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• god damn dude, you need to enter emergency 'make the girl feel better about having tiny boobs and a terri... : radula
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  My gf got slumber partyed so... : azenmaster
  • hah. my gf loved soma.jpg. : mindmann
  • lol : Phil
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  Oh no! Guys on the internet looking at naked ladies! : ErikTehRed
  • "newsflash, honey -- i like teh tittayz." : skryte
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    Some women just can't separate physical desire from emotional desire. : Lone Swordsman
    • My GF thinks that porn is some kind of mental disorder. I can't argue about that with her because of the ... : guigr
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  when I explain girls what is this all about I always say it's about guys who were at some point gamers an... : ErneX
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    Shacknews: it gets you better returns on your 401k! : uncle slappy
    • Shacknews: It's like the American Legion Hall for Gamers. : trove
• If she can't appreciate boobs that awesome you don't need to date her. : hawkeye
• at least you didn't have a reply in that thread to explain away. : Old_Fart
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  At least it wasn't one of the 25,000 threads with cocks in them. : Salad Sammich
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    or that post with the link to that jpg with all those celebrities with cocks photoshop'd onto them. : TwiLyght
    • That wasn't Photoshop. They really have cocks. : Salad Sammich
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  YOU NEVER TELL THE SO ABOUT THE SHACK! Any time my wife says "What's that bla..." I SMACK HER MID SENTENC... : voodooraze
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    This is not true. : pancake humper
    • no but i'm tagging it for the eventual "mrsvoodooraze" registers on the shack post : das_runt
    • You're right, I fear she may already know to much. : voodooraze
• WEBSITE FULL OF COCKS : r3dn3ck
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  someone at worked asked me what this site was and then proceeded to ask me what my username was. I told t... : pancake humper
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    lol it probably would have went the same way If you HAD told them your name : nevlos
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      Seriously. My username is so embarrassing. : pancake humper
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        There are ones with even more words in them pancake and they are even more embarrassing...... I'm shini : abrasion
        • like? : pancake humper
  • That was me. : Endymion_
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  My fiancée saw the "pics of pussy in my new bed" post, it was perfect. : nevlos
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    PS iPhone added the accent on fiancée, which is almost as gay as if I had done it myself. Almost. : nevlos
    • Nothing gayer than punctuation, grammar, and the like! : sirkne
    • I so wish I could lol this at work. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • Less gay than your fiancé. :) : davantalus
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  Some of my current and existing workmates know about it and all of my exes know I 'browse alot' on that '... : abrasion
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    anyone know how much bandwidth is used on a chatty refresh? Just curious if the NOC guys care that I'm hi... : tboomer2
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      I've seen proxy reports which pegged me at several hundred mb a day iirc. : abrasion
      • Of just chatty? Eeeek! : tboomer2
• I have you beat: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=15294274 : Ride-My-Rocket
• You eediot, why don't you people ever learn? : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  my wife asked me a few years back whether I was into asian porn ..specifically asian women peeing fetish ... : cptstern
  • yeah, really man. : azenmaster
• I've had this conversation with my wife before. I just tell her, look, I have no control over what other... : foo
• Update: Haha, seems she was actually jokingly saying that she had been browsing that shacknewspage. W... : Bwery

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  Strangely, Fallout 3 was EXTREMELY relaxing (albeit a bit depressing) for me. : kallanta
  • Not that surprising, a lot of it is wandering around a kind of barren wasteland. Metroid Prime did it for... : veras
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  Fallout 3, definitely. The fact that I could take my own sweet time and just wander around made the game... : owly
  • I agree with you on both games. : Priest77
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  Flower on PS3. : Orange Pylon
  • Played that at a friend's recently and I totally agree! Super awesome! : hax3d
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    Another vote for Flower here. : five_percent
    • And a third. : pturvz
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  cruising the streets at night in GTA IV : shavenewok
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    What radio station do you choose? I like the Reggae Station. : lacker
    • The Journey : Goblin au
    • which ever one that always seems to play 1979 as i'm crusing over a bridge : shavenewok
• Miner Dig Deep (Xbox 360, Community Games), with Hooverphonic's "A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular" lo... : Ride-My-Rocket
• I haven't tried Flower but I enjoyed Eden. It is frustrating when you fall but when you get into the game... : lacker
• SimCity 4 : bipolar
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  I used to fish in Breath of Fire 3 for hours on end. Such good music, so relaxing. : Modica Sol Solis
  • I used to do that in WoW. : lacker
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    Breath of Fire 3, wow. Haven't thought of that game in ages... : underground banana plantation
    • oh, it's actually Breath of Fire II that I played, which was awesome. : underground banana plantation
  • The entire soundtrack to that game was bizarre. Sort of like rpg tunes filtered through a lounge act. I... : ZTac
  • One of my favourite games : Mr. Goodwrench
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  wandering around in sotc was relaxing, but killing the collosi was sad :-( : fsck
  • One of the few games I've ever played that made me feel guilt. TOUGH emotion to pull out of a gamer. : kallanta
