guess: Click "Start -> Run." Then, type in the Run field: "secpol.msc." That will br : gokart.
  • try guest@hostname for the username : rosewood
  • check in gpedit.msc that its set to negotiate connections from any version of lanman... when Vista came o... : rmjackson
  • Creative drivers have been trash on Win7 so far. (Big surprise) I had to go back to on-board sound becau... : melkore
• some of you might enjoy this if you aren't reading it already http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/default.aspx : Madwacker
• I might install this on my P3-800 laptop. Will run like shit, but my mini9 is Hackintoshed and my running... : node

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  It depends on what "Met this girl in Europe." Was it like one night of sex and a day walking around Pari... : soggybagel
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    Just for the sake of argument, let's say you spent about 20 hours in the company of said girl. : Vantage
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      For the sake of argument, I'd want to know if those 20 hours were enjoyable and worth repeating. And woul... : edlin
      • Well, a hypothetical 20 hours spent in exotic Tuscany may not be a good representation of a more extended... : Vantage
  • I think this is an important question. : Galadriel07
• Does she have a sister? :) : dognose
• If I was you, yes I'd go. : edlin
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  would you regret not going? : RikiTiki2
  • or would you regret going more? either way, you're going to regret it : RikiTiki2
• Vantage stars in... I was locked up a-broad! :O : Lunatic Angelic
• no i don't go instead i wonder what might have been for the rest of my life, on an internet gaming board : Deathlove
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  Have fun becoming a drug mule. : mechanicalgrape
  • Have fun becoming the bukkake donut : jane911
• Pics+Divx : kramweil
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  Maybe go but have enough money to cover your expenses and fly home early that way if it goes weird/psyco ... : johnlocks
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    Ok, well, let's take it to the next step, all hypothetical of course, and suppose that after those 20 hou... : Vantage
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      That makes the hypothetical situation less enticing... : edlin
      • That was my thought. Unfortunately, in this hypothetical situation, said girl has your phone number and ... : Vantage
    • Sounds pretty psycho. Could be one hell of a trip! just make sure to bring some self-defense, and let : famine101
    • Only 20 hours but you had a great time. If it happened to me I would go but I would try to stay on my own... : johnlocks
    • abort abort abort! : recoilfx
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      i think you are in "before sunrise" and when you go to visit her it'll be "before sunset" : EvilDolemite
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        That sounds ominous :[ : Vantage
        • oh the movies are heartfelt and i love them, but they're sad : EvilDolemite
    • buy an open ended ticket, know when flights go out daily make sure you can get to the airport with relati... : RetroRedEyeJr
    • Vantage, this is a stupid hypothetical question. : AlexXdude
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      profess your undying love back, get a month a great sex and dump her like a rotten sack of potatoes at th... : filthysock
      • She'll be like Carrie Fisher in The Blues Brothers, and turn up with an M16 and a bad attitude when you l... : Colleton
    • hahahaha. yeah this means you will be in a tub of ice with no liver while they negotiate for you to get ... : Downforce
    • Run. Don't walk. : Goblin au
    • Vantage you're smarter than that. Come on. : MagicWishMonkey
    • Mystery solved: She's trying to immigrate to Canada. : Attica Blue
• Fuck yes you go. : Vincent Grayson
• You are going to get your balls licked. : rosewood
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  How attached are you to your kidneys? : nem00
  • ^^^ this is what i'd be worried about lol : eeeealmo
• she has a penis : Flynn
• She's going to chop you up and make Vantage soup out of you. Don't do it! : 5150Joker
• Dude, but she probably has AIDS anyway, so you might aswell go, since you're gonna die from AIDS anyway. : Melll
• Yes. There are so many islands, you can just escape if it doesn't work out. : jessipoo
• she's cheating on you : mojo the helpr monke
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  do it. just dont end up on locked up abroad. : mindshot
  • That show is awesome, Banged up abroad is awesome too. : Melll
• she's going to steal your kidneys : YamatoTwinkie
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  Hmm, I guess given this situation, you probably shouldn't go. : Vantage
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    Not unless you want your ass pounded, which now looks like you dont anymore.. : Melll
    • nah man why the fuck not.. thailand isn't that bad. : rbjester
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      In the root post, certain assumptions were made regarding the existence (or lack thereof) of a penis. Th... : Vantage
      • Yes it's true -- this man has no dick. : bipolar
