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• O snap. : wurt
• I've always been surprised he stayed in the role this long. Corporate governance regs have director indep... : peanut-
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  Apple announced Google's CEO is stepping down? Why would they do that? : ra1n
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    perhaps if you clicked the link it would help you understand : electroly
    • Perhaps. : ra1n
  • Google's CEO also sat on Apple's Board. He is stepping down from the latter due to potential conflicts w... : asylumn
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    Your reading comprehension worries me... you know, because people pay you to read things for lots of mone... : mrvandelay
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      He's pretty obviously being obtuse because he can read detail and see that the sentence in the root post ... : peanut-
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        if you want to play the actually game, it's not ambiguous at all. "Apple announced on Monday that Eric E... : electroly
        • Oh I'm sure it's technically correct, I hate to imagine how anal NYT sub-editors are. I was just saying R... : peanut-
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        How is it ambiguous? : walker270
        • Well how do you think a fruit can announce anything. QED. : lolpatrol
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      I can understand the confusion whether he is joking or not considering the its comes after Google and not... : Evil Benius
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        You are correct: The It's made it look like Apple was announcing a Google departure. : ra1n
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          the pronoun-antecedent rule should have been superseded by the fact that one interpretation makes no sens : dirge23
          • Hence my "why would they do that?" :D : ra1n
    • You shouldn't worry yourself with that. Lawyers like me who can't comprehend stuff are way too expensive... : ra1n
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      ra1n is completely correct? That sentence makes no sense to me at all - I haven't clicked the link yet - ... : abrasion
      • The word "its" is possessive on Apple. The stuff between the commas is a modifier/descriptor on Eric E. ... : walker270
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        It is an unambiguous sentence and requires no additional context to understand, provided you actually kno : electroly
        • you could also just think what makes sense. does it make sense for apple to announce google stepping dow... : electroly
        • ^ This. : ateam311
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      It took me reading the sentence 3 times to figure out that they were saying he was stepping down from App... : OverloadUT
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        That's failure on your part then. As elcectroly pointed out, the sentence is correct. All it does is setu... : ateam311
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          Grammatically correct does not mean well-written. Yes, the sentence's structure is sound; I never said... : OverloadUT
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            The writing is fine -- work on your reading comprehension. : walker270
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              I disagree. I think replacing the pronoun with the actual subject after the comma would be clearer and wo... : OverloadUT
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                Disagree all you want, but the structure and composition isn't particularly uncommon once you go beyond a... : walker270
                • Well luckily this is a subjective thing so we can just agree to disagree! : OverloadUT
        • Actually, it's failure on the original author's part for drafting a sentence that causes confusion, warra... : ra1n
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  do you think google is going to try and compete in the desktop OS department? What would they do to diff... : Mr.SEX
  • They do have better beta tags : asylumn
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    ok now i read the article, i just wonder what they are going to do to try and compete. it'll be interest... : Mr.SEX
    • Imagine an OS that all there is to it is a browser, and all applications you access are online. That's my... : Sailor of Fortune
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    Make it free. : trove
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      shit like gmail isn't really free -- you pay for it by giving GOOG access to your data. this is okay when... : dirge23
      • I know it's not really free. : trove
  • Monitor your habits and sell the information to advertisers. : pigvomit
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    http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html : Home Nugget
    • ^^ yeah. : bakanoodle
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      This is a netbook OS, not desktop OS which is what Senior Sex was wondering about. : OverloadUT
      • I still think they should call it Google Lightweight ADvanced Operating System. : Arcanum
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  Funny, Android has been out for almost a year, which is a phone OS. But as soon as Google pushes to rele... : jimmy-buffett
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    Wait, how do you know AT&T was the reason behind Google voice app rejection? Its available on Blackberrys... : pap26
    • I think he's referring to Apple blocking Google's Voice app at AT&T's request: http://www.pcmag.com/arti... : kevp
  • There's been talk of this for a long time now, he's had to step out of meetings whenever the subject of t... : Serpico74
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  It took him long enough, and now the timing's going to make it seem as though his feelings are hurt over ... : Home Nugget
  • maybe they are? it's a pretty dick move from apple. : datoo
• I had no idea he was on Apple's board. : datoo
• This gave me memories of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im589uTchKs also best part of the same ... : Sailor of Fortune
• I hope he does OK in this terrible job market. : not work safe
• This is probably because of FTC/FCC looking into apple over the whole google voice thing. Also, their wor... : retarded talking dinosaur

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  they can remotely delete books you pay for. #1 case against it for me right there. : manero
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    why would they do that : busdriver3030
    • They did it recently because a third-party seller on Amazon was illegally selling books (in this case, Ni : electroly
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      They already did it with 1984. Which is kinda fitting in an ironic sort of way. : evildanish
      • This book is not for sale. This book has never been for sale. : re-verse
    • Questionable copyright. : punchdog
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      Because the publisher allowed digital distribution of a text that wasn't supposed to be. The people who ... : hadronflux
      • To continue your example though - if Dell sold you my PC then yes they can take it back because it wasn't... : Jonathan
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    Jeff Bezos publicly apologized for how that was handled and said they screwed up and that it didn't measu... : tfboc
    • ^^ this is true and shouldn't be ignored if you're concerned about it. : dromo5
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    lol. way to go for the shrill, uninformed version of what happened. : acheron
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      what they did has nothing to do with what they *can* do. : manero
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        well, ok, if you want to go through life worrying about what companies/people can do, be my guest. : acheron
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          haha what are you talking about : busdriver3030
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            the topic : acheron
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              oh : busdriver3030
              • iawtp : acheron
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      uninformed? What he said is absolutely true. : Ellissd
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        half of the truth, sure : acheron
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          what half was i missing? I said they have the ability to delete books you purchase. : manero
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            They refunded the money people paid for said book. : acheron
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              i didn't mention anything about 1984. in that case, the book shouldn't have been sold in the first p... : manero
