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• put a bid in on a house on Friday and had it accepted on Sunday!! http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?fi... : pukerat
• My girlfriend got a little tattoo (now i dont have to worry about anyone from the shack trying to sleep w... : not work safe
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  Well, Wadmaasi and I got together to play some nerd games! First, was Star Wars Starship Battles which : amrbean
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    I saw "40k fleets" and expected BFG. :( : zebosausamite
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      I actually have some BFG guys, but I mixed up our Star Wars Fleets with our WH40k Troops in that line. : amrbean
      • BFG "guys", oh man, you're confusing. : zebosausamite
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    sometimes after work I drive by wadmaasi's place slowly as I try to stare into the windows : gmd
    • If you stare into the Abyss long enough the Abyss stares back at you. : amrbean
    • You let me drive your car some day and you can keep staring all you want. Creep. : Wadmaasi
  • Your skill as an admiral, it is lacking! : Wadmaasi
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  KICKED YOUR ASS AT HEROES : multisync
  • You have no pictures to prove anything you ass-clown. I may have died a lot as Nymphora, but I sure as ... : zebosausamite
• Played saxophone (electronic saxophone, to be precise) for the first time in about ten years! I had xsoul... : eugthinks
• http://thekidd.shackspace.com/shack/2009/weekend11.jpg : thekidd
• made an e-flier for some friends 7" release show: http://centaurreader.wordpress.com/2009/08/10/work-for-... : ass-street
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  http://www.shackpics.com/files/catchingfishies_coliz0hhvnwy4cd28cy3.jpg Here fishie fishie fishie : Solstice
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    Looks like you caught some Mullet! : mrvandelay
    • Fuck that. I hate mullets. That hair is full on man. I am a hairbag!! : Solstice
• i want to post vacation pictures from last week but i have to edit a wedding first :( : jenisthebest
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  http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/karensympathy/weee.jpg http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k205/ka... : My Documents
  • I fully approve of your file naming scheme : jenisthebest
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  I just tested a circular polarize I bought for my wide angle lens http://www.flickr.com/photos/gmdvt/3... : gmd
  • I think it's broken. Some of your pictures are blurry. : cookblaze
• went to the Manitou Lagerfest in Colorado with a bunch of shackers. But The people(they know who they are... : Dschinghis Khan
• Had my Stag and Doe, Drank, had my Wii RockBand/GuitarHero setup which everyone loved and had a blast. : ShadowRam
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  I went to Turkey Run State Park with Arcane_, Arctic Fox, and Chepito. Its weird that 3 hours south of Ch... : re-verse
  • I love Turkey Run. Growing up in Indiana we used to go there all the time. : zebosausamite
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    That place gets so stupidly crowded - hiking is more of a conga line. And yeah there is a large hick fact... : zakazi
    • Shades is fun. My friends and I went camping around there when at Purdue. : zebosausamite
    • Nice - I think we got lucky, it wasn't so crowded as it was such a hot day, but I do plan to check out sh... : re-verse
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      lol, congo line. this is such a fitting visualization, as there were a fair bit of people (from what i'm ... : arcane_
      • Yeah that's exactly why I don't go out there any more. After hiking in New England, PNW, and even TN goin... : zakazi
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    man that is pretty cool! I didn't know about that, i'm going to have to look into that! : Mr.SEX
    • it would be almost impossible for me to use the word 'that' anymore in those two sentences : Mr.SEX
  • amish or mormons? whatever, they like to hike too (and climb ladders in canyons)! http://www.flickr.com/p... : arcane_
  • chepito's man horn is absurd : gmd
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  'sup - http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=ph2_my86rngttllz8c7j8d7a.jpg http://www.shackpics.com/view... : PapaBoo
  • ^^ penis headband. : PapaBoo
• WTF? You didn't got the Mons? : CrabsJarrard
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  aww damn I forgot to upload the photo I took of PlanetPerfecto. We went walking around the gaslamp distri... : sparkly
  • hahahaha, that night was awesome lols. sorry for fucking you over with the women, it was hilarious though... : PlanetPerfecto
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  We celebrated a friends 30th birthday by having dinner by the sea. We had crayfish, a very generous amoun... : Mysig
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    awseome pictures! : tinfoilhatter
    • Thanks! The scenery was truly amazing with the sunset and the lights. : Mysig
• Croquet! http://www.shackpics.com/files/croquetmallets_wxv5ay7v6i73j5gcusv2.jpg : tinfoilhatter
• http://c2.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/67/l_278473799e5e45c198f4ee7b5825c761.jpg worked on the po... : eums
• Ran my first race in my FiveFingers: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2643/3801803225_cdc2f382d3.jpg . ... : helvetica
• http://icomeinpeace.shackspace.com/PICS/IMG_0461.jpg : IcomeINpeace
• I'm on business in San Francisco http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=113321&id=587686089&l=cd323160c... : marmite

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• meanwhile, Toshiba joins the Blu ray disc association http://news.google.com/news/more?pz=1&ncl=drHrLkXSG... : porp
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  from today's news: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2351357,00.asp so i wouldn't bet on it : dirge23
  • Well will ya look at tht : dognose
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    Per the above article, Toshiba sold the rights to HD-DVD to China and would not be involved in this : dognose
    • i just have a hard time believing HD-DVD would somehow win in the American market with all the industry p... : dirge23
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  You won't be able to buy CBHD discs legally unless they're licensed ones, and in that case they'll cost a... : d fluke
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    And really, the situation has been similar with cheap shit from asia vs. what's sold in stores in the wes... : d fluke
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      Furthermore, who says absolutist bullshit like this in all seriousness: The fundamental problem is that t... : d fluke
      • Yeah, that sentence really knocked me out of the "I'm reading a news article" mindset. : DinK
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    Oh I ain't trippin, I am still just fine with upscaled standard def DVD :< : dognose
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      Most absolutely are, my point in regard to this new format is; When is the last time you bought some chin... : d fluke
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        WRONG, pal, I buy Chinese DVDs legally often: http://hkflix.com : dognose
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          What? Those are actual chinese releases though, dognose. Not chinese releases of american studio's movies... : d fluke
          • Listen; the point is stuff that's unlicensed for sale in the US, what's on them is irelevant or where you... : d fluke
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            Ah OK I mistook your point. Still, if China embraces a technology, won't it eventually become worldwide? : dognose
            • chopsticks are still a niche technology in the US : dirge23
            • That's the question, but it's just a little too late. Sort of like with that chinese DVD format, or regul... : d fluke
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  Haha look at this http://mostly-linux.blogspot.com/2006/06/top-5-reasons-blu-ray-will-never-be-in.html : dognose
  • A Linux nerd complaining about a new popular technology - big shock! I bet the true reason is because he ... : avatar_58
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    Now you're just fucking trolling, dude. 1) That he isn't willing to shell out for linux software that h : d fluke
    • I'd be first in line for buying non-DRM releases on an open format, but those aren't good enough at this ... : d fluke
    • I also think #5 was disc specific, which would even further limit the scope of the problem : d fluke
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      Nah I wasn't trolling, I linked it because I thought it was funny. When I troll it involves food. : dognose
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        I almost had a heart attack due to the nerd rage. Probably from all that juicy red meat I eat amirite :( : d fluke
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          Wan't trying to provoke, just curious in the OP. I got no investment or allegiance between Sony or Micro... : dognose
          • This is me reading br/hd-dvd threads --> http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20628121#itemanchor_20628121 : d fluke
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  I read the article and was thinking about it but I, for whatever reason, scroll back to the top of an art... : rosewood
  • Arstechnica ran the same story a day earlier: http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2009/08/homegrown-c... : NoCopy
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  Blu-Ray is a better technology anyways, isn't it? : MercFox1
  • Just in terms of raw storage capacity. HD DVD had their format standardized from the beginning listing th... : Prozium
• so you're saying I can get tubgirl on HD-DVD! Argh... : zeke
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  china had the same thing going on with vcds, and it never caught on in north america. that zdnet guy i... : scener
  • I literally bought a few kilos of VCD's last time I was in asia, they even had players that only played V... : d fluke
• My HD-DVD player cuts out video every once in a while. So annoying :( Anyone else have this issue? : pun][sher
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  Microsoft missed by not having their 360 with an internal HD-DVD drive. End of story. : Link.
