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  The filters, they do nothing! : boarder2
  • oops I forgot to impliment them, that's for a future release! : mikecyb
• I made the test one! http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=bf6af82a047959... : dahanese
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=c7089432aa53f8631261d7a70352486e : bRAINsick
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    really you could just put some garfield minus garfield in there and it works. example: http://orbit.v... : bRAINsick
    • That works really well. : FirstPersonCooter
    • okay that worked scarily well haha : mikecyb
    • Ahahahaha! Fucking genius! : thetangent
  • Ok, that one was pretty funny : boarder2
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=5f562e32149f523c4eeb629c0ac8faa3 : ejectorpod
• Hahaha awesome : bolneze
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=2cc7e9c58b1e0eb98529f7a3abe9d6a5 : thekidd
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=82482bf5595439b31f6b13fc039a24aa : FirstPersonCooter
• hahah : WhatIsThisFor
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=6dbf50394f2a09a1ea1687a1018cdb19 : Jackass1233
  • You already broke it! : spazzium
  • It doesn't autowrap text. Use a manual carriage return. : FirstPersonCooter
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    THATS NOT WHAT I TYPED : Jackass1233
    • it took mine instead : peter
  • god damn what a noob : Chandler55
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=5bd14c65981ad097c003e2c226fc87ec : JT
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  It would be cool if you could order the pictures around so it isn't always in the same order. : PointlesS76
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    yeah there are lots of things that would be awesome but I crapped this out in like an hour so for now it'... : mikecyb
    • Yeah, still it's pretty awesome. : PointlesS76
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=eab7602c10551660d8617de102cf0d64 : sludge vohaul
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=3012f05e1d2b3d0759a072a26e68f853 : peter
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=509395c21a14c56c56adc02f44e96fda : devi| dog
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=4a61d40dd45e7d7eb975fa127fbc9cc2 : El Tigre
• This is from one of our lurkers: http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=1e4e... : ryuuseki
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  how long until ThomW adapts this to a greasemonkey/bOringgegtik/dinocomix type script, i wonder... : das_runt
  • I don't really want to see sparkly's face every 10 minutes. : ThomW
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  I hope sparkly quits shacknews and goes on to being a professional photographer of hot bitches - plus he ... : abrasion
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    You don't fucking think before you fucking post. Just shut the fuck up. : ateam311
    • This! : spazzium
    • You're STILL on my dick? man I'm loving this shit, keep it up. :) : abrasion
  • That's possible. The pictures he posted in MD were pretty amazing. : FirstPersonCooter
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    I have no doubt about that second part, but I hope he sticks around because he's really awesome. : Flying h4x0r
    • sparky is literally my favorite poster ever today : Luminair
    • I feel sorry for the guy, he's now been pigeon holed. : abrasion
  • If we're ever going to live vicariously through Sparkly's camera this post needs to nuked. : ryuuseki
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    No. You know what we love? Comedy. Sparkly has been a good sport about it. Stop trying to be his Whit... : bRAINsick
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      Exactly. He comes on IRC and he's a fucking awesome mother fucker. *I* am sparkly's mother fucking white ... : ateam311
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        Truth. : Solstice
        • Damn straight. You know where we are if you need us sparkles. : ateam311
      • no, me! : boarder2
    • One post makes me his white knight, hot - will 2 posts make me his gay lover? : abrasion
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    We're all just jealous. But we also congratulate him as a fellow man. We salute you sparkly. : bolneze
    • I like the kid, rail on him in his own threads, fine but starting a fresh thing just to give the guy shit... : abrasion
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    kind of like sucking other shacker's dicks bandwagoning, amirite? : Halen
    • exactly! : abrasion
  • i view it as a tribute to his awesome escapades. : El Tigre
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    you've really posted some quality things over the past two weeks. keep it up. : Bamtan
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      Thanks bamtan, glad I've improved so much in these past 2 weeks - if you can give me more tips I would ap... : abrasion
      • Did Picasso ask for tips? I don't think so. I'm not going to take part in ruining what could be posting p... : Bamtan
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    http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=bbec3a1114c3f5a3e8bab8ec55e87d82 : zohar79
    • lol : abrasion
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    I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE ABRASION! not really sodder lol : Drewus
    • veeeehickle lol : abrasion
  • You hate fun so much, you deserve to be a mod. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=d75101ebafb964786f0e63eb28eef699 : Flying h4x0r
  • This one is good. : Nali4Freedom
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  did you tag this yourself? maybe i'm broken but i just can't see the funny in any of these strips. ca... : the city
  • no I didn't inf it : mikecyb
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    Mods don't usually inf their own posts. Hold on I will whip you up a sparkly strip about chompsticks. : dognose
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      http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=b65819c5554bf4ab127ebc6fdd650815 : dognose
      • that's not too bad - though i feel like it's at the peak of funny potential for that series of photograph... : the city
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    dahanese does all of mikes moderation for him : multisync
    • i certainly can't see why anyone else would inf this. it's a series of completely random photos of a t... : the city
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=d019800ac555b8bc45fbad0250e6bdb2 : Kentor
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=8412a4bc9f675aee2bb9e19996f41d8c : haiku
  • Hahah NICE! : Solstice
  • Nice. : heartsauce
  • Huh, I never noticed. : Kentor
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=e481bfb796daa0e67fd4527339109c0c : virus
  • virus you have turned into his e knight : gmd
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=87a566673b8e05b2aedfc9bb3e8a6fc0 : Sailor of Fortune
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=4ab88ceb78e4450831fb59e8bbc13324 : raeven
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  Why is <br> not working for a line break? What is it I need to be doing? : dognose
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    hit enter at the end of the first line. : AMikaboshi
    • Thanks. Too easy :/ : dognose
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=0c0b8cf41b764497c59a585820255738 : r3dn3ck
  • ^^^^Best so far! : legsbrogan
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=b68eb9f54d07d7a272fcdfcbcc52acbd : AMikaboshi
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=01f281784a49e8c2994645979db6968a : pyide
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=cbc614d3aaa1780b687a5fd9503526e5 : thebigbeefsandwich
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=88ca2d28d5d2bd94ad551e97085f3040 : gmd
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  I got nothing. :( http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=1b53999ec81575208f3... : freshyk
  • http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=7f2bb2ad651efda4a470bfde266ccab8 : mindshot
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=d1041b0d2ee03dd5072e7f685128b125 Th... : Schnapple
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=be857892087cabe875e796324a8a7a24 I ... : Porkasaurus
• Congrats Mikey, you've made it easier for the shack to create crap. : thekidd
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=396016a018c90e5c7c07ff9fa218f3ab : Schnapple
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=1ee516cc12a0ccdee1a739237a919851 : ConfusedUs
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  You guys all seriously fucking suck at this, and it's Mike's fault for making it. You bunch of unfunny... : virus
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    Seriously. It's like no one is even looking at the photos for each caption. It's only funny if the expres... : OverloadUT
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      I matched them ! : gmd
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        So did I : ConfusedUs
        • Me too =/ : Sailor of Fortune
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      i thought i did :( : Flying h4x0r
      • I really only looked at like three before posting this sweeping generalization so you probably shouldn't ... : OverloadUT
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        virus isn't talking about the format, he is talking about actually making fun of sparkly. See his retard... : gmd
        • See gmd's retarded face. FACE : virus
    • I thought I did OK taking someone else's idea and using it for myself. : bRAINsick
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      well at least we got a sweet abrasion subthread out of this : mikecyb
      • haha - this is true. i take it all back. : virus
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=7eeabf6c19a252c60d6b88932c1a847a : hirez
  • ok this one I kind of lol'd at. : thekidd
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=f39880b4b79c294f1a0a1f6cbba5698f : legsbrogan
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=5737498b6e46dfd6be188a4fe9e8430a : SockMonkeh
  • this one deserves credit. may others follow in its footsteps. : the city
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=33bf7ac4ee6cec6702b058b9587ab67a : consanguine
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  Improved version: I improved mikecyb's script based on suggestions, which should make people's comics a l... : OverloadUT
  • MUCH BETTER HAHAHA : ejectorpod
  • Very much improved. : abrasion
  • hahaha : Bamtan
  • hahaha : mikecyb
  • Much better. : ThomW
  • haha awesome. : ass-street
  • hahaha YESSSSSSS : virus
  • How does it know?!?! : MercFox1
  • hahaha : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Ahahahahahaha : voodooraze
  • late to the party but AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :D : thetangent
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=535288981bdd09df7f7b399c34bbcd25 : Freon
  • Hehheh. My favorite. : davantalus
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=281bd97ba2d6303269de092332981223 : Rice-Rocketeer
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=de805a8ae404a7ce2693bcb984c4426d : JT
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=1284ae18e3fa5c81602f316bed6bae7d : dante2010
• mikhail cyberchev what the shit this is some serious ThomW boolsheet you have made : Dave-A
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  why man why : fletch_
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    http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=745cc1bc73b371528a8daa9d9ea14f6a : mikecyb
    • Fucking Epic WIN! : Solstice
    • best one so far : shika.art
    • Hahahah oh man it can be used for good! : OverloadUT
    • :D : xsoulbrothax
    • By far the best one : Kentor
    • hahahahah awesoooooooome. : hirez
    • Yeah, this one works. : spazzium
    • so you made the page as a set up for this punch line. well played sir. : NexusOne
    • Finally, one that makes sense! : virus
    • Oh goddammit where is my lol script! : yosemiteclimber
    • Oh wow. Ahaha. : Link.
