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• I don't know of any Wii games that I can think of that could have been made in flash. Maybe cooking mama? : JohnnyRey
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  Sounds like bullshit. Nintendo only recently leaked that it was even possible to make a Wii game in Flas... : electroly
  • you can base your game around flash, like Castle Crashers without it being considered a 'flash' game. : bakanoodle
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  Jake Rodkin has said a lot of the telltale UI's have been made in Flash actually. : pancake humper
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    I don't know why he'd say that since he makes them, but they are all made in the engine. UI stuff is bas... : mikecyb
    • I think he said "developed" : razorblade79
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      I am trying to remember what he said exactly on one of the thumbs casts. I could have sworn he said they : pancake humper
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        You are making me second guess myself now but I pretty much sat there and watched him make the Wallace & ... : mikecyb
        • maybe he's just a big liar : pancake humper
        • What he did for you was show. After you stopped pestering, he did actual work. : Deathlove
      • I kinda remember what you are referencing, and I think what he said is that they look like they were made... : tashtego
  • Aren't a lot of EA's sport games pimping Flash-base UIs? : IndigoAK
  • I don't think I said that. I think that Flash-like experience crosses over to the work I do, but we defin... : jake2000
• I wish I had your job sometimes, it seems so relaxed yet tech-savvy. : Lone Swordsman
• Err, no : locater16
• No (??), they just look like they were. : losimagic
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  There are A LOT of games that utilize flash in their games. As for Wii games created in flash, yes the... : bakanoodle
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    Do you have any support for this? I cannot find any evidence that it is even possible to use Flash in a ... : electroly
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      Its very easy to create an engine that reads flash files and plays them back. : MrLobo
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        Any links to info on this? Sounds interesting but I can't find anyone even talking about this, much less... : electroly
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          Nah. You just need some good old reverse engineering + custom solutions for your needs. Just creating ... : MrLobo
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            so basically you're saying there isn't support for running Flash in Wii games, and that you can make it w... : electroly
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              Because it's using the FLASH EDITOR to create FLASH FILES to be used inside your game. That is why its... : MrLobo
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                I guess I consider Flash to be more than just graphical assets in a SWF. You know, considering that Flas... : electroly
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                  Yeah, some people are. I'm using it for UI right now on top of the game I'm working on, but if it was a ... : qsylvr
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                    Scaleform is not full-blown Flash of the type I'm interested in, unfortunately. It's also not AS3, it's ... : electroly
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                      (that's probably why you hate it) : electroly
                      • You're probably right. I don't know of any readily available AS3 interpreters for use in games. : qsylvr
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      well given that the Opera browser supports flash, why wouldn't the console? : dedgecko
      • Support in Opera doesn't mean there's a system-wide API for using it that would work with the 3D renderin... : electroly
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  Lots of games use flash for their interface: http://www.scaleform.com/gamesusing : Ecks
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    Unless I'm mistaken (I very well may be), that isn't Flash. It's an independent implementation of Action... : electroly
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      You use flash and then import it, so technically it's not actually flash, but the entire toolset is. Usi... : Ecks
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        I don't want to use Flash inside a C++ game, I want to use Flash for the entire game. It's certainly fas... : electroly
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          From a technical standpoint, you can't do the entire thing in Flash; you're going to need a bit of machin... : Agrona
          • That machine code to bootstrap Flash is what I would call "Flash support" in the Wii OS :) Official supp... : electroly
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          what is all this flash in Opera stuff? Because my Wii does not display flash when we browse the web in Op... : Slowtreme
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            It does indeed support Flash. Google for "Wii Flash games". However, it only supports Flash 7, which is... : electroly
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              Yeah, I was hoping they'd update it and I might actually be able to watch Netflix through my Wii, no dice... : one random winner
              • netflix player is an app/addon though, not a standard flash player. : Slowtreme
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      I actually work with Scaleform in UE3. I use Adobe Flash for the graphics and Flashdevelop for coding the... : thejay247
      • My condolences about the ActionScript 2 :( : electroly
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  No, but couple of WiiWare games started life as flash games : MoreVespeneGas
  • I think this is really where this "rumor" comes from : Slowtreme
• Prototyped, probably. : CrustaR
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  Almost certainly not. Don't confuse Scaleform, which is an awesome UI creation tool (that reads flash-... : jason bergman
  • jason bergman, might I agree? : CrustaR
  • ^^^ this. he's probably confusing scaleform with "true" flash. : dromo5
• Not sure about the entire game. But a lot of games use flash for their HUD and UI. : Godhatesfatpeople
• some pc games use flash, I know popcaps engine supports it : Chandler55

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• S2 are also the ones made Heroes of Newerth so you know it has to be good! :) : Techpriest((Thc))
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  You need to ping the map more when we play HoN. 48 pings in one place aren't enough. :P : zebosausamite
  • Some people are blind :). : Techpriest((Thc))
• I'll give it a try. : thecatinthehat
• Bump.. : Techpriest((Thc))
• will check it out. Thanks for the msg : Cheeziologist
• Downloading now. I vaguely remember reading reviews of the first one and thinking it sounded like a cool ... : ArcKnight
• bump : Nitrium
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  Hate to be the newsman, but it's been free since December. : Nick Breckon
  • You cant compete with me Nick! : Techpriest((Thc))
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    * B R E C K O W N ' D * : trOmblyj
    • He B-Reckon dis shit : smegmar
  • well if it ain't John Q. Videogames coming in here with his high-falutin' fancypants facts! : Dave-A
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  How do they stay in business? Both Savage games were free not long (1-2 years) after release if I remembe... : h o s t i l e
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    They self publish and self distribute via digital I believe : Sailor of Fortune
    • Yea, small team + only pay for development costs? They try and stay lightweight from what I've heard. : askedrelic
• wow thanks i didnt know that : kainen1
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  hey, they have an OSX version! I never played savage 2, but I loved savage 1 :( : askedrelic
  • just got it installed and played a game in like 15 minutes! This is awesome! S2 really seems smoothed ove... : askedrelic
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  me, flam, and lak tried playing a couple of weeks ago and it was completely WTF : kgargs
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    What does that mean? : Nitrium
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      him, DrFlammabe, and Lakren tried playing, got confused because they are faggots, and said "Fuck it, I on... : askedrelic
      • ^^^This : Techpriest((Thc))
• I might try this tonight at home. : thetangent
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  I am pretty sure they made it this way like half a year ago. It's not new. :-/ : OverloadUT
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    Who said it was new? Its free to play now. : Techpriest((Thc))
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      As of today the game is now free to play and download. : DrZettl
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        referring to the price. it is free today. yesterday it was not free. : electroly
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          It's been free since December according to Nick. : Jonathan
          • oooooh i see. ignore me : electroly
        • It was free yesterday too. : ArcKnight
    • Ah I misread. But anyone not everyone knows anyway :). : Techpriest((Thc))
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  Im playing now if anyone would like to join me. Add me, S2 name is Techy of course! : Techpriest((Thc))
