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• 95% on Recognition 100% on Temporal memory : bRAINsick
• 87% recog 80% temporal : yakz
• Recognition score : 95% Temporal memory score : 100% Most of the pictures seemed to have things that ... : clain
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  i got 100% recognition, 83% temporal. actually better than i expected. : mindmann
  • I got the same exact score actually : two50six
• Recognition: 91 Temporal: 95 : vile
• i failed to recognize one photo. of the 23 i did, i got all in the right group. all those years of surfi... : drewroy
• 91% recog, 68% temporal This is after only getting 3 1/2 hours of sleep last night : ColoradoCNC
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  95/86 Did anyone find themselves assigning names to people? "Bill" "Agent Freckles" "Not Obama" "f... : DOOManiac
  • Only the one, as 'young obama'. :) I find it helps me remember things if I describe what I see as I... : cerealSAM2
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  100%, 87% : mechanicalgrape
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    Also, how many of you took the recommended 5 minute break between each test? : mechanicalgrape
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      I think I took a little longer cause I went and fucked around w/ my Wii. : DOOManiac
      • You two go catch dinner and a show? : mechanicalgrape
    • I did. : cerealSAM2
    • Nope! : mittense
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      I did. Is it supposed to make it harder or easier? I would have preferred to take the harder route just... : phipple
      • The 5 minute break is to make it harder, the more time passes the harder it is to recall what you saw or ... : devi| dog
  • Same. : ScrawnyJohnny
• 100% recognition, 91% temporal memory. : cerealSAM2
• 100 and 83. Did way better then I thought I would. I thought I got my part1/part2 choices wrong a lot m... : stump
• 100%, 83%. : mittense
• 95%, 73%. I think I took longer than 5 minutes the first time : calioptrix
• 100%, 91%. Didn't take any. : Tincan
• 95%, 86% I did take 5m between the two because I was busy working on something. : stelth
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  100/95 : snowwolf
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    took 5+ minute break for each : snowwolf
    • Same and same. : SwiftyPants
• Recognition: 100% Temporal: 91% I confused which pool a photo came from for two of them, and identifi... : DrWaffles
• Recognition: 91% Temporal: 81%. For what it's worth, I am very tired. : Yanks
• 91/72, My memory is pretty bad, I'm surprised I did that well, not to mention being distracted by hockey. : boarder2
• 95%/82% : zerog83
• 100% recognition, 87% temporal : virus
• 95% / 86% : foo
• 100%, 75% : SeaLlama
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  100/100 Kinda surprised myself. : Matto357
  • I was surprised at how easy I found it, I guess my face-recognition part of my brain is muscling out the ... : lord_omega
  • Same here. I thought there were a couple that I had got wrong when I was doing it, but apparantly not. : thecray
• 91%/86% : riptyde
• 95% recog, 95% temporal. I'm good at remembering faces, bad at remembering words and numbers. : megarust32
• 75 55, i blame tv : Unleashed
• 100%/86% : Ariakus
• I got average, 91/68. I am facetarded though. It would have been more interesting had they shown you di... : Ovate
• 95/91 : lonepie
• 95% / 95% : GeorgeB3DR
• 100 and 91, guess i'm not tired : martNs
• 100/79. I never forget a face...but remembering when and where I saw it I tend to be less good at. : Vincent Grayson
• 95/78. That is not encouraging while I'm studying for the most important test of my career thus far. ... : freshyk
• 100/91, took the recommended 5 minute breaks. I have pretty good facial memory. But if we were asked t... : Danny5225
• 95/95 : fishbone
• 100/91 : fletch_
• 92/68 while listening to music, watching videos, talking w/ my girlfriend and taking 5 minute breaks. : rossimo
• 91 and 95, after waiting the appropriate 5 minutes! : thekidd
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  91, 90. : jenisthebest
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    which is weird because my temporal memory is kind of messed up : jenisthebest
    • I guess that is why your username is a constant reminder of your awesomeness. : ryuuseki
• 92... then I started daydreaming during pt 2 and only got 62. One of the pictures reminded me of someone ... : Cihte
• 95/86 I'm very tired. I woulda tore this up if I did it in the AM :D : phipple
• 100%, 100% : lord_omega
• 100/83, and I took the breaks. I'm frankly shocked that I got that high. : Johnny Law
• 92% - 68% : doomed
• 100/83 and SOOO STONED : jingletard
• wtf is pic number 4...thats not a person is it? 95...78 now post whether you smoke weed or not : papaskot
• 100/83 : pigvomit
• 100/83 : bad_fish
• 91/63. : StolenNosferatu
• 100/87, i was expecting worse : pharoah mike
• 100% 95% : ajwilson
• 100/87 : Rag and Bone Man
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  100% recognition, 70% temporal. I'm proud! : king_darius
  • Oh and I did other shit for 5 minutes between each. : king_darius
• 100/79, that was pretty entertaining : santa-s
• 100/83, seems like a lot of that here. : DHAvatar
• 91%/90%, but I took an hour break between test 1 and 2 to play inFamous. Because I forgot I was taking a... : UselessHack
• 100/83 What a neat test! : MercFox1
• 95%/91%, I thought it was going to be a lot worse. : mysled
• 100/79 : smax
• 100%/95% I miss placed one person between the two sets. I also didn't wait the 5 minutes... don't kno... : Grumbeld
• 95%/95% : trevis
• 95 / 95 : sigpro
• Got bored with it and didn't go back for part 3. : boomdeath
• 100/82 : greh kleh
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  100/95 I'm really good with faces, terrible with names. : SockMonkeh
  • Aw, man, looking at the answers the one I missed on the set distinction part is the one I wrestled with f... : SockMonkeh
• 100/91 : edgewise
• 108/80 interesting score : happynoodle
• 100/95. Mixed up some of their places. : MurrayTheSkull
• 92/68, I'm so tired I gave up on looking at my results to see what I got wrong. I want to try this again... : devi| dog
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  91/70 which is exactly right for me. I often 'know' that a person looks familiar but I have no idea where... : buzzbat
  • actually my score was 100/70 : buzzbat
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  91 / 86 took all 3 tests in succession. : dopeman
  • also kinda drunk lol. : dopeman
• 91%/90% : .Jayson
• 83% recognition / 55% temportal. : Kristian Joensen

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  uhhh. no : CoRDS
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    Yeah, no as in http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tim5nU3DwIE : santa-s
    • :D : humbleone
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      now you made me track this down. http://darthdolenz.ytmnd.com : re-verse
      • Ok, that made me lol : ezanga
• there was a good one? : mittense
• It really is, but you'll get legions of anti-Lucas people who will refuse to look at how awesome Episode ... : cptn.peachfuzz
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  1 was garbage, 2 had one or two scenes almost ok and 3 was .. about the same as 2. : abrasion
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    Episode 1 video game was the best SW game ever. (Pod Racer). : Cihte
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      TIE Fighter disagrees with you. : ErikTehRed
      • All the X-Wing flight simulations series IMHO, but yeah, Tie Fighter was the nirvana. Although X-Wing, Xv... : Nitrium
    • No, but it was pretty alright. : Dontdrop
    • it was a decent game but far away from the actual great Star Wars games, and not even the best among it's... : razorblade79
    • Dark Forces > * : chiisu81
  • I totally agree. overall I wish they wouldn't have been made, they somehow burned me on the whole Star Wa... : razorblade79