    • That sums it up pretty well. : Colleton
    • Admit it. You made that before you even made your original post just so you could post that! : Nighteyes
    • Haha well played sir. : bolneze
    • Flawless! : Tissen
    • Oh jesus, why can't I LOL posts twice!? 8D : thetangent
• cheezy http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=93f0bad48c6bc20176d8a4f26227152... : MurrayTheSkull
• why was my comic rejected for being shitty? : conandan
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=358f82b247295c6c3a954cc87a29658d : megarust32
• hahahah sparkly is awesome and this is awesome : Mr.SEX
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=83d5bfeed4839f78cc82789696b930ed : PointlesS76
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=1e03ad301952b0d1a62f2c012f067f9f : Sailor of Fortune
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=6bc23380cbbf6d5db970de7bfba671f7 : spaceless
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=f1529cf2f16b82e5bd8f14614034c31c : buzzbat
• you guys are way too obsessed with this guy : RikiTiki2
• Sparkly doesn't date. He makes appointments. : Trips
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=07700630336c61c301763698186f05a5 : Mondo
• this sucks and isn't funny : grendel
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  I broke it :( http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=d414259eb2f3ae9e861d... : jasoncrowley
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    no, you didn't rtfm : moshman
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      heh. http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=2f5603183136ec65254f64e868e50... : jasoncrowley
      • haha, not bad! :) : moshman
      • Penny Arcade? : dante2010
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  http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=a1383d6ed8164a802929815549371e18 : CoRDS
  • now with more working http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=32554121e839b4... : CoRDS
• http://i42.tinypic.com/axff48.jpg : Old_Fart
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  All I know is that guy is my fucking hero if he is nailing that redhead he posted pics of. : baronzemo78
  • yeah, he's not : dirge23
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=a636f005a3d0757f0a13cb80077da65c Al... : foo
• http://orbit.vect.org/misc/shack/sparkly_comic_generator.php?comic=da3a9d016aa87c32f5f8ca3605f7112b : .Jayson

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  Ahhh it's so nice to live in #1. Chicks are skinny, food is great, grass is green, trees are tall. If o... : Edges
  • Too bad about the coat of arms: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Vancouvercoa_fairuse.png cause that ... : NexusOne
  • Too bad about the hockey team too. : stump
  • I hear the bud is world class.. I've always wanted to move to BC : noven
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  They probably found out you lived there so they had to knock it down a few notches. : mechanicalgrape
  • It's true :( : abrasion
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    lol at Pittsburgh being the highest US city on the list. : mechanicalgrape
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      pittsburgh is fucking great, actually : Foxhawk
      • Be that as it may, I can't see it being close to the #1 most liveable city in the US. : mechanicalgrape
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        hahahah no not even close sorry. besides the complete lack of culture and jobs, it's just a downright di... : kill9
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          wrong wrong and wrong, except for a few parts which are indeed nasty : Foxhawk
          • didn't you go to CMU there? crime is bad as fuck even near campus. all the "nice" areas are actually in ... : kill9
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        One time I passed through pittsburgh at night on the greyhound and it looked kinda scary. : datoo
        • It is! : askedrelic
      • fucking great for a shithole : retarded talking dinosaur
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        my perception of the people who think pittsburgh is gross are the people who either never been to it, dro... : skizl
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          i lived there for four years, so your perception is wrong : kill9
          • burnt : Luminair
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  thats cause melbourne is falling apart : filthysock
  • Would we be in agreement then, if I said that the housing prices in this state were reaching a point wher... : abrasion
• It costs $250 for that survey. That's recockulous. : Frozen Pixel
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  Yes its awesome except for how much it costs to live here. Also there's a bit of a homeless problem... : Judecca
  • Here being Vancouver... misreplied : Judecca
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  I call bullshit on these ratings. I was born and raised in Vancouver and it's a great place and everythi... : Waverider
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    "an ongoing gang war that is killing dozens of people" Gang wars, Canadian style. : underground banana plantation
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      Well, there have actually been several hundred people killed in the last few years, but I figured there w... : Waverider
      • ...if by several hundred you mean 55 last year... only a third of which were actually gang related : synapse19
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    housing costs are insane in any 'livable' city. It comes with the territory. : aeg1x
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      That is a bit of a contradiction. The most livable would provide the best bang-for-the-buck, because even : ninjase
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        however "most" livable would also mean employment prospects, low crime, good environment, proximity to cu... : EvilDolemite
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          So let's review: 1) Employment prospects - not very good. No major industry outside of resources. N... : Waverider
          • you're exaggerating a lot. a lot. : synapse19
          • No, actually, I'm not. Would you care to counter any of foregoing? : Waverider
        • part of the equation would most certainly have to include cost of living when determining what is most li : ninjase
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        that's why it's so expensive. You're getting a lot of bang so you need a lot of bucks. : aeg1x
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          a more live able place though would provide a similar amount of bang for less bucks : ninjase
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            but that would mean housing is less in demand, meaning less people want to live there... right? I guess t... : aeg1x
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              Melbourne :( : abrasion
              • same with sydney, vancouver, vienna, london, new york, whatever cool city you care to name really :< : aeg1x
    • There is supply/demand, true, but until you can tell me that when someone who makes $100K/year can't get ... : Waverider
    • These survey's must be of cities of over 1 million people. There are plenty of smaller cities that are mu... : jayacheess
  • It's all a matter of perspective. Every city has problems, but comparing Vancouvers problems to, oh, New... : Vantage
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  Looks like we're doing pretty well down here in Aus : Drewus
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    Also that just reaffirms the fact that I need to move to Melbourne at some stage : Drewus
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      You should man - it'd be cool : abrasion
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        Aren't you in Sydney? : Drewus
        • Nah man, Melbourne for life, YO! : abrasion
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          You presume a Sydney-sider because he's always miserable? lol : hankyJR
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            I am unsure where the misconception I am always miserable comes from, critical perhaps, miserable no. : abrasion
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              When I move to Melbourne we should totally hang out and be nerds : Drewus
              • Fo sure, we'll have another Melbourne shackmeet. : abrasion
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  Perth is a pretty good place to live.. I guess #5 is pretty good then. : biofrog
  • High five fellow Perthian. =P : SigENeaT
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  Vienna: Extremely livable as long as you're white. : underground banana plantation
  • I guess that's kinda true. Austria has a lot of xenophobes and racists. : code-e255
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  toronto in 4th.. woot! canada owns this survey eh : nova_x
  • any city that gets a foot of snow should be immediately disqualified. : filthysock