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    There are barely any servers though, it seems like getting a good server going unfortunately ! : askedrelic
    • What are you talking about? Theres at least 10 with 20 people or more. : Techpriest((Thc))
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  Does this keep getting inf'd and un-inf'd, or am I going crazy? : Agrona
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    It's just you. It was never inf'ed. It's been marked 'dognose' all day. : Rauol Duke
    • There's a dognose tag? :D : thetangent
• Awesome, it runs pretty well on my new MBP 17" I guess I can put a few hours into it and see how it ha... : Draco

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• haha so those blurbs are indeed chosen at random. : skinlab133
• hahaha. actually, this latest patch did fix something pretty annoying for me: i used to always have t... : dirge23
• It's a whole different world out there... : pun][sher
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  i like how some people that post on latest chatty get all particular about front page comments vs. latest... : BauriceMastard
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    who the hell are you : electroly
    • as far as i can tell YOU are a latest chatty poster, mister!!! : electroly
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    there are shitty posters in the latest chattys, but there seem to be a higher concentration of them on th... : Horn
    • The shitty posters in chatty get shit on in turn and don't come back. Shitty front page posters may get ... : nurglich
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    I'm cute? Fuck. I was hoping for ruggedly handsome. But I guess I'll take cute. : action wombmate
    • I think he's coming onto you. You're going to get some action! : esad
  • GBTFP :( : GloriousCow
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    aww hell, not just a frontpager, but I bet he found this place through lc.app too! : ]pm[chem
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      fuck you man, that's how i found this place! don't fucking look down on us lcapp users >:( : Hoax
      • Haha. But how do you feel about hoverboards? : Ormsbee
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    do you know how hard i've worked to build my shacknews rep : Audhuml4
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      you've been grinding trolls for HOURS : acheron
      • they always respawn. : Audhuml4
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    maybe front page posters should do a little less "just post"ing and a little more accidentally killing th... : mikecyb
    • hahaa : Jackass1233
    • hahhaha : mrvandelay
    • Michael Cyber, you may be right. : deject
    • lol : Mr.SEX
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      this is just mean and uncalled for Michael : gmd
      • and oh so right. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • lolling so hard : dirge23
    • ahahaha! : yosemiteclimber
  • If you're not a latest chatty kinda guy, what are you doing in here? : DrZettl
  • This makes me wish I had installed the LOL script. : CRasterImage
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    Probably because most hit-and-run front page posted don't know latest chatty exists. : dmason
    • I had a dog and his name was BINGO! : dedgecko
    • Yep, my first thought. : bombay
    • and that is a wonderful thing. : Fyunch Click
  • As someone who reads far too many posts by all the various retards on here, the front page is a wretched ... : Rauol Duke
  • I like this post. hahaha. : bakanoodle
  • fuck this stupid community!!! : askedrelic
  • How did you get in here? If you aren't wearing a tophat and a monocle you can't post in here. : thetangent
  • You never see it, but we just did! : kill9
  • Most front page posters have nothing invested in the community, so they have no problems doing the writte... : Arcanum
• Front Page = Full of Rage Latest Chatty = Smoke a Fatty : bashildy@speakeasy.net
• I hate how clicking the blurb doesn't link directly to the quoted comment. :( : Ellissd
• was that comment nuked? : AllYourBase
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  He's not far off from the truth. Bethesda has put out 5 DLCs now, yet they haven't fixed some of the mos... : kill9
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    Like what? I honestly don't remember any showstopping bugs from my 1.5 playthrus. : TShandy
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      Mouse movement in menus was fucked a few patches back, any number of issues from the "unofficial patch" a... : kill9
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        lucky you. the original release would CTD oh, about every 3 minutes. : chrisschutz
        • I very rarely encountered that problem. Over a 45 hour play through I had the game crash maybe 2 or 3 tim... : thetangent
  • I won't buy any DLC until the game doesn't crash every 15 minutes. :( : ArbyBean
• Those fucking cheap cunts... : Liquid

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  where is the HQ moving to? : mrvandelay
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    India. : IndigoAK
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      His new view: http://www.jkpphoto.com/india/india2004_1045_std.jpg : trOmblyj
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        My friend goes to India on business every so often. She stays in this fancy hotel that is literally acro... : riptyde
        • Everywhere in indian cities is like that. There's almost no districting into wealthy and poor areas. I kn... : itsjames
        • http://picasaweb.google.com/coachleigh/India#5059768389555828386 : riptyde
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        If he moved to São Paulo, it would be like this: http://www.nitrium.net/dump/deadlock.jpg : Nitrium
        • this is why roundabouts are a good idea : silentbobuk
        • And I thought Paris was bad : ColoradoCNC
      • I'd actually prefer the new view, it'd be more interesting to look at in the long run. As long as I didn'... : stratedge
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  I have got to see that damned city one day, it looks the business. : abrasion
  • NYC is very fun : riptyde
  • abrasion i've restarted saying the business because of you. : xxiv
• Daaaaaamn. : Ormsbee
• Shiza... : RogerDandy
• Here's the view from mine. lol at poor people going around raiding recyclables... http://www.shackpics.co... : Dave-A
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  Damn. Nice. The lease on that place must have cost a fortune. : senseimoron
  • 24,000 a month. : darcspeed
• shit... those buildings are way too high. : proclone1
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  What's the building with the clocks? : eldersveld
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    http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=1+times+square,+ny+ny&sll=40.755284,-73.99058... : multisync
    • Strictly speaking, isn't 1 Times Square the NYT Tower (which was once awesome but has since been encased ... : eldersveld
• jesus : Trepex
• New Years party in his office. : stump
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  As awesome as that may be I wouldn't want to have to walk through that shitshow every day to and from wor... : Yanks
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    You already do. There are just less tourists by you. But tourists are fun to fuck with . : squigiliwams
    • I walk through a crowd of tourists taking pictures with the Wall Street bull's balls every fucking mornin... : yoonix
  • to each their own : MoreVespeneGas
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  more like http://www.shackpics.com/files/morelikeJPG_d28ajnnxziwdavrbo54s.jpg amirite? : papaskot
  • hah, oh dear. : bakanoodle
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  Here is the view from mine. Shitty BlackBerry pic: http://www.shackpics.com/files/IMG00042_it7xulgtm0fz... : ra1n
  • my old office was at 75 State overlooking the Custom Tower and the Aquarium : peter
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    Here's mine http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_vxcz3f7o94ms68iidg6u.jpg : gmd
    • This is the best view of all. : myfasha
    • gmd I am going to have to buy you a beer sometime : ShekkyBoy
    • Hahaha I don't have any windows either gmd, don't be sad. I work in the basement of a hospital. : shwortdogg
    • LOL. At least you have an office. Cubicle 4 the lose : SAS_Ale
  • that's a shitty view :-( : dahanese
• looks like a good place to jump from : retardhumper
• my boss lived close to there for awhile. 2 bedroom / 1.5 bath apartment $6,250 per month : EvilDolemite
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  They ARE ants, Peter, they ARE ants! : Moonbase Commander
  • Nice one. =) : Ride-My-Rocket
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  wow- that's epic. Where the hell do you work, AIG? : halophoenix
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    Oil company. Moving the bigwigs to Houston to join us peons. It's funny how anal they were about this wh... : darcspeed
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      and somehow you had to go into the CEO's office? : spiffymc
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        The office is a ghost town, he hasn't been here for weeks. I've been kickin it in his office the last 3 d... : darcspeed
        • that, my friend, is pimp. Make sure to get someone to take pictures of you in his office, then use them w... : halophoenix
        • Find a girl on the street. Point up to the window you're hold up in, tell her you can fuck her in that ro... : eonix
    • It's amazing how much money executives are willing to waste on stuff like that. At my last company they ... : riptyde
    • that's awesome. I once got paid an extra ~$200 to drive a few hours to another city to plug in a switch a... : pukerat
