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• Oh yea, Tom Morello played a guitar solo with his TEETH. Too bad I didn't show up at 4PM in the afternoo... : mwasher
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  He followed up in his forums about how he didn't blame the audience for the thoughts he posted on twitter... : silent prophet
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    Yea, I was talking to my girl about while he was continually giving the thumbs up sign to someone. Then ... : mwasher
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      That sucks. I'm sorry it wasn't a complete mind-blowing experience for you. I know you sounded pretty exc... : silent prophet
      • I've seen NIN a few times with their more fancy stage shows so I was fine. I enjoyed just chillin and wa... : mwasher
• JA closes all the shows on the tour. : evildanish
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  more like JO : gmd
  • Yea he pretended to do that a few times on stage too. : mwasher
• glad I ended up not going that sounds like a waste. : .frame
• I'm kinda glad I got tickets to the only NIN show this time around.. Can't wait, the new band, more dive... : snowwolf
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  You went to a ninja show? How did you see them? : electroly
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    I set up traps! : mwasher
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      Also, Detect Invisibility. come on. : mwasher
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        Ninjas are stealthed, not invisible :( : electroly
        • Just give me the fucking buff : Slowtreme
  • Some friends of mine had ninjas' perform at their wedding. They were just a karate troupe from a local gy... : not work safe

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  If you like graphics programming and whatnot, I Get Your Fail has often-fun game development messups whic... : Alice O'Connor
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    Ah, thanks for that. Some of the dev blogs I enjoy are: Tim Farrar's blog: http://farrarfocus.blogspo... : rgoer
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      Farrar's blog is incredibly technical, though. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        well yeah, I enjoy it because it's useful : rgoer
        • sorry, I guess I should have clarified my post--these are some dev blogs I enjoy because I find them extr... : rgoer
  • But they haven't updated in a while... :( : stuka
• fatwallet, passwird, newegg. The fatwallet one has paid off a time or two due to close out pricings. ... : goatjc
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  I want a way to share my list of feeds with people on Google Reader .:( : Deathlove
  • yeah same here : rgoer
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    You could just export it as an opml file: http://www.google.com/reader/subscriptions/export If that link... : podman405
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      Yeah, I did that, but that just throws out an XML file which Firefox and IE just kinda suck with. : Deathlove
      • Just copy and paste out of it or use the share feature? : rosewood
  • OK I rigged up a blogroll, greader come on you're better than this http://deathlove.shackspace.com/blo... : Deathlove
  • Settings > Import/Export, distribute OPML file? : Agrona
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  I'm just going to share my entire feed list right here. It's almost all game development, design, and ind... : mittense
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    The one I'd particularly recommend to you that you most likely aren't aware of is one of my friends from ... : mittense
    • yeah I had a lot of the technical ones you listed already, but I subscribed to that On the path feed--loo... : rgoer
  • Great list. Thanks, mittense. : midgetherder
  • I count 3 former GG blogs on that list <3. : d3tached
  • thanks for the list! : cryptical
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    I have a lot of these (but not all, thanks). Here are a few game/gamedev blogs I read that aren't in that... : rock elf
    • I actually did have Llopis' site. I did add the other few though, thanks. : mittense
  • Hey so you are my 1 subscriber :D : timaste
  • holy fuck +inf : Perturbation
  • cool : dromo5
  • Nice game development list, thanks. : ahlee
• http://lifehacker.com/ : Matt Burris
• http://rosewood.shackspace.com/google-reader-subscriptions.xml - I have a lot of good MS blogs in there. : rosewood
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  A couple of important ones for me. Something really cool about Google Reader is that you can just put th... : Ecks
  • cool, more good feeds here, thanks Ecks : rgoer
  • Adding these now, thanks Ecks. : midgetherder
  • yay for thisishistorictimes.com :D : meesterbill

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• Sounds like a good setup! Great stuff for on the cheap. If I were you, I would look at Hanns-G monitors, ... : silentistheshadow
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  Looks good. As for the monitor check out the Dell 2209WA. : ant_hillbilly
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    What about the 2208WFP? It's on sale for $189 versus $279 for the WA. : bluntage
