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• That fucking sucks. I played RA3 offline quite a bit while using my laptop. : pigvomit
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  But, no one cares because it's not SC 2. : LoioshDwaggie
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    That's pretty true but I'll miss the FMV. : Jonathan
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      OH man, some of those are such classics. : LoioshDwaggie
      • C&C 1 had the best FMV in my opinion. Many of the actors were westwood employees that I got to meet. The ... : r3ckless
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  First time in a long time that I am not excited about a C&C. Odd..really odd.... : r3ckless
  • It's been awhile since I cared about the C&C franchise. I felt burnt by Tiberian Sun long ago..........no... : fadetofunk
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    burnt out? I know I am. There seem to have been a whole ton of C&C games just recently. : marmite
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      Dunno, I used to run some of the biggest C&C fansites in the past...I even loved Tiberian Sun...but with ... : r3ckless
      • honestly, i think they tried pretty hard with C&C3 and RA3. a sort of shameless throwback to cheesy FMV' ... : xsoulbrothax
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      2 is a whole ton? : RikiTiki2
      • there's been C&C3, expansion, RA3, expansion. : crummynz
  • Really? I haven't cared about the C&C franchise after the abysmal turd that was Tiberian Sun. The first R... : Ellissd
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  But, no one cares because it's not SupCom2. : MercFox1
  • Also correct. : MeestaNob
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  Non-issue. As long as it isn't a secret and it was known about before you can buy it, so what? : baron calamity
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    So here is a game (in theory) that I want to buy and play. Everything is in place except oh shit, my inte... : rosewood
    • I might buy it when the price reduces by $20-$30. Not at retail price with those constraints. I hope mo... : pigvomit
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      I can probably count on one hand the amount of times my internet has been out for more than 15 minutes in... : Evil Benius
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        My internet has been out 14 hours in the past week and a half. Now what? : AxeMan808
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          move out of the sticks : brainchild420
          • I'm like 7 min from downtown ATL; it would cost a fortune to get into one of those gentrification lofts t... : AxeMan808
        • Get rid of Comcast. : acheron
    • so no big deal then? but seriously, this might be bonehead thing, but what would you suggest they do ... : disembodied potato
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    How is that a non-issue at all? They will lose sales because of it. Sounds like an issue to me. : OmegaRed59
    • I refuse to buy games that I can't play offline. : mathyou
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  I've never worked for a developer or a publisher or really I've never worked in any kind of closed office... : rosewood
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    They might be thinking... A few guys without internet wont buy the game as opposed to a lot of guys p... : r3ckless
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      They need to just accept that they can't stop piracy and stop wasting time and money trying to fight it. : SockMonkeh
      • There is also the chance that their decisions might encourage people to download a cracked version that w... : pigvomit
      • Or they can just stop making PC games. If RTS's weren't so terrible on consoles, this franchise would hav... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • So whats the other option then? I'm serious here, as much as we all hate piracy, hate publishers for thei... : disembodied potato
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      It's not like this won't be cracked... : Ebu
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        within a couple days : retardhumper
        • within a couple days on release day : melt_core
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    They do figure it out. They go to companies with metrics (market intelligence firms like Forrester and te... : Attica Blue
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      Or they just take the massaged data from the company that is selling them the copy-protection system. : NexusOne
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        No, that really isn't how it works at all for any large corporation. Data from the copy-protection compan... : Attica Blue
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          Funny, because anywhere I have been, middle-managers take a bunch of short cuts, don't do research themse... : NexusOne
          • Am I saying there isn't corruption? Of course not. And if you are already a dominant player in an industr... : Attica Blue
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      When I see some of the fuck ups these companies make I don't really assume they really are putting the be... : rosewood
      • Well, just look at handiwork of the wizards of the finance and investment industries. Apparently, they're... : Attica Blue
  • Tether your Iphone. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • they probably wonder how many people a) have a laptop that can play this game b) travel significantly c) ... : derelict515
• Whoops. Haha, I somehow doubt that's going to go over too well. : xsoulbrothax
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  Somehow I bet the C&C4 version that will be out before the game is even released will be free of such con : Lunatic Angelic
  • Yeah EA is a lousy dance partner. : Jonathan
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  Wait....what? They JUST finished moving to steam and removing Securom from those games and they are going... : avatar_58
  • They didn't put C&C: RA3's expansion on Steam so I didn't buy it. : Lunatic Angelic
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    its related to gameplay and not to anything securerom : Maarten Goldstein
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      No but it it's still DRM. Something they seemed to have been shedding when they joined steam. Mass Effect... : avatar_58
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        they clearly said that there will be an online persistence to the game, and that in order to stop people ... : brainchild420
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          WoW is an online title, this is not. Not everyone plays all of their games online, or even cares about un... : avatar_58
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            and now this is an online title. why is that so hard to accept? : brainchild420
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              Why would a single player title need to be online constantly? That's kind of silly. You don't need a comm... : avatar_58
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                If you read the article they explain why... : crummynz
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                  That totally misses the point. This is an RTS. Every other RTS has done okay without forcing someone to... : mathyou
                  • how many other rts's let progression through the game unlock different abilities to use online? Zero. : brainchild420
                  • Would it help if you just thought of it as an online game? : crummynz
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    Also what the fuck - didn't they also just say the Sims 3 was attracting people to buy it based on the DL... : avatar_58
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      The article states that there is no DRM. : Mmmmmoo
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        Requiring the internet IS DRM as far as I'm concerned. DRM is just a term, not a specific type of code. I... : avatar_58
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          This is about where someone mentions Steam, and then people start arguing Steam isn't DRM. : walker270
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            I know. I love the double standards when it comes to people's undying hardon for Valve. : Sgt_Boomstick
            • Then again, with Steam you get automatic patching, infinite downloads/installs, saved settings (under con... : Marrbe
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  sounds fine to me. this was inevitable. make it standardized and people will stop pretending they are eve... : Downforce
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    People are with the internet, however do you really expect EA to keep the servers active for more than a ... : avatar_58
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      I don't know about their authentication host servers, but it would be interesting to see what they are pl... : Downforce
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        It's EA, there's no way I'd trust a patch to come out. The stupid part is that folks will just download a... : avatar_58
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          True, I can't cast stones at the No-CD crack users. That drives me nuts. The internet authentication is t... : Downforce
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            Except Internet activation has been around for quite some time now and yet how many of them have been "pa... : avatar_58
            • Yep, I think it's time they actually had someone make some decisions about lifespans. When something beco... : Downforce
        • EA just patched BF2 recently. 4 year old game. They could easily do a quick patch at the 5 year mark. : Sgt_Boomstick
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    It makes sense to have off-line play if you play on your laptop and travel a lot and/or in places where I... : Brainiacrk
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      seems easy enough to have a local file with a threshold of offline uses, then it needs to refill itself f... : Downforce
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        >> without internet for more than a few hours a YEAR you mean like flying from LA to NY, and back ohh.... : epit
        • yes we can all draw up statistical outliers, I'm not concerned about that. everyone is stretching the ... : Downforce
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          Trying to play an RTS on a plane would be a nightmare, though. I can't imagine it. : walker270
          • Well, tbh I can, because I've tried it -- it was a nightmare. : walker270
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            That's not true - I do it all the time. : virus
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              I don't find trackpads to be responsive enough for RTS games, and there just isn't enough room on the pla... : walker270
              • Oh - I generally have a small wireless travel mouse to play with. The only thing that I really don't l... : virus
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          Well they will lose you as a customer but then the might also not have 200,000 pirated downloads in the f... : Sgt_Boomstick
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            They won't have 200k pirated downloads the first week, but they also won't gain 200k net sales. And th... : Ebu
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              well in that case i think we should all stop playing video games and developers should all just close up ... : disembodied potato
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                Now you're just embarrassing yourself :/ : Ebu
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                  both of you idiots are embarassing. if you actually read the article they explicitly state that this has ... : brainchild420
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                    Because you know, PR, will always tell you 100% of the story. Trust me, this is all about piracy preventi... : Sgt_Boomstick
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                      trust you? no thanks. i'll trust what they said and what i read, until they prove otherwise. : brainchild420
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                        You're a marketing department's wet dream. : Ebu
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                          Lol no shit. Best part is, I used to be in the marketing/ea dept at EA. : Sgt_Boomstick
                          • *marketing/pr : Sgt_Boomstick
  • What? I'm without internet all the fucking time. When I fly, or I go to the lake for the weekend or on ... : retardhumper
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  Vote against that shit with your wallet. : pres589
  • I did with C&C3 and Spore. Well, mostly because C&C3 seems pretty retarded and Spore lost 90% of its game : Rehevkor
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  When they make an RTS that doesn't let you blow tanks up with machine guns then i'll care about it : usedillusion
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    You mean like the C&C series? : walker270
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      if you had like 30 dudes they could take a tank : RikiTiki2
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        Assuming the tank stood there, didn't move, and let the 30 dudes pound on it for about a minute. The l... : walker270
        • was thinking more in terms of older C&C, especially Red Alert 2 with dug-in GI's : RikiTiki2