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  Geez, best view in New York. You're supposed to be chomping on cigars and firing thousands of workers on... : Lone Swordsman
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    Well that's only if you can fit it in your schedule of 2-martini lunches and banging the hot secretaries. : riptyde
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      2 martini lunch shit the economy is bad, in the 80's it was a 3 martini lunch : snidely sid
      • In the 80s you could probably just drink martinis while at work. : riptyde
  • That is Jack Donaghy height. : rosewood
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  Not a thread pooper here but what's so great about times square? All you see are advertisements. I bet NY... : get_navi
  • Yea, that view seems kind of ugly to me as well. *Shrug* : phate81
  • It's considered the center of Manhattan and Manhattan is considered the center of modern, Western civiliz... : das_runt
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    you might like the view a couple offices down from his then. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=IM... : darcspeed
    • nice. is that a park in the lower left? : get_navi
    • Those damn cranes will be the death of us all : Dunwich
  • you might have liked the 70s & 80s version of Times Square : RikiTiki2
  • It's the least culturally interesting part of Manhattan, but it is a center of business and tourism in th... : riptyde
  • All I know is that standing in the center of Times Square was the closest I've ever come to a religious/s : Home Nugget
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  My wife works right over there, at MTV/Viacom. I hate having to pick her up from there. Times Square suck... : bozer
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    times square sounds like it is just a tourist fantasy and if you actually live there it sucks ass : gmd
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      This is true for 100% of the tourist traps in the world. People fucking flock to Fairbanks to see the ... : IndigoAK
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        If tourists stopped going to alaska, your state would go bankrupt in about 2 days. : twifosp
        • Nah, they have oil and mining! : Lone Swordsman
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          Not really, but thanks for trying. : IndigoAK
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            Tourism accounts for 9% of Alaskan jobs and is its third largest employer. You think any state could sur... : twifosp
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              Okay, let's say you're right. Tell me, where the fuck is Alaska going to go? States don't just fuckin... : IndigoAK
              • The correct answer is no one cares about Alaska either way. Or Wyoming. : acheron
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                i love your posts because you get so defensive : FrayLo
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                  I love my fucking state and I would kill to protect. I have a very good reason for getting defensive. F... : IndigoAK
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                    I hope we get to crush Alaska in the second Civil War : dirge23
                    • first against the wall : chrisschutz
                  • GIT OFF MAH LAND!!!!! : industro
                  • why cant other people go see it then, what the fuck : papaskot
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                wow, settle down a little dude. did you know that Wyoming receives about $2 billion in revenue annually ... : electroly
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                  No, I don't pay attention to California because California is a lie. The whole thing. A lie. : IndigoAK
                  • LOL : thetangent
                  • I agree and I live here : Delaric
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                Alaska would become New Canada. : eldiablo01
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                  maybe Russia would buy it back : dirge23
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                    Then Sarah Palin could tell the Russian's that she can see Canada from her house. : noxiousgg
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                      I don't know why I made "Russians" possessive. I fail. : noxiousgg
                      • Because they are. : Vantage
              • hahahahha : chuck577
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                Bankrupt doesn't equal vanish. California is bankrupt and it didn't float out into the pacific ocean. ... : twifosp
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                  I always find Xenophobe vs Communist arguments funny. : aldraek
                  • what does that even mean in this context... think you need to look these words up : twifosp
          • http://haiku.shacknews.com/heh.png : haiku
      • leave alaska alone so they can be maverick-y with sarah palin : FrayLo
      • Not to mention Fairbanks sucks ;) : sKetchflow
      • I disagree. I fucking love the Golden Gate Bridge. : OverloadUT
      • What are tourists doing to make your lives so miserable exactly? Driving through your gas stations and fi... : Entity
    • Vegas reminds me a lot of Times Square. The difference is they have casinos obviously, and there's more o... : bozer
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      Few NYC residents I know personally actually live in midtown. But midtown is kinda great if you know mor... : riptyde
      • Midtown itself isn't bad, the bad areas are basically between 5th ave and broadway between 59th down to 4... : aethyr
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        I live in midtown motherfucker : multisync
        • you live on the east side though, don't you? I can't imagine anyone who's been in NY longer than 3 days : itsjames
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      it's the worst. I have hated it every time I had to go there. it's crowded as shit (even by NYC standar... : mikecyb
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        Another easy way to spot tourists in NYC is the tourists are the ones looking up. : riptyde
        • haha actually sometimes I would look up because I like looking at buildings but I would always have to do : mikecyb
      • I stay south of 23rd as much as possible : Serpico74
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  I see nice things from my office: http://www.shackpics.com/files/towerbridgeJPG_ezfcb90ipewy9npb8g67.j... : peanut-
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    Do you work in the City Hall? : aethyr
    • Nah, next door to The Testicle. : peanut-
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  Here's the view from mine. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=IMG00105_vrqj8yi77bntiw6iw21h.jpg ... : RomSteady
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    hah that's pretty sad : feek
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      If I was around the corner, I could have at least watched this semi jackknife. http://www.shackpics.co... : RomSteady
      • It's the smear in front of the semi that makes it rather interesting. : Jonathan
  • I think one of the ultimate letdowns would be getting an office in the Sears Tower and having it face wes... : riptyde
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  There is a moment of sheer panic when I realize that Paul's apartment overlooks the park... and is obviou : liqker
  • Feed me a cat. : lolpatrol
• pics of NY always make me want to boot up GTA 4 and wreak some havoc! : headbone
• I don't have any windows. : Sailor of Fortune
• ugh I hate times square so much : mikecyb
• More like CE-Whoah! : Fred Garvin
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  That is a pretty awesome view... Here is the view from my office on the 15th floor here in Richardson, T... : Normality
  • i don't even have a window in my office =-( : kbnerd
  • whats all that green stuff. : bakanoodle
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  also I used to work in a building at I think 28th and Broadway where I didn't have an office but my boss ... : mikecyb
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    When you come out from Penn Station underground you have the ESB just BAM right there. Very cool when you... : rosewood
    • New Penn Station makes me :[ Old Penn Station: http://www.nyc-architecture.com/GON/GON004.htm : aethyr
• Tell him I routinely park a helicopter on top of his office in GTA4 and snipe people on the strip (seriou... : foo
• Reminds me of my view, only its higher and in a different city. : baconisgod
• Niiice : thejm4n
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  Half our building including my seat shares this view of the waterfront in Copenhagen http://www.flickr.co... : imperator
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    Bit more clarity in this one http://www.flickr.com/photos/heilemann/53957241/sizes/l/in/set-14617/ : imperator
    • wow! : hamachi
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  I'd rather have a great view of a hopping nightclub entrance : MaverickOrig
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    During the middle of the day? : Phreakin
    • lol : Head Rush
    • some of us "work late" : MaverickOrig
  • Clubs used to be open until 12 in the afternoon here for after hours. Some of the best memories I have. G... : bozer
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  View from my desk: http://img53.yfrog.com/i/aso.jpg/ (actually looks better in real life) View from my n... : podman405
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    whoa nice apt. is that in Manhattan? How much $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? : mrvandelay