• Hypothetically, she's going to harvest your skin, tan it, and make a suit out of it. : cerealSAM2
• Girl you met in Italy? Hell no : Morgin
• dude, it's a fucking adventure! go! be cautious and rational! but go! : d0pamine
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  Do it you pussy, Thailand is awesome and even if she's crazy, leave the first day and just wander around ... : askedrelic
  • this is what I'd do. : Megara9
• Watch out for your kidneys : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I'd go. Just make backup plans to bail just in case. worst comes to worse your stuck in adult Disney land... : deadfish
• Do you like having both of your kidneys? : ninjase
• Touristas and Hostel come to mind. : prime8
• You gonna get trafficked into sex slavery : johnwissinger
• I say Phuket, go for it. : mrvandelay
• I've done this twice and I say go for it! : niceguynick
• You can always leave early. Only you can decide if you trust her. Sounds kinda odd to me though. : Topaz
• You gonna lose a kidney dude. : Fred Garvin
• No : vikramwillrock
• If, after you are there for an hour a knock is heard at the front door, and another white American gentle... : grandmasterlee

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  I started liking Hugh Jackman after I heard Aronofsky talk about how cool he is on The Fountain commentar... : Dontdrop
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    I STARTED LIKING HIM WHEN HE WAS BORN : Jackass1233
    • I started liking him during ejaculation : azenmaster
• very cool of him : AMikaboshi
• Awful nice of him. : lightly inclined
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  pfft. all aussies do that. that's how we roll. : erotic sock
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    ill have a sausage egg and cheese on english muffin please. : papaskot
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      they only have aussie muffins : dantastic
      • and theyre made out of dust and kangaroos : dantastic
• He was pretty cool on Howard Stern yesterday. : prime8
• That's a cool thing to do. : chazums
• He's a true Aussie gent. : five_percent
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  True story. One of my friends did compositing work on "Australia". One day they were talking about a s... : Drewus
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    More like Huge Jackman, right? : Lone Swordsman
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      Huge Jackedman : SockMonkeh
      • Huge Jacket Man? : one random winner
  • How the fuck do you work in hollywood and not know who Hugh Jackman is - it's not like he's a minor perso... : SpaecKow
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  And yet all the people who camped out for Australia got jack shit. What an asshole. : r_picmip 5
  • I hope you're joking.. there weren't people camping out for that right? Fuck.. don't see it.. just sle... : dafugg
• He's never given off that douche bag vibe. Really cool of him. : freakynipples69
• even though I'm not a big fan of his acting, he seems a thoroughly top bloke : niceguynick
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  apparently he was on the dailyshow yesterday. http://www.thedailyshow.com/full-episodes/index.jhtml?epis... : Hoax
  • lol @ Michelle Bachmann : riptyde
• Anyone else have a mancrush on him? : ShekkyBoy
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  think about how cheap it is to get amazing publicity like this. 4k and people will be talking about this ... : xxiv
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    He probably picked the shortest line. : ThomW
    • lol : papaskot
    • And I bet he didn't even bother to ask any of them if they had food allergies. What an asshole. : Home Nugget
  • plus he has point elbows : SockMonkeh
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    not to be cheesy but it doesn't take a whole lot of money to make a good impression and be thoughtful. Yo... : boomstickah
    • i can't afford to buy people 4k worth of meals :( : xxiv
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  You say 800 fans, but 67 breakfast ? are those 2 different events ? : barichnikov
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    breakfast trays... probably a big thing o fruit and croissants or something. : riptyde
    • ^^This, each tray probably can serve like 12 people... which comes to 804 servings, dang I'm good. : one random winner
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  when I camped out for some college football games there was many times that Coach Paterno would drop by a... : creep
  • Paterno has always been a class act. It will be a sad time in Happy Valley when he passes. : zerog83
  • remember that one time he shit himself in the middle of a game against ohio state and had to run to the l... : Jackass1233
  • I'm not even a Penn State fan and I know Joe Pa is a class act. He's one of those guys that is truly DEDI... : fatman
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  He should have paid for their movie tickets so they didn't have to waster their own money. : voodooraze
  • BURN! : voodooraze
• I feel bad, Jackman is a cool guy, and he so obviously wants this to do well, but damnit it's just not th... : SpaecKow
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  People are actually camping out for this film? : baron calamity