• Flow. It started as a Flash game, but I'm pretty sure it's on the PS3 marketplace now. : capt tripps
• Randomly driving around in Burnout Paradise. : Dontdrop
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  Dark Cloud 2. But it's pretty much the answer to any question like this. Especially the fishing and Sph... : Malku
  • Oh man, Spheda was the shit. : Modica Sol Solis
• gta4, i love just driving around in traffic and shooting people in the face when they hit my car or do an... : CoRDS
• Flower on PS3. : abrasion
• Franchise sports games. The absolute best was High Heat Baseball ('03? I think), but since then, the late... : Juno
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  sims3? : dooberzoo
  • It's one of the most stressful games. You have to pee, wash, eat, work andrelax but the simplest thing ta... : guigr
• Flower and World of Goo : nodebug
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  Oblivion was a beautiful game. Sometimes I just stood on a hill overlooking the countryside, listening to... : niceguynick
  • Then a fucking rat showed up and you had to run for your life because the rat was the same level as you! : GodZilly
  • I was going to answer with this as well. I loved Fallout 3 but the green countrysides in Oblivion couple... : DinK
• L4D. : excessus
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  Knytt Stories - http://nifflas.ni2.se/index.php?main=02Knytt_Stories Aquaria - http://www.bit-blot.com/a... : Kniggit
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    The music in Aquaria is fantastic. liked to just hang out in some of the areas swimming around listening... : ZTac
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhN4sRXhHeY&feature=PlayList&p=9B1357CE571BDC6F&index=0&playnext=1 : LoioshDwaggie
  • Aquaria is a beautiful, beautiful game. : LoioshDwaggie
  • holy cow.. how did I miss Knytt Stories. What a great little platformer! : Fredrik S
• Mirrors edge is pretty awesome for that. : jingletard
• Not sure, but the early Maddens on the PS1 would drive me nuts. Like to the point where I've broken contr... : prime8
• Civ 2 : Marrbe
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  Slower songs in Rock Band can be relaxing to just play along with : Begawkiness
  • Maybe Viva Pinata too? : Begawkiness

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  P.S. You are better served jumping to the next "area" when you hit 58 and 68 respectively, better XP and ... : etherboy
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    Well, I don't wanna run outta quests early in Outland cause I'm gonna need the money :\ : Modica Sol Solis
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      You won't. They greatly increased the XP you get in Outland, so you'll be ready for Northrend before you... : electroly
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        Well, check that out. Now I just gotta get my Alchemy up there, I guess. Right around 280 right now, b... : Modica Sol Solis
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          Oh, also. It seems like I really can't do fuck-all without WotLK, regarding PvP, raids, general end-game ... : Modica Sol Solis
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            You're not going to find many (if any) people doing level 60 or 70 pug raids, if that's what you're askin... : electroly
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              Ugh, that's dumb. Fuck. I won't be able to afford Wrath for another month or two at least. : Modica Sol Solis
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                Hit 70, DONT get wotlk yet, just do all the solo quests you can, and group ones if you have the time to g... : Da Username J00 Want
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                  Yeah, that's what I was gonna do. Still, kind of a downer that I won't be able to participate in much at ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                    Wait a second, I thought you were playing a deathknight? You have to have WotlK for that. : InfoBiter
                    • They were offering a 10 Day Trial of WotLK, which is what I did when I got my Druid to 55. So I got a tas... : Modica Sol Solis
      • Yeah, with the XP gains I got to 68 by completing Hellfire, 90% of Zangramarsh, and about 75% of Nagrand ... : StuMan1337
  • I disagree - especially when it comes to moving to northrend. Those 2 levels can mean the difference of d... : captfarrell
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  55+ should have a few people, I thought you were on Mal'Ganis? If so it's one of the more popular server... : devi| dog
  • No, my Druid is on Andorhal. Transferred here a while back to play with a friend, who doesn't play anymor... : Modica Sol Solis
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  no reason to stay behind thre except to level an alt, raise a skill or gank : multisync
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    Is there an easy way back to Shattrath from the other capitals? Otherwise I think I'll just end up makin... : capt tripps
    • i think they put portals from cities to the dark portal so you can go tat way, but nothing else that i kn... : multisync
    • Yeah, set your home to Shattrath, then you can go to each capitol. I'd keep that as my home for a while... : devi| dog
    • Your best bet is to set Shatt as your home until you can get to Dalaran, then make that your home. : the_burd
• Damn you're way older than you look. : stuka
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  i think i quit at 62 or something because outland was so boring and empty. the old regions were already a... : Hoax
  • A lot of people level alts. Just because people tend to be efficient doesn't really mean they're "powerle... : InfoBiter
  • the mid 60's are the worst grind from 1-80 IMO, especially on a sparsely populated server. Nothing more b... : ofcedeot
  • as someone who only played classic WoW, this saddens me :( It's not as good as the higher content but the... : dooberzoo
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    outland is still the best part of the game : maulla
    • Only zone I liked in Outlands was ... "Strangletorn Vale #2" (west of that ghost like zone with the arena... : GodZilly
    • no way. i thought Outland was awesome during BC but since i've been to Northrend, it's boring as fuck. : das_runt
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      Agreed. Until Northrend. : electroly
      • All looks the same to me. I havn't done any large scale instances yet though. Just the small stuff. : tboomer2
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  You shoulda be out there at 57 :( : Nighteyes