    • The 2208 is a TN panel (limited color gamut, narrow viewing angle). The 2209 is a new type of IPS panel (... : mn3m0n1c
    • Try to get one for cheaper using the dell live chat. You can read about it here. Also dell does have a ... : ant_hillbilly
  • Also maybe opt for 8gb of ram, get it while ddr2 is still cheap. I feel we hit the bottom with its price... : ant_hillbilly
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  Perfect, pull the trigger. : one random winner
  • :D Thanks to you and all of the others who posted last night! : bluntage
• Very nice build for that budget! : GBeer11
• That's a lot of cool shit for $600. DO EET. : Rehevkor
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  What about a soundcard? Integrated sucks. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271... : DJ Clipdat
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    Actually, the GigaByte has a RealTek ALC889A HD audio chip and does Dolby HT and Dolby Live, plus it has ... : mn3m0n1c
    • Also, if he wanted to, the 4850 can do 8.1 through HDMI. : one random winner
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      I have the ALC889A on my Gigabyte GA-EX38-DS4 and still noticed a DRAMATIC difference from the sound qual... : DJ Clipdat
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        Mostly due to the improved DA convertors and audio op-amps - I agree that The Omega (or my choice, the As... : mn3m0n1c
        • Yes, this is a "down the line" addition for me, but duly noted! Thanks! :) : bluntage
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    Out of curiousity, have any of you done blind testing with onboard sound vs dedicated cards? : AgentPothead
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      The "test" was which one sounded better to me through my Klipsch ProMedia speakers. : DJ Clipdat
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        So it wasn't blind then? You knew ahead of time which card was making which sound. : AgentPothead
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          Yeah but why would that matter? Obviously I didn't want to spend another $90 on a soundcard after I just ... : DJ Clipdat
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            Heh, it sounded better because you had already spent 90$ on it, it's called confirmation bios. http://en.... : AgentPothead
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              I never meant to imply that my test was in any way scientific, it's just what sounded better to my partic... : DJ Clipdat
              • The reason dedicated soundcards sound better than on-board is usually because of two things: -op-amps us... : etherboy
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  1. If you are planing on trying to unlock the 4th core on your 720 I think Gigabyte has changed their BIO... : dookiebot
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    Personally, I wouldn't bother trying to "unlock a 4th core" as it's likely unstable and data corruption b... : one random winner
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      I would and I will be trying tonight. If it is no good then it is no loss to me. If it is good then I jus... : dookiebot
      • Good luck! : one random winner
• Pretty slick for that price! Nice : Begawkiness
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  Throw a good Cooler on there, and OC that baby, I just got this for my 7750 and it works really good and ... : thedude
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    i have one of those on my 939 chip, it is awesome. : cpt_gloval
    • Same here : drodver
  • The Sunbeam Core Contact Freezer is so much better (and quieter), if you're going to overclock. http://ww... : Link.
• I have that exact same CPU, MB, PS and memory. Works great! : drodver
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  The graphics card is a bit weak. Not bad or anything, but I'd really go for a 4890 if you can afford it. ... : code-e255
  • Cost is an issue right now, hence the 4850. but thank you, I will look into it. : bluntage
  • true.. my htpc has a 4850 and while most games are smooth it would be nice to turn up Far Cry 2 and Crysi... : Shai-Tan
• If cost weren't an issue I'd say you should spend some extra money and get an Intel based system, but I'm... : joesnizzle
• I'd get the typical cheaper Corsair RAM and a Dell 2209WA. Also I'd go with an Antec or Corsair power sup... : Link.
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  get two 4gb dimms instead, and whichever antec sonata you want that comes with a psu. also make sure you... : Luminair
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    Would the Sonata with the 500W PS do the job? : bluntage
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      I didn't realize what case you picked. Go for the Antec 300 over the Centurion. It has a bottom mount P... : ant_hillbilly
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        Another note, that PSU you have is the GS model, the one anandtech gave the gold award to is the LS model... : ant_hillbilly
        • Ah yes, I see! I'll make that adjustment, not a whole lot more $. : bluntage
    • of course, you are building a pretty low end computer. also heat doesnt rise fast enough to really facto... : Luminair
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    The bundled Antec PSUs are crap on the cheaper cases, so don't do this. : Link.
