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  Agreed. I rented the 1st live action as well as the cartoon movie w/ 80's rock music to sooth my woes. : jodiuh
  • Why can't they just live-action the 80's animated. Transformers movie? Instant blockbuster. : pobone
• So bad. You know you've done something wrong when you get bored of giant metal robots fighting. I LOVE ... : slax0r
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  completely agreed, I couldnt get over the fact that the film seemed to constantly be telling me "look at ... : klearlyunseen
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    She worried too much about looking hot and not enough about her acting. Her character was empty inside. : vynn
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      seriously, they could have replaced her with a real doll in all of her scenes and no one would have notic... : klearlyunseen
      • I will pay $40,000.00 for a real doll that is a copy of megan fox. : Utopia
    • Such a onscreen whore. Close to the end after Sam convince his dad, to let him go, and Bumblebee was to t : pobone
  • this, how did bay manage to fuck up megan fox on screen even? : dael
  • you're absolutely right about Megan Fix, they should have called it "Megan Fox 2" instead, the movie was ... : hanged_man
• i just watched bruno and moon and i had more fun with transformers 2. but im a long long transformers fan... : Chandler55
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  i just came from an imax showing and don't get the hate. i thought it was a pretty awesome action movie. : dantastic
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    I love the Witwicky parents. And, pathetic as I am, I actually teared up a little when Sam's dad was fre... : LilCrypto
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      I didn't like his parents in the first one and I was expecting to hate them even more in the new film but... : Tincan
      • Sam's Happy Time! How can you not love that line! : LilCrypto
    • yea that was cool, that scene actually felt authentic to me. I also felt emotional in the first one when ... : Chandler55
    • yeah i had that little feeling inside my chest cavity too :\ : dantastic
    • That scene might have been okay to me, if I hadn't felt by that point in the movie that they were just tr... : FlatlineDixay
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    megan fox's character was painfully annoying. it's a shame they didn't make her hot and awesome : jenisthebest
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      i thought the mexican kid was annoying as fuck, can't believe some critics say he saved the movie, i was ... : Flynn
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        if you cut out the scenes with the twins, shia and the mexican + the fallen's little world broadcast of e... : Unleashed
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          I would let shia stay but lose megan fox, she literally has no character in that film and now shes just a... : klearlyunseen
          • shia wasn't as bad as in the previous movie. he had his stupid awkward annoying bit with the college who... : dantastic
          • her character was basically: (close up of megan fox's face so the audience can remember how hot she is... : jenisthebest
  • Totally agree, enjoyed the movie too : matthaeus
  • I just got back from Imax as well. I agree with you, shit if you want a film with decent story and cha... : shavenewok
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  gotta watch it for what it is. its fun. dont think too much. : Antilles_Prime
  • It's hard to not think for 2.5hrs. Movie should have been a good 45mins to an hour shorter. : Prozium
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    It wasn't fun though. I went on IMAX, I had no expectations beyond hoping to see some shit blow up, and I : peanut-
    • I loved how every action scene took place behind some massive trees or pillars so the robots could disapp... : Prozium
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      Also on a nerdy level it makes me kind of sad that the Decepticons get to be much cooler vehicles than th... : peanut-
      • That's been the case ever since the beginning though. All the autobots in the original show (at least, th... : Vincent Grayson
  • I'd expect that from a Prime. >:( : DM7
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  Hello from September! The movie still sucks balls! Big robot balls that were pointed out to me in the mos... : jodiuh
  • haha : dael

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• dognose : FrayLo
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  Trent Reznor? : AgentPothead
  • I'd say him, yes. And I'd be suprised if he didn't lurk on the shack at some point due to his involvement... : Antilles_Prime
• Its way to broad of a question but I would think it would have to be an actor just because of the ass loa... : erebus
• That Obama Barack dude or whatever his name is, he keeps emailing me : dognose
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  John Carmack, I'd expect. : LoioshDwaggie
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    You think when someone asks Bill Gates what he thinks of forums he replies with "forums?" : Porkasaurus
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      I don't understand this question. : LoioshDwaggie
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        hes trying to say bill gates thinks lyceum not forum : snidely sid
        • Ah, an old person joke. Thank you for explaining that. : LoioshDwaggie
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  joe rogan? : peat
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    he actually makes topics and responds very frequently http://forums.joerogan.net/forumdisplay.php?f=5 : peat
    • Someone needs to register there and tell him to come back to the shack. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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  Kevin Smith posts on the View Askew board, I think. : jasonepowell
  • i thought it was pretty funny how NHL.com kicked him off the site when on his blog during the playoffs he... : i poop from there
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  derek smart : CoRDS
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    derek smart : mechanicalgrape
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      derek smart! : GrimmyD
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        he's fueled by the souls of the damned!! : Sapiens
        • Awwwah! : Sailor of Fortune
        • these rumors are out of control and must be stopped : pharom
• anonymous : Ziz
• robin williams : snidely sid
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  well it was george b, but i think he's stopped posting here. : deathofrats
  • I think he still posts, but randomly as before. : terath
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  Shia le douche? I imagine he does anyway. : aeg1x
  • also stephen fry : aeg1x
• Curt Schilling : Link.
• Wil Wheaton? I dunno why. Because Stand By Me is a popular movie? : action roommate
• me. im tobey maguire : spiderfill
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  I know a very popular American actor that posts here but Im not aloud to say his name because he's going ... : Cashh
  • is it you? : deathofrats
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    The way you worded that, it sounds like you can't post because he is about to stop posting regardless of ... : Moonbase Commander
    • fucking foreigners : Cashh
  • Holy shit! Dustin Diamond? : Porkasaurus
  • its ok. you can tell them : spiderfill
  • Youuuu son of a bitch : Mondo
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    I here their not aloud either. : LilCrypto
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      Sorry but I learned my English on the net reading posts by douches like you ;) : Cashh
      • hahahaha : abrasion
  • So type it : thejm4n
  • How many of us have called him a fag? : SockMonkeh
  • Just think; we've shared our most intimate dick and fart jokes with a real live "celebrity". I feel viol... : Antilles_Prime
  • It's Bruce Willis. i know it. : stump
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    It's me. I'm Tom Cruise. : NastyJack
    • PS stop making fun of my religion. : NastyJack
  • bruce willis? : fsck
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    probably one of the front pagers : RikiTiki2
    • I think you might be Billy Bob Thornton. : NastyJack
  • I am tommy lee jones : Foxhawk
  • I bet it's Shia. : edgewise
  • We already know about Tom Selleck. Sheesh. : jingletard
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    in all seriousness folks its me, Ive been posting here for five years but yes, in real life, my name is J... : klearlyunseen
    • Only if you sign my limited edition Jared Leto action figure. : jingletard
    • would make sense. Cashh is from Virginia and apparently Jared Leto, I mean YOU lived there for a while to... : edgewise
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      Who is that guy who looks like a dickhead on your profile page? : stump
      • some pic I found online, didnt want people to know it was me. Probably some loser who gets his kicks by i... : klearlyunseen
    • How ur gout : abrasion
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      hey jared whats up. im tobey maguire : spiderfill
      • Does whatever a spiderfill can! : dognose
    • http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0485947/ : spaceless
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      I'm Brad Pitt : Anti_dentite
      • no, Phil is Brad Pitt. : Galadriel07
    • No, he said popular. : thejay247
    • I'm actually Tony Leung. : moe6
    • hey, I have a lady friend who's completely in love with you, she's pretty hot, too : Juno
    • You told me you're going to stop posting. Go away ! : Cashh
    • I'm the king of england : filthysock
    • I have no idea who you are. : thewindcriesmary
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    The only actor that would like this place is Tom Green :( : abrasion
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      And Seth Green : TastyWheat
      • or Seth MacFarlane : radula
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    drucifer is robin williams : CoRDS
    • hahahahah unpossible. I think Robin is funny :D : Solstice