• This is just the beginning. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  Wont stop pirates : WhatIsThisFor
  • I'd say that locking out a "feature" of pc gaming will only contribute to it. Not only do you pay for it... : pigvomit
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    everyone always says this, like you have a clue what it takes to crack a game. : brainchild420
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      who says I don't? : WhatIsThisFor
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        you did, by making that stupid post. : brainchild420
        • false : WhatIsThisFor
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      So now we need to know how to crack a game in order to observe the historical crack rate of games? : Ovate
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        People don't even observe the historical crack rate of games. They assume a crack rate of games based on... : walker270
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          How do you know this is what "people" do? : WhatIsThisFor
          • http://www.unnecessaryquotes.com/ : ShekkyBoy
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            ... because their information is often wrong. The goal of DRM and anti-piracy measures is mostly to st... : walker270
            • I don't see what this has to do with your previous post. How do you know that people are assuming a game... : WhatIsThisFor
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    When you say "won't stop the pirates" what is your opinion? Is it an issue of this particular not being t... : Sgt_Boomstick
    • I'm not advocating it I'm just making an estimate based on history. Almost every game released with any ... : WhatIsThisFor
• Why not just set it up so the information is stored in the server, but have a warning before playing with... : Rag and Bone Man
• That kinda sucks. I like playing C&C games on my laptop when I travel :( : virus
• Scratch this one off my list. I play many games by myself, single player campaing or skirmish. If they go... : ghost hacker
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  Sadly, it seems enough people are letting these things slowly erode to let it happen. :( : Freon
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    huh? the eroding of localized shitty and insta-cracked DRM is a good thing. switching to internet acti... : Downforce
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      Because it screws legitimate buyers with hassle, inconvenience, removes the lack of ability to resell an ... : Freon
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        You see, they are trying to go away from the hassle of localized crap. this is not adding more - the hac... : Downforce
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          Stop saying "you" when you talk about torrenting things. It's VERY insulting and doesn't lend any creden... : Freon
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            Freon are you a primarily PC gamer? : MercFox1
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              Depends on what timespan. Right now I am pretty evenly split between 360 and PC. I prefer PC, but I'm g... : Freon
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                Well ok that makes me feel somewhat better, but I was going to try to be nice on this one...but heads up:... : MercFox1
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                  You're mistaken that I "abhor" internet activation. I use Steam and probably buy most of my games throu... : Freon
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                    It seems like you think the industry is out to get you. There isn't any way to alleviate that, unfortunat... : MercFox1
                    • No, they're out to make money, and I'm out to save money. We both want the most out of the transaction. ... : Freon
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            Just don't be surprised when the few remaining PC developers end up abandoning the platform entirely. : walker270
            • It may be inevitable, sorry to say. : Freon
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            I can't believe you are up in arms about this... an IMPROVEMENT in the gaming anti-piracy methods. wou... : Downforce
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              Downforce, stop stealing games. It's bad and illegal. You should stop! : Freon
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                Huh? I'm pretty sure you are treading water the deep end at this point, I'll leave you to whatever anecdo... : Downforce
                • I'll take a crack at it. It's an improvement and not at the same time. Connected to the internet? A le... : kek
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                  Saying "you" when talking about torrenting and my lack of enthusiasm for constant internet connection is ... : Freon
                  • you really are trying to reverse this, aren't you? how quaint. unfortunately your train of rhetoric is a : Downforce
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        i hated disc-based protection far more than any internet-based scheme. this trend over the last few ye... : xsoulbrothax
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          I find it incredibly annoying that EA keeps flailing around with DRM that has some backwards hang up. No ... : Jonathan
          • yeah, i'm not entirely sure what the fuck is going on up there. nearly all of the execs are pretty big ga... : xsoulbrothax
    • youre right it will be impossible to crack this! : retarded talking dinosaur
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    I really don't see how this is that bad. In this day and age, people are rarely without the Internet. Who... : K1Bond007
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      "In this day and age, people are rarely without the Internet." If I had a choice between keeping a cd ... : kek
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        Because your Mom doesn't know how to copy a CD. Wake me when you come up with something realistic. : K1Bond007
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          Also, digital downloads. How does that work? : K1Bond007
          • https://support.steampowered.com/kb_article.php?ref=3160-AGCB-2555 : kek
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          What the hell are you talking about. You said people are rarely without the Internet and I showed you we : kek
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            People -are- rarely without the Internet even more so now with mobile phones. Bringing up long car rides ... : K1Bond007
            • err.. "not something you should be" and ... wow.. "people are rarely...." I can't even quote myself. :( : K1Bond007
            • So you think it's reasonable to expect someone who bought a pc game to have either a tethering plan attac... : kek
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      I want my secret decoder wheel copy protection back damnit. : retardhumper
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        HA! Yeah, or the Red Cellophane "Lens" to read the obscured code in the booklet. : AxeMan808
        • or the original sim city black ink on dark brown paper : retardhumper
• -lol- : packav
• This is nothing, i feel so cheated that i cant play my xbox 360 games on the move on my ipod classic, the... : disembodied potato
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  Is it me or is Ars is like the smarter, more clean cut older brother of the gamer family? Ars = Alex P. ... : Lightzout
  • http://fukung.net/v/10474/019930b11c631a30e7daa00d458dc96a.jpg : kek
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  Anything should be considered to challenge these whiney free-loading cunts who have fucking wrecked this ... : afo
  • I can't believe how much I agree with this post. gg. : Sgt_Boomstick
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  1. EA issues statement like this, DRM related 2. Backlash 3. EA modifies position to be suitable 4. Ev... : Schnapple
  • Yeah I wonder how much of it is calculated on EA's part and why they haven't invested the time to create ... : Jonathan
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  Honestly, if this is the only way to stop PC piracy, then why not? We all have 24/7 internet connections ... : Colleton
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    read it again, i'll give you $100 if you can find the word PIRACY in that article explaining why they are... : brainchild420
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      Well, when you get to the part of the article where they say "Oh yeah, since you're required to always be... : Colleton
      • in a way that is drm. if you cannot play offline .. fuck it. : ghost hacker
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    i guarantee you the cracked version won't need an internet connection : GloriousCow
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      Yeah, I know you're right about that. It's no win all the way around, isn't it? : Colleton
      • I think it can be prevented but only if you completely remove the game from the client and go server-side... : WhatIsThisFor
  • We all don't have 24/7 internet connections everywhere. : rosewood
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  What I'm wondering is, if you get a temp D/C, will the SP be interrupted? Or will it only perform periodi... : Marrbe
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    HIJACK: If it was up to you to design the best anti-piracy method/system, how would you do it? : Sgt_Boomstick
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      Key content not stored on the user's machine, must be online to play, content is streamed. It's the way o : OverloadUT
      • I just had a sweet idea on the drive home from Hobby Lobby, and I'm going to post it in ER, bitches! : MercFox1
      • The whiny nerds online to "boycott" games because of their copy protection are a tiny minority. Until ... : SilverSnake
  • As far as DRM goes, probably not. It likely just authenticates at the start - if anything. Note this arti... : K1Bond007
• How would this work on consoles? I suspect that they are going to re-enter the console market since CnC3 ... : SigENeaT
• I loved C&C far more than the Blizzard equivelents in their day but over the years I've come to realise t... : abrasion

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  Great motherboard. The one I use currently, great overclocker, very stable. : RyDogg1
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    Is it overkill though? I don't intend to OC. : gydot
    • there is no such thing as overkill in regards to PC hardware. If you don't use it today, you will tomorro... : brainchild420
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    This is also a mobo of choice for OSX86. Keep it. : davantalus
    • Haha, I just re-built my PC using this mobo recently for that very reason. : joesnizzle
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  Needs more videocard. : _jon
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    Yup. Don't be fooled by the "9800". Bigger number does not equal bigger performance. I think an 8800GTX b... : Rehevkor
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      I'm not equating it that way, just the price is more agreeable ;) : gydot
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        you could easily get something like a 4870 with way more bang for the buck : _jon
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          how's the compatibility? i'm going with nvidia because 'everyone else uses it'. : gydot
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            ... what? Speaking as a radeon 4890 owner, they're great. : Toraz Chryx
            • I'm definitely won over. : gydot
          • Everyone uses nvidia and ATI/AMD. Get a 4870. : OmegaRed59
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            i would never use the stock coolers with ati cards. get one that has some extra stock cooling, or replace... : brainchild420
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              and, as a counterpoint, I have overclocked every ATI card I've ever had, and none of them have ever faile... : _jon
              • Also, there is some discrepancy with the non-stock coolers not cooling something very well (I want to say... : one random winner
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                i went through 3 ATI 9800 Pro cards... haven't bought another ATI card since. : Shadowdane
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                  The 6 year old Dell that was mine and is now my Father's has a 9800 Pro with a Zalman cooler in it. It's ... : MercFox1
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                    yah i dunno I the one I had I'd send to ATI, I'd get it back and it would work for another month. Then i... : Shadowdane
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                      Sucks :( I'm on the Nvidia bandwagon now too after getting an awesome 7900GS, so I stuck with it to the G... : MercFox1
                      • I have a GTX260 216 and love it... overclocked it to 702Mhz / 1458Mhz / 1150Mhz and it is damn fast!! ... : Shadowdane
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                i find this so insanely hard to believe it's not even funny. i'm talking about like 15 out of 20 cards be... : brainchild420
                • hey, I'm just saying, they work for some of us. : _jon
          • My 4870 is fine, I have the saphire toxic version and am pretty shocked at how quiet it is. : stgdz
    • It does, the 9800GT is fundamentally an 8800GT with a new badge on it. : Toraz Chryx
  • Yeah it like you got a Boxster driving on one of those little trunk emergency tires. Maybe this: http:... : Lightzout
