Evening Reading: The Birth and Death of the Day

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  Are they still waiting to be approved? : bRAINsick
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    Also $9.99 for beejive :( : bRAINsick
    • It's usually $16. http://appshopper.com/social-networking/beejiveim First Look at 3.0: http://www.mobi... : Warlock
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    Push versions of AIM and BeejiveIM for iPhone have been published. : Warlock
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      Obviously published in the non-definition of the word sense the Beejive page says LIMITED TIME SALE, IN A : bRAINsick
      • lol, sorry. The text of the apps hasn't been updated yet, but if you download, they're the push versions. : Warlock
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      So only the pay version of aim uses push? : phipple
      • The ad supported version has push also : jcrockerman
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  Dude, 10$ for beejive. Is it really that much better than AIM? : brickmatt
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    Yeah, I've decided it can't be worth 10$! : brickmatt
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      if you're gonna use im much on your iPhone, I think it is by far... : cdbeckman
      • Way better than the free AIM app at least. Plus multiple protocols. : Warlock
• im not paying for an im client. you just know theres gonna be tons of great free ones coming : re4ctor
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  Well hello there! This is pretty much the only reason I was ever excited about push notifications :D : cdbeckman
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    And I bought Beejive way back when it was the only gimped solution for staying online on the iPhone (it p... : cdbeckman
    • though I will say, it is miles better than the other clients I had used. Palringo is the best free one, b... : cdbeckman
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  What does Push mean, is that where it keeps the IM at the Telco and sends it to your phone? I've been wo... : abrasion
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    Yeah. I thought this 3.ohhhhhhhhhh thing was going to make it so that I would be notified when i got new ... : conandan
    • MobileMe and/or Exchange mail accounts do have push. In fact my mail at work shows up on my phone often b... : DOOManiac
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    torrenting on a phone? what? : derelict515
    • Well torrenting, IM, Email basically any kind of 'notification' without background applications using you... : abrasion
    • You laugh, but there is a bittorrent client for jailbroken phones. I don't get it either. : DOOManiac
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    tbh, i dont get the hype. i've been using chat on skype, and it works nice. how different is that ... : doomed
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      I'm talking about background applications and full functionality of an internet connected device. I fail... : abrasion
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        That's basically what Push does. I open BeeJive on my iPhone, sign into my AIM account, then I close the ... : BlackCat9
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          Doesn't that require support from the telco's tho? In this country that means $ - ANY effort from them me... : abrasion
          • No, I think Apple is providing all the back-end service. Your phone is always on and receiving data, anyw... : BlackCat9
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      push will tell you when you get a new skype chat message, even when skype is closed. it's the same thing ... : festivalman
      • ok, thats cool. for some reason i thought about the whole push stuff mobile companies have been advert... : doomed
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        Can anyone write an application which talks to the 'push server' at your ISP? : abrasion
        • Sorry telco, not ISP. : abrasion
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          the push server for this stuff is at apple. beejive send a notification to apple and apple pushes it out ... : festivalman
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            I don't like the idea of having to rely on a third party, this system sounds potentially expensive, close... : abrasion
            • The reason this Push stuff is so significant for the iPhone is because Apple has disallowed third parties... : zuga
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              I wouldn't really call Apple a third party. Half the stuff on the iPhone already requires their servers a... : BlackCat9
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                I wouldn't really call Apple a third party. Half the stuff on the iPhone already requires their servers a : abrasion
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                  Ok. I don't know how you expect to use online services without somebody providing the service, though. I'... : BlackCat9
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                    That's what I mean. I want stocks by anyone working on my phone, I want IM by digsby, IM by Trillian, ... : abrasion
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                      Well, anyone can make a stocks or IM app. I don't know that digsby or Trillian are working on one, but yo... : BlackCat9
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                        I haven't made my mind up about this, what is jumping in to my mind is the potential for a device to do t... : abrasion
                        • The google phone (I'm assuming you mean T-Mobile's G1) is a massive pile of shit. The hardware is awful ... : dopefish
                    • The iPhone does work as a USB pen-drive. You can put all your files there, on the DCIM folder. : doomed
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                  I think you would like linux. Have you ever heard of android? : cdbeckman
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                    Can you do all this stuff? http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20235492#itemanchor_20235492 : abrasion
                    • P.S Not trying to be an iphone douche in this subthread, I swear. : abrasion
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  Ok, I was going to wait and see what MobileChat had to offer, because I prefer the UI of it over BeeJive,... : BlackCat9
  • This actually looks a lot better than the screenshots on their page led me to think. : BlackCat9
• Nimbuzz is the best free client, and it has Skype chat too. But yes, I will be upgrading my BeejiveIM. : kramweil
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  anyone else unable to login with beejive? I get "error - signon.time.out" : vynn
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    now getting "connection failed on all fallback ports" : vynn
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      Looks like I can't connect to Yahoo at the moment. AIM and Google work. : Warlock
      • Yahoo has been screwing with their protocol lately. Adium had to push out an update today to fix connect... : Legacy679
• I don't need an IM client! I have no friends. :( : DOOManiac
• awesome!! Beejive is definitely worth the $10 if you don't have it : MikkleThePickle
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  i've always had AIM just forward to my mobile number. how is push any better (or different) : pandastrong
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    It doesn't use SMS? : bRAINsick
    • ah, seems handy then. : pandastrong
  • Doesn't use SMS messages, you can see your buddy list, you can respond directly to someone instead of rou... : BlackCat9