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    lol : silent prophet
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      You think I'm kidding? If there was a HD-DVD player in every Xbox 360 owner's home, the situation would b... : Link.
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        they didn't want hd dvd to win. they adopted it to slow the growth of the PS3. that's all. the entire ... : EvilDolemite
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          I'm sure MS executives are kicking themselves for not pushing HD-DVD harder. Market dominance for HD vide... : Link.
          • their plans include digital media, down the line. they have already greatly expanded xbla to include ful... : EvilDolemite
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            how do you figure that? they arent a movie studio, and you're only getting money from people watching som... : Maarten Goldstein
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              Microsoft provided the interactive programming spec for HD-DVDs called HDI http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H... : NoCopy
              • I doubt they stood to gain "tons" from licensing. : WhatIsThisFor
          • I highly doubt it. They didn't have to spend a ton of cash on R&D plus HD player and media sales are pre... : WhatIsThisFor
          • I don't think they give a shit. They invested some money in the off-chance they could help beat blu-ray s... : qwpeoriu
      • Possibly. At the same time Microsoft made a savvy decision by not including a next-gen optical drive and ... : mancide
      • I think you are right : supermonkeyballz
      • Microsoft doesn't own the HD-DVD format so driving up costs on each unit of hardware would have been a du... : WhatIsThisFor
      • Microsoft only wanted to delay either format winning. Their money is on digital distribution. : Evil Benius
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        Other than the whole 'HD DVD didn't exist when the 360 went into production' part. : Entity
        • I'm pretty sure this is highly relevant chronological information. : Downforce
      • yeah but then it would cost as much as the PS3 and all you whiny fags would complain WAHHHH TOO EXPENSIVE... : gmd
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        If by very different you mean the 360 would've been released a year later at a higher price and we'd pote... : nudel
        • exactly : silent prophet
• total bullshit : anthonybean
• you know...i still buy hd dvds? lol i can have them at $5 a piece. cheaper than renting. : vassili_zaitsev

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  I started it last month too and have been playing the shit out of it. So fucking good, although the save ... : notd665
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    Also, I recommend going through all the dialogue options with each NPC as much as possible. You'll often ... : notd665
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      Yeah, I always spend as much time as possible talking to peaple. I especially like talking to my crew be... : Haku-Jin
      • people even. : Haku-Jin
  • I agree on the trade/equipment UI. Terrible, hoepfully they fix it in the sequel. : Haku-Jin
  • You can save whenever you want. Don't rely on the auto-save, ever. : pyide
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  don't do the finding metals / medals / artifacts side quests, and it's a very well paced game. I don't re... : Juno
  • I'm coming up on twelve hours in-game, I think I spent six of that on the first planet. : Haku-Jin
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  I wonder how you get through GETH RAPE on the 360. that takes some skill. : Downforce
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    huh? : derelict515
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      vivid recollection of insanity difficulty. I was thinking of how many pauses I'd have to do to assign thi... : Downforce
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        It was more fun to take full control of the AI and pause and aim and select abilities and attacks for eve... : pyide
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          it was weird, kotor 1&2 hard mode were so easy, I micromanaged MORE. mass effect hard mode was hard, I p : Downforce
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            Once I took control of the squad AI in the options, I never had to worry about them dying again. They wer... : pyide
            • yeah I can agree there. regardless, really looking forward to mass effect 2. : Downforce
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  I quit and deleted my savegame for mass effect after dying for the 10th time during that stupid vehicle s... : Entity
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    which one? the only timed one, I take it? : Downforce
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      The area you're going through a tunnel with a bunch of dudes behind shields. I could take out the first w... : Entity
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        there is NO WAY you were short on omnigel good sir. :D : Downforce
        • Yeah, that shit seems to be rather plentiful so far. : Haku-Jin
  • this is what happened to me. i went back months later, beat it finally after 20 attempts and it's a reall... : xxiv
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    Did you know about the cannon? : Zek
    • and the zoom? :D : pyide
    • hehe I didn't find out about this until half way through the game. It made the mako parts so much easier ... : Perturbation
  • you died during those? O_o : deject
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  I ordered it the other day for the 360. Arrives - and the box had been opened. (Was supposed to be new) ... : humbleone
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    send it back? ME is supposed to be a downloadable title on the 360 coming up and you can get it from a r... : dantastic
    • I've seen it going for $9.99 on more than one occasion. : Haku-Jin
    • Yep definitely going to send it back. If they can't replace it I am tempted to get the download version f... : humbleone
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  i loved the game so much that i ended up reading the prequel novel and the bridging novel for the 1st and... : dantastic
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    were the novels good? : wurt
    • They were pretty decent. Just as good if not better than the Halo books. : Iazu
    • i really liked the first one. couldn't put it down. it was about captain anderson i think 20 years prio... : dantastic
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    has google scanned them all in regardless of copyright yet? :D : Downforce
    • i dunno they were something like 8 bucks canadian each... : dantastic
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  The side missions are sooooooooooo shitty. I don't know why they even bothered including them. They sho... : Frank_Mackey
  • Then again the action is kinda crap too. :( : Frank_Mackey
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    I found your parties sidequests alright : Mondo
    • Haven't played those yet. Will have to check them out....thanks! : Frank_Mackey
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  i traded that game for 10 dollars so i could buy 1.75 liters of vodka : oHnOES
  • plus some other shit : oHnOES
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  my gf hates games but loves watching me play Mass Effect, it's weird. she says it's like watching a good ... : nomaad
  • So, is the date set? : Marrbe
  • I can definitely see this. I don't think I've ever sat through as many cut-scenes and as much dialogue in... : notd665
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  All these replies and not one person told me how long it took them to finish the game. :) : Haku-Jin
  • looks like character 1 playthrough 1 took 22 hours : Downforce
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    a very thorough playthrough (when I read all the codex entries and did all the side quests) was I think 4... : Cheeziologist
    • yeah character 2 playthrough 2, hardcore difficulty, renegade alignment, quest vacuuming - was basically ... : Downforce
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      That's not too bad. Maybe I will focus a little more on the side quests. : Haku-Jin
      • You can finish the game in a dozen hours if you really want to. A lot of the side quests are crap, so don... : pyide
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        Listen to the warnings not to do the collection side quests. Talk about an epic waste of time. : Ovate
        • Alright. I'll just pepper in a few side quest here and there while I focus on the main story. : Haku-Jin
        • if you totally ignore the minerals and relics and shit, it's not bad. you can go planet to planet and jus... : Downforce
  • The first time I played through I spent something like 35-40 hours, but I also did all of the side quests... : thetangent
