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  I'm rooting for android. open source ftw : datoo
  • i'm really digging the tmobile mytouch 3g that i got last week. : wvuong
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    I just got my HTC Magic a few days back and I love it. Android so far has been pretty cool to tinker a... : MacemanInTW
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      hows the batterylife on yours? mines been... not great :( : Toraz Chryx
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        Using the Bluetooth and Wifi off its actually been quite good. : MacemanInTW
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          GPS on or off? you know, I don't think I've actually turned bluetooth ON on mine. It seems to j... : Toraz Chryx
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            I've screwed with the GPS a bit, but I don't really need it 99% of the time so its off now. I spent al... : MacemanInTW
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              I've got a whole bunch installed, but not a lot in the background constantly. : Toraz Chryx
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                Any you would reccomend? It looks like I can only go with free apps from here, but I haven't really spen... : MacemanInTW
                • ChompSMS Fastbright Phonebook (jury is still out on this one, haven't found a contacts management app I... : Toraz Chryx
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        The first few days were dissapointing at first though. I didn't know WTF was draining the battery, as th... : MacemanInTW
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          I grabbed a couple free toggle widgets for wifi and bt to help save juice. I dont use both of those too c... : epit
          • I got about 10 of them to try out....trying to pick one that I like. :) : MacemanInTW
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    I would prefer that one wins also, it won't though. : abrasion
    • I better dammit, otherwise I might be out of a job. : dravalen
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    Likewise, I would love to see the Android platform usurp the iPhone : MagicWishMonkey
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      Big issue with Android is that there are 3 seperate application marketplaces for it right now. : Crimsonbeak
      • That's weird, I can definitely see how that could pose a problem. : MagicWishMonkey
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  As far as I can tell no one gives a crap about WinMo, even microsoft. : slickdoody
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    This is pretty silly - Microsoft might have seriously outpaced but they aren't walking away. I wouldn't c... : Jonathan
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      They're not walking away, but I haven't seen any significant effort invested in the platform in a LONG ti... : slickdoody
      • I think Microsoft is just regrouping - no point trying to promote something so behind until you've caught... : Jonathan
    • I've heard some stuff about winmo7 and it's pretty awful. I think all microsoft knows how to do is copy a... : dravalen
• The only one with an obvious future in my mind is the iPhone. For the rest I'd just be guessing. : action roommate
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  The first 3 are the only relevant ones on that list unfortunately. : abrasion
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    Abrasion you're wrong AGAIN, Google will soon rule the world. : datoo
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      I would love the open platform to win, let's be realistic, Apple will continue to dominate the end user s : abrasion
      • I think Google wants to go after MS in the business space. I bet they begin to position themselves in whe... : epit
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  WebOS is damn awesome, but they are really going to have to work on getting more low level app developmen... : mwasher
  • WebOS is so amazing I love it so much Did you have any problems getting Novacom installed on Win7? The... : Deathlove
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  Symbian is not long for this world, I think. Nokia is going to have to modernize its OS at some point. ... : Thresher
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    what are the chances of nokia switching to android? : filthysock
    • My company has been doing a bit of research on the platform, the general feeling right now is that it's a... : Thresher
    • they are releasing an android phone next year : buzzbat
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  Blackberry isn't going anywhere. : Serpico74
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    IMO blackberry is riding on it's previous successes and coasting on their brandname. For me there's nothi... : flasher 907
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      except that it continues to offer the best solution for businesses? they arent media or entertainment dev... : maulla
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        and if you think google/apple will be able to build something as good as BES in the next few years, you h... : maulla
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          agreed to a point. BES has some gnarly security/encryption enhancements. But I know for our company we do... : epit
          • Us either. I dropped my BES blackberry for an iPhone. You never use any other BES features besides exchan... : scan
          • Those are the two biggest features - push e-mail and live-sync with Exchange mailboxes. Nothing else ma... : Waverider
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          I think the biggest thing that Blackberry have going for themselves as well is the range they provide. ... : SigENeaT
          • The last sentence above is going to look weird unless you put a comma thusly "consumer level, typical .. ... : SigENeaT
  • Blackberry could easily suffer the same fate as Palm. They have to offer more consumer friendly apps and... : Thresher
• I think that in a few years, it's going to be Apple's closed platform competing against Android's open pl... : BlackCat9
• android blackberry and apple will be the only relevant ones : maulla
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  The real barrier to real mobile OS competition is phones being locked to certain carriers. and the ways i... : S1ing B1ade
  • Seriously, I'd be on an iphone if I could have gotten it with the contract deal I've got with my Magic ... : Toraz Chryx
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    this is usually just a US thing nowadays. UK has some exclusives but they don't seem to last. : filthysock
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      iphone is still O2 exclusive after ~2 years :( : Toraz Chryx
      • apparently this ends in nov or something : filthysock
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  iPhoneOS is never going away at this point. I think WinMo will be abandoned in a couple years if nothi... : Yanks
  • I agree. though after thinking about it, both WinMo and BB have very solid business apps on their platfor... : epit
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    WinMo is dead as shit, but I agree that a new rebranded winMo will emerge, .net based, and with a zune/ph... : Cheeziologist
    • I for one would love a microsoft phone where I can code apps in C# instead of objective C for the iphone. : mnok
    • I hope so, because I prefer Exchange access on the winmo platform over any of the others : Halen
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  Blackberry is here to stay. Their phones are solid, they have multiple markets, they have cheap phones a... : phobium
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    So what platforms do you see going away (if any)? People once said Novell would never go away cause it... : epit
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      Honestly, looking at the list I don't see any of them going away in 5 years. I can't say that for s60 be... : phobium
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        For the iPhone, or Apple in general to survive, they need a non-touchscreen device, as insane as they may... : phobium
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          "survive"?? Am I missing something? From what I've been seeing it's more like Apple is on their way to do... : mnok
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            Phobium just missed the key detail about requiring a meta-morphed DirectX library integrated into its key... : LilCrypto
            • ... You owe me a new keyboard with a lower diet soda content. : Toraz Chryx
            • you...missed...something...to... make this post....more like.... Meh, you get the point. :) : MacemanInTW
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            I was thinking in a business mindset for some reason, but I think it also may hold water for the iPhone i... : phobium
            • I think the app store is whats keeping/making the iphone what it is. look at the HL1/Source engine: Count... : epit