  • this doesn't require an unlimited texting plan : derelict515
• As someone that doesn't own an iPhone, how about: - OpenFire - Transports - Web client Wouldn't tha... : sukabljat
• bought, just cost me $14 aud or $12 or something. : CoRDS
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  Wish there was an option to turn off push during 9pm to 6am or something like that. Wonder how long you s... : JT
  • It's a setting. 1-24 hours. : Warlock
  • Under Settings you can set it up to 24 hours. : kramweil
• Ive had beejive for a few months, it is a great app. Rocking Push makes it AWESOME : historyinthemaking
• From the beejive.com forums: "EDIT: For any others who are confused, just go to Beejive's page on the iTu... : festivalman
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  THREAD HIJACK: IM+ or Beejive? Followup question: Why? IM+ seems to support more IM clients I'd use... : Shivawn
  • The only service Beejive doesn't support that you listed is Skype. : JT
  • I was going to buy IM+ when it was on sale for 99c, but when I tried the demo it kept crashing every 2 mi... : MikkleThePickle
  • I bought IM+ first at 99c and wasn't impressed at all. Lots of crashing and things not working as they sh... : cdbeckman
• Video Explanation: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25BlzbPU0FQ&fmt=18 : Warlock
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  AIM is slow as fuck now, it's killing me. : brickmatt
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    I'm surprised with the length of time that 3.0 was available to devs prior to rollout, that so many apps ... : Dave-A
    • I read that it was their testing process that was jacked and a ton of Push apps are on the backlog. : WhatIsThisFor
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    SO it's 10$ or shit. Rad. : brickmatt
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      did you buy it? let us know what you think : Dave-A
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        oh wait it's not out yet? i'm confused.... : Dave-A
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          as my post above shows, it's still in the process of updating on the itunes store. if you buy it now, you... : festivalman
          • ok i got it, thx : Dave-A
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  Push is not working for my gmail account. Can anyone help me with that? I don't want to make my own thr... : Wheatloaf
  • Not yet supported. : JT
  • Push doesn't work for gmail accounts. I think only yahoo. : scapin
  • google only supports exchange style push for calendar/contacts at this point, not email. http://www.goog... : festivalman
  • i think gmail for android is the only gmail client that does it : Dave-A
  • There is no push gmail, only fetch. : Yanks
  • I don't think Gmail has Push for the iPhone, even in the 3.0 firmware. I think the closest you can get is... : BlackCat9
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    Shitty. Okay, thanks guys! : Wheatloaf
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      Even more shitty is that, contrary to what I heard previously, you can't have 2 Exchange accounts at the ... : DOOManiac
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        not true! They added CalDAV support, which is what Google Calendar natively uses, and from iTunes info pa... : cdbeckman
        • er, here http://ktula.com/2009/06/17/how-to-configure-google-calendar-caldav-in-iphone-3-0/ : cdbeckman
      • i'm "lucky" in that i have to use a fucking Lotus Notes webmail interface for work email, so my email app... : biskits
      • May be something they need to iron out or needs to be modified on the exchange side. Because you can, fo... : SolrFlare
      • I had really weird problems with exchange after I upgraded. It refused to populate all my separate conta... : spazzium
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    can you archive messages in a GMail IMAP account, or only trash them? : biskits
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      Settings -> Mail -> GMail account -> Advanced -> Deleted Mailbox, change this to AllMail You won't be ... : boarder2
      • Also, if you don't do this it's only one more click if you really do just want to archive vs. delete. : spazzium
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  i want push FB and GMail :( : biskits
  • I was just thinking that if FB adds push, I will have a hard time saying no, it and it will ruin my life. : cdbeckman
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  I just wish there was a way to have push notifications turn off after a certain time so I can leave my ph... : nakedsavage
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    You can configure the Push options on a per-app basis. For BeeJive, it gives me three things that I can t... : BlackCat9
    • Oh, it looks like BeeJive also automatically disconnects you after a user set time between when you close... : BlackCat9
• I just got it and find it extremely impressive. : d3tached
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  Anyone know a setting to stop this: if I start using aim on my computer everything that is sent to me is ... : DogDharma
  • Sign out on your phone. AIM should actually send you a message telling you that you're signed in twice an... : BlackCat9
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  I thought Meebo was releasing an application with the 3.0 software's features and everything. Was I dream... : fatman
  • They are, but it's coming later this year. : one baby to another

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  don't care if it's faster, it's a piece of shit right now for many other reasons : moshman
  • Well,...... I didn't point that out :) : abrasion
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  Probably a natal dashboard. Unlike many here, like NXE, it feels lively. : pigvomit
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    it's certainly "lively" having to look through 20 senseless menus trying to find wtf you're looking for : moshman
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      99% of it is better, the only thing I dislike is that navigating movies is a bit cumbersome... : uncleanmonkey
      • Friends list is my biggest complaint. : chazums
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        It's not better than the original dashboard at all. I agree with pigvomit, there is way too much stuff th... : razlebol
        • It looks nicer, but it's functionally inferior. : node
    • What's so confusing about it? I agree it needs improvement still but I think it's much better than the bl... : hoov1185
• Again? : Mad Brahmin Disease
• awesome. I hope it's like the blades. : marmite
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  PS3-level media streaming support would be nice. :( : Sapiens
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    What's missing? It plays pretty much anything you throw at it except mkv right now... : uncleanmonkey
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      more than 2 channel ac3? : dafugg
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        Does the PS3 do that though? : uncleanmonkey
        • Yep. : razlebol
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        I wonder how many people actually have surround setups for their consoles. : Lone Swordsman
        • I do :( : Whistler77
        • What if I just want to watch something that happens to have been encoded in 5.1? : Sapiens
    • Doesn't handle the latest divx codec :-( : Chod
• Didn't they say they would only make it faster. Not actually changing anything. Anyways, that's a good th... : razlebol
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  Maybe if they removed some of the ads it'd be faster. NXE currently seems to be 75% advertising, 25% sys... : slickdoody