• I think it's widely agreed it's the least bad of the three... : DOOManiac
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  Absolutely not! It was probably the worst of the bunch. At least the first one had the race and the duel ... : Dr_Cube
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    Uhh, how about the big-ass space battle at the start? : cptn.peachfuzz
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      And the big ass saber battle at the end? : sigpro
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        You've got to be joking. It was nowhere near as intense as the Darth Maul fight and the way Obi Wan won t... : Dr_Cube
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          that darth maul fight doesn't redeem the shitty movie that episode 1 was because of jar jar binks : FrayLo
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            The Darth Maul lightsabre duel was worth the price of admission. And yes Jar Jar was their for the little... : Dr_Cube
            • Yep, instead he was front and center in every scene he was in. And in the ones where he wasn't - you coul... : humbleone
        • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=16179131 : humbleone
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      Wasted opportunity. In no way compares to the space battle in Jedi. Hardly any ship to ship combat. Only ... : Dr_Cube
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        Hardly any ship to ship combat. what : Downforce
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          There is hardly ANY ship to ship combat. Anakin dodges a pair of missles and then they swat droids off Ob... : Dr_Cube
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            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGMvadAFqLQ : Dr_Cube
            • My favorite part is at 4:51 - 5:07 I so wanted to be an X-Wing pilot at that moment and make a run on ... : Dr_Cube
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      It was a completely random-ass space battle lacking in all of the chatter and context that made space bat... : LilCrypto
      • This. : Dr_Cube
      • Not only this, they took serious time out of it to have fucking r2d2 fight a goddamn robot. Obi-Wan Keno... : Solar Jetman
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  none of them are good, but i think the end of episode 1 is better than anything in either of the other tw... : chrisschutz
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    agreed... Ep 1 is best. the trio fight was great and intense when quigon goes down. rest of it was pretty... : yautja
    • I second this. : Dr_Cube
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    agreed. Ep1 has ok acting, neeson and mcgregor work well together. the pacing is quite good as well. the ... : vomitgod
    • Yup, same. The first one was dissapointing, but it wasn't bad (Jar Jar notwithstanding). II is just terr... : alnya
  • This. It was the only ep to introduce any worthwhile improvement over the original trilogy. I mean the ... : romulan
  • I agree, I think episode 1 was pretty decent. Didn't care for the other 2. : Fish_Bulb
• It's the "least worst" of the three, yes. : skinlab133
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  They all sucked. I and III were better than II though. : orgcaptainnemo
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    I don't know, the combination of Jar Jar and Jake Lloyd really really really really hurts Episode 1. The... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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      I dug Naboo (just the look of it), the Obi-Wan + Jedi Neeson v. Darth Maul fight, and the Pod Racer seque... : orgcaptainnemo
      • ^^^this is correct. Jar Jar was fucking annoying but everyone else did alright. : ejectorpod
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        But the end of the Darth Maul fight just sucks where he apparently stopped giving a shit and just lets Ob... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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          Although I will admit that Episode 2 did have the worst lightsaber fight out of all 6 of the movies so I ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
          • it's still pretty awesome even though darth maul does go out like a punk. shit episode II was so lame th... : brewsterdog
      • Please refer to Qui-Gon Jesus by his proper name. : RevRaven
      • Eh, honestly Lucas just can't pick actors. Both Lloyd and Christensen sucked about as bad, and were equa... : one random winner
  • I haven't seen III but I thought II was far worse than I as a whole. : datoo
• I thought it was "meh" the first time I saw it. It got worse with subsequent viewings. I actually had t... : Whistler77
• They were all ok, if not great, but Episode III was the best of the bunch (despite the internet bandwagon... : ColoradoCNC
• i thought iii was the only one that was worth watching. : FrayLo
• Better, but still crap. : lplasmatron
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  I think a lot of people are full of sh..sarcasm in this thread. : drbriefs
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    Episode 3 was the best....goddamn fingers : drbriefs
    • Utter shit. : Dr_Cube
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  Yeah, three was the only one that didn't cause cause brain damage. The original three only pass the tole... : devi| dog
  • No three caused brain damage too, just a different type. : Toth21
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  Some people refuse to admit that Episode III was sweet. : SockMonkeh
  • NOOOOOOOOOO!!! : Dr_Cube
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    And they also hate Indiana Jones 4 for some unfathomable reason! Wait, its because they sucked. Really... : Sacred Sperm
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      The south park making fun of it was pretty lol I thought. That's one good thing that came from it righ... : Smirks D
      • Yes it was. It was perfect. : Dr_Cube
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  They're all fucking awful, and I'm so over Star Wars now. So much so that I even groaned at the KOTOR 3 t... : red2lucas
  • Excuuuuuuuse me while I whip this out. AHHHHHHHHH!!! : Matt Burris
  • Shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing shwing... : five_percent
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  III had a stupid plot. Why couldn't he just make sure a doctor was on hand for the birth of his kids? : Wikidd
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    Dude, she died from a broken heart. They don't have the medical expertise for that kind of shit. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
    • But we do have antidepressants! : Conan
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      Died of a broken heart lol. This shit right here pretty much sums up why George Lucas and Star Wars ha... : IndigoAK
      • not always : red2lucas
    • I thought she died because Luke and Leia forced their way out of her vagina? : grandmasterlee
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    Future? Star Wars takes place "A long time ago..." : S?a?c?
    • Nonetheless they're technology is futuristic. If they have hyperspace, I'm pretty sure C-Sections would b... : Dontdrop
  • Star wars ain't set in the future. : Edges
  • seriously, laser the stupid twat open, bring out the babies, then so the girl back up, what's so hard abo... : one random winner
• Jesus, you went to see it four times the opening weekend? Do you also stick bamboo shoots under your fin... : Matt Burris
• I like Episode II. And if you look at all three of them, even Episode I makes sense. : matthaeus
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  They only made episodes IV to VI, I believe. : kramweil
  • You, good sir, are correct. : asylumn
• All three were horrible, but Episode I was the least terrible because it wasn't much too rushed and the l... : Link.
