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• There are definitely more prompts and loading bars on PS3 than 360. : jigstah
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  What game are you talking about? Most games I play load save games quickly. As far as updates it should... : irrerno
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    A few seconds? The quickest update so far has been Uncharted and it took a few minutes to download the 16... : Fred Garvin
    • Sorry, this isn't totally true I've got UT3 on the 360 and PS3. I'll test, but the PS3 load seemed slow. ... : Fred Garvin
    • Downloads can be slow sometimes but in your post you were talking about installing updates not downloadin... : irrerno
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      Also Uncharted does take a little bit longer than other games to load. But once it loads there are no lo... : irrerno
      • To be more clear, you can play from the beginning of the game to the end without any loading bars or scre... : irrerno
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  They don't have 3 decades of OS development experience? : cetra00
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    ^ this. You can tell they have more hardware experiance though. : DogDharma
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      My proof is in a box on it's way to Texas for repairs. Plus, non-replaceable batteries! : ThomW
      • You got red ringed too? Nice! Mine is en route back to me. I'm hoping it gets here before the weekend,... : FormerHPB
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  Don't really know what you are talking about Fred. The ps3 downloads demos slower (because you have to in... : Mr.SEX
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    I have tried Motorstorm, Uncharted, UT3, and MGS4. I am not talking about media because I don't use my co... : Fred Garvin
    • The only games I have played have been wipeout, lbp (which does have a long initial load but after that i... : Mr.SEX
    • Motorstorm has ridiclous load times. : ThomW
    • a glacier moves faster than motorstorm loads : Daggoth
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      Motorstorm is the worst. You're on the car select screen and the background has about 5 polys on some mud... : nudel
      • I can't believe they never patched that car selection screen. It looks cool, but I'd rather it be raster... : ThomW
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  Could you be any more anti ps3? : MuteMode
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    he could've not bought one : derelict515
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      It was given to him. : vigilante
      • To be clear. My boss wanted my help to buy a new media system. I was going to a sale on Monday to buy a P... : Fred Garvin
  • Let him be, it's a reasonable question, the patching time is a bit shitty. : abrasion
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    This is totally reasonable, downloads with the 360 are generally faster than on the PS3 : Serpico74
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      I am not sure, but the 360 might be doing a diff patch at a binary level as it downloads and the PS3 migh... : Fred Garvin
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        I'm not sure about game patches but I know that all firmware updates are the full updates. : irrerno
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          Even the full dashboard updates on the 360 are pretty fast. All I know is that even downloading new stuff... : Fred Garvin
          • There is a major home update next month a long with the new Firmware 3.0. I'm hoping that speeds up home... : irrerno
  • I would agree considering his past defense of everything 360 but he brings up solid points here that I've... : Pettytheft
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    Complaining about download speeds is valid complaint. For some reason mine download fairly quickly. I t... : irrerno
    • you are the PS3's Fred Garvin... the ultimate apologist. : MikkleThePickle
  • They are slow as fuck, in pretty much every way that matters....and I have never had a 360 to compare to.... : vacous
• I've generally found PS3/360 on par as far as data load speed. loading from HDD on PS3 is ludicrously fas... : SketchyFletchy
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  As much as I like you Fred, you are a somewhat biased person when it comes to this. That being said, the ... : ColoradoCNC
  • Uncharted is pretty cool so far. It's very cinematic. UT3 feels close to the same, but I can't play as we... : Fred Garvin
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  Side note: Fred Garvin bought a PS3? This should be entertaining. Here I'll save you some posts: ... : cetra00
  • Clueless n00b posts a useless swipe post. Film at 11. : Fred Garvin
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  When my girlfriend and I went to play little big planet, it literally took 2 hours from the time we put t... : ryuuseki
  • Yeah that game has tons of updates. : irrerno
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  Pro tip: the built in ps3 wireless sucks. Use wired or a bridge and you'll see a nice download speed incr... : SolrFlare
  • Wired is always best. : irrerno
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    I ran out of ports :( : Fred Garvin
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      Shacknews: we fill any holes. : SolrFlare
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        But seriously, that's your issue then. We probably won't see decent wireless in a home console till next... : SolrFlare
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          I just have to get a switch with more ports. Go too many fucking net enables devices. : Fred Garvin