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    But is's not like it's irrelevant ads. Seems to me that most of it is advertising shit that's on Live, so... : uncleanmonkey
    • I don't know, I saw ads for that ugly Kia Soul this AM. : FormerHPB
• Unless the new Dashboard looks like the XMB and is as easy to use and eliminates all the goddamn ads for ... : Vincent Grayson
• i wish the blade system would return. :( : baron calamity
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  I hate the new interface, I spend so much time looking for shit when it was much easier the old way. : ghost in my shell
  • I agree. also avatars are for the birds. : azenmaster
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  I really do not have any of the problems with the current dashboard that most people have. I can always f... : Evil Benius
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    I get that lag/pause problem all the time. It makes me want to rage.. :( : metalremains
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      I only ever had problems at times when I would hit the guide button. : Evil Benius
      • its almost every time I use the guide button. : metalremains
  • same here. i dig NXE and never really had any problems with it. : Korban
  • No problems here. The organization of features kinda wonky, but once you know where all the things you wa... : silent prophet
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  Cool, I'm glad that they're willing to continue trying new things until they get it "right", instead of f... : boarder2
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    I think the new dash is a way for them to put more ads out there so they can get paid. I also think they... : FormerHPB
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      I have to admit, making the Miis really was pretty fun at first, but once you're over the initial newness... : TwiLyght
      • I know that stuff is big for a lot of people but it does absolutely nothing for me. Probably why I can't... : FormerHPB
    • Of course, that's exactly why they did the avatars. Everyone was making a huge deal about the Miis, and ... : boarder2
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    instead of forcing something that doesn't work well down everyones throats. Is this just a general comme... : abrasion
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      Lots of people don't like the way XMB works, and Sony hasn't changed anything about it. My original post... : boarder2
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        I think a skinnable / modable one or one which is adaptable would be nice. I love the XMB and it's won d... : abrasion
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          I'm picking nits, but there's this feed thing on XMB in the upper right hand corner that scrolls crap and... : boarder2
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            Triangle .......... : abrasion
            • Oh, I guess that would make sense, it never occurred to me to try that *shrug* : boarder2
          • Mine never actually says anything, it just says "The latest Playstation News" or something and I've never... : Begawkiness
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          i think it's a matter of what you use more. i use my 360 more and so i'm pretty comfortable with it and w... : Mansmells
          • I own both and have probably spent about equal time between the NXE and the XMB, and personally I find th... : Begawkiness
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        I don't think I've seen a criticism of XMB that wasn't filled with 360-fanboy-rage. Navigation-wise it's... : walker270
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          Some nice PS3-fanboy-rage there, walker270. I've posted plenty of valid criticisms of the XMB. I just fee... : Dave-A
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            Yep. I'm a raging PS3 fanboy with Sony's cock firmly planted in my ass. Along with everyone else with t... : walker270
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              It sure seems that way when you jump in here and throw out a blanket statement like that. : Evil Benius
              • Obviously I misunderstood "trainwreck" and "completely unusable" as valid criticism. : walker270
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              Oh, and valid criticisms my ass. http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19964973#itemanchor_19964973 ... : walker270
              • LOL @ last sentence. : abrasion
              • Yeah, if only I could post informed and well-thought-out statements like "what kind of retards do you han... : Dave-A
      • The XMB is way more usable to me than NXE. Everything loads quickly and I can find things quickly. It o... : melkore
• Community Games needs more love. It was way too hard to find Miner Dig Deep, even when I knew it was ava... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I would rather have updated backwards compatibility list. but hey that's just me : X-GOUKI
• As long as they fix the friends list /party list lag, I could give two shits about where they hide it thi... : Fyunch Click
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  fuck, awesome. NXE is constantly just freezing up till it loads gamer pics or whatever else it does. re... : dantastic
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    Yep, same. Not only is it ugly as sin but it also is fucking slow. When I sign on, it freezes entirely ... : Begawkiness
    • This drives me crazy. the pause while it's loading crap seems to take FOREVER. : FormerHPB
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    I think you might have fragmenting issues on something on your drive. I've used NXE since it came out, an... : silent prophet
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      How do you do that on NXE? I looked around for it one day and couldn't find it. : melkore
      • http://www.megagames.com/news/html/console/xbox360clearcachefeature.shtml Basically you go to the Memo... : silent prophet
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      how many friends do you have on your list? Maybe it's because we have full lists or something... : FormerHPB
      • That could be true. I only have like 8 or 9 friends on my list atm. : silent prophet
• #1 thing I'd want with it is a browser. It's funny how much they mention websites on Live too, while you'... : thebigbeefsandwich

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  Just make sure you know how to read a map. : trove
  • ha man, that's the real tragedy behind it. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    and can predict the changes in a river over the course of the seasons. and can catch enough food to not ... : perstephanie
    • He can also smell the menstrual cycles of bears : Godhatesfatpeople
• Plus I would have no videogames, so it's not really feasible. : LemonJoose
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  You'll realize how dumb he is after you read the real story about it. It's a good movie at romanticizing ... : Godhatesfatpeople
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    It got pretty unromantic at the end though. LOL. : LemonJoose
    • Well yeah, but I mean the idea behind the movie itself :P : Godhatesfatpeople
    • and the whole time he was less than a mile from a road that saw daily use : deadfish
  • Absofuckinglutely. The guy died after being marooned by those rivers except if he'd actually taken a map ... : randomposter
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  just make sure you go read the real version of what happened. there are a lot of alaskans that hate this ... : deadfish