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  US centres were well down the list. Do you think this is because they're truly less livable than the c... : EvilDolemite
  • I did hear that The Economist is secretly backed by the Canadian and Australian governments. : Whistler77
• I know where I'm moving next : shika.art
• Whoo Hoo! I Live in #1. Vancouver! : SlingBlaze
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  Good to see Perth is holding itself in 5th. Not bad for a place most young people hate. : SigENeaT
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    Everything closes at midnight, dude : hankyJR
    • 5:30pm i thought? I'm in bed by 10pm anyway. : SigENeaT
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      yeah i cant go to the supermarket after work. its fucked. no sunday trading either, so saturdays is absol... : vomitgod
      • Welcome back VG, Perth is apparently a nice place but this backwards store closing stuff is killer. : abrasion
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        wtf? Is perth stuck in the 1920's? : thecray
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          Once you've bought groceries at 3:00am you never go back. : abrasion
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            I'm more interested in the closed on sundays part. Anybody know why they decided it's a good idea to for... : thecray
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              they have had a referendum to extend trading hours and introduce daylight savings (the DST one was just t... : shavenewok
              • LOL @ their DST choice. : abrasion
            • It's not that they decided shops be closed on Sundays, it's that they've never decided "maybe we should o... : abrasion
    • More like 8pm : abrasion
• Calgary tied for 5th?? Ugh. : father_crown
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  despite not being able to go into the CBD at night without getting stabbed, I would say Melbourne is cool... : even4
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    That's retarded, there's 2 streets in the entire CBD which are shady and even then it's a 2:00am+ thing a... : abrasion
    • I agree with this. I feel really comfortable around the CBD at night, i just know to stay away from Ki... : shavenewok
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    Even as a tourist and not knowing what the fuck I was doing, I've walked around the Melbourne CBD late at... : Drewus
    • Yeah I've been to Melbourne a lot. And it is cool, but the CBD is a lot more violent than almost every ot... : even4
    • It's very very friendly here, hell I've been to Sydney and ordered meals at cafes, 2 entire weeks of peop... : abrasion
  • CBD = Central Bum District? : theghostofsmdever
• YAY! WE ARE #1! WE ARE #1! : darkT
• And where is the list? : xxx2xxx

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat_(video_game) : mista mista
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    not much info Heat is an upcoming game, based on the 1995 crime film with the same name. It is under deve : mista mista
    • The game is in IP Hell as far as I know. Gearbox had another developer lined up to help with it, that ... : RomSteady
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  I want a good prison break game : derelict515
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    Wasn't there a POW game where you were a prisoner in a German POW camp or something? I thought I remembe... : trOmblyj
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      The Great Escape. It wasn't good. : hellspit
      • I know that you're talking about the game, but I'm still annoyed when I read this. Part of my brain does... : ZTac
    • was this one of those screenshots? http://www.games.net/features/images/116401_2.jpg : proclone1
    • Yep, it was called P.O.W and was on arcade but got ported to the NES without the 2 player option, even th... : bob3578
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      http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Great_Escape_(video_game) Awesome game :D : daedraug
      • I spent hours with this game on the Spectrum. : SiW.
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    Splinter Cell Double Agent! : uncle slappy
    • yeah I really liked that bit. I'd like to see a full game built around it like an adventure/action game. : derelict515
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    Riddick: Escape from Butcher Bay : yourGarbageMan
    • great game, but fairly linear. There a few different ways to accomplish your goals but it isn't like you ... : kodt
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  I'm sure you're crazy. But for other reasons. Because a game like that would be pretty sweet. Original Ra... : SwiftyPants
  • Yeah that popped into my mind when I was writing that post. : trOmblyj
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  DEM VIDYA GAMES ARE TERRIST TRAINERS : abovedefault
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    hurrrrrr hurrrrr ur so funny how do i be as funny as you? : leaked
    • watch fox news. : master_disaster_17
• I am hoping APB will allow some interesting bank heists. : shortbuscaptain
• Not a recommendation, but Godfather 2 pretty much allows multi approach bank heists : prokat
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  GTA4's bank mission was pretty awesome. Just make it more open-world. I think it'd be better with a Mafia... : K1Bond007
  • 30's heists would be very different than modern day - I'd be interested in overriding security systems an... : trOmblyj
  • Oh god. Can you imagine someone like EA turning Bonnie and Clyde in to a franchise clusterfuck? Bonnie an : Goblin au
  • Mafia had a bank heist mission. It was pretty awesome. Too bad it was just one mission, though. : valael
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  I played this game a long time ago, can't remember the name though. : daedraug
  • Actually pretty sure I'm thinking of "The Clue!" : daedraug
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  Kane and lynch, but it sucked : skinlab133
  • I was about to say, this is the closest I could think of, but the game did suck. : Masem
• I wonder what happened ot Hei$t http://www.inxile-entertainment.com/index.asp : freshyk
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  Here! http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2009/06/08/rps-at-e3-apb/ : brickmatt
  • looks awesome - thanks! : trOmblyj
  • That's an incredible read thanks for the link man. : AgentPothead
  • wow, this game looks incredible. Let's see how it delivers. : naios
  • Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuck. This game sounds incredible. I hope Real Time delivers. : Link.
  • Update: Still pumping cum. : brickmatt
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    So it's Second Life with cops and robbers? : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • well he didnt even touch the most important thing about the game, which is all the combat is real time. I... : klearlyunseen
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    Real Time did Crackdown, right? Are they also doing Crackdown 2? : fishbone
    • No, it's some Ruffians something something. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • i have a feeling the story line/character fame will be handed to you one piece at a time. : industro
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    The true test of this game, and any game with a character creator, is can I make Charles Bronson? : midgetherder
    • Especially in a game like that. : dudehoyt
  • Christ, the character creation tool looks amazing. : aaarrrgh
  • this game has gotten my dick so wet, this will be the mmog ive been waiting for. : klearlyunseen
• Real life bank heists are actually quite boring. : snuff
• Made by IO Interactive please yes. : Cliffzorz
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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HEI$T there was an older ps1/2 ? game that was similar I think, having tr... : Kniggit
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    All I can find is Stolen http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stolen_(video_game) which is apparently Splinter C... : Kniggit
    • hrm... maybe it was Th3 Plan http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/ps2/plan ... that name makes me... : Kniggit
• The Clue!, which was on the Amiga and DOS. The sequel was called The Sting!. They were both based off ... : Mentor
• During my first try on "Three leaf clover" in GTAIV (yes it did take three tries for me, all together) I ... : VisitorQ
• I remember at least 4 years back, I thought of an idea for a game, and got told it was just GTA by GameSp... : basharhassan
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  Some of us at Trauma Studios worked on a game that was directly inspired by Heat based on the BF2 engine.... : iggypopped
  • That would have been rather neat, too bad. : Mysig
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  I started scribbling down ideas for a game design for something like this. The game and story itself w... : nodebug
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    Sounds like a reverse Hostages / Rescue: The Embassy Mission, which would be awesome! : SiW.