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  After the disappointment of seeing I and II at the cinema i never actually got around to seeing III : Arsenal
  • Some one needs to recapture that movie by taking all the dialogue out and skipping every non-action scene... : one random winner
• the parts of episode 1 featuring qui-gon, obi-wan, and the duel of the fates battle approach the highest ... : wwonderboy334
• Ep2 was so bad that I've still not seen 3. I found Ep1 to be "ok" even though it didn't match my expectat... : ramshot
• All 3 were garbage. : jimvolk
• I have the high ground! : silent prophet
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  Outside of last crusade, Is there another 3rd movie in a trilogy that was better than the second one? : stgdz
  • Bourne Ultimatum : Arctic Fox
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    matrix revolution gun : barichnikov
    • Trolls are supposed to be subtle man. : Arctic Fox
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    I liked LotR 3 better than 2. : one random winner
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      Doesn't count - the trilogy was essentially one big movie - none of the parts stand well on their own, bu... : genom
      • The same could be said about a lot of planned trilogies. : Arctic Fox
      • I guess so, couldn't think of any others though. : one random winner
  • Sympathy for Lady Vengeance was better than the Mr vengeance but not better than Oldboy : Iwannaacura
  • gmd would say The Godfather : Mad Brahmin Disease
• 3 was the closest thing to good the prequels had. I realised half way through I was enjoying it and some ... : node
• Everytime I watch it, I end up wanting to watch the originals right after. : voodooraze
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  IMHO Best to worst - 5,4,3,2,6,1 (Let the flaming begin) : zipper76
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    nope, i 100% agree... though i flip flop 5 and 4 depending on my mood. : waxthirteen
    • I could see that... : zipper76
  • Eh, personally it goes as follows 5, 4, ?... : one random winner
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    I could see this although I would probably put 6 before at least 2 and possibly 3 also : dirge23
    • Meh.... not a big fan of Jedi. Ewoks.... : zipper76
• Yes : gmoney
• This pretty much sums up Epsiode III http://www.vgcats.com/comics/?strip_id=150 : Dschinghis Khan
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  It wasn't good, but it was the best of the three. The only times I watch it is if it's on TV and there's... : Ride-My-Rocket
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    Also, Bioware's "Star Wars: The Old Republic" trailer and Genndy Tartakovsky's "The Clone Wars" animated ... : Ride-My-Rocket
    • Yeah, as long as Lucas doesn't touch the franchise the IP can do pretty well. : one random winner
• It wasn't good. It was merely less bad. : Arcanum
• If you compare any of them to a normal movie standard, they blow. But some Star Wars fan boys will eat u... : CapnChaos
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  I don't like this thread, it is rough and coarse. : gmd
  • I say the star wars line to my wife all the time. : hamachi
• You know how bad the new ones are? They were so bad I haven't watched the original trilogy since then... : chiisu81

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• repost from twitter: THE_REAL_SHAQ: Who wants to here jeff van gundy talk about his brother all da nig... : Clay
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  I hate the Lakers. They MUST loose. : themaestro2657
  • They will loose a storm of dunk fury. word. : sleepytea
• go lakers! : hamachi
• I almost shed a tear at that GM commercial. : dearjamie
• some shitty referring early in the finals, no foul when Bynum gets hammered, but they call on on him : Flynn
• The Lakers are going to rip the Magic a new one. : Sexpansion Pack
• damn kobe : fathertime
• Since the Magic beat my team (Celtics) I want them to win. Despite being a Boston fan I really wouldn'... : Mansmells
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  Go Lakers! Did anyone else not have video of the game for the last couple minutes of the second quarter?... : OmegaRed59
  • *Portland that is : OmegaRed59
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  Someone please give Gasol a haircut. : mechanicalgrape
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    Also, I can't fucking stand the 2-3-2 format. It's even more stupid that it's only used in the finals. : mechanicalgrape
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      what's the reasoning behind it? : fishbone
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        I think longer travel distance : dearjamie
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          Does the lower ranked team get home court for games 1 and 2? : fishbone
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            Best record gets home court advantage for games 1-2 and 6-7. : sukabljat
            • That's retarded; in a best of 7 series, the better team can be expected to win their two home games, and ... : fishbone
        • Yep, that's why. All the other playoff games are west vs. west or east vs. east, whereas the finals is w... : OmegaRed59
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  ok seriously, refs are killing the lakers.. : Flynn
  • welcome to professional basketball : zerog83
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  oh my god, Kobe is on fire! : Flynn
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    I really hate that face he makes. : Flying h4x0r
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      would you rather see his O-face? : Flynn
      • it makes my toes curl! : unsound
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      It's so obvious that he practices that face in front of a mirror. : underground banana plantation
      • he's like "AAAAAAAAAARGGH I'M GOING TO RAPE SOMEONE AGAIN" : Flying h4x0r
    • pointy elbows : vigilante
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  Pietrus is so overrated as a defender. Lebron schooled him, Kobe is schooling him. He is an offensive m... : maulla
  • His facial expressions are always pleasing to my eye. : vigilante
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    I wonder how Shane Battier would do against LeBron. He is the guy who guards Kobe the best, IMO. I've nev... : edgewise
    • I guess you didn't see the game late in the season where LeBron had the worst game of his career with Bat... : [fry]
• Awww yeah, 82 - 58! : OmegaRed59
• Kobe rules : lord_omega
• TV audience dropping by the bajillions : Downforce
• Damn Orlando, hope they have a better showing in the second game. I had a feeling that it might be a blow... : Pettytheft
• Ok, need to know who is in the wrong here. NBA finals game ends, so I text my friend "Rapists beat the... : piser
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  Lakers woop woop! Still got some room on the purple and gold bandwagon for the haters! : santa-s
  • It sure does look like the magic are going to get bounced in four : unsound
  • I see pink and yellow. : Vegtro
• Kobe looks like he's moving in slow motion compared to LeBron but somehow he scores so much. He's an ama... : orgcaptainnemo
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  Kobe Motherfucking Bryant. Great win for the Lakers tonight. I'm sure Orlando will play alot better ... : edgewise
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    bleh it's over, grats, etc. snoozer final series with the "kobe won one without shaq, best player ever" ... : Downforce
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      don't jinx it! But yeah, the Lakers can taste this one now. There's blood in the water and I don't see... : edgewise
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        Since KG was hurt, I'm going to consider them Paper Champions :) : cltcprd
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          Kobe would have played through that injury. : edgewise
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            haha right, a hurt knee is totally like a dislocated pinky. : cltcprd
            • He would hop on one leg and still score 25 a night. : edgewise
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    I wonder if the Lakers will now start acting like they don't have to try... : rosewood
    • Not now. They're too close to finishing it. I wouldn't be surprised if it still went 6 or 7 games as Orla... : edgewise

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• He is legend indeed. : gooblerampling
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  makes me want to slam nails through my eyes. : Vincenoir
  • Be strong! : Mad Jack McMad
  • That's a weird outlook man. : azenmaster
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  his understanding of business makes me wonder if he's a GM exec. : Fyunch Click
  • Haha, He used to be CEO but we shit canned him and now he gunning for EA hahaha. : pwnjoo
• He hasn't made his way to the latest chatty yet, has he? We must strengthen our defenses. : waxthirteen
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  my hope is that eventually he gets tired and leaves this place, my second hope is a permaban : ErneX
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    Holy crap we need a ThomW script along the lines of gegtiks dinosaur comics. At least that would make it ... : nodebug
    • Can the WTF horse make a come back? : dudehoyt
• I don't even know what to begin saying. : batkiwi
• He's a troll. Why else would he bring up shaders again? Made me lol anyways.. : tohm82
• OH GOD SHADERS : MercFox1
• He's either my favorite troll or my favorite idiot. Either way, as long as he doen't make his way to the... : ZTac
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  I say this earnestly: he is a refreshing source of entertainment. If you guys stopped feeding him he woul... : ieGod
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    I agree on this ! : gummijoh
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      Don't your muscles get sore from all the cringing? Every time I read his posts on "pixle shaders" and how... : Mad Jack McMad
      • It's too funny to take seriously! : ieGod
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    DON'T YOU FUCKING DARE EVEN SUGGEST THIS : jasonepowell
    • It's the truth! : ieGod
• That was truly the funniest, most bizarre thread I've read on the Shack in a long time. We need to keep t... : bstrad
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  Everything is bigger is Texas. Including the idiots. : UselessHack
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    That's okay we make up for it in penis size. : bstrad
    • If it helps you sleep at night. : UselessHack
    • No, it's not ok, unless you neuter all your idiots. : one random winner
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  "and it has no shaders" Now I'm almost sure it's a character account. : zehh
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    And that character is Homsar. Read the discussion about that toward the bottom of the thread. Comedic... : ZTac
    • Hurray, now lets ban. : [7]kami
    • Thread gone, but would love to know what's this about. : zehh
• He's beautiful : jbury
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  Awwww, why did it all have to go? : nodebug
  • I wanted to read over it again later. The stuff he came up with was amazing. : ZTac
  • Because there is justice in the world? : Jonathan
• Haha nice : bolneze
• Double Fine wont ever work in the game arts ever again.. : Judecca
• Why do some of the worst trolls on this god damn site use the "..." I am NOT including agentlead in th... : ejectorpod

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  yes. : mwasher
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    i'm assuming you got a D0 stepping as well? : mwasher
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      just ran intel processor identify util. Apparently its stepping 5, revision F : filthysock
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        weird... as far as I know there are C0 and D0 revision i7's. run CPU-Z to see what it says if intereste... : mwasher
        • whoops, its D0 : filthysock
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  what is the default clock speed on that chip? : grendel
  • 2.66 GHz Quad : MercFox1
  • 2.66ghz : sigpro
  • Might as well be at least 3.4GHz as a quick bump up to 166MHz base clock and you're golden. But defaults... : mwasher
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  what kind of cooling are you running? : redfive
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    I dunno about filthy, but I've torture tested mine at 4.2GHz with a VIgor Monsoon III cooler and it staye... : mwasher
    • I read that as "with a Viggo Mortensen cooler" : edge198
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    stock : filthysock
    • I <3 how quiet it is. : abrasion
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      oh that doesn't sound good. OCing it with the stock?! : gyokuro
      • depends on the chip, I had an old P4 1.6 that was known for OCing great with stock cooling. Had it stable... : derelict515
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        Why not? As long as the temps are fine does it matter what cooling solution you have? The whole core2 lin... : Prozium
        • well the stock i7 cooler is pretty terrible compared to aftermarket solutions. it is nowhere near as goo... : mwasher
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        people have been OCing wit stock cooling since the core 2 duo : EvilDolemite
        • the core 2 stock cooler is an anomaly of coolers. the i7 stock cooler blows. : mwasher
        • People have been OCing with stock cooling since before the Celeron 300A! : abrasion
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        Celeron 300a baby! : DOOManiac
        • Times two on the BP6! : [7]kami
      • My 2.66 at 3.2 is very happy with stock! I think any higher and I would want something else on my C2D th... : devi| dog
      • I've overclocked every CPU I've ever had during 10+ years and I think I've had an aftermarket cooler on o... : ramshot
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      There's no reason to be overclocking with stock cooling, since aftermarket hsfs are quieter and allow for... : Link.