• 9800GT? I picked up an extra GTX 260 from Dell SB two weeks ago for 140 (before EVGA rebate, which has a ... : MercFox1
• NIce case choice my buddy has one made me jelous even though i have a 900 and 1200. just a slick little u... : RogerDandy
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  I'd take more RAM, actually, or at least a better video card. : Lone Swordsman
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    he's specced 4GB of ram? that's fine. : Toraz Chryx
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      That's just it, it's fine. It's the new de facto, it won't offer longevity or better performance. : Lone Swordsman
      • That being said, I wouldn't object to staying with 4GB as long as the better video card is there. : Lone Swordsman
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        for a gaming rig it's going to be a while before >4GB makes a tangible difference dude. : Toraz Chryx
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          Depends on what you want to leave running in the background, and how fast you want things to go. : Lone Swordsman
          • Speaking as someone sitting at a rig with 8GB in it, 4GB is completely ample for a gaming rig. : Toraz Chryx
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  9800GT = crap. Don't bother buying a q9550 if you are going to have that in it. GTX260 216 @ a minimum. : OMGzImBurning
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    Looking at the other branch I'm considering a 4870 now. : gydot
    • They're roughly equivalent in power. Check out a review or two to see which has the better idle/load powe... : AlexW1203
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      Please please please dont get a 4870. This isn't Nvidia fanboyism, when I built my rig a few months ag... : kershner25
      • Hell, I'm still using an 8800GTX and it smokes every new game I've played. nVidia went AWOL for a bit wit... : Rehevkor
      • My 4870 has been flawless. : Lone Swordsman
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        i'll give you the exact opposite anecdote regarding the drivers. : cpt_gloval
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          haha what... damn ATI drivers eat up ram like crazy. Seen some systems at work the damn ATI Applet is... : Shadowdane
          • i ragequit nvidia cause i couldn't get flat panel scaling to work on anything newer than 2 year old drive... : cpt_gloval
      • Lets see, sample size of 1, Swift washing over of issues that Nvidia's drivers HAVE had lately, and a lar... : Toraz Chryx
• in a couple of months that stuff will be even more out of date : maulla
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  Of note though, if you're building it in "a couple of months" the sweetspot might have moved drastically ... : Toraz Chryx
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    that build would last at least 3 years though :P : gydot
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      Not with a 9800GT it wouldn't, that card trails 2006's finest in raw pace :p : Toraz Chryx
      • Replace with either 4870 or 260. : gydot
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  i7 or bust now. Have a microcenter near you? Go get a i7 920 for $200. : ant_hillbilly
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    Isn't it coming out in October : gydot
    • What? The intel chip has been out for awhile now. http://www.microcenter.com/single_product_results.p... : ant_hillbilly
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      October 2008, yeah : bipolar
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        That said, there's still quite a premium for going I7, particularly with the mobo and ram, although the A... : bipolar
        • there is no premium on the ram, the mobo can be had for $50 more than the one he picked and the i7 for $5... : mwasher
    • November 2008 : OmegaRed59
    • Too expensive ti get i7 either way. I'm not located in the US. : gydot
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      you're thinking of win7 : slickdoody
      • i think i was thinking of i5 :P : gydot
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    that also doubles the cost of his motherboard. not worth the $ yet. : brainchild420
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      If you have a Micro Center nearby you, they've also been selling P6T's for like $160. :D : xsoulbrothax
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        Don't have them in Singapore. : gydot
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          yeah, i figured this subthread was already based on the idea of buying an i7 for $200 from MC though : xsoulbrothax
          • didn't realize you were in singapore, though D: : xsoulbrothax
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  I endorse that case! : ganjatron
  • Yep I've got 2x and they're great : noven
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  I'm supposed to be the only one in this region you singky >:C : moe6
  • lol.. time for a Singapore shackmeet! : Shadowdane
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    nuh uhh : gydot
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      gtfo :( : moe6
      • Moe do you live in Singapore? : abrasion
• In a couple of months time? Very very bad choices almost all round. : abrasion

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  Snubs were pretty bad this year. No Lost actors getting any nominations and the biggest snub in my eyes ... : Tripps
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    I really need to get on the Chuck train. I'm pretty aghast at Walton Goggins not getting a BSA-Drama nod.... : Deathlove
    • I agree with you Deathlove, Walton Goggins should have been nominated :( : trOmblyj
  • God damnit, Michael Emerson deserves one. Best TV villain ever. I hope Jimmy Smits and Bryan Cranston get... : Bamtan
  • Michael Emerson got the nomination for best supporting actor. : sinnith
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  The Shield just wasn't very good this year, and was especially not good for a series finale. : Entity
  • IDK, I can't think of any way better for it to have played out with Vic. : Crabs Jarrard
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    I thought the series finale was great. It tied very tightly to the opening scene of the first episode whe... : Rooster Cockburn
    • I can concede that some would find being a lacky behind a desk would be a more crippling finish than deat : Entity
    • this : Arsenal
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  Was Generation Kill any good? : alnya
  • Yeah I thought so : kainen1
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    I thought it was fantastic. But like all media, especially when it's been re-interpreted (originally a se... : Rooster Cockburn
    • It wasn't the Latino who played himself, it was Rudy (the really jacked surfer-language kind of guy). : Bamtan
    • It followed the book almost word for word, which was pretty incredible. I couldn't believe how well the s... : d0gbert
  • Very, very good. It's not Band of Brothers levels of ridiculously goodness, but it's a definite must-w... : evildanish
  • I honestly didn't really care for it. I mean really it's essentially about a platoon (or whatever) of mar... : K1Bond007
  • I enjoyed it. : NFXFSX
  • It was great despite being completely bludgeoned with the "message." : skinlab133
  • I think its coming onto UK TV soon so I'll check it out, thanks guys : alnya
  • Sorry to post in a dead chatty but it is fucking great. : ghostnote
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  BSG for an Emmy? For what? : pancake humper
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    Best music/score Fuck all else was emmy worthy about it, though. : Beady
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      Olmos >:( : Deathlove
      • seriously, the old man fucking ruled : deject
  • Seriously. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • Best Example of a Character-Driven Storyline Causing Plotline to Suffer : pharom
• true blood should get an award for bets use of tits on tv : CoRDS
• Hopefully Battlestar can nab a few. : NFXFSX
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  We started watching Mad Men on Blu Ray a few days ago and it really is exceptional. It's not exactly ... : [fry]
  • I've just started watching it too and the production values are fantastic. I don't expect Don Draper to g... : Bamtan
  • I got about 7 episodes in to season and stopped. For no particular reason, just got busy. This thread... : action roommate
  • Mad men is awesome : alnya
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    It's just magnetic. There's one episode that just closes on a shot of Don at the dining table and it's on... : sgtsanity
    • I SAW HIM FIRST! : trOmblyj
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    Good to hear. My brothers birthday is tomorrow and I bought him the Madmen and Breaking Bad season 1 DVD'... : NastyJack
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      Ohhh this Breaking Bad looks really interesting. It's Shack Approved? : [fry]
      • It's really good. Yes. : pyide
      • Yes indeed. First season is only 7 eps so you can watch it quick. : trOmblyj
      • Breaking Bad and Sons of Anarchy are the best two new shows within the last few years for me. : Bamtan
      • Hell yes it is. : Deathlove
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        Awesome, thanks guys. Why no Blu Ray of it? Do they hate high definition and SCIENCE? : [fry]
        • good question, because it was filmed in HD. : trOmblyj
        • Yeah, that bugs me. I want to buy it because it's a series I'd actually watch again but I'd rather have i... : pyide
        • Quite the opposite; the show LOVES science! LOVES IT. Season two spoiler: "...a robot?" : Deathlove
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    It's really great to look at and the acting is great but after three episodes it just feels like "LOOK AT... : Deathlove
    • I gave up after 5 and 1/2 episodes. It wasn't bad, but felt like it was going nowhere. I was starting to ... : pyide
  • I can't watch it with my girlfriend because of all the chauvinism and antisemitism and homophobia. :/ : sammyl
• BSG is up for directing, single-camera picture editing (whatever that is), sound editing, sound mixing, s... : Ovate
• Outstanding Reality Program: Mythbusters. About damn time they got a nomination. : SolrFlare
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  • NPH is hosting the Emmys this year : lpearl
  • I'm fairly certain that HIMYM never really anticipated lasting as well as it has, so every season they bu... : Arsenal
  • I like the show and I have to agree with this adpalumbo-named poster : Draugluin
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    • Also, "Slap Bet". As far as I can recall there's two slaps left : Solstice
• Jimmy Fallon??! Fuck the Emmys : Mad Brahmin Disease
• I thought that was Adrian Paul from Highlander for a second there . :( : stump

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  $350 is expensive. : baronzemo78
  • No, $1100 for a 30-GB SSD is expensive. : Ride-My-Rocket
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  Not worth the money at all. : JohnnyRey
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    $285 after Rebate - http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820233087 : Shadowdane
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      It's getting there. 128GB and $285 is slightly more storage and less expensive than something like a Ver... : Freon
      • yah I hope the Tech Report or Anandtech tests one out sometime soon... want to see some other reviews. ... : Shadowdane
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    Incorrect. For 99% of people the HDD is the main bottle neck of their system. Installing an SSD is the... : uncleanmonkey
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      I couldn't disagree more. : JohnnyRey
      • at what point would you consider one? I'll probably get one when they hit $150 : GloriousCow
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        What do you disagree with? You don't think most people are bottle necked by their hard drive? You don't t... : uncleanmonkey
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          How do you think the 128GB Corsair compares to the 80GB intel? : MagicWishMonkey
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            No idea, but it sure as fuck is going to beat a spindle based drive for the scenarios where it actually m... : uncleanmonkey
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              Yea I am going to get an SSD in my next machine, I was going to get the 80GB Intel but if the Corsair is ... : MagicWishMonkey
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                I was planning on upgrading my whole machine but after getting an SSD I've put that on hold indefinitely.... : uncleanmonkey
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                  I haven't upgraded my machine since 2005, so I'm going to spoil myself in a few weeks. I'm going to g... : MagicWishMonkey
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                    I've heard excellent compatibility with the Gigabyte boards for OSX. : Shadowdane
                    • Yea that is the one I am looking for , the M58 or something. I need to find out if the OSX will work on t... : MagicWishMonkey
                • yah my Primary Hard Drive is an first gen WD Raptor. It's not a bad drive but there is definitely newer... : Shadowdane
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            I find it extremely annoying that they didn't include the Intel's in these tests. : pancake humper
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              Yea, I don't know much about SSD's, but I remember for a while everyone said the intel drives were the fa... : MagicWishMonkey