    • they are not crap son : Luminair
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  this should help inform you more, I agree with the idea here except the GP drive is totally out of place ... : Luminair
  • also I recommended a sonata because it should be quieter : Luminair

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  He's a good guy. You should buy him a haircut. : Ajax
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    lol, Always hating on his haircut. What do you think his hair should look like? : nyranger66
    • It doesn't really matter to me I just think he should stop looking like Eric from That 70's Show. : Ajax
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    he bought one himself last saturday! : dahanese
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      You forgot to post a picture! http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3009/3116051947_043314b074_m.jpg : Ajax
      • yeah that's him on the right <3 : dahanese
• You're welcome, sweetie. : .sticks.
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  Cue the Price is Right fail sound. : ashkie
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ytCEuuW2_A : Mmmmmoo
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    here's a link of what they were supposed to be. (as a side note, they were supposed to ship in bud form, ... : dahanese
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      wow - thats a pretty impressive discrepancy. : trOmblyj
      • its the floral equivalent of a burger menu photo : GloriousCow
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      ahaha that's awesome. proflowers is so hit or miss. sometimes they are an awesome value, sometimes the... : laurgasms
      • i'm so befuddled by the entire proflowers set up. the gesture was amazingly sweet and mike knows i love f... : dahanese
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      http://pics.notforjeff.com/nws/mikeycybfuuu.jpg : trOmblyj
      • lol : Phil
      • hahaha : midgetherder
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  That's too bad. You'd think the florist would know how to ship flowers properly. Odd that they didn't pac... : mindmann
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    yeah it was weird. just a bunch of stems stuck in an empty vase, no foam or anything. : dahanese
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      you sure they were bought from a florist and not the open fly of a random hobo? : MoreVespeneGas
      • he does know i have a thing for random hobo flowers... : dahanese
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    Proflowers ships ups. They suck that way. : jason bergman
    • i've had really good luck with them though. they usually pack the flowers really well, and pack them with... : mindmann
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  How lovely! I hope you reciprocate in some fashion. : Snuffles-
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    she can give him a sad blowjob : riptyde
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      a sad dry one : Ziz
      • Wahhhhhhhhh waaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh : Slowtreme
    • Gosh, i was thinking she could cook him a steak, but if dahanese wants to do his penis medium to well don... : Snuffles-
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  As Demetri Martin puts it, flowers are a bizarre gift. "Here, I love you. Now watch these die." : Lone Swordsman
  • Haha. Gotta love DM! : etherealrhythm
• www.sadtrombone.com : FrayLo
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  And Mr.Sex dumped us. =( : brickmatt
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    he did WHAT holy fuck i'm going to slit my wrists brb : dahanese
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      He said he'd maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaybe play on weekends, but during the week he's too busy and wants to sleep... : brickmatt
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        let's take applications for a fourth! : dahanese
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          I'm trying to talk Carnivac into it! : brickmatt
          • Also, RD played with us once but I kept killing him. =( : brickmatt
        • is this for civ:rev? ooh ooh pick me pick me : wendigo
• Feeeeeeeeeeed me. : dengar65
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  It could be worse. You could have vaginal warts or acid thrown at your face. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • Vaginal warts thrown at your face doesn't sound like fun at all. : JT
• Lazarus Vector, stat! : the archvile

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• Because it's a huge market with people who will buy computers. Intel will continue to do business there, ... : Attica Blue
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  I didn't read this specific article, but this might be related to a very long runnning antitrust case sta... : mroizo40
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    Yep, intel gave special bonus to dell etc and also the biggest electronic chain here for going intel only... : xxx2xxx
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      Aside from being in the lead, why would something like this be different from say any business deal where... : ieGod
      • It wasn't about volume it was about totally shutting out a competitor. Dell were offered massive discoun... : itsjames