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    megan fox? : fsck
    • Yes he is lovely. : Cashh
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    BILLY MAYS HERE, and you know normally I don't talk that loudly, it was just a gimmick for the commercial... : locater16
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      Speaking of my old pal Billy he really enjoyed video games and was thinking of making a game based on his... : Cashh
      • What would a Billy Mays game be like? Rock Band : Infomercial World Tour : Caoster007
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      You do realize Billy died a few weeks ago. Nice attempt, but you might want to check the news... : Skyburst101
      • Did you actually read his bloody post? : ShekkyBoy
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  Michael Jackson RIP :( : Albemuth
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    Why would MJ make forum posts? : spectr3
    • nambla forums : Birchman
  • sharing tips with Soul Colossus? : pharom
• Bert Newton : abrasion
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  Me. I'm Bob Saget. : soggybagel
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    I SEEN HIM! : master_disaster_17
    • Oh, LOL. : skankcore
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  Bruce Willis? He posted a lot on the AICN forums around the time of DH4. : randomposter
  • Doesn't count, he was just there to shill the movie. Stallone does the same thing. None of them would b... : critch
• I was really happy to see Ken Nordine answering all sorts of posts on his youtube channel. Wasn't even su... : Borzoi

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• lol : AlexXdude
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  Small unit (8-12) using M249 SAWs. : LoioshDwaggie
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    vs. 2.1 million union soldiers? : EvilDolemite
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      He only said one battle. Not the entire army. : NFXFSX
      • oh yeah, just gettysburg : EvilDolemite
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    8-12 vs 70-90 thousand? really? : GrimmyD
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      There's only been a few cases of this uneven warfare tried out, but yes. : LoioshDwaggie
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        I'm looking up the name of that battle. Basically a small number of soldiers held off a huge attacking ar... : LoioshDwaggie
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          But the Civil War soldiers didn't have "primitive" weapons. Inferior, yes, but powerful rifles with a ran... : Bold
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            kill them all at night when it's pitch black out. : edgewise
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              Flint locks are primitive compared to what we have now. Anyways, look up the history of the battle of Ror... : LoioshDwaggie
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                I just did, and it was 139 riflemen vs. 5,000 spear-carrying Zulus. You're suggesting 12 vs. 70,000. Whil... : Bold
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                  Actually, it was 139 breech-loading musket men vs 5,000 flint-lock using rifle Zulus. With a modern M249 ... : LoioshDwaggie
                  • And now, off to bed. You guys have fun discussing this. Hopefully I made acceptable defense for my point. : LoioshDwaggie
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                  it may be late to clarify, but what I meant was that the army couldn't be forced to surrender just becaus... : proclone1
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                    The modern soldiers would still need TENS OF THOUSANDS of rounds of ammo. The actual historical battle re : Bold
                    • Don't forget explosives! What if you had one Carl Gustaf with each guy carrying six airburst anti-infa... : uncleanmonkey
                • iM PRETTY SURE in pirates vikings and knights mod for steam the pirates have advanced weapontry they don'... : rbjester
        • There it is: Rorke's Drift : LoioshDwaggie
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          300?.. : hadronflux
          • Yes, but they lost. : Conan
        • Battle of Puebla in Mexico (small Mexican force takes out huge French army) And although Rorke's Drift... : Rice-Rocketeer
      • even with 12 pound cannons with a range of nearly a mile? : EvilDolemite
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        No, they wouldn't have enough ammunition on their backs. : Wisp!
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          That and the cannons are the only legitimate concerns. It would still be a frighteningly small number com... : LoioshDwaggie
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            You're being silly. It would be lopsided, yes, but there's no way the numbers would be more lopsided tha... : Conan
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              there's a MASSIVE difference in training. civil war soldiers stood in straight lines; modern soldiers hav... : zerog83
              • assuming Gettysburg soldiers would use Gettysburg tactics in a very different battle is a ridiculous hand... : dirge23
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      Don't forget strategies. The modern troops wouldn't be slowly advancing in rows of two with the first row... : prime8
      • Those Napoleonic tactics were no longer in use by Gettysburg. Again, this was the Civil War, not the Revo... : Bold
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        Also going prone back then was considered cheating. : Sailor of Fortune
        • This is actually not true (even though I thought it was for a long time) - the Duke of Wellington routine... : Dessicator82
    • This is absurd. The larger force could encircle the smaller force, besiege them, and wait til they starve... : dirge23
  • Let me guess 6 Rambos and 6 Comandos? lol : Cashh
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  Probably 100 or so. Fully loaded M4/M16s, some SAWs, and some 'nades. Piece of cake. : NFXFSX
  • M203s would take out large groups of them nicely. : lcizzle
  • add in communications and other tech (NVG?) they could kill them all in their sleep. : edgewise
  • Grenade Launchers, an M-2 Browning, Mk. 19, and sniper rifles. Toss in a mortar and it's set. : Sailor of Fortune
• 1 with a briefcase nuke : snidely sid
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  about 1000 soldiers fully loaded, or just Duke Nukem, but he would have to be out of gum. : klearlyunseen
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    Even that is too few. If it's a "fight of annihilation" rather than fighting to surrender, each modern so : Bold
    • Yeah, I'm not seeing it being that few at all. By Civil war era, the army was relatively well trained and... : Conan
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      70000/1000 = 70. a force of ten thousand would only have to kill seven each, which seems kind of a low ki... : StolenNosferatu
      • Good catch--I intially was going to respond to the "Probably 100 or so" reply, but then switched subthrea... : Bold
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  I think you would need a fair number. The rifles of the Civil War were actually fairly accurate up to 500 : Bold
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    Ya but battle tactics were totally different back then. Modern army isn't gonna form a line and stay sta... : Edges
    • Just because they're old doesn't mean they don't pack a punch. : Conan
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      The Civil War wasn't fought in straight lines, either. That was the Revolutionary War. Granted, the first : Bold
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        They still marched in ranks towards enemies doing the same if not entrenched. Grant lost too many soldier... : Sailor of Fortune
        • I was going to mention that, the civil war was really the first large scale use of trenchs and reinforced... : pwnjoo
  • Fairly accurate to 500 yards? Geez, hitting the 400 yard target with an M16 wasn't easy - I cant imagine... : hadronflux
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    I'm thinking modern kevlar and ceramic armor is probably going to defeat any civil war round which will t... : gyrfalcon
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      Kevlar? No way. It's only good against pistol rounds. The ceramic plates would help, but they only protec... : Bold
      • More about the Minié ball: The Minié ball produced terrible wounds on those struck in battle. The larg : Bold
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield_Model_1861 200-300 yards effective... and its 1 shot, i dunno... : chilln
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      But they don't "march". Once again, this is NOT the fucking Revolutionary War. It's not Napoleonic tactic : Bold
      • In Gettysburg the last confederate assault had to be thinned out so the ranks could look longer but it wa... : Sailor of Fortune
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      Not to mention the psychological impact of rapid fire weapons and Tracers. they'd be camouflaged too so i... : Sailor of Fortune
      • the modern soldiers could just attack at night. the civil war dudes would pretty much be completely fucke... : JINKY
  • unless you had every single soldier all crowded around one spot, you'd never have 70k shooting at you. an... : yacoub35
  • If a modern soldier was 500 yards from a Civil War soldier, I'd imagine the latter wouldn't even know the... : DinK
• How about if it was modern trained soldiers, but using only the equipment of the time. Combat knowledge b... : mechanicalgrape
• 1 Man, named Duke. : Cliffzorz
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  i always thought that scene in time cop where the guy with submachine guns and laser sights shot up those... : mindshot
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    oh wait that was the civil war era. sweet. : mindshot
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      i mean in the movie, he shot up confederate soldiers. not that the civil war was 'western'. thats retarde... : mindshot
      • great scene : Mondo
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  That would make a fun game or mod. : Reavers!