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            Also, it shouldn't be a signal quality issue as the PS3 is literally 4 feet away from the wireless router... : Fred Garvin
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              Pretty sure that fancy PS3 is rocking the amazing wireless B : ryuuseki
              • Actually the ps3 does b/g. But having owned mine for awhile and observed it I just think it has multiple ... : SolrFlare
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            I hear that. What kills me personally is since I still have some G devices I can't run at 5ghz N, which I... : SolrFlare
            • Fork out the cash for another G router and just use it as an access point. : Prozium
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            Same here. I have an 8-port switch in the entertainment center and it's full. Every device on the rack no... : Prozium
            • HDMI Ethernet can't get here soon enough. : DarkWolf5
        • It's not the issue. I'm wired on fios and PS3 downloads and installs feel like they take forever. Luckily... : bozer
  • This is indeed true, especially with the new Linksys WGA600n, network/web interaction flies. : Wolfanoz
  • Ya for free wireless. ;) : baron calamity
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  I still don't understand why Xbox 360 patching is so fast. I just don't get it. The same patch will req... : pigvomit
  • the 360 patches patch at the 99% mark on the download : Chandler55
  • I'm pretty sure it's an OS design issue. The 360, I think, basically downloads complete packages and just... : SolrFlare
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    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delta_encoding : MikkleThePickle
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      here, you can even buy the academic paper for $20: http://www2.computer.org/portal/web/csdl/doi/10.110... : MikkleThePickle
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        go nuts https://dl.getdropbox.com/u/160926/mspaper.pdf : Chandler55
        • I don't see anything there that hasn't been done for years in network code for games though : moshman
        • Awesome, thanks for posting that!! Too bad the article is so very light on content :( : MikkleThePickle
  • It seems to me that the 360 downloads archived data (like a zip file) and can run the games directly from... : nudel

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  Are you sure he has enough whiskers? I think theres room for a few more. : ashkie
  • long whiskers are long : sanchez
• Super cute! He reminds me of a cat that I used to have. : obiquatro
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  Cute kitten, but who's that other cutie? : Reeves
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    thats my whore sister :) : i poop from there
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      How does her husband feel about that? : Reeves
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        the dead one or the 3rd one? : i poop from there
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          Yikes. The 3rd one I guess? : Reeves
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            dull utensils is the best way to put it : i poop from there
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              how did the dead one end up dead? : MagicWishMonkey
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                shark attack. they were in the bahama's for their honeymoon, she pushed him in the water and end of stor... : i poop from there
                • Holy shit! So she either A) Is most likely really traumatized, or B) Got away clean : Reeves
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                  Are you sure it wasn't a bear? : MagicWishMonkey
                  • maybe :) : i poop from there
                • w t f : vynn
                • holy shit D: : Bamtan
                • holy fuck, that is fucking hardcore : moshman
                • before or after she spotted the shark : aeg1x
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                  On purpose to off him? Are you serious? : Fred Garvin
                  • Really Fred, REALLY? : yosemiteclimber
    • can I have the next round then? : moe6
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    Don't be creepy. : Goalie
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      Are you new? : c0bra
      • KAZING : Techy007
    • You do know you're on the Shack right? : Fred Garvin
  • Beat me to it : bolneze
• awww shucks : niceguynick
• That is a cute kitty, I like the last pic : MagicWishMonkey
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  i like how disheveled he looks in the last picture : MrBig0
  • He's got the GTFO look in that last one. : Mmmmmoo
• Pei Mei whiskers. : abrasion
• half dirty sanchez : iwonthelottery
• pics of the other pussy pls : thekidd
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  Cool name! :D : Arctic Fox
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    thx :) it was between Johan after Johan Franzen or Pavel. : i poop from there
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      Good call, Datsyuk is awesome, even though I hate the Red Wings with a passion that consumes my heart. : Navy Spitfire
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        whats your fav team? : i poop from there
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          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kANbgKP6seM : Goalie
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            i was at that game. why did you have to remind me. :( brad stuart can rot in hell : i poop from there
            • Only Sharks fans get to say that. : yosemiteclimber
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            Awesome save btw. : Navy Spitfire
            • Thanks. : Goalie
        • Bruins : Navy Spitfire