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    still a good book even knowing the real story. i mean, he was an idiot? shocking. i think that was kind o... : perstephanie
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      The issue though is they do leave out some vital information in the way of creating a very puffy story. S... : Godhatesfatpeople
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        If a story about someone you know is dead before even reading the book or watching the movie feeds the st... : perstephanie
        • and in a way i encourage it. natural selection has it so hard these days, trying to combat modern medicin... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  This guy was not only a moron, he was a selfish dick. He never even tried to contact his parents, he ran ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    plenty of people are morons and selfish dicks and do contact their families and tell the world that cares... : perstephanie
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      most people dont venture into the wild without a fucking clue what they are doing, only to die over somet... : retarded talking dinosaur
      • My point was that you can fit the description you gave without doing what he did or anything like it. : perstephanie
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  Rich kid with daddy issues kills himself... slowly. : jessipoo
  • if your going to kill yourself slowly is the best way; why not try something differentÉ : lord_omega
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  Wonderful film about a real dumbass. I enjoyed the direction, hated the person. I have never felt so co... : SolrFlare
  • Agreed. It was very well executed. : randomposter
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  Leaving aside the idea of his being an "idiot" because he wasn't properly prepared, I get the feeling tha... : LemonJoose
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    agreed, i don't agree when people simply lash out and call him an idiot. he didn't have a place anywhere... : EvilDolemite
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      No, he was an idiot. Not a lacking of intelligence kind of idiot, but a lack of common sense idiot. He ... : SolrFlare
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        he was pretty ill in the head. when someone depressed kills themselves do you go, "god, what a moron"? i... : EvilDolemite
        • Interesting argument and I suppose a possibility. In other words you are suggesting that he basically co... : SolrFlare
        • Yeah, I'm amazed that of all the people who condemn the guy, none of them ever stop and think that maybe ... : rudds
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        ^^^^A lot of truth spoken here -Know why? Because they had enough sense to move to another area when thin : PlanetPerfecto
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          yes, tribes made these movements. over hundreds if not thousands of years. in large numbers. not as in... : EvilDolemite
          • it's interesting - today more than ever, we're connected. I can speak to people almost anywhere on earth,... : PlanetPerfecto
      • Half the people that opt for these kind of lifestyles have a romanticized idea of what is to be a hermit ... : Modica Sol Solis
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    Not at all, I think that it would be an amazing experience if someone did so. The difference here is he ... : SolrFlare
    • if anything he just lacked common sense. : mindshot
  • Hey you're that guy that makes really stupid posts out of nowhere. : randomposter
  • Not at all. : Godhatesfatpeople
• F5'ing a leaf gets old after a while. : SeaLlama
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  I wrote an entire essay about how that kid is an idiot. Maybe I'll post it up sometime. : Jobos
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    i'm sure it's quite easy to pass judgement on him. i don't understand why he angers people so much. abo... : EvilDolemite
    • yah, it frustrates me how reckless he was but I cant fault him to the point of calling him an idiot. but... : mindshot
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      he angers people because his story is romanticized and the real point is often overlooked. at the very en... : retarded talking dinosaur
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        i don't think that's the message people are getting out of his story (i didn't, at least). : EvilDolemite
        • I think it's unclear, at least in the movie. You could interpret the last scenes as he was dying and wri... : LemonJoose
    • Yes, and the choices he made were stupid. : Vincent Grayson
    • I think he's awesome :/ : abrasion
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    i don't understand why this story gets people worked up enough to write more than a sentence about : Mansmells
    • Totally... life is too short... especially if you're an idiot : iamgoat

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  Yeah I just finished Anchorage, and seriously, who the fuck thought that stripping FO3 of all its RPG ele... : hoov1185
  • The Pitt had a limited open environment but a great story. Broken Steel gives us a level cap to 30, and ... : manlyman
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    Broken Steel is ok. Lots of combat. I blew through the Pitt, I guess it was aimed at more Evil karma ch... : trove
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      Not really, I played a good character in the Pitt and thought saving all the slaves and saving the babby : DM7
      • Well I did the same thing, but all the bad characters were named so I assumed there was more to the story... : trove
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  I swear I'm the only person who thinks O:A is awesome. : ConfusedUs
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    I liked the environment but it was really too easy, and way too linear. Plus, maybe it was me, but I did : trove
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      He killed me the first time. Second time he killed himself and I was satisfied. : hoov1185
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        Well I talked to him, mentioned his cause was worthless, and there was a short battle and someone capped ... : trove
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          You can have him commit seppuku if your speech skill is high enough : MrLobo
          • Yeah this is what I did when I played it, honestly I couldn't wait to get out of the stupid thing. It was... : ovrlrd
    • You didn't miss a whole lot. It was pretty much a large open arena with several minions against an oppon : SigENeaT
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      I started it at level 3 last time and it was tough =( : ConfusedUs
      • I think I did it at level 4 and didn't find it too bad after I got my hands on a sniper rifle. I think I... : Aragoat
  • I thought it was awesome as well, mostly for taking stuff out of the simulation. And the Chinese Stealth ... : RevRaven
  • I liked it simply because it was more FO3 content, so I was biased. In comparison to the others, O:A is ... : jingletard
  • It wasn't bad, just the weakest of the DLC so far. The beginning did suck though. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • It was great fun! Can't wait to play through it again : Dave-A
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  have they made any mention of releasing all 4 of them as a package for less $$$? : Jackass1233
  • I think there's a GOTY edition or whatever with all the DLC coming in the fall (that will be cheaper than... : veras
• Yeah I think i'm going to start up Fallout 3 again soon. : megarust32
• Totally agree. I still have quite a lot of Broken Steel left so I will wait to finish that before I buy P... : ovrlrd