  • If you can find a copy of it: http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/rorkes-drift/release-info : LoioshDwaggie
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  ditka. : wetard
  • What if it was a hurricane named Ditka? : chrisschutz
• I assume they have night vision goggles? If so I would say 500 men attacking at night guerrilla style, a... : ant_hillbilly
• You need some force multipliers. Hoorah! : Albemuth
• 1 http://www.lamemovies.net/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/commando.jpg : SockMonkeh
• You can answer your own question if you look at nearly every battle along the western front during WWI. ... : i am the baker
• 1 crew driving an M1A1 Abrams : Slowtreme
• One squad of any special forces group could significantly alter the outcome. A sniper taking out the lead... : yacoub35
• I'd go with 2 or 3 Army Ranger companies; somewhere between 500 - 750 soldiers. : zerog83
• I think a regiment could prove very decisive : RookieCAF
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  1, John Matrix : gmd
  • This is the correct answer, and he wants his daughter back NOW President Jefferson!! : pwnjoo
  • 7: Dutch, Blain, Mac, Billy, Hawkins, Dillon and Poncho. : tbreffni
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  Are man portable atomic demolition munitions permitted (say 70kg and 5 kiloton nominal yield)? If that is... : bostrov
  • Couldn't they pack a good 20kt in a backpack if they wanted to? Those SADM things were developed decades ... : Marrbe
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  If we were allowed one vehicle, what would you bring? I'm liking the Apache the sheer carnage would be b... : pwnjoo
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    AC130. : RookieCAF
    • In the Civil War era, I think with sufficient fuel and ammo an AC-130 crew could defeat both sides and ta... : kungfusquirrel
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      While I agree with you, I think seeing a Harrier take off would probably fuck with their minds more, with... : Paranoid Android
      • OTOH an AC130 would effectively be the wrath of god to them, which is probably even more scary. : uncleanmonkey
    • word, that would be amazingly effective. : Turd Ferguson
  • B-2 Spirit. : Marrbe
• Do they have to survive? If not, 10 people could probably carry a hydrogen bomb with a yield of a couple ... : roggor
• I think it would be a wholesale slaughter if one well-equipped company of modern Marines showed up. To t : mn3m0n1c
• wouldnt modern body armor absorb just about anything they had around in the civil war (short of a cannon ... : maulla
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  3 or 4 guys with nerve gas could kill everyone. : edgewise
  • Yeah it really does depend on how much of today's weaponry they have available. : DinK
• well if they were fighting a unmatched foe like modern soldiers, it would turn into guerrilla warfare and... : thebigbeefsandwich
• Attack at night with suppressors attached. : Marrbe
• Some form of gas + gas masks. : marmite
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  There has to be a video game that will let us model this scenario : dirge23
  • I call modern sniper. :D : DinK
  • It wouldn't be very fun, to be honest. : Wisp!
• the only valid answer is motherfuckin' A-TEAM : azuvatar
• 1 test tube contents classified. : massdev
• 1 man. John Freeman. : Nighteyes

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  This is every online game I play, for me the only way is to play with friends who suck as bad as myself. : dael
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    the thing is, the MP and SP games are only similar in that they have units of the same name. It's totally... : Slowtreme
    • That hypothetical FPS would be comparable to Dawn of War 2 if all the guns had different splash damage cu... : CasbahBoy
• I'm not sure how well it works, but the matching system should adjust to your skill level after a couple ... : capt tripps
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  so you play a few games, decide you suck then never play it again? Hmm I wonder why you suck!?!? : aeg1x
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    I'm not necessarily interested in playing it longterm. I just want to have a little bit of easy fun here... : kallanta
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      Play a couple of matches against the AI on easy, and then crank up the difficluty until you get a little ... : capt tripps
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        I did that... played easy and then up until winning hard consistently... still stomped online. : dael
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          I'd only use the AI for learning the units and they hotkeys, not for actual strategies/tactics. The AI pl... : aeg1x
          • this is true : dael
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            it's also really easy, I can beat a hard AI without much trouble but haven't won an online game yet. As o... : derelict515
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              What's your GFWL ID and Steam page? I'll get you in for some games with Shackers sometime. : Arctic Fox
              • listen to this guy, I'm in the same boat as you. Loved SP, learning MP. : On the Brane
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                derelict5l5 (that's a lowercase L) on GWFL and derelict515 on Steam (I'm in the shack group) : derelict515
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                  Oh and btw: install Ventrillo. It's how we strategize/smack-talk for the Shack games. : Arctic Fox
                  • will do, I'll have to dig up my mic : derelict515
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  It's really quite similar to the singleplayer (and learning the multiplayer stuff makes you own at the si... : Arctic Fox
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    Oh and as far as unit recognition, they had a big patch a couple months back to address that: http://comm... : Arctic Fox
    • yeah the new icons own : aeg1x
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  You reap what you sow. All these games require a some time and effort investment if you want to become... : miasma(&)
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    Well, it's not so much a yearning to be competitive, or even wanting to step on that territory. I'd ju... : kallanta
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      yeah but it's just not realistic across genres. Like I don't know how to play SF4 so even if I win by but... : derelict515
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        it's cool that you're sticking with it because once it opens up and you start to understand the depth of ... : aeg1x
        • yeah, I've been saving them and watching the opponent. It's still a little hard early on to know what you... : derelict515
    • Not talking about being competitive or high level play or whatever. It still takes some reading and pr... : miasma(&)
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  ps if you want to get raped online with me I won't yell if you suck because I'm no better. That achieveme... : derelict515
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    oh and I think the ranking system starts pairing you against good players at first before figuring out yo... : derelict515
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      yeah the ranking system assumes you're trueskill 20, which is an "average" player. If you really suck it'... : aeg1x
      • yeah, I guess after those first brutal rapings it means you get as many games as you want to suck against... : derelict515
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  oh grow some balls and keep at it, it takes at least 30 losses for you to get 1-2 wins, stick with it and... : spaceyme
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    certainly you can understand why gameplay that requires you get raped over and over makes it hard for peo... : derelict515
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      for the weak minded pissants yes : spaceyme
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        Or for people who want to have a good time insteaf getting brutally crushed - one of the two... : Dessicator82
        • Solution is to play with Shackers, as I say above: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20386290 We got... : Arctic Fox
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  FWIW I would recommend 2v2 or 3v3... seems like more pros are in 1v1 : crummynz
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    1v1 is pure masochism. I hate it. Don't play it. : geedeck
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      hahaha its sooooo stressful : Unleashed
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        Yeah. This is really no joke. It is really stressful and no fun. Like I am 100% serious, I hate playing 1... : geedeck
        • It's very different to team games. Much more about total map domination and multiple small skirmishes rat... : aeg1x
  • ^^ Some of the serious balance issues are much less problematic with a teammate or two to back you up. : Cliffzorz
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  I promise if you give it some time it is well worth it. You should finish the SP though, because once yo... : IncursionZ
  • lol yeah i still haven't finished the SP :/ : Arctic Fox