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    Also like someone said before, the XP has been increased so much. I leveled from 57 to 67 or 68 by doing... : Nighteyes
    • For more xp AND gold you move to Outland at 57 and to Northrend at 67-68. : [7]kami
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  It's pretty empty. I'm playing through a new Hordie and I'm in Outland now (L63) and I probably have see... : Salad Sammich
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    Very true, and it's not just on PvP servers; my PvE server is a void in the 60-70 areas. Interestingly... : Rotten Deadite
    • Once they reach VC level and they're power levelers they're probably run through instances to 80. : tboomer2
• Hope you like Death Knights : johnwissinger
• So much for hanging out :P : cdbeckman
• what sever? : Demius

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• Hope you line black nit sweaters and getting fucked in the ass with glass dildos : skitzo
• Isn't there an app for that? : trove
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  Get John Carmack on the phone. I hear he knows a few things about it. : Schnapple
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    actually he programs his stuff in C :) : Demius
    • Yeah but if I'm following it correctly he did the Wolf3D port (and the upcoming DOOM port) all by his lon... : Schnapple
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  Can you program C? Can you program Java? Can you use brackets? If you answered yes to all 3, you are ... : Yanks
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    Yes, I can do all three. It's just all of the examples I look at seem to take the worst parts of C, wors... : RomSteady
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      there's a reason no one else is using Obj-C... : derelict515
      • Most companies choose programming languages based on what "everyone" is using - I'm not claiming that obj... : taronish
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      I believe it's actually very similar to smalltalk, from what little I've seen : rt702
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        that's correct, but it's sorta awkward trying to bolt Smalltalk features onto C, as compared to something... : derelict515
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          it just uses Smalltalk syntax. I personally find it amusing when people can't get past OO languages that ... : steelsamurai
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            it has nothing to do with not using C syntax. It's about bolting not C syntax onto C. I use plenty of non... : derelict515
            • I think having different syntax is actually useful in this context, because it helps to make it clear tha... : taronish
        • I think it actually is rather elegant, as an extension to C. Very small, compared to something like C++, ... : taronish
    • what : Yanks
    • Pretty much, yup. : jra101
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      you are so wrong. Objective C is a beautiful thing. Smalltalk syntax is good, better than making out ... : steelsamurai
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        my problem with ObjC is I don't know enough about how its doing things under the hood... i've had instruc... : Demius
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          Obj-C is probably one of the simplest Object-Oriented languages that I know of under the hood. : Yanks
          • I mean when it comes down to it, this is pretty much the entire language: http://developer.apple.com/d... : Yanks
        • there is almost nothing going on memory wise, C++ is far more complex in this area. ObjC you just all... : steelsamurai
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        With your love for it why do you think no one has adopted it outside Apple? Is there really that poor sup... : derelict515
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          It's not dynamic/static typing. It's much more than that. Why was not it adopted wider? At the time O... : steelsamurai
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            that was an interesting history lesson but you didn't really follow up on this: It's not dynamic/static t : derelict515
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              It's a little different, but not completely. The ObjC libraries on OS X have a very elegant object inheri... : terath
              • That is a good example and it seems like How It Should Be Done once you see it, but to be clear it isn't ... : vigilante
      • My problem with it is more of when you are mixing obj-c and straight c (which is not uncommon as many lib... : mtgDoofy
    • This is ridiculous. Different languages are different - if Objective-C violates your sense of software ae... : taronish
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    OS X VM? that's possible? : jonas54
    • It's possible to do 10.4 in a VM, but the SDK requires 10.5. : drazz
• Need help? I can't help you, but I like you so I thought I'd ask. : dognose
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  It's like most programming languages. The big thing that will get you is understanding that "functions" a... : spl
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    Yeah, pretty much this. And if you come from a background with garbage collection you have to wrap your b... : boarder2
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      Is there a reason for no garbage collection? : WhatIsThisFor
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        Overhead I would assume : boarder2
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          Doesn't seem to be a problem for Windows Mobile : WhatIsThisFor
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            Look, I know dick about programing but I still had to give this post a LOL : rosewood
            • why? : moshman
            • GC is awesome. Thats why .net kicks so much ass. : mr.thing
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            Apple has has decided that the overhead is currently too much for the hardware. Windows Mobile just doesn... : terath
            • ^^^ knows wtf : jcupitt
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              what's garbage collection :/ : xxiv
              • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garbage_collection_%28computer_science%29 : nomaad
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      has Apple said anything about GC on the iPhone? : derelict515
      • i thought they said it was fubar and not to expect it soon or ever : indosauros