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              The iPhone has barely been out two years now. I think everybody is expecting that the phone they introduc... : BlackCat9
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                I think the iPhone accelerated change, but the idea behind my point was Apple being dominant in the PMP m... : phobium
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                  but right now all we have to look at are 3 phones that are all the same thing with minor revisions. Th... : Serpico74
                  • I kind of agree and disagree. The iphone isn't what it is today without having the most impressive hardwa... : unsound
        • That truly does sound rather insane. : Toraz Chryx
  • God damnit don't say that, I want to see the iphone get some decent corp mail support but I really think ... : abrasion
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    I could see RIM tanking just as Palm did. I could also see google giving up on android or apple giving up... : rosewood
    • Apple are splitting their OS development between the Mac and iphone though, I mean, underneath all th... : Toraz Chryx
  • Blackberry is going to have to change their business model. Paying an extra charge per device on the BES ... : mancide
• Lets look back at this thread in 5 years:) : r3ckless
• Blackberry needs a more consumer friendly device to compete toe to toe with android/palm/iphone, but even... : unsound
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  Asking this question on an American-centric website is probably going to get you different answers than o... : pres589
  • Agreed. Symbian is still the preferred mobile OS in the rest of the world. Frankly, I don't see too much ... : halophoenix
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  if Apple continues to be Adolf Hitler with the iPhone apps, then they have no longterm chance of succeedi... : gyokuro
  • The problem is they are just going to sue anyone into oblivion who even comes close before they can even ... : Saman
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  I think its pretty obvious that WebOS will be bought by HP and then dropped a year later. Maybe around Au... : rick
  • nice try, rick : MercFox1

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  She has the same jaw and smile as you hahaha : abrasion
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    so how come you only go out with me? : radula
    • I'm not sure what this means! zzzzzzip. : abrasion
• your sister is cuuUuUute : darkT
• Going purely on "Neighbors", "Home and Away", "Heart break High" and your sister I have come to the concl... : silentbobuk
• Holy crap radula. I want to have intercourse with your sister! She's beautiful, and I love that accent! ... : Bean
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  I would, in all likelihood, fornicate with your sister. : ColoradoCNC
  • FORNICATOR! : j0nchan
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  To be quite honest, I have no idea what's going on in that video, but your sister is a fox. Congrats! : Danny5225
  • Congrats? Is he from West Virginia? : Old_Fart
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  What the fuck possessed you guys to make "no" more than one syllable? : underground banana plantation
  • it's like "now-ooh-uh" : waxthirteen
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  wow man, your sister looks just like my sister. : redian
  • well, our shacknames start with the same letter and have the same number of characters, practically makes... : radula
  • Good sirs, I would kill and wear both your sisters girl pelts : d fluke
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  So is the show done shooting and she is back home, does she have a NDA about what happened to her on the ... : Patch-e
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    yes the show is done shooting and she is home, she did have an NDA about what happens, but Im not sure th... : radula
    • TLDR: She's now back at home so sadly she didn't score a farmer! : abrasion
    • luckily you didn't sign the NDA and you can tell us all about it! : nunami
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  Facebook: lol you're such a cock............ : abrasion
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    hah, you started it! : radula
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      Everyone thinks knows I'm a fag now, fortunately they think you are too. : abrasion
      • oh, i just meant i want to get my MGS4 back. : radula
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  why do aussie country blokes always wear that same outfit? i used to see them come to the big smoke all t... : Dave-A
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    They aren't real people to be honest, we try not to think about them. : abrasion
    • aye this is true, they're just walking talking melenoma time bombs : snidely sid
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  Sorry o{Radula}o, I doubt I'll get around to watching the show but I hope your sister has fun, enjoys her... : nunami
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    no o{orange}o? what about yellow? : nunami
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      what's going on here? : aeg1x
      • he's a witch! : nunami
• Whiskers uses a CGI cat in AUS? WTF. Your sister is cute. : Jonathan
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  you people say the word "no" funny : maulla
  • naow we don't : Arceihn
• her accent makes me want to feel her larynx with my cock : valael
• HELLO RADULA'S SISTER!!!!! CHOOO CHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! : mace
• Theres lots of beautiful people down under. :) : GoodBoy

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• none : Patch-e
• none. : thekidd
• I want the spy hat so bad. : thecatinthehat
• none : sikander
• none : sikander
• none nothing not a fucking one. But my backpack is full of shit I already have. : .frame
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  i have every other item in the game but i have not one hat. fuck life! : theWhite
  • this : shackwack
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  none : Dschinghis Khan
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    I guess we should start logging into the fake idle server : .frame
    • i see Furious on there pretty much every night and i don't think he has one yet. : Dschinghis Khan
• None :( : Link.
• none : SatansFist
• none and it makes me very sad =( : RetroRedEyeJr
• none : niceguynick
• None, you bastard. : legato17
• None here either. : Zips
• None, I'll trade you something for the fedora! ......... : Lionhart32935
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  i had BOTH medic and heavy. but then i logged in one day and found my medic hat had magically disappeare... : greydog
  • WHAT THE FUCK :( srsly :( : Downforce
• Will hats be in the new 6vs6 competition mode? : romulan
• None, and I really hate how I still haven't gotten any new unlocks besides cloak and dagger. I guess I ju... : ovrlrd
• none : acidravelamp
• Heavy/Soldier : On the Brane
• none :( : thenoodleincident
• none, nil, no one, no one at all, no part, nobody, not a bit, not a soul, not a thing, not any, not anyon... : SolveChrist
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  I got the fancy fedora after 200 hours. i don't even play spy that often :( : shika.art
  • Fuck you : thecatinthehat
• soldier, sniper :( : AMikaboshi
• i have a jaunty cap! : dahanese
• Still none. : lplasmatron
• none : guido anchovy
• none here : quazar
• none : sm00v3d
• none : GBeer11
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  Soldier, Demo, Medic, Sniper, and Heavy so far. : Godhatesfatpeople
  • u r teh suk >:( : Downforce
• Just the scout helmet! Which sucks because I hardly ever play scout. : nurglich
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  Eat a bag of _____. : spazzium
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    dicks? : noodleboy723
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      I think he meant hats. : Squirrely
      • Dickhats. : Rehevkor
• i have no hats. I have bats. : hirez
• scout hat. would trade for soldier or spy hat if it were possible. : megarust32
• A big goose egg. : ann thracks
• lol none : halophoenix
• none, : ant_hillbilly
• none : Slowtreme
• Pyro Beanie, Soldier Stash : manero
• none. : IHATEDUST
• none : bigexplosions
• none, you fucker : the_burd
• fedora and I never play spy. :/ : terath
• I have none. From most to least wanted,I want the fedora, football helmet, fro, and beanie. I'll prob... : Rag and Bone Man
• none : DrFlammable
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  None. But I did just find my THIRD BACKBURNER! : ChibiJosh
  • ill trade you 6 flare guns for it! : shika.art
• 0 all I want is engi hat :( : H@rvester
• I've gotten jack shit, I've played HOURS and I counted my lucky stars to get the fucking razorback sniper... : proclone1
• Deadpool none :( : mrseldowski
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  I wish I could turn this shit off. So tired of getting unlocks. I have everything except the hats and fra... : K1Bond007