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                I would get the Corsair over the Intel X-25's. The Corsairs are using the latest controllers and the sequ... : pancake humper
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                  Sweet, if you remember will you SM me when you get ready to order? I think I might buy one also. : MagicWishMonkey
                  • just SM me now so it's in my inbox, I won't remember. : pancake humper
            • They never even tested or reviewed Intel's drives.... I'm guessing they never got a review unit and did... : Shadowdane
          • I hope someone will do a comparison soon, this Corsair drive came out this week. So its very new still. : Shadowdane
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          I disagree with your made up statistics. : JohnnyRey
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            Could you be specific? You don't think most of the time people wait for something it's not the CPU they'r... : uncleanmonkey
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              Let me put it this way: I don't think it's the HDD 99% of the time. : dmason
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                I think 99% of the time you actually care, it is. You don't care if some javascript widget takes 10ms ... : uncleanmonkey
                • The bottleneck depends heavily on what your goal is with the computer. If the goal is to access data from... : dmason
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      That'd be a better argument if the drives were available in 500-1000GB sizes. Even with the above $285 t : Freon
      • I'm planning to use an SSD as my primary OS drive, all my games and work data will go on a different driv... : MagicWishMonkey
      • I just need this for my OS & Apps though... all my files are on a regular Hard Drive which is fine. I... : Shadowdane
      • Just get a small drive for the OS. : uncleanmonkey
      • To those of us who actually do work on our computers, they are a godsend. Not to mention, they are silent... : ventro
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        • This; we've reached a point where even mid-range processors are completely up to most needs. Aside from a... : Conan
      • You don't need data to be on a fast drive. : SenorSpine
      • This is the argument I see from people who don't use drives like Intel's X25Ms as their primary drive. ... : rosewood
      • I like this article http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/10tb-hdd-raid,2344.html 10 TB raid with almost... : Turd Ferguson
    • I can't wait to get one. Won't be until next year though. : WhatIsThisFor
• So many new fancy things to upgrade later this year when I build a new computer : MuteMode
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  That's right. Keep on coming down in price and up in size. Soon we shall see your sweet spot. : crummynz
  • You'll probably have to buy her dinner first before you can see her sweet spot :( : electroly
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  Is reliability the main reason to own one of these? : deadhorse
  • Speed. And power if you're on a notebook. : Conan
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    Sub-millisecond seek times. If you're going to upgrade your system, the *first* thing you should buy ... : uncleanmonkey
    • This is true, but it does ignore the benefit you can get from a videocard if you're a serious gamer - but... : Conan
    • Huh, did not realize that. Might pick one of these up down the road. : deadhorse
    • I cant agree more. SSDs speed improvements across the board was mind numbing. literally, the worst speed ... : epit
• Can't wait to put one of these in my MacBook, hopefully increase the speed and battery life at the same t... : rudds
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  Are the new Intel drives out yet? : d1sregard
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    Nope, which is irritating because everyone reported "2 weeks" more than 2 weeks ago. I want to see how th... : ventro
    • Yeah. I canceled my new system two weeks ago because of that news. : d1sregard
• This would be great for a system drive. : Fred Garvin
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  i wish these guys would put units on their graphs. : wetard
  • that would be wetarded. : d1sregard
  • why in the unholy fuck do they feel the need to use flash for graphs? horrible. : Turd Ferguson
• unsafe at any speed. : drucifer
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  I have hope for this drive as I really want more SSD competition out there to bring down the price but ri... : rosewood
  • What kind of gotchas are you talking about? : MagicWishMonkey
• i want SSD when win7 officially comes out... im hoping by october the price is down even more... : inc77
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  I'm amazed that SSDs aren't already standard on Apple laptops; they seem like such a cheap and easy way t... : sgtsanity
  • (cheap and easy compared to computer upgrades and ever-more-cleverer parallel programming) : sgtsanity
  • It boggles my mind why Apple went back to SATA 150 in the latest update. : dmason

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  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Better_Place : cpt_gloval
  • ^^ Exactly what to OP talks about. It's a pretty cool idea, but will take a really long time to implemen... : MaxPete82
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    That's pretty neat, but it doesn't really explain how they expect people to pay for this service. Clearly... : FlatlineDixay
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      The plan is subscription-based. You would buy miles/battery charges like cell phone minutes. I believe t... : MaxPete82
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        Yeah, IIRC in a Wired article about it they mentioned the business model is inspired by cell phone sales/... : cpt_gloval
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          Exactly, here is the Wired article: http://www.wired.com/cars/futuretransport/magazine/16-09/ff_agassi : MaxPete82
          • That's a really interesting read, and for some reason I'm not surprised that everybody in the United Stat... : FlatlineDixay
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        Yeah, I would think the vehicle purchase would have to be separate. I also wonder what happens when, down... : FlatlineDixay
        • they try to go ahead with this and establish a standard, once the infrastructure is there the manufacture... : xxx2xxx
    • It seems like replacing your gas tank's contents isn't very different from replacing your battery. Drive... : Ovate
  • if you want to do electric cars, this is the only way : xxx2xxx
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  As far as I know, the solution (besides not travelling long distances) are: bigger batteries, more effici... : adpalumbo
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    All of those require major scientific progress that may or may not be forthcoming. I hope they are, but b... : FlatlineDixay
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      An electric engine with an on-board gas generator isn't asking for a breakthrough. Also, don't discoun... : adpalumbo
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        Maybe the average middle/upper-class family can afford to maintain two cars that run on different technol... : FlatlineDixay
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          Take a look at the Chevy Volt. It's a plug-in hybrid and runs on the electric motor until the batteries ... : DianeOfTheMoon
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            I'm familiar with it, but you're still kind of suffering from putting two engines in a car, including a g... : FlatlineDixay
            • just think of the electric motor as a giant starter : cpt_gloval
  • Shai Agassi / Better Place is suggesting exactly that. : cpt_gloval
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  A better solution would be a system that would make long distance drives unnescessary. Like car-carrying ... : evildanish
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    It may be a better solution, but in a world where there's still competition between cars that *can* trave... : FlatlineDixay
    • Yeah, it pretty much requires a collective decision that we want to move on to something else. It's a har... : evildanish
• Standardized batteries that you swap out, like with propane tanks : wasylm
• Honda FCX Clarity : moe6
• fuel cells is the way to go. just fill it up again when empty. : CoRDS
• I don't go long distances. : drucifer
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  When electric cars become mainstream I'm gonna start a company to retrofit parking garages with metered o... : MagicWishMonkey
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    It's great until all the auto-makers come up with models with different types of plugs :( : FlatlineDixay
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      i'll start a company that sells plug adapters! : cpt_gloval
      • It could work! : FlatlineDixay
      • We could join forces and gouge the shit out of people! : MagicWishMonkey
  • Thanks for letting me steal your business venture idea. I'm patenting it right now... : SigENeaT
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  Supercapacitors will hopefully largely solve the long charging time issue. : Conan
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    Supercapacitors Fluxcapacitors : retardhumper
    • One of these two is real (sadly...) : Conan
• i want to see electric cars with high speed induction charging from beneath the road surface. sure the te... : cpt_gloval
• IIRC the Tesla model S has a 45 min quick charge thing... For long trips I usually take breaks every coup... : uncleanmonkey
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  How do electric cars handle cold weather? : Ellissd
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    Normal internal combustion engines actually don't like the cold that much, there are a lot of issues with... : Freon
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      frozen batteries dont work for shit though. When its -40 your car battery doesn't have much power : retardhumper
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        Hmm, I thought they'd do ok. I know Li Ion last a lot longer if you store them in the cold. I'm not su... : Freon
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          even Li Ion electrolytes freeze at -40, then you are pretty much screwed : retardhumper
          • At those sorts of temperatures, you need a plug in heater type system anyway so when your vehicle sits fo... : Hiro
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  There was a TED talk on this. It's a LOT of infrastructure. If everyone has batteries that last barely ... : Freon
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    That's one of the issues with this system: It obsoletes itself as battery technology improves. : FlatlineDixay
    • Yeah it could die before it even takes off. Either Prius/Insight or Volt style hybrids still seem to ma... : Freon
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      i don't know about that, if they successfully put forth a volt/amp/form-factor standard, i don't see why ... : cpt_gloval
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        Right, but logistics are quite different when every car on the road needs to be charged every 80 miles ve... : FlatlineDixay
        • i recall reading that these will have plug-in charging too, so you can fill up at home if you have some t... : cpt_gloval
• Electric all week then gas for the weekend trips : drodver
• Until battery technology improves, not really seeing the point. : nickjolly
• Mr. Fusion : Slowtreme

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• pretty tight : FusionJunky
• very cool : rgoer
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  Doesn't that just encourage evil geniuses? Muahahaha soon, Africa will be black! : pigvomit
  • http://go.hrw.com/atlas/norm_htm/world.htm : Wyvern
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    GEOGRAPHY FAIL : ThomW
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      I'm talking about the picture! :( : pigvomit
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        lol. look closely at that picture then at what africa looks like : retardhumper
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          Oh jesus christ. :( : pigvomit
          • lol : Godhatesfatpeople
          • Haha. Selfowned. : SqueegyTBS
          • hahaha : Shadowdane
          • its an honest mistake, we always associate africa with helping and caring : Chandler55
      • The picture isn't of Africa : chazums
      • That's South America. : brickmatt
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        Oh god, this post makes it even better. : action wombmate
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          I glanced at the picture once and swore I saw Africa. I just can't explain it... I've always done well : pigvomit
          • I didn't realize it was South America until everyone laughed at you. : Mmmmmoo
      • BWAHAHAHA YOU LOSE SIR. : marmite
      • Awesome, dude. You're awesome. Don't let anyone tell you different. : Super Sparker
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        ^ lol this guy doesn't know Australia when he sees it. : c0bra
        • lol : shirif
      • weird i thought the exact same thing too, and i even wondered why the hell they picked africa over somewh... : disembodied potato
      • Oh... dear... god... too funny! : Sebastian-TEC
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    NOTHING TO SEE HERE. MOVE ON PLEASE. : pigvomit