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        "aside from being in the lead" - that's exactly what this is about. Intel is in such a big lead that th... : xxx2xxx
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          It's hard to take the EU seriously on this stuff when so many of their major companies (example: Airbus) ... : riptyde
          • of course boeing receives no subsi... oh wait : xxx2xxx
• the biggest monopoly is in belgium.. fucking Belgacom is the only single phone/internet service in that c... : SoNiC :<
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  how dare the EU crack down on anticompetitive practices in its own market!!! : MikkleThePickle
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    anticompetitive? aren't we getting vastly superior technology at decreasing prices? are incentives for fo... : Downforce
    • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19906933#itemanchor_19906933 Sounds pretty anti-competitive to me.... : MagicWishMonkey
    • it's anti-competitive when you're slipping money under the table specifically to exclude a competitor whe... : Postal
    • did you even read the article you linked? Intel was paying its customers to not buy AMD chips, and tried ... : MikkleThePickle
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      How convenient of you to ignore the actual anti-competitive practices Intel did. "The Commission has c : ShekkyBoy
      • Dell was making $X amount selling only Intel cpus. If Dell offered AMD cpus computers they would make $Y.... : handofthrawn
    • The problem is they made the choice at the distributor level, instead of the consumer level, when consume... : one random winner
    • Some would say that the only reason we're getting cheap products from intel/nvidia is due to AMD/ATI, and... : crazywigga
  • Said anticompetitive practices consist in... competition. : melt_core
• sometimes the EU can just go fuck itself, so many dumb laws and many times they just abandon them years l... : moshman
• Its a good thing. I do think MS has been fucked over too many times, but Intel and co are really a bunch... : Q-ball
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  omg a capitalist company trying to make more money than another company! : metalremains
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    omg a government that wants to prevent monopolies, unthinkable! : xxx2xxx
    • Commies. : ieGod
    • funny, they're usually known for protecting monopolies... : melt_core
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  why do they do business there? A lot of industrial manufacturers (including intel) have at least one plan... : mindmann
  • Ireland sounds like the Delaware of Europe. : riptyde
• Antitrust is bullshit. Only government can physically/legally force competition away, and they actually d... : Marrbe
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  Shouldn't that money go to AMD? : capt tripps
  • Berlusconi's divorce settlement has to be paid for somehow! : Bamtan
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    that's another major issue. this seems like raiding by committee to line the EU pockets. there's nothing ... : Downforce
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      you're right, you really have no idea what's going on. The first thing you should do is read the article ... : MikkleThePickle
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        I read it. It doesn't make sense yet. It seems like they are just searching for targets, not trying to fi... : Downforce
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          Didn't AMD file a lawsuit to get the ball rolling with all of this? : MagicWishMonkey
          • I know AMD filed in Japan for sure, and I think they filed in the US and EU too, but I'm not sure. : mroizo40
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          So do they have a marketplace percentage target that's fair, then? Is that the goal? No, the *goal* i... : MagicWishMonkey
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            ^^ This. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-trust And don't pretend like this isn't happening in the... : SilverSnake
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              "get hit harder in the EU due to less corruption" pardon? : Klebold
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                corruption = corporations bribing government officials to look the other way and ignore their anticompeti... : dirge23
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                  i figured as much but you can't really announce such a statement without a bit more explanation. This isn... : Klebold
                  • i don't know whether there actually is less corruption in the EU, but this is clearly what SilverSnake wa... : dirge23
                  • I'm not saying that is why, I'm just saying, if someone were to present something suggesting that were th... : SilverSnake
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            I get the granular parts just fine. I'm not saying Intel is innocent or anything, it's just a mental exer... : Downforce
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              Fact is their business practices were illegal. What does it matter if they were successful or not? Als... : evildanish
              • Oh I know. It would be easier on me if they just dropped the hammer. I think dragging it out is what conf : Downforce