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  Mass Effect, The Witcher, and Fallout 3 are my favorite RPGs this gen. : irrerno
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    so i should buy the witcher while it's on sale? : Cheeziologist
    • Yeah definitely. : irrerno
    • Yesss : Mondo

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  Dont wanna sound like a shrill but, The Life Of Pi is really good. Now i'm rereading Treasure Island. : pieman
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    haha, "a shrill" : dirge23
    • i dd that typing test before and got like 30% accuracy at 9000wpm :) : pieman
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    life of pi is pretty cool, the idea of that island was neat and the characters and plot were pretty cool ... : arcane_
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      hyperion, dan simmons : snidely sid
      • whoops didnt mean to reply : snidely sid
    • I felt the same way. Excellent story but the ending kind off put me off. : Perturbation
  • I HATED Life Of Pi. I was reading through the last 10 years of booker prize winners and it was the stand... : batkiwi
  • life of pi was good, but i think overrated. : dahanese
  • Heh, I'm reading that is well. : CrustaR
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  I'm reading Revelation Space. Thinking about reading another Banks book next! : Goncyn
  • The Culture is pretty much the coolest human sci-fi society. It would be the coolest to live in by far im... : Psigun
  • OMG do not read anything until you finish Reynold's House of Suns. IMHO it's the best he has ever done, o... : graincloud
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  I'm halfway through Pandora's Star by Hamilton. Really like it so far. I assume you read that already? : jason bergman
  • Yeah I read that series already, I liked. : Psigun
• i'm finally reading crime and punishment, was putting it off for awhile. so far, it's pretty good. : arcane_
• Wheel of Time, book 2 : skitzo
• Der Untertan by Heinrich Mann : woddemandred
• Still working my way through Guns, Germs, and Steel. Really interesting, but rather slow going. : Adm.Snackbar
• Will be finishing A Fire Upon The Deep, Vernor Vinge tonight. It's been excellent. : Zakko
• By Heresies Distressed - David Webber : retardhumper
• Been working on Gravity's Rainbow for sometime, by Thomas Pynchon. Great book, but I always seem to get d... : Lexicon_Leidun
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  HIJACK Can someone recommend good mindfuck books? Or maybe just very scary books? I'm working my way thro... : JohnnyRey
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    The Crying of Lot 49 is pretty mindfuck : dirge23
    • (but not scary) : dirge23
  • The Road? I don't know. Can't think of much horror type stuff I've read aside from King. : Psigun
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    Nightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King is an excellent collection of short stories. I like how they c... : crummynz
    • His really good stuff is the early stuff in Skeleton Crew and Night Shift. : dirge23
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  The Knight by Gene Wolfe : jvox
  • I liked those two books, they're different. : cerealSAM2
  • I thought those books were fantastic. Wonderful and whimsical. Loved them. : Vantage
• American Gods About to finish it up... : twifosp
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  Just started Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb. Picked it up free on my kindle then heard good things a... : qwpeoriu
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    All of Robin Hobbs books are supremely awesome at crafting characters. She pretty much does that aspect o... : Psigun
    • Yeah, it's been great so far (halfway through right now). I already know I'll be reading the other 8 book... : qwpeoriu
• Apathy and Other Small Victories. Very very good. : hanfeitzu
• Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss : breadsticks
• Horus Rising. part one of the Horus heresy. I never thought I would read a warhammer 40k novel. it's real... : hirosushima
• Best Served Cold by Joe Abercrombie. Not a cook book. : ADSliv
• The Book of the Law by Aleister Crowley : Mr. Goodwrench
• Generation Ecstasy , fantastic book. prob one of the most comprehensive books i've read about electroni... : dignan
• I though this said boob menz. : bakanoodle
• Alternating between Areas of my Expertise and Demon Haunted World. : gnomish
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  The Eye of the World again. Because I hate myself. (not really. The first few books are really good! Then... : Teiresias
  • I've been rereading these in anticipation of the grand finale and I got really caught up in the first 6, ... : gigaduck
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    I think the end of Lord of Chaos might be the best part of that whole series. : mechanicalgrape
    • I'm rather fond of the end of The Fires of Heaven myself. RRRRRAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHVVVVIIIIINNNNNNN!!! : ArcKnight
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  Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. pretty silly, lots of jokes about balls, not great, but it is amusing me... : stgulik
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    i read that when i went to mexico for a long weekend and i thought it was hilarious. especially if you've... : dahanese
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      it was probably the only way I was gonna get around to (sort of) reading it. now I need Zombie Brothers K... : stgulik
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        i don't know if i want more. they are hilarious, but they might get old! : dahanese
        • yeah they would. one is enough for me. probably. : stgulik
• Just finished Queen of Candesce and House of Suns (OMG OMG good scifi) and am omw to The Pirate Queen. : graincloud
• Reading Critical Amnesia by Clive James, a collection of essays that are sort of about specific historica : sgtsanity
• Nerve by Dick Francis. I'm on a Francis kick right now. It's making me seriously consider horseback ridin... : mysled
• I'm reading the first EVE novel, The Empyrean Age. : NFXFSX
• Almost done Fall of Hyperion. Going to pick up The Drood today. : stump
• A Mercy by Toni Morrison. it's okay. : dahanese
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  I just finished The Prefect by Alastair Reynolds and once again am enthralled with how huge he is able to... : kpxkrnjc
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    I'm two books into the Shadowmarch series, Tad Williams is very good at writing 'quest' type stories. : Psigun
    • I accidentally read the 2nd book first, so now I have to go back and read the first. I'm all fucked up p... : kpxkrnjc
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      I'm kinda disappointed by this new Shadow* series. It's not bad, but it feels so rehashed and unoriginal. : Goncyn
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        Yeah I'm not really over the moon about them but they're good enough if somebody is looking for some dece... : Psigun
        • Is Otherland any good? I saw he wrote those too but I've never heard of it : kpxkrnjc
• Just finished Cujo. Great read from start to finish. Some of King's stuff can really drag, and many of hi... : David Craddock
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  On Stranger Tides by Tim Powers. : mechanicalgrape
  • I just finished this too- I think this is kinda the peak of Tim Powers.. he got a little repetitive and f... : confuseatron
• I am reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. It's an interesting read but meanders at points. ... : skizl
• Gardens of the Moon. Also, Death By Black Hole : Vincent Grayson
• Cryptonomicon after all the praise it gets here. : moogle
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  Matter was so disappointing. Banks' worst book IMO. : Albemuth
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    What's his best book? I've only read The Algebraist and am wondering where to next. : Vantage
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      Player of Games. HOLY SHIT. Read that book. It's especially poignant for us gamers. : Psigun
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        It's a good introduction to the Culture universe too, even though Consider Phelbas was the first one he w... : smax
        • Personally I consider Use of Weapons to be his best : smax
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      I just finished Consider Phelebus and i was very disappointed. Did he get better? This one just seemed li... : confuseatron
      • Consider Phlebas was pretty weak compared to the other Culture novels I think. I thought Matter was bette... : Psigun
    • Excession is fantastic. : nomaad
• Re-reading Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. : cerealSAM2
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  I just finished the Takeshi Kovacs series by Richard Morgan - Altered Carbon, Broken Angels and Woken Fur : ArcKnight