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      folks, its our duty to make this the top lol : askedrelic
      • reporting for duty : electroly
    • I didnt know which one to lol so I lol'ed both your posts : cptstern
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    evil morons, maybe. : K1Bond007
    • Evil morans : TheArtMan
  • HAHAHAH : Nitrium
  • fucking lols. : beastrabban
  • That is most definitely *not* the Great Porkchop :| : focusdaily
  • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8Q10g_Mov4 : Audhuml4
  • lolololol : timaste
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  if they really wanted to save paper wouldn't they just install an air dryer : electroly
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    yeah what exactly are they advocating here? Wipe hands on pants? : kek
    • maybe they aren't made form paper. : pyide
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    or hire homeless/jobless people to blow on your hands. Go green and help the economy. : Wyvern
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      if i'm gonna hire someone to blow something it's not going to be my hands : electroly
      • You mean your penis right? : kek
  • they cost energy too.... : barichnikov
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    Dyson Airblade FTW : jigstah
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      I like paper though ;( sometimes I need to dry my hair. : packav
      • Do bullies give you "Swirlies"? : Wyvern
    • See, I don't like those so much. There are these high-speed air dryers in my local Ikea's bathroom that ... : Rotten Deadite
  • because using electricity also destroys the planet instantly : jvox
  • I want both. Single sheet to get the majority if wetness and dead skin, then air dry for a perfect finish... : SwiftyPants
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  i don't get it : jenisthebest
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    pandas' main source of food is green paper, doesn't waste it : deviantpaul
    • Can we give it back after we're done wiping our hands on it? : CrustaR
• probably not the best place to push your message of conserving paper. "I cant spare a square" : cptstern
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  why south america? : Korban
  • Because Africa has a lot of trees. : pigvomit
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    trying to tie amazonian deforestation to the paper industry, which it isn't : RikiTiki2
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      who is responsible? : radula
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        Illegal wood extraction/exportation and pharmaceutical laboratories, among others. Paper extraction is a ... : Nitrium
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          I thought the majority of it was for agricultural propagation. ie "Mah dad blasted farm is too small!" : sKetchflow
          • no, its because rainforest soil is very poor and only lasts a few seasons of intensive use. Therefore the... : filthysock
  • I think they're trying to emphasize that the paper towels are not recycled paper. : eisencc

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  google? I mean cmon man... : JohnnyRey
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    What's up with this Internet? Is it good? How do I use it? : zebosausamite
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      I tried typing "man internet" but I don't want to talk about what happened next. : Rotten Deadite
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        Can somebody create a lmgtfy link? I'm too tired to do it myself. : Ride-My-Rocket
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          RMR, can you finish my... : zebosausamite
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            Sorry, I'm completely : Ride-My-Rocket
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              http://lmgtfy.com/ : kek
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                Can you click it for me and type something in? : Ride-My-Rocket
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                  http://lmgtfy.com/?q=let+me+google+that+for+you : AgentPothead
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                    i expected a singularity : xsoulbrothax
                    • : zebosausamite
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                      ZALGO : ArcKnight
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                        L̢̯̹͔̙̂ͬ̀̅ē͇̠͒tͤͩ̾ ̝͉͍̗̥ͬ̑̏ͅm̰͖e̢͙ ̼͓̱̪̿g̪̗͖̜̦͕ͨ̊̏̍͑̅õͩ... : Rotten Deadite
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                          holy fuck : RikiTiki2
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                            Only a matter of time before that becomes a ban-able offense I'm sure. : Rotten Deadite
                            • It already is really. I mean you aren't allowed to do anything that purposely spills outside of your post... : OverloadUT
                        • HEAD ASPLODE : zebosausamite
                        • wtf : Mmmmmoo
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                          :-( http://lmgtfy.com/?q=L%CC%82%CD%AC%CC%80%CC%85%CC%A2%CC%AF%CC%B9%CD%94%CC%99e%CC%84%CD%92%CD%87%CC... : electroly
                          • fucking lol : askedrelic
                          • HAHAHHAHAA : zebosausamite
                          • good lord, what did you just do to my browser? : itsjames
                          • lol : Mmmmmoo
                          • hahahahah : Shadowdane
                          • hahahahahaha : mrseldowski
                        • I apparently don't have the right char-set for the full effect : anhero
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  try the RC, download for MS. Its pretty rad ive been using it since the RC was made public. Very compatib... : shadebane
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    Will it expire like the beta or can I run RC then install W7 over it in October? : empathe
    • it'll expire, but it'll continue to run perfectly until next march. then it shuts down every 2 hours till... : xsoulbrothax
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  Oct 22nd There was a pre-order offer for the upgrade, but I think it's over. It was kind of scary, b... : hawke
  • its over ?? crap :( : doomed
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    I didn't think it was over till August, at least, that's the situation here in the UK : scottythejock
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      There was... started yesterday, but amazon (at least) have already sold out of the £45 Home Premiums, it... : losimagic
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        anywhere else selling it for 45 quid? : steve_o
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          nevermind, found it on pcworlds' site : steve_o
          • care to LINK IT FOR US???? : doomed
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    because you're never sure whether you can upgrade or not Windows XP and Vista users can buy the upgrad... : Arctic Fox
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      What if you have an OEM version of Vista? : OverloadUT
      • Haven't seen it addressed specifically, but I can't see a reason why you wouldn't be able to upgrade. : Arctic Fox
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    You can actually upgrade from the RC version, apparently. Microsoft's little bonus for helping test the r : Rehevkor
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      what? how? I never saw anything about upgrading from the RC anywhere : kainen1
      • http://keznews.com/5951_Upgrade_from_Windows_7_RC_to_Windows_7_will_be_possible : Rehevkor
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      Windows.old ftl :( : eseiat
      • whats wrong with it... it installs a nice fresh new copy. It doesn't upgrade your old registry. : Shadowdane
    • i can't believe you can't just put in your disc and product key. sooo ghey : wetard
• Status: preordered : ateam311
• Preorder discount in the US ended July 11, release date is Oct 22. You can still download and get a key ... : slickdoody
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  Two days ago the preorder sale of the 50€ versions started over here. Amazon was out of stock after 7 ... : Syrek
  • That's crazy. I waited until the last day for the US 1/2 price pre-order on Amazon, and had no problems. : Gnowknayme
• You're too late :( : baconisgod
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  has there been any problems running older games? am i gonna want to dual boot XP and Win7? : smax
  • it can't run 16-bit games, but we generally have dosbox for that sort of thing anyway. : xsoulbrothax
• FUCK I just realized I forgot to order this FUCK : Juno

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  Did anyone else play this? : tomservo
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    I did. It was fucking hard towards the end of it and I didn't end up finishing it. : sigpro
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      It's no Sneak King :( : tomservo
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        I haven't even opened my copy of that game yet. : sigpro
        • It's fantastic for one reason. It has a first person view mode for looking around, which filters your vi : ZTac
  • I've got the ps2 version, it is good fun and I'm happy to see that it is on the steam now, especially for... : TimeDoctor
  • Holy shit! This game makes for epic multiplayer stories. : MercFox1
  • I did! It owned! : AlexXdude
  • awesome awesome game. the multiplayer is insane. : miasma(&)
  • I did, a few levels. Was pretty cool. Definitely how I want a game about sniping to be. I hope the Ste... : SilverSnake
• I remember playing a demo way back when and loving it. Never got around to picking it and so it slipped m... : thejay247
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  $9... I'll give it a shot. : Edges
  • I was thinking the same thing. : yosemiteclimber
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  Cool, I remember not caring about this game then hearing some stuff about it a couple years later that ma... : Chris Remo
  • I'd be interested in hearing your thoughts on it... maybe here or on Idle Thumbs or something. : tomservo
  • Get on multiplayer so we can all give you a shot, Chris Remo! : MercFox1
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  wow I'm amazed your imgshack links from 2005 still work : mikecyb
  • Hahaha really? I just assumed they wouldn't. : tomservo
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  Seeing this now, I regret that I glossed over it simply because it's called Sniper Elite. It sounds li... : moe6
  • Seriously, it has a terrible title. Budget game title. But the game is a lot of fun. It isn't for everyon... : tomservo
• God damn you...now I have to buy this. : JohnnyRey
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  you sold me on it, picking it up now. It's funny that i had no idea this was out there but i have always ... : RetroRedEyeJr
  • me too, picking this up later : grandmasterlee
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    Make a post about what you think after playing a bit! I'm curious to read it. : tomservo
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      I will if i can get it running, steam froze while it was authorizing the purchase and now it won't open i... : RetroRedEyeJr
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        I have the same problem. It took my money and went down. Thieves! : Edges
        • im pretty sure steam is just down right now, cause i got back on and friends is offline and i can't insta... : RetroRedEyeJr
        • Yeah, having a couple issues with steam myself : whore
• Hmm I might try this. Wish it was in first person though. : Begawkiness
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  is the rifle all bounce when scoped? I hate it when sniper games do that :( : mikecyb
  • all bouncy :( : mikecyb
  • You know, it's been a while since I've played it so I don't remember. But I do know there are some things... : tomservo
• €6.30... why the hell not. : Stage
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  Does it always follow the bullet? I have never really liked that. : Begawkiness
  • I don't think it does unless it was a super fucking awesome shot, but it's nice when it does because you ... : sigpro
  • you can turn it on and off. it only happens if it was a record-setting shot distance-wise or a headsho... : miasma(&)
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  Oh man, I've been wanting to play the PC version for seemingly ever. Got and enjoyed it on PS2, but alway... : roushimsx
  • kb+mouse = NASTY GOOD : tomservo
• Haha, I remember your posts. Always wanted to check it out, maybe I will. : megarust32
• I recall playing the demo a while back, and having it crash consistently when rounding a specific corner.... : AlexW1203
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  Woah! I had forgotten this game had multiplayer. 8 player ShackBattle deathmatches does sounds quite t... : SilverSnake
  • I'd rebuy it for this, but somebody needs to organize : Foxhawk
  • I would be very much into this : tomservo
• I remember that post, the game seems cool. I'll try to get some time in on it this weekend. : sammyl
• Awesome, I spent some time on the demo back in the day.... bought. : shakybonez31
• EVERYONE WHO BOUGHT'D THIS: Heads up. We're going to get an impromptu ShackBattle going tonight. More ... : MercFox1
• OK, so the people who have just picked this up, a verdict? : MeestaNob

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• gtfo :( : moe6
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  I hate Peggle, it's nothing like Fallout 3. : Deathlove