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      ObjC 2.0 does GC but not on the iPhone as an exception. The reason is memory overhead and processor impac... : steelsamurai
      • but the number of people writing apps where GC fucks you vs the number of people writing apps where the p... : derelict515
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        LOL genetic algorithms + GC? Are you serious? Genetic algorithms are what computer scientists fall back o... : terath
        • I should clarify my compiler analogy. At first you had a lot of people claiming compilers were inferior t... : terath
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        Can you explain why GC is not applicable for genetic algorithms? I don't know much about that domain, so ... : taronish
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          We'd have to see the paper he's talking about. Is it genetic algorithms applied to do garbage collection?... : terath
          • Yeah, I was just curious for detail. I think there's a lot of programming machismo applied as an argument... : taronish
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        Is there anything similar to C++'s smart pointers (and RIAA) in Obj-C? : sumo-hacker
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          Yes, they have a reference counting thing and object pools. Obj-C 2.0 adds a full GC. : jcupitt
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            so when the reference counting thing goes out of scope, it releases the memory? Don't really like GCs ... : sumo-hacker
            • No, Obj-C doesn't have stack objects, so you can't have actions performed for you when stuff goes out of ... : jcupitt
  • Sounds a lot like the asynchronous web services code we have to write now-a-days. I should've actually... : hankyJR
• I am not going to bet against you. : hirez
• Holy smokes. Look at this, a personal computer that passed the Turing test! : terath
• You won't have any trouble coming from C or C++. The syntax is kinda weird at first, but you will get use... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• ObjC is easy and fun, you'll like it. You can learn the language in an afternoon, the GUI toolkit is real... : jcupitt
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  could i ever pick up programming if i'm terrible, fucking terrible, and any kind of advanced math? : xxiv
  • and english apparently, at* : xxiv
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    You need to be logical, you need to like patterns, you need a good memory, you need to be motivated. Erm ... : jcupitt
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      Exactly what this man said. : Danny5225
      • Also, "terrible at math" means something different outside of school, in my opnion. Being terrible at ... : Schnapple
  • I don't think that's relevant, unless what you're programming involves advanced math. And even then may... : DinK
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    Yea you could, easily. Advanced math is not really relevant for most programming. Since you're a syste... : MagicWishMonkey
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      might be hobby worthy i guess, something to do at work when there's down time type stuff. : xxiv
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        That's essentially what I do. When nothing is going on in the IT world I'll write scripts in Ruby to aut : hawkeye
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          oh cool ruby looks like it's free. : xxiv
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            So is C#, and you get the added bonus of being able to use the same software for both the web and desktop... : MagicWishMonkey
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              which ones easier? which one do you use? : xxiv
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                I'd go with C# or Java. Both are very similiar, you can get free ides for both... The best question is... : Clay
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                  i've always wanted to program my own password manager for all my personal information and logins etc. sta... : xxiv
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                    As long as you don't go too crazy (integrating with browsers, wacky encryption schemes) with it that's no... : hawkeye
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                      nope, just something with a password and an interface tailored to suit my needs and wants. i'm not worrie... : xxiv
                      • just make sure the password has dongs in it no one would ever guess that shit. : MagicWishMonkey
                      • I wouldnt worry about that either, and if you do you can just get a DES library to do encryption for you.... : pwnjoo
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                    You could do that easily with C#, and the encryption libraries are really easy to use. I can send you ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                      yeah I'd go with C# there. (or just download keepass) : Clay
                      • (downloading keepass is cheating!) : MagicWishMonkey
                      • I really wish they'd rename it to something other than keep-ass :( : hawkeye
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                        i downloaded 1password on my iphone and the trial on my macbook, and i'm pretty unimpressed for the rave ... : xxiv
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                          1password is "good enough" for me. I really disagree with some of their interface choices and the way it... : hawkeye
                          • i didn't see anyway to delete any subjects etc. i don't have a chinese bank account so why would i want t... : xxiv
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                      Which encryption does it use, I am interested in this! : pwnjoo
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                        It supports lots of different types of algorithms, you need to include the System.Security.Cryptography n... : MagicWishMonkey
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                          So like with my utility library I can call: Undertow.Security.Crypto.Rijndael.Encrypt(key,data); ///e... : MagicWishMonkey
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                            my framework is mostly a large collection of classes and boilerplate code to do a lot of shit with one li... : MagicWishMonkey