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  Update: Okay guys. I'll give it another shot, but later. I'm going to finish the SP first, at least. ... : kallanta
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    it's probably better to finish the SP, and them move on. besides for selecting units and targeting enemie... : Slowtreme
    • The hot keys not transferring over pissed me off. The Grid Keys mod ( http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id... : Arctic Fox
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    A friend of mine was telling me that the TrueSkill system is really tough on newbies, because it assumes ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      Yeah, I'm not even back to average yet :P : Arctic Fox
      • Me neither. :( : Rice-Rocketeer
• Just play more and you'll get better. Also watch video of other people playing. : razlebol
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  To me, I thought the Single Player of DoW2 was pretty easy. I even played it on hard. The only parts that... : DM7
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    You should play Primarch difficulty, that is fucking crazy : Arctic Fox
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      Oh yeah? :O : DM7
      • You're basically forced to keep a Scout squad on retainer at all times, because when they're not infiltra... : Arctic Fox
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  So, uhhh ... anyone going to play some multi today? : taronish
  • I'll definitely be up for some this afternoon sometime. Just got some chores to get out of the way first. : Arctic Fox
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  My main problem about RTS MP is that it's based around SPEED SPEED SPEED GOGOGO. I want something where p... : Marrbe
  • I'm not saying e.g. StarCraft IS an APM fest and nothing more but that aspect of it is something I don't ... : Marrbe
  • To be fair I think DOW2 has much less of that than most RTS. It reminds me a lot more of Myth (oh god ho... : gnomish
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    DoW2 isn't as much about speed (though it is micro-heavy) as it is constantly doing something. I think ea... : Arctic Fox
    • Something about Chess though (without the clock). Speed being a non-factor, and optimal execution being e... : Marrbe
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  I think that Myth was the best. My major reason for this was the fact that quite often, you'd have a tea... : Grumbeld
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    Ok, that seals it, I'm going to do my damnedest to organize some kind of Shack Myth battle in the near fu... : gnomish
    • get on that hippy, chop chop : happynoodle
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  Something I am surprised no one has mentioned: multiplayer is always harder to get into the later you sta... : Zhaneel
  • I consider myself to be pretty good and don't play that often, however I did play the hell out of Company... : morsxcessum

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• Yes, it's part of the cinematics engine, but it's all done in-engine. : LoioshDwaggie
• looks like it : mechanicalgrape
• It looks really, really goddamn good too. : TaintedSyringe
• sure. i mean it looks great, but it's clearly in-engine and nothing the PS3 can't handle. graphics are ... : EvilDolemite
• Looks like the knife from "The Shadow"? : cjcharv
• Is Carl Schafer voiced by Odo from Deep Space 9? Neat. : DrillBit
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  These characters convey more emotion in their eyes than any other game i've seen before (including Half-L... : treefingers1
  • yea it looks like the animators did a really good job there. im assuming they hand keyed that using refer... : synapse19
  • damn you are right..i couldn't take my eyes off them. they did a great job. : deathofrats
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  haha that guy from naughty dog is creepy as hell. stop using actual developers to do interviews! they ar... : spiderfill
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    awkward looking developers make good games (Half-life 2 gabe newell, Uncharted, Little big planet that on... : quadalupeupe
    • i'll also say inFamous i just got done finishing it and its a good game and I saw interviews with their d... : quadalupeupe
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    Resistance 2 devs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vB_Cormt_7o : quadalupeupe
    • also: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pqevrhv2O5k : lowpoly
• oh my, it seems this game has gotten me all sorts of wet : klearlyunseen
• Looks that way. May have been rendered out frame by frame, then compiled into a movie file. Either way it... : Cygnus X-1
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  probably in-engine but using cinematic specific 'post' effects and higher res models/textures than their ... : synapse19
  • oh, and of course cinematic specific lighting : synapse19
• the first one was really fun, and the art direction was astounding. looks like the 2nd will be just as g... : i poop from there
• http://www.shackpics.com/files/interview_zmm1tu5on82gs5vd2esv.jpg (from my desk) : cowbs
• Oh man, Mass Effect 2 looks awesome. : Godhatesfatpeople
• that looks pretty gosh darn good : Mmmmmoo
• Day 1 purchase. : ihya
• That old mans necklace defies gravity : Nighteyes
• I think it's in game based on the early stuff we've seen. And also DAMN, that was very very well done fo... : mrwolf710
• DO WANT. : Vincent Grayson
• Rockstar should take animation lessons from Naughty Dog, those character animations were great. : fishbone
• Yep. Devs can use a lot of tricks to make in-engine cutscenes look better than normal gameplay. They c... : Beady
• hmm. Way too much spoiler in there. I'll just wait for the game. : razlebol
• holy crap those are expressive faces : BenMurphy
• Of course its in game, if you played Uncharted 1 you would know that all the cutscenes were in game, and ... : manlyman
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  so H for this game : gmd
  • horny? : papaskot
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  Billy Mays sighted at 2:49 : DrWaffles
  • lol that picture jumped out at me too : mc-fine
• God damn that looks amazing. : Bamtan
• Fast forwards to Eliza Dushku segment. YUM.. : MeestaNob

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  Godspeed : Cihte
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    Godshpeed : zerog83
    • 'but of course, you are" : whereiwannab
• She *was* the prom queen. : Solstice
• I take pleasure in guttin' you......BOY : phate81
• honey...it's the FBI : Dravenport
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  Movie is great but the "military" people in that movie are fucking retards aside from General Hummell. : baconisgod
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    it's michael bay : peat
    • That's not fair, Michael Bay movies jerk off all over the special forces people scenes. : FlatlineDixay
  • You underestimate the retardation levels of the military. : Squirrely
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  Can you smell what he's cooking? : boredguy
  • wrong "The Rock" : lonepie
• I don't listen to that soft shit. : AgentPothead
• "You will give that Order!" "I cannot give that order!" : Dschinghis Khan
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  Connery is such a badass in that movie. : NFXFSX
  • Very much so. : Squirrely
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  Back in my dad we did it with a snorkel and flippa's! : Sailor of Fortune
  • hahahahaha : Downforce
  • oh my : dooberzoo
  • Haha thats not QUITE right but okay! : bolneze
  • bahahahah whoooops : Arctic Fox
  • Father knows best. : TheArtMan
• I drive a Volvo... a beige one : Postal
• vaporized? a body can do that? : mindshot
• I'd take pleasure in guttin you, boy! : o0JediBeavis0o
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  "dude, you just fucked up your Ferrari" : dumbacid
  • IT'S NOT MINE! : SockMonkeh
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  If you take atropine and you haven't breathed in nerve gas, the atropine will kill you. Yeah...that life ... : Skyburst101
  • no because that movie would suck and be boring : Affliated
• Ah fellow action movie connoisseurs, I salute you. : bolneze
• "... I think you're a fucking LUNATIC" : scottythejock
• You Know how this shit Works!!! : Vanitas
• i'd take pleasure in guttin' you, boy : Dschinghis Khan
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  "Loozas always wine about their best" : nevlos
  • "winners go home and fuck the prom queen." : greh kleh

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  hes awesome in a lot of films, I thought he did great in tropic thunder as well : klearlyunseen
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    Indeed, he plays a great bastard in general : abrasion
    • He's good in most of his movies. : SockMonkeh
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    I was shocked that he was the best thing about that film, totally unexpected character and performance fr... : node
    • agreed, but to be fair the rest of the movie wasn't that great. : Arsenal
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      no no, Robert Downey Jr. was the best thing about that film. : zerog83
      • after all, he is a lead farmer : Postal
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        Yeah, Robert Downey was the best part of the movie by far. Tom Cruise was still pretty good though! : Link.