              • What exactly are you talking about then? I've not had a single issue with whatever PDF I have tried to t... : acheron
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              Which doesn't change the fact that they deleted content from people's devices. Which is all he said. : asylumn
              • yep, its only half the story : acheron
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            And guess what? Microsoft Word has the ability to remotely reformat your hard drive via automatic updates : OverloadUT
            • yeah it does. it's a great reason to not use Word : manero
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              Yeah, it's a complete straw man argument. : Arctic Fox
              • I think it raises the question about who owns the data on a device you paid for. : manero
        • my mother always said there are 3 sides to every story. : not work safe
  • Can't you put regular PDF's on it? Acquire the book in a non DRM form and put it in the Kindle. : thrallie200
• I own one (the first version) and it's awesome, I read a lot more than I used to and being able to previe... : mrasparagus
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  I wish I could find one goddamn concrete review with video of how the DX handles programming textbooks ad... : derelict515
  • does anyone know of such a thing? : derelict515
• Love mine very much, I just wish Ericson would get the rest of Malazan on there. They give away free s... : acheron
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  I own a kindle 2 (got it as a present) and think it's super fantastic if you like to read and have the mo... : sammyjojo
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    Is it basically any book on Amazon is available on the Kindle, or how does it work? I'd be worried that ... : umcpwintermute
    • If you're reading modern books or really popular books it'll be on there more than likely. problem i... : Scotty22
    • Basicaly, it depends on the publishers. It's easy enough to tell, just look up a random book on Amazon. I... : Arctic Fox
• I dig my Kindle 2. : Simulacrum
• I love mine. I have about 10-15 paper books I'm trying to get through before I pick it back up again, tho... : Deathlove
• i love my kindle. never had any problems with it. : dromo5
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  Don't drop it! : NastyJack
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    Mine's been pretty robust - I wouldn't want to drop it but the couple of times I have haven't broken it..... : Jonathan
    • Yeah I've never even seen one in person but I thought I remembered a shacker making a thread about droppi... : NastyJack
    • I finally dropped mine for the first time after about 4 months. Thought there was no way it had survived... : acheron
• I just use the Kindle reader on my iPhone. I actually find it to be easier on the eyes than the Kindle (b... : tashtego
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  I'd certainly be sorely tempted to buy one if one of my life goals wasn't to have a huge library filled w... : Grumbeld
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    I love reading but hate books, so I'm all about digital readers. I just hate that I can't check e-books o... : tashtego
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      I can check e-books out from my library... I'm not 100% sure they'd work on a kindle though. : famine101
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        Checked, and it seems like they won't work on the kindle. They support Adobe's format (Digital Editions o... : famine101
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          Who is the "they" in your post? Non DRM Mobipocket prc files work find on a Kindle. : Jonathan
          • Sorry, my library system is 'they' And good luck getting non-DRM'd mobipocket files. Apparently only s... : famine101
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  I used to own a Kindle 1, then I sold it on eBay for $330 and upgraded to a DX. My girlfriend has a Kind... : scythide
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    how does the RSS reader work? Can I just go to any site and grab the feed? : Fredrik S
    • Can the RSS reader tie into a Google Reader account? : umcpwintermute
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      I haven't used it too extensively for RSS, although there are (I think) a few sites out there that will a... : scythide
      • I've also used the mobile google reader page with the web browser. : scythide
• I got my wife a Kindle 2 and she LOVES it. I played with it a bit and it is a damned spiffy piece of hard... : ChibiJosh
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  I have a gen 1 and gen 2. Very happy with both of them. : bostrov
  • I see that Kindle 1's are going for pretty cheap used. I wouldn't mind spending the money on one, but sho... : famine101
• I love my kindle 2. If you aren't an avid reader, or travel a lot, then it isn't worth buying. : Frozen Pixel
• BUY AN EXTENDED WARRANTY : Sailor of Fortune
• my boss recently got one and apparently you can use it to browse the web for free. http://kindleworld.... : x4nth3
• I have an original Kindle. I use it all of the time. Downloaded Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb and... : crimrOw
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  A kindle is a book that requires batteries. No thanks. : Trips
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    a cellphone is a phone that requires batteries, do you own a cellphone? : homeboyJim
    • <keanu>Whoa</keanu> : asylumn
    • I'm pretty sure books were wireless to begin with. : Dimmona
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    A kindle is a lot of books that require a battery. : Nali4Freedom
    • more like a bookstore that requires a battery. : Prozium
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    Do you have any idea what kind of battery life it gets? My guess is no. : derelict515
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      having to charge it for 5 hours every 2-4 weeks of heavy usage is just way to much hassle! am i rite? : Prozium
      • you think I have access to that kind of electricity? I'm not made of money! : derelict515
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        I didn't have to charge mine for almost 3 months. Turning off wireless when you aren't planning on using ... : Frozen Pixel
        • yeah, I get about a month and a half between charges that way. : acheron
    • Less than my paperback. : Trips
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  If it was $100 sure, but not for $300. : Chod
  • Yea, I'd have a kindle if it was $100. I don't even need the internet access (though that's nice). : famine101
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    indeed. a $300 book? no thanks. : AMikaboshi
    • Which makes about as much sense as buying a 360 for a single XBLA game. : DinK
• I love mine, probably my favorite consumer electronics device I've bought in the last 5 or so years. : qwpeoriu
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  After realizing that me and my wife have a couple thousand books and no where to store them other then bo... : Omning
  • That was my motivation too. I'm moving again, and god damn books take up a lot of space. Since getting my... : jason bergman
• I really thought about it and played around with a friend's for a bit and it's a really slick piece of ha... : .Jayson
• i toyed with on at the store this weekend. it really needs a touch screen. : jvox
• I have a kindle 2 and love it. Pros: Great, easy to read screen. Easier on my eyes than small print pap... : jason bergman
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  I will not buy one until there is a guaranteed way to transfer purchased books onto any future device. I ... : Goncyn
  • I'm rather surprised they haven't release a PC or a web based client. : Jonathan
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  I am a huge fan of all kinds of electronic devices but I would never want to read a book that is not prin... : JohnnyDanger
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    Have you looked at the e-ink readers like the Kindle and Sony Reader? The displays look much more like p... : Arcanum
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      yeah I looked at the sony reader for a minute or two and thought it was really bad (the kindle is not ava... : JohnnyDanger
      • Reread your post but replacing references to books with records/CDs and eReaders with MP3 players. There'... : derelict515
      • Sounds like you don't get the hype because you consider books physical collectibles just as much as consu... : DinK
• I'll probably get one when it's version 5.0. Still feels like it needs work. : Jeepy McJeeperton
• Do you have an iPhone or iPod touch? download the app for it. : Sailor of Fortune
• waiting for Apple's TabletPC : grandmasterlee