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  So, I have the PC version, and no credit card. Is there a way to get the DLC's? I really want to play t... : MacemanInTW
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    Gamestop is selling token cards, that might only be for the 360 though. Not 100% sure. : lplasmatron
    • The closest Gamestop is half way across the world :( : MacemanInTW
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    Just buy a points card from a local games store and add it to your XBL/GFWL account. : Sapiens
    • This is what I needed to know. Thanks Sapiens! : MacemanInTW
  • you can buy a credit card with a set amount wherever gift cards are sold. like a mastercard with $100 on ... : cptstern
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  This is out now btw. : lplasmatron
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    Hopefully this one works immediately. I actually still have never gotten the Pitt to work, and I just ... : Vincent Grayson
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      Well, so far, I haven't heard of any problems. I hope it goes smoothly I tried to make sure that it is as... : lplasmatron
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        No problems here as of yet. I've explored a few locations and I'm in the middle of helping Desmond. : hoov1185
        • Also I LOVE the setting and atmosphere! : hoov1185
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  I am waiting till they are all out. I will buy them all and replay FO3. : baron calamity
  • I feel the same way about it. : metalremains

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  the legal way is to buy it from itunes. there was, and perhaps still is a hack workaround. jailbr... : MoreVespeneGas
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    what?? but itunes doesnt have it, i custom made it! for as cool as the iphone is, it sure is fucking gay : ninjase
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      iPhone Hardware = Awesome. iPhone Software = Balls. : Jobos
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        well, the interface is cool. but there are definitely some stupid, stupid aspects of it : ninjase
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          More accurately, it's not really the software that is to blame, but of the restrictive practices of Apple... : Jobos
          • It's still the software -- the fact that apple chose to gimp their software doesn't make it any less gimp... : ninjase
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    Incorrect. : Fayk
    • cool story bro : MoreVespeneGas
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  got windows? : nyranger66
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    yes : ninjase
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      Here's a guide. My wife got it to work. http://traveltowork.net/index.php/2008/08/05/how-to-create-iph... : Schnapple
      • This works. Setup that MGS codec sound as my ringtone on the 3GS the other day. : prime8
    • It's easy. I haven't done this in a while so I don't know too much details (or if it still works), but th... : nyranger66
• You can do it easily with iTunes, as far as I know. Search around for it, but it basically involves editi... : taronish
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  just encode the mp3 to an aac/m4a. dragon drop the new m4a to your desktop out of itunes. delete it entir... : festivalman
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    fucking apple. it should be "copy the mp3 to the phone. set the mp3 as the ringtone. VOILA! that's it." : smax
    • You pretty much can do that on a mac. Toss the mp3 into garage band, pick the section you want, then tel... : SolrFlare
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  ok basically you do this: 1. Convert your mp3 to wav. Skip this step if you can just edit the audio di... : Yanks
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    Also do the right thing and post the ringtones you make so we don't have to go through the trouble :) min... : Yanks
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      We posted a shitload of sweet ringtones for nerds last year. I use the Humans are Dead, and used to use t... : Gonzo
      • Cool thanks for re-posting this : Simulacrum
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    I've never understood this about the iPhone. You'd think since it's also an mp3 player, you could easily ... : pyide
    • The record companies want their cut is my guess. : nyranger66
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      copyrights, royalties blah blah blah Most likely because it would cannibalize the fact that you CAN do... : Yanks
      • Um, since it's trivial to do in GarageBand, and the menu item even calls it out as being for ringtones, I... : Fayk
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  HIJACK - How do you increase the volume of an mp3 file ? My BoC ring tone is too quiet :( : Flynn
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    in iTunes it's under right-click --> Properties. : nyranger66
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      iTunes is the devil, any other way to do it? : Flynn
      • MP3gain : smax
      • Audacity will let you do it. You'll top out the range pretty easily though. : spazzium
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  Seriously, I need my portal ring tone... : Awun
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    Give me a link to a mp3 and I'll make you one in like 5 minutes : Yanks
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      http://www.elrepositorio.com/tones/stillalive.m4r : Yanks
      • also: http://mmmmmoo.com/files/ringtones/Still%20Alive%20(radio%20loop).m4r : Mmmmmoo
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  Wait, I'm not able to change the text message to something custom at all?? why is apple so fucking stupid : ninjase
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    You can change it to the bottled tones. It's shitty but whatever it's just a sound your phone makes when ... : Yanks
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      it's not "whatever", it's fucking stupid. for a phone this advanced and innovative you'd think they'd all... : ninjase
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        While I'd like that feature as well, that's a an absurd argument - it must IMPLEMENT EVERY FEATURE FROM E... : Fayk
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          this is not some obscure feature, it's basic, basic shit. : ninjase
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            shit is right : RikiTiki2
            • Apple defenders are in full effect tonight. : abrasion
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        No, your ringtone is stupid. Apple knows this and is saving everyone else from having to hear it the whol... : BlackCat9
        • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : RikiTiki2
        • Apple knows best. Consumers are idiots and should not be respected. : retarded talking dinosaur
        • Correct. 15 second long text message notifications, especially if a song can diaf. : devi| dog
        • wtf I want my iPhone to scream, "SHOOP DA WOOP" every time I get an e-mail! My co-workers LOVE IT. : LilCrypto
        • IAWTP I had to suffer through Crazy Frog for every damn text message on MARTA the other day : freakord
        • no, its stupid that they dont give you the choice. : maulla
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          no, my ! ringtone from metal gear is not stupid, and is actually less annoying than the factory tones. wh... : xxiv
          • Shit yea, that's the exact one I wanna put on mine too! >:( : ninjase