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        notice filthy hasn't responded again because his processor melted :D : mwasher
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          nope, i'm sick. again. FUCK. But i played a little l4d and everything seemed fine : filthysock
          • I have athsma and I'm very out of shape this year, if I get pig flu I will probably die - it'll be glorio... : abrasion
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          so far as I'm aware intel don't and never have offered a 4ghz core 2 duo, so how could $100 be the differ... : Toraz Chryx
          • I'm saying that 18 months ago if you were buying a CPU, the 'good' one is 300$ US and the medium one is 2... : abrasion
    • filthysock: please, be cautious. The stock cooler will work ok but the problem is that your cpu will per... : Defacil
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  now we just need some new kick ass pc games to use these babies! yea sure you can do actual work stuff t... : smacknca
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    How about all the games that used to chug on hardware from two years ago? :) : Serpico74
    • Like motherfucking Forged Alliance with 8 players at a 2000 unit cap per player. : MercFox1
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      turns out most things that chugged before were video limited. crysis warefare certainly likes the extra ... : smacknca
      • start using the extra cores for better AI and physics! : mwasher
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      It's all GPU related unfortunately. You don't gain anything with faster CPUs right now. :/ : enyakk
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        Good thing GPUs also rock these days! A GTX 285 with a Core 2 Duo will eat Crysis alive. With an i7 it'll... : Serpico74
        • yeah, thinking about a nvidia card. Mainly because ATI drivers seem to suck on ubuntu. : filthysock
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        Try Crysis. : abrasion
        • Yeah, it doesn't gain anything from a faster CPU, like I said. : enyakk
      • That's not true at all for a lot of games, especially at lower resolutions. Far Cry 2 is a ravenous CPU b... : SenorSpine
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  ENVY btw, major major envy - that thing at 2.66 is as fast as my E8500 at 3.33 (IIRC?) at 4ghz that t... : abrasion
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    Not sure what benchmark you're going by but at stock the i7 smokes the E8500 overclocked from the cpumar... : mwasher
    • I wouldn't say it smokes the E8500, I would have a hard time recommending the i7 if it didn't overclock t... : abrasion
    • on a per thread basis? : Toraz Chryx
  • Mine is running at stock 2.66 and it's obliterated everything I've thrown at it. I see no need to OC at t... : derelict515
  • I know, I'm upgrading from a C2D to an i7 in the summer, and everything I've seen so far makes me really ... : MercFox1
  • DVNO : geedeck
• damn thats gotta be slow : gyokuro
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  You creating traps in your poor lil gate oxide interface as well as injecting hot electrons into the gate... : pap26
  • who gives a shit after 5 years, my hardware gets tossed after 2 or 3. : filthysock
• How stable though? What other shit do you have in your rig? I haven't even touched the OC on mine yet.... : rosewood
• What are you running the memory at? And what kind of memory do you have? I'm thinking about getting th... : uncleanmonkey
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  are you OC'ing via bios or software inside windows? : dignan
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    bios, i just read this http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,2845,2335839,00.asp tried D.O.C.P but it ... : filthysock
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      are you having to mess with the vcore at all or you just pumping up the FSB? luckily i've got a c2d tha... : dignan
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        too bad i can't use the damn thing though... the whole thing is built just missing ram :( can't afford a... : dignan
        • seriously? ddr2 is dirt cheap man : Toraz Chryx
      • the only thing i did was change the BCLK : filthysock
      • 3.6 or so is pretty much the limit with a 65nm core2 part luck might make 3.73 happen, and yeah, i7's are... : Toraz Chryx
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  Let us know when it can make it through half a day of Prime95. :) : Sapiens
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    yeah because that seems like a fine use of my system. How about i use it for what i bought it for? : filthysock
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      He's got a completely valid point dude, if you can't pass Prime95 for 12 hours then one day when you're c... : abrasion
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        Listen to these men. Run Prime95, and whatever the other stability test is, for at least half a day each,... : AlexW1203
        • Orthos is pretty outdated now since it only supports two cores. The newer versions of Prime95 have multi... : Sapiens
    • lol : Sapiens

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  Fire all your lazy employees and hire some hard working shackers. It can't take more than 1 minute to pic... : ryuuseki
  • So they can Shack all day? : drdreed
• Yeah that's a pain in the bollocks in Exchange, especially when your organization has loads of meeting ro... : theghostofsmdever
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  nope, not through exchange/outlook itself. However *shameless plug* we make software that does that kind... : master_disaster_17
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    It's not a shameless plug if it's exactly what's needed. I might mention this to our IT department (they ... : gakera
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      5 floors with 12 meeting rooms and equipment shouldn't be a problem. Pretty standard. I'm not actually... : master_disaster_17
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        lol "How did you become acquainted with CONCIERGE SERVICES" - OTHER. HINT: IT GET'S YOU CHICKS. : gakera
        • Yeah, we'll have to add 'Random Shacker' to that list :) : master_disaster_17
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        How does this work? Are all the conference rooms controlled from a single user account created? Doe... : trove
        • all the conference rooms are created as usual, ie. as exchange resource mailboxes. You then use the conc... : master_disaster_17
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  NO WAY!? So I can actually send you guys emails and the formatting won't go to shit when you reply!? Awes... : gakera
  • Hell Yeah ! Bring it on with all your fancy Calibri styled mails. : gummijoh
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  Company I work for sets up a mailbox for the boardroom which the reception is responsible for. To book t... : dantastic
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    This is very common but very shit when it turns out the meeting rooms have admin privileges and weak pass... : gakera
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      What? You give rights to only the receptionist. There is no password its just another inbox in outlook ... : dantastic
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        It's all too common for me to see meeting rooms and such shit set up as actual users in the Windows AD wi... : gakera
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          So configure it as juast a mailbox? Wtf maybe get some admins that know what they're doing. Nobody ever... : dantastic
          • I know rite, if all the server admins I talk to knew what they were doing ... well, my life would be good... : gakera
  • This is what i had at amazon. Conf room access. : Iwannaacura
  • We've had issues in the past with cached exchange mode and meeting bookings. This has led to double book... : trove
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  We still use Lotus Notes (4). I want to stab the guys that made it. Repeatedly. : [7]kami
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    Make that 6.5 (client). : [7]kami
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      Old skool style ! We were using version 7 of the client which blows but last december I got version 8 whi... : gummijoh
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        Did you just put good and Lotus Notes in one sentence? : [7]kami
        • Note the compared to Lotus standards :) Client version 8 was much easier on the eye and with an improv... : gummijoh
    • We're using 6.5 also. It's a PITA! : tcxsnoop
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    While you're at it, stab the ones responsible for Lotus Notes 7 as well. Grrrrr : Bamii
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      Didn't know you had Lotus Notes too. HAHAHA FGT : [7]kami
      • Yeah, I receive all news wires and write all my stories in Notes :( We do have Outlook for mail since two... : Bamii
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  You lucky bastard. I want to cut myself every time I start up Notes in the morning. Then I open IE6 too... : peanut-
  • I've begun forcing users to IE7 with a login-patch. : LoioshDwaggie
  • Do we work for the same company? :( : [7]kami
• Notes is filth, it is in the top 10 hall of shame for email clients - I use that piece of shit as little ... : abrasion
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  We created a separate mailbox for all conference rooms & made different admin assistants in charge of sch... : goatjc
  • That is, a separate mailbox for each conference room. : goatjc
• Just reserve all the rooms using public folders in exchange. Setup a shared calendar and everyone can lo... : silent77