• I got my wife one and she completely loves it. It seems to me like your enjoyment of the Kindle is direc... : DinK

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• vim and emacs are both ridiculously arcane. i use nano. : dirge23
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  vim is awesome. : GloriousCow
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    yeah, if you hate yourself. >:( : Degenerate
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      honestly, vim has a steep but short learning curve. Stick with it for a few days and it is So worth it. ... : re-verse
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        the thing is that I hardly ever use Linux except occasionally when I need to test something at work. So e... : Degenerate
        • I am a gui lover and I find vim extremely handy when I'm changing config files in linux : Halen
      • if by steep you mean sheer rock face vertical, yes. : epit
      • Force yourself to learn it. You will love it! It is so much faster than anything else : jeolson
      • what you'll learn in a few days are just the basics, which are essential but not impressive. but if you'r... : flasher 907
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  There's nothing wrong with vim or people who like vim. The problem is you. You need to man the hell up an... : Kentor
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    all I wanted to do was change a damned hostname and the example is all "sudo vi /etc/hostname" and change : Degenerate
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      OMFG WHAT ARE YOU DOING?! doesn't sound like any error I've heard of! : Kentor
      • It's true. But to the untrained ear it may sound like "beep beep BEEP BEEP beep .... beepbeepbeep." : terath
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    Or we can just keep using gedit, a program which does not require a fucking cheat sheet and yet still man... : Ebu
    • just don't let anyone see you using it or you will lose all your nerd cred : GloriousCow
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      Good luck running gedit over ssh... : pixelat3d
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        It's not that hard. Just pass -X to ssh, and voila, the X11 data is sent via ssh to your local terminal.... : electroly
        • SSHOWNED : GloriousCow
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          I'm talking about 99% of server installs that don't install X or any other windowing system. The idea of ... : pixelat3d
          • use gedit* blargh. words. : pixelat3d
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            Since he's using gedit right now, I think it's a pretty safe bet that gedit is available....... : electroly
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              Not 100% true, he may be editing a file on a remote server in gedit via a remote source. I dunno what the... : pixelat3d
              • Internet Superhero : electroly
          • This is fucking degenerate we are talking about that killed 3 xboxes trying to mod them. He's using X and... : sigpro
    • You can edit with notepad without issue as well. VIM is more efficient than most text editors out there, ... : Kentor
    • You run a full desktop on your servers? : Conan
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  vim is the best program ever written and I couldn't program without it : Goncyn
  • i dont' agree it's the best program ever written...but i certainly agree i wouldn't want to program witho... : flasher 907
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  vim and emacs are okay but their fanatics tend to put on the blinders when comparing them to other text e... : electroly
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    (and especially when we're talking about just editing config files and not actual coding, the benefits of : electroly
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      the nice thing about knowing VI for me is that some form of it is pretty much guaranteed to be on any *ni... : lja83
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        I can certainly see that. On the other hand, this has never once been an issue for me. Every Unix syste... : electroly
        • the truth is i just really like vim for editing, but that's a nice little bonus of knowing it already : lja83
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    i just want a text editor where arrow keys move the cursor. is this an unreasonable expectation? : dirge23
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      Isn't that what happens when you use vim? : genericuser
      • really i don't remember, i haven't used vim in so long : dirge23
      • PgUp/PgDn/Home/End etc. do not behave as expected though. : GreatGooglyMoogly
    • vim has normal arrow key support. vi doesn't. i'll preach the merits of vim any day but keep me the fuck ... : flasher 907
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    I try not to be an unreasonable fanatic about anything. It's a fact that vim's dual-mode editing is a fea... : Goncyn
    • It's funny, that exact same feature is why I despise vim. It's unnatural to edit text in "modes". : electroly
  • Competitive features isn't the same as being ridiculously fast and versatile for text editing. There are ... : Kentor
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  What the hell is wrong with you? VIM is awesome! : sigpro
  • shut up and dont make me post a chat log : Degenerate
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    this. Emacs is only useable if you have about 10 finders on each hand for the ridiculous ctrl sequences t... : Cheeziologist
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      They're both retarded if you're not trying to do serious code editing in a terminal window. If you're tr : Arcanum
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        I use a plugin for Visual Studio that makes the editor behave like vim : Goncyn
        • That's fine. I don't have a problem with keyboard shortcuts and such. I have a problem with editors tha... : Arcanum
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  Pico 4 life! I'm kidding, don't kill me : Mecha Tofu Pirate
  • I'm sorry, but I prefer Pico :\ : tangles
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    I like nano. : TreMetal
    • Sign me up for this one. : GreatGooglyMoogly
• Vim is awesome. If you can't handle it nano is probably your best choice. : Conan
• Still use Joe.. - plain simple and just a great Wordstar clone. : Kolpath
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  I prefer nano : Maarten Goldstein
  • same. Much easier for just editing config files on our servers. : Frozen Pixel
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  in before edlin : Postal
  • i like to use edlin on My Documents : dirge23
• emacs is pretty sweet : uncleanmonkey
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  use emacs or I will kill you : filtersweep
  • Just do it anyways. : sigpro
• emacs > vim but a real IDE is better than both : Yanks
• emacs was all i used in the unix world : gyokuro
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  Vim is great, vi is a little more hurtful, but they're installed by default on just about every *nix syst... : pixelat3d
  • ya being able to ssh into a box any use vim will save you many headaches : flasher 907
• I love vim; I can't program without it now... I even had to get ViEmu for Visual Studio : lonepie
• emacs, by a mile : ]pm[chem
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  vim's nice if you have a decent theme and appropriate syntax highlighting. Once you know the commands, ed... : Danny5225
  • ^^^exactly! : lonepie
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  does anyone actually like vim? I tolerate it when I need to use it, but that's about as far as it goes. : mikecyb
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    I always see people mention it when somebody asks for a good text editor. After playing with it today I t... : Degenerate
    • People can't distinguish between an editor that is good and an editor that they have gotten good at using... : Arcanum
  • I love vim. When I can't use vim, I look for vim modes/plugins for whatever IDE I'm using. : esad
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    love it, but you know me. I've probably spent days working on my vimrc and adding stuff to it :/ : askedrelic
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      how long do you think you'll have to use vim before the time spent tweaking it cancels out the productivi... : electroly
      • It's a choice and a hobby. I have the time and the interest to spare and I wouldn't wish it on other peop... : askedrelic
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      Speaking of which, how's the Molokai colour scheme working out for you? : Kentor
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        Actually I dumped that. Here's my current colors: if has("gui_running") "set guifont=Consolas:h1... : askedrelic