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      Yeah, it's in the Financial District in Manhattan. It's cheaper than my old place but still probably expe... : podman405
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        Is that why you can't afford furniture or pictures to put on the wall? ;) : riptyde
        • Heh. I haven't moved in yet. That's a picture from when I went to check it out when I was apartment hunti... : podman405
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        what do you do for a living? : mrvandelay
        • web development : podman405
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        so would that be like $$$$$$$$$$$$$ or more like $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$? : Nali4Freedom
        • Actually financial district is pretty cheap because it has no nightlife. Everyone comes to trade and work... : askedrelic
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        I'm curious what the rent is. it likely wont shock me too much being familiar with rents in socal and all : epit
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          I bet it clears $4k/mo : pancake humper
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            It's waaaayyy cheaper than that. Over $1K and under $3k : podman405
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              This double posting is getting silly. Can someone update the shack to disable the post button after you ... : podman405
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                Yes. Also, it must be very small. Sqr footage? : orgcaptainnemo
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                  i'm guessing it's 700-1000 sq ft. it's a really good bargain down there. : dahanese
                  • I don't remember the exact square footage... maybe 750 to 800? : podman405
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                wouldn't help; it's not your fault. the shack does that when it gets bogged. used to always be when the... : electroly
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                  I know I clicked twice because I'm used to the post box disappearing almost instantly after clicking it. ... : podman405
                  • in that case maybe it is your fault. shame on you! : electroly
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        is that the manhattan bridge? man you are way the fuck down there : mikecyb
        • Yeah, it's down there for sure. : podman405
  • i would consider living in the financial district if i ever moved back. it's dead down there on the weeke... : dahanese
• that CEO knows how to pick out a snipers roost. I play too many video games : metalremains
• damn that is nice : Spoetzl
• Jesus christ, that's one hell of a view! : thetangent
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  Well we just turned off the lights and shut the doors. Think I'll check out midtown comics, then go watch... : darcspeed
  • There's a really great ruby tuesday. : Floppygrandma
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    Hmmm mid-town. Maybe check out Virgil's BBQ. Pretty good : bozer
    • hush puppies at that place are amazing : dearjamie

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• the first couple seasons are brutally lame. : not work safe
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  hell yeah DS9 is awesome!! but don't form any opinions about it until season 3 : electroly
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    once Sisko shaves his head and grows a beard, that's when shit starts going down : electroly
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      That's what I've always said too. : moogle
      • You are both so fucking right, that's when shit gets real. It's mostly awesome from there on out, and it ... : node
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      Avery Brooks is always awesome, but he is the definition of awesome badass with that look. : Paranoid Android
      • He's a welcome change from the rigid sterility of Picard, that's for damn sure. I absolutely love his rel... : invisible_kid
• it gets more exciting once the dominion comes into play : Cheeziologist
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  I watched it again recently, from start to finish. I like season 1 + 2, too, they are slower paced but ar... : razorblade79
  • character!! : razorblade79
  • Yup. Seasons 1+2 are basically just a bunch of rejected TNG storylines. Seasons 3+ is where it starts to ... : The Grolar Bear
  • Damar is one of my favorites, but I always feel that the last 4 episodes seem rushed. They could have had... : invisible_kid
  • Oh yeah, for good Cardassions, see the season 1 episode "Duet" with Harris Yulin as the Cardassian in que... : invisible_kid
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  I did, having never seen an episode before. Once it gets going, there's a lot of good stuff. Unf... : cerealSAM2
  • Dude, rich snippy aliens who hate on women, I can get behind the ferenghi : askedrelic
  • To an extent, though the Ferengi are entertaining. Especially later on when there is a Quark episode ever... : invisible_kid
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  I don't care for Star Trek, having said that I have watched most of it. Recently watched all of TNG and ... : dael
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    you don't care for Star Trek but you've seen over 350 episodes? i think you like Star Trek : electroly
    • I know, what can you do, it's sci fi :( : dael
  • Closet Trekkie? : thetangent
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  DS9 is my fav out of all the tv series. And yea, the first couple seasons are slow, but they do setup pl : liqker
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    Garak makes the show. : The Grolar Bear
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      The Cardassians on DS9 are all excellent. I loved Gul Dukat. : electroly
      • Yea, true dat. Gul Dukat was another one I loved to watch in action. They really did a great job puttin... : liqker
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      He was always interesting because of how much of a mystery he was. You never really knew what side he was... : Chod
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        There is a book written by Andrew Robinson (who plays Garak), which is a series of letters he writes to B : invisible_kid
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          Yea, I think the actors dedication and genuine affection for the character is what made it jive so well. ... : liqker
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            And we can't forget my boy Jeffrey Combs (Weyeon, Brunt). That guy is like a fucking chameleon. Walla... : liqker
            • FUCK ME. Now I'm gonna go home and start watching it again >:( There goes all my spare time. : liqker
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        My fav scene is when he was convincing Worf in the runnabout that he wanted to join Star Fleet, but he ne : liqker
        • I was laughing my ass off. Really great scene. : The Grolar Bear
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  this whole show is about the character development, sure we get some pew pew space battles but I would tr... : stgdz
  • ^^ Exactly. I loved every character on the show. I cannot say that at all for other star treks even thoug... : invisible_kid
  • Every time Quark does something I just go, "Oh quark!" and then a laugh track runs through my head. : askedrelic
• I still think Babylon 5 had the best epic story line : retardhumper
• I think the episode where Sisco explains time using a baseball analogy is my favorite sci fi episode : Jimb0v2
• I liked DS9 a lot, but it never gets much love as a Star Trek series. I too wasn't impressed with the fi... : jlboyd132321
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  I still haven't gotten through the first season. ugh : Frozen Pixel
  • honestly just skip the episodes that seem lame. the first season is inconsequential. : electroly
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    I love how in the future, we have these fancy ass spaceships with shields and warp cores and shit that al : askedrelic
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      why don't they install fucking seatbelts onto spaceships? and why do the consoles blow up every time t... : electroly
      • I know! Fucking Star Trek. : dael
    • I still feel DS9 is the best core sci-fi series I've watched. Battlestar Galactica 2.0 is a close second.... : TrickSh0t
  • If you just want to watch the core episodes, use this guide: http://www.tv.com/star-trek-deep-space-nine/... : The Grolar Bear
• Still in the Netflix queue. Maybe i'll give it a shot after I run through season 3 of dexter. : megarust32
• Me! I re-watch it every could of years. So good! : Trepex
• I really need to get back to that show. Watching a good series beginning to end is so awesome. I watche... : DinK
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  Babylon 5 > DS9 : Sailor of Fortune
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    I disagree SoF, however I can respect your opinion on this mapper : Cheeziologist
    • ummm...matter...how the hell did I type that incorrectly : Cheeziologist
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    Worf > all of Babylon 5 : gmd
    • Worf sucks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0_70d-KVe4&feature=related : Sailor of Fortune
  • Truth. Babylon 5 is the most epic sci-fi show ever. Entire civilzations rise and fall, and the entire b... : SqueegyTBS
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  god i fucking hated the o'brien episodes, and somewhere in season two there were two o'brien episodes bac... : skryte