  • I'm talking about overall quality, I'm not really comparing genres or anything specific. Writing, acting,... : Milleh
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  it's definitely not Rome or Deadwood, but it's not *that* terrible.. I mean c'mon.. its about vampires, ... : beastrabban
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    I'm sorry beastie, but you're going to have to follow Milleh :( : moe6
    • lol sorry Moe, vampires just evoke images of Elvira for me. no way I can take it seriously. : beastrabban
  • i thought it was about the gay rights movement : spiderfill
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  The first two episodes were ok. I'm sorta hooked. May finish S1 this weekend. : Phil
  • do it, tits tits tits tits : CoRDS
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    The wife watched all of season 1 over the weekend and now she's on season 2, UGH :( The only good thing f... : Milleh
    • Also, I do enjoy the softcore porn portions, I forgot to mention that. : Milleh
  • Phil you get to see Stackie Boobhouses tits towards the later half of S1 : shavenewok
• The 2 main characters are the most boring part of the show. : yosemiteclimber
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  I thought it sucked too : Godhatesfatpeople
  • you too :( : moe6
• I think it's great. Of course it's nothing like those other shows, it doesn't try to be. : WhatIsThisFor
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  It has to beat Buffy and Charmed, that's not a real high bar to surpass. : Lunatic Angelic
  • Well, it's leaps and bounds above those. : Milleh
  • Buffy is the best show ever made. Charmed is the worst show ever made. Tru Blood fits somewhere in the... : MeestaNob
• i love this show : CoRDS
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  I'll admit though, I'd rather sit through any episode of true blood a million times over than watch Twili... : Milleh
  • *slow panning face shot* ok I like you a bit more than before now. : moe6
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    What you didn't like the sparkling vampires, wasn't it just so cute? : shortbuscaptain
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      I resisted for months, but the wife finally MADE me watch it, and it was actually worse than I expected. ... : Milleh
      • you might have to leave her I think : moe6
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  Sookehhhhh : johnwissinger
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    Oh man, nightmares of bill bad acting :( SOOOKEEHHH!!!!!!!!! : Milleh
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      I swear the specifically picked him for look + size, size in particular so that Eric would look even more... : moe6
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        Generation kill man? : Milleh
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          yeah : moe6
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            The head vampire really should be Christopher Walken, don't you agree? : Milleh
            • The Magistrate? He's not the head in this show apparently (something they've only mentioned in last weeks... : moe6
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  ITS TRUE. Hard to believe its from Allen Ball (sp?) : Cygnus X-1
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20434166#itemanchor_20434166 : moe6
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  I say the same thing about dexters 3rd season. : mista mista
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    YOU SHUT YOUR MOUTH : Milleh
    • Miguel was the best ever. SMITTS!!! : Milleh
• I like the show because it has titties and vampires. Also Deborah Ann Woll is amazingly hot. : wurt
• Fail. Dude that show is awesome. : kainen1
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  Speaking of True Blood, what the hell is the Egyptian lady. I tried to find out online but came up with n... : shortbuscaptain
  • yeah they've taken their bloody sweet time to reveal it. : moe6

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  It would be awesome if Nick or Chris could get an official word from Harmonix, why are they insanely dela... : Kolzig73
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    Yo Shack! Why all the childish hate towards Wii? Not even one real answer to my questions, that's a sha... : Kolzig73
    • The real answer is that the Shack is not the target demographic of the Wii, or at least not the target de... : Schnapple
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  In short, the Wii isn't a good choice as your primary gaming and internet browsing platform. : baron calamity
  • I agree. PC all the way. : Schnapple
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    Well, I basically just use the Wii to search the net in the mornings while I go to work, our main compute... : Kolzig73
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      Computer in the bedroom makes no sense unless you're a teenager living with your parents or something. (... : DinK
      • There is no space in the living room, when you got a small two room apartment then something always cant ... : Kolzig73
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  You would get a PS3 or 360 to play better videogames though. It's true, the Wii has shitty third party ga : Yanks
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    the new tiger woods will make wii haters cry to their mommies. try it once, and then you'll own a wii. : brainchild420
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      I do, and it's pretty good but it's still an outlier on the statistics that the wii has mostly shitty 3rd... : Yanks
      • It still has enough good games to justify owning one, but obviously it's best when paired with a 360 or P... : Conan
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      I have traditionally played my Tiger Woods games on 360, but this time around I bought for the Wii. Now ... : jeffcox111
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        uh... you aren't missing spin control, it's certainly in the game, and a bullshit, unrealistic feature a... : brainchild420
        • uh... spin control technically is in the game but i agree a bullshit feature. on 360 it isn't a bullsh... : jeffcox111
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    i am still kind of surprised that more 3rd party games aren't more interesting. Even though a lot of peo... : Mr.SEX
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      But you couldn't do a game like LBP on the Wii. It has hardly any memory and it's online just can't hand... : GigiLeCheshire
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        i'm not talking about releasing little big planet exactly on the wii, i'm talking about crafting an exper... : Mr.SEX
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          It actually makes me laugh that someone came up with LBP before Nintendo and chose the PS3 over the Wii. ... : avatar_58
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            I dunno. LBP never really seemed that interesting to me. Granted, I haven't played it; but the platformin... : Cihte
            • It is floaty, but it's all physics driven and somewhat forgiving. There is a lot of air control, you can... : pyide
      • That's not true at all. The friend code issue might be a pain, but it's manageable. Storage isn't really ... : Conan
      • LBP's graphics aren't exactly earth shattering. i'm pretty sure you could run it, especially at the lower... : brainchild420
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        Please remind me how well LPB sold. : ShekkyBoy
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          Much better than most third-party Wii games : Chris Remo
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            And how about in comparison to expectations? : ShekkyBoy
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              The rather obvious point I'm trying to make in a ham-fisted way is that high tech games don't always do w... : ShekkyBoy
              • That's a totally different discussion. Your post was in response to somebody saying LBP would be feasible... : Chris Remo
      • Inferior in all aspects except for number of hardware units sold : Schnapple
    • Why bother when they can release shovel ware with a tiny budget that still sells like hot cakes? : marmite
    • Do non-typical gamers really want to play a side-scrolling platform game (and a fairly fiddly/punishing o... : nudel
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    Honestly this does not shock me. Nintendo boxes have always been just for Nintendo games (plus one or two... : Evil Benius
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      no one is there to buy them? maybe if they existed, they would be bought. 80million wii's, there's goo... : brainchild420
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        The thing is the ones that DO come out are not selling like they should. : Evil Benius
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          i have yet to play a third party game that i would say handled the wii controls well... or at least well ... : brainchild420
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            The No More Heroes guys were happy with the sales of the game; it's the highest-selling game Suda has eve... : Cihte
            • That's what I was thinking too... the first one is fun as hell (playing through it right now) and the tra... : jeffcox111
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      Have "always"? No they haven't, this started with the Gamecube. The NES, SNES and N64 all had great third... : avatar_58
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        I would say since the N64 they have had this problem. Before that generation there really was no one else... : Evil Benius
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          The N64 had plenty of good third party games, as well second party games by developers that only teamed u... : avatar_58
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            I know that, I am saying that Nintendo had no real competition before the N64. : Evil Benius
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              Oh, see I thought you meant no one mattered BUT Sega. Then I'd have to hunt you down and you know, break ... : avatar_58
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                Oh god no, I loved my SNES. : Evil Benius
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                  Aww, does this mean no good old fashioned Genesis vs SNES hatefest? yeah SNES ftw : DinK
                  • I only had a Genesis, but loved both of them. No reason to hate, that was one of The Great Generations! : zerog83
      • the gamecube had awesome 3rd party games, like RE4 for example. It just didn't have a million games. But ... : razorblade79
• Hey a Wii thread, perfect place to post this. http://kotaku.com/5311387/konami-says-lets-walk-it-out/gal... : AgentPothead
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  Anybody tried Final Fantasy IV: The After Years on WiiWare. I just found out about it. Call me interested... : Cihte
  • Going to be giving it a go shortly, I've got a few other things to run through first, a little aggravated... : one random winner
  • It's pretty good. Nothing particularly innovative by any means, but there shouldn't be any complaints wit... : Zek

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  lol, all I had been hearing up until now that it was almost a teen romance / comedy. Where did you get d... : kainen1
  • ....from watching it? : action wombmate
  • All the kids are horny as hell. : pun][sher
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    AW said he hadn't read it, but have you? 6 and 7 are dark fucking books (you know, for Harry Potter; it's... : Deathlove
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      Yeah I've read them....but what does that have to do with the fact that the movie is PG, removed all the : kainen1
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        It's rated PG? That's absurd. Bah. :( : Goncyn
        • Kinda gotta with the audience. : Deathlove
      • Have you actually seen the movie yet or are you just guessing as to what it's like? : action wombmate
      • It needs sex, nipples, gore, blood, and car chases. Replace the whiny pubescent Harry with Vin Diesel an... : dancingpolkabear
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    You're thinking of Twilight. : CrustaR
    • Well, there was definitely teen romance/comedy scenes in the movie, as there should be, but they certainl... : action wombmate
  • Because romance is more out of place than horror for many Shackers. : byorn
  • My wife said pretty much that. She said it had a bunch of comedy stuff in it and never mentioned that it ... : sigpro
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    Most of the dark tone came through in the set design and overall atmosphere of the movie. Hogwarts felt m... : Prozium
    • Yeah, a lot of it was this. But there were plenty of scenes that were obviously about serious or creepy : action wombmate
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    I can't say I noticed anything dark in it at all :/ The only slightly scary bit was when harry got attack... : marmite
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      I'm not sure we watched the same move. The tone of this one was way more somber than the previous ones. : action wombmate
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        I've not seen the previous ones - Perhaps it's dark in comparison. But from what I remember the entire fi... : marmite
        • Yeah, you'd have to have seen the other ones to understand what I'm getting at. They mostly felt like ad... : action wombmate
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  There was a lot that was lost. They cut out many important parts that play into the next part of the stor... : dudehoyt