• what the, my companies doing the same thing soon -.- : Dravenport

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  PREVIOUSLY ON LOST : preacher
  • I'm beginning to believe... : urban garlic
  • Two witnesses saw a huge flash of light where the plane was, so it probably got caught when someone turne... : silent prophet
• Aliens : Vincenoir
• they flew into another dimension! : jonin
• it's not the 4400, it's the 228. they're gonna come back with powers and rape our babies in the face : moshman
• how does that make sense? lol : chilln
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  I have a feeling that thing went in the ocean like a lawn dart and there's not much to find on the surfac... : stonedonkey
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    Wouldn't the plane explode as soon as it made contact with water (assuming the pilot wasn't able to contr... : MagicWishMonkey
    • according to bioshock, yes, but the debris would rapidly sink and crush various corridors in rapture : dirge23
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      I don't know... the planes that hit the wtc had no problem going right through the sides of those buildin... : stonedonkey
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        The planes that hit the WTC were made of special military grade jew diamonds so apples and oranges really... : MagicWishMonkey
        • lol jew diamonds! : g0nk
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        I imagine water is as hard as concrete at airplane crash speeds. And it's not like the WTC towers were on... : ShekkyBoy
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          true but waves and the air pressure in front of the plane would have disrupted the water enough for a sof... : Vincenoir
          • making the landing softer is the opposite of what crashing into the water does to a plane : electroly
      • it's a density problem. The WTC is mostly empty space. Water is not. If you're moving fast enough there i... : steelsamurai
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  My crazy whacked out theory.. Plane landed some place and all the passengers were murdered put into hi... : theghostofsmdever
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    wtf?? how did that happen? : theghostofsmdever
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      clearly the CIA messed up your post : dirge23
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        Naw I accidental posted it in two threads. I didn't mean to post it in this one as well :) : theghostofsmdever
        • that's just what they want you to think : dirge23
        • Now I can't type :[ : theghostofsmdever
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          This is some kind of secret code to the space overlords who killed Kennedy. We're on to you! : silent prophet
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            Kennedy was the last great American president :( : theghostofsmdever
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              I think your underestimating Regan's ability to sell arms to despots. Truly an American icon. : silent prophet
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                I like Nixon's soft-on-communism foreign policy. : dirge23
                • Nixon was such a pussy. He should had every single person in the Watergate Hotel murdered. : theghostofsmdever
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    * B A Y O F P I G S ' D * : deject
    • Yup. I think the original bay of pigs plan involving the airliner could be pulled off pretty easily toda... : theghostofsmdever
• I'll not be surprised if brazilian authorities screw up something, like they've done numerous time before... : Nitrium
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  It was not an airline seat. That's the kind of thing that just gets misinterpreted as it runs through pre... : zehh
  • Can't find the link now. Aw well. Anyway, a lot of the stuff the found got "changed" later. Apparently th... : zehh
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  Somali Air Pirates : iwonthelottery
  • or Charles Widmore : iwonthelottery
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0097883/ : gmd
• One theory put out was that the pitot static tubes were iced over, which can cause the instruments to rea... : phate81
• Lots of garbage in the Atlantic, sadly. : trove
• whoa : mindshot
• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0112040/ :O : AMikaboshi

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• Hire a DJ and talk to them about what you want played. Give them a list of what you DON'T want played. ... : FormerHPB
• I wouldn't see why you wouldn't be able to rent out some decent speakers. That's a great idea. The only t... : bstrad
• Our DJ actually turned out to be pretty damn good, he did really stepped in as almost a coordinator after... : stonedonkey
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  we're having a playlist !!! laptop+sound system = music and we have someone to do the special requests if... : barichnikov
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    Anything in particular for your sound system? : trelain
    • we're using my fiancee's father sound system. its a pretty good system, with nice speakers, he does some ... : barichnikov
• I've been to weddings both with and without a "reception coordinator", and it was like night and day. I h... : silent prophet
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  When you hire tha DJ, you usually get to sit down and discuss what you want him to provide. As others me : UselessHack
  • We're meeting with our DJ and giving her a list of songs that we want played. It'll cover most of the ev... : umcpwintermute
• We got married on a cruise, so I had to beat box during our first dance, as there was no music provided. : voodooraze
• when we hired a DJ my wife had a list of songs she wanted played in the order she wanted them played. All... : kbnerd
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  Hired a street busker playing beautiful acoustic guitar songs. He played under a tree while we had our we... : kramweil
  • yikes that souns pretty cool : trelain
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    Sounds really nice! Maybe because your choice of music fit your location? Might not be the best choice fo... : davantalus
    • Very true. I would get someone else playing accordian and another playing a flute for some banquet hall d... : kramweil
  • I dig this. : jipey
• We borrowed a PA system from a friend and used an iPod. We had musicians for the ceremony music, but the ... : tashtego
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  With an iPod your wedding will turn into 45 seconds of someone's favorit... 30 seconds of... 60 seconds o... : davantalus
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    Bwahahaha. Get out of my head! : angrytaxman
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      ^^^ Mr. Taxman here is also a wedding photographer when he has to be. : davantalus
      • when he has to be when davantalus bails. ;) : angrytaxman
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  There is no faster way to ruin your wedding than to either not have a DJ or to have a bad DJ. Trust me on... : angrytaxman
  • Ok, lets say trelain doesn't have the $$$ for a DJ. Personally I would give up flowers, cake, and a haird... : davantalus
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    I should probably point out that this is a pretty small wedding, so there may only be a maximum of 60 peo... : trelain
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      I dunno. I think with a smaller group it's even more important that you have kind of a designated MC to g... : laurgasms
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        Yeah its the typical wedding dance music that I'm trying to avoid. : trelain
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          I know where you're coming from. I hate wedding music with the exception of that one New Order song. Ther... : davantalus
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            What we're planning is to start off with a few of the standard wedding songs mixed with classic rock, the... : umcpwintermute
            • Sounds reasonable enough. :) Devil is in the details. : davantalus
    • you only need the dj there for the reception, which is typically 4-6 hours : maulla
    • if you have a friend or a friend of a friend that knows a dj you can probably get them for a reduced rate... : kbnerd
  • i agree with everything here. i've been to about 20 weddings in the past 6 years (no, really), and i've ... : FrayLo
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    why have you been to over 100 weddings? : judge
    • See my comment above. : davantalus
• Run-DMC : Degenerate
• just interview a lot of DJ's. You will find one that you like. The problem with not having a DJ/Band ther... : maulla
• get a dj, for serious. You can talk to him/her about the type of music you want played. : unsound
• My wedding DJ was awesome. Bamii puking inside his new car was awesome too. : [7]kami
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  We hired a DJ, but we gave her a long list of music we liked and a ton of DO-NOT-WANT requests (e.g. no T... : Ride-My-Rocket
  • Another of the big DO-NOT-WANT requests: keep the microphone turned off. There's no reason for it. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Our DJ was pretty much the MC for the reception. He handled all the various events and such, calling tab... : genom
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  Just got married a few months ago and did something similar. I rented a PA system from a local production... : reelbk
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    ronald jenkees at a wedding reception during dinner. i love this place : FrayLo