        • Hmmm... Moria's a bit too washed out for my tastes, but interesting! : Kentor
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      that's dumb I would rather use a text editor that has all that stuff built in from the start. there's re... : mikecyb
      • you make me want to hurt babies : GloriousCow
      • Use the right tool for the job. At work, when I'm writing C, I use vim with cscope. I'm comfortable w... : esad
      • vim is a usable text editor without anything else, but you can build it into a full fledged IDE if you wi... : askedrelic
      • Most GUI text editors have no way to move about the text easily and accurately without the aid of a mouse : Danny5225
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        you are so fucking wrong about this mikecyb : wtf242
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          There is no way vim compares to what Netbeans/IntelliJ provide me as an IDE. : Frozen Pixel
          • I'm not saying I use vim to create web apps. I use netbeans. But vim is a wonderful editor that is very v... : wtf242
        • I'll fight you : mikecyb
      • vim is not annoying, though. It's a joy to use. : Goncyn
  • yes, I was introduced to emacs and vim first year of college. I initially used emacs but later switched ... : fathertime
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  Don't use command-line vi(m) or emacs for simple file editing. The learning curve isn't worth it. Use s... : Arcanum
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    the learning curve is like an hour tops to figure out how to edit text in vi. its sure worth it to know ... : GloriousCow
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      It might be an hour tops if you carry a command reference with you. : Arcanum
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        i,a,x is pretty much all you need for basic shit : GloriousCow
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          And esc. And only until you're done and want to save (or not) what you've been working on. Or you want ... : Arcanum
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            it's really not that hard, and with most modern *nix systems you can copy/past with the mouse even withou... : lja83
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              I've learned it before, but it's harder than it should be. There is no reason whatsoever that you can't ... : Arcanum
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                the keyboard commands aren't just shortcuts. the entire program was developed from the ground up to be k... : dromo5
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                  Again, you can have both good UI (or how about just not-user-hostile) and efficient keyboard interaction. : Arcanum
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                    Design me a not-user-hostile VIM and I'll buy a copy. : Kentor
                    • Using ncurses to embed some basic command info in the display (ala nano) would be a start. : Arcanum
• http://www.figuiere.net/hub/blog/200407/vim.jpg ? : ArtilleryMarker
• Basics for starters i - insert mode a - append (insert mode but after cursor) R - insert mode, but r... : anhero
• You don't know how awesome vi / vim is (was) unless you've dealt with systems with no GUI or mouse. : spectr3
• vim > * : Omning
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  VIM is simply the most efficient text editor I've ever used. Once you learn the handful of commands you n... : asdf
  • signed : Cheeziologist
• vim and emacs are outdated and people who like them are insane. If you're just editing a text file then ... : Horn
• I love love love my vi plugin for visual studios. : chungathebunga
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  I took a quick look at joe and nano. nano looks the easiest to me as far as editors in the terminal go. I... : Degenerate
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    If you use nano, make sure to always use the -w flag. Otherwise, it will try word wrapping your files, w... : electroly
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      ^^ this is very, very important Degen. : Omning
      • thanks, I've made a note in the text file I recently started for linux tips I'll probably need again. it ... : Degenerate
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      I wish this was the default =/ : jra101
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        i'll never understand why it isn't. you can make it the default using a ./configure switch, but nobody d... : electroly
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          Just can't understand who thought this was a good idea. It is a text editor, not a word processor. : jra101
          • I think you can force it in a .nanorc file as well, but I haven't personally gotten around to trying. : Arcanum
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  nano nano nano nano. : porp
  • pico. : smegmar
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  The last question a previous interview had was "emacs or vi?" I'm an emacs person myself, though I use v... : DHAvatar
  • my answer to that question would be "Vi, but I don't fight in religious wars." : NexusOne
• vi is nice because it's full featured, easy to use once you know what you're doing, and will be installed... : dromo5
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  Visual Studio > * That's right, I FUCKING SAID IT. Whatcho got now? : Str8Dog
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    i hope they fix the sluggishness issues in 2010 before release, going to WPF seems to have slowed everyth... : filthysock
    • yeah it runs pretty slow in VM that is for sure. I'm to chicken shit to install it on the metal. : Str8Dog
  • I'll tell you what I'm going to do. I'm going to AGREE WITH YOU. So there. : Begawkiness
  • I'm not a big software developer type but I definitely like using Visual Studio at work. : DinK
• I love vim. :( : dmason
• it took a little effort to get used to vim, but now that I know how it works, i just use it. i'm sure eve... : cpt_gloval
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  We use Joe here and I love it. FUCK vim. : atom519
  • I once was a Joe follower, too, but got used to vim. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Stop using linux Nerdface Jizzpants. : Rauol Duke
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  The better question is: When is the shack going to implement vi command-based browsing of the chatty? : jimmy_legs
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    Now that's a greasemonkey script I could get behind. : Conan
    • if I had any idea how to code something like that, I'd consider it. Those commands are invaluable in gma... : jimmy_legs
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  Couple guys at work use vim, I used to use emacs (but used vim for small edits out of habit) and now a Te... : zakazi
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    I've heard similar things. Essentially, if you think vi is bad, try emacs. : Arcanum
    • It's crazy. Though emacs is insanely powerful and extensible. However the main reasons I was working emac... : zakazi
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  Protip: Never have two windows side-by-side, one with vi, the other with emacs. Shenanigans ensue with cr... : shyguy74
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    Oh god why would you do that? : Arcanum
    • i was on two different systems. i prefer emacs but one only had vi installed. : shyguy74
• The thing about learning vi is that it is on every single nix box you will ever come across. Learning it ... : fadetofunk
• here you go nerds http://vimperator.org/trac/wiki/Vimperator : boring gegtik
• You can't edit any faster than VIM if you know the key strokes which take like 15 minutes to learn : wtf242
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  vim > * or I should you into the sun : c0bra
  • simply hit ESC then '5w' and then 'i' and then type 'cast' and then hit ESC and then type ":x" and hit en... : boring gegtik

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  yeah, evil is basically broken in Fallout 3. it's pretty lame. the best evil questline is the slaver stuf... : dirge23
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    the big problem is that there's really no reason to do the main quest if you're evil. : dirge23
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      Isn't that a problem in any game that claims to give you real freedom? "well what if I don't want to do ... : DinK
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        they could have made a compelling evil motivation: you want to fix (major spoilers) Project Purity, but n : dirge23
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          While that would be cool, it would also require completely rewriting large sections of the main question,... : Arcanum
          • *main quest : Arcanum