    • I still remember having fun sniping off my rappelling swat guys and watching them fall to the ground lulz... : VisitorQ
    • Please someone make my game :D : nodebug
• tr0mbyl.. you asshole.. Way to steal my idea off IRC! : Landrosradick
• I'm surprised they don't have a heist mode in TF2. : mrwolf710
• BTW, you need to play Warmth in ShackTac.. it's almost like that! Great get aways, check the ShackTacTube... : Landrosradick

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• omg just stick it in my veins! : spiderfill
• can't wait. : mwasher
• god I want it : mittense
• So good. I think I might need a new TV if I want to play this. Yep. : stump
• maybe if i start saving now i can justify building a nice wheel/pedal setup. hmm : mwasher
• Physics look identical to Forza 2, which is a nice base. : enyakk
• paging abrasion : red2lucas
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  Is there a video that shows damage (except for the trailer)? : f3ynm
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    Try one of the videos on gametrailers.com I think you can see something there, but nothing specifically p... : red2lucas
    • Just had a look at the stuff on gametrailers. Wow! Forza 3's probably my most anticipated game of the yea... : code-e255
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  Can't fucking wait. That guy was a shitty ass driver though. : sigpro
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    He was terrible, why don't they get someone that knows wtf to demo these games? :( : moshman
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      I'm pretty sure he was a random trying it out, not an official demo person. : red2lucas
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        I realise that but the guy they had demoing the game on that big racing chair setup was terrible too : moshman
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          Not as terrible as this guy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RhdCsvsvA0 one hand on top of the wheel, in a : red2lucas
          • i hate him so much : moshman
          • Do I see a digital photo frame with a Forza screenshot on it? Does this man have no fucking life outside ... : thecray
          • auto, 1 hand with that setup? oh god lol. : abrasion
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            also in all seriousness, what are the statistics on RROD's on that setup? Seriously how often would he lo... : abrasion
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              No different from any other set up, so about 1 a year? : chazums
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                Yes but he's 4 times more likely to have it happen to him. : abrasion
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                  statistics and stochastic don't quite work like that though :) : moshman
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                    HOW DID THIS GET HERE, I AM NOT GOOD WITH COMPUTER mathematics. Seriously though, he 'needs' 4 Xbox's ... : abrasion
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                      moshman, that last part is a serious question, not me being a sarcastic prick - the lack of a questionma... : abrasion
                      • it's more "tricksy" than it appears, but I was never good at stochastic maths. : moshman
                    • no, he has a 1 in 15 chance of each one failing : zerog83
                    • They don't directly add. To prove it to yourself think of flipping a coin four times trying to get it to... : DinK
            • It's part of the game's damage model, like someone clipping your wing mirror or a deer going through the ... : nudel
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            That's awesome. I didn't know you could do that. It probably cost a fortune though. : razlebol
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              Even though it is silly he drives with 1 arm, he says *I have bone spur in my right shoulder, and aft... : Nighteyes
              • You can use up to 8 360s and 8 screens. There's one pilot with a setup like that. : LoioshDwaggie
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                Now I feel like an ass :( : abrasion
                • You should!!! : razlebol
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  Now you can drive in circles from the comfort of your own sofa! That's how I would market it. : okhelosir
  • except in Forza the tracks aren't simple speedway loops. : zerog83
• it's so cool I wasn't expecting this game and it's just around the corner : ErneX
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  If I could squeeze in a forza 2 question: I finally just started playing this game the other day, and ... : DinK
  • TCS is good for you if you drive a lot of RWD cars (if you don't now, you will later). I turned it off a ... : zerog83
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    ABS off is definitely faster stopping, but it comes with significant caveats, same with TCS. STM is ge : Lunatic Angelic
    • TCS off in my BMWs is so much fun :D : zerog83

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  Gravity wins again! : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    The other night I also clinked together a peanut butter jar and jelly jar and had the jelly jar explode i... : Psigun
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      you should get some sandwich-making gloves and some kind of safety net. : skryte
      • Pretty sure I'm going to meet my end at about 2 a.m. some night in the not too distant future while attem... : Psigun
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      you are the jbury or sandwiches. : Mad Brahmin Disease
      • OF sandwiches. I need another coffee. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I think you're doing it wrong. Or something. : timmie
      • there's knowing how to do it and executing that knowledge correctly. i know how to, and can make a mean s... : Psigun
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  Three second rule, man. : Perturbation
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    I think it exploded. : okhelosir
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      once a sandwich with sticky ingredients hits a floor of sufficient dirtiness there is no salvaging it. th... : Psigun
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        it takes, on average, 3 seconds for that junk to attach to the rest of the sandwich. this has been scient... : Cihte
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          No, it happens pretty much instantly. (Mythbusters among others has tested it). : LoioshDwaggie
          • But if you pick it up and begin eating it in that 3 second time frame, your brain doesn't have the chance... : nodebug
        • Actually myth busters proved that it's not the duration that matters but the dampness and "sticky-ness" o... : kpxkrnjc
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        ugh, clean your floor you disgusting man : moshman
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          No matter how clean my floor is, I'm not eating a sandwich that hits the floor. Too much stuff that woul... : valael
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            did you read his post? : moshman
            • pssst..... valael can't read : ateam311
        • it's not my dirt and crud it's my roommates, i'm not cleaning his shit up : Psigun
• I hate Gravity so much, I curse physics a lot, enough for people to notice : graceofdragons
• Chili is probably the thing I'm best at. : derelict515
• Your fat fingers fucked it up! : soggybagel
• this sentence makes my brain feel funny : okhelosir
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  This is depressing. : ColonBlow1
  • You're depressed! I lost a sandwich man! : Psigun
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  I think sandwiches, even more so then steak or prime rib, are what I miss most about being a vegetarian. ... : bipolar
  • I'm not a vegetarian anymore but I used to be! I liked tofurky back then: http://www.tofurky.com/products... : datoo
• ever dropped a whole pizza face first on the floor? : OrkO
• YOU WIN AGAIN GRAVITY : Toraz Chryx
• you, sir, are no Sandwich Maker. : j0nchan
• :`-( : Salad Sammich
• what sucks even more would be when your GFs fat dog swoops in to eat it. slow ass dog is like greased lig... : freakord
• You're shit at sandwiches. : SiW.