  • I bet they're all HPB's too : cap n KRUNCH
• http://www.cracked.com/video_17328_why-having-wolverines-claws-would-suck.html : jasoncrowley

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  How much more object oriented can you get than one object? : Ra5putin
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    I will cut you : action roommate
    • At least he didn't say object orientated. : cerealSAM2
• O_o : delataur
• /wrists : manero
• lol.. : re4ctor
• Holy shit... how. I think the most I've ever done is 4. : spazzium
• Sounds awesome!!! : ThomW
• now that's a fucking hardcore method : anthonybean
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  haha jesus once you've hit double digits you've done something very, very wrong : Yanks
  • Maybe it's the a unified field equation! : davantalus
  • I've seen 20 for a legitimate purpose. Beyond that, I dunno. : Zero|DPX
• I don't know shit about programming but this sounds really bad ! : action wombmate
• That's brilliant. Skip sub-classing and simply make a class that can do anything! : ChibiJosh
• ClassNameHere::do_everything(....) : Theos
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  Amateur http://thedailywtf.com/Articles/A_Function_to_Quit_For_.aspx : Topaz
  • hahaha this is amazing : sikander
  • oh, what the fuck. lol : Colleton
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    ahahaha, I especially love how whoever wrote it bothered to put underscores before the keywords. : delataur
    • I bet that "bug" bothered him for a while : moshman
  • o_O : Mmmmmoo
  • Jaw, meet floor. : spazzium
  • I wish we could disbar this guy : Ovate
  • Oh my fuc...head asplodes : esecasco
  • That's a kind of function that you'd have to write a program to write, a couple for loops a print statem... : cerealSAM2
  • holy fucking shit : moshman
  • My eyes, it burns! : chazums
  • hahahahaha! I love it! : Omaha
  • wut. : Lightbulb
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  I got you beat action roommate. This was from a shitass project I inherited, but have since passed on. ... : DrZettl
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    How does that even happen? : SenorSpine
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      You should see the database behind that giant pile of shit. It's even worse. There is also an update met... : DrZettl
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        Tell me they don't have a table with 79 columns :S : SenorSpine
        • Of course they have tables with 79 columns. There are 5 of those tables, I think this one is the 3rd big... : DrZettl
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  Here's some code from a project I've been asked to finish: http://gist.github.com/104905 FML : sikander
  • aaaaaaaa : Link.
• post that to http://thedailywtf.com immediately sir =) : rmjackson
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  came across this comment in some C yesterday: /* * NOTE - NOTE - NOTE * * This file includes its... : jcupitt
  • you know, that's actually a clever solution to the problem they're trying to solve... : Omaha

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  Cool. They still haven't fixed the pricing issues introduced late december for european countries though.... : d fluke
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    I'm in the UK, it was £16.10 or something, is it ridiculously priced in Euro's? : scottythejock
    • Nah, L4D is fine, €17,99. Mass Effect for example is still €44,99, and there aren't supposed to be an... : d fluke
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  Invited you to the Shacknews Left4Dead Steam group. Now you can play on the Shack servers instead of the ... : ShoCon
  • cheers! : scottythejock
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    Can I get an invite to the shacknews L4D group, too? I'm "soyleyenda" My DL finished about an hour ago... : cerealSAM2
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      Was not able to find you. : ShoCon
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        Do I have to be logged into steam when you look, I'll leave it up for a while. :( : cerealSAM2
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          Link your community id page. : pyide
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            Doh, it wasn't public... is now. : cerealSAM2
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              It doesn't have to be public to get an invite, it's just easier if you link the damn thing though, privat... : pyide
              • Thanks, dude! Prob'ly I shouldn't have used a spanish phrase for my nick considering it's really an i... : cerealSAM2
  • could i get an invite? guest07 :) : Vincenoir
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    Invite to me too please, just picked up the game as well! steam: Patch-E : Patch-e
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      http://steamcommunity.com/actions/Search?K=Patch-E :( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19808459#it... : pyide
      • That is weird, maybe it's because of the dash. http://steamcommunity.com/id/Patch-E/ : Patch-e
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    oooh....Can I get an invite too? : cookblaze
    • cookblaze I think is my steam name : cookblaze