  • yea that is kind of annoying that once you have them all you have to delete each new one i swear im go... : Chandler55
• none : famine101
• None. : el_bandito
• None :( : Mmmmmoo
• None as well : Horseshorses
• No hats but I don't really care. Think they all look pretty stupid except the engineer, soldier, and snip... : pyide
• none : transmetal
• no fucking hats for me. : ass-street
• i think i got the medic one last night...but that might have just been a dream. : kbnerd
• all of them. : mXENO

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  PS3 Media Server is a better option IMO. : pancake humper
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    It doesn't work for me via my Xbox 360. Gets about 30 seconds into any HD media and starts stuttering cr... : jasonepowell
    • How is your 360 connected to your network? For HD streaming you really need to be wired or using 802.11n ... : Prozium
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      I get this issue too. My videos' audio is out of sync like a chinese movie with english dubs. : Sailor of Fortune
      • same here. seems to be a known issue with the 360 and ps3 media server : tashtego
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    Care to back up your opinion? : Clay
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      What would you like to hear? PS3 has dropped to $359.99 on Amazon for 80gb. Figure the cost of a Popc... : pancake humper
      • although the web services on the popcorn hour is a nice feature : pancake humper
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        I seriously doubt it handles multiple audio streams and subbing streams in an mkv. I'd love to be proven... : spazzium
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          PS3 doesn't play MKV at all, but I'll still stick with the PS3 and 360 only because adding another box to... : rudds
          • You sure about that? http://pancake_humper.shackspace.com/ps3%205.1mkv.AVI - 720p mkv 5.1 audio http://... : pancake humper
        • It doesn't even DO MKV. It has to be converted to vob or equivalent. : dafugg
        • PS3 Media server does handle multiple languages and re-encodes the MKV on the fly for whatever language a... : bRAINsick
        • It does it with PS3 media server. : razlebol
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        PS3 + MS is a good combo, but it doesn't hold a candle to the PH in terms of media playing. http://www... : jingletard
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          You still have to load the content onto the Popcorn Hour so why not just stream it anyways? You will use ... : pancake humper
          • I am violently opposed (I kill cats) to any solution that requires me to run a persistent process on anot... : zakk
          • PCH just reads stuff off a SMB/NFS share, so you can store your stuff on a NAS or whatever and you don't ... : Clay
          • You must be lucky. A lot of us are stuck with transcoding stuff on the fly, or having to remux the files... : jingletard
          • You can select whatever you want from a share on your PC, there's a browser, you don't have to load anyth... : WhatIsThisFor
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        i just bought a PS3 mainly because of its HD / blueray / media capabilities. So far its working nice with... : naabster
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          Must be broken, never heard any fans from mine, not unless I really listen in a dead quiet room or put my... : dael
          • damn. i hope they will take it back. : naabster
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    Unless you have a lot of mkv's : weaselmeister
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      Why do people say this? It handles .mkv 5.1 fine? : pancake humper
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        Multitude of different hardware/software setups out there coupled with different types of audio/video str... : jingletard
        • Weird. Sorry :/ : pancake humper
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          For example : The GF's PC sitting right next to me (XP 32 bit) would work fine with TVersity streaming to... : jingletard
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            I am using Vista 64, E6750 @ 3.2, 6gb RAM. I don't have any special codecs installed. Just VLC. I have... : pancake humper
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              If you've got a wife who wants to watch some retarded chick flick while you do whatever on your PC, you'd... : Clay
              • Yes, wife factor does trump me. You win this round! : pancake humper
              • i get around that with a ps3, 4 tvs, 3 computers, one laptop, a 360, and a ps3 that won't read disks b... : sigpro
          • PS3 Media server solved all my headaches. I'm using Vista Ultimate 64. It is much much better than TVer... : bRAINsick
          • Have you tried PS3 media server before saying this? Because all my problems where gone when I switched to... : razlebol
  • Wow, no it isn't. Compatible with much less content and much more expensive. : WhatIsThisFor
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  Actually XBMC on the platform of your choice is the best thing to replace an XBMC loaded xbox. : spazzium
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    But I can't build a HTPC for 300 bucks, right? : jasonepowell
    • you'll probably see used A200's for $100 once the C200's hit. : Clay
    • I built an OSX based one (to run Plex) for about $250; I probably could have gone cheaper on a few things... : zakk
    • Just save your old computers like me. My mini can play everything, but still chokes a bit on the highest... : spazzium
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    Indeed, xbmc + mediastream skin is delightful. http://lifehacker.com/5198009/customize-xbmc-with-these... : Jenings
    • Cool, it's the plex interface! I'm happy that got ported everywhere! : spazzium
• I love my popcorn hour. I will be purchasing another one in the future. I also own a PS3. : hirez
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  A popcorn hour would be nice, but once Windows 7 hits and Divx finalizes 64bit support for their MKV exte... : Halen
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    What about the 4gb file size limit (does that still exist?). What about DTS or high bitrate content (ove... : WhatIsThisFor
    • the 13gb mkv file on my hard drive is also curious about a 4gb file size limit : NexusOne
    • There is no limit, I've played 8GB mkv's over the network. I think there's a bitrate limit, but not sure... : Halen
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    1080p? : Clay
    • Yes 1080p via the media center extender portion on the 360. : sigpro
    • absolutely : Halen
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    I'm guessing you did the media center hack to get mkv working? I never tired it with 7 but heard it worke... : sigpro
    • No, Windows 7 has native support for decoding h.264, the Divx Tech Preview simply adds a splitter and sup... : Halen
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    PS3 media server, PS3. : abrasion
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      Tried it, hated it. MCE interface is way more my style, especially in Win7. The movie browser is fuckin... : Halen
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        Oh wow really? One shares EVERYTHING and is simple and easy, the other is dummied down and convolouted sh... : abrasion
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          Except PS3 won't do mkv so that alone makes 360 a superior media player if you're not wanting to transcod... : WhatIsThisFor
          • (And if you're transcoding, your simple and easy argument is invalidated.) : WhatIsThisFor
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            What? LOL PS3 media server.... did you read my original post? 360 is the one with inferior codec supp... : abrasion
            • With transcoding you can play just about anything on either machine (at the cost of hassle and cpu cycles... : WhatIsThisFor
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          You have Sony tattooed on you somewhere, don't you? : ColoradoCNC
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            Don't be fucking ridiculous, everyone is all over PS3 media server because it works well, it's fast, it l... : abrasion
            • I hate transcoding, hate. : Halen
  • Blu-ray is all ready compressed to the point of not producing artifacts, anymore compression will just in... : stgdz
  • I'll have to try this. : razlebol
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    Hmm, I just tried it and it's awfully slow. PS3 media server is much faster and easier to use. : razlebol
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      Not sure what's wrong with your setup, but it's lightning fast for me. : Halen
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        I'm not sure what's wrong either as ps3 is much faster and it transcode the video on the fly. Media c... : razlebol