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      It'd be weird to name a cat "mule." : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
      • i agree. but the Mule is a great player :) : i poop from there
    • I would have considered Hank, after Zetterburg : fishbone
    • I would have called it "Astro" : MagicWishMonkey
• That is an AWEsome cat. : kallanta
• that cat must be Turkish or something. : drucifer
• hes got like the cat version of the foo man choo look. he can kill you with his thumb! : smacknca
• Have you had Venom, the energy drink Datsyuk sponsors? It's terrible. Just awful. : Enkidu

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  ps3 fat is extremely quiet. : headbone
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    This one is quieter. Can't stand the 360 anymore. : mallfouf
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      Stop sticking your ear next to the case. Seriously, even my "bad" 360 wasn't noticeable when I was playin... : Fred Garvin
      • lol : MoreVespeneGas
      • It was especially noticeable in ambient games with chill background music, like Mass Effect. I wanted to ... : ieGod
      • I don't even have a PS3 but lol : Yanks
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        sucks when watching netflix. : Turd Ferguson
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          Something's fucked on your unit then. The biggest noise complaint is the DVD drive and that's not being u... : Fred Garvin
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            I think you're in the vast minority here Fred. My 360 is loud as shit. : NastyJack
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              I'm going to try some objective tests when I get time and record my PC, Xbox and PS3 at different states ... : Fred Garvin
              • I'm not saying you're a liar. I'm saying judging by what I've seen and heard over the years in person or ... : NastyJack
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              I don't watch DVDs on my 360. It's loud enough when I play arcade games. No DVD spinning. : mallfouf
              • I always watch DVDs on my 360 and have never noticed the 360 making a noise, probably because I like to w... : trelain
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              My 360 is pretty damn quiet, and all I really use it for is watching DVDs or streaming Netflix. I never h... : yosemiteclimber
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                That's not possible. : Fred Garvin
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                  If he's actually watching physical DVD discs, I would agree! : abrasion
                  • The DVD drive doesn't go to jet-engine speed for video discs. They don't need to be read quickly. Both... : nudel
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              my 360 is also loud as shit : sludge vohaul
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                Mine as well. :( : TrptJim
                • same here :/ : steve_o
              • mine too, loud as fuck even when not using the dvd drive : OrkO
            • My xbox dvd crive can get loud, but it has never bothered me in the least. : silent prophet
            • Have to agree here. It used to be so bad I would never watch a DVD on my Xbox... then got the RROD, swapp... : mystifier
            • My falcon was noisy as fuck with the DVD drive running (and it was barely used) it was still noiser than ... : abrasion
      • you're an inspiration, I didn't know deaf people could work in the audio industry : veras
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        Do you happen to live on a freeway? : cetra00
        • No, I sit about 10 feet away from my TV and have it set to a decent volume. When I finish a game, and go ... : Fred Garvin
      • Mine is really quiet too. Because its broken. However, when it was working, it was really, really loud... : Sacred Sperm
      • denial : zombie man
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        It's on my desk, 3 feet to my right. : mallfouf
        • Is it killin' ur doods? : dmason
        • Here's a pic of my setup and the mendatory installation of Arkham. http://www.shackpics.com/files/iPhone... : mallfouf
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        Cmon people. They vary widely. I have a buddy whose 360 is quite loud but mine is nice and quiet. : serenj
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          NO THEY ARE ALL LOUD AS FUCK, CAN'T YOU READ. Caps for emphasis. : Fred Garvin
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            360 = jet engine Ps3 = hummingbird : mallfouf
            • Both my PS3 and 360 sound like a damn fighter taking off. My PC is quieter than both of them, heh. : theangrywaffles
        • The previous one I had (before the drive broke) was fucking LOUD AS FUCK. Current one is pretty quiet. : Rice-Rocketeer
      • lol no, MS use delta fans, reliable but noisy - even without the drive. : abrasion
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        Nah, the 360 is pretty generally agreed to be much louder than the PS3. I know it sure as shit is in my h... : Vincent Grayson
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          It is louder than a PS3, no question, but the way people talk here they all sound like hair dryers on ful... : Fred Garvin
          • Mine, in my setup anyway, is loud enough that I would never watch a movie on it. : NastyJack
          • Mine does. I can hear it through my closed back headphones on quite areas of games even when playing a g... : cetra00
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            A very many of them are. Stop being Fred Garvin. : Ebu
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              You guys really need to return them or something. : Fred Garvin