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    Could you please add me - http://steamcommunity.com/id/7kami This might make L4D worth my while (sofar... : [7]kami
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      Done! Can you invite me to the DoW II group? http://steamcommunity.com/id/pyide : pyide
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        done! : [7]kami
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          Yo bro, slack me an invite as well yo. : Bamii
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            wat : [7]kami
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              DoW II group, nerd. : Bamii
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                Invited. Though i doubt it has any use since DOW2 seems DOA for us. Good game for sure, but somehow i pr... : [7]kami
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                  Lets at least just do some 2vCPU. Maybe we'll really really like it. : Bamii
                  • Or maybe we can go snipe fgt's on 2fort. : [7]kami
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    Ooh, I want an invite as well! http://steamcommunity.com/id/Bamii : Bamii
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      Don't do it, it's a trap. I know Bamii. He's one of those guys that is all nice and friendly at first, bu... : [7]kami
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        Obviously this is just a lame attempt to iltc me because of this: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=198... : Bamii
        • More like iltbc. But yeah. :( : [7]kami
• The HL2 engine is scalable enough to run on a Gameboy Color I think. After all these years I still get th... : peanut-
• One of the benefits of the Source engine is that it'll run basically on anything at this point. : freakynipples69
• Nice, 18 euro's is a steal. First thing I'll do when I get home tonight is buy this on Steam. : Bamii
• Sounds like we can easily assemble an 8 man Euro Shack force for VS play... We should play this weeken... : marmite
• finally, a price under 40$...i might actually buy this tonight; i get paid today, and 23.99 isn't bad. : OMGzImBurning
• semi-related question, is it possible to un-friend people through the Steam web interface? I am away from... : Patch-e
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  How much worse does this game run on Vista? I have an XP machine that is very old: 1gb RAM, AMD 4000+,... : gibolas1234
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    a labtop? haha my guess is the video card in the laptop is the factor there Source games ran pretty ... : Patch-e
    • I'm coining a new phrase, see, it's a computer that scientists use... : gibolas1234
    • yah its probably Intel Integrated Graphics or something : Shadowdane
• it's playable on an athlon xp 2800+ / 2gig : mwasher
• Do they? I mean most companies have this thing called a demo. When they took it away from me I just shook... : avatar_58
• you guys wanting in should be linking to your Steam ID page : Mmmmmoo
• ONE OF US! ONE OF US! : Ride-My-Rocket

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• /. summary http://entertainment.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/04/30/234244&art_pos=3&art_pos=3&art_pos=3 : eeeealmo
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  Looks good, could have come up with a better name than "The Hunt for Gollum" though. : mechanicalgrape
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    totally, something like "The Hunt for Smeagol" : SeanJuan04
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      The Sum of All Gollums : soggybagel
      • Without Ringmorse : randomposter
      • Ranger Six : kallanta
      • 2 Gollums 2 Precious : indosauros
      • Clear and Present Gollum : lolpatrol
      • My Dinner with Gollum : mechanicalgrape
      • There Will Be Gollum : Drewus
      • Top Gollum : hobosapien
      • National Lampoon's Loaded Gollum 1 : kallanta
      • Saving Peasant Smeagol : ChibiJosh
      • Gollum of the Gollums. : deathofrats
      • Two men and a little Gollum : jane911
      • Gollum With the Wind : stuka
      • Gollum of the Dead : Sailor of Fortune
      • No Shire for Old Gollums : Prozium
      • Citizen Smeagol : kallanta
      • Battlestar Murloctica : royalally
      • Romancing the Precious : action wombmate
      • Gollum Busters : rosewood
      • Hairy Hobbit Holes VII: Ringing Smeagol : skanky08
      • Smeagol, Gollum and Irene. : randomposter
      • Crouching Smeagol, Hidden Gollum : Arceihn
      • Gollum: My Precious Part 2 : SockMonkeh
      • Big Trouble for Little Gollum : shika.art
      • Gollum 2 : Electric Smeagoloo : My Documents
      • The Dark Hobbit : Rich McNinch
      • Pickles In My Butt : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Gollum of Solace : Cliffzorz
      • How to Lose a Gollum in 10 Days : prime8
      • Hahaha! This sub thread delivers the lols in spades! Kudos! Don't ever change Shack :-D : dchavez999
      • Saving Private Gollum : Vincenoir
      • You Got Gollumed : homeboyJim
      • There Will Be Gollum : pyide
      • The Gollum Identity : swenkcahs
      • Gollum Got Fingered : cerealSAM2
      • The Elvish Patient : trOmblyj
      • Gollum Slumberparty : dael
      • 30 Days of Gollum : Totenjaeger
      • Gollum of the Opera : bstrad