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  Once I made 2 breakfast bagels with scrambled egg and bacon on toasted onion bagels with just the right q : nodebug
  • ffs fashion* *where the hell did fasuib come from and why don't I proof read for fucks sake. : nodebug
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  not very meticulous if you drop the fucking thing : filthysock
  • Is carrying a sandwich part of the crafting process? : Psigun
• You got served Psigun : kainen1

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  They are LCDs so she is by definition wrong. From an image quality standpoint, Kuros are far and away th... : bipolar
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    this is harder to decide than just looking at the stupid TV and picking one that looks good huh? : Galadriel07
    • Just buy a Panasonic plasma and be done with it, cheap and incredible and well reviewed internationally. : abrasion
    • actually in the end thats really all that does matter. brands, types, all crap if you dont like the look... : smacknca
    • Easy guide for tv buying: 1. If the TV will be used in an environment where no lights will reflect off... : bipolar
  • iawtp, I do like the Samsung plasmas a lot : jnukem99
  • As far as LCDs go, Bravias are pretty good, but it's a wide range of products that fall under that brandi... : ieGod
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  They are the best LCD's to my knowledge - but basing your opinion of a television because the 'affluent f... : abrasion
  • P.S Best LCD is still an LCD it's no plasma. : abrasion
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    i am an affluent friend and i take great offense to that : spiderfill
    • you dont aflue me. : j0nchan
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  is your mother in law really the type of person who would even be able to tell the difference in quality ... : mwasher
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    Yeah, really. For your average consumer, the main selling points tend to be ease of use, features and the... : ShoCon
    • And size of the screen, iq be damned. My aunt picked up a huge lcd that looks like ass, runs all 4:3 con... : bipolar
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    now that I think about it, no she really isn't. I mean they tell me that it is the best with this air of... : Galadriel07
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      They walked into Best Buy and asked for the nicest HDTV they have man that sales person must have been... : EvilDolemite
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        haha yeah. They are the same people that think Bose is the end all of audio too. This leads me to belie... : Galadriel07
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          wtf. She is 100% confused. Even staunch lcd advocates will admit that plasmas have better colors (assum... : bipolar
          • That's another thing. For gaming, plasmas are as close as you can get to a CRT. You're getting much bette... : Serpico74
• sony makes a great tv and you can't go wrong buying one but at the same time you shouldn't dismiss other ... : boomstickah
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  Galadriel - I am a motion picture professional, I have worked with image making for over fifteen years an : Serpico74
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    lol laserdisc : electroly
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      Haha, I know! They were the best up until DVDs though, and they had commentary tracks years before. James... : Serpico74
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        What you didn't keep them like a collector? Shame on you man - beyond the minds eye! : abrasion
        • Gate to the Mind's Eye > Beyond the Mind's Eye : bipolar
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          I have all the ones I felt were worth keeping, my Criterion discs, the Cameron uber discs, couple others. : Serpico74
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            Oh, and Beavis And Butthead Do America, haha, wtf is that doing there? : Serpico74
            • Ah, the Japanese import director's cut of Leon, first time it was available anywhere. Forgot about all th... : Serpico74
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        I still have all of my laserdiscs, including the special editions of the three films you mentioned. : ShoCon
        • Yeah, they were the shit. Extras are pretty commonplace these days (even lame comedies have half-ass comm... : Serpico74
      • i still have citizen kane sitting out by the tv. i cant bring myself to throw it away, but i dont even h... : smacknca
    • Who wants to buy my laserdiscs? I'll throw in my whole 8-track collection for free! i have no 8-tracks : cerealSAM2
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    I really do love the panasonic you linked but I fear the whole "it dies in 3-4 years" nonsense from the o... : Galadriel07
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      I just read over those, missed that since I went to bed shortly after. Yeah, its all FUD as far as I'm... : Serpico74
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        Well, there is image retention (on my Panny plasma), but only if you have a static image up for a long ti... : bipolar
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          The modes that these plasmas come with (orbiter, etc) make it so that even static images aren't really a ... : Serpico74
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            Orbiter is annoying imo, maybe I'm too nitpicky but it isn't as subtle as I expected. I definitely see t... : bipolar
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              I don't notice it on mine. Maybe because its a Kuro and its more subtle there? I don't know. : Serpico74
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                I have the PX series, never notice the orbiter. : abrasion
                • Only time I ever notice it is when I change the picture mode and the image "snaps" back all at once to a ... : Serpico74
        • My retention after 18 hours of leaving something on the display was 30 seconds. : abrasion
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        I'm going to chime in here and say that burn in and image retention are not non-issues, at least not with... : ieGod
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          through my research and eventual purchase of the Panasonic G10, I think with panasonics you have to reall... : kevp
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            Yeah I keep hearing good things about the Panasonics. At the store I got my plasma from you couldn't get ... : ieGod
            • (Canadian btw) : ieGod
    • That's the dumbest shit I've read in ages, absoloutely just plain stupid. : abrasion
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      New plasmas are rated at 100,000 until 50% brightness. That's 30 years of 8 hours / day. Odds are good ... : bipolar
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        ^^^. that guy in the other thread is full of crap. he may have been right, 10 years ago when plasma fir... : smacknca
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          -How many hours until 80% brightness? (hint, it's not linear) --(this one is slightly not fair) How many... : batkiwi
          • Get a plasma if you don't mind getting a new TV in 3-4 years I've had my plasma for about 3 years now ... : SilverSnake
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            How many hours until 80% brightness? 75% brightness after 15 years, since it's a half-life. How much pow : jcupitt
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              oops, got the half-life wrong, 80% after 9.6 years: http://www.1728.com/halflife.htm : jcupitt
              • I think the longest I've ever owned any television is like 6 or 7 years. : bipolar
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              I agree about blacks. The color stuff I don't have time to go into, but plasmas never look right to me. ... : batkiwi
              • That's why they have the 4:3 grey bars. As long as you're not an idiot, plasmas work fine for decades. : bipolar
              • It's not color temperature, that's the postion of the white on the black-body curve, it's the chromaticit... : jcupitt
              • LCD's in stores (and plasma) are set to store mode where things are over-saturated though, deliberately t... : abrasion
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              Note that NTSC was based on Rec. 601, ATSC/HDTV is based on 709. : Merconium
              • Hh hmm, I thought they were all the same (and the same as srgb). Thanks! : jcupitt
            • I believe this is sufficient ownage. : abrasion
    • FWIW, the plasma he suggested to you seems like a great deal to me and fits your price/size range. : ShoCon
    • you really think that's true? really? : moshman
    • No one said they die in 3-4 years... Plasmas constantly get dimmer through use (and if you let it get bu... : batkiwi
    • Ugh. Do NOT listen to your mother-in-law's friends. I can assure you as someone who sells consumer electr... : Bold
  • ^^^ knows wtf : jcupitt
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    What is it that you actually do btw dude? Lighting or umm I don't know are you a projectionist or cameram... : abrasion
    • I think he's a director of photography, and I know he did the first iPod commercial with the shadow peopl... : angrytaxman
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  To give you a first-hand perspective, most of my friends didn't care to do any research and bought huge 1... : bipolar
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    heh, you're cheating sitting 10 feet from a 42" set so that resolution doesn't matter. That's way too sm... : DinK
    • at 10' from a 42" set you see about 600 lines, so he's OK I think http://s3.carltonbale.com/resolution... : jcupitt
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  I have one and it's awesome for a LCD. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • I only bought it (together with my roommate) because it was used and cheap. My brother has a Panasonic Vi... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Look at them in store. The sony hdtvs tend to have the nicest picture but are much more expensive than t... : dantastic
• technically the samsung 9 series or the latest LED sony or latest panasonic plasma, are the best. : CoRDS
• You can be sure they have cable boxes and bluray players hooked up to them via composite. : opengl128
• My opion is she's a cunt. : voodooraze
• I love my Sony Bravia 1080p. I get compliments on the picture all the time. : whistletits
• yes, allclad are fucking awesome. fucking expensive, but fucking awesome. get them if you cook. if you'... : epit
• FWIW I've had a Plasma and an LCD. I am happier with the Plasma in almost every respect : indosauros
• sounds like someone is in the money, you're talking about buying status items (which arent better than ch... : Luminair
• you should get a macbook air : Luminair
• Picts of mother in law. : mace
• my humble vote goes to the sony xbr series or the samsung b650. : Fredrik S

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  Valve wouldnt even notice if L4D2 sold 20k fewer copies : spiderfill
  • I think Valve is listening very closely, but they probably won't give in and give the game away for free. : IHATEDUST
  • i bet 19000 of those boycotting will buy it. the other 1000 couldn't get the money off their parents but ... : jane911
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  Nah there's only like 2 people on the net whining, abrasion and that other dumb cunt - honest! : abrasion
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    Valve is preparing the bankruptcy paperwork as we speak : bipolar
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      I hope you're happy with yourself gaben will go hungry now : bipolar
      • hungry, hungry... he will just eat marbles : skryte
  • I am not dumb. >:( : MercFox1
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  The people who missed out on L4D1 will likely more than make up for that when they get L4D2. : Sailor of Fortune
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    Yeah, I see this as more of cutting themselves short of L4D1 purchases than L4D2, also, they may not sell... : one random winner
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      From what I have heard they have pretty much hit saturation with L4D1 sales so there is little to gain by... : Evil Benius
      • Well I still haven't gotten it and want to, just need some cash for a half-decent machine. : one random winner
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  It's okay. 10k of them will buy the game regardless. : Link.