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            well, yes, if they did it now. but if they had developed the game with a more robust evil path in mind it : dirge23
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              Letting the BoS sell it kinda defeats the evil aspects. It's not really evil, just different/more effici... : Arcanum
              • yeah, but you could work a deal where you get an extortionate/corrupt cut of the profits. : dirge23
• If you are evil, why would you want to help anyone in the first place. : RyDogg1
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  Just play good and when you say nice stuff pretend like your character is an evil-Machiavellian sob who s... : grandmasterlee
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    Example: When you return to the starter bunker and you complete that quest and the girl asks you to leav : grandmasterlee
    • Excellent. The game doesn't always have to acknowledge your evilosity via different conversation options... : mafu5150
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      or you can pull flat out pure dickish shit: saving a human from a supermutant camp, take their items t... : -=kodiak=-
      • LOL : Shadowdane
      • I like to set a mine on a path I know the NPC is going to have to run when I save them, reward plus evil ... : grandmasterlee
      • haha that what I did with every escaped slaves. Tell them where the hideout is and then mezz them : gimpness
  • After rescuing a boy from a group of vampries in the subway I went back and slaughtered the lot of em. I : unsound
  • That's how I played through as an "evil" character. I basically only did quests that would benefit me and... : the_burd
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  It's so easy to get negative karma just from stealing and killing people, though, whereas the only way to... : tashtego
  • Nah, there are a lot of ways to get good karma. Pure waters, metal scrap, and books are positive karma m... : pleasedpig
• I don't like when RPGs give you morality points following your actions. It makes me suffer from bad consc... : Patakreps
• I agree completely. I went through the game as Good, then tried a run-through as evil as could be. But t... : SolveChrist
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  I found it pretty easy to play through in an evil way - I basically killed everyone I encountered that wa... : Milleh
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    You just have to be properly cruel and use people for whatever they're good for before you kill them. : DinK
    • True, I'll keep that in mind if I ever play through again. : Milleh
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  I think the karma system is pretty neat, but I wish it affected available quests more. Like, if I'm evil ... : zerog83
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    ehh, that's kinda lame. the problem is already that Good and Evil tend to be very black and white in vide : dirge23
    • I just like games to have definite consequences to actions. If I do something dumb, I want the game to ca... : zerog83
    • ha yeah... the only downside to (major spoiler... and my first attempt at "spoiler text" so sorry if it f : Begawkology
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  My first and only playthrough was completely evil and I don't remember having this problem. Though, wh... : DinK
  • yeah i only played through as neutral because it seemed as though many of the evil options didnt lead any... : Begawkology
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  I strongly agree with this. Fallout 3 is a great game but as dirge23 said, the evil path is broken. I rea... : Dr_Cube
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    incidentally, i just discovered recently that if you kill Moriarty, Gob takes over the bar and paints ove : dirge23
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      hahaha... I have to try that. is it possible to do that without the town trying to gun you down? : baron calamity
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        my character has a ridiculous sneak so i just hit him with Jingwei's Shocksword in the middle of his bar ... : dirge23
        • haha i wish I hadn't blown up Megaton on my evil character... I might have to try that on my good chara... : Shadowdane
  • It seems multiple people have posted about wanting to take over the world, or at least be a leader of som... : DinK
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  This is where Mass Effect, and Bioware's experience with KOTOR, shines through. They gave up on the evil... : IHATEDUST
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    I managed a 29 renegade point gain in ME last night yet still managed to also get 8 paragon points. It wa... : Fyunch Click
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      Yeah and another thing, no penalty for doing both, they are two different scales, not overlapping like in... : IHATEDUST
      • I hated that part the most. I go through all this effort to sneak in to an armory at night and as soon as... : Sailor of Fortune
  • Yep, I commented on this before. It's more fun when it's nice guy vs asshole. Also making helmets a co... : Sailor of Fortune
  • I really liked Mass Effect's take on morality. Your job is saving the galaxy, but the way you do it is a... : dirge23
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    I played through both on Mass Effect. It seemed to me the same stuff happened its just your character sai : chungathebunga
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      It seemed to me the same stuff happened its just your character said different stuff. That is exactly wh... : AgentPothead
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        Based on BioWare's interview even the littlest things you did in ME1 will have an effect in ME2. : Sailor of Fortune
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          I still don't see it having any effect on the good/evil part of the game. You'll be able to be evil and g... : AgentPothead
          • There were two potentially big differences in the ending. One being the Humans control the council and th : Sailor of Fortune
  • i managed to shove a shotgun down 3-dogs mouth. yeah mother fuck now who is howling : oHnOES
  • Mass Effect! : warcrow
• The Arefu thing is a bug. The Family and Arefu are set to the same faction ID after you talk to Evan, reg... : GloriousCow
• I find myself following the good path in all my conversations and quests, but then I steal and pickpocket... : LemonJoose
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  A lot of games with the good/evil choices are similar to this. There's never any really evil choices (sav... : -JLN-
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    Not always. Play the classic Fallout games. Baldur's Gate saga (not so much in BG1, but later on) and P... : poindexter1985
    • And as a bonus, besides the evilnes the three game series you mention contain some of the best damn RPGin... : DinK
• I dunno. I thought selling that kid into slavery was pretty fucking evil. Or getting all the way to end o... : GearHead2k3
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  This is sad. The thing I loved so much about the original Fallouts was that Evil was playable, and even v... : zakazi
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    it's playable, it's viable, it's just not all that interesting. : dirge23
    • Good point, I guess when I was thinking viable I was also thinking compelling and interesting. But what y... : zakazi
• I guess I could agree that Fallout is probably one of the worst examples of decision centered gameplay; h... : Stucky_101

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• lol! haiku got podded! : g0nk
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  it was probably lookitspancakes : niceguynick
  • Fuck - I don't need to be a crook and steal info for a card / Shit - just step up to niggers twice my siz... : d fluke
  • heh, indeed. : goatjc
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    Has he been back since that public thrashing? : pigvomit
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      didn't he thanks.txt? : Slowtreme
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        This post inspired me to go re-live that incredible thread, in which I found a link to his predictions ab... : DinK
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          link? : JohnnyDanger
          • uh ok. His last post, buried in his own huge lolthread: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19701057#... : DinK
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  Eve currency and iTunes gift cards are both easy ways to turn a stolen card number into cash really quick... : tashtego
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    How does that work? Someone goes on the eve website and uses their credit card to buy eve currency, then ... : haiku