            • I'm not sure why you're asking about market share, that doesn't really have much to do with this. Intel b : MagicWishMonkey
            • Obviously companies can gain market share in the face of anticompetitive practices. The point is they pr... : mathyou
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            So do the distributors get fined for accepting this deal? No of course they are the victim, too, obviousl... : aldraek
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              I hear your point about manipulating governments, but disagree with the rest of your post. In this specif... : MikkleThePickle
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                That's the individual consumer's and the distributor's problem. Buy from that distributor? Get an inferio... : aldraek
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                  you're discussing an alternate reality... what Intel did was illegal and anti-competitive, they tried to ... : MikkleThePickle
                  • I'm arguing that the law itself is anti-competitive, Captain Obvious. : aldraek
          • No one is forcing anyone to do anything. Distributors have the right to deal with anyone and refuse anyon... : Marrbe
  • The victim portrayed in the statements made is the customer, the citizen, who wasn't offered a choice bec... : Marauder IIC
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  So does this mean we can sue Apple and AT&T for the iPhone exclusivity bullshit : jimmy-buffett
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    I read this as a joke, but there might actually be an argument for some things like that, not sure : Luminair
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      i think in france, phones have to be sold unlocked so that you can switch network if you wanted to. : Klebold
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        I don't see why this isn't already law. To me it seems like some seriously staggering bullshit that serv : itsjames
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          Wait, add the entire health care industry to that list too. The insurance and drug companies have been r... : itsjames
          • I can't agree with you more. I fucking hate the cell phone and telecom industry. Pretty much ever cell ph... : datoo
• Why would anyone want to do business in the E.U, Maybe its the 500 million potential customers. and 30% o... : eyegeegeewhy
• socialism will ensure success is punished. this post brought to you by the Socialism Sucks Campaigns : yacoub35
• SECC PIII? : radicus
• So that's what AMD stands for :o : Snuffles-
• fuck the eu.that is all : jonin
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  So now EU customers are going to have to pay more for Intel CPUs as intel passes the fine along to the co... : bostrov
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    completely irrelevant. Intel broke the law, now they have to pay a fine. : MagicWishMonkey
    • I know, but in practical terms all it's going to do is raise the cost of CPUs in the EU and nothing more.... : bostrov
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    I think you've got it backwards, it's Intel that has been screwing consumers out of a choice for years. : MikkleThePickle
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      It's been impossible to buy AMD cpus in the EU for years? Remarkable. : bostrov
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        come on, you're smarter than this. From the Ars article: "It could be argued that there's nothing espe... : MikkleThePickle
        • I'm betting that 'company' they are talking about is Dell. For the longest time, they only sold Intel's ... : slambast
  • That doesn't really follow. Otherwise, you could argue that criminals shouldn't be prosecuted and jailed ... : Attica Blue
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  Everyone see where the money goes from the fine? Right into the EU's coffers.. not to AMD or any harmed... : GoodBoy
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    any harmed party EU taxpayers don't qualify as a *harmed party*? : MagicWishMonkey
    • It's not going to the taxpayers! : GoodBoy

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• Cool. It will be fun for some Shackgames. : dmason
• whoa - nucleus just looks like a cool map... : dedgecko
• Ooo, exciting. The new way they're announcing these updates is great too. : Snuffles-
• Wow! I like the look of those new arena maps. I love maps with unique death traps like the trains on well... : datoo
• fuck yeah! all maps look like good times. fucking a, valve really know how to please me <3 : pyide
• That looks really cool : razlebol
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  If Abe Lincoln is on board, so am i! : askedrelic
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    You play TF2, askedrelic? : nevicata
    • I haven't played in months, I have not had a decent Windows PC in over a year now :/ : askedrelic
• yaaahhh. looking forward to it. : bakanoodle
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  Why can't Epic or Infinity Ward support their products like Valve? : WhatIsThisFor
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    I would say Epic does with the packs they have put out for free with all the UT releases on PC. Infinity ... : sigpro
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      Epic is nothing but money hungry with Gears 2 levels. I give them only a little credit for giving away t... : WhatIsThisFor