  • And the other 10k weren't going to buy it anyway. : pigvomit
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  I'll buy it. If I'm the only one, then they'll call it L1D. : SeaLlama
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    Make that L2D! : Sailor of Fortune
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      AND MY AXE : TastyWheat
      • Make that L4D! : razorblade79
      • I AM NOT SOME CONJURER OF CHEAP TRICKS! : AgentPothead
• And none of my 123 Steam friends are in that group, phew... : Serpico74
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  i think valve is making a mistake here, but that just makes them resemble every other game company, and i... : dirge23
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    Seriously, how many people bitching pick up CoD every year, <insert sports game here>, or any other title... : Evil Benius
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      dunno man i've made a habit out of avoiding shovelware, obscenely priced games or starforce invested titl... : Hoax
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        You are pretty damn rare and I seriously doubt this game is "shovelware". Also your point on wanting to s... : Evil Benius
        • I was talking about ea one game per year sports games but yeah in case of valve its actually the other wa... : Hoax
    • I'm one of the complainers and I haven't bought a single CoD game to date. Same with sports games actuall... : ieGod
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  That's 20k people who will almost certainly buy the game. Probably on launch day. : peanut-
  • probably but developers like valve made much money with the community around their games and the good wil... : Hoax
• Im going to laugh my ass off after L4D2 is released and all of the groups play time is on it : maulla
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  I'll buy it but I would like to see a couple of purchase options -Full price you get left4dead 1 and 2... : stgdz
  • a substantial discount on l4d2 for l4d owners is pretty much the obvious solution here : dirge23
• I bet the majority of the people on that list who play L4D are signing this hoping it changes things, but... : uncle slappy
• The thing that irks me is I bought a PC copy and a 360 copy. I know that was my own choice but I don't th... : hoov1185
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  Wait they don't want game 2 because game 1 is so good? : gakera
  • valve didn't give away enough free content therefore they refuse to purchase another game : boomstickah
• I hate the internet : Begawkiness
• Not sure if I'll grab this one (I'm still going through my enormous backlog). I'll probably get it if th... : CrustaR
• To Valve, if they even care that is, must be really confused by this. People complain that their games... : DM7
• Good, that's 20,000 less retards in my awesome game. : node
• Like that really matters. : Fred Garvin

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• Not sure. Using an edge phone. I think the $99 3G might be enough for me. : dmason
• So tempted but i would have to break my tmobile account and pay ETF. Whats the min iphone plan 79?89? : Iwannaacura
• I will buy a used, 2nd gen 16gb for no more than 300$ AUD I guess. (220$ USD?) : abrasion
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  as i bought my 3g iphone outright and had it unlocked by apple i think i will stay with it untill it does... : CoRDS
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    I can not stand how these fucking idiots at apple are following the US business model of mobile phone sal... : abrasion
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      yeh i bought mine from telstra outright, then had to pay moneys to get it unlocked. : CoRDS
      • PREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEECISELY. : abrasion
    • I got mine at the beginning of the year from optus on the $19/month plan.. I don't use the optus sim (I'm... : nunami
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  what's delivery charge? i was going to try my luck at the 5th ave apple store either on release day or th... : multisync
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    oh wow, FREE SHIPPING or instore pickup! : multisync
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      apparently instore pickup doesn't guarantee you a phone. : mojo the helpr monke
      • Yeah, i preordered for store pickup... then i saw that. I guess i'll have them ship it to me :-/ : trevis
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  Difference between this and regular 3g? : PointlesS76
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    http://www.apple.com/iphone/compare-iphones/ : re4ctor
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      what a crappy comparison list. I want to see how much faster the processor is, how much more video ram it... : Ellissd
      • none of that info is public yet : dopefish
  • http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/iphone-3g-vs-iphone-3g-s-the-tale-of-the-tape/ : jwnin
• Yeah, I can't get it until december! Oh well. : spazzium
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  Where is my updated touch. :( : DarkWolf5
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    should be september with the ipod refresh : re4ctor
    • Bastards. Just for that I;m not buying one. Take that apple. I would have put the money down today, but n... : DarkWolf5
• I have already ordered and I am good to go! :D 32gb Black here. : Yanks
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  I'm in for 2, 32 gigger's... : massdev
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    Have you ordered them yet? The apple online store is giving me guff : mojo the helpr monke
    • I'm waiting till the wee hours of the coming morning... : massdev
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      are you serious? the store is fast as hell for me i'm just deciding on color but i'm at the final orderin... : multisync
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        lame, every time I click continue after it gives me the prices it says there's been an error. It gets me ... : mojo the helpr monke
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          try using safari4 :P : multisync
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            are you on a family plan by chance? : mojo the helpr monke
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              nope, but get a corporate premium discount if that matters (like 17% off iphone plan) : multisync
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                hmm, people on another site seem to be having problems if they're on a family plan. sux : mojo the helpr monke
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                  oh well chose black. $324.04 was total. FUCKING A I CANT WAIT : multisync
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                    It boots me when I get to the select a rate plan, from others screenshots I don't have the option to sele... : mojo the helpr monke
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                      Yes I just chose the normal 200msg plan. What browser are you on? : multisync
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                        I've used firefox, chrome and IE7. All the browsers give me the error after clicking continue after the s... : mojo the helpr monke
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                          unlimited texting was an option on this screen as well. that's sad :( the site wasn't even slow for m... : multisync
                          • FIXED IT! I had to go to ATT and remove my family unlimited text plan. After doing that it let me pick... : mojo the helpr monke
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    I want two but i cant figure out how to get two.... :-/ : trevis
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      ...we already have a family plan. (but no current iphones) : trevis
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        someone said that they had to do two separate orders. I.E. enter one phone number, upgrade that line, the... : mojo the helpr monke
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          sucky. That seems to be the case. I cant decide if i should order or just go and stand in line... : trevis
          • why not order online? You get it the day of release and you don't have to wait in line wondering if there... : mojo the helpr monke
• this guy --> : Slowtreme
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  I'm still on a first-gen iPhone here, and I'm really considering it. :X Don't know if it'll even be an... : DOOManiac
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    Also: How does the Autofocus on the 3GS work anyway? Is there an actual focusing lens now? Or is it so... : DOOManiac
    • I think it's physical focusing lens because the 3g can't do it. http://www.engadget.com/2009/06/08/ip... : mojo the helpr monke
• Once I qualify for subsidized pricing next month, yes, 32GB. : Serpico74
• Is there anywhere I can get a jailbreakable one for <200? I want to keep my T-Mobile service since it's ... : kpxkrnjc
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  So is there boss US tethering option? : Clay
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    it says not for US :( : Slowtreme
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      ATT said they WILL do it, just not sure when or how much it'll cost. : mojo the helpr monke
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        I'm really curious why they don't offer it on the same $30/mo ($50/mo?) tethering program that they offer... : adpalumbo
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          I spoke with an ATT mobile business rep last month. It sounds like the network is oversold right now. T... : spazzium
          • I would believe this. : derelict515
      • Knowing ATT we'll have to pay in rape dollars. : spazzium