    • Pretty much. Somebody who plays Eve more than me could tell you the details but you can buy gametime card... : tashtego
    • Buy time cards and then convert them to into plex which can be used (for additional time) or sold in Eve ... : mrasparagus
• At least you weren't on vacation miles away from any banks or gas stations =( : not work safe
• this happened to my brother inlaw over the weekend, except they signed up for WoW : NukemFornever
• That is what you get haiku for having a credit card and not using your local mom and pop union : gmd
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  What websites have you recently purchased from? : fishbone
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    United Airlines, Amazon, and http://skeledog.com/ : haiku
    • that's a something of a website : Deathlove
    • i haven't bought my skeledog yet and now i'm worried about doing so! : dahanese
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      I have a credit card with only a $500 limit I use for websites that are not well known : peter
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        Check out mr. secure and responsible everyone. look at me guys my name is peter and I don't fall victim t... : haiku
        • bah. thats what fraud protection is for. : epit
        • I have a credit card tied to my IRA and I use it for all of my online transactions. I don't like using ca... : tashtego
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          Raise the limit to $10,000, blow it all on several impulsive luxury items, and quit trying to act like a ... : silent prophet
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            what the hell? I just gave some quick advice. I wasn't trying to be superior. : peter
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              Yeah I think my sarcastic and lol reply was taken seriously. I think your idea is pretty solid and am goi... : haiku
              • http://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=xpt/cps/account/VDCFrequentlyAskedQuestions-outside : thekidd
              • I have some no-name card company that if I ever have to cancel I could care less about it in the future. : peter
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              lol I was just being sarcastic. Its a joke about how your basic financial planning sets you above the ave... : silent prophet
              • Also, your ruining the economy by not spending excessively. Nice job. : silent prophet
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              That's a damn fine idea. I need to look into that. : mrwolf710
              • there are some visa cards where they will issue you one time use numbers for online purchases : GloriousCow
            • lol, this is actually a really good idea. SO TAKE IT ELSEWHERE! jk : IHATEDUST
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        I use cash for online purchases : gmd
        • me too, I just fax it in. : tinfoilhatter
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          I can never get the stupid thing to accept my bills. they must be too wrinkled or something. : mikecyb
          • I fedex the money next day air : gmd
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          I use bars of gold pressed latinum. : TwiLyght
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            a substance made of distilled back muscles? : wendigo
            • surely then abdinum would be worth more, especially in denominations of 6 : Delaric
    • what the fuck is this : thekidd
  • www.hautecouturestrapons.com : massdev
• Back in '96 or '97 I ordered my first box of goodies from Amazon.com, a plucky fledging online trader of ... : Dave-A
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  How does fraud protection work? They saw a few purchases for a total of $164 dollars and thought that was... : Ellissd
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    Credit Card companies have crazy sophisticated algorithms that analyze what you purchase. If charges star... : Chod
    • yup i my amex# got stolen and they bought $1500 worth of stuff from some website in Germany. Instantly ... : Shadowdane
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      A coworker claimed his card was flagged when he flew to Switzerland, borrowed his uncle's car (i.e. didn'... : rock elf
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        I'm pretty sure a sudden transaction in a foreign country with no prior transactions like a plane flight ... : electroly
        • Exactly! And why you should tell the card company before going outside the country : MrLobo
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          Yeah, just randomly having a gas station in a different country show up would be easy to flag. I might be... : rock elf
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            It's possible this is actually an example of their heuristics not being so good -- they may not have conn... : electroly
            • My credit card company told me to call them before I make any large purchases or go on any trips abroad. ... : TwiLyght
    • Yep. When mine got nicked two weeks ago they made a $1 charge through Yahoo to test the card and then mad... : abunch
  • Its like an audit, when you do something unusual, like spend a bunch of money in Mexico or at online stor... : IHATEDUST
  • Or if they see duplicated transactions. I was using a credit card at a vending machine on Friday. The m... : mathyou
• Which shacker was this? : Godhatesfatpeople
• Yeah, I had something sort of similar happen, and since then I keep two cards (Visa and Amex) so I don't ... : veras
• i ordered some spices online and chase froze my card and online account. i have paperless statements, so... : kingfish
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  I've had this happen to coworkers. Apparently computers are good enough now that criminals just run rand... : Agrona
  • How does that work with no name? : JohnnyRey

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• lol bluesnews : dmason
• wtf bluesnews? : g0nk
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  Avault is still around? wow, I used to visit that and Gone Gold all the time. : pigvomit
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    I miss gone gold. Shacknews has a prime opportunity to bring this back in some form with a more expanded ... : Sailor of Fortune
    • Dognose: "nope, still hasn't gone gold. But it's gonna own! :D" : Maddog_Delphi97
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  :( TERATOGEN : Just wait until jackals from Shackfags jump in. : stump
  • lol i saw that : jonin
  • Uncle Terra the porn king :( : abrasion
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    Hahaha, sounds like someone's bitter after getting the banhammer. : Arcanum
    • indeed it does : CoRDS
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    22,000 posts. first page doesn't seem bad, what did he get banned for? : dignan
    • midget necro porn : acheron
    • Dunno, he was a good guy :/ : abrasion
    • Low morals. : Fred Garvin
  • god i miss the babehunts. godspeed uncle tera! : Unleashed
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  bluesnews? Looks like bluesnews needs to get a...blues clue. YEEEEEEAAAAH : Dschinghis Khan
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    you forgot the sunglasses. : Masem
    • they're implied : Dschinghis Khan
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    You can't YEAH your own post. : walker270
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      says who? i don't see that in the rules. : Dschinghis Khan
      • Says God, and he's going to enact some holy wrath upon your ass for this sin. : walker270
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  My boy blue : Godhatesfatpeople
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    ^^^ Doesn't root for the home team. : pigvomit
    • Have gone there for years. He's a straight shooter :P : Godhatesfatpeople
• voted! : marmite
• This needs a mod inf : digital_d
• WHAT THE -- bluesnews is still around? Hahahaha!! : CrustaR
• Why is a shitty "site" like Kotaku doing in that poll? : vx2o
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  This poll needs more Stomped : jnukem99
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    retro 2005, not 1997 :) : busdriver3030
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      I just like to say Stomped : jnukem99
      • redwood.stomped.com ! : Arcanum
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  haha 7 votes for firing squad? I assume it is from someone who hasn't visited the site since their ~2006... : bipolar
  • wow, whats going on there. : bakanoodle
  • Ugh, that layout just made me think of something like http://www.tigerdirect.com/ Just crap shotgunned... : DinK
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  Bluesnews is a fine site for compiling absolutely all the news of the day, but the community is horrid. : Link.
  • And those 64 Kotaku voters are idiots. : Link.