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        I guess you are forgetting about Free Titan Pack they have put out of UT 3 and also the huge 2.0 patch th... : sigpro
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          I doubt they would have done it for free if the game was as popular as Gears 2 though. : razlebol
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            this : WhatIsThisFor
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              Also, Valve isn't selective about which titles they support without charging an arm and a leg. With Valv... : WhatIsThisFor
              • not for dod:s or cs:s or... wait, any game that isn't TF2 : crummynz
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            I bet they would have for the PC version. Epic has usually treated it's pc crowd decent. Technically they... : sigpro
            • They have been awesome in the past. It's not cool to hate on epic for no reason... : razlebol
      • I'm pretty sure Microsoft is calling the shots on Gears DLC. : ThomW
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    Yeah, I'm loving the DOD:S post game support. : Sailor of Fortune
    • Yeah, playing as the Brits and the Russians is SO AWESOME i hate my liffe : ArcKnight
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      They did support it though, they released several maps for it at no charge. It's also 4+ years old, rare... : WhatIsThisFor
      • It's got pretty much less support for it than when it was just a mod. There were screenshots of weapons, ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  I wish they would stop making arena maps and make more push CP maps. Those are the bread and butter of t... : omnova
  • they probably think the community mappers have all forms of CP covered. they introduced arena as a new ga... : pyide
  • I dunno I think arena is pretty fun, and they're releasing a new gametype map! : datoo
  • I've been playing Arena quite a bit for the last month and a half. Very fun and addictive. It's like CS b... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    I want more CTF :( : NexusOne
    • lolno : Downforce
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      I would too. But I'm happy at whatever they throw at me at this point. But I'd kill for an official Rock ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        NERVE GAS RELEASED : Snuffles-
        • Yessssssss!!! : Godhatesfatpeople
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      ^^^This. WTF happened to good ole CTF? : RyDogg1
      • CTF doesn't work well with the game rules in TF2, and for the most part, maps are not designed correctly ... : alias
      • The engy and heavy happened. : FlamingGimp
  • YES PLEASE. Their highest quality, least choke-pointed maps are push CP maps. More please :( : FlamingGimp
• looks pretty cool! : deject
• Sweet! : Mmmmmoo
• awesome! : ass-street
• Nucleus looks bad-fucking-ass! : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I wonder how much longer they will keep this up. I mean, the updates they release are not trivial bits of... : marku5
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    Supplying new content could potentially extend the life of the game while bringing in new players while k... : DrWaffles
    • its a bit overwhelming for new players to get 'into' the game, TF2 is more of a casual game in my eyes : dignan
  • It is just another form of marketing. It seems to work.. paid customers tell their friends how badass Va... : TreMetal
  • It's a mix of some of that but also a good marketing tactic. Valve always said they believed that the mor... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • This content spreads good word of mouth about their product which will likely increase sales of future Va... : marmite
  • Releasing new free content and supporting previously made content gives the company a massively good repu... : Nighteyes
• Oh man that shot of Nucleus looks awesome. Oh man oh man oh man. : DrWaffles
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  nighttime, yay : manero
  • oh wow, i didn't even notice that moon in the pipeline image. neat! : pyide
  • Didn't notice, nice to see a little bit of change seeping into the maps. Looks really neat and I'm sure ... : Lionhart32935
  • yeah, that's refreshing : megarust32
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    i also like the rain in the new Sawmill map : Mmmmmoo
    • And the two deadly saws in the map O_o : Godhatesfatpeople
• the new arena maps sound awesome! Brings me back to quake 2 days! : SolveChrist
• haha I love the postcard and Abe Lincoln quote. : Godhatesfatpeople
• Awesome : chungathebunga
• I need to add "play TF2 more" to my to do list. : ThomW
• Payload race looks interesting. It'd be nice if they released more than just one map for it though. : nevicata
• Holy crap RAIN!!! Something new! : ant_hillbilly

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• Balls Deep : Reeves
• The Stinky Tonsilloliths : cerealSAM2
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  • I vote for this. : deject
• Balls On Chins : mindshot
• We Are Not Men, We Are Homo : kramweil
• Geriatric Gyrations : On the Brane
• Sex and the City Fanfic : deject
• Medicinal Purposes : Snuffles-
• The Feltchers : Ride-My-Rocket
• Ball Spikers and/or Jugglers : Downforce
• Cool Runnings : spector
• Ball Stroikers : yacoub35
• Football in the Groin : .sticks.