        • http://labs.divx.com/mkvwin7preview this is required to do mkv : Halen
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  Will this new popcorn be using a new GUI at all? I'm "comfortable" with the GUI the A - 110 has, somethin... : u sir name
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    I use a harmony w/ my A200... : Clay
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      I've gotten it to work, but for some reason, some of the buttons refuse to stay programmed, or outright j... : u sir name
      • sounds like a problem with your remote : Clay
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      There's no such thing as an A200, and the C-200 uses an RF remote. A100? : batkiwi
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        A110! I get confused sometimes :( : Clay
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          My A-100 is very awesome, but feels "not quite gen 1" quality. Is the 110 a lot better? Examples: -f... : batkiwi
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            Sounds like something might be wrong with your A-100, I don't have any of these issues. Do you have the ... : WhatIsThisFor
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              Yes. It's from batch2 of them (not the original preorder, but the second) so it's out of warranty... it ... : batkiwi
              • I'm not sure which batch I was in. I got in line when rosewood said to so I assume I'm in the first wave... : WhatIsThisFor
          • my a-110 is rock solid. none of those issues. : hirez
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            why are you booting it often and unplugging it? it's designed as an always-on device. there's something ... : OrkO
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              I don't boot it often, I use it once per week max (sometimes once a month) in my dedicated movie home the... : batkiwi
              • These are problems I don't have batkiwi : rosewood
  • I use a harmony with my A-100 : sumo-hacker
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  I have a current generation Mac Mini running Plex. It's definitely the best replacement to XBMC I've foun... : angrytaxman
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    Plex is xbmc : batkiwi
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      I'm sorry I just realized that I didn't specify. XBMC on Xbox replacement. I used to have a softmodded Xb... : angrytaxman
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        interesting. I have been trying to decide on a replacement for my xbox+xbmc for that exact reason... fin... : stamps
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          ok, a mac mini is fucking expensive. the tiny "fit-PCs" would be awesome if they did 5.1 audio: http://fi... : stamps
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            I'm pretty sure people have been running XBMC on the Acer Revo gear - full 1080p since the linux port now... : cause&effect
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              never heard of the Acer Revo before. now I am full of lust for it. thank you sir. : stamps
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                they haven't been released in Australia. I hate you cause&effect :( : stamps
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                  How about the Asrock ION 330? AU $399.95 (I'm sure can be found cheaper elsewhere, I wouldn't know where ... : cause&effect
                  • interesting! apparently people have imported Revos from the UK for AUD ~$300 ish too. : stamps
                  • Actually, I'm kinda tempted to pick one of these up for my bedroom now. PAH. http://www.asrock.com/nettop... : cause&effect
            • This is correct. Get anything that supports VDPAU (8xxx or 9xxx) and it works great. The Nvidia ION pla... : batkiwi
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          XBMC / BOXEE on apple tv is cheap and awesome : alnya
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            will it do 1080p / DTS? : Clay
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              Don't know about the Apple TV, but rosewood says his Mac mini / plex setup has no problem with 1080p : tashtego
              • I've found that some of the super HQ mkvs don't do well on the CORE COLO in my Macmini. I'm sure one of t... : rosewood
          • It handles 720p with DTS no problem, but 1080 is a little beyond it : alnya
  • If it wasn't for PS3 media server, I would've done this - XBMC is the absoloute king. It's such a crying... : abrasion
  • Does Plex support any TV tuners? : hankyJR
  • Plex is fanfuckingtastic : rosewood
• I love my A-100. Will buy a newer model in the future. : dael
• I'm running Boxee on an apple TV and its great (as good as XBMC on a modded xbox1). I've tried tversity ... : alnya
• Oh cool, I wonder if they fixed the interf...Organize your media library with the myiHome Media Server st : hawkeye
• I use my A-100 every day, it's amazing. I do use the PS3 for music though : d fluke
• I just have a small PC with a blu-ray drive. It'll play absolutely anything. I don't use any fancy front... : DinK

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• I don't think the ATT network is prepared for MMS. I was in vegas last week at a big hacker con...and t... : whodares
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  MMS really isn't that exciting. : abrasion
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    It helps if you're able to figure out how to use it. : BlackCat9
    • Or if you have a partner : Dave-A
    • I've had MMS for years, no one uses it here, it's not my fault the UI is shitty for it. : abrasion
• I thought they'd be rolling the carrier update into the 3.1 firmware that should be out around the same t... : BlackCat9
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  who needs mms? we have this for years now and i never used it. : naabster
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    you obviously do not have a very horny girlfriend : Korban
    • emails can hold more of these filthy videos and pics! : naabster
  • everyone needs their minerals managed http://www.mms.gov/ : Old_Fart
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  wth I thought that was a basic feature of crappy phones years ago : fathertime
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    It basically has been an easy way for carriers to rape their customers on transferring data when they don... : crimrOw
    • It's seriously the new copy/paste. All sound and fury signifying nothing. : Perturbation
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      Can you attach a picture with an email on the iphone? I'm not even sure - that would totally solve the pr... : abrasion
      • Yes, you can actually attach multiple pictures now. Either copy-paste a selection, or select a picture fr... : BlackCat9
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      Email does not make MMS redundant. Not everyone has their email on their phone. Only attaching 1 pictu... : pancake humper
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        umm, new software update lets you attach multiple pictures pancake. : Matto357
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          Wow I never noticed you can send pictures from the main photo album screen now. I rarely use my iPhone... : pancake humper
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            Why would you have an iPhone if you don't use it? :( : hawkeye
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              because I am stuck with it for another year : pancake humper
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                What are you looking forward to switching to? : hawkeye
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                  I dunno if I am looking forward to anything because the iPhone is the greatest device ever. I was really ... : pancake humper
                  • hahah, yeah, I sympathize with you there. I really wish someone would fix their shit to compete with the... : hawkeye
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                I really hate using my iPhone as an actual phone (it's slow and clunky, coverage sucks), but I'm hooked o... : MagicWishMonkey
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                  I'm not sure I want to move to a big city, here in bumfuck the AT&T service is fucking fantastic. I get ... : hawkeye
                  • Yea, I wonder if the towers are at capacity out here or something. I've noticed when I'm in Richardson... : MagicWishMonkey
                  • My AT&T service was amazing when I was living in Delray. It's turned to complete shit up here. : pancake humper
                  • It's been great in the Boston area for the 6 months that I've had it, but when I was in San Francisco a c... : nakedsavage
      • Everyone that has MMS should have email on their phone (most carriers have Email->MMS gateways) iPhone... : hawkeye
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      Since when is sending an MMS hard? On every cameraphone Ive had its: 1) take picture 2) picture is sa... : maulla