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  Keynote is up! http://events.apple.com.edgesuite.net/0906paowdnv/event/index.html?internal=ijalrmacu : spazzium
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    Can anyone watch even a bit of this with out have their blood boil? I like my iphone but god damn I hate ... : JT
    • Yeah, I love my iPhone as well but their digging on MS/Win7 is a little ridiculous. : DOOManiac
    • Philip Schiller can't quite pull it off with a wink and a nudge like Jobs could. : cdbeckman
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    This guy 20 minutes in reminds me of Dr. Strangelove... : DOOManiac
    • I talked to that guy for like 2 hours when I was working at Apple. Extremely bright guy, listens to every... : Yanks
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  Am I the only one that's kinda pissed that they didn't release os3 today? Why the wait?!? : JT
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    so they can finish it. : Iwannaacura
    • they forgot semi colons : johngloid
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      the gold master is already available today to devs. : festivalman
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        So it sounds like it is to give devs a final week to make sure everything works correctly. : d3tached
        • Didn't they have almost three months to do this? : JT
      • Right, and it has some updates over the last beta. Like all OS developers they want to make sure their t... : spazzium
      • ^^ these, plus they probably wanted to coincide with the launch of the 3GS... : DOOManiac
  • Am using it now and I fail to see the distinctions between the last beta and this. : kramweil
• i dunno. i might, but it'd put me in another 2 years with AT&T. not sure if I want to commit quite yet. ... : RikiTiki2
• ordered a 16gb. i never came close to filling up my first gen 8gb so this should be fine for me. : Mansmells
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  I am on the fence. My contract is up around the time it comes out and I would love a new phone but the pr... : d3tached
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    As someone who doesn't text, the iPhone plans don't seem that far from any other smartphone plans. Is it... : adpalumbo
    • Probably the addition of an unlimited data plan that normal phones don't have... : DOOManiac
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      Yeah it is. I am coming from an unlimited texting plan but prior to that I was with Cingular without a te... : d3tached
      • I use like 3000 texts a month... unlimited ftw. : chilln
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  I ordered 2 new 13" macbooks, fully loaded with the reintroduced firewire ports. : virus
  • I hope one of those is for antivirus! : Postal
• me suh : johngloid
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  i got a 16gb and now i'm wondering if i should have just got the damn 32gb. i'm coming from the 2g 8gb an... : emcea
  • I've got an 8GB first gen iPhone that is only 2/3 full. :( : DOOManiac
  • I am 15mb off filling up my 8gb, with about a quarter of my music. I know that 32gb won't be enough but i... : Yanks
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  Question: do you guys actually use your iphone for music too? Tons of folks at amazon had them but when i... : Iwannaacura
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    Every single day for at least an hour. : Yanks
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      me too. I wouldn't have bought an iphone if I didn't use the ipod portion of it. : valael
      • ditto! The thing that was the decision maker for me was with an iPhone I could get rid of my old music p... : nunami
  • I use it via my alpine head unit in my car everyday, and twice a week when it's quite at work, when no lo... : JT
  • all the time. even if not, it's good to have room for apps and (now) videos you record. : Postal
  • i do : RikiTiki2
  • i do, although i'm not real happy with it. I hate that headphones that work on my ipod nano don't work on... : supersonic potato
  • Nope, but I didn't have an MP3 player I used beforehand either. : DOOManiac
  • I use mine in the car (infiniti ipod integration ftw) every day. : festivalman
  • I use it to stream internet radio in my car. : Blackdawgg
  • I use it for music, but not the locally stored stuff. I stream it. : spazzium
  • Only in my car, outside of that I use my iPod. : devi| dog
  • Nope, never have. : bRAINsick
  • Tons, if I walk to work, take the bus or am working on stuff : geedeck
  • never used the ipod part of my iphone : wtf242
  • every day : derelict515
  • All the time and I even have 2 other ipods. Music everywhere! : askedrelic
  • Yup, it's most of what I use it for, it replaced my ipod. : cdbeckman
  • Absolutely. I'm always having to delete shit off of it to fit new music. : stuka
  • I carry around my iPod Touch and cell phone now. I can't wait to upgrade to the iPhone and just have to ... : ThomW
  • I dump all my music on my classic, then use my iphone in tandem for all new purchases. Makes new material... : Greymatter42
  • Its one of its main uses... big reason the 32gb is so tempting. : re4ctor
  • I removed all the music from my iphone. : TreMetal
  • this was the reason I got the 32gb. I have a 30gb iPod video now, but with the 32gb iPhone I'll only have... : mojo the helpr monke
  • Yup,. I listen to a fuck ton of podcasts on the way to and from school every day : HeXoN
  • Yes. I don't expect I'll ever buy another iPod again, especially now that they're up to 32GB storage. : Serpico74
  • Yes : vynn
  • I have an iPhone but use a Zune as my mp3 player. Hahaha. :( : slax0r
  • Yes. : Squirrely
  • Never. : bcyde
  • of course. it's silly not to use it for music. : xxiv
  • Yes, when driving + FM adapter : Maarten Goldstein
• I'll probably split from Verizon either when my contract is up or later this summer (whichever I can wait... : halophoenix
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  does this one have true multi tasking? : c_man_tmt
  • No, just push stuff for apps : derelict515
• I really want to switch from Sprint to them, but both my wife and I are under contract until July 2010 an... : angrytaxman
• I just ordered one. I'm stepping up from this baby! http://img1.loadtr.com/b-376327-siyah_kapaklı_nokia_... : tinfoilhatter
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  Nothing, not even the Jesusphone, is worth getting stuck with ATT for two years. : herradura99
  • So buy an unlocked one. ;D : DOOManiac
• I'm eligible in a month and a half. I'm all over it. : Thresher
• I'm a year into my contract, so if they'll give me the discount price for reupping early, then probably. ... : rudds
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  This is what the Apple store rep told me at 6:30pm tonight: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20119138#... : jigstah
  • huh, well I'm going to Maui on the 21st and was hoping to have it before then. That's lame if it's true. : mojo the helpr monke
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    I call shenanigans. Apple wouldn't completely bork its online ordering system for the next several days. : Postal
    • Yeah, who knows. He said Apple corporate sent out an email to all the stores to that effect, though. : jigstah
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    To preface, I ordered online, received many errors, and then received an email telling me to visit an App... : jigstah
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      my order was processed just fine : gameindustryplant
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        mine seemed to go through fine too once I fixed the family text glitch. : mojo the helpr monke
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          my card also has a pending charge from apple : mojo the helpr monke
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            wtfmate...hmmm. Did you select "switch" from a different carrier? : jigstah
            • no, I was just upgrading a current line : mojo the helpr monke
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          also what is the family text glitch that you speak of : jigstah
          • I had a family plan with unlimited texting. The upgrade process was failing each time I tried to do it be... : mojo the helpr monke
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20119910#itemanchor_20119910 : jigstah
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      Just tried it again "AT&T was unable to set up your account online. To reserve your new iPhone, click the... : jigstah
      • Oh, I removed the text message plan and it worked! Didnt ask for credit card or anything, just said it w... : jigstah
  • I would be pretty angry if that were the case. : Yanks
• Absolutely. Very excited. : geedeck
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  How long until a phone like the pre or the iphone will play standard divx files without needing re-compre... : abrasion
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    what legitimate usage scenarios does that support? ripped dvds (a grey area I don't think they're in a ru... : derelict515
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      It's like matroska contained video! : Yanks
      • THE HORROR! : Floppygrandma
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      I don't know about legitimate usage scenarios :( but ummm it'd be cool as fuck :) : abrasion
      • yeah, I mean obviously more is better. But just like the home consoles I wasn't really that upset with th... : derelict515
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      who are you to judge my content? support the format and stfu. : NexusOne
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        yeah, good one. Try engaging in a logical discussion this time. Again, businesses have priorities, featur... : derelict515
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          and this is why I will never support a hardware platform that is closed for software. if people want it, ... : NexusOne