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    O'Brian's a great character though! One of his best episodes is the one where he's in that prison and it : thetangent
    • i agree, that was a great spiritual sequel to inner light : Cheeziologist
    • really, that was just a kickass TNG ep. with o'brien instead of picard, which is not totally a recipe for... : skryte
  • I remember hating O'Brien when the series originally aired; one of the reasons I didn't watch it then. ... : cerealSAM2
• I recently (few months ago) re-watched DS9 from start to finish. It gets really really good around the 3r... : thetangent
• I've watched it through several times. I can no longer find it on TV.:( : Koral06

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  Trine : LoioshDwaggie
  • Whatever! : RogerDandy
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  iPhone 3GS. I have no idea what a better name would've been, but I don't dig it. : jingletard
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    they wanted to relive the glory years of the Apple IIGS : lowpoly
    • We had one of those! It was even the "Wozniak" edition. It ruled. : action wombmate
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  Melty Blood: Actress Again, a fighting game coming out in August (already out in arcades) : aasyranth
  • Touché. : T-900
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    that sounds like an awesome name for a fighting game. What the fuck? : retardhumper
    • I agree. I love it because it sounds crazy, though. : aasyranth
• maple story : m0rfus
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  Holy Invasion of Privacy, Badman : kelzmelzer
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    No. Just no. That is an awesome game name. You are wrong. So very wrong. : IndigoAK
    • No u! : kelzmelzer
• Dead or Alive: Xtreme Beach Volleyball 2!!!!!!! : vitek r
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  Battle Raper : jvox
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    Battle Raper? Rapper? : FuryVII
    • No. It's Battle Raper and it's exactly what it sounds like. : ArcKnight
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  BlazBlue (great game, dumb title that has nothing to do with the game) : Rehevkor
  • The full name is BlazBlue: Calamity Trigger, which is so much more Japanese and therefore worse. : SockMonkeh
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  AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaAAAaaAAAAaAAAAa whatever that game was. : LoioshDwaggie
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    http://www.dejobaan.com/aaaaa/ The Name: We generally cut-and-paste the game's name to cut down keyboa : the archvile
    • Hey, I understand it now: Aaaaa AAaaa AAAaa AAAAa AAAAA!!! - A Reckless Disregard for Gravity : the archvile
    • That is really bad. : SenorSpine
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    Wasn't there a game call ahhhhh! real monsters? : digweed014
    • The name is based on the Nickelodean show though. : ArcKnight
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  Plumbers Don't Wear Ties http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plumbers_Don%27t_Wear_Ties : Schnapple
  • hahaha, I remember that one : dancingpolkabear
  • That's not a game, it's a Powerpoint abortion. : Rehevkor
• Devil Survivor, fun game but wtf Atlus. : darcspeed
• Where was that upcoming release list from Nintendo, that was funny. It was all in the vein of "Super Don... : dael
• Super Street Fighter II Turbo HD Remix : Link.
• Advent Children : tunis5000
• Always had a soft spot for "Infinite Undiscovery"....no wait, I fucking hate that title. : Finchypoo
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  Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. the Soulless Army : Thund3rball
  • you just know this sounds alot better in japanese :( : moe6
  • Holy shit, hive mind. : Clasifyd
  • Don't forget Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner 2: Raidou Kuzunoha versus King Abaddon : cornchak
• Shin Megami Tensei: Devil Summoner: Raidou Kuzunoha vs. The Soulless Army Yeah, 11 words. Fuck you, J... : Clasifyd
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  Infinite Undiscovery - I fucking hate this name and I cringe whenever I hear it. : avatar_58
  • This is one of my favorite recent game names :( : Ebu
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  sCary's Shugashack : tashtego
  • ^ this : syn0r
• Badass Rumble: http://playstation.joystiq.com/2009/07/15/atluss-new-brawler-gets-a-name-badass-brawler/ : kallanta
• Peter Jackson's King Kong: The official Game of the Movie : Sturm08
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  Okay, how about --> Mobile Suit Gundam: Gundam vs. Zeta Gundam : aasyranth
  • Gundam Gundam: Gundam Gundam Gundam : ArcKnight
• THIAF : Rag and Bone Man
• H.A.W.X. : kungfusquirrel

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• Process it! There could be state secrets or boobies on it!! : losimagic
• i'll put in a vote for the latter. I've seen some fairly cool double exposures before, although I suppose... : Cheeziologist
• straight process it, do it, now : gmd
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  You found it at a used camera store? : Dave-A
  • it's where I go to buy 120 film. People sell their cameras to the store and leave rolls of film in their ... : sparkly
• process it duh : moe6
• have a naked model hold it up to her chest and then develop it : pancake humper
• What if there is nekkid people on it :( : dognose
• Take pictures of bacon then develop it. : Sailor of Fortune
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  What if you double expose some stupid picture of a tree or something and the tree totally blocks the gash... : RogerDandy
  • I believe ritual suicide is the only answer. : cpt_gloval
• That's some high iso. I say process it. : DHAvatar
• it would suck if you double exposed them and then realized that the original photos were priceless works ... : GloriousCow
• Process : GoodBoy
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  Process it : Sole.exe
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    What the -- what's Sole.exe??? : CrustaR
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      its what god runs to activate humans : papaskot
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        Are you saying it's an executive file? : CrustaR
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          that's the sort of file you run to kill humans. : Fyunch Click
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            I thought it was a fish. : DrZettl
            • that's executive fillet : mexicanimator
        • lol, executive file : Sole.exe
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          I don't get this joke : CRasterImage
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            Blame 242: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20202941#itemanchor_20202941 : CrustaR
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              It's an executable file. Not an executive file. Why didn't anyone call him on his retardedness? : CRasterImage
              • ...Because it was a stroke of genius. : CrustaR
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                did you read the thread? : chrisschutz
                • not as much as I should have... : CRasterImage
            • lol. : bakanoodle
      • lol negative, it's what is activated to give footwear the contact point to the ground. : Downforce
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      SHODAN : Delaric
      • fuck that bitch : GloriousCow
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        how long til we get some SHODAN/GLaDOS lesbian porn : dirge23
        • Rule 34. An artist just posted an image to 4chan im sure. : SigENeaT
        • http://www.offworld.com/oimages/gladosshodan.jpg : ArcKnight
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  I'm pretty excited for the inevitable "OH MY GOD IT'S OLD MAN BALLS" thread : veras
  • the narrative there is that sparkly took a bunch of pictures of nude old men, and the only way he could s : chrisschutz
• random double exposures sounds like it'll just be a bunch of shitty pictures. I would process it. : OverloadUT
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  Process it. Double exposure might not work with images you haven't seen. : thrallie200
  • That's kinda the point. : boarder2
• Taking photos of my balls and leaving exposed rolls of film throughout the city sounds like a fucking ama... : DooBall
• seems like I'll process it, then! : sparkly
• color me a retard and forgetting about film entirely - is it not possible to develop a single frame off o... : dedgecko
• what happens if its pedo stuff and they call the cops on you? "but it wasnt my film" doesnt sound like a ... : retarded talking dinosaur

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• this is awesome : multisync
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  308 after 3 tries :( : Saman
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    329 first try, haven't been able to match it yet : multisync
    • i'm better than you : dahanese
• One of the words it gave me was "onomatopoeia." : RomSteady
• 330 on my first try i'm a dork! : dahanese
• haha one of my keywords was "cool" and there was a quantz cartoon : maulla
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  sup with this geography shit : papaskot
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    wtf, it just showed me POOP. for indigestion that is so awesome : papaskot
    • lol, i just got that one too : dignan
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  Color with a u, just FYI. : Conan
  • Damnit! I purposely spelled it without a "u" because I assumed it would be the dumb american spelling. : Cliffzorz
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  363 on first run through. "Force" tripped me up a bit. : S?a?c?