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                Mine was louder when it came back from MS after being "fixed". : Bamtan
                • Same. I sent them an email calling them bastards for it. heh. Really whiny fan they put on the thing. :( ... : nudel
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            Yeah, mine sounds like a hair dryer :( : Bamtan
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              Do you know what decibels are? There is no way on earth your 360 is as loud as a hair dryer. Like I said ... : Fred Garvin
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                He said it sounds like a dryer, not that it is as loud as one. Sound quality factors into people's percep... : TrptJim
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                  So now we are talking about subjective perceptions of fan sounds? : Fred Garvin
                  • I was just explaining what he said. My 360 has both a high pitch and a buzzy sound to it that the PS3 jus... : TrptJim
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                    Fred don't you work in the sound industry? Why are you being so retarded about this? Is it that hard to m... : ieGod
                    • WTF does that have to do with it? Fans are mostly white noise and that's something your brain can usually... : Fred Garvin
              • Dude what is up with you? It was a simile. I'm not going to do some statistical fucking analysis just so ... : Bamtan
          • Yeah, mine actually does. It wasn't as loud before I got it repaired years ago (still loud though), but ... : Begawkiness
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        My 360 can be heard a few rooms away even without the drive spinning whereas my PS3 60GB is dead silent e... : mrasparagus
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          I maintain there is something not right about that. : Fred Garvin
          • It's been that way since I got it back in August of 2006, I guess I should be thankful the damn thing has... : mrasparagus
          • Well no shit it's wrong, that's the whole fucking point. : Ebu
        • my PS3 is insanely loud and my 360 is dead quiet. : bozer
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        I have to agree that I have never even really been able to hear mine. : Evil Benius
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          i never hear mine either. : ibrokn
          • that's because it's always off : vx2o
      • I couldn't stand how loud my first 360 was. My second (Elite) is actually quieter than my 40GB PS3 : MikkleThePickle
      • lol : xxiv
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      Anymore? I could never stand that thing. The HD game installs were a gift from the heavens. : ieGod
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        As a newcomer to the Xbox scene, I'm a bit spoiled--I've always installed all games to the hard drive fro... : Bold
        • I install them all too. No reason not to. It's super quiet when playing from the hard drive. : razlebol
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    Mine isn't. :( : nudel
    • Same. Not as noticeable with games, but movies it's fucking annoying. : Prototype
  • After 15 minutes, my PS3 disagrees. : pigvomit
  • the ps3 I use is totally silent when you first turn it on, but then that fucker starts to slowly ramp up ... : thecray
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  My fat 60GB unit went on CL. I'll be swapping for the slim. : sukabljat
  • what did you get for it, and what made you trade. I have a 60gb fat too. Do you gain anything for loosi... : DogDharma
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    the 60GB is like, the best PS3 ever :( : EvilDolemite
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      My 80GB will stick around -- at least until I finish Okami. I *may* keep the 80GB, but I believe MGS1/2/... : sukabljat
      • why didn't you ditch the 80gig? Do those go for less? I've heard the MGS ps2 games don't run well on th... : DogDharma
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    what you wanting for it, just curious. : boomstickah
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      $300 with a few games (a number of 07 sports tits, NFS carbon, Genji). : sukabljat
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        hmm i thought the 60s were going for more. Someone told me you could still get 600 out of them, never lo... : DogDharma
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          id have thought so as well but looking on craigs im seeing people bundle some pretty good stuff for only ... : smacknca
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            What audio support? I know it does bitstream for HD audio, but everything I have read says it's identica... : DogDharma
            • The 60GB supports ATRAC which was removed from later models because Sony thought nobody used it. Apparen... : cetra00
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              the argument goes both ways on which is better. id rather my receiver did the decoding if i had the choi... : smacknca
              • You know there's zero different in quality between the PS3 or your receiver decoding audio, right? It's ... : cetra00
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                It's loseless audio. It's like a zip file, all computers decompress them the same. Now the output may sou... : DogDharma
                • AVS Forum has this debate continuously, it's pretty much decided that people want bitstream just to see t... : Old_Fart
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    I'm thinking of switching mine :( : cltcprd
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      send your PS3 to me! : Degenerate
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        for $300+tax so I can buy a slim? deal! : cltcprd