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                              I know what you mean, this is especially true with lots of cryptography. I deal with some embedded stuff ... : pwnjoo
                              • Being able to do database operations with 1 or 2 lines of code also helps, but there's a lot of initializ... : MagicWishMonkey
              • I use C#, you can write all your code in as a class library and interface with it via a windows project o : MagicWishMonkey
              • Ruby or Python are super super easy to just pick up and play with (having that console interpreter makes ... : hawkeye
              • I'd say Ruby or Python since it can easily be used for shell scripting and automation right out the box. ... : zakazi
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            What do you mean? Most compilers are free. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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              Or should I say SDK? Is Ruby a scripting language? Never looked into it. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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                http://www.ruby-lang.org i'm pretty new to anything to do with programming so i can claim total ignora... : xxiv
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                  You can download Visual Studio Express here: http://www.microsoft.com/express/ It's the IDE (integrate... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    downloading now! this is actually pretty exciting. : xxiv
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                      Since you sound like you're going the C# route you might be interested in this tweet I saw this morning: : hawkeye
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                        you guys rock. thanks for all the guidance. : xxiv
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                          You're lucky, somehow you managed to sneak in when the OSS zealots and snobby programmers were taking the... : hawkeye
                          • LISP IS THE BEST LANGUAGE EVAR ANYONE WHO DISAGREES IS A FAG!!!!!!!!!!!! : MagicWishMonkey
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                            *snark snark snark* Hey now, we have good reasons for suggesting others. I think you forget that a lot of... : zakazi
                            • (all that said seeing that he wants to do a password manager in windows .NET is perfectly fine for that) : zakazi
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        The easiest way to learn how to program is to just write something. Identify a repetitive task that you ... : MagicWishMonkey
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          thing is most of the day to day stuff is getting automated by way of ILM that one of the dudes on my team... : xxiv
          • Sometimes the boring shit can be pretty fun to do though, you would be surprised. : MagicWishMonkey
          • Unfortunately the good OSS languages like Python and Ruby aren't a great solution for Windows administrat... : hawkeye
  • i was terrible at trig and anything more, and I get by ok. Mostly because I pretty much never have to use... : Clay
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    Web services and sysadmin script writing (the main type of programming I do) require almost no math at al... : hawkeye
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      do you have any beginner resources that are worth reading? : xxiv
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        I would recommend C# since you can write software once and run it as web app or locally as a desktop appl... : MagicWishMonkey
        • I'd recommend something more cross-platform than .NET, which locks him into WIndows (there's Mono, but I ... : genom
      • I'm not the best source here (except that I'm an idiot so if I can learn it anyone can): If you think ... : hawkeye
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    I'm kind of depressed at how little math I use, I feel like I've gotten a lot stupider since graduating. ... : ieGod
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      I use math quite a bit with my side projects, but rarely with anything work related. Using math with s... : MagicWishMonkey
      • This is exactly how I feel. I use more math in my side projects too, even if it's basic stuff. : ieGod
• You'll get the hang of it after a day or two, it's really not all that bad. : MagicWishMonkey
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  i wish i had a project where I *had* to pick it up... would be just the boost of motivation I needed. 7 w... : El Tigre
  • I figure if I applied myself I could finish an app in a week without much more than cursory knowledge of ... : lordlobo
• Just had a similar situation at work. You'll do fine. : afrochops
• cool. sounds like a fun project. good luck. : kek
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  All you need to do is put the music from the apple commercials on endless repeat while learning this. ... : GoodBoy
  • Actually, it's better if you listen to Eple by Röyksopp. : MisterClaw
• I recommend http://www.stanford.edu/class/cs193p/cgi-bin/index.php which is available on iTunes. I'm goi... : mtgDoofy

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  I'm playing through the first one right now. It seems to me that, while still interesting, the dialog to ... : ashkie
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    ratio yeast guts : ashkie
    • :0. : warcrow
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    i'm with you. i want to like the game and have tried to play it twice now. when i got to the giant fede : greydog
    • i'm struggling to like it too. it's not bad, i'm just not rushing home to play it or anything. : xxiv
  • well it is an RPG... there's also plenty of combat. The side missions are pretty much only combat. : derelict515
  • I love the dialog so this was a good thing for me. And compared to a Japanese RPG the dialog was pretty ... : LilCrypto
  • Ahhh! All the talking is ruining my mindless enjoyment of murdering robots! : locater16
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  does KOTOR get less linear and more... exciting? I'm on the beginning planet and haven't gone far at all ... : thebigbeefsandwich
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    the first planet is pure shit, and it does drag on longer than it should have. once you get off the fi... : -=kodiak=-
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      the 'intro' area being pure shit is like a Bioware trademark. candlekeep, irenicus' dungeon, that town... : xsoulbrothax