      • IA if my phone is not blasting out 'ridin dirty' for all to hear when I get a text something is wrong wit... : bipolar
      • you can change the text tone, you just have to wait until its jailbroken. Which shouldnt be long at all. : klearlyunseen
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    jailbreak'ing makes it possible : Perturbation
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      having to hack your phone for something as simple as this is rediculous : ninjase
      • agreed. And even after jailbreaking it's still a rather complicated process to change it in my experience... : Perturbation
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        Yeah, but jailbreaking lets you do a lot of other cool shit, so you might as well. : Helter Skelter
        • I don't want warrenty rape though :( : ninjase
• http://audiko.net/en.html /eot : Iwannaacura
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  audiko.net : freshyk
  • Yeah they got tons. : grover69
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  christ for a hi tech gizmo having to do workarounds for something that simple is pretty archaic : randomposter
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    especially for a company that brands itself as being easy to use : smax
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      For the easy route you either: Buy a ringtone Supply a conforming AAC (under a certain duration) Clip ... : Fayk
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        I think the fact that anyone buys ringtones is why we are in this mess in the first place. If there never... : ovrlrd
        • The same people who pirate music without any thought are the same people who pay $2 for a ringtone of tha... : BlackCat9
    • It is easy to use if you only do things the way they want you to. That's goes for any locked device. : freshyk
• Jesus christ ninja, try a little google sometime will you? : brickmatt
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  Jesus christ the RIZR must have been the most advanced phone of its time : retarded talking dinosaur
  • Mine was touch screen, if you gave the screen a tap it would shut off. : devi| dog
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  http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=how+to+use+mp3+as+ringtone+on+iphone : virus
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    http://www.lmgtfy.com/?q=THIS+IS+THE+SONG+THAT+NEVER+ENDS!!+YES+IT+GOES+ON+AND+ON+MY+FRIEND!!+SOME+PEOPLE... : devi| dog
    • hahahaha : virus
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  You should return your iPhone. Really. : boarder2
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    Why? How is that an unreasonable question? : abrasion
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      It's not, but every day he's complaining about something new that's been known for a long time saying he ... : boarder2
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        I dunno, he's purchased an extremely popular product which people hype as the second coming of god, he th... : abrasion
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          He was being an ass considering that googling for "iphone mp3 ringtone" comes up with a trillion examples... : batkiwi
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            The REAL and LEGIT bitch is "why can't you use custom tones for email or sms". : batkiwi
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              Careful saying that. Apple fanbois and apologists have already seen this thread and are homing in. : dafugg
              • I keep going from thinking "man I'd love one of these things!" to hearing more info aboutt locked down st... : abrasion
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            75% of the posts on this website are thing we can google, we're asking a community of friends, enemies et... : abrasion
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              Ahh, yes look at this thread full of useful information. The first post is wrong in a stereotypical shac... : vigilante
              • I detest song and music ringtones, I like beep / ring for my tones - but I also like to be able to choose... : abrasion
      • hell, he could do a little research now and we would be spared this. : sharpie
      • don't even have to do research, there have been a bunch of threads in the past 2 years about this stuff, ... : FrayLo
• They don't want to make it simple because they want to make money out of ringtones. It's pathetic but it'... : razlebol
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  http://www.iringer.net/ The software is nice and easy to use (and free!), and even imports it directly... : Beady
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    can i fade ringtones in and out with it? : xxiv
    • oh it's right on the screenshot. oops : xxiv

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  Give me a key and I will play. : hirosushima
  • I don't have the ability to invite yet. =( But go try and make azenmaster laugh down below. : Senate5000
• I'll be up for playing my first game in about half an hour. : crummynz
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  Key to the first person to make me laugh still up for grabs : azenmaster
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    What do you call a cow with no legs? ground Beef. : hirosushima
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      Informative rathet t'han funny : azenmaster
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        It's one of my many mentally logged popsicle jokes. : hirosushima
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          hiro you need an invite? : kpxkrnjc
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            yeah. please. : hirosushima
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              gimme your email : kpxkrnjc
              • sm'd thanks. : hirosushima
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    Im giving this 15 more mins and then my cat gets the key : azenmaster
    • A man visits a psychiatrist wearing cellophane pants. The psychiatrist takes one look and says, "I can cl... : Lightzout
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=639y7fweUBg ? : project13
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    What does an 80 year old woman's pussy taste like? Depends... : industro
    • sm me your email that was terrible but I laughed. : azenmaster
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LaughLab : Modulus
  • http://www.fukung.net/v/13318/39fe718f0fdca441e41d7f606a051e2f.jpg : jane911
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  I have three invites and regular shackers need one? : stonedonkey
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    I don't post much anymore, but I used to. I'd love one. : J4NUS
    • SM me your email. : stonedonkey
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    I'll take one! : maulla
    • email me sir.. : stonedonkey
  • SM'd : tashtego
  • I need one and I poop at a consistent time daily : midgetherder
  • Me if there's one left! : biofrog
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  now, who wants to beat me up.. stonedonkey in game add meh and FIGHT! :) : stonedonkey
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    downloading at 1.1mb/sec! shouldnt be long for me : maulla
    • excellent.. there's a shacknews channel i'm idling in. : stonedonkey
  • Someone else come join el channel and do a quick game. : Senate5000
• What's HoN? : ImageOmega
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  HoN USERNAMES GO HERE : mwasher
  • mwasher : mwasher
  • Senate5000 : Senate5000
  • stonedonkey : stonedonkey
  • omnova : omnova
  • Dssmblr : dissembler
  • Tashtego : tashtego
  • wtf242.... not sure what HoN is though : wtf242
  • mooglebean : moogle