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    Agreed. I was ok with some of the changes but there were two characters they left out of this movie that... : djustifier
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      It's o [ ] o with no space between o and bracket. Spoilers go between brackets like this. I assume you : ArcKnight
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        Thanks! Bill and Fleur not being in the movie is pretty huge. How are they going to deal with Dobby's d : djustifier
        • I think the answer is that they'll cut it all out >:( : ArcKnight
        • They'll probably just say (in the next movie) hey! Bill and Fleur are getting married, time for the weddi : Merlin13x
• It was weird seeing the kids drink and get tipsy. : pun][sher
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  Im sure 40023 people will say this, but read the book. The movie was very well done, but they had to cut ... : squigiliwams
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    lol. it would never be R in a million years. : kainen1
    • There's enough material to merit it, but you're probably right, they would never ever make it R. : Merlin13x
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    now that I've seen the first 6 movies, I'll probably give the books a serious stab, but I'm such a horrib... : action wombmate
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      Luckily the books are super easy to read. I think the first one took about 3 hours to read. : nurglich
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        No, you really don't get it. I'm horrible at reading. I've picked up book 1 about 3 times in attempts t... : action wombmate
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          Have you tried setting a schedule? I got a lot more reading done once I started making a point of reading... : Arceihn
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            I don't like entertaining myself on a schedule. It's one of the big reasons I rarely watch TV anymore. ... : action wombmate
            • Do you listen to books on tape/cd/mp4? The price to get the audio version of all the books is really pri... : Kiyohime
        • infinite jest is a hard read. omfg that book is a chore to even read the footnotes : whereiwannab
    • haha what? Seriously, these books are quite easy to read, 7 year olds and younger have literally read all... : askedrelic
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  I thought it suffered a lot from "setting up the plot for the final movie(s)" syndrome. Like I felt they ... : mancide
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    They couldn't have possibly cut any more from the movie than they did. I felt like I watched 20 ten mi... : dysfunctional
    • They could have got rid of the whole Half Blood prince bit. It added nothing and didn't really make any s... : marmite
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  The BIGGEST problem with this movie, is that the Book was just too long to make it into one movie. It : dysfunctional
  • Two movies would have felt too long for the content in Half-Blood Prince. I think the better way to do i... : joesnizzle
• I'm excited to see it today : Thomas Hace
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  See, and I thought this was the strongest Harry Potter movie since the third one. Yes, I imagine the plot... : Adm.Snackbar
  • Best HP movie yet. Much more mature. : JohnnyRey
  • Well, I think at a certain point, it's necessary to think of the movies as separate from the books. Yes, : action wombmate
  • I agree with you on Azkaban and HBP being the best two movies. : djustifier
  • yup this. the 3rd was the only really good and consistent HP movie and this one only failed at the end in... : razorblade79
  • thank you for this review, I was on the fence but will definitely check it out now. : grandmasterlee
• I kept waiting for Slug to say "Harry, Tom Riddle had one thing you haven't got. A great, big, bushy bear... : rosewood
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  is this movie a must see on an imax? i always found h.p. movies to be pretty visually stunning, but no on... : arcane_
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    Nah, I wouldn't think so. There's not much action in this film and the color tone is all very dark. : joesnizzle
    • all the more reason to see it on a better screen... : brainchild420
  • Honestly, I'm not crazy about seeing regular movies on an IMAX screen so I'm probably not the best person... : action wombmate
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  even the book handled the Half Blood Prince subplot poorly. The fact that it had little to do with anythi... : edgewise
  • I agree. : silent prophet
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    Oh really? Interesting. I read some comments in the thread last night that suggested otherwise. http... : action wombmate
    • I think the build up to the reveal in the book was good, but the actual reveal seems like it has very lit : silent prophet
• I tend to agree with it being one of the best movies, but like I said in last night's thread, it bugs me : icking fudiot
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  I liked it. People that complain about them removing stuff are dumb. You have to remove stuff to make it : OverloadUT
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    I don't even remember what they removed/changed because I read the book so long ago. I thought that as a... : jenisthebest
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      its not so much that they removed stuff that matters to this film, but removed quite a few pieces that ar... : disembodied potato
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        And guess what? They'll change the final movies to account for it! They're making movies, not taking the ... : OverloadUT
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          This is important to remember. Slavish devotion to source material can be a mistake, and if you did do i... : action wombmate
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            i understand that, but that doesn't mean you can't criticize the film because it fails in some shape or f... : disembodied potato
            • Well of course, but speaking as a fan of the movies who's never read the books, I can safely say that the : action wombmate
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    It's less that they removed stuff *at all*, and more what they decided to keep/add vs. what was pruned. : icking fudiot
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      I do agree that they should have kept that fight in. There wasn't enough fighting in this one. :( : OverloadUT
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        I thought there was a relatively large battle at the end book - and then I got a shitty close up of Dumbl : dedgecko
        • That scene (Weasley's) did seem sort of out of place. I wish there was more focus on the invasion instead... : OverloadUT
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          You may only mean it as a figure of speech, but I'm going to address the "run out of money for the ending... : action wombmate
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            I'm sorry, but a movie based on a book should compliment it - not rewrite and take away from a story's ex... : dedgecko
            • I'm not sure you fully appreciate the challenge of turning a book into a movie, particularly ones as dens : action wombmate
      • They removed the battle at the end of the film so it didn't feel repetitive during the last stand at Hogw : joesnizzle
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  DONT READ THE BOOKS well do, but if like me you're put off by reading that many books from one series ... : disembodied potato
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    Jim Dale kicks Stephen Fry's ass. Listen to the Jim Dale versions. : OverloadUT
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      Disclaimer: I have not listened to the Fry versions, but I do have a gay hard-on for Jim Dale true story : OverloadUT
      • how can you not have one for stephen fry?! : xsoulbrothax
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      Fry is better. Dale's age is also starting to show. : edgewise
      • You've listened to both? I absolutely loved all of Jim Dale's readings. Unfortunately I don't like the bo... : OverloadUT
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    I'm familiar with Stephen Fry. One of my roommates actually owns all the audiobooks, but I think they're... : action wombmate
    • They're really fantastic, especially his characterization of Dumbledore, i really don't like the dumbledo... : disembodied potato
  • I've read all of the books and listened to the Jim Dale audiobook versions of all 7 as well. It's obvious... : thetangent
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    I prefer the Brad Neely version. : kungfusquirrel
    • I think I like his take even more than the actual movies or books (except Cuaron's 3 is awesome). : sgtsanity
  • If you don't listen to the Fry version then you've just wasted your money and time on the books : indosauros
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    FWIW a decent reader can clear 100-150 pages per hour of these. : Merconium
    • well for me its more the fact i dont get much time to read, so i like listening to audiobooks when i'm wo... : disembodied potato
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  uhm I thought the movie sucked balls - especially given how they put the 3D stuff in the worst possible p... : dedgecko
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    I don't know why you'd bother messing around with 3D for a movie like this. Seems gimmicky. : action wombmate
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      3D is always gimmicky. : SockMonkeh
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        It was pretty cool in UP. : silent prophet
        • And Coraline. : Deathlove
      • Nah. There's a difference between a film created as a 3D film (like Coraline), where it enhances the movi... : Vincent Grayson
    • i went to a few 3d movies but i don't bother now. it's generally not good and it really fucks up the colo... : JINKY
    • I could care less for the 3d stuff given it adds some jitters during those segments, but it is on the Ima... : dedgecko
• The reveal in the book of the Half-Blood Prince was lame. It's probably the lamest title in the series, : TwiLyght
• Thinking back on it, the music may also have lent a lot to the creepy/dark vibe I got from the movie. A ... : action wombmate
• Haven't seen this newest movie yet (going saturday) but the sixth book is MUCH darker than any of the pre... : thetangent
• of course it was dark its a movie theatre you moron : boring gegtik
• They're all alcoholics. : Koral06
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  The next movies will be even darker for most of it if it follows the books. I think the 6th book shou... : discolando
  • It's like that in some ways, actually. It's not the standout movie like that one is for the Star Wars se... : action wombmate
  • Ummm, this was the 6th's book movie... : krym3
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  It sucked, It seems like the only people who liked it are those who haven't read the books. I.E. anyone w... : locater16
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    I read the book and like the new movie quite a bit. It shouldn't be expected that the movie be a direct ... : joesnizzle
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      And also pointless. The idea that filmmakers doing an adaptation of a novel should follow the book slavi... : action wombmate
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        You just described the first two movies. : capt tripps
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          And your point? : action wombmate
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            The first two movies were't bad. But if you saw them, there's not much point in reading the book. You w... : capt tripps
            • I never said that they couldn't be good or that it couldn't work. I just said that it's ridiculous for p... : action wombmate
            • The first two movies were the worst in the series. : Vincent Grayson
        • which were raging mediocrities at best : acheron
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    I thought it was a bad movie for people who aren't already acquainted with the books. There's very little... : BlackCat9
    • I don't know what's coming next and I was quite involved in the story, despite there being some confusing... : action wombmate
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  It was kinda boring. It focused too much on the romance between the characters instead of the actual plot... : Sole.exe
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    That's an interesting point. I've always had this expectation since before the first movie that Harry wo : action wombmate
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      Yeah, it's a bit disappointing to me. He seems lacking in his personal ability and the story seems to be... : graah
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        That's exactly how the books are. It's one of the ironies in the series -- he's a capable wizard (especi... : bipolar
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          There's actually nothing wrong with that, but the movies don't really give enough context for understandi... : action wombmate
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            As a suggestion, imo the best way to experience them is through the Jim Dale audio versions. I was mostl... : bipolar