      • Dr. Gollum: or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Precious : quartic0
      • Rings 2: The Wrath of Gollum : GoodBoy
      • Smeagol and Gollum go to White Castle : Chod
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  That dude looks like Viggo Mortensen. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • yes JUST like him lol : eeeealmo
  • yeah thought it was him until he started talking : kill9
  • I would cast him in a biopic of Chris Remo. : Sailor of Fortune
  • He looks like Viggo crossed with Elijah Wood. Kind of freaky. : aeg1x
• Wow very nice : mnok
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  Alright, I'm impressed. : lightly inclined
  • Me too. : aggro crag
• woah gene simmons! : Mansmells
• Fucking AMAZING! I'm totally excited now! : vile
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  Neat : tomservo
  • That's my line! : sKetchflow
• I completely agree. Many thanks! : Sylvanus
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  What's the timeline of this regarding LOTR and The Hobbit? : ImageOmega
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    was just talking about that. i think after hobbit but before LOTR. : eeeealmo
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      Before then : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_Arda : Sylvanus
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        at the end gollum says something about finding the ring though, as if he no longer had it : eeeealmo
        • yes plus gandalf wouldn't have known about it other than bilbo telling him about it : kill9
      • 3001 - Bilbo Baggins turns 111, passes the One Ring on to Frodo Baggins, and leaves the Shire. From now o : YamatoTwinkie
      • Yep. My apologies, guys. It was late and I was dozing off. : Sylvanus
• Tolkien talked about how he wanted his work to inspire others to do their own, in his worlds or others. ... : kallanta
• LOL at "It is illegal to make copies" when the film is based on someone else's IP... : DOOManiac
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  Looks well made. Complete opposite of this. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsO9qMdzsgM&feature=related... : Pettytheft
  • hahah what is this actually real : kill9
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    i think thats supposed to be a dark elf not black-face : eeeealmo
    • yea drizzt was a darkelf.... at least, there were 90000 dark elves in EQ with different variations of the... : jane911
  • lol : datoo
  • Greatest video ever. : crazywigga
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    Oh wow, that looks terrible. I mean those guys obviously have some talent that they can apply to somethi : action wombmate
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      I don't see any talent. : soggybagel
      • There is a little, but like I said it's being very poorly applied and is essentially wasted. : action wombmate
    • Supposedly dark elves are big fans of the letters "x" and "z" when it comes to names. : ShoCon
  • I applaud their effort and enthusiasm, but it's still very much an amateur video. The girl was hot tho... : ShoCon
  • cringeworthy... : niceguynick
  • This looks like just a bunch of guys LARP'ing and someone YouTubed it. But, where the hell do you get a ... : ImageOmega
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  Haha okay which shacker wrote this in the comments... "Please God let this be a porn version. I want t... : menar003
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    Vantage : Melll
    • Well, I do occasionally capitalize "God" as a proper noun, it's true. : Vantage
  • LOL i saw this and thought.. Posting GOLD. : rbjester
• Nifty doodles. Looks well done. : delataur
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  Please God let this be a porn version. I want to see Legolas' long glistening erect penis shoot like an a... : Mondo
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    ^^ : Lone Swordsman
    • ...not really. : Lone Swordsman
• LvL 20 Ranger vs unarmed, unarmoured 'kobold'. Where is the tension here? : nrgXs
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  Interesting, although they didn't really show a lot. And they used way too much screen text. That's what ... : ShoCon
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    As bad as Hollywood-produced trailers can be, fan-made ones are almost always worse. There's a certain e... : action wombmate
    • Yeah, as a trailer it's not very good. But the footage itself isn't bad. I actually meant the BBC comment... : ShoCon
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  One of the Crytek guys did cool stuff for the film: http://www.maciejkuciara.com : vx2o
  • Wow, some nice stuff from the movie in there: http://www.maciejkuciara.com/shot26.html http://www.mac... : stonedonkey
• noteworthy LOTR : CRasterImage
• Looks really great. I am looking forward to it. : razlebol
• More like Hunt for the Melodramatic, amirite? : mrwolf710
• This could be cool, and it could also inspire a lot of other (potentially cool, potentially massive suck)... : skizl

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  Haha somehow you made me feel more dirty about my habit than I already did. Thankfully I am not giving BJ... : Evil Benius