  • i didn't realize there is a third one. have to pick that up. : stgulik
  • I love that series. It makes me sad that Morgan has retired the universe. :( If you like that trilog : smax
  • I really enjoyed those books too. : ErikTehRed
  • Loved those books. Altered Carbon is awesome. : lightly inclined
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  Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind. I think it's gotten some ShackHateTM, so feel free to tell me if : Bold
  • Here ya go â„¢ save it for later. : watcherxp
  • The Black Company series is fucking fantastic, as is the Malazan series. The Sword of Truth series is ... : ArcKnight
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  Dan Simmons - Hyperion. It's pretty good; I'm 3/7ths of the way through it. Didn't really expect this typ... : Deathlove
  • It's really good. Sol Weintraub's story almost made me misty eyed. I was a little disappointed with Fa... : Clay
• Just finished "Three Cups of Tea", before that was "The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao". Currently, wai... : racer5
• I'm re-reading The Final Solution by Michael Chabon now that I've read some Sherlock Holmes stories. I'm ... : NastyJack
• Finishing An Empire of Wealth tonight and beginning Rendezvous with Rama tomorrow. : givemesnacks
• Blood Sucking Fiends by Christopher Moore. : dudehoyt
• Rereading the lord of the rings. : thecatinthehat
• Starship Troopers, gonna finish it right now. It's a very difficult book to read, there is so much milita... : nomaad
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  I'm about to start Seeing by Jose Saramago. Blindness was excellent, so I'm looking forward to it. : Vantage
  • I'm waiting for my copy to arrive (hopefully, tomorrow). Same, very curious to read the f/u to Blindness,... : racer5
• I just started to read Journey To The West - found a PDF online. Suprisingly funny so far, and I'm still... : confuseatron
• re-reading Rant by Chuck Palahniuk. I really dug it, goes in the "mindfuck" category. : smax
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  Good pics. You can skip Feersum Endjinn by Banks just in case you see it and get intrigued in the future : jigstah
  • Didn't feersum endjinn win the Hugo or something? : Vantage
• I've been reading Quicksilver by Neal Stephenson on and off. I just can't get into it. : ErikTehRed

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  yeah this site is becoming pretty bad with pop ups and viruses. please fix it quick. I was getting 'pdf... : deathofrats
  • Yup I've had the exact same thing. : Scotty22
• I got a 66.pdf download today from here. Pretty malicious/intrusive shit going on lately :( : pancake humper
• Yeah, the ads have become pretty shitty lately. I get a lot more pop-up attempts and ads that try to exp... : pigvomit
• Someone please fix this shit : ghostmac
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  I have never had this happen. maybe you already got shit on your computers : burningpantsman
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    I haven't had any problems with my PC that would be consistent with some kind of pre-existing infection, ... : LemonJoose
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      That being said, I notice that there is the 3.5.2 version of Firefox is available now and must have just ... : LemonJoose
      • But Avast! stopped it anyway, so I didn't actually get infected. : LemonJoose
• No trojans so far but a lot of popunders and other weirdness on the mac and my pc at home : zakazi
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  is Maarten still working for the Shack? : .Jayson
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    Yeah, dognose recommended I PM him about it. : LemonJoose
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      I did? : dognose
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        I got a PM from your account when you nuked my original post where I boneheadedly inlcuded the link to th... : LemonJoose
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          Duke Nuked isn't dognose... : dignan
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            I got 2 messages -- one from dognose and one from the Duke Nuked account. : LemonJoose
            • The one signed "Barack" was me, the one from Duke Nuked was another mod : dognose
          • Duke Nuked is a mod account. Many times the mod that nuked it will sign it as themselves within the messa... : Fyunch Click
        • No that was me, I just didn't recall the part about SMing Maarten, though that is probably a good idea. : dognose
        • Well, if Maarten is not taking care of it himself, he can at least pass it on to the appropriate people. : Mad Brahmin Disease
    • I've messaged both Maarten and a moderator on the avast recording trojan alerts as well, about a week and... : pharom
• I got a warning from NOD32 earlier, I couldn't figure out which site was getting blocked since I had so m... : MikkleThePickle
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  Does anyone have the malicious PDF that they can send to me? : whodares
  • http://drucifer.shackspace.com/TPSreport.pdf : drucifer
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    For me it attempted to download a .php file. Do you want the link to that? I can PM it to you. : LemonJoose
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      Yes plz. : whodares
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        Check your PM. : LemonJoose
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          Thanks. I'll do an analysis on it and post the results in a bit. : whodares
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            Ok......so the in.php file is an exploit kit entrypoint, designed to push a number of exploits to the vis... : whodares
            • Pooh...the malware is VM aware...will have to load it up on metal. Might mess with that later. : whodares
            • Thanks. Didn't find that in my history, so Avast! must have stopped it successfully. : LemonJoose
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              Check your SM's, I sent you another one : pancake humper
              • Yep that's the same site and PDF exploit. Same deal. Look for load.php. : whodares
    • I was browsing the shack on my phone (e71x default browser) a couple days ago and out of the blue it dow... : buzzbat
• you guys should move to Canada, the only ad served here for the past year has been for Shaiya : veras
• I might have to turn off my ads. I left them on even with the bolt just to be nice....but I can only be ... : hawke
• Eventually there will be a trojan here that installs a keylogger to harvested passwords and advertisers w... : thecatinthehat
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  You guys should make sure javascript is disabled in Acrobat, I know that's one of the common attack vecto... : MagicWishMonkey
  • Edit/Preferences/Javascript/Uncheck "Enable..." : dognose
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    Could you provide more detail on how to set this up? : PenicillinX57
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      In Firefox, that is... : PenicillinX57
      • Open up Adobe Reader from your Programs list. : LemonJoose
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        not in firefox, it's within adobe reader itself. see what dognose posted. : Downforce
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          Aha, got it. Thanks for the tip! : PenicillinX57
          • also while you are in there, go to help -> check for updates. there are lots of patches. : Downforce
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    Thanks for the tip. I just disabled it. It really seems like Adobe needs to get their act together. : LemonJoose
    • I think they've already patch this stuff, just run their updater to check. Note: The installer for Ado... : nudel
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      Yea they really do, this shit has been going on for a while now (it nailed me twice last year). I hat... : MagicWishMonkey
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        just install Foxit reader. It doesn't display things 100% all the time, but for the vast majority of pdf ... : thecray
        • I have foxit installed, I can't seem to make Acrobat stay uninstalled though. I think it might get instal... : MagicWishMonkey
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  Fellow Shackers, we think there might be some hinky stuff coming in from one of the ad networks. The m... : ECO
  • Do you guys use yieldmanager as one of your ad networks? This has by and large been the biggest offender... : whodares
• <3 Mercury and NoScript : glio1337
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  Slowly but surely LatestChatty is becomming the best way to shack. : dmason
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    WinChatty too! : DHAvatar
    • I'll vote for that : jonin
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    What is latestchatty? : JohnnyRey
    • A kickass iPhone app. : dmason
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    And ShackDroid! : MacemanInTW