      • yeah I should have remembered that their older games are like this. i'll have to put the time aside to tr... : thebigbeefsandwich
      • punching out the crazy lab assistant guy in the intro planet to mass effect is what made that intro great... : -=kodiak=-
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      Tatooine was the most fun. I mean, HK47 is there. : Sailor of Fortune
      • HK47 was brilliant, especially if you went full dark side and managed to recover all of his memories. : Mr. Goodwrench
  • The story gets better, and you do get some more freedom, but the different worlds and areas are pretty li... : pyide
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    hey it's a 7 year old game : EvilDolemite
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      ^^^ this, when it first came out it was fucking sweet, personally I don't think it's holding up to the te... : Dravenport
      • I wish Bioware would make a KOTOR 3 today and not have it end up like buggy shit ala KOTOR 2 (I know they... : pres589
    • that's true, but it seems like they only took a big design leap forward recently, as well as learning how... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • I really need to go finish KOTOR. I'm pretty far into it, and I just stopped playing one day. : DinK
• Im so pissed I deleted my saved games from mass effect 1 :( : Lawgiver
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  this trailer makes me so very hard : Cheeziologist
  • i liked the music : gyokuro
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  I have the first one, and I played through till I was off the Citadel (I think it was called? The big UN-... : RevRaven
  • you can just stay on the main quest line. it's awesome. : Downforce
  • If the game didn't grab you when you left the Citadel then it's hopeless. At that point in the game I th : Priest77
• i am so H right now. : Dschinghis Khan
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  Fuck... do I finish my ME playthrough (I'm at the part where you can leave the Citadel for the first time : etherboy
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    intriguing choice...based on your game positions, I'd say finish KotoR I, play ME, and ignore KotoR II. T... : Cheeziologist
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      But the first 2/3 of KotOR 2 are much better than anything in KotOR 1. I would say more like 3/4s actuall... : Tchest
      • Well I already played quite a bit of KotOR 2... I think I was on the 3rd or 4th planet... I like KotOR... : etherboy
• I'm playing through the PC version and when I got to the Moon I had to get out of the Mako, looked up at ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Is Mass Effect better on the Xbox 360 than the PC? Are the controls nicer on the 360 (FPS view felt conso... : code-e255
  • The PC version is the Xbox version with added improvements. So no it's not better on Xbox but if you can'... : Tchest
  • I liked it better on the Xbox. The interface and controls felt like they were designed and simplified for... : Mmmmmoo
• Test post, ignore me : mojo the helpr monke
• Sexy. : action wombmate
• Can't agree. To me KOTOR is in my top 5 games of all time.. ME is way off. : spaceyme
• Where did he pull that nuke-cannon from? : kallanta
• I think I am going to go media blackout ME2 from now on to avoid spoilers! : Mondo
• That trailer is almost identical to the Terminator: Salvation trailer with NiN. : pop_secret
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  I REALLY wish someday I will understand why people like KOTOR : razorblade79
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    because it's one of the greatest RPGs ever made? : kpxkrnjc
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      I can name a dozen RPGs from the top of my head which I think are several leagues ahead of KOTOR. Of cour... : razorblade79
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        To me it's the closest I could possibly actually feel like being a jedi without actually being one (as la... : spaceyme
        • Jedi Knight achieves this WAY more than KOTOR ever did. : thewindcriesmary
        • ok, fair enough. I disagree with you on almost any point there - actually after thinking about it I disag... : razorblade79
      • for me, KOTOR had one of the best romance dialogues in any game ever. Bastila is probably one of the MOST... : kpxkrnjc
  • Because it's a barely passing rpg mixed with Star Wars, so it gets extra credit. : tinaimel
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    I couldn't get into the turn-based gameplay in KOTOR. : Dave-A
    • Wait what? The combat is procedurally done in a "turn-based" manner, but the action is all real-time unl... : kpxkrnjc
• I just finished Mass Effect yesterday and I dunno, I didn't think it was that good. The story was alright... : JohnnyDanger

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  I am going to hate the heck out of every child who attends that. I won't fully understand why until I dis... : Alice O'Connor
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    Why? Cause they've been taught not to swallow everything at face value? : Dynotaku
    • Because she doesn't like being outsmarted by grade schoolers. : pres589
• Those are the same kids that will form some kind of murder club based on Dostoevsky. : Porkasaurus
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  how do you prove that something doesn't exist? is one of the other activities proving that god doesn't e... : Dravenport
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    which one? : drucifer
    • well done : CasbahBoy
  • well, yes, that is what it is preparing them for, to show the difficulty in proving or disproving (either... : indosauros
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    its an activity demonstrating that claims that can't be proved or disproved are bull shit. : NexusOne
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      Burn the forest down. PROBLEM SOLVED : Porkasaurus
      • holy shit look at all the dead unicorns!!11 : Dravenport
      • ^^^ This guy thinks outside of the box. : SigENeaT
      • you just won summer camp. : biskits
      • kirk is proud of you : zakazi
      • invisible unicorns absorb elemental damage : DinK
    • should be awesome when the first kid thinks about santa claus during that meeting, although im assuming t... : Dravenport
    • All statements that can be proven are true. Not all true statements can be proven. : master_disaster_17
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      Yep. The important thing to realize is that claims that cannot be proven have no scientific or predictive... : dirge23