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    Wait until you want to get those minty copies of Shining Force III, Panzer Dragoon Saga, Dragon Force, Ho... : roushimsx
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      ugh i want to own my own copy of Burning Rangers so bad....but there is a limit to what I will do/pay for... : Borzoi
      • yeah, i buy just about every weird obscure game that comes out, either new or eventually used......not to... : Borzoi
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  Man, I wish I had enough room to collect shit. Do you guys have houses or something? : MagicWishMonkey
  • Apartment. I mostly just have xbox, ps2, ps1, and the biggest section of my colletion is PC games. : whore
  • House, but I don't have the luxury of having a full on dedicated gaming room. :( : roushimsx
  • Apartment and a closet filled with games that I am not currently playing. As soon as I get a house this y... : Evil Benius
  • i don't have much space, just a game room. i don't plan on owning 100 titles for every system; just 10-2... : EvilDolemite
• I collect! =P : MoreVespeneGas
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  I've been collecting boardgames for a while now, but I've managed to stop, for now... : u sir name
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    Ohhhh. Pics! Do you do a lot of variant hunting (like those dudes that collect different editions of ... : roushimsx
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      I'm not that hardcore by any stretch, but I think I have a pretty good selection that can cater to many p... : u sir name
      • That's pretty awesome and I'm actually envious. I miss being able to get some nice games going with a cou... : roushimsx
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  I've never traded in or sold any of my games. I still have all of my NES/SNES/Genesis, etc. games around.... : mechanicalgrape
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    Man, I just know if I tried to replace a battery in a cart, I'd destroy the thing. It was a sad day when ... : roushimsx
    • From what I gather it's just 2 solder points and a 2032 motherboard battery : Ebu
  • Same, I still own every game I've ever purchased. The only missing box is Master of Orion II, which was l... : kungfusquirrel
• I only collect PC games. Most of them should be listed in my profile. The collection takes up an 8' boo... : wendigo
• I have a pretty big collection, nothing special though. OCD about limited/special editions however :( : ETPC1
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  I would like to collect games but never can, I always end up trading them in because I get low on money a... : XSilencedXDream
  • That's how my SNES collection got cut in half. Traded in a ton of crap for Nights (w/ controller) and Vir... : roushimsx
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  my collection is pretty massive, from Pong to PC, most is in my profile but i haven't updated the list in... : dignan
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    My pre-Nintendo stuff is pretty minimal. Some 2600 bits and a few LCD games, but I did a really poor job ... : roushimsx
    • Im very proud of my handheld & wrist watch game collection, it was the toughest stuff to find by far. - I... : dignan
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    oh, and I just finished looking through all of the photos of your big box PC collection. Holy shit. : roushimsx
    • thank you, thats about 75% of them, theres a few uhaul boxes i didn't snap pics of. : dignan
• Lost a big chunk of my collection years ago in a burglary and completely lost the motivation to gather th... : Guybrushed
• I love collecting! I've started with a little NES collecting myself. But I'm only looking for titles th : bitter ego
• Yeah... I'm a big collector. I have a tendency to buy any rare game I find that's priced under 50$ and o... : SonicusZ
• personally i keep every PC box of any game i have bought since 1998. So i have some of those the huge pac... : shadebane
• I was REALLY bad in the 90s. I have about 90 game systems in the basement and untold number of games. I j... : baron calamity
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  I collect pretty much every video game that comes across my path or the ones I sold when I was a kid (thi... : drbriefs
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    promos and literature are tough to find for the older systems. i still kick myself for trashing all my N... : dignan
    • i did win a gameboy for placing 2nd though : dignan
• I'm slowly getting funds together to start my Nintendo collection pre GC era. ie, NES, SNES and N64 cons... : SigENeaT
• I used to collect the boxe3s, and was proud of them. Then I had to move and gave them up. Games don't c... : dognose
• there was a time I collected the big box psx games but I've sold most of those now. right after that I s... : pandastrong
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  i guess you could say i collect tennis video games. i buy every one that comes out. : Mansmells
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    are you going to get virtua tennis 2009 with wiimotion plus : Chandler55
    • not sure yet. i will get ea grand slam tennis for sure and see how the motionplus is, then compare that t... : Mansmells