          • No one is stopping you from writing a player. Of course, you would have to either write a streaming solut... : Yanks
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            ok, well I will enjoy owning a 360, PS3, DS, Tivo, iPhone, etc and you can enjoy using Linux for everythi... : derelict515
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              360 is open enough in that i can stream any format I want to it. MythTV > Tivo, andriod > iphone. you are... : NexusOne
              • the 360 requires a 3rd party app to get mkv, you could do the same on the iphone. Your criteria don't mak... : derelict515
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    That point will be moot in the near future as everything is encoded in 264 pretty much from about last ye... : Yanks
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      How long until a phone like the pre or the iphone will play standard 264 files without needing re-compres... : abrasion
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        you saying it doesnt? : Slowtreme
        • I don't know, I was just yanking yanks chain :( : abrasion
  • when the hardware codec chips they include support those formats and then some. : ttyRazor
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  Would love to, but if you bought an iPhone 3G and are upgrading before you're eligible (which is all of u... : cdbeckman
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    lol, no. : abrasion
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      http://www.informationweek.com/news/personal_tech/iphone/showArticle.jhtml;jsessionid=JHXDIXYRLXKBCQSNDLO... : cdbeckman
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        I'm lol, no'ing your comment that AT&T sucks and waa waa waa from the subscribers, it's ridiculous. No... : abrasion
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          And in many cases you can still get the upgrade price via reupping your plan another two years. I've done... : cdbeckman
          • Oh, and furthermore, apple doesn see that whole "subsidy" from At&t, that's just the screw you jacked hig... : cdbeckman
          • If you have paid half of a 2 year contract off, then why should they up you for another 2 years? Maybe an... : abrasion
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    I bought my 3g on release day, it says I'll be eligible mid December. : spazzium
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      I wonder why mine is so much later. : cdbeckman
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        cost of the plan it appears: greater than $99 plan = 12 month less than $99 = 18 months less than $5... : Legacy679
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          Yeah good enough, this explains the December time line. : spazzium
          • Good info rather. : spazzium
  • http://www.ilounge.com/index.php/news/comments/att-3g-upgraders-pay-200-more-for-iphone-3g-s/ : cdbeckman
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  Guys, I'm hoping to come through with iPhone 3GS gold again this year (I was the first one to buy the 3G ... : DooBall
  • hey i bet you have that framed and signed by yourself hanging up above your fireplace, to regail each new... : xxiv
• I guess I should finally upgrade from a Cingular 8125 pocket PC to a 3G. Don't really want to splash out... : AllYourBase
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  Steve Jobs is dying and as a going away present I want to make sure the iPhone 3GS sales are the highest ... : LilCrypto
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    Oh boy, look at the social commentary loaded in this post. : Bamtan
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      I made you look =D : LilCrypto
      • Well I made you stare. Made you lose your underwear. : Bamtan
• Still happy with my 3G : WhatIsThisFor
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  UP TO 2x faster? I'll be waiting for more features to update. : uncle slappy
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    I want to see some comparisons against a first-gen iPhone, as that's what I'm still on. : DOOManiac
    • In addition to whatever the 3g is missing. You also won't have A2DP or MMS. : spazzium
    • It'll be faster than the 2nd gen iPod Touch, and that to me is noticeably faster than the 3G iPhone. : Serpico74
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    Looks like that's about it. That, plus a 3 megapixel camera (lol). : [7]kami
    • there's a much better GPU as well (woo, shaders), so games and stuff should start looking better : jcupitt
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  Do they work with Sim cards? If I took the sim out of my AT&T Blackberrry, could I use it with this? : bozer
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    They used SIM cards, but each iPhone is unlocked to the specific SIM card that comes with it. Meaning you... : DOOManiac
    • i used my sim card from my curve. but i did have to activate it through itunes. : broly1718
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      I believe they're simply carrier locked to AT&T, not sim locked to a specific SIM... : batkiwi
      • iPhone are locked to THEIR sim. If you change sims you will have to reconnect to iTunes and get reauthent... : LoioshDwaggie
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  I just bought a 3G in February... arrrrgh. : SeaLlama
  • I bought on in like March. :( But I'm going to stick with the one I have for a bit longer. : fatman
• i still have a razr :~( so maybe now i can finally say hi2u to the year 2007 :O : ninjase
• I was hoping against hope for a new iphone or change in at&t's forced data plan so I could talk myself in... : buzzbat
• Anyone think we will see gmail push anytime soon? : Morgin
• Yep. Currently don't have an iPhone so it'll be a big upgrade over my POS WM device. Just need to figur... : losimagic
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  i've skipped getting a 3G to wait for the 3GS, so yes. : Flinz
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    Same here - although o2 in the UK seem to not have heard of dollar to sterling exchange rates (most expen... : alnya
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      Christ I just looked it up, everything just got like 80% more expensive! : scottythejock
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        The tethering data rates are painful too : alnya
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          http://shop.o2.co.uk/update/internet.html holy shitballs, can't see me ever using that if i get an iph... : scottythejock
          • It dosn't make any sense to me at all - its an unlimited data plan. It's just bare-faced nonsensical gre... : alnya
• holy shit that's nice. I was thinking there would be a shortage/huge lines. My GF finally decided to t... : freakord
• MEEEEEEEEEE!!!!! hopefully : fsck
• I don't have any iphone at all, so I preordered one (or whatever the terminology is). : quartic0
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  o2 in the UK have been pretty terrible with news so far, apart from price and date they don't know anythi... : losimagic
  • same here, not that it really matters since my contract runs until mid 2010 ... :( : moshman
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    I think I'm gonna take the plunge. I should be getting a pretty nice bonus from work on the 25th so assum... : marmite
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      all my friends in London bonuses were cancelled :( : moshman
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        :( It was originally announced that there was going to be NO bonus this year, but then they backtracked a... : marmite
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          my brother got megashafted, he is pissed off. and his company didn't suffer any losses either. : moshman
          • and he got an excellent review and works his arse off. : moshman
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          Oh nice man! Glad the job's going well, sounds like you've earned it. : node
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            Thanks man. How's yours going? : marmite
            • E3 was fucking mental and it's endless planning right now, but pretty good! : node
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  pre for me : maulla
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    really? : Slowtreme
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      not really impressed by the new hardware, i will get 3.0 on my ipod touch, sprint is ~20 cheaper with unl... : maulla
      • FYI about the Pre - Alot of people are experiencing issues with the battery life, overheating (phone gets... : whistletits
      • I'm not paying for any more os updates on my touch, that whole thing is seriously stupid. That said, I se... : Slowtreme
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        ... but you have to carry around 2 devices. my biggest reason for getting an iphone would be the eliminat... : Clay
        • exactly. I have been carrying a phone + and ipod for too long. This is finally the iphone I have been wai... : Slowtreme
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  I'm still not sure ... my main gripes about the 3G were: - apple in general - camera - no physica... : homeboyJim
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    why the insistence on the physical keyboard? : Clay
    • Probably has fat fingers : losimagic
  • apple in general is a great complaint : FrayLo
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    As you say, the Camera has been improved. No physical keyboard is actually a plus for me.. I've tri... : doomed
    • i have no issues with att, but I can understand people not being hot on the one vendor lock it. It just h... : Slowtreme
• UK: O2 just told me on the phone that there's no way to order/pre-order one before the 19th - so they onl... : losimagic
• Still happy with my 3G. Just not enough on it to justify an expensive (Rogers!) upgrade. : pturvz