• The Japanese Weathermen : Ooghijmiqtxxa
• The Oprah Chicken Coupons : royalally
• Human dancers : egg5hen
• Fiant Gaggots : Utopia
• cool-arrows, it means assholes in Spanish (spelling is wrong of course) : monikerdaven
• SUPER TEAM EXTREME : Mmmmmoo
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  • owie : cerealSAM2
• Ball Lickers : prime8
• Heroes of Kvatch : kaddar0

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  I'm with you on the Metroid Prime games. The control totally kills 'em for me, though I did make it up to... : roushimsx
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    Try Metroid Prime 3 controls. They are fantastic. I think Nintendo is releasing the other Primes as Wii e... : Cihte
    • And I see you already said you were, later on in the thread! NEVERMID : Cihte
  • I enjoyed it alright but it just wasn't the metroid I wanted (though I have to say, I was surprised at ho... : zakazi
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    It took me several attempts to play Metroid Prime before I could even reach the first boss. The controls... : SiW.
    • Same for me on Metroid Prime. I finally make some serious headway into it last year and plowed all the wa... : roushimsx
• Mine: Dawn of War 2 Empire: Total War : coyoterys
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  Arcanum. I love rpg and I love steam punk, but I must have started this game 5 or 6 times and I just can'... : AgentPothead
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    Dude, Arcanum is worth getting into. It took me about 7 tries to get into it, and the whole game is one ... : Poor Yurik
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      Any suggestions on builds that do not suck total ass? : AgentPothead
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        My character was a chaotic evil necromancer. for offense I used the Harm spell mostly, there is a higher... : Poor Yurik
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          btw in real-time you can basically machinegun Harm until you run out of mana. Very, very effective. : Poor Yurik
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            Oh and the only followers I had was the guy who meet in the beginning and a familiar I could summon :D : Poor Yurik
            • I'll try to give it another shot and focus on a summoner build. All the other times I was a ranged dwarf ... : AgentPothead
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  oh man i'm so sorry you can't get into the metroid prime series. they are absolutely amazing games, i am... : Mr.SEX
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    I'm going to give Metroid Prime another go when the New Play Control version gets released in the US. : roushimsx
    • do it for me roushi. the first time you get into phendrana drifts is so worth it!! : Mr.SEX
    • I never had a problem with the lock on controls in Metroid Prime except for the fact it made the game too... : pyide
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  I've been really trying to play Prince of Persia and all I can think about is how I hate the cheesy WELL ... : moe6
  • The latest PoP? I'd agree. Sands of Time it ain't. : SiW.
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  what can you get into? : EvilDolemite
  • ..everything I didn't list? :P : SiW.
• Dude, Zelda? : MaxPete82
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  Oh, and GTA: San Andreas and GTAIV. And possibly Beyond Good & Evil, though that was a case where I play... : SiW.