  • Maku. Will play if you guys put up a game (I've never even played DOTA but I've seen people play it so I... : Malku
  • Cliffzorz : Cliffzorz
  • nzeer : rmjackson
  • reverse : re-verse
  • bipolar : bipolar
  • RiceRocket This game pisses me off, though. No one will play with me because I am a noob. It's fuck... : Rice-Rocketeer
  • noobstickah : boomstickah
  • OverloadUT : OverloadUT
  • hirosushima : hirosushima
  • Nighteyes : Nighteyes
  • chem : ]pm[chem
  • Devildog : devi| dog
  • Murr : icking fudiot
  • Nullzero : Nullzero
  • HotSauce : Break
  • Klebold : Klebold
  • Pancakehumpr : pancake humper
  • gargy : gargy
  • Arctic_Fox : Arctic Fox
  • zentaur : azenmaster
  • zakazi : zakazi
  • Unleashed : Unleashed
  • Headrush : Head Rush
  • JamesArhy : JamesArhy
  • Xanadune : Konquest123
  • dfay... i'd love one if anyone still has some : dfay
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  I AM THE BEST AT THIS GAME!! : maulla
  • :( i want my invite back : stonedonkey
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  What is this? I honestly have no idea what you people are talking about. : Rauol Duke
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    Let's make something up then. HoN... Ho's on Nubs? : Dave-A
    • Heroes of the Nuns? : poporitze
• Wow! First game down and I'm 0-12! : crummynz
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  I have a beta key invite available, please reply only if you'll use it to the point of being a detriment ... : fletch_
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    ok sure! : Hansson
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      i'm pulling arbitrary post minimum of 1k, sorry duder. : fletch_
      • actually, your first post was in 2002, SM me your email. : fletch_
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    I would like :( : jane911
    • apparently i had 3, not 2, SM email : fletch_
  • I'll take one (although I don't think i've hit 1k) : Dontdrop
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  Inviiiiite me. I'll do your laundry, clean up after your pets and let you sleep on my couch. : devi| dog
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    shackmsg me an email : boomstickah
    • Thanks! I don't sort laundry, clean up after dogs and my couch is covered in dried on food from a Hungry... : devi| dog
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  is this heroes of nations? or something? : radula
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    http://www.heroesofnewerth.com/ this should explain everything. : devi| dog
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      I assume this is fair game since it's up on youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZ1VFN4mP4M&feature=re... : devi| dog
      • haha what the hell? if you're gonna do that why only post 12 seconds of video (posed to the guy who uploa... : DrFlammable
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  I love dota but never even bothered to sign up for the beta for this. Is it worth it? Anyone have an extr... : Pacalon
  • yeah shackmsg me an email. I'll send out the key before I leave tomorrow : boomstickah
• I am still trading my Heroes of Newerth invite for a Cities XL key. PM me your email : noodleboy723
• oh god these threads keep popping up and even though I had no idea what HoN was now I want a beta key, pl... : sharpie
• damn any more keys available please? demigods isn't doing it for me. : ssj4megaman
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  I've got 2 keys for the first two replies. : dissembler
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    rarely post on the shack, but im super bored... help a lurker out 8D : michael walker
    • sm me your email : dissembler
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    sure i'll take one : lacker
    • Sm me your email : dissembler
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  can anyone help out a poor immigrant boy? : Juno
  • hit me with an email, you and klearly : boomstickah
• ill take one gladly if theres a spare : klearlyunseen
• Any more invites floating around? Beuller? Beuller? : asylumn
• My wife is in europe for 2 weeks, someone help me fill the void with a beta key, mucho gracias! : darcspeed
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  dangit, i always miss the free invites by a few minutes ! lolz : chilln
  • me too, hopefully there'll be another wave soon : FuzzyOnion

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  At least I can just get them from Netflix. Though my friend and I wanted to one day marathon the trilogy ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    One of the few movies out there that is actually a lot better with the extra scenes. Aliens director's c... : Saman
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      Except that Aliens is a weaker film with shitty pacing in the DC version. The extra scenes are worth w... : Vincent Grayson
      • Yeah, I think Jackson did an excellent job of cutting for the final release. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • I agree, the extra stuff is fun fan service but as an overall film the theatrical version is a much leane... : Serpico74
      • I completely disagree. :( : OverloadUT
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        I agree... except the remote sentry gun section. : kallanta
        • Yeah, that and maybe the intro where Ripley finds about her daughter are fine. Everything else, Newt's fa... : Serpico74
      • You have to admit, showing Newt's family on Hadley's hope was great and everything but it totally hurt th... : hookerpants
    • I want to marathon this movie so I can say I did it or perhaps try and keep it a secret. : Sailor of Fortune
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  i already have the trilogy in regular and EE, I'll probably just hold out for the EE BR : Bamtan
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    likewise. as much as I love the movies I have no interest in watching the theatrical versions. : trOmblyj
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      really? if i remember right the EE aren't just more footage, it's a totally different cut. lots of little... : MoreVespeneGas
      • Yeah, perhaps I wasn't clear. I soooo prefer the EE in every way that the theatrical versions just don't... : trOmblyj
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  grr as much as i know ill want it, im determined to wait for the EE version this time. its just retarded... : smacknca
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    i don't really consider the theatrical releases worthwhile. most of what was added in the EEs is pretty ... : EvilDolemite
    • yep. I think that Eomer's grief upon learning his sister is lying on the battlefield was one of the most... : OMGzImBurning
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  It's funny - Lucas didn't want to release the original theatrical cuts of the Star Wars movies for a long... : Schnapple
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    It's because Peter Jackson didn't change the first movie to have Boromir shooting first. : Prozium
    • lol : aurealis
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      whats that refer to? : AMikaboshi
      • Han Solo shooting first vs. Greedo shooting first : d fluke
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        http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Han_shot_first : dirge23
        • oic. thanks. : AMikaboshi
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  I think I can live with my EE dvds until they hit blu-ray. : randomposter
  • In fact, I rewatch these so rarely I don't know if it's worth repurchasing. I'm not that slavish a fan, r... : randomposter
• Goddamnit, this just means it's gonna be even longer till I can see LOTR on Blu-Ray. : RevRaven