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              i'd actually insist you listen to the stephen fry audio books :) : disembodied potato
              • You're out of your mind. : bipolar
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        Your thinking of Harry more as Neo, than as Harry Potter. He's not the chosen one in that sense of the... : dysfunctional
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          Book 7 spoiler The exact phrasing is "neither may live while the other survives", which is really open : bipolar
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            i bet jk rowling originally planned it that way until she realized the sheer magnitude of just how really... : spiderfill
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              nah if anything made her change her mind it would be the pressure to positive story, would be really hard... : disembodied potato
              • true, it has become a cultural force so yeah that too but also the billion dollars too : spiderfill
            • She's written many times that she's had the very end planned since the beginning; in fact, she's had the ... : Merlin13x
• I was really disappointed with the searching for the horcrux part. Book was much, much more explicit an : bipolar

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  oh, apple used http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eight_Inc. : not work safe
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    This doesn't actually link to anything? : ShekkyBoy
    • the period is part of the link, even though the browser doesn't think so. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki... : electroly
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  I think they are banking on his ability to make the store profitable, not that he will hang NASCAR poster... : pigvomit
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    Wal-Mart is one of the most successful discount retailers on the planet. If I was opening a retail chain... : IncursionZ
    • This, a thousand times this. : ra1n
    • Exactly. : Colleton
    • Exactly. I don't want a 'beautiful shopping experience' I want to find what I want and have it reasonab... : FormerHPB
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      You know what retailer is the most profitable per square foot in the country, even over Walmart? The A... : Serpico74
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        because the Apple Store only stocks high profit margin items, much unlike Walmart : derelict515
        • WIndows and Office are among the two highest margin items in retail, we'll see how that goes! : Serpico74
  • They will have no intention of making any profit on these stores - in the same way that Apple had no real... : peanut-
• so going by the microsoft tv ads, i'm guessing they're going to hang up a poster out front comparing curr... : wvuong
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  Why is it I always feel awkward and out of place at the apple store. : unsound
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    Because there is 10 employees staring at you way to cheerfully for making so shit of money. Also the fac... : erebus
    • apple store employees make bad money? What's their ballpark hourly wage? : proclone1
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  I can't wait to hear about all of the intense nerd battles that will take place in front of the stores. : Medster
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    It might be enough to turn away all mall traffic. : pigvomit
    • time to buy stock in online retailers! : xsoulbrothax
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  I don't know if all Apple Stores do this, but I really hate the ones that don't have an actual checkout c... : electroly
  • This is my biggest gripe about the Apple Store as well. It gets 100 times worse when the store is packed ... : aggressor
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    Those things all run Windows Mobile, which I find very funny. : Gonzo
    • I don't think there are really any competitors in that space after Symbol bought Motorola or was it the o... : trove
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  Apple stores are pretentious shit, I hate them. MS should offer low prices and bulk food in their stores... : gmd
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    so you're an anti-hipster hipster : cptstern
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      Hipster's don't drive corvettes and work for the defense industry. They ride fixed gear bikes and bemo... : Danny5225
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        sure they do, and they drive bmw's and audis. : not work safe
        • Your hipster propaganda will not be tolerated in this sub-thread! : Danny5225
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  Whatever happened to The Dell Store : MagicWishMonkey
  • Wasn't bringing in enough money. : Ebu
  • Tanked. They made no sense, you could look at hardware but you couldn't actually buy anything and take st... : Serpico74
• I find apple stores to be uncomfortably sterile environments, they remind me of the creepy, but brilliant... : DapperDan
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  When I walk into an apple store. I ejaculate instantly. It's like Steve Jobs reaches down from the heaven... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • lol : theghostofsmdever
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    I've been to the Apple store twice to see the genius bar, and it was packed with people both times. I don... : MagicWishMonkey
    • I had this experience too, when my carpool driver had to return a dead ipod. I found the store fucking cr... : pyros
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  Just for reference: Ron Johnson, the guy who is almost single-handedly responsible for creating Apple Sto... : peanut-
  • Okay, that;s funny. : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Jobs objected to the store designs or just opening retail outlets in general? I am pretty indifferent ... : theghostofsmdever
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      being a pretentious wanker is a requirement to working for apple / owning a mac, why would they hire a re... : zerog83
      • they hire regular people and the job makes them pretentious after a few weeks : spiderfill
  • zoinks : liqker
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    Woah! Everything in the universe IS binary, positive/negative, dark/light, on/off, 1/0, target/walmart, ... : pigvomit
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      crazy isn't it? the question is... who's side are you on?? : emcea
      • I'm siding with the /, it's the only way to control them all! : .sticks.
    • I don't know! I have ipods, but I have windows. I have xboxes, yet I use itunes. I shop at target, but... : pigvomit
  • talk about owned : JINKY
  • http://www.apple.com/pr/photos/execs/johnsonphotos.html : dopeman
  • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Johnson_(Apple) : hax3d
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  Any time I walk into an apple store, its crowded with teenagers who are unlikely to make a purchase, lou... : hbalce1
  • They should have bouncers to keep out the riff-raff : wasylm
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    yet somehow they are making lots of sales : FrayLo
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      I'm not disputing that they are profitable, just not pleasant in my experience. : hbalce1
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        another place that's unpleasant: walmart : FrayLo
        • it's only unpleasant in my town if you go to Walmart Black East instead of Walmart White West. : zerog83
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  Hiring a guy from one of the most successful business enterprises of all time is ... stupid? : ra1n
  • This is the Shack, your logic has no place here. : nyranger66
  • I am as confused as you are. : Danny5225
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    No, I just don't think it will be nearly as successful as the apple store. : not work safe
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      Who are they going to target and what are they going to sell would be my question? Is the Zune even selli... : theghostofsmdever
      • it'll mostly just be a place you can turn in your RROD'd 360 : dirge23
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      I agree with that statement. microsoft is just not focussed enough to make this happen. will they p... : hamachi
      • they had a MS store in the SF metreon for a bit and it was awful. I just imagine it'll be like that. : hamachi
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        That's what I was thinking. Having be X-Box and Zune(if the zune is even still relevant) focused seems li... : theghostofsmdever
        • they would need to get all the departments on the same page then. didn't they use to have separate ma... : hamachi
    • There are roughly 37 billion reasons why the MS store may or may not be as or more successful; trying to ... : rosewood
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      because apple owns the majority market share. oh wait.... : maulla
      • When it comes to portable media players and online music retail, they do. : dmason
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    It makes sense. I mean who knows more about selling low quality goods to the masses than the people runni... : Ellissd
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      Doesn't Wal-Mart sell name brand stuff? : Godhatesfatpeople
      • they sell the same shit every other similar retailer sells. : cpt_gloval
      • they sell name brand merchandise for low low prices. : MagicWishMonkey
      • They sell their own version of name brand stuff. Suppliers bend over backwards and cut corners to meet Wa... : emcea
    • Hmmm, when did Wal-Mart only sell Sam's Choice? : pigvomit
  • He's from Walmart so he only knows how to serve beer and guns and hillbillies HAR HAR HAR. : eldiablo01
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  What the shit are they going to sell? Do they plan on making MSBooks or something? : krym3
  • Maybe they'll actually use some of that tech they bought. Like the touch-screen stuff and a animatronic B... : Godhatesfatpeople
  • They'll need 10,000 square feet storefronts to house all the different versions of Windows, AMIRITE?! : kevp
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    Talk is that it will be a place to look at things but that they won't actually sell them there, nor will ... : Serpico74
    • If that's the case, I wonder what the actual draw will be. Why go to a store that doesn't sell anything ... : electroly
  • Xbox, Zune, Software all come to mind : sm00v3d
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    They have a ton of shit to sell. Software, Xbox, games, mobile devices, zunes, I doubt they'll have troub... : bozer
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      I think that you just named it all really. Not to say that they cant, but at least apple has support and... : krym3
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        Apple has way less shit to sell than Microsoft. They could probably make entire store selling nothing but... : SenorSpine
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          The point being, they cant really sell shit that you cant get from anyplace else. Apples elitism and sup... : krym3
          • You can buy Apple stuff in other retail stores... : Ebu
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    having a Microsoft Surface table would be good enough to get me in there. often. : zerog83
    • This, however, is true. If they used it as a marketing tool to display more tech, that would be awesome.... : krym3
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  and sell what? Windows 7 and XBoxen? : drucifer
  • If they need more stuff, I vote they start selling Sidewinders again. : Tchest
  • And Bob. DON"T FORGET BOB. : capt tripps
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    i read that they'll be carrying PCs and note/netbooks from major manufacturers. : cpt_gloval
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      so, it'll be CompUSA II ? : drucifer
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        except positioned next to apple stores : cpt_gloval
        • I hope they plan on selling iPhones : drucifer
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  More like... Wal-$mart! OLOLOLO : Phil
  • shop smart, shop...$ mart. YOU GOT THAT!? : Fish_Bulb
• it will still be vastly superior to best buy : Downforce
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  You've got a funny definition of a "beautiful experience" there. Every time I go to the apple store I ... : Finestaut
  • i've never noticed that at all in the one i go to. it's nothing like a best buy for example. : Mansmells
  • You realize that not every Apple store is the same design right? They all vary depending on the location ... : ovrlrd
• They could sell HP computers, why not? : quazar
• You know what that means? More price cuts for the 360. Microsoft: Always low : dancingpolkabear
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  apple stores are 100 of the same computers and laptops and Ipods on tables. that being said I bought a : whodares
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    Actually it depends on the store, at the one near me they only have one Mac Pro (and one 30-inch display)... : ovrlrd
    • all I know is that they are silver and white and small and gay. posted with a macbook pro sitting ne : whodares
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  i just hope I can drop off my RROD xbox and pick up a new one just right there. If not, then fuckem. : ultramega
  • you will have to bring it to the Doofus Bar : drucifer