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        nothing, every phone is awesome and easy. : pancake humper
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          Just because a phones MMS offering doesnt fit what you want/expect doesnt mean that it doesnt work or is ... : maulla
          • ok : pancake humper
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        It never seems to work between carriers though, and in particular between carriers internationally. : bostrov
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          I must be lucky because ive never had that problem. I cant speak for internationally though. : maulla
          • What carriers do you send from and to? A friend and I used to MMS Cingular-to-Cingular all the time. He s... : bostrov
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  We've gone on this long without it, we can wait a few more months until they get their shit together. : jingletard
  • That's not really the point though. : boarder2
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  Is the US the only country that doesn't have it yet? We've had it in Canada since day 1 of the update. : n0v4
  • pretty much.. : g0nk
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  AT&T's network can't handle the traffic. That's the same reason the Google Voice app got nixed by them. T... : mancide
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    why do people keep saying this? they've handled the traffic of all other phones using MMS for years now. ... : g0nk
    • Because there are not MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS of the same phone. People who have 'regular' cell phones are... : pancake humper
• Summer doesn't end till late September. They've got tiiiime : suqur

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• not even a little amazed, that was pretty boring : Sapiens
• I love Glass. I would have to go for anything from Mussorgsky, specifically "Night on Bare Mountain" wou... : spyrext
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  A little bit of shack psychology that I've learned: If you post something and claim that it's the "gre... : Vantage
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    (See, it's easy for me to agree that Glass is awesome and that this is a great piece because it's undenia... : Vantage
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      Well, I was actually hoping for people trying to best me. I was just very overwhelmed upon listening to t... : quadeh
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        I think it might have lost something when it was separated from the movie. : Sapiens
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          I beg to differ, I think the piece stands on its own right. Try not watching the video as you listen? I d... : quadeh
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            I opened up another tab to keep browsing LC after about a minute. Just didn't do it for me. :( : Sapiens
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              Gah, well sorry for wasting your time I guess :(. I think it's brilliant. : quadeh
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                DEMAND MY EIGHT MINUTES AND THREE SECONDS BACK QUADEH : Sapiens
                • I... I already used them :'( : quadeh
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                  So you can waste them hitting F5? Pssh. : terath
                  • F5 is far too inefficient, I click the refresh link on the particular thread I'm stalking. : Sapiens
• Doesn't have quite the same impact ripped from the rest of the film. : pyide
• There isn't one thing that would get my vote, but this is up there: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ipzR9b... : spectr3
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  oh yeah i totally agree. i went to a showing of naquoyqatsi with visuals and live orchestra/vocals. was a... : arcane_
  • Jealous :( : quadeh
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  Glass is good but Reich is better. : -efx-
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    Gimme some links to get started? : quadeh
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      I'm at work so it's a little hectic but good starters would be "Music for 18 musicians", "Octet", "Differ... : -efx-
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        Cool, will check these out. Gracias! : quadeh
        • No problem, PM me if you have more questions. Reich is my favorite composer and I've been lucky to work w... : -efx-
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        Music for 18 Musicians is a favourite: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHVMVDhC-UA just a trailer, t... : jcupitt
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          Yep I'm already pretty much sold on this guys now. : quadeh
          • horray! There's tons of great music from this guy. : -efx-
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  "Pruit Igoe" and "Prophecies" ftw : d fluke
  • The whole score is great, it's hard to pick one. I just love the vocals in this song especially! : quadeh
  • They used Pruitt in the Watchmen trailer to good effect. : nodge69
• I'd nominate Quartet for the End of Times Glass is melodious, beautiful to listen to, music to explore... : Marauder IIC
• This seems kind of...not good. I mean, I've liked plenty of his work before, but the vocals in this are j... : Vincent Grayson
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  Yeah, the soundtrack to Koyaanisqatsi is pretty fucking awesome. I was surprised when it was used in Watc... : Drewus
  • Also wasn't Pruit Igoe used in Fog Of War? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t29fgA5M7VA&feature=related : Drewus
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    That's the point at which I filled the cup : d fluke
    • The music was so perfect for that entire sequence. Actually, the music was just flat out awesome that... : Drewus
  • that was my favourite scene in the movie : aeg1x
• I love the collaboration he did with Ravi Shankar. I listen to it once or twice a year and it blows my m... : industro
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  Philip Glass is the Thomas Kinkade of music. : GreatGooglyMoogly
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    Sort of like that attention whore Beethoven amirite? wut : d fluke
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      Not sure what Beethoven has to do with this. Let me explain. This post won't be liked... What Thoma... : GreatGooglyMoogly
      • *shrug* : d fluke
      • Yeah, ok. : Nitrium
      • That's nice : Drewus
      • Cool story, bro : yossapw
      • Sounds like you were too nice to Thomas Kincaid : zakazi
      • I would agree with non offensive in nature. Some pieces are borderline tacky. I don't know how to judge... : Marauder IIC
• Fuck Koyaanisqatsi. At least the music is slightly MORE interesting with the boring ass bullshit video re... : MrBig0
• That is a great song, and I love just listening to Koyaanisqatsi from start to finish while I work on stu... : king_darius
• If you do like Glass you should listen to some of his biographical operas. Aknathen for instance. I dig t... : Marauder IIC

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• I saw an episode of Bizarre Foods from Iceland and one restaurant uses no electricity or gas to cook. The... : Fred Garvin
• now poach some halibut in olive oil! : porp
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  Yeah I do these often, with some mash and nice seasoning, they rule the fucking school. Poaching is reall... : SpaecKow
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    Or, I don't know, you could turn the fucking temperature down and take the time to marinate them. : ateam311
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      Marinate them and then, when you're cooking, turn the temperature down rather : ateam311
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        ateam what do you think poaching is? : SpaecKow
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          I know what poaching is. I'm telling you it's not necessary to have good chicken/pork/etc. : ateam311
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            I have to agree with ateam311 here. It's entirely possible to have tender, moist chicken without poachin : action roommate
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              Well, I wouldn't say "harder." More time consuming? Definitely. : ateam311
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                I do believe we are in fact working on two definitions of poaching here, gentlemen. To me poaching IS a l... : SpaecKow
                • I'm afraid that we can only bring resolution to this subthread by fighting to the death. Prepare yourselv... : ateam311
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                  Yeah, that's not really poaching. Maybe in a dictionary way that's accurate, but by all culinary account... : action roommate
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                    this is correct yall : boring gegtik