• We're about to get SockMonkeh on this bitchpoll. : royalally
• where do I vote for GameFly? : mikecyb
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  IGN posting a game website poll? : Fred Garvin
  • And losing too. haha. : pigvomit
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  VE3D seems like such a dated name, having both Voodoo and 3D in versions of the name. None of the websit... : DinK
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    Shacknews should have been called "Quakeholio 64" : guido anchovy
    • Now that's what I'm talking about. : DinK
  • Frosty3D never forget : oHnOES
  • 3dgpu is missing hey Matt you should kick some ass here. : ieGod

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• yes yes yes : ass-street
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  I wish these were an hour or two later but I'll probably be there. : Mecha Tofu Pirate
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    They usually are a little later on the weekends. : _jon
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      Dead meat, Don't you know you're dead meat? You just messed with the wrong team Better not try and fal... : Sanityjr
      • lololol : Maddog_Delphi97
• I'll be there, and i'll be sure to join the opposite team of Zaun's. : wurt
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  PLAY WITH FEEK : feek
  • FEEK YEAH : moe6
  • FEEK THAT : _jon
  • MOTHERFEEKER : MercFox1
• awesome, Mondays has always been the best days for CS:S. : Sailor of Fortune
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  I'm paraing the fuck out of all of you. : MuteMode
  • this man knows wtf : kpxkrnjc
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  Are you guys going to behave this time? : RyDogg1
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    Is there any way you could give us votealltalk and maybe votekick (for when things get a little too HoN)?... : _jon
    • I second the votealltalk idea. Votekick might get abused, though. Hmm.. maybe if you set votekick wit... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Votekick would be abused to kick me every round instead of people who actually fuck the server over and T... : H@rvester
      • So just give me admin and I will kick TKers : H@rvester
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    Custom maps plz : MuteMode
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      I've tried getting shackers to play de_wanda for the longest time.. nobody wants to play that map for som : Maddog_Delphi97
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        because it sucks, maddog : feek
        • Have you tried playing it? :( : Maddog_Delphi97
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        It's a horrible map. Now CS_Mansion is an awesome map. Loved it in CS. http://halflife2.filefront.com/... : Sailor of Fortune
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          It's not a bad map, and the gameplay for the map is very good but it's not very pretty. Are there any ... : Maddog_Delphi97
          • de_survivor_J : kill9
  • It was only Zaun who misbehaved because Harvester buying an AWP every round. The little faggot would b : Maddog_Delphi97
  • dont we all know by now that shackers bitch 100x more in css then they ever will in tf2? : maulla
  • can we just ban awps/autos? (zaun won't tk everyone then) : flubba79
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  can a complete noob play? I think I played counter strike once, but I think it is one of the games I do ... : flagg209
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    i would like to know this too i suspect the answer is yes and we will get destroyed : halophoenix
    • Yes and yes : _jon
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      the answer is indeed yes! started playing not that long ago. it was fun!! prepare to call headshots bs... : kbnerd
      • Well, to be fair, some of the blame goes to the way CS:S handles hit boxes (as in, these hit boxes are bi... : Maddog_Delphi97
  • 90% of us who play there are still complete noobs so yes you are welcome : H@rvester
• There's gonna be gay schtuff? : Maddog_Delphi97
• the colors in this post have me mesmerized and i must attend for the sheer gayness to ensue : flubba79
• Also, lol @ "Cracker Basket" : Maddog_Delphi97
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  this is a pretty decent time for me so i will try to be there. a half hour earlier would be even better =... : kbnerd
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    You could probably round up some shackers a little early for warmups. : _jon
    • you mean i'll actually have to talk to shackers....i don't think i can do that. people on the internet ar... : kbnerd
• Woohoo, CS:S on a night I'm not busy working. :D : TrptJim
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  i will play under one condition: surf maps : DrFlammable
  • ^ this would be fun ! : wurt
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    Oh christ surf maps uuuugh. : MercFox1
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      There are surf maps for CS:S? I've only experienced them in TF2. Ugh. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vm3BOtW1hNM Is this one example of a surf map? : Maddog_Delphi97
  • IAWTP, any different maps to get away from the same old crap : sanchez
• maybe ill play tonight. maybe. : re4ctor
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  If CS:S isn't your thing, you can always have fun with the mini-game of who can RTV the fastest at the st... : ScrawnyJohnny
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    Speaking of Rolling Things I wonder if there's something like a Roll The Dice mod for CS:S. KInd of fu... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Err... rocking and rolling things, that is. Um, nevermind. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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        hey maddog, you know who enjoys rocking and rolling ? your mom : Snuffles-
        • Awww yeah! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
    • God I loved rollthedice in CS 1.6 : MercFox1
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      Maddog, I like that Doorman is God TF2 server : MuteMode
      • Yeah, me too. :D : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Italy, Office, Cbble, Nuke, Dust, GO! : MercFox1
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    I wish there were VIP maps like Oilrig. : Sailor of Fortune
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      We need Siege already. :( : MercFox1
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        There is a CS:S version of Siege. We've played it a few times already. : Maddog_Delphi97
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          http://dimensionstudios.org/index.php?page=portfolio&id=136 This one? Looks cool : flubba79
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            No, the version I have installed is called "cs_siege_source" Unless somebody renamed it to "cs_siege_p... : Maddog_Delphi97
            • Just looking it these screenshots, I'm going to say that "cs_siege_pcs" looks like a better version, thou... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    I think removing these maps would get more people to play. : sanchez
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      Actually leave Nuke and add Dust2 : sanchez
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        You can't remove Office. wtf : pyide
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          What's a really popular custom map for CS:S these days? http://www.csm2.net/maps.php?action=search ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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            http://www.csm2.net/view_map.php?map_id=657 Hmm, de_walmart. I wonder if this any fun... : Maddog_Delphi97
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              Wally World is never fun to be in. : Sailor of Fortune
              • Sorry folks, park's closed. Moose out front shoulda told ya. : Maddog_Delphi97
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  if alltalk is on and i can get my mic working with this shitty ass game and we can avoid some of the SRS ... : Dschinghis Khan
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    I hope we can play with : dmason : H@rvester
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      LOL Harvester what are you doing? : Koral06
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        He's trying to trick dmason into thinking he posted something. : Maddog_Delphi97
        • ah yeah I get it now. what a guy, : bakanoodle
    • dmason, what are you doing? you didn't finish your sentence : Dschinghis Khan
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      Dood. Please tell me you are fucking with his vanity search and for no other reason. : Solstice