    • hehe, and it went over very well. He has universal appeal. : reelbk
• We hired a band and although it was expensive compared relative to our other costs, it was well worth the... : bcyde
• Get the dude from old school. "turn around... bright eyes... " : med1c
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  Fly me down and I'll provide romantic piano music for the reception. I'll even throw in an original song... : Vantage
  • this would be awesome. i wish this would have fit in better with what my wife wanted. I still may do this : kbnerd
• I had a laptop with iTunes setup for my wedding. Guests could pick the songs tgey wanted. No DJ. Was an... : sumo-hacker
• i hired a lady to play the piano. none of that DJ non-sense. probably costs you about as much too : X-GOUKI

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• owned by valve : Luminair
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  http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/04/valve-on-l4d2-trust-us-a-little-bit/ : Arctic Fox
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    I think everyone did trust Valve a little bit and that's what has everyone so riled up. ;) : ThomW
    • I did too. But I'm waiting for more details before I get all OMG INTERNET RAGE. That, and the details tha... : Arctic Fox
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  I wonder how long after its release that it'll be Steam Sale'd down to expansion pack prices? : ThomW
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    Yup - cause that's when I'll buy it. I've always held that even now, L4D is a $29.99 game, maybe $39.99. ... : zipper76
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      I've definitely got full value out of my copy. It's gotten far more playtime than about 1/3 of the games ... : Arctic Fox
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        It's not necessarily wanting 250 hours of gametime. I think it's the overall experience. Plus, even if yo... : zipper76
        • Exactly, that's another thing. I buy games based on what the experience is now, not on future promises (b... : Arctic Fox
  • Dunno but i wont pay full 55€ as i only care for the coop. i got the first one for cheap thanks to an i... : Hoax
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    In shocking news today, it was found that we are not all clones of dextius. Some people even hold differe... : Arctic Fox
    • i could use a clone of myself actually. ;-) : dextius
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  i'm not annoyed by it : aeg1x
  • If egix is cool with it then everyone should be. : boomstickah
• What's interesting about that is that he says the even Gabe wasn't keen. : chazums
• I'm not annoyed by it at all. : deveus1
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  • yeah especially in this light http://www.videogamer.com/news/valve_details_post_left_4_dead_launch_plans.... : Hoax
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  You know how they can come out of this looking pro? Discount to everyone who already has L4D on their Ste... : MercFox1
  • yes, this would be a perfectly acceptable solution. : dirge23
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    Not really going to help the people with the game on 360. : Evil Benius
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      nothing can help those people : aeg1x
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        Not sure how to take that :( : Evil Benius
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          shock is the first of the seven stages : aeg1x
          • Double post win, congrats. LOL : abrasion
  • if they took a $40 game down to $25 i would feel like its a good value. $25 for the original game and $2... : handofthrawn
• I'm not annoyed so much as I think it's dumb, and I've no interest in buying a sequel. : ieGod
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  I don't get all the hate. At all. - FIVE new campaigns - New enemies - Melee weapons - Director AI ... : node
  • yeah exactly. I mean I bought l4d for $50. This game has as much stuff as L4D has plus more/better stuff ... : aeg1x
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    Haha there aint the same amount of new shit in L4D2 as there is in a new COD by a damn sight, and most of... : SpaecKow
    • I mean, shit. : SpaecKow
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      What? Fuck no. Not even close. You're acting like this is some DLC reskin. The five campaigns will take f... : node
      • ...and the unnannounced new game mode. : Arctic Fox
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        It is a DLC reskin. If you think Valve made a brand new game in 10 months, you're kidding yourself. If yo... : SpaecKow
        • The four campaigns translates into 20 maps. BF2, ETQW, and other mp games often ship with only a dozen ma... : mroizo40
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    • That's like complaining because you were served ice cream instead of cake. lololol unintended Portal joke : Arctic Fox
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      ... if any of them were ready. Why are people pissy, you want them to show of unfinished games? They have... : node
      • Yes I'd rather see some unfinished games. I felt the same way about COD4 and WaW. COD4 still had a lo... : hoov1185
    • Screw all those, L4D2 is a greater priority for me. : Lone Swordsman
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    Its a fucking money grab. It took them way too long to update L4D, and the game will be abandoned with a ... : maulla
    • So many people typing through their tears. Hilarious stuff! : NastyJack
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    How long does it take to make 4 character models, a few weapons, and another 10 lines of dialogue? I k... : handofthrawn
    • Do you really think that's all that is new? Are you ignoring the vast majority of what's new in L4D2 to m... : NastyJack
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      Erm if you've ever ventured into the 'sound' folders for Left4Dead, the characters have a bit more than 1... : Arctic Fox
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        i just laugh at dialogue for the game because ive played it for tens of hours and the only things i can r... : handofthrawn
        • Wow you really haven't read much about L4D2 have you. 2 new infected, and more character progression are : Arctic Fox
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    come on, rainbow six and it's ilk reguaririly pump out 18+ maps per official sequel. 5 campaigns isnt eno... : cptstern
    • I think you are forgetting that 5 campaigns means 20 maps. So that's, you know, more than the games yo... : NastyJack
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  and I realize "they owe me nothing".. but, again I consider past releases precedent on how they do busine... : dextius
  • Yes, it works both ways. You don't owe them anything, either, which includes simply not purchasing thei... : cerealSAM2
• the game felt under cooked when it came out sure, but nobody lied to you and did not tell you that it onl... : X-GOUKI
• I'm not annoyed by it, I only worry that we're not going to see people playing L4D anymore :( I know t... : Nitrium
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  Valve says they're not abandoning L4D1. Can everyone stop bitching now? http://www.eurogamer.net/articles... : node
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    how about listening to the valid complaints? thats damage control. they didnt expect shit to hit the... : Hoax
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      Sounds to me like they ARE listening. They've already said that they are going to continue providing cont... : deveus1
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        i can't kill zombies with promises : dirge23
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          to quote the guy with the dollhands "Seriously, I would not be annoyed if they simply just gave me one mo... : Hoax
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            and that btw is how i feel as a filthy consumer whore, figure how pissed people were that provide content... : Hoax
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              I guess I'm not sure what you expect out of this. Valve cannot travel back in time to release new L4D con... : deveus1
              • You do see how and why people complain right? you might see why they don't feel consoled by the promise t... : Hoax
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          Sounds like there are still plenty of L4D players who don't wanna buy L4D2. The thread is full of them. I... : deveus1
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            except not. most of us went through the few hours of content quickly and are waiting for "new characters,... : Hoax
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              Huh? We were talking about who would be playing the L4D1 new content. You seem to be talking about L4D2. : deveus1
              • no i'm talking about l4d1 content that was promised in exactly those words and suddenly seems highly unli... : Hoax
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  20 new weapons! : ]pm[chem
  • It doesn't get old. : mittense
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    Ugh. Honestly chem. It's just sad at this point seeing you in these threads. : NastyJack
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      He's turning into a parody of himself, it's awesome. : Arctic Fox
      • I'm just laughing at the replies, thanks. :) : ]pm[chem
    • he's just on autobot mode now. he's on the fucking case with that cut and paste! : hamachi
• geek ire : Audhuml4
• He shoots himself in the fucking foot when he answers So how did the sequel come about?. People wanted : cerealSAM2
• Keep posting guys! Once a day! : WhatIsThisFor