    • Pre version in the works! : mwasher
  • Yeah IMO the best aplication on the iPhone. : Hoax
  • Agreed : jigstah
• ECO needs to fix this RIGHT NOW. : Robotic Puppy Eater

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  Multisync is horrible at this game. : zebosausamite
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    by horrible you mean AWESOME - i did ok with slither and made you faggots concede when i was electrrician... : multisync
    • you sure did big boy! : sesmaster
    • lol : Maddog_Delphi97
• Swiftblade is such a troll. Played in a pub yesterday where I would run headlong into a group of 4 player... : MercFox1
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  Back-dooring. Cheap or not? : zebosausamite
  • no. get post haste and you can defend it with ease. : botch
  • It's lame, like spawn camping. You can do it but don't be surprised when people don't want to play with y... : c0bra
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    People go nuts when someone does it. I don't get why. It is not like you're exploiting anything. : [7]kami
    • Its sort of common courtesy to kill the creeps before you kill towers/barracks. : chungathebunga
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    What exactly is it? : zakazi
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      Sneaking in the opposite base to win the game or to kill barracks so your creeps become more powerful. : [7]kami
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        I thought they were invulnerable until the towers have been pushed? : zakazi
        • If that's the case, then it still applies to skipping creep waves and entering the base once the outside ... : c0bra
        • They are, but the creeps still go down the lane and if you go behind the creeps to kill the last tower(or... : Zek
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    it's cheap because only certain heroes can do it, and spawning mega creeps makes defense a huge pain in t... : Supine
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      Why is it poor sportsmanship? To me it seems like destroying the enemy's base. : zebosausamite
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        Well yeah it is but it upsets the balance of the match particularly because towers do not have regen. It... : kainen1
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          I don't see why this gets so many people's panties in a bunch. I like this S2 post on the topic in the f : zebosausamite
          • I saw that post as well; read the rest of the thread. : c0bra
      • What seems more fun to you? Playing the game as a hero arena map control match as it is now, or turning i... : c0bra
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    Cheap. Upsets the natural creep pushes, usually when I see someone doing it I give them hell...it's a ga... : kainen1
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      I dont find backdooring cheap, but I would be down for something like this. it should be more difficult t... : sesmaster
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        Having a TP isn't enough to counter stealth heroes who can get a bunch of whacks in then vanish out, or h... : c0bra
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          Why not put wards down (outside of your base) to see when they are coming and prepare? Why not leave some... : ratman
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            1) Wards won't help against a hero like nymphora who, while not being great at backdooring, can still mes... : c0bra
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              Just a quick question.. how does one ultimately win the game? Destroy buildings. : zebosausamite
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                Your point being what? It's not the mechanism by which you win, it's the style of play by which you do it... : c0bra
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                  How about in the HoN Hall of Fame we put in asterisk next to their stats? : sesmaster
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                    Actually I believe I found a quote from S2 saying they'll be adding something like a glyph of fortificati... : c0bra
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                      DOTA had that, it's something you can activiate every 5 minutes that gives like 10--15 seconds of super s... : kainen1
                      • Right. I don't know if they'll add any of the other anti-bd map features though. : c0bra
            • Well I think we disagree on a very fundamental level so I'll just leave it at that. Though I look forward... : ratman
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            The fact is, backdooring has a stigma attached to it, and it probably shouldn't. But, there are two side... : Jimb0v2
            • sounds like it's just a variant of 'zerg rush' : multisync
  • Maybe not cheap, but more annoying. Think how annoying it was in battlefield when people would skip the e... : Nighteyes
  • Are you serious? the game is long enough as is : rbjester
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    They've already fixed this in the newer versions of DotA. All buildings (towers included) will regener... : miasma(&)
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      Then why are people still bitching? Badge of honor shit from the DOTA days? : zebosausamite
      • Because those fixes don't exist in HoN? : c0bra
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  I finally ended my ridiculous losing streak this Saturday and took 3 in a row in pubs. I feel like I shou... : Head Rush
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    Played a game yesterday... Polly went 25-3 lol : rbjester
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      Wow, that's sick. What build? : Head Rush
      • storm spirt (storm something) lobs them in the air for 2 seconds, he droped wards ontop of their body, an... : rbjester
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  lol, more serious play? you don't have enough people shouting at you already? : c0bra
  • no. but that's because i slamd0nk bitches. : [7]kami
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  Does anyone else like to just random heroes? For some reason I don't like selecting one. : chungathebunga
  • I think force random can be quite fun if your team has enough experience to handle it. : c0bra
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    i random all matches i can. more money = 2 rings of regen or a manatube : Iwannaacura
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      Oooh I never considered 2 rings of regen. : chungathebunga
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        yes depending on matchup your halfway to a shaman headdress at that point : Iwannaacura
        • A third of the way, actually. : c0bra
  • I like randoming. My team my hate me for it though. : zakazi
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  I wish someone would teach me how to play this fucking game :( : vile
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    Are you not playing with more experienced shackers? If you do, do you listen to what they tell you? I'... : c0bra
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      Well I haven't played with anyone yet because I figured I'd just get kicked or whatever because I don't k... : vile
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        Did you check out the guides section on the forum? If so: pick a hero and read up on him. That helped me ... : [7]kami
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          I looked in the forums last night for something like that and couldn't find shit! Guess I'll look again..... : vile
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            What hero do you like? : [7]kami
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              I was using War Beast. I just found his guide. Might have helped... it suggests some items to buy. That's... : vile
              • I think the most important thing to know when you're new is how to play conservatively. If you can manage... : c0bra
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                War Beast isn't an easy hero to learn on. I would suggest a hero that is easier to farm creeps with and i... : Nighteyes
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                  no no no! legionare is not the melee hero to begin with. He is a squishy tank, and his build is for peopl... : sesmaster
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                    I suck at keeping lego alive :( : c0bra
                    • I've always wanted to try Lego with barbed armor. I would imagine that can be rather effective. I've been... : Nighteyes
                  • I was thinking more for him to practice on his own with. And a simple guide will explain how to use legi... : Nighteyes
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                    Peters dude, Axe is not a squishy tank ...lol. He's one of the best tanks in the game, and his build is ... : kainen1