  • keep diggin' that hole : EvilDolemite
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    San Andreas is still in my top 3 games of all time, along with WoW and Fallout 2. I wish I could get i... : father_crown
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      i think you and I are the only two people that can't get into fallout 3 : Sparticuse
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        And me. : FuryVII
        • And me. : -hyroth-
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  Psychonauts? You must have a disability. : Sailor of Fortune
  • I just started my 2nd round with this game yesterday. still love it. : SolveChrist
  • Yeah Psychonauts is incredible. It is kinda a slow burn though, most of the truly great levels are in the... : datoo
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  I've tried L4D twice and simply do not like it at all. I think it's beautiful, but also boring and tediou... : haiku
  • the game can be very repetitive, but it's pretty exciting in coop on the harder difficulties. and versus ... : pyide
• Oblivion...it just moved too slow for me and I just don't have the patience to get into that stuff these ... : Don Vito Corleone
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  I agree on bioshock, also on my list are Stalker and Fallout 3 : InfoBiter
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    I couldn't get into Oblivion, but I loved the shit out of Fallout 3. : aethyr
    • er, sorry, meant for Don Vito Corleone. : aethyr
• Whoa, Jebus, ZELDA?! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  I also couldn't get into most of the Zelda games, but I liked Twilight Princess (maybe because I didn't f... : mtgDoofy
  • and by Twilight Princess I meant Phantom Hourglass (I've never even played Twilight Princess, don't know ... : mtgDoofy
• Agree on Metroid Prime. The whole exploration aspect of the series does not work for me in 3D. For some r... : Evil Benius
• Max Payne : Flying h4x0r

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  just buy an aeron chair http://www.hermanmiller.com/CDA/SSA/Product/0,,a10-c440-p8,00.html : grabbie
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    what do those chairs go for? : Patch-e
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      600$-1200$ : AgentPothead
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        they could go for a lot more depending if you get them customized Price Chart: http://www.hermanmille... : grabbie
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          I would love to find one used in the $400 range. Not sure how difficult that will be though. : MagicWishMonkey
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            this site lets you can select what price range you want on a new/used/refurnished one http://www.aeron... : grabbie
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              Awesome! Thanks for the link, I really appreciate it. : MagicWishMonkey
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                Also, do you know what kind of warranty these refurb chair come with? My friend spent ~$900 on a brand... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  aeron chair warranty covers you for 12 years including labor costs. You're friend should be good to have... : grabbie
                  • Sweet, thanks : MagicWishMonkey
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    That doesn't look very plush.. are they really that comfortable? : Don King Kong
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      for many people: yes! the plastic edge at the front of the seat cuts into my legs a bit , so I don't re... : hamachi
      • Do you have the right size? They have 3 different sizes and it is very important that you get the right ... : electroly
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      After multiple weeks Rosewood's butt says yes. : ant_hillbilly
      • Srsly, listen to my ass here : rosewood
    • You have no idea dude... Aeron office chairs are in a class by themselves : MagicWishMonkey
    • in my opinion, no. to me they are the worst things ever. : Ariakus
    • honestly, I didn't think mine was all that comfortable. I sat on one for 3 years. I mean it isn't uncom : electroly
    • yes, they are rather comfy. : -=kodiak=-
  • An Aeron is great if you want to get work done. It forces proper posture and will not allow you to lay ba... : spectr3
• Sam's Club has this Serta task chair that's fucking heaven to sit in. : mancide
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  http://www.yankodesign.com/2009/05/13/office-singularity/ Blam? : krym3
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    holy shit what is that, i want one : MrBig0
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      shit i thought it was a real product... i guess just a concept right now :S : MrBig0
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        Just craft one with wood, or poop. : Utopia
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          If it was poop, id be afraid i'd eat it. : krym3
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            NWS Would you eat this? http://www.drnatura.com/picture_gallery.html : Utopia
            • Why cant any of those people actually shit in the toilet. : krym3
            • wow not a lot of stuff on the internet bothers me anymore but christ on a fuck that's disgusting : pukerat
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  this is the type of question my dad would ask, minus the console games. (t.v. tray to the side). : arcane_
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    heh.. thanks... well, I am a dad! : Don King Kong
    • :P even more fitting than. : arcane_
• this is pretty much what i'm looking for too, i need a computer chair that's comfortable and that recline... : MrBig0
• http://www.humanscale.com/products/index.cfm : kn1fe
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  http://www.theeasychairmount.com/default.cfm : HisKillSkill
  • just put something like a light wood plank on the arms rest for keyboard mouse. : HisKillSkill
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  I was actually just trying out chairs, and found this one at Office Depot: http://www.officedepot.ca/a... : Vantage
  • !!! That looks great - will definitely check this out. Thanks. : Don King Kong