• I just think it's funny that people are complaining about Valve releasing something too soon. Cats sleepi... : Arctic Fox

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  :( I don't have any feedback problems, what cabling are you using? : abrasion
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    The normal power and HDMI, it's grounding out through my TV via my connection to my cable box, it's aweso... : brickmatt
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      I am running power, HDMI also - through an amp or through TV I didn't get feedback :( how bad is the buzz... : abrasion
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        I can connect it to the TV any way I want, and it'll buzz. The feedback is horrible, it's affecting all o... : brickmatt
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          I'm starting to wonder if you got the PS3 that didn't finish high school : Dave-A
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            Affect can be a verb, as in influencing. : brickmatt
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              i'm aware of the word. i meant maybe your PS3 is bit gimped. faulty. not fully baked. : Dave-A
              • Ah, well who knows? There's no way for me to know aside from returning it. : brickmatt
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          Wait, the composite / component PS2 cables into the TV (no amp, direct) = buzzing. 2 things. Faulty ... : abrasion
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            I've searched for this problem, and nothing is faulty, I've just got a ground loop and since other applia... : brickmatt
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              I don't know what that means :( most of our powered devices use 3 prongs in this country, Power cables fo... : abrasion
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                3 prong is standard for anything that needs grounding, but the grounding on the PS3 is weird because it's... : brickmatt
                • If you want to save yourself a trip to the store, pull the ground prong out with pliers. : chrisschutz
                • Your devices are not grounding to the same node, that's a setup problem, not a PS3 problem. : ieGod
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                What he means by two prong is a plug with no ground. You can accomplish the same thing by removing the gr... : chrisschutz
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                  Hang on I'm confused. are you guys saying it's BETTER to ground through the TV rather than just to the wa... : abrasion
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                    Not "better" per se. It can just solve problems situationally. : chrisschutz
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                      I would have assumed you want to ground through the wall, always :/ - I don't know how your power system... : abrasion
                      • His house ground might not be a direct earth ground somehow... a faulty earth ground. I would test to be ... : jasoncrowley
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  Wait until you get to update the firmware! : WhatIsThisFor
  • mine was like 3 behind and it works like a champ now : Downforce
• What kind of wireless security are you using? Does it work if you leave it unprotected? : Dave-A
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  Doesn't appear to matter if WEP is on or not. Now what to check? : brickmatt
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    Any chance you could wire it in and run some updates? : Dave-A
    • you can download the updates from a pc, throw em on a usb stick and update it : CoRDS
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    can you allow one of your PCs to share its connection and act as a bridge? (idkwtf, just throwing shit ou... : derelict515
    • Maybe, but I'm not sure how and omg how inconvenient is that? : brickmatt
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  First- ground lifters cost like 2 dollars and if that solves the problem it's your power's fault and not ... : chrisschutz
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    What does setting the DNS do? : omnova
    • Fixes the problem : chrisschutz
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    Why did this DNS trick work? : brickmatt
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      Well if you are having the problem I was having (and a bunch of other people according to google) setting... : chrisschutz
      • I just found it drops out a lot and is slower than wifi is normally (Which is slow anyhow) : abrasion
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    those dns servers are supposedly shutting down sometime this year. you should swap over to either opendn... : smacknca
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      What other servers could I use? : brickmatt
      • 208.67.222.222 and 208.67.220.220 And check your SMs. : genericuser
      • Whatever your ISP uses? Or set it to your routers IP manually : Dave-A
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        I think opendns is 228.68.222.222 and 228.68.220.220 but don't take my word for it. : chrisschutz
        • Nm I remembered wrong don't use these : chrisschutz
        • You know I don't like opendns because it replaces any sites not found in DNS with ads. : bRAINsick
    • Those are root servers. I doubt they will shut down. Also 4.2.2.2 is an anycast address and just maps to ... : mancide
• I got that when I first hooked mine up too. i had to get an HDMI chord before it would stop buzzing and g... : doublechan
• Wireless sucks on the PS3, I wouldn't bother with it. Also, have fun updating the firmware... go read a ... : jingletard
• Don't feel bad, when I still had my PS3 (I traded that piece of crap in for better stuff) I had the same ... : TickHeadDog
• Solution is above about 4 posts : chrisschutz
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  If you get it to work, don't expect to play games any time soon. Updates galore : maulla
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    Why is it taking so long to download 150 mb? Wtf? : brickmatt
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      So did you get it working? : chrisschutz
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        Yeah, your DNS thing worked. : brickmatt
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          YOU'RE WELCOME : chrisschutz
          • I appreciate it. : brickmatt
          • haha ;) : dfz0r
    • lol get used to it : Mansmells
    • You're on wireless right? The wireless pretty useless. : boomstickah
    • Don't use wireless. : dissembler
    • We told you, the wireless on this thing is useless. Use a wire or buy a bridge. : razlebol
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  mine is exactly the same way :( : cltcprd
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    in that I got feedback. I could watch lines crawl across my screen. : cltcprd
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      Buy a $2 adapter from radio shack, it fixed it for me! : brickmatt
      • yeah that's what I did. I guess I should have stated that. It's still stupid. : cltcprd
• I'm not looking forward to going back to a US internet connection. The updates were no problem for me wha... : gibolas1234
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  This is why it's so funny that PS3's wireless is cited as a selling point. It's kind of (but not totally,... : geedeck
  • It costs less in the sense that the PS3 costs more overall! : brickmatt
  • i'm very, very satisfied with the 360 wireless adapter. overpriced? absolutely. but it works perfectly,... : EvilDolemite
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    I've never had a problem with connection on my PS3. It's always connected fine and the speeds I think ar... : redfive
    • ^^^ me too whenever i played online it worked flawlessly. : Iwannaacura
    • Ditto, but I switched to wired so I could stream hi-def video more reliably. : RevRaven
  • I have to agree, I pretty much can not rightfully say in any kind of debate "hey PS3 has wifi!" when real... : abrasion
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    its actually not bullshit it works fine : grendel
    • For a few select people - sorry but there's just too much evidence against the wireless on the PS3 to bli... : abrasion
    • probably half the people in the thread are saying they have problems similar to the 360's RROD, when e... : EvilDolemite
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      For some people. For others it sucks fucking horribly. : sigpro
      • I'm managing, but it's pretty shitty. : brickmatt
    • no it doesn't. the signal is awful on mine, and the wii, which is right beside the ps3, works just fine. : moshman
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      Which ps3 model do you have out of curiousity. I have a 60GB with Hardware BC and the wireless on it ... : razlebol
      • Same thing for my PSP wireless too. : razlebol
      • I'll second this. : gibolas1234
      • Same here. : sevogajre
      • I have the 40gb, non BC, wireless is lame on it. : abrasion
    • "My 360 has never red-ringed. I don't get what all the fuss is about!" : deveus1
  • It's the opposite really. Download shit sucks, but I've never had a single problem with my ping, and I'm ... : Vincent Grayson
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    To be fair, I played a few games over WiFi that were fine. PSN is just all around garbage, and its even w... : maulla
    • Oh bullshit, this line is so goddamn played out, it's ridiculous. There's nothing wrong with PSN, I use : abrasion
• Didn't you have to return a bunch of 360's because they kept RROD'ing? And now you're complaining that th... : BlackCat9