        • I really liked that movie, expect for Ben Stiller and everything involving his character. : kungfusquirrel
      • He was great, no doubt, but I expected that. I had no idea Cruise was even in it. And yeah, not a grea... : node
  • ^^ He's great in most films he does : losimagic
• That movie was awesome. : moe6
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeNPJ0fgWVY : spiderfill
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  You're just saying that because you suspect he posts here now. : SockMonkeh
  • Nah I just watched Collateral then, it's pretty good. : abrasion
• Tom Cruise plays the best Tom Cruise of any actor : gyokuro
• i personally enjoyed every single one of his movies that came out in the past 10 years : Flynn
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  He's an awesome actor. : orgcaptainnemo
  • ya i agree : xsii
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  Vanilla Sky is one of the most underrated movies IMO : matthaeus
  • god I love this film so much, and such a great soundtrack. : klearlyunseen
  • Completely agree, one of my favorite movies. Although a whack job he really is a great actor. : mrasparagus
  • Another very interesting movie. : bolneze
  • LOVE that movie : fishbone
  • WTF IS WRONG WITH YOUR FACE : hobosapien
  • TECH SUPPORT!!!! : fsck
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    yeah that turned out to be pretty cool. it seemed like something philip k. dick would've written. : skryte
    • damn you're right : Draugluin
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    if you enjoyed Vanilla Sky, may I heartily recommend the original - Abre Los Ojos [Open Your Eyes] which ... : PlanetPerfecto
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      but Vanilla Sky has "Everything in it's right place" at the beginning, that's hard to top.. : dextius
      • Amazing song. I also like the bit when his alarm says 'Open your eyes' [Diaz recording]. : jjjapan
      • as a Radiohead fan, it's hard to disagree with that especially considering my love for Kid A - still, che... : PlanetPerfecto
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    never seen it, always wanted to. cameron diaz made me not really want to though. : arizona bay
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      are you gay? : mrvandelay
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        cameron diaz is fucking hot : mrvandelay
        • shes disgusting, looks like a skeleton with a huge mouth : arizona bay
  • One of my favorites too. One of the few movies in Hollywood that has consequences to actions. : exigence7
  • Totally agree - never understood why this movie got panned so badly by critics, it's awesome. : TabsAZ
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  wow, this turned out to be quite a man loving thread, and all thanks to you ABRASION : doomed
  • on my face plz : abrasion
• That was a pretty cool movie. : bolneze
• id love to see him doing a movie with oprah, an hour and half of constant attack at her : hanged_man
• And Tropic Thunder : Mad Brahmin Disease
• The shack has a man crush on Tom Cruise it seems. : ihya
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  Tom Cruise has been in some great movies: Top Gun, Cocktail, Risky Business, Rain Man, Days of Thunder, A... : mrvandelay
  • also Vanilla Sky. : mrvandelay
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    i don't see The Last Samurai on that list, wtf? : Dschinghis Khan
    • damn forgot that one too. yes TLS : mrvandelay
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    Mission Impossible 2 is a terrible movie, as is Eyes Wide Shut : bozer
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      agreed. I'd also pull magnolia off that list but I'm sure someone still likes that movie : Draugluin
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        Me too! I fucking hated that movie, but I know a lot of people love it so I left it off. I remember tryin... : bozer
        • Eyes Wide Shut and Magnolia were awesome unlike your ability to test whether a movie is awesome : spiderfill
        • Tape 2? That must have been a decade ago, you should give it another shot. I didn't care for it much the ... : pyide
  • I am the original Pro-tom cruise. Ive made posts in the past not only saying collateral was awesome and ... : kgargs
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    Except many of those movies are terrible, and you are missing some of his actual good ones, like Born on ... : kill9
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      yea that was good too...sorry that i cant remember the whole guys motherfucking career : mrvandelay
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        and all of those movies are awesome : mrvandelay
        • you're really going to stand behind MI2 as being an awesome movie? : kill9
    • ^^^^ this : Arctic Fox
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    D: You missed Minority Report : Bamtan
    • ^ Might be my fav Cruise movie : TabsAZ

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  You can get two years of Nod32 for $60. You don't need that Smart Security version. : Robotic Puppy Eater
  • Oh, I thought the $90 was without. Teach me not to read more carefully. $60 isn't quite as bad. : AhmNee
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  Get Microsoft Security Essentials and turn on UAC and you are fine. : rosewood
  • +1 MSSE seems pretty good to me. In the "I havn't noticed it since I installed it" kind of way. : uncleanmonkey
  • dont listen to this man : doomed
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    are you drunk? MSE is the exact same thing as Live OneCare. *shudder* : redfive
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      What's so bad about it? Works absolutely fine for me and it's free. : uncleanmonkey
      • it's the same as OneCare which MS has taken off the market due to it's performance issues. Why don't yo... : redfive
      • It's the shittiest suite and misses about everything out to get you. : h0cake
  • yeah im probably just going to do this when my nod32 sub runs out : feek
  • I'll probably try this out after I hear some feedback on the beta. May as well. : kelerian
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  AVG is fine. I use it still and it's just as non intrusive as always. : glio1337
  • i used it for years until it completely missed a trojan on my home pc- that combined with the multiple fa... : industro
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  I havnt had a regularly installed anti-virus in years and I've been fine. All you need is common sense to... : steve_o
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    Yeah, so long as you use Lynx as your web browser. : nudel
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      well that's a bit hyperbolic. if you're the only person who uses your computer it's not a problem for th... : Draugluin
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        Malicious stuff has been injected into legitimate websites so I don't see how anyone can say "you just ha... : nudel
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          injected? : Draugluin
          • oh ok i see your post below : Draugluin
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    I only install it to make the Windows warnings go away : Slowtreme
    • you can change the way security centre alerts you :P : steve_o
  • Agreed. I haven't had an antivirus in years, and I haven't had a virus since windows 98 which did have an... : Tchest
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    how do you know you dont have a trojan if you don't have antivirus? : dantastic
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      Unless you go to warez sites or bad sites you never get a virus. I have been virus free since 2001 for al... : Iwannaacura
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        There have been lots of recent cases where advertising networks, as well as some sites themselves (e.g. a... : nudel
        • I have a gallery2 install my family uses to share photos and it got hacked by some vietnamese :-( I don't... : jcupitt
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        well that's false. also you still don't know if you have been virus free if you don't run anti virus. : dantastic
        • run eset's online scan once a month at least : dantastic
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          Sure you can see it that way, but if my comp runs 100% fine the way it does the day i installed win then ... : Iwannaacura
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            Hahahahah this logic is so amazingly funny. So as long as your computer runs okay, it doesn't matter if ... : kill9
            • And you somehow think anti-virus programs are going to protect you from this? Just to let you know, anti... : cetra00
        • not all viruses will fuck up your computer--don't know why people use that as a measurement over whether ... : dantastic
  • If it were just me, I'd agree. But I have teenagers. Including my boy, who likes to surf porn at dodgy si... : AhmNee
• I'm hoping http://www.cloudantivirus.com releases their Win7 client soon. : PoopStewart
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  Or you can just not install any anti-virus software, it's what I do. I've done checks maybe 1-2 a year w... : dael
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    You could drive without a seatbelt, too. You'll probably be fine. : nudel
    • Not the same but yes, I'll probably be fine. Also I will not be able to restore my spine from Mozy if sh... : dael
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  i'm using avria right now. seems fine and it's free : Slowtreme
  • yah been using Avira for about 8 months myself... excellent app!! very lightweight and its very very ea... : Shadowdane
• it goes on sale on newegg regularly. i picked up a year for 10 dollars. : feek
• I have been using Avast with no problems under win7 RC. It's free and has been working fine. : ant_hillbilly
• Avast : shirif

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  do you have a DHCP server behind this or is the router doing it? : Downforce
  • why would he need DHCP with assigned IPs? : boomstickah
  • No DHCP, not doing a gateway. Trying to set this up as a straight router. : rosewood
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  Just so I can get this straight in my head, this is what your network looks like? http://www.shackpics.c... : Haxim
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    Like to me it sounds like your router doesn't have an interface on your X.X.35.201/18 subnet? Or am I cor... : Haxim
    • assumed = assigned : Haxim
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      Under the lan Ip config I have it set to 70.167.35.205 and I can connect to it using that address. Howeve... : rosewood