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        of couse dmason would fuck with his vaity search. that dude has an ego the size of Texas. dmason. : Dschinghis Khan
        • You don't dmason say. : Maddog_Delphi97
        • I can't believe you guys are doing this to poor dmason : yosemiteclimber
      • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20575681 LOL : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Best Announcement Ever : H@rvester
  • damn right eh dmason : Chandler55
• 45 minutes to go, guys! :D : Maddog_Delphi97
• IGI : norulez
• damn, full : mrazzino
• server is full dmason :( : r3dn3ck

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  Not loading jalopnik for me, anyone else? : Zakko
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    The Ten Most Traded-In Vehicles (vehicle's EPA mileage) 1. 1998 Ford Explorer (14-17 mpg) 2. 1997 Ford ... : mrvandelay
    • lol sounds about right. : Godhatesfatpeople
    • heh, I definitely dumped my grand cherokee. No other way to get $4500 for it... : deject
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    The Ten Most Purchased Vehicles (vehicle's EPA mileage) 1. Ford Focus (27-28 mpg) 2. Honda Civic (24-42... : mrvandelay
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      Huh, that's actually not a bad list of cars. I don't particularly like the Prius or the Caliber, but I c... : magistersmax
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        Not likely. Probably just people doing what's most in their interest at a time of need. Turn the tables... : action wombmate
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          Or a Ford Explorer : Crimsonbeak
          • Well, the Ford Explorer is on that list a lot because 1) A lot of people bought them and 2) Ford took the... : action wombmate
    • 10/10 top traded in cars are American. 6/10 top purchased ones are Asian. I hope the American automaker... : riptyde
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  not loading. : AMikaboshi
  • jalopnik must be taking a huge dump right now. see mrvandelay's posts above. : mojorisen1117
• I'll have to send this to my dad. 98 explorer : Sgt_Boomstick
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  That's hilarious. My friend was one of those -- he just traded in his late-90s Explorer for a Toyota RAV... : afty
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    When your friend was his SUV. : mrvandelay
    • *snicker* : phate81
    • but I was my car : Postal
    • Transform and cash-in : Beady
    • He got better. : Crimsonbeak
• Well, I figure the dealers probably weren't making any money out of working on those cars anyways. : one random winner
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  Ha that is awesome. Although I have to say I'm surprised there isn't at least one Chevy Suburban on that... : Delaric
  • I'm going to guess it's cause the Explorer sold ridiculously high numbers and was relatively cheap while ... : xsoulbrothax
  • I don't think Suburbans sold in huge numbers to people who didn't need a vehicle that size though. Explo... : nurglich
  • alot of people who bought a suburban actually use it for stuff because its fucking huge inside and can to... : snowwolf
• Ford did sell an ass-ton of those things. Plus, can you really expect many 10+ year old Blazers and Duran... : cpt_gloval
• i'm so pissed, i sold my 96 explorer for a camry about a year ago. got $1,500 for it. fuck this noise. : thenoodleincident
• Anything that reduces the number of those ass sagging pieces of shit is a great idea : Blackdawgg
• That program is such a mismanagement of tax payer money =( : MoreVespeneGas
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  I'm a little sour about the idea that people who voluntarily paid for these crappy vehicles are being rew... : dealie
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    My sour feeling comes in when I hear about folks buying a dumpy ol $500 car specifically to trade in for ... : cpt_gloval
    • I think there was a stipulation that you had to own the car for a certain period of time... : zerog83
    • They have to have owned and insured the clunker for the previous year to qualify for the credit. : abunch
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      those people are out $500, because you have to own the car for a certain amount of time (i think its a ye... : maulla
      • hahahaha what fags : cpt_gloval
    • You have to have owned, have it registered in your name, and insurance on it in your name continuously fo... : Patch-e
    • i heard a rumor you had to actually own the car for like a year beforehand, don't know where i heard that... : lja83
  • My dad's '97 Explorer has been one of the best cars he's owned. It presently has over 260k miles on it a... : Begawkiness
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  Reminds me. I saw this at a car lot today for $52K "Employee Pricing": http://www.autoclub.com.au/2007... : Fred Garvin
  • Sorry, I guess it was this one: http://www.autoblog.com/2009/02/10/chicago-2009-ford-f-150-harley-davi... : Fred Garvin
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    My current wtf car is that Escalade Hybrid. $75,000 to get 20mpg. : riptyde
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      I love how Tahoe hybrids have HYBRID plastered on every square inch. Same deal--Bad mileage plus the add... : magistersmax
      • but it gets more MPG (+1) than a mini-cooper S convertible! : Prozium

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• hugh jackman? : xxiv
• I'd never leave that room : d fluke
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  What I admire most is his tidiness : Home Nugget
  • The cables being a bit messy is disappointing considering how clean the front is. I was expecting color c... : Talonus.
• dude has a hardon for HP : maulla
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  There is so much stuff in there I could spend days playing with it all. That chair looks really comfortab... : thrallie200
  • It's an aeron. I have one, it's alright but if you like to slouch a bit it's a better idea to buy an expe... : Shai-Tan
• He started as a 3d artist ... i all makes sense now. : imperator
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  Still like this office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/bwa32/sets/72157607284828899/detail/ : Danny5225
  • i do too : .frame
  • same, he's on twitter too : vov1n
  • Love that one. : alphablu
  • That's a pretty awesome setup : ColoradoCNC
• its gotta get toasty in that room : epit
• Damn that must put out some heat. I just use two 21 inch widescreens and they put out some more heat tha... : .frame
• his first listed site in his faq is broken http://www.3am-solutions.com/ =( : not work safe
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  his FAQ section should be renamed the NAQ question because who gives a fuck : boring gegtik
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    u get married yet? : pieman
    • 6 days : boring gegtik
• Overcompensating? : zeke
• i hate him : EvilDolemite
• Sup ladies http://www.stefandidak.com/pics/about/stefandidak.jpg : Godhatesfatpeople
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  I'm confused, he shows a picture of the old office with 7 monitors, and then a picture of the new office ... : suqur
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    There are also random monitors off on the corners on servers, I think. : umcpwintermute
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      There also appear to be 3 on the bookcase. Dunno wtf those are for though. : Nali4Freedom
      • It doesn't look very practical. It almost looks like he set up the screens to just look like he has ... : trove
      • he uses them though! : sKetchflow
• you know all that is just for porn : anthonybean
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  his fiancee is pretty cute. http://www.stefandidak.com/pics/show.php?dir=personal&name=professorgoetsch : edgewise
  • her website says she's an "author-izer and collabowriter". that alone is enough to make me hate her. : electroly
  • im pretty sure thats a dyke : papaskot
• rosewood has found his soul mate! : Postal
• isn't that supposed to be in the batcave? : niceguynick
• Needs a window. : NFXFSX
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  hahaha someone tried to rip him off: http://www.stefandidak.com/awarebear.html : BongSlayerB
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    Reading that, makes me not like the guy at all what a prick. I know that he has the right to be upset th... : WadeMcLain
    • THAT made you realize the guy is a prick? : pancake humper
• His name is Stefan so he loses no matter what. : jingletard
• He does camera equipment like he does his office: http://www.flickr.com/photos/didak/1554129186/in/set... : acidnynex
• If he can't have some of that gear offsite he should at least chuck it in a spare room, basement or somet... : abrasion
• Yea, I need to get some better monitor mounting going on. : rosewood
• All I see is a huge electric bill. : mikefr24