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        Many highly important claims in philosophy or mathematics are axiomatic and can never be "proven", but ar... : c0bra
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          Good point. I hereby found the school of Invisible Unicorn Mechanics. : dirge23
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            shouldn't that be "Invisible Unicorn Veterinary Hospital" or "Invisible Unicorn Husbandry School"? Or ... : c0bra
            • not that kind of mechanics. i'm talking about how the fundamental forces of the universe interact with in... : dirge23
  • they should have this for adults : _jon
  • This thread is full of invisible unicorns. : dirge23
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  Debate camp? : sgtsanity
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    I wouldn't want to be Scout Master at the Debater camp... : drucifer
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      The Master Debater? : lplasmatron
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        to oversee mass debation sessions : zerog83
        • the excitement will be in tents : jcupitt
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  I bet they all grow up to be complete faggots. : freshyk
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    yeah, they should learn to be dumb fuck fratboy meatheads like everyone else : Lunaran
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      Yeah, because nobody smart ever skipped a day of fuckin hippy deductive reasoning camp : jimmy-buffett
      • yes because they're giving them all marijuana and rescinding their jobs and forcing them to wear tattered... : kpxkrnjc
      • deductive reasoning is totally for hippie fags! : DonkeyPopsicle
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  what happens if one of the kids proves there are invisible unicorns? : drucifer
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    He will use the white gold to unravel the universe. : trove
    • Leper, outcast, unclean. : drucifer
  • they'll all join in stealing Charlie's kidney. : festivalman
  • he'll end up in the nuthouse : Dravenport
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    i-i-imaginati-on : On the Brane
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      Thank you for this : haiku
      • haha the epitome of a failed joke : askedrelic
    • I'm sending down more work tomorrow for that unfunny joke : Lionel2b
    • I always liked that song. : LoioshDwaggie
• Brilliant. I have to say I am pretty envious. : byorn
• Awesome. Waiting for this story to be re-run elsewhere as satan camp or maybe just summer atheism traini... : DinK
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  Last year NPR had a story about a summer camp that is one of the favorite things I've ever heard on the r... : ZTac
  • i still have a scar from a belt sander accident at summer camp one year : dirge23
• set the woods on fire. yep! no unicorns out there now! : Ziz
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  lol. "Free thinkers." : Cihte
  • this symbol is... unfortunate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freethought#Symbol : dirge23
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  Free thinkers taught to think just like all the other free thinkers. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Quiet, hippie. : dirge23
  • I don't think it means what you think it means. : asylumn
  • it's sad, they should just embrace their inner stupid and come up with all sorts of crackpot theories abo... : thebigbeefsandwich
  • As long as they have the tools for critical thought, they can believe whatever they like. That's what se... : NEX!
• Are the invisible unicorns pink? : TroZ

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  I will totally be watching it on release if possible. : spazzium
  • Cool.. I'm trying to decide if I want to get balcony seats or not for the midnight showing. There's a re... : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Anyone else think it's silly that this movie was finished years ago and it's just now being released? : Ellissd
  • Marketing. They did the same with Star Trek to maximize profits. : K1Bond007
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    They didn't want Dark Knight and Harry Potter to be in the same fiscal quarter. : Crimsonbeak
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      I don't know, I don't think anybody anticipated Dark Knight doing as well as it did. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Not until Heath died. PBUH : Sailor of Fortune
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        Maybe not as well as it ended up doing, but I'm betting they had a pretty good idea it was going to be a ... : Ellissd
        • True http://www.xach.com/moviecharts/2008.html I like the huge jump for The Dark Knight. I bet the... : Maddog_Delphi97
      • Well the decision to delay was made after Dark Knight went all crazy at the Box Office. Although it woul... : Crimsonbeak
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  I didn't even know it was being released next week. : K1Bond007
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    same here : AlexXdude
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      Surprise! It's being released next week! :D July 15 : Maddog_Delphi97
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        Lol fucking maddog :D : Techpriest((Thc))
        • :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  I have not seen a single HP movie. Am I missing out? : Flynn
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    The first couple movies (and books imo) were absolute garbage. I'm sure many people will tell you differ... : Ellissd
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      Well the first two movies were ... boring IMO. They were essentially graphic novels - very play by play. ... : K1Bond007
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        The first movie felt like they were trying to cram every scene from the books into the movie so as not to... : riptyde
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          The first book was pretty short, so it's probably the easiest thing to do. Bu each movie seem to have ... : Maddog_Delphi97
          • Which is understandable, the books got pretty massive by the end. : the_burd
          • I think the first two movies are about as close to the books as you can get. After that the books are to... : capt tripps