      • I guess right now if it makes a difference I am not going router to router as I will, I'm just going Vist... : rosewood
  • Yes (lol at all my X.X and then at the last one I typed 70.167) : rosewood
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  If the WAN (ISP connection) is x.x.39.162 with a GW of 161, then you'll need a default route (cisco synta... : jasonepowell
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    ^^ this The only other question is if 70.167.39.161 knows about the X.X.35.201-206 subnet, or if it's ... : Haxim
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      I think I need to scrap and start over then if I have to make this new router 70.167.35.201 since this is... : rosewood
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        You don't have to, provided your hosts are setup to use 70.167.35.205 as their default gateway. It just n... : Haxim
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          Ok this makes a hell of a lot more sense in my head now. One sec... : rosewood
          • I just re-read your post..."Behind our router is an IP block X.X.35.201-206 ; We are supposed to set devi... : .frame
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            Router 1: Lan IP 70.167.35.205 Subnet mask 255.255.255.248 Wan IP 70.167.39.162 Mask 255.255.255.2... : rosewood
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              Hot damn. I don't know why on god's green earth I was trying to skip the router or some shit. : rosewood
              • I apparently missed the existence of another router. Glad it's working. : jasonepowell
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                If anyone asks just tell them you were trying to optimize the network by cutting down the amount of hops. : Haxim
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                  well I'm half way there. One of the routers and the network behind it works fine (70.167.35.206) Th... : rosewood
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                    What router? What did you switch the default gateway to? I think I'm still really confused as to what... : jasonepowell
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                      rosewood is going to throw a visio diagram at you shortly : Downforce
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                        Oh yes, all over my face plz. : jasonepowell
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                          No vizio on the wife's laptop but this is what I've got Router 1, WAN port to ISP, Lan ports to two ne... : rosewood
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                            If router 3 cannot ping the thing it is directly attached to, then there's something pretty broken. I as... : jasonepowell
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                              Also, because I didn't ask this directly, you are pinging from the router itself, right? If not, then yo... : jasonepowell
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                                Yes, pinging from the router itself. All lights look good. I'm going to pull router 3 and setup my la... : rosewood
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                                  That's a good test. : jasonepowell
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                                    Yep, this works fine. So obviously something on this netopia router is fucked up. In fairness, it was ... : rosewood
                                    • Double and triple check the WAN IP and any firewall stuff. If there are any static routes to other route... : jasonepowell
                                    • Is router 1 a Cisco router? Can you flush the arp cache? I suppose there's a tiny chance that might hel... : jasonepowell
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                          http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=rosewood2_ntjf079iix42id94wqun.jpg Mind you I didn't add the VPN ... : Haxim
                          • That's quite nice : rosewood
                      • I like http://www.gliffy.com/ for quick and dirty diagramming. : Haxim
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                    The network behind .35.201 may need to be added to the routing table on .35.205 so on .35.205 you would ... : Haxim
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                      Currently Router 1's routing table: Destination LAN IP Subnet Mask Default Gateway Hop Count Interface ... : rosewood
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                        But router 3 only has 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 70.167.35.205 (and the lan nat) 172.25.2.0 255.255.255.0 172. : Haxim
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                          Router 3 also bridges a network via a VPN so the LAN side of shit on it I don't want to touch, also why I... : rosewood
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                            Ah, ok. That makes sense. : Haxim
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                              Under statistics I see IP routing table which has a lot more shit than the "static routes" page http:/... : rosewood
                              • Also this is the old configuration http://rosewood.shackspace.com/PFS%20Router%20Info.pdf Only thing I... : rosewood
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                                That doesn't look right. Primary WAN is showing as the X.X.39.160 subnet and X.X.35.200 is classed as a L... : Haxim
                                • (This router doesn't need to know about X.X.39.160 at all, and X.X.35.200 should be it's WAN) : Haxim
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                                  And switching the configuration back to ISP -> ROUTER 3 and only thing I change is the Gateway back t... : rosewood
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                                    So could I just plug Router 2 into Router 3 and specify Router 3 as the default gateway and just forget r... : rosewood
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                                      And then on router 3 don't I need to add a static route to router 2? : rosewood
                                      • I shit you not, I plugged router 2 (my client's) router into router 3's network and simply specificed rou... : rosewood
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                                        That could work. You wouldn't need to add a static route on router 3, because router 2 is using NAT. I th... : Haxim
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                                          Everything is mapping just fine as far as I can tell. My home computer -> Internet -> Router 3 (Netop... : rosewood
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                                            Ah I see, it's not NATting the NAT, it's just routing to the .35.200 since it's already setup on router3. : Haxim
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                                              Yea, but fuck if I see anywhere that it says that it is doing this. : rosewood
                                              • I think it's when you put the .35.200 subnet in the "Additional LANs" part of the config? : Haxim
                                  • Yeah that would make sense that it would work based on that routing page you linked. I've never touched a... : Haxim
    • The latter case is a BGP/OSPF/RIP thing and you'd think there'd be some coordination on that front, thoug... : jasonepowell
  • I was about to post this. The router will only need a default gateway. Are you getting a link when ... : .frame
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  Trying to figure out Router 3 and this lan I'm going to go screen by screen and just type what i see and ... : rosewood
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    Filter sets = Firewall There is the "Basic firewall" and nothing here is enabled : rosewood
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      Looking at the stats, the WAN1 port has done nothing, but no Rx or Tx errors : rosewood
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        You mentioned earlier that this router was configured with a VPN and you did not want to touch it, is the... : shortbuscaptain
        • Not that I can see, no. In fact, I don't see any VPN or tunnel anything configuration on this router. I'm... : rosewood
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    do you see router 3's ip address in the arp cache of the perimeter router? : .frame
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      afaik I don't see a way to view the arp cache of the perimeter router :( It is a cheap pos we need someth... : rosewood
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        i think Haxim is right above. It sounds like you still have the .39 network on the "outside" of router 3... : .frame
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          I don't see anywhere in the configuration where I can clear the routing tables though. But I'm looking at... : rosewood
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            that would make this task quite difficult. : .frame
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              Quite. I've ranted before on this guy. I have no energy to rant on him now as I am a broken man. : rosewood
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                Tell him to give you a real login you can use to change the WAN IP or you'll put your fist through this r... : Haxim
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                  I can change the Wan IP and I did and it still didn't matter. I tried .202, .203, .204 all same thing. ... : rosewood
                  • Weird, either your config or the routing table is lying to you, because if you change the WAN IP to .35.2... : Haxim

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  Not really, if you speak any other European language, English is easy to swing I think. And any language ... : SpaecKow
  • Yeah, that's the thing....I found German really easy in school...so I kinda wanna take it up again...alon... : Mr. Goodwrench
• I've heard the opposite : Koral06
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  English is only hard because we have some of the stupidest goddamn grammar laws and words ever. : Dschinghis Khan
  • Man, portuguese is full of that bullshit and more. I hate my language. : Nitrium
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    Like the word "execute". Depending on the context, you could be ending someone's life or carrying out a ... : Anastomosis