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                      As far as other tanks go, Axe is pretty squishy damage-mitigation wise. He relies heavily on proper item... : kpxkrnjc
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                        I don't follow your logic here. Assuming we are talking about just HoN here I think he's one of the 'bet... : kainen1
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                          which for a noob is something they might not grasp. Errors most noobs make is tower diving and rushing ot... : sesmaster
                          • I'm not disagreeing with that, I was just saying that calling Axe squishy is a bit o_O considering he's f... : kainen1
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  so torturer is still broken, his second attack (the spikes in the ground) killed me once he died. so the... : Iwannaacura
  • Haha YES. I abuse the shit out of this. : MercFox1
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    how long does it keep going after you die? that's hilariously broken. : Supine
    • the full duration. so if he cast it with 10hp and you melee him its still going off even though he is dea... : Iwannaacura
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    Why should spells that are already casted magically vanish when you die? : Zek
    • cast* : Zek
    • Yea, how is this different from Polly's wards? : c0bra
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      ok for all this time i just never noticed it until this weekend. also tiny is broken ;( i tore up a team... : Iwannaacura
      • yep. I simply cannot wait until chuck is fixed. : c0bra
  • http://honwiki.net/wiki/Torturer "Deals 9.375/18.75/28.125/37.5 Physical damage to a random target in ... : shpen
  • None of torturer's skills are channeling though? The skill you are referring to is just an active AOE r... : kainen1
  • Torturer is meant to be that way. It's great! : Alice O'Connor
  • As Alice said, it's meant to be this way. Moon Queen use to be that way with her ult but they removed it. : zuff
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  How many of you willingly choose to not help out a teammate? I am experiencing this with Shackers more th... : sesmaster
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    I die a lot from bailing out teammates that got in way over their heads, usually from running straight at... : MercFox1
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      ^^ this is the situation I try to avoid. I mark the minimap to indicate enemies that have disappeared or ... : Supine
      • I'm used to having 4-5 Heavy Tanks under my command, which is a lot more threatening than one silly hero. : MercFox1
  • As I told you before, most shackers are new enough to not know what the ping means. Just use your mic to ... : c0bra
  • peter, you eventually get to a point where you know that helping your teammate will probably be both your... : Iwannaacura
  • You should only help a teammate if you're sure you can save them and not die yourself. Trading your life ... : Zek
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    i dont help tards that jump into fights cause they feel they are rambo : [7]kami
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      lol I definitely dont bust the Rambo anymore. My play style has matured in the last few months. Also I ha... : sesmaster
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        dude we owned so hard with arachna/elec!!!!! besides me getting in your way :P : multisync
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          lol yeah what was with you zig zagging in front of me? : sesmaster
          • i dunno i was just clicking on the guys and it would put me in front of you, i kept walking to the right ... : multisync
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        I suspect I am one of the players you are talking about who has shown very little growth. I'm starting to... : Adm.Snackbar
        • get things that let you stay in the lane, start off with a health regen thing and some runes. if you are... : multisync
        • no you arent. in fact I thought you played pretty well the few games we played together. When we laned an... : sesmaster
  • My problem is people ping the minimap for a million different things. It can mean "I'm on my way here" or... : OverloadUT
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  What time do you guys play? I have it installed, but I haven't had a chance to play it. : Maddog_Delphi97
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    people are in the "shack" channel 24/7 as for full shack games they usually dont have folks until early a... : Iwannaacura
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      6 pst? That's 8 cst, right? I'll check around that time... do I just look for any names of HoN games th... : Maddog_Delphi97
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        no join the channel and ask fore invites or games up : Iwannaacura
        • Ok, will do. Look for somebody named "MaddogDelp97" around that time. : Maddog_Delphi97
  • just played two matches hai : [7]kami
  • There's about 5 people usually playing when I'm on, about midnight PST : Juno
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  I need to learn how to play this as well, but after hearing all the discussions about how assholeish (is ... : Tripps
  • play the game it is fun. People are asshole because this game has a lot of passion behind it. It is crazy... : sesmaster
  • play with shackers or stick to the noob games if you pub it : multisync
  • Basically you gotta endure it. I was terrible when I first started HoN. Completely fresh. After reading ... : Nighteyes
  • I've loved every shacker game we've played so far. : chungathebunga
  • Just ignore the assholes and have fun. don't worry about your stats. Join "noobs only" games. : OverloadUT
  • I'm just learning too. There are some guys that are dicks but they have to realize that in a fucking "No... : morinaga
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  kami is probably one of the most improved shackers that play hon lol : kpxkrnjc
  • \o/ KD up and rising! : [7]kami
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  i usually don't like playing with people who like night hound. too many pub games i guess. : tomatoactivator
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    Why? I understand people dislike scout, but Night Hound's smoke bomb is very very lethal in group fights.... : [7]kami
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      Defiler has a good substitute for that, and she's just as nasty. : MercFox1
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        Defiler isn't a carry and her silence doesn't slow. She's good but she's not a replacement for Night Hou... : kpxkrnjc
        • Defiler and necrolyte are considered carries in DotA. They might be a separate class of carry, but the... : miasma(&)
  • Every time someone picks scout I die a little inside. : c0bra
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  threadshit: I am enjoying playing LOL more than I did HON. I mean it's still the same fucking game, b : Slowtreme
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    I don't like LoL's art direction at all. :( HoN feels like a Blizzard game so for me it is a done dea... : [7]kami
    • I think the thing I like most about LoL is the art style. As much as I enjoy blizzard games, I think they... : Slowtreme
    • Have you tried LoL? : Techpriest((Thc))
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    I just think it's clunky, ugly interface, dumbed down mechanics (can't deny or level up just stats, what? : kainen1
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      And HON can keep the DOTA diehards, clearly that's their focus. I'm not sure what you mean you can't l... : Slowtreme
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        I mean you can't level just stats in LoL, you have to choose a skill. In Dota/HoN you choose one of you... : kainen1
        • LoL is more casual, less frustrating, more noob friendly, and has better hero mechanics. Oh and being abl... : Techpriest((Thc))
    • Dumbed down mechanics is exactly what DotA needed to bring it out of the ice age in accessibility. The re... : Zek
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  Pestilence is becoming my new favorite hero. : zuff
  • Ditto. Nothing like flying along next to a fleeing hero waiting for Impale to ready and finish him off! : J4NUS
  • I always pick him when going up against scout/night hound. : crummynz
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  Question for the more experienced dudes, I go for sac stone on some heroes but I really don't get all tha... : c0bra
  • Sacrificial stone is only useful for int heroes that tend to get a lot of kills, even then there are usua... : kpxkrnjc
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    IMO there's only 3 heroes in HoN I'd put sacrifical stone as an automatic for and that's torturer, electr... : kainen1