                    • SpaecKow gonna get ganked. : ateam311
                  • ^ this. SpaecKow's post is literally the first time I have heard someone use a different definition of p... : riptyde
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                  Spacekow, at least cullinarily you ate talking about barbecue. : rosewood
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                    No dude, I meant with water, in a pan, of course. I just forgot to mention. : SpaecKow
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                      Oic Then yes, that us poaching. But there are otter ways. Dry methods can get good moist chicken. Too. T... : rosewood
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                        If I'm going to be eating the chicken parts whole (whole leg, thigh, or breast), I much prefer to brine t... : Bean
                        • My brother from another cooking mother. : rosewood
              • Well you can def spend alot of time cooking them (slow cooker) but it doesn't take much prep time. : rbjester
• I agree. There's a lot of focus on braising and searing and grilling and baking. Poaching is excellen... : action roommate
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  I love poached salmon. Wish I could cook because I would make it at least once a week. : Thresher
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    Cooking is a skill like any other... the more you do it :) : erebus
    • lvl up! : hashd
• Poaching eggs is preferable to frying them : Mr. Goodwrench
• agreed with every word of this post. : halophoenix
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  Poached eggs in milk is a favorite breakfast dish for my family. We serve them on a toast with deviled h... : spazzium
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    Right after this post, i did this! http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhoneUpload_ekvgbrtgm8t9zh92x5nb.jpg : spazzium
    • Damn that looks good. : ateam311
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    i think poached eggs are mike's favorite weekend meal. i make the world's best poached eggs. i do not ... : dahanese
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      Do you do that technique where you swirl the water and drop the egg in the middle? Or do you use a plasti... : hirosushima
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        i crack the egg into a small cup (a ramekin-sized thing) and then i bring the water to a rolling boil. i ... : dahanese
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          i can do it without the cup, but it's always nicer with it. just got to be delicate dropping the egg. : dahanese
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            The "official" protip for nice, round poached eggs is to add splash of vinegar to the water. Ever tried t... : action roommate
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              yep. also you are supposed to take it off the heat and cover it for like 5 minutes. it's sort of a soft b... : dahanese
              • I just do the cup + stir myself. : action roommate
        • One benefit of the milk (besides the added flavor for the bread) is that it holds all the egg together fo... : spazzium
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  technically, if you do it right you never under or over cook anything : supersonic potato
  • word - the secret is to bring whatever you're going to poach in up to boil, then lower the temperature to... : halophoenix
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  I like poaching baby seals and other endangered species. : RomSteady
  • i like poaching illegal immigrants and hitchhikers : skryte
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    poach monkey? : dirge23
    • Hahahahhahahah racist :( : ArcKnight
    • are you bringing that back? : .Jayson
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  Just to get this straight rosewood. You poached chicken in salsa, like you took salsa, heated it up in a ... : steauengeglase
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    I took some salsa and added chicken broth so there was enough poaching liquid in the pan to cover the bon... : rosewood
    • Lc.app crashed when I hit post. If I would have lost that reply I would have been violent with my iPod to... : rosewood
• I like to put chicken breasts and salsa in the slow cooker on low for tacos and burritos. I think I will... : .Jayson

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  Did they patch the original so it happens with that too? I never purchased the addon. : abrasion
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    Yes. : gibolas1234
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      That's pretty shitty, I didn't pay for ads and 9 times out of 10 the ads are US based and pointless. : abrasion
      • I'm sure a lot of the people playing are kids too. State Farm? LOL. : gibolas1234
• wow that's complete b.s. : skryte
• Yeah, that's messed up. I've never had a game I have purchased have some advertisement I have had to sit... : CrustaR
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  Yeah, it's complete horseshit and totally out of place. I don't mind if it's real billboards in a game's ... : SolrFlare
  • I think no more which way you go, putting them in after release is just plain robbery. Those kinds of adv... : gibolas1234
• i'm not exactly sure what the thinking was behind adding in those ads, but i'm pretty sure they will be r... : dahanese
• yea thats bull wtf, there should be a bigger outrage of this feels like playing jeopardy online for free... : Chandler55
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  I haven't bought Fury, but I'd be pretty pissed too about the fact that it increases load times. I kind o... : qwpeoriu
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    Especially if you're one of the PS3 nuts who put an SSD in the thing for quicker load time :/ : abrasion
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      People seriously do that? My fucking lord... : MacemanInTW
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        Yeah if they were cheaper I would too, I don't like waiting for stuff. : abrasion
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          I was just thinking about the cost. Sure getting shit to load faster is good, but at the prices they c... : MacemanInTW
          • Yeah, hopefully SSD's will become cheap in the near future. If I want more storage space in the future I ... : gibolas1234
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    We tolerate this in movie theaters and on the DVDs we buy. : dognose
    • I don't. And at least in those situations people know it's there beforehand. : gibolas1234
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      Well, everybody knows beforehand when they purchase a movie ticket or a DVD that there are going to be ad... : qwpeoriu
      • Well technically there's ads during some movies too (product placement) but a lot of movies that do this ... : Mecha Tofu Pirate
      • DVDs have skippable trailers for related films, but they don't have unskippable ads, do they? I'd be ... : jcupitt
    • I no longer see movies in the theater, and skip the ads on DVDs (I rip them to my media PC first and the ... : batkiwi
    • You're going in expecting ads. This is a completely different scenario. : pancake humper
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  Ok. That is pretty dumb. It's like putting commercial breaks into the episodes of a TV show season box se... : Mmmmmoo
  • Now you've done it :( : LilCrypto
  • don't give them any ideas : spiffymc
• I wrote the studio some feedback here: http://www.scee.presscentre.com/contacts/feedback.asp?NewsAreaID=3... : gibolas1234
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  whats pisses me off more than this is the load time at the movies shit im paying 14 bucks for 1.5 hour... : snidely sid
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    i love ads before movies. : dahanese
    • note: ads in the form of trailers because i don't usually see them otherwise. : dahanese
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      fuck no, i didnt pay to watch ads, i payed to watch movies, and fuck, im 28, why is there an ad for polyd... : snidely sid
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        read my note: i like trailers -- that's the kind of ad i like. if you mean the real before they start ... : dahanese
        • real = reel. : dahanese
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          Maybe they don't have them at your theater, but the first thing they play when the lights go down here, b... : bipolar
          • huh in NY i have never seen this besides an add for whatever soda the theater serves and for other conces... : RetroRedEyeJr
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            Yeah, that shit is annoying, especially if you go to movies fairly often because they *NEVER* fucking cha... : Vincent Grayson
            • i've seen so many god damn army adds before movies here its ridiculous. : goatboy