    • ...although I guess it's not originally America's fault, but my point is made. : Anastomosis
    • Execute is entirely consistent. As you say, it means to carry out a plan or order, and so capital punish... : lechuck59
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    haaaaahahahah No. Absolutely not. English is childplay compared to all the other western language : MrLobo
    • Most of the more pure romance languages are a lot simpler. I can learn to read most of them but speaking ... : h0cake
  • Try French. : razlebol
• Depends on your native language of course. Myself, I picked up English from TV at around 11-12. : dael
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  the only really hard things in english for most learner are pronouncing "th" and learning all the retarde... : aeg1x
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    I think the hardest aspect of everyday American english is understanding stuff like the difference betwee... : stuka
    • Idioms : LoioshDwaggie
• Quite the opposite, at least compared to spanish. : stuka
• No way. Speaking portuguese, it's very easy to learn english. It's much harder the other way. : Nitrium
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  whats an easy language to learn if you only know english? I loved french in high school but never kept up... : klearlyunseen
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    Dutch is the closest to English apparently. When I lived in Holland I found it pretty easy to guess the m... : aeg1x
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      I know a lot of Brits and Aussies who picked up Dutch extremely fast, even faster than Germans. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        because Dutch >>>>>>>> German : Maarten Goldstein
        • ^^^ FACT : sonicdeathwalrus
        • efucking lol. dutch sounds like someone phonetically raped and murdered a few languages to put them into... : Hoax
  • English is a Germanic language, so any other Germanic language probably (Dutch/German mostly) : ninjase
  • spanish : proclone1
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  Not at all. I've had English, Latin and French and out of all of those English was the easiest, by far. W... : Marauder IIC
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    Your English is probably better than mine, and I was raised learning English grammar. : Mr. Goodwrench
    • My English also better than my German, at least grammar and spelling wise, so I wouldn't put too much sto... : Marauder IIC
  • ^^ This pretty much, sure there are tons of irregularities, but you actually get to use english alot so t... : d fluke
  • Based on that post you probably speak better English than a lot of Americans I know. : nakedsavage
• I just don't like the fact that I can only speak English, with some basics in French and German...I think... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  So, what is the best way to learn a new language? Is it best to have a tutor in the style of school? Or i... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • you need to have someone to converse with. You can't really teach yourself a language beyond a few basic ... : aeg1x
• English is a bitch to learn for native speakers of a lot of Asian languages, I know that much. But their ... : Vincent Grayson
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  I swear Chinese is one of the hardest languages ever. Speaking/Listening might be pretty easy... but lear... : Shivawn
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    Tonal languages are a bitch. : Thresher
    • Oh yeah, I couldn't imagine having to learn that... Although, that being said, it would be badass if y... : Shivawn
• I speak Russian. In French. I love those commercials. : Thresher
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  the Japanese linguistics are very structured and very easy to "get" the framework. Working your vocabular... : Downforce
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    I find reading Japanese pretty easy actually...I have a much easier time understanding and recognizing th... : Vincent Grayson
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      How is learning Kanji? What do you do if you come across a strange new symbol? I can't imagine it's easy ... : Cliffzorz
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        It actually isn't that bad to look up once you count how many strokes are in the character. Kanji charac... : grayscale
        • at least in korean, the root is called the 부수 and yes, looking up chinese characters isn't that tough... : Supine
  • If you think Japanese is "easy", you haven't gotten far enough in your studies. : sirkne
• My girlfriend tells me that Russian is more difficult to speak well, but pretty easy to speak poorly. She... : bostrov
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  tangent: wtf language is this?? http://iu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%90%85%E1%90%83%E1%91%AD/uiki this one ... : ninjase
  • 1st one looks like its Inuit : stoned wallaby crop circle
  • The latter one is georgian : LoioshDwaggie
  • They are here : d fluke
  • first has to be Inuit - Canadians occasionally see that : Postal
• No it's not hard to learn at all. Once you get into poetry and other "high" literature it may change but ... : xxx2xxx
• Russian/English are class III languages, Japanese/Chinese/Korean would be class IV. Spanish and french a... : proclone1
• learn icelandic : snidely sid
• I picked up Japanese very easily. I once tried to learn Vietnamese but after about a month of trying to p... : qwpeoriu
• i dont think so : MoreVespeneGas
• Japanese has been a bit hard, because I never get to practice it : bombay
• No, English is among the easiest ones. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Japanese isnt that bad one you understand a few things. People see words like "sumimasen" and try to g... : lcizzle
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    Like the kind of jackass that thinks Nihon means English? :) : Vincent Grayson
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      woops Ago - English Nihon - Japanese *puts on his Jackass hat* : lcizzle
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        you also need to put on the jackass codpiece figure your mistake and you can take the codpiece off : snidely sid
        • hells no not the codpiece : lcizzle
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        nihon - Japan, nihongo japanese the language, nihonjin japanese the person. : pwnjoo
        • gotcha, thanks. : lcizzle
      • English is eigo, not ago. : Vincent Grayson
  • The same happens in English too, you're just interpreting the Japanese sentence as you would English, whi... : Pandilex
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    From what I remember of a language class, every syllable in Japanese is a consonant followed by a vowel. ... : DinK
    • Japanese is starting to sound pretty cool. : pres589
• Vietnamese is hard until learn each vowel has like six different sounds that vary slightly. : prime8
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  From what I've heard, the hardest part of learning english is homophones, like read/read and sea/see. It ... : mysled
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti : aeg1x
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    The russian alphabet is simple, 33 characters, and for the most part what you see is what you get. If yo... : proclone1
    • just because you can pronounce spanish doesn't mean you can pronounce russian...spanish has very simple v... : mysled
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  For the people who have English as a second (or more?) language: Do you enjoy communicating in it? I've t... : cygnus
  • There are some nice features, I like my first language german much more but I enjoy english too, especial... : xxx2xxx
  • I love English. That probably has more to do with the fact that my first language (Norwegian) is rather b... : daedraug
  • I'd prefer it for the large vocabulary alone, but I like cursing in it too. And yeah, norwegian = boring. : d fluke
  • I like English more than my native language : Maarten Goldstein
  • I went to international schools/unis from 11 to 21, and now I work in an international company - for me E... : sonicdeathwalrus
  • i prefer to speak my native language because it allows me to be more precise, rhetorical skills do not tr... : Hoax
  • you're asking a biased sample around here :p : aeg1x
  • I absolutely love communicating in it. I actually prefer speaking English to speaking Swedish now. : -efx-
  • Definitely, I prefer it over portuguese. : Nitrium
• I've always had my problems with Ubbi Dubbi. : cerealSAM2
• I speak 2 languages fluently, and 2 badly. Can't answer your question though as English is my first. T... : moe6
• Yes, english is a pretty difficult language to learn and understand if its not your native, its normally ... : Thisispol
• I found learning english relatively easy compared to french (first language german) : the username you want
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  English is absolutely one of the easiest languages, Arabic is the hardest language ever and far more adva... : hanged_man
  • What do you mean Arabic is the most advanced language? Its an intriguing language to me for some reason.... : phipple
• It depends. It is very easy to speak bad english, it's probably the easiest language to learn in this reg... : melt_core
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  I don't recall english being harder to learn than say french. My family moved from Sweden to Germany w... : Mysig
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    I would have thought that German would be useful for a Swede. : guigr
    • not really. : Fredrik S
• Finnish is supposed to be the hardest language to learn unless you already speak one of the other few lan... : pres589
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  English is very easy to learn as a second language. : Marrbe
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    I work with plenty of people internationally and I always hear the exact opposite. : i am the baker
    • That's their problem. :) : Marrbe
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      i can see this if you're from the asian region, but for western countries that seems unlikely : Maarten Goldstein
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        I actually heard it from some Germans and Belgians when I was in Brussels in January. They remarked that... : i am the baker
        • I say lack of practice. : Marrbe
  • I agree, my first language is spanish and I love english, I started learning on my own since I was 8 year... : ErneX
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  English has a huge vocab, the largest of any major language I think, so it's very hard to master. But eas... : jcupitt