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      yea elec is the one that I pretty much always it get on, but I wasn't sure about others : c0bra
      • elec is a pretty rad tank so sac stone helps him a lot, even though you hardly ever get kills : crummynz
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      why in hell would you get sac stone on electrician lol : kpxkrnjc
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        health boost and mana boost (which is basically health boost for elec, thanks to his shield) : crummynz
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          it's an item for int nukers that get kills. not for tanks. much better off putting that money towards le... : kpxkrnjc
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            Dude I get the feeling you want to argue just to argue, he's a huge benefactor of a stone. His mana is d... : kainen1
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              i'm like 100% sure sacrificial stone is not a good buy on electrician, the point of sac stone is to get c... : kpxkrnjc
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                Why? Sac stone gives both health and mana regen, along with health and mana boost. With mana shield on, ... : Nighteyes
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                  pretty much. :) it's a win/win on electrician plus it's not just about the charges... it gives you all ... : kainen1
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                    it only gives vision and health if you have charges i'm pretty sure : kpxkrnjc
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                      All of its features still work without charges, but some of them are just not as good. Without charges... : s2jason
                      • Jason, when are you gonna fix tinys toss so we can stalag, toss back into stalag, and win? :( : Nighteyes
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          Someone on the forums made a really good case for Frostfield Plate over sac stone for electrician. I beli... : ratman
          • I read that guide actually. I often build sustainer though so I've never used it : crummynz
          • you'll notice that in the guide it mentions getting sac stone second AFTER plate instead of the other way... : kainen1
        • I built an electrician last night with a sac stone and dominated. : hirosushima
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      You misspelled ThunderBringer : FiReaNG3L
      • pyromancer : DrFlammable
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  How does "fade time" work? However many seconds from last attack? You can still move around and fade ri... : zebosausamite
  • Yeah so if you hit someone as Night Hound for instance, it's the time it takes to pop back invisible. : kainen1
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  Any new patches? Been too occupied with LoL :D : Techpriest((Thc))
  • Likely in a few hours. : s2jason
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  we should make a hero tier list : DrFlammable
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    #1 Arachna #2 Ever'body else. : Psigun
    • IAWTP : Head Rush
    • She's a mean spider bitch. : project13
    • god she is one sexy killer : sesmaster
• haha wow Zebosausage sucks at this game : multisync
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  Holy shit i didn't realize so many of you fag fucks played this game! I'm gonna have to hang out in the s... : Reeves
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    Dude there's been a thread this large for HoN every day for like 4 weeks now. : OverloadUT
    • Yeah but i didn't pay attention until I actually played the game! GOSH : Reeves
• Bump for HoN : Maddog_Delphi97
• We need more shackers in the Shack channel and want to play a game right now! : Maddog_Delphi97
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  Any tips for when I am up against a godly solo mid Thunderbringer? I lost two games in a row to that s... : fleabug
  • Ignore people who completely lose their shit over what item(s) you buy first. If you aren't playing a hig... : s2jason
  • Oh, and as for Thunderbringer, "Shaman's Headdress" really puts a damper on his nuking and doesn't leave ... : s2jason

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  [fry] if you don't flip your lid and go on a shooting spree I'm going to be very disappointed. Guns are m... : ArcKnight
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    i plan to shoot a lot of cactus this upcoming weekend. or is it cactii? : [fry]
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      cactdead : skitzo
      • I would have excepted cacdie : thejay247
    • I was going to go to the range later this week but the weather is sucky. : ArcKnight
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      doesn't a cactus pretty much automatically die if you shoot a hole in it! that seems seriously destructiv... : JINKY
      • dude i'm for reals there's like millions of them in the desert in west texas i doubt i'm really impacting... : [fry]
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      add a 'ibad' or 'kastan' to it to make you feel better about shooting it. "hey wendy did you see me just... : papaskot
      • cactustan sounds much better. and yeah, its cacti : xsoulbrothax
• Where do you get all these wonderful toys? : skitzo
• that is awesome! When are you going to shoot steelsamurai in the face? I kid, I kid. : whodares
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  The price of it is going to rise now too since Blackwater was renamed! : AlexXdude
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    george w bush himself would shed a tear if he held it : [fry]
    • I shed a tear just now looking at it. It's pretty sweet. I got to shoot guns too when I was in Nevada, Am... : AlexXdude
• Nice! When I get home from my job this summer I need to stock up on goodies for my P2000. I'm gonna g... : magistersmax
• Nice very nice! : Affliated
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  20 rounds of 9mm, the grip must be huge : jimmy-buffett
  • Just looks like an extended mag to me. : ArcKnight
  • 20 rounds extend about 1cm below frame. my 18 rounds mags are flush : deadfish
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  Damn I really want one for my home but its close to impossible in NY. Such a big pain in the ass. You're ... : bozer
  • What's the deal with NY? What kind of laws do they have there? : magistersmax
• damn, those look nice : deviantpaul
• Why don't you spend your money on cool things like bicycles and hashish. : Boxelder
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  why no JHPs? : mrvandelay
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    I hadn't noticed this. Needs more hydra-shoks. : magistersmax
    • may be target rounds : mrvandelay
  • http://jumperus.shackspace.com/Jumper-P2000-L-1280.jpg : Jumperus
• Awesome, I'm quite jealous. How much did it run you? : umcpwintermute
• *sigh* I want gun. : Moonbase Commander
• i love sig. i had a p230 for awhile. kind of a girlie gun but for a concealed carry weapon it was perfect... : chrisschutz
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  Looks nice, congrats! My P228 is my favorite handgun. Sig owns. : Colleton
  • i prefer a 229 in .40 : deadfish
• Any difference between a normal p226 or is it just the branding? : fbsh
• awwwww they're so cute! : deadfish
• sneak some of those toys into CA and come shooting with us! we can play 'hide the high capacity magazi... : xsoulbrothax

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• Pretty sure HFCS can't be labeled as "Sugar". : c0bra
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  if it says "sugar", it is sugar. if it says "high fructose corn syrup", it is HFCS. : electroly
  • it's labelled as "glucose-fructose" here : jenisthebest
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  shack HFCS post : gmd
  • seriously... : ass-street
  • shack BRO post : heartsauce
• Watched the entire thing. Highly inf. I had an idea it was bad from the crap that it gets - but no idea i... : davantalus
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  Doesn't he say that sucrose and fructose have the same bad effects? : thecatinthehat
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    Sucrose is half glucose and half fructose, so it is about half as bad as HFCS since glucose can be used b... : snuff
    • Oh, he says they are both equally bad at 20:00.. ok cut all sugars then.. : snuff
  • Sucrose is 50% glucose and 50% fructose. HFCS is usually 55% fructose, 45% glucose. : scythide
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    I think he says its basically equivalent, but somehow that logic was lost and the is tons more HFCS than ... : noobja
    • HFCS is cheaper so I think companies tend to add it more liberally. : aethyr
  • Yea, but the problem was HFCS was not a 1 to ration with sugar... they were spiking everything with that ... : BubbaPut
  • ^^this. : sasoi
• Regular sugar, or sucrose, has only slightly less fructose than commonly used HFCS. I believe most HFCS ... : scythide