    • Really? I thought the first ones were great, and really took a nose dive. At first, Harry's sense of wond... : theamazingrand0
    • I am with you on this one. I fell asleep during each of the first two. But the ones after that have bee... : riptyde
    • I think the first two books were great, but they were pretty different from the later books; very fairyta... : SatansFist
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    Only if you have read the books and think Emma Watson is hot. : dognose
    • yes and yes? i find the movies entertaining : drewroy
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    Neither have I. I read the first book and while it was "OK" I really never felt the need to actively purs... : yosemiteclimber
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      The first book is a little kids book. You have to suffer through it but it takes like an hour. The 2nd ... : dognose
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        ^^^^This is an accurate summary of the series. : gyrfalcon
        • It is, yes : dognose
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        No it's not. It's still shlocky genre fiction. It's of note because lots of people got into it and it act... : Vincent Grayson
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          I think I'll have to take a stance in the middle of you and Nose there. It was no where near the epic awe... : Solstice
          • You cared about the characters because you spent 7 books reading about them. That doesn't make it good wr... : Vincent Grayson
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        But I like the first one the best : ( Maybe because I actually read it as a kid and can still put myse... : locater16
        • This is how i watch the movies too. The "goonies" vibe! : [7]kami
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        dognose, I cannot agree. Books 3 through 7 are great, but nowhere near The Stand in quality. : Modica Sol Solis
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          I am speaking of book 7. The Stand and Harry Potter 7. Please keep in mind that I am correct. : dognose
          • Book 7 was a pain in the middle. Tons of stupid wandering that could have/should have been cut out. But t... : Modica Sol Solis
      • I am so confused now :( : yosemiteclimber
  • they're decent fun, and made to be exactly what they're supposed to be. More entertaining than the books,... : Megara9
  • 43521 : locater16
• Fuck yes. Can't wait. : trOmblyj
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  i am going to so i can implant new images into my mind of emma watson whilst i shower : yautja
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    At least she's legal now. giggity : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I flew to Russia to watch the 3rd movie so I could legally find her attractive. : dognose
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        You should've flown to Iceland a few years ago... 14 is legal there. giggity : Maddog_Delphi97
        • Creepy, dude, creepy. Oh wait, i like Miley Cyrus, nm. I meant giggity. : dognose
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        Canada is a lot closer : veras
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          I don't speak Canadian. : dognose
          • I thought gegtik taught you : rosewood
• yup can't wait! : Scotty22
• Prostate pumping already. : fleabug
• It actually looks pretty good. Looking forward to it for certain : Solstice
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  I am not, and will not even rent it. I don't follow the story anymore. I almost fell asleep the last 3 m... : yes4me
  • Problem is that the movies are all piles of disjointed suck if you have not read the books. : dognose
• wait what : askedrelic
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  good review here: http://chud.com/articles/articles/20066/1/REVIEW-HARRY-POTTER-AND-THE-HALF-BLOOD-PRINC... : trOmblyj
  • another positive review from Variety: http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117940610.html?categoryid=31&cs=1... : trOmblyj
• YES! : locater16
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  I need to see HP5 first >:( : Deathlove
  • i had to look that up to make sure that was indeed serious. didn't know they made so many of them : stoned wallaby crop circle
• Didnt know it was next week, marketing FAIL I did know when it almost came out last time though : MoreVespeneGas
• more excited about bruno, this week. : imcompa
• It's been my most anticipated movie of the summer, can't wait : joesnizzle
• I AM NOT : pres589
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  not even a little, but i saved a ton of $$ by switching to geico... : rmjackson
  • Oh, ok : Maddog_Delphi97
• Can't get into these movies at all. =\ : virus
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  Is Luna Lovegood in it? : electroly
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    yeah she's even in the trailer. : Xevo
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      must have been quick, I didn't see her :( : electroly
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        might have been one of the TV spots, but it was brief. : Xevo
        • She's in the main trailer, you're just blind. : LoioshDwaggie
• Devin at Chud is gushing over it, don't read this review if you don't know the plot of the book, though: ... : Xevo
• Not I. Read the books and thought they were great but never bothered with the movies. : the_burd
• I sure am. I've enjoyed all of them thus far. : action wombmate
• I am! I havn't liked all the movies but the last one was pretty decent. : gigaduck
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  well most of the girls going now are 17 - i can look without remorse now!!!!!!!!! : multisync
  • Pfft. I fuck 18 year olds for breakfast and I'm 33. You just got to use the right amount of chloroform. : Da Username J00 Want
• when is the blu ray due? :) : dfz0r
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  Haven't seen the first one yet. : GodZilly
  • i just saw it like 2 days ago. it's not bad. it's not as epic as society makes it out to be, to me anyway... : xxiv
• I'll probably see it in IMAX. : Wisp!
• I want to read the book first. It's been next to my side of the bed for about a year or two now. : voodooraze
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  I still haven't seen one of them in its entirety. : pigvomit
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    Maybe try reading the books first? : Maddog_Delphi97
    • I guess I'll have to sit down and watch them some time. The first movie bored me to tears. I shut it of... : pigvomit