  • I enjoy movie trailers, but I don't want to sit through coke commercials. Plenty of better ways I could s... : gibolas1234
• Fuck them for doing that. Total bullshit. : NastyJack
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  I recall a year or so ago that many would not care that games will have ads in them. : ghost hacker
  • We still don't, as long as they don't shoe horn them into a game you already purchased. Surely you can s... : deathofrats
• Wow that's horrible..I can't believe they actually put them in AFTER it was released. That can't possibl... : deathofrats
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  I just bought this and I am fucking furious over it. : pyros
  • Tha'ts why it's called Wipout Fury :D! : Malku
• I want a refund on my game : Rodeoclash
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  it's a shitty f-zero clone anyway. you're not missing anything. : [fry]
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    i went there : [fry]
    • ooooohh snap : silentbobuk
    • hahaha : Milleh
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    i don't understand... did any of you guys ever play Extreme G 2 for n64? Both of these games are just awf... : MrBig0
    • Haha yes... I was just looking at a video on youtube and it seems like a lot of n64 games had levels with... : das_runt
• lol, that is horrible. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  there are too many cry babies on the internet... it's a good game and those 5 seconds it adds or whateve... : Break
  • Enjoy being brainwashed. : terath
  • There are too many apathetic people on the internet. : gibolas1234
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  Yuk! I've not seen one here yet. Is that US-only? : jcupitt
  • Yeah, I'm wondering that as well since I haven't gotten anything like that : d fluke
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  Illegal? if private companies are allowed to sponsor your current affairs programs on news networks i thi... : Klebold
  • Ok, so they are both evil. What's your point? : gibolas1234
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  added after? you mean through a patch or something? couldn't you just uninstall the patch and call it a... : Korban
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    patches on consoles are for the most part mandatory. : Klebold
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      i can understand this on the multiplayer front, but if you only play SP you should be able to delete the ... : Korban
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        how do you delete a patch on the ps3/xbox? : xxiv
        • even if you could I'm pretty sure it forces you to patch it, even for singleplayer, before you play if yo... : gibolas1234
• This is the future. Everyone prepare now. : Sexpansion Pack
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  EA did this in BF2142 also, though they did it through in-game billboards, not load screens. : .faxen
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    ..and everyone knew about it before they bought it. : vacous
    • That's why I didn't buy it. : Pneum0
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  removed - http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/sony-removes-naughty-wipeout-advert : losimagic
  • \o/ woo! : jcupitt
  • Promising : d fluke
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    It was a test after all. : gibolas1234
    • it was a 'test' I bet. : pancake humper
  • "The ad has been removed from WipEout HD and we are investigating the situation to ensure that any in-gam... : gibolas1234

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  Is that Vivec? Goddamn that city was hard to navigate. I enjoyed Morrowind but I think Oblivion sure impr... : Dave-A
  • they both have their pro's and con's and are both incredible games : eeeealmo
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  wow! does it allow you to see all the flying thingies that attack you? : RikiTiki2
  • No idea, still downloading Morrowind from Steam. : timmie
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    Cliff Racers! : Dave-A
    • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBbm8sV6IKk&fmt=18 : guido anchovy
    • You can get a mod that makes them relatively passive unless you attack them first. : Robotic Puppy Eater
    • http://cliffracer.ytmnd.com/ : dirge23
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  I loved that song so much...still do : niceguynick
  • Damn straight. I think it's probably one of my favorite main themes ever as far as games go. : Vincent Grayson
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  Morrowind was fantastic. I loved it and never got bored of it, which is more than I can say for Oblivion.... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • im the other way around, while this mod looks good, I never had a problem with the graphics, it was the f... : X-GOUKI
• Getting off the boat for the first time was one of the most memorable experiences for me. : PointlesS76
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  The draw distance is great but how does it run like that? Hard to tell if the framerate is so low because... : pyide
  • At the end it mentions it runs at 20fps on a lower end system. : Reavers!
• too bad it runs like ass though... there is also a mod for oblivion called morroblivion that converts the... : shakybonez31
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  DID YOU EVER WALKED THROUGH MORROWIND ... ...LIKE THIS? : SockMonkeh
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    You mean at 10 FPS? : Nighteyes
    • Seriously. : Mad Brahmin Disease
  • unfortunately he forgot to install the grammar mod :( : Dave-A
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  That is absolutely beautiful. That music... : Athlon7
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20408930 : davantalus
• Yay someone else found this mod! Morrowind is literally the most modded game in history. : locater16
• fuck me this song is going to be stuck in my head all day now : moe6
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  Ok, this is pretty much awesome and it runs perfectly fine on my system which isn't exactly top of the li... : timmie
  • So why does it need the GotY version? I'd like to check it out but I only have the original game on disc.... : pyide
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  So pretty, so empty. : lightly inclined
  • Ever been out in the wilderness? It's pretty empty too. : terath
  • Morrowind was populated quite well, there are a ton of dungeons (which are all unique unlike Oblivion) li... : spdon
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  If Morrowind had fast travel it would be a bazillion times better. : Milleh
  • You could from city to city. : terath
• I figured the limited view distance/fog played into there being shitty weather there all the time :D : d fluke
• Has anyone tried Morroblivion yet? I haven't since I want to finish Oblivion first, but it looks promisi... : .faxen
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  I have Morrowind and all the awesome mods but it never fails me, every time I make it to Vivec I get inst... : kainen1
  • Raid all the family vaults there for sweet swag : d fluke
• I want to replay so bad, but I can never stop myself from cheating in Morrowind. It's just one of those g... : graceofdragons
• Does this require the GOTY edition? : DinK

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• #1 FTW! : quazar
• Voted! : umcpwintermute
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  I looked for SockMonkeh's name for 15 seconds out of habit. =\ : mrvandelay
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    Did he win in the end? Do i get a cut? : SigENeaT
    • He won in the end. He gave away games on Steam to 3 random Shackers. : Arctic Fox
• Voted, we're almost 200 votes over blues : edge198
• Oh yeah that's right : Reeves
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  Who the hell is voting for Blues? : Serpico74
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    Who the hell is on VE3D to begin with? : Conan
    • Good point : Serpico74
    • Voodoo Extreme 3D I think. Talk about a name that dated itself really quickly. : zakazi
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    they are still a good news site. They update the front page faster than any other site listed and that i... : grabbie
    • Their writers suck as well. But once you wade through the shit you usually get a healthy helping of vide... : SigENeaT
    • Meh, for volume I'd rather go to Kotaku, at least there you have volume + relevancy : Serpico74
  • Better yet how do some of those sites have - votes. LOL : erebus
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    Blues and EvilAvatar are like if the shack never grew the fuck up. : SpaecKow
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      When did we grow up? : edge198
      • When the front page went from variable to fixed width :P : SpaecKow
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      Evil Avatar is a shithole. : ateam311
      • Yeah, really. What a bad forum. All of site is like our frontpage. : Link.