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  Correction...all your other consoles have not worked properly. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=180... : dysfunctional
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    Does the PS3 have free repair? : Altanar
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      90 days I think. : razlebol
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        Pretty sure it's a year. : gibolas1234
        • Yeah I think it's law to have a year warranty. : chrisschutz
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    He never mentioned the 360 in this thread. Why did you bring it up? It's not like he has to take sides. A... : rock elf
    • not if his whole house is a huge super-conductive antenna that was designed and built expressly for the p... : radula
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  Gf's brother had the same problem with wireless. Thing sucks and is overly picky with the signal. Compu... : dantastic
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    Tried that on a friend's PS3 and it didn't work any better for him. So tomorrow morning we're going to w... : o0JediBeavis0o
    • On gigabit it rocks, the PS3 is 1000mb not 100mb so HD movie streaming rocks out (especially for fast for... : abrasion
• This is the first I've heard of grounding issues with the console. What type of router are you using? I... : MentalBase
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  The PS3 wireless is so broken bad that I don't even count it as a feature... mine is currently wired to m... : Milleh
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    I don't get this. My PS3 wireless has worked perfectly since I got mine a year ago. What kind of shitty r... : Rehevkor
    • Most of us use good routers, especially the tomato/ddwrt stuff or the d-link gamers' routers. It's just t... : xsoulbrothax
• It's because your house isn't expensive enough. This is something they've implemented in response to bein... : peanut-
• This is just a hunch but the poor wifi probably has to do with the antenna placement. Try orienting your ... : ieGod
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  Let me just say this, playing games online with the PS3 sucks big gigantic fat cocks compared to Xbox Liv... : bozer
  • I almost sent you a message that we should just use live party for chatting while fucking playing Unchart... : sigpro
• yeah, stay away from the PS3 built-in wireless if you can : MikkleThePickle

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• This reminds me - where is Harvester? I haven't seen him for a few days... : dmason
• Nothing like a full meme from about 15 seconds of media. : MercFox1
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  aaaaaaaaaaauuuuuuuuuuugggggggggghhhhhhhhhh : askedrelic
  • I think I've listened to it for hours, had ring tones on it, etc : abrasion
• I still think this tops that: http://tlorollcall.ytmnd.com/ : Frozen Pixel
• still awesome. YTMND used to be awesome, i haven't been there in ages, and it's my fucking homepage. : Dschinghis Khan
• http://eeuauaughhhuauaahh.ytmnd.com/ my vote : unsound
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  I still say it's http://bubbrubboftime.ytmnd.com/ : DOOManiac
  • agreed. I can loop this for hours : AllYourBase
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    http://cosbywindmill.ytmnd.com/ : icking fudiot
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      MUCH better cosby http://cosbybebop.ytmnd.com/ :) : jasoncrowley
      • Yea that one's so elaborate it's crazy. : icking fudiot
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  http://threeinchesofbloodsport.ytmnd.com/ : sanchez
  • thank you, if you hadn't posted this, i would have. : NexusOne
  • Hahah, oh man that's awesome. : lplasmatron
  • I only wish it looped perfectly :D : Vantage
• http://vaderloveschristmas.ytmnd.com/ : m0nkz
• oh lawdy : bigexplosions
• http://secretisout.ytmnd.com/ : godhatingatheist
• http://dmfedex.ytmnd.com/ : Serpico74
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  http://restaurantmnd.ytmnd.com/ Its been way too long since I've looked through my favorites. Goddamn ... : Serpico74
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    I sent that to a bunch of my friends and they thought I was retarded for finding it so funny. : freshyk
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      It is completely retarded, still great though : Serpico74
      • They probably didn't notice that the menu includes neither pizza nor french fries. : nurglich
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  http://surpriseparty.ytmnd.com/ Last one, promise :( : Serpico74
  • Haha, I have no clue what this is from, but it's like the western version of The Game : devi| dog
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  http://drecosby.ytmnd.com/ my favorite : Thisispol
  • Haha. This is brilliant. : SqueegyTBS
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  i can't watch JP anymore without this in my head http://jurassicparkwtf.ytmnd.com/ : smax
  • this is my new favorite lol : Poooks
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  http://picardunderstands.ytmnd.com/ lol : invisible_kid
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    I think I busted out laughing because I wasn't expecting it. : intothefray
    • Yeah, that one kills the first time you see it, but it's still funny to see the setup when you know what'... : nurglich
  • haha! : sikander
  • hahahaha : sanchez
• This is still my favourite :P http://cornonthekabob.ytmnd.com/ : Vantage
• http://dumbworf.ytmnd.com/ : freshyk
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  None of these have ever topped this one for me: http://epicbrainfreeze.ytmnd.com/ : quadeh
  • It makes it more hilarious knowing that actual scene. haha : invisible_kid
• http://timetraveler.ytmnd.com/ : nurglich
• My fav: http://ninjaworksit.ytmnd.com/ : sikander
• http://kirbyhot.ytmnd.com/ Works surprisingly well. : ayesel
• Still my favorite http://thankraptorjesus.ytmnd.com/ : dixieboi
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  http://wantsome.ytmnd.com/ http://tbc.ytmnd.com/ YTMND is really amazing, there's so much crap on her... : icking fudiot
  • I also have a soft spot for http://goatshortie.ytmnd.com/ but it's totally stupid. I never really visi... : icking fudiot
  • http://mariahcantforget.ytmnd.com/ : icking fudiot
  • Hahaha YES http://endangeredn64.ytmnd.com/ : icking fudiot
• http://threehundredbowls.ytmnd.com/ Patton oswald, eat your heart out. : jasoncrowley
• Geez I have a lot of YTMNDs bookmarked: http://sixtymins.ytmnd.com http://classytrilogy.ytmnd.com/ htt... : Nitrium
• Still the best: http://jurassicparkwtf.ytmnd.com/ : allowat76

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  she get a boob job? they kinda look bigger.. : g0nk
  • I was thinking the same thing. : Crimsonbeak
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    im thinking she might be preggers : Dravenport
    • that was my impression : dirge23
    • Ugh. Well there goes my urge to play AC2. : silent prophet
    • ^^^ this probably. : Iwannaacura
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      Might be? Look how uncomfortably she's sitting, the babys head is basically biting at her underwear screa... : abrasion
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        would still hit : dirge23
        • /agree : Clasifyd
    • It's confirmed, she puts out : phate81
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  I'm not hyped, but I'm definitely looking forward to AC2. : TwiLyght
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    Aye, the first one had so much potential. Was fun, but not as fun as it could have been - far from it act... : humbleone
    • Exactly. Thankfully, Ubi tends to be pretty good at taking flawed games and refining them in later revis... : Arcanum
• The asian interviewer has awesome man shoulders. : abrasion
• that interviewer is a LITTLE overdressed. and jade looks knocked up harder than a boxer : Luminair
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  wait, I thought she was part asian or something. She looks white bread Caucasian here : kevp
  • you thought wrong : Luminair
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    I think she is...but like...barely. : Rice-Rocketeer
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      She's 2/16 Korean. : JohnnyRey
      • so ...not at all : cptstern
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  thread hijack: I know everyone is looking at jade and all, but one thing i noticed about that dude th... : X-GOUKI
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    It's one step up from a wolf t-shirt and black jeans, though. : umcpwintermute
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      Wolf shirt with a sports jacket is what I wore to work today :( : jasoncrowley
      • Suit and tie here, sadly. : umcpwintermute
      • Dude, no. :[ : silent prophet
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    they are trying to look like dr house : SockMonkeh
    • ^this^ : g0nk
  • Because they want to be wearing the shitty t-shirt and sneakers. Someone is making them wear the jacket. : deveus1
  • Hipster Douchebaggery 101. : Ride-My-Rocket
• Oh goody! The link in the story is provided in a game on a platform I couldn't care any less about >:( : hawkeye
• So I was trying to look at the video and it wasn't loading. I hit the play button and all of a sudden it : zipper76
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  what the hell? Why is Jade sitting like a guy sits? Cross your legs! : Smitty
  • Because she's pregnant? : JohnnyRey
  • Jade Raymond is transitioning to Raymond Jade : dirge23
• The interviewer talks like she's wearing a retainer, is ugly, and has man shoulders. GET THAT SHIT OUT OF... : JohnnyRey
• I can never think of Jade Raymond without remembering that comic when Assassin's Creed was gaining popula : HojuSimpson