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    wtf... I just got "Rhizome" and then "Onomatopoeia". Assholes. : S?a?c?
    • i was trying to remember the proper spelling of the latter one, fuckers : xsoulbrothax
• 379. Sucks getting repeats after only the first try. : My Documents
• i guess max score is 400? : Slowtreme
• 362 :) : Postal
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  360 first try.. that was fun! hardest one was quidditch... random fields, harry potter, and random peopl... : mrazzino
  • i knew it was quidditch when i got it but had no idea how to spell it having never read or watched harry ... : goatboy
• 324, pfft. i can't figure the 'o' word : liquidlies
• 320 on my first try. : marmite
• 280 :( : g0nk
• 379, what makes you lose :( : laurgasms
• How is 398 even possible when the counter immediately drops to :19? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• Dumb how plurals make it right or wrong. : invisible_kid
• 338, just missed one : Flying h4x0r
• 365 (10 out of 10) : tangles
• Colour, not color. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• bark... a guy posing naked plus a bunch of pictures of bark. : .sticks.
• 378 -- lucky draw I think : Kentor
• 367 on first go >.> : SigENeaT
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  367 with stupid ones like quidditch kitsch tourist UGH what is the one with the letter 'f' th... : multisync
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    force : ArcKnight
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      onomatopoeia FUCK : multisync
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        Ctrl +V'd to get to 388 : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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          that's how you are getting high scores? cheap. : dahanese
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            No, I just keep that one on paste. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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              you've spammed the entire high score board? : dahanese
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                Yes. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
                • Need to get Shacknews Lime up there next. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• 303 : spazzium
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  Woo, #9 : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    (387 and rising!) : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • 388 : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  307, I kept trying "dreadlocks" and "dreadlock"... it was just "dreads" or something like that wasn't it? : pharom
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    dread yea : multisync
    • well crap =( : pharom
  • yep, that one got me too. lame. : dopeman
  • I kept typing Jamaican. :( : OverloadUT
  • I kept overthinking them too. Then I got bored so now I'm not playing anymore. : perstephanie
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  What's the one that shows the Taj Mahal? Starts with D. I must get 390. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
  • delhi : gnomish
• 314 first try : SlingBlaze
• 386!! : OverloadUT
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  390, Shacknews wins. 398 cannot be legitimate. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    That would mean he got it on 10 (8) of the times. Have you ever got it on 10? I don't think you can. : OverloadUT
    • I just did, on meat. Maybe it's legit. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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  311. I didn't get the 4th or 5th one, was supposed to start with "L". Had a map of California and some ... : action wombmate
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    Oh, fuck me. It was probably land :( : action wombmate
    • Yes it is : OverloadUT
• cool idea but there are like 20 words in this game : mikecyb
• 376 - Total time: 24secs Avg time: 2 secs Avg guesses: 1.1 : Zips
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  So how did this 'Daniel' get 398? Suspect he's somehow cheating. (I got 372, by the way). : Merlin13x
  • I got a 20 on meat, so I suppose it's possible. I fucked up on another so I couldn't reach 391. :( : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
• 356 the first time, kinda neat idea. : boarder2

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  The iPhone update is 300mb? : walker270
  • they always just send a new firmware blob : ]pm[chem
• Updated, all seems to be well. : losimagic
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  is that all it does? : xxiv
  • yep, I think so http://www.tuaw.com/2009/07/31/did-we-say-saturday-iphone-os-3-0-1-out-now-to-block-sm... : losimagic
  • SMS fix is the only thing listed during install. : BioSector
• Confirmed, 297.9MB : BioSector
• Updating now. Love the 'download the whole thing to get the patch' method Apple uses. : hussdelrio
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  they need to learn how to fucking binary diff. 300MB for every single update is a little tedious. : electroly
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    takes all of 5 minutes to download : Korban
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      we're not all blessed with 8Mbps connections : electroly
      • also one day it'd be nice to see over the air updates but I don't think AT&T will be anxious to do that w... : derelict515
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        Yet WoW patches you have no problem with.... : Phreakin
        • are you kidding me? i bitch up and down every time it forces me to wait at the login screen while it dow... : electroly
    • Not on my planet. : Fred Garvin
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    I bet you just went over your d/l cap huh. I think it's better than possibly bricking a phones if it inst... : Slowtreme
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      what makes you think that would be a problem? the updater would contain checksums of the files it is upd... : electroly
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        sure, but if a diff based updater fails on some random application you just break that application. you m... : Slowtreme
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          i don't think you understand what i said. it won't fail, because you can guarantee the file you are patc... : electroly
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            i'll point out that microsoft does diff-based updates for windows. unless you'd like to claim that windo... : electroly
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              are you suggesting there has never been a failure in a patch for Microsoft? : Slowtreme
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                as a result of the binary diff? i am, actually, yes. name one situation where the binary diff corrupted... : electroly
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                  You should qualify as "in ways that wouldn't corrupt a full replace." Shutting down the system mid-pat... : walker270
                  • Yeah, that's why I specified "as a result of the binary diff". Things that would also fuck up a full ins... : electroly
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                  I'm repaired many a machine that had a failure while updating that left the PC in an unusable state. : Slowtreme
                  • and your reason for believing this is because they used a binary delta is......? : electroly
            • Yeah, but we're awesome. : cltcprd
    • it's not like binary diffs for patches is a new and untested method... : derelict515
    • I have other devices with flash memory that don't require a whole new update every time a patch comes out... : Fred Garvin
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    seriously. this fix has to be a few hundred kb at best. : re4ctor
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      more like: s/(bad character)//g : loboca
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        aha. is that seriously all it was? i haven't read anything about the security issue. : re4ctor
        • Actually, I think that was the SSL cert vulnerability. : loboca
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    I got bashed here for starting a thread to this effect : derelict515
    • Lesson learned; You don't point out one negative about apple on the shack. : D45hiz
• I can't wait for this to brick my phone : pancake humper
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  I was still dodging the 3.0 update until the media monkey devs worked out the last encryption change. (p... : Spoetzl
  • I only found this out after I updated :S... : Alco23
• I wonder if the 3.1 betas are covered : Yanks
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  jesus thats big. is it actually gonna take that much space on my phone after its installed?? : ninjase
  • .dmg is compressed really well, so more like 3gig or so uncompressed : multisync
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  I don't fucking get it. So do you guys have SMS on your phones already? What the fuck, does it only wor... : shwortdogg
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    what? the iphone has always had SMS. you're thinking of MMS? : electroly
    • Whoops, I'm an idiot. Don't mind me, I'll just be over here....... : shwortdogg
  • It's a security hole, it's always had SMS : MaxPete82
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  how many fucking times does itunes want to steal focus during this update. Fuck off already. : marmite
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    HEY, LISTEN : Fayk
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      stupid fucking navi, i wanted to punch that bitch : oHnOES
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duRO3noyAKU : jayares
  • not even once : CoRDS
• Updated. Internet tethering and MMS functionality from the carrier hack is still available. Woohoo! : BlackCat9
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  Why is every iPhone/Touch update 2-300MB? : Fred Garvin