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    They say English has about 650,000 words in it with well over a million when science terms are added. Ger... : pwnjoo
    • Not to go OT, but I hate the terms "they say" and "some say" unless they are purposefully used as a clich... : i am the baker
    • Yes, I'd heard similar numbers. Of course no one ever uses that many. Shakespeare uses about 30,000 words... : jcupitt
• english is not my native language, but it was easy to learn, i think, because they started teaching it to... : fsck
• English is my native language, but I don't think that it would be very difficult to learn. You can find p... : skizl
• I took two years of German in college. I remember enough to be able to order a beer and start a fight. ... : Thresher
• Learning Klingon is much harder : phate81
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  Armenian is one of the hardest languages, possibly the hardest (at least in pronunciation). It has prett... : exigence7
  • How do three different sounds all sound the same? Isn't that the same sound? : pres589
• I think going from a very regular, structured language (ie Japanese) to English is difficult. Other than ... : Supine
• Japanese isn't too hard, grammatically, syntactically, or usage wise. The hardest part is thinking dif... : Nullzero

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  Just because you can, doesn't mean you should. This same logic applies to assembly. : capt tripps
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    I don't know, I've seen some fly shit written in assembly. Not saying that assembly is a good fit for ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I think everybody should know some assembly. At least enough to appreciate how higher level languages wo... : capt tripps
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        Do you know any assembly? : Maddog_Delphi97
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          A little bit. We covered it "back in the day" and did a couple of programs and covered how it was used t... : capt tripps
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            Have you written any ASM recently? : Maddog_Delphi97
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              No. : capt tripps
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                Oh. I tried to get into it recently, but I couldn't find any good documentation specific to 64-bit ASM... : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  you need to look at the 64bit instruction set for the MCU you are targeting. Also ASM is really just the ... : pwnjoo
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                    Oh, ok. Assembly sure is different from what it was like back in the good old days of writting it for ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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                      Well thats the deal, it is specific to each MCU, as each MCU has its own instruction set (sure you have t... : pwnjoo
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                        What does MCU mean? Machine Central Unit? Er... no, that's CPU. It's not central processing unit. : Maddog_Delphi97
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                          Micro Controller Unit, your cpu is an MCU for example. : pwnjoo
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                            Ah, I see. : Maddog_Delphi97
                            • http://www.x86-64.org/documentation/assembly.html Hmmm... : Maddog_Delphi97
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                              You could start with a simple atmel avr and make a simple usb to serial converter or control lighting or ... : pwnjoo
                              • Uhm... yeah. : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  I would start with standard Intel assembler (I forget what it's called but it was the standard when I too... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    I think you are refering to x86. : pwnjoo
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                      Shouldn't the x64 cpu's all support the x86 commands. : capt tripps
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                        That depends on how the mcu is designed, hell there were 64bit MCUs years before CPU's gained 64bit instr... : pwnjoo
                        • Yeah, I haven't done any ASM specific to a hardware... just general purpose code designed to run on a CPU... : Maddog_Delphi97
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              I have :P : dravalen
              • What did you write? :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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      I wonder if it's possible to develop a small web server written entirely in ANSI C. Obviously, I don't... : Maddog_Delphi97
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        I did. And yes, it is possible. : steelsamurai
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          You still got the source for it? : Maddog_Delphi97
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            It can be a trivial project, really, depending on how deep you want to go with standards and features. ... : adpalumbo
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              Does the web server work on Windows, or is it targeted for Unix? : Maddog_Delphi97
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                I haven't used it. I just found it for you. But there's only 200 lines of code and it's not a compl : adpalumbo
                • Oh, ok. : Maddog_Delphi97
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            Yes, I wrote it as an object to assist in making general purpose servers that communicate using HTTP prot... : steelsamurai
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              Does it run on Windows or is it specific to Unix? : Maddog_Delphi97
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                it's portable and runs on everything. : steelsamurai
                • Oh, ok. : Maddog_Delphi97
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                  how about an arm7? : pwnjoo
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                    yes. : steelsamurai
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                      It's run on: HP-UX, Digital Unix, Win32, NeXTSTEP, Solaris, SunOS, NetBSD, SCO Unix, OS X (Mac and iPh... : steelsamurai
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                        Um, ANSI C isn't object oriented. Unless OO means something else than object oriented. : Maddog_Delphi97
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                          Object Orientation is a technique. You can apply it to anything. Object Oriented languages have featu... : steelsamurai
                          • True : Maddog_Delphi97
                          • i like vala, it's quite cool.. (http://live.gnome.org/Vala) : dextius
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        It is extremely easy to do. I mean probably around 2 hours of work to support the basic GET stuff and som... : Yanks
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          it does depend on how far you want to go... just to return a GET out of the filesystem is trivial. In my ... : steelsamurai
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            Sounds like an interesting project to sink your programming teeth into. Hm. : Maddog_Delphi97
            • One day I will get around to putting this stuff up for any curious people to play with. I have 200,000 li... : steelsamurai
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            I'm not saying writing Apache is easy :) : Yanks
            • Of course not. But it's complicated because of all the ways you can configure it. : Maddog_Delphi97
        • I agree. A couple of friends and I wrote a basic web server in Haskell in a couple of hours. : rock elf
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        I would wager that at least 99% of anyone with a CS/CE degree has done it... It's like the next thing you... : uncleanmonkey
        • Are you counting people who graduated with a CS/CE degree before 1993? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      ASM is still very very much alive, for some embedded stuff it is absolutely critical to understand ASM. : pwnjoo
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        ^^ ding ding ding. : dravalen
        • I'm surprised that video drivers aren't written in assembly. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • If I'm doing embedded development, I only use assembly. You get such crazy flexibility with it. : ieGod
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        ASM is alive for anything: -not multi core -not X86 (or derivative). Doing ARM7 ASM is fine. Doing ... : batkiwi
        • Wait, it's not alive for multi-core? : Maddog_Delphi97
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      wasn't rollercoaster tycoon written almost entirely in assembly? i think i read that somepalce : cpt_gloval
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        it was, but that was mostly because the dude who made it (I believe he made literally the entire game; gr... : mikecyb
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          You sure it wasn't because he wanted nerd cred? : Maddog_Delphi97
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            no he was just crazy. I believe he also released patches for the game specifically to break the training... : mikecyb
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              though hell, it being written in ASM may have been the reason it ran so smoothly even though there were a... : mikecyb
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                Also the insanity probably contributed to the quality of the game. : pyrogen
                • It WAS a pretty fucking great game. : famine101
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          chris sawyer. man, i wonder what he's doing now. havent heard from him in a while : feek
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            okay im about to play some transport tycoon. see you guys tomorrow afternoon : feek
            • Okay, feek. http://www.game-graphics-nostalgia.com/classic-games/transport-tycoon-deluxe/transport_tyc... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      There's very very few (albeit real) occasions where hand-written assembly is a good fit. To the extent t : adpalumbo
      • Knowing assembly is most useful when you're debugging without symbols or a release (optimized) binary. ... : factor27
      • For the most part this is correct, but compilers are about as good as hand programming. Both have there p... : pwnjoo