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  Honestly avoid sugar all together, that was the point of that video. It does very little for you other th... : Toth21
  • the thing we're all so used to is snacks and easy food. granola bars, cookies, chips, macaroni and chees... : industro
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    As long as you get your sugar from natural sources (fruits!) you should be fine. Also you don't need ... : MrLobo
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      Shake it? More like stir it a crapload with a knife. Some health food stores even have an onsite peanu... : DrZettl
      • Yeah this is what I meant by low sugar, as in not the crap most people buy. : Toth21
      • Shaking works well for me o_o How long does grinding your peanut butter take. That sounds pretty sweet... : MrLobo
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  people are missing the point. sugar is sugar even when it is HFCS. the reason HFCS is so bad is because... : Sparticuse
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    there are plenty of studies showing it doesn't curb appetite in the same way that other sugars do. that'... : EvilDolemite
    • I would like to see such a study. : imperator
    • No, you're mistaken. Sucrose ("table sugar") and HFCS are basically the same thing, and have the same eff : Bold
  • The fact that HFCS is cheaper is certainly a BAD thing : MrLobo
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    did you watch the video? Around the 43 minute mark. He explains the differences between fructose and gl... : retardhumper
    • what i basically got out of that is: eat it in moderation and nothing bad will happen to you, just like i... : Sparticuse
    • wut? hfcs is half fructose, half glucose. sugar is half fructose, half glucose. : miasma(&)
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  His lecture is pretty straight forward, he even summarizes at the end. Limit fructose intake as much a... : hawkeye
  • It look correct to me. : thecatinthehat
  • I'm not a "biochemist" but I've had enough biochemistry to know that yes most of those are very basic pat... : Toth21
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  all-natural peanut butter is delicious! it doesn't need sugar! : jenisthebest
  • It is! A little honey doesn't hurt, though. : ZTac
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  Can't one use an all-glucose sweetener then? : Marrbe
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    Taste-wise pure glucose is not as sweet as glucose/fructose...regular corn syrup is mostly glucose. : scythide
    • My Grandma used to serve Karo pure corn syrup with fresh home made buttermilk biscuits when I was a kid. ... : Colleton
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    I think in theory you could be he mentioned that glucose wasn't particularly sweet. I think it was in th... : hawkeye
    • Doesn't sound like much of a difference at all. How do you get pure glucose? : Marrbe
• YouTube is down for maintenance and will be back shortly. : jono181
• I have LONG believed that HFCS is the single most significant cause of obesity in the USA. I haven't watc... : peter

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  ps3? : Omning
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    Yup. : Rehevkor
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      It can stream divx and xvid off a ThumbDrive and a NAS? : ShadowRam
      • yes off a thumbdrive so long as your thumb drive is fat32 formatted. From a NAS if your NAS has media ser... : sigpro
      • i've got a dns-323 that has a upnp server on it and that's how i watch all of my media : Mr.SEX
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    this really is a good suggestion. It plays lots of formats, plays blu-ray, and is easy to use and meets ... : Mr.SEX
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      It doesn't have decent codec support, you pretty much have to transcode to get it up to par. : WhatIsThisFor
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        that hasn't been my experience with it. i know it doesn't support everything that's out there but it doe... : Mr.SEX
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          The 360 has superior native codec support. I've tried using both the 360 and PS3 as a media player and t... : WhatIsThisFor
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            Did you every try using PS3MediaServer? Works like a champ for me. I hear it's got basic 360 support, too... : ucanbfuzzy
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              Yep, that's one of the several transcoders I've messed with. They all eat CPU cycles and I like to be ab... : WhatIsThisFor
              • Ahhh. I don't usually use my computer while someone is steaming a video from my comp. Maybe limit the num... : ucanbfuzzy
            • Thank you so much for this! Tversity won't work with my non-upnp router (thanks uverse!), but this works ... : prokat
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          Does it play FLV? : nudel
          • Nope. : WhatIsThisFor
      • Plays everything I throw (stream) at it. A 30 second mux with MKVtoVOB for HD movies is not a big deal. : zeke
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        after installing ps3 media server and watching EVERYTHING under the sun stream with ease, i shall never g... : rnpvenom
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          ps3 media server = transcoding : WhatIsThisFor
          • yeah, I prefer to play stuff natively, I hate transcoding : Halen
          • It's instant even though it transcode or remux it. It's the fastest solution I have tried yet. : razlebol
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  popcorn hour : WhatIsThisFor
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    Hey, this is pretty potent.... Thanks : ShadowRam
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      it's what you want. : Clay
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        How's the playback on high def rips? : ieGod
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          Flawless. I watched Terminator 3 yesterday, audio 1536 Kbps, video 13,000 Kbps. : WhatIsThisFor
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            (1080p of course) : WhatIsThisFor
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              Nice. : ieGod
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                AAHH.. The C-200 supports gigabit lan, and also is a Blu-Ray player.. Is gigabit Lan needed to stream... : ShadowRam
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                  Gigabit lan is unnecessary even for the highest bitrate content. : WhatIsThisFor
                  • And with all popcorn hour media players, you can stream everything from a share on your PC (no software r... : WhatIsThisFor
                • i stream 1080p content from a samba share over 100mb LAN : Clay
                • 100 megabit should be more than plenty. Most encodes I have are sitting between 10 and 20 Mbps. : ieGod
  • i have this and love it. : scapin
  • Vote #2 for this box of awesome. : mafu5150
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    I have one too. It plays everything perfectly. The menus are kind of slow however and very plain jane.... : pokerman33
    • YAMJ + Your Choice of Skins will rectify this. There's also some app called UMC which seems to be gain... : Clay
  • 100% agree. love my PCH. : hirez
  • PCH is the cats ass : Vanitas
  • I wish this did hulu by itself and without playon : whore
• Decent thread at http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20580356#itemanchor_20580356 from a few days ago if ... : cause&effect
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  WDTV; HD MKVs, Xvid, MP3s, JPGs, HDMI, USB connection, works with USB flash thumb drives or hard drives, ... : Ender.Wiggin
  • These are actually really funky little devices BUT the MKV support can be a bit wonky in newer firmware u... : cause&effect
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    I love mine, plays anything. No ethernet though. : treework
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      do they play back .m2ts files? : sigpro
      • Imagine it'll play the video fine.. you may want to google about the audio tho, the WDTV has some quirks ... : cause&effect
    • You tried the custom firmwares? WLAN via USB etc.. quite a thriving little community.. apple trailer plug... : cause&effect
    • I'm sorry What I meant was it plays everything I throw at it. I see how misleading I was. I'm not sure ... : treework
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  An HTPC : sanchez
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    If you absolutely, positively have to play every motherfucker on the Internet, accept no substitutes. : nudel
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      It's the high end of the media world. You can do anything with them. But they are the most expensive solu... : ieGod
      • Cost me about $400 to build mine. : sanchez