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  i can't decide whether to buy a master system tomorrow, or beef up my NES collection on one hand i'd... : EvilDolemite
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    idea: get both! : MoreVespeneGas
    • ^ This. or at least this is what i've been doing. Damn I have to make a trip to the local place to find m... : metalremains
• I'm not so sure I "collect" arcade boards, (I generally try to find PCBs without kits etc) but I have abo... : zakk
• i collect games as well. but i don't look for anything older than ps1 stuff. (most of that stuff is emula... : X-GOUKI
• I have printed lists for each system for the games I need to find/buy. My collection grows by 10 or so ga... : metalremains
• My ass Whore is sober! I've seen his Steam games list. : sm00v3d
• Oh good god, I have never tossed a single console and only returned a grand total of two games in my whol... : Endymion_
• I still have my Commodore 64 hooked up and running in my basement. does that count? :) : FormerHPB
• I think I have over 125 Atari 2600 carts and a bunch of accessories. Few have boxes, but I am ok with th... : mtgDoofy

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  hit on kaiden : -=kodiak=-
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    he's dead. Same for Wrex, I killed that poor dumb bastard : bipolar
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      Oh wait, is Kaiden the chick? I was thinking of the guy. : bipolar
      • the guy. : -=kodiak=-
    • You must have horrible charisma. : Sailor of Fortune
• You are just getting started my friend. Long ways to go. And it takes awhile for the love interest thin... : catman1027
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  You are getting closer to the end. You have a few hours left. Also, you must keep talking with her afte... : sheepraper
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    I got started late. I didn't even find the lower level of the ship until a mission or two ago. : bipolar
    • But she isn't on the lower level. She is in the doctor's office. : Totenjaeger
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  Kaiden is much hotter and less annoying. : felicia
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    Kaiden's a little bitch and I'm glad I offed his sorry ass At least Liara and too a lesser extent Ashel... : locater16
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      ...Ashley had a personality? She was a whiner. She whined about everything. Literally. Liara was all hipp... : felicia
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        At least Ashely was useful, what the hell did Kaiden ever do except passively complain about stuff? He wa... : locater16
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          She wasn't even that useful. I rarely, if ever, had her in my party by choice. : felicia
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            I used her some, ok sure Tali, Wrex, and Garrus were easily the most useful. But Kaiden was never in my p... : locater16
            • I rarely used Garrus, and Tali and Kaiden might as well have been non-existent. Ashley, Wrex and Liara a... : Lone Swordsman
          • she's awesome if you buy her a nice suit. She was my death dealer. : ultramega
          • C'mon, she's the best fighter. : Lone Swordsman
          • I used her all the time since I wasn't a soldier : derelict515
          • I never used her - pretty much always brought Garrus and T'soni. Plus, every time I talked to her I went ... : ArcKnight
          • She may have been useful. I don't know because she was too annoying to have in my party. : nevicata
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          holy fuck there's no character limit!? : felicia
          • maybe a 255 char limit. : Crimsonbeak
        • Who's character account is this? : Totenjaeger
      • we're dudes. We're used to dealing with that shit. : cdbeckman
      • ashley was a womans woman....your right a whiner. : italiano3d
• Still a little ways to go, but the end is pure awesome. : locater16
• Blue pussy always wins : Godhatesfatpeople
• oh man you are getting trolled so bad lol. sovereign is going to pulverize you. : Downforce
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  Is Ashley voiced by Mila Kunis? I swear it sounds just like her. : bipolar
  • According to IMDB, she's voiced by Kimberly Brooks. : Mmmmmoo
• You pretty much are now at the part where the game is a NON-STOP THRILL RIDE INTO AWESOME. : Sailor of Fortune
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  Screw Kaiden--go for the female alien man!! : warcrow
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    Fuck that, pound that passively aggressive, racist Jesus freak with major daddy issues, Commander! : Mondo
    • Can't if you're female. Kaiden or Liara. : breadsticks
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  Argh, wtf. It ended just as it was getting really good : bipolar
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    Good game overall. It makes me wonder if Bioware had started on KOTOR 2 before it got assigned to Obsidi... : bipolar
    • I'd comment on this, but with the unconditional love of Kotor on the shack it would look like a troll pos... : razorblade79
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    Did you even do the npcs sidequests? : Mondo
    • I mean party members : Mondo