  • Presumably because any of those given firmware blobs is enough to do a full restore from, rather than hav... : Fayk
• fucking failed, now I have to restore from backup and try again. (yes, I have the latest itunes) : vynn
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  quick ITUNES QUESTION PLEASE. In my account info, under Computer Authorizations, the only button is "dea... : Cygnus X-1
  • You can do that once per year and have all 5 authorizations available. : malevolence
  • Why not look under the "Store" menu in iTunes itself and click on "Deauthorize Computer." You do not g... : ovrlrd
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    it's okay to de-auth all -- you just re-auth each time you use another computer : Postal
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      I want to keep the machine Im on as authorized, but DEauthorize all the others. Can I re-authorize this o... : Cygnus X-1
      • Yes. : BlackCat9
• Updated with no problem while I did my WiiFit workout. Phone still works. : Galadriel07

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  needs a bath : graceofdragons
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    Space is dirty! : Begawkiness
    • godamnit I was just coming to make the same reply. : silent prophet
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  I love the warning labels on the hatch, as if anyone with less than 20 years of experience and training i... : riptyde
  • That makes me think of the warning on the UT2004 Link Gun: HOSE GOES HERE YOU STUPID DUMBASS : the archvile
  • The hatch in front? Isn't that pointing to that pressure indicator thing that I seem to recall on commerc... : woddemandred
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    On the Boeing jet that shuttles the shuttles between California and Florida, the mounting points are actu... : quanta88
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      The doors on Boeing commercial jets have arrows indicating which direction to turn the handles to open th... : riptyde
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        are you talking about the exterior handle? http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-France/Boeing-777-328-ER... : FrayLo
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          No, I mean the door on the inside. There is a giant red arrow to show you which direction to turn the ha... : riptyde
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            yeah that's just one example of the many placards on a plane that are seemingly worthless : FrayLo
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              What if there was some sort of malfunction with the door making it just as hard to turn the handle both w... : SigENeaT
              • I'd imagine it's for emergency situations, where people are panicked or under extreme duress, and having ... : proclone1
      • better view: http://www.airliners.net/photo/Air-Canada/Boeing-777-333-ER/1486249/L/ maybe the arrow is... : FrayLo
    • Leave nothing to chance. : ucanbfuzzy
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  I bet the pilot feels like such a badass after landing the world's heaviest glider. : eldiablo01
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    I think he felt like that the minute he lifted off in it. : Phreakin
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      I think I would shit my pants taking off in the space shuttle. They say it's like a freight train that ju... : eldiablo01
      • Yeah, it would be incredible to be accelerating all that time. : DinK
      • they say a lot of things my friend. : xxiv
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    Someone absolutely refused to believe me when I told them ten years ago that the shuttle lands unpowered.... : Rooster Cockburn
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      I never even thought about this and I find it freaking unbelievable right now, too! : aldraek
      • Well when you start out 200 miles high going 17,000 mph the problem is getting rid of speed, not adding m... : DinK
• where you hiding in the reeds to take this pic? : whistletits
• Hello new desktop background. : dravalen
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  Damn that thing takes a beating. Tiles and scorch marks all over. : loboca
  • falling through the atmosphere at 1000000mph will do that : mindshot
• it looks like a raccoon. : Matto357
• Why with Chrome can't I right click a picture and set it as a background? Why? This has been a standard ... : tsuba
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  I've come to the stark conclusion that no one gives a shit about NASA or space travel at this point excep... : Sgt_Boomstick
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    where are you drawing these conclusions from? It may not be as popular as the trash you see while waitin... : dedgecko
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      Even in modern 'nerd' circles, the latest shuttle or space nation news is hardly as awe inspiring as it m... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • Your right to some extent - but the interest is in the private sector now... : dedgecko
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      "Space is still pretty badass - and damn near everyone knows that." This is my point though. Space sti... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • f'd up that reply hardcore. : Sgt_Boomstick
  • I was going to argue this but here I am on the Shack. : RogerDandy
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    Must be quite a few Shackers in Brevard county then, because every time a launch occurs the beaches are p... : ucanbfuzzy
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      They need to fucking show up for Florida shackmeets then. : Slowtreme
      • YEAH! Fuckin slack ass bastards! : kikilupo
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      Watching a launch is different. That is more of a public spectacle than genuine interest in the advanceme... : Sgt_Boomstick
      • Sadly, I agree with you. If NASA had kept receiving the 3% GDP it had in the Apollo era, the public might... : ucanbfuzzy
    • It reminds me of Final Fantasy 7 and rocket town. That game was ahead of its time in some respects. : aldraek
  • I try to make a point of having my kids watch shuttle launches so they get interested in space travel. M... : riptyde
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    If Armadillo Aerospace offered me a job, I'd get on a plane tonight. Don't care if I had to be a janitor. : loboca
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      Armadillo Aerospace Scaled Composites : eldersveld
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        Scaled Composites GATTACA Since he wants to be a janitor : Sailor of Fortune
        • I hear the Arcada is hiring janitors. Watch out for the Sariens! : acheron
  • People care when it is right in front of them. But there is no media coverage for it anymore. : rosewood
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  I work about 30 minutes down the beach from the Space Center. The sonic booms shook the entire building.... : Clasifyd
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    I remember when I was younger being woken up by the booms, multiple times, and thinking "Oh, the Orbiter ... : ucanbfuzzy
    • I miss living on Merritt Island sometimes =[ : hatchet165
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  Not sure if this has been posted before, but this is a cockpit video of a shuttle landing. http://www... : phate81
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    There was a Orbiter landing simulator NASA put out decades ago. It was pretty crazy flying that thing; fl... : ucanbfuzzy
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      This? http://orbit.medphys.ucl.ac.uk/ Yea that was fucking impossible, I couldn't even get out of ... : phate81
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        Nope, it was the simulator referenced on this page: http://imedia.ksc.nasa.gov/shuttleland/text1.htm T... : ucanbfuzzy
        • Wow thats pretty damn cool : phate81
        • oh man that thing was so cool. goddamn I wish I could have had a second, third, fourth, infinite go on it... : thecray
        • i did that at the rocket museum in alabama, i kicked my rocketscientist uncle's ass. : papaskot
        • they have a working one in Huntsville at the Space and Rocket center, and a more detailed one at adult Sp... : Fyunch Click
        • I guess you can buy the software directly from the maker? http://www.binarystarltd.com/discovery.html ... : ucanbfuzzy
      • I went to college there. : ra1n
  • Yeah it's more of a barely flying brick : riptyde
  • such an awesome flying brick. im gonna miss these damn things :( : smacknca
  • Marsha Ivins loves it in the ass, by the way. : mace
• Although shuttles are cool, they're still a bit drab. MSPaint shackers, let's have a subthread where you ... : Snuffles-
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  Maybe Obama should stop wasting money on space and start fixing America : gmd
  • Maybe you should SHUT YOUR FILTHY PIE HOLE FOR SPEAKING SUCH BLASHPEMY, gmd, if you would be so kind. Tha... : Cheeziologist
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    It's time to abandon America and start America II in space : veras
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      I hear it's America II is just America With Guns. : walker270
      • I sure hope we don't FALL OUT of the OBLIVION that is space : lolpatrol
      • Isn't the current USA "America With Guns"? : Entity
  • We need to fuck up space so it needs fixing too. : get_navi
  • America is so passe. The space shuttle is the new hotness. : eldiablo01
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    Space > America. No, seriously. Survival of the species and whatnot. : thetangent
    • Fuck humanity, if we manage to kill ourselves so be it. : one random winner
  • we should just blow space up already : ashkie
  • damn lol button only works once :D : halophoenix
  • Maybe you should never post this garbage. :v : Link.