    • As I said in the MD thread on this, Bluesnews has almost no community. It's horrid. : Link.
  • Bluesnews is where I always went for gaming news until I saw someone talking about the Shack... on Bluesn... : riptyde
• Heeey, you lied! There's no RadioShack site listed there! : Zips
• Voted :) bump : erebus
• Ooh I won DoW2 last time we did this, /vote'd : jimmy-buffett
• whoa, blues news is still around? : Korban
• We are going to win because we have the best threading system : kaddar0
• voted : r3dn3ck
• voted : shakybonez31
• voted : Drakoniac
• voted! : Whistler77
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  \[s/}g]* : Wolfanoz
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    Mein Lieben! : Wolfanoz
    • Looks like you stumbled upon a picket fence : r3dn3ck
• Voted for the second time today. : orgcaptainnemo
• i voted for the shack : gyokuro
• Vote'd : ateam311
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  Why does it say Retro Poll 2005? : Dave-A
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    I think we're to pretend its 2005 again or something? : Cliffzorz
    • see didnt i say lets set the clocks back 5 years : oHnOES
• Voted! : Galadriel07
• Voted. Democracy ftw. : thecatinthehat
• voted : .frame
• voted again : shakybonez31
• voted, go shack! : the_burd
• voted : noodleboy723
• voted! : dahanese
• voted : _jon
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  since when is slashdot a gaming site? : datoo
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    Probably games.slahdot.org, but it's terrible. News shows up like a week late. :( : SilverSnake
    • yeah but then you might as well add digg and reddit and a bajillion other sites that have gaming sections : datoo
• voted! : StolenNosferatu
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  Hahaha 647 votes for shack! 224 for Blues. I used to go to Blues and VE3D back in the day but haven't bee... : hashd
  • I still visit and post on VE3D regularly but not blues so much anymore. In fact it's been years since I'... : pop_secret
  • I used to go to Blue's more often than Shacknews... can't believe the site hasn't been updated since 2001 : MikkleThePickle
• voted! : Mmmmmoo
• Voted :) : preachy
• Voted. Now, id like to discuss the compen$ation that was promised to me. : alphablu
• Voted! #1 baby!! : silentbobuk
• damn, we rock : mlev
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  do we really want to draw all of that attention to the shack? especially on a site like VE3D. it's goin... : valael
  • herd u like hoverboards? : quadeh
  • Without attention there is no shack ? : imperator
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    While such things are spoken of only in hushed whispers around these parts, there is actually a website a... : Alice O'Connor
    • I get all my pertinent gaming news through the links in the chatty articles. : Juno
• voted : Break
• Voted! : Sapiens
• voted : Klebold
• Voted! Long Live Shack!! : dpno1
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  HappyPuppy! I used to go there all the time! : radula
  • oh yeah, I totally forgot about that site : MikkleThePickle
• voted : alnya
• voted : naabster
• shackhive mind go! : moe6
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  Guys, we are mostly deuch bags: From the comments: This is what they do. Link Maybe we should let : vx2o
  • its a filthy community, thank you very much : filthysock
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    We ban new people? What? I think we're actually pretty damn nice to new people, unless they came from one... : Drewus
    • The only time we're mean is when tards from the front page come into LatestChatty and act like they own t... : ErikTehRed
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    I'd say the shack deuch ratio is fairly low. I actually hate most of the internet because its full of tho : silentbobuk
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      Yeah, I don't recognize the Shack he's talking about and I've been here for at least 10 years. He must be... : vx2o
      • Or he's one of the aforementioned deuches. : Ride-My-Rocket
      • He probably got banned on his first visit for being an asshat or something. And it's because of such swif... : SilverSnake
    • I played TF2 last night on a server that was 90% 12 year old kids based on their voices and attitudes. : Old_Fart
  • DU BIST EIN DEUCH BAGEN! : silent prophet
  • It's so laughable. That's why we have ThomW's LaughableOutLoud Greasemonkey script. : tashtego
  • DEUCHBAGS : MercFox1
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    I just wanted to link this. Shacknews - You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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      I never understood why the old duffer said that about Mos Eisley spaceport. It didn't seem that bad. : Dave-A
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        Well, he's an old man and the smugglers were meddling on his lawn. : Mad Brahmin Disease
        • Getcha durn wookiee off'n my sand, boy! : Dave-A
  • we're the new 4chan, fuck yeah. : moe6
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    We have double standards? : jonin
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      Yeah, I'd say triple by now. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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        quadruple at least. 1) standard 2) megaposter 3) chicks 4) Phil : Old_Fart
        • Of course! I shoulda known. : jonin
    • Didn't even know there was standards! : Lionhart32935
  • Good thing we only ban the new people that act like little bitches. : ateam311
  • clearly we run this bitch : Sapiens
  • In a community poll of course the community is going to link to the other site. Why the fuck would I go ... : hawkeye
  • sounds like he'd fit in better on the front page. : DonkeyPopsicle
  • When you vote for Shacknews, you vote for Hitler! : Rotten Deadite
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    He's right, but I still like this place better than anywhere else. : DM7
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      Exactly. Even with all of that in mind it's better than 99% of the Communities out there - esp when we're... : zakazi
      • yup.. most other sites just erupt into huge fanboy wars. Sure you see some of that here, but not near... : Shadowdane
  • Shacknews - It turns you into a deuchbag. : mrwolf710
• haha, voted. I love the comments. : Begawkiness
• Voted : hrdwregk
• Voted : Shadowdane
• Shack should be first and GiantBomb should be 2nd and it's not even on the list. : mrwolf710