• Awesome, massive backlash ahoy. Watch this thing not sell to its potential because most people are just g... : Serpico74
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  Price: 1,000,000,000,000,0000000$0000$0$)$)$)$) : Jackass1233
  • Yeah, mastering all those parentheses and dollar signs for high-def really jacks up the price. : kallanta
• I'll wait for the Extended. Sucks that they won't release them at the same time. : pigvomit
• nobody should buy this shit. in six months they'll have the extended versions come out. : freakord
• I have to rewatch the Theactrical cuts to see the differences. I can't remember what they are. Also, ... : razlebol
• eight hours of Hobbits walking. yay. : metalremains
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  AITOO who didn't like these movies? : RookieCAF
  • Yep. : ieGod
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    no you are not. FotR was good, the rest of the movies were fuckin yawnfests. I read FotR, barely, and h... : proclone1
    • you should probably be out having sex with girls. your obviously not one of us :p : AMikaboshi
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      Dude, the books were WAAAY better than the movies (although they did the best they could with the cast an... : one random winner
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        The Hobbbit > The Two Towers > Fellowship > ROTK : AMikaboshi
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          Really? I switch TTT with ROTK : one random winner
          • I'm a big fan of the war of the ents. : AMikaboshi
      • The retarded singing brings them down a notch. : ieGod
    • I can hardly fathom this, unless you're the type who complains the moment a film is two hours and one min... : Lone Swordsman
    • I can't get through the books either. I had them read to me as a kid, and when the films started coming o... : Arceihn
  • Well, I don't really think they are especially good movies, as such. I completely understand people not l... : Arceihn
  • no, lots of people who aren't into fantasy/fiction also probably didn't like them. : grandmasterlee
  • I liked the first one but got bored towards the end and never really watched the other ones. The scene i... : melkore
  • I enjoyed them but was far from OMG BLOWN AWAY like everyone else seemed to be at the time. I think they... : Begawkiness
• Definitely going to get the Extended BR versions. Just went through the audio books and I can't wait to s... : AMikaboshi

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  Firefox 3.5 is incredibly fast even with plugins so Chrome has been rendered useless again. : abrasion
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    Not until Firefox renders each tab in a separate process. I've grown used to not having my entire browse... : Altanar
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      Version 4 I believe :( : abrasion
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        Not unless they want to wait two years between 3.5 and 4. We're watching their multiprocess work with in... : Zero|DPX
        • I'll happily wait, none of the alternatives are a viable option :) : abrasion
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          What is the interprocess communication mechanism that Chrome uses? Is it just sockets and message passing... : Dr_Cube
          • Named pipes, shared memory, various things depending on the interface. Firefox is going to use somethi... : Zero|DPX
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      i'm a huge chrome fanboy, but to be honest chrome often locks up. Maybe only one tab is wonky, but it wil... : graceofdragons
      • Yeah it does crash completely and locks up for a few seconds or completely sometimes. : sanchez
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        I have constant browser-wide crashes with chrome to the point where I can't even use it. Had no issues be... : aeg1x
        • Chrome doesn't play very well with Win7, unfortunately. : h0cake
    • This happens only very very rarely for me. When it does, I just nuke firefox and then reopen it and close... : retarded talking dinosaur
    • How often does this happen to you? I can't remember the last time Firefox got ate up by a site. Seems lik... : Shodai80
    • i've still had the entire browser freeze from that stuff in Chrome, though it's pretty rare : jonas54
    • agreed. I have enough RAM, I want it to be used for stability. : Downforce
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    The real question is whether it still bogs down after a few hours of heavy use. I still have to kill the... : Ride-My-Rocket
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      why not try 3.5 RC2 I've been using v3.5 for about 2 months without any problems : Shadowdane
      • Ive been using it since it was 3.1 beta :P its great : retarded talking dinosaur
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  last time i mentioned Chrome's crappy memory perofrmance i was almost hung by an angry mob of fanboys : gyokuro
  • They prefer to be called "Factually Enthusiastic People" : uglysad
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    Chrome's processes share a significant chunk of memory. I don't think this test is accurate. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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      Chromium running under OSX, with three tabs (cnn.com, news.google.com, this chatty on shacknews); 7466... : steelsamurai
      • cool, so it uses more mem, but has better cpu handling. Not that it matters, chrome is my primary browse... : JuffoWup
      • I don't know whether or not our memory usage on Mac is subject to great change. The Mac builds are still... : Zero|DPX
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  the results are valid, but the test isn't even for chrome. The Chrome devs discuss it here http://groups.... : askedrelic
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    Yep; and in the end what matters most is what your perception of performance and usability is. We've rec... : Zero|DPX
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      Now if only you could fix middle click scroll to be like IE and Firefox! : retarded talking dinosaur
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        and add tab mix plus and flashblock and adblock and logmein support and foxmarks (xmarks) and 'tabs menu'... : abrasion
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          Those are all minor features, though. I scroll all of my pages with momentary middle click. ALL. Opening ... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • eh I always middle-click to start scrolling and middle-click to end, it wasn't until I tried "hold middle... : Xevo
          • MINOR. ok : abrasion
          • Can't you left click to cancel it? : Zek
        • the first rule of fight club adblockers.... : RikiTiki2
  • And that's one of the many reasons why I love Chrome. Unfortunately plugins are the reason why I use FF.... : Rotten Deadite
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  After using Chrome for a while now, my 5-second verdict is: very snappy, overall better experience for me... : Ovate
  • Honestly on a modern computer, memory usage and "speed" don't really matter to me. I can't really tell a ... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • yeah I hate that "oh you're loading up pages you haven't used in awhile, well this one is going to become... : Xevo
• During the day I surf the web from a 6 year old HP laptop. Athlon XP 2100, 512mb ram, 32mb shared memory... : batkiwi
• I can't speak for this yet, but I would want to do some experiments to see if they are looking at "memory... : RomSteady
• yea, kind of a stupid test.. also doesn't seem to take in account FF's memory leak : wimpy1