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  man that thing looks beat up... : brainchild420
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    They will be lucky to get average KBB trade-in value on that. Especially with those miles. : Spoetzl
    • seriously... they better donate it to blind people. : brainchild420
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  I just checked out the shuttle replacement: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orion_(spacecraft) Looks cool... : systatic
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    looks so boring though. :( : deathofrats
    • I think it's elegant. : systatic
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    It feels like such a step backward. :( : pigvomit
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      Also, what about the nifty features the shuttle has? No mechanical arm? No science labs? : pigvomit
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        The lab launches separately. It's versatile. They will never have to carry shit they don't need and they ... : systatic
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          steal means no more hubble like repairs though. That saddens me the most on the retiring of the shuttle ... : JuffoWup
          • They're comparatively light and cheap. They reuse the things for about 10 flights and get a new one. : systatic
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        Shuttle can only boost to low earth orbit. Ares system can boost higher, necessary if we're going back to... : Fyunch Click
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          I thought the arm was good for repair missions. So now important satellites that stop working will be de... : pigvomit
          • It's easier to match orbits and spacewalk. : Fyunch Click
        • I'm cracking up at the (sorry Canada) : royalally
        • True that it can only self boost so far, but it can get to higher orbits if need be. For a good while the... : bombay
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          considering how much of the shuttle must be refitted and replaced for every launch, i dont know how feasi... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • They made a lot of changes to the design which ultimately changed the mission scope and frequency. : Fyunch Click
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        different purposes. the space shuttle isn't really built for missions requiring it to land somewhere, pl... : mikecyb
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          sure, but I think they should be building a new version that supports these things, and not 1950s capsule... : Slowtreme
          • Actually the Ares system is modular. Scroll down the wiki page linked and you'll see multiple module type... : Fyunch Click
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            getting something out of the atmosphere doesn't require a great deal of technology. you can buy a digita... : mikecyb
            • At least until we establish a permanent orbiting station that is capable of acting like a terminal and sh... : Fyunch Click
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            the computer in the Shuttle does what it needs to do. Replacing it with a 'better' computer would add in ... : Sailor of Fortune
            • I would think that updating it would be more for space/weight/power benefits than strictly for processing... : ArcKnight
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              this is true for a lot of sensitive computer equipment. like nuclear power plants pretty much have compu... : mikecyb
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                One of my old bosses worked on the dsp for pressure vessel and containment vessel monitoring systems. Wro... : bombay
                • I think this is what that engineer was trying to tell me but without getting too in depth. I forgot to me... : Sailor of Fortune
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                  Oh Lord, you don't even know the trouble they go through to make sure they don't have to recert something... : ucanbfuzzy
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                    Yeah, it is a very costly premise to even think about a re-cert. In many cases we'd have to do it for saf... : bombay
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                      My dad avoids doing gov't contracts with his CNC shop. he said the rules and QA on stuff he makes is not ... : Sailor of Fortune
                      • I bet, the QA regimes are oppressive in Mil and Space, but they have to be. Plus you need a lot of experi... : bombay
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        The Orion can launch without carrying a payload, like the Soyuz to transfer crews to the ISS. A separate ... : Sailor of Fortune
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          Also, the Ares Heavy Lift can put something insane like 440,000 pounds into low Earth orbit. Compared to ... : ucanbfuzzy
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            Yeah, Neil DeGrasse Tyson likened the Space Shuttle to a cheap pick up truck when he worked on Bush's Pre... : Sailor of Fortune
            • I <3 Tyson. He's the type of scientist we need more of: charismatic, passionate, and pragmatic. : ucanbfuzzy
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      Watch this and you'll see that the Shuttle really isn't all that it's cracked up to be: http://www.pbs.o... : Sailor of Fortune
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        This didn't work so well on Apollo 1 - RIP. : dedgecko
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          Thing is NASA learned a lot of shit from Apollo 1's fire. They redesigned everything inside the Apollo CS... : Sailor of Fortune
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            /horn toot I've got access to the original engineering drawings used to mark the positions of each swi... : ucanbfuzzy
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              that's pretty cool you should totally scan that and post it : mikecyb
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                Some of the cool stuff my gramps had from his days working out at the Cape: A roll of gold coated myla... : ucanbfuzzy
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                  derpa derpa link: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=2579304&l=3cf92113f3&id=565885871 : ucanbfuzzy
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                    Martin as in Lockheed Martin? : Sailor of Fortune
                    • Yep. But I fail for using Facebook; I'm uploading the rest of the photos to Flickr right now. : ucanbfuzzy
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                OK Here's a link to the album on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/17177251@N06/sets/72157621907609... : ucanbfuzzy
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                  holy awesome, thanks. 70s science was pretty sweet. : mikecyb
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                    well, 60s science really : mikecyb
                    • Science and Industry! See big men sticking screw drivers into things - turning them - AND ADJUSTING THEM!... : ucanbfuzzy
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          apollo 1 was also a test and not an actual launch, it was also a problem that happened inside the command... : lja83
          • They mentioned that Challenger crew compartment surviving the explosion and the crew was likely alive in ... : Sailor of Fortune
          • If a similar accident happened with a system like the Apollo or Orion CEV, the crew most likely would hav... : ucanbfuzzy
          • It was a shitty troll post - and indeed they learned a lot of lessons, some which can only be paid with t... : dedgecko
• Vroom vroom partystarter! : Ride-My-Rocket
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  shuttles always look heavy to me...like heavier than normal airplanes..like flying bricks..does anyone kn... : deathofrats
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    Space Shuttle — Mass: 2,029,203 KG (4,474,574 LB The maximum gross takeoff weight of a 747-400 is appr... : mwasher
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      oh wait, that's with rocket boosters, google is dumb. : mwasher
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        165,000 pounds, and it can carry another 65,000 pounds. so it's actually much lighter than a 747. crazy. : mwasher
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          But that's just the Orbiter, right? How much does a 747-400 weigh w/o fuel, or cargo, and only the flight... : ucanbfuzzy
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            the orbiter is 165,000 + a maximum payload of 65,000 pounds (including crew). therefore it's max is 230,... : mwasher
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              This is why the Orbiter is "shuttled" around on the back of a 747... : dedgecko
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                I thought that was because it couldn't fly like a normal plane? : mwasher
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                  It has all the normal control surfaces of a aircraft. The biggest problems are it's fuel efficiency (the ... : ucanbfuzzy
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                    And I can't imagine the orbiter's wings have the kind of lift necessary to sustain the orbiter in level f : riptyde
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                      Also, that runway is awesome. I flew over it once in a little single-prop plane. It's a "holy fuck" mom... : riptyde
                      • From White Sands, but I am sure pretty similar to Kennedy. http://www.airfields-freeman.com/NM/WhiteSa... : sigpro
            • Thanks for restating your above post. To answer my own question a 747-400, dry (which is the only weight ... : ucanbfuzzy
            • its also a fuck load smaller : CoRDS
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          http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Atlantis_on_Shuttle_Carrier_Aircraft.jpg : riptyde
          • Is that how baby airplanes are made? : rosewood
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    Shuttle pilots do say that it's like flying a brick. : dael
    • I think that's probably due to the smaller control surfaces and not the actual weight. : orgcaptainnemo
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  I'm curious about that L shaped mark in the tiles ... weird. : imperator
  • Aliens, has to be : dael
• Can I buy my own and take it for a spin yet? : Link.