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          no, for free >:( : Degenerate
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            then how do i get a slim? : cltcprd
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              also, why aren't you playing TWO?!? : cltcprd
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                I was watching Dexter :( : Degenerate
                • St. Andrews is in it now! : cltcprd
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    I'm thinking of selling my ps3 60 backwards compat because its loud. I wonder how much i could get for it... : Iwannaacura
    • So am I, thinking of selling mine for 200 bucks. : Vegtro
  • I've thought about doing this, but then I get afraid that Atlus is going to release another Persona game ... : Vincent Grayson
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  now the dreamcast, that thing was loud : EvilDolemite
  • hahh that drive was horrible. : DogDharma
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  Just like the community! : re-verse
  • I wish that was true. People with headsets can be so anonying sometimes. : irrerno
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  How is the smell? : Zombie Vonnegut
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    i still kind of like the smell of new electronics. it's sick. : EvilDolemite
    • opening up a brand new motherboard... best smell ever. : MikkleThePickle
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  The thing is people who have newer ps3's probably think their unit is silent (which is true) those of us ... : Iwannaacura
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    yeah, when the fans kick in my 60gb PS3 is much louder than my summer 2006 produced 360 (which also had o... : Prozium
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      same here, and my ps3 always kicks in the fan. It's in a really well cooled cabinet so there is no way it... : moshman
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        Has it always been like that? You may have some dust in there. : irrerno
        • I'll give it some compressed air to see if it changes anything : moshman
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      Weird i've never heard a hiss from our ps3. : imperator
      • Is it one of the earlier models? Sony changed something when they released the 80gb motorstorm and 40gb m... : Prozium
      • Likewise, mine has always been 100% silent. The only noise it makes is the beep when I turn it on or off.... : MagicWishMonkey
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  What? : vx2o
  • Too hard to comprehend? : freshyk
• Loudness scale for my hardware: Quietest < 360 Elite - PS3 - PC - 360 Pro > Loudest : Bruzilla

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• I get an adrenaline rush whenever I see that my next piece is that long l-shape and I know that a Tetris ... : TwiLyght
• Playing Quake 2 CTF for the first time. Insane adrenaline rush and when I tried to go to sleep I could s... : LilCrypto
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  Bioshock, the first time I played the part in Julie Langford's lab where the splicers are about to break : the archvile
  • To be honest Bioshock didn't do nothing for me. Was really fun but didn't give me any sort of rush. : scernos
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  I used to use the song "Adrenaline Rush" by Leaether Strip as a soundtrack to Q1 DM : dirge23
  • Quake 1 ctf used to give me some big adrenaline rushes. : shotgun1
• HL2:Ep.2 running away from the Guardian amazing : i poop from there
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  I got that "oh shit" feeling a few times playing Mirror's Edge. : yonderboy
  • as did I. Running away/being chased with no weapons can be a huge adrenaline rush. : grabbie
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  Ninja Gaiden after beating that first mother fucking boss, after about a month of trying i got him : Dschinghis Khan
  • all of ninja gaiden would do it to me - only game that gives me sweaty palms. : Borzoi
  • Ahhahahhahahaaa, ahh Ninja Gaiden. : Cliffzorz
  • I swear to god, ninja gaiden will be really cheap and bullshitty just to get you down to almost no health... : Fish_Bulb
• Back in SB, just before bane's I would get a huge rush, my hands would start shaking with nervous energy.... : packav
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  Geometry Wars 2. I've never gotten that sense from any other game as I have for Geo. : ashkie
  • this is truth. every videogame is mundane compared to million + point runs in geo wars retro evolved a... : BaronVonSnakPak
  • that and Super Stardust. : Shai-Tan
• I would always get huge rushed in Darkfall right before I engaged someone for a good beat down. That game... : Reeves
• Robotron : drucifer
• The first time someone tried to gank me in WoW. Ah Ashenvale... : bolneze
• Some of the stealth sections in No One Lives Forever were incredibly intense. : deject
• Sometime playing spy in tf2 when I'm not just goofing off. I don't play it alot but one time I was in t... : .frame
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  Any CTF. When you're holding the flag, running face-first towards your base and hearing enemy gunfire get... : Shadsy
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    Why has CTF been utterly abandoned for newer shittier game play modes testing how long you can stay in on... : socksta
    • Good question. Makes me sad ... I remember playing tons of Quake/2/3 CTF. Such good stuff. : m0rb
    • Easier to pick up and play - helps concentrate action in one area rather than spread out in random places... : Lunaran
    • 2fort is pretty good. : Pneum0
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      because CTF doesn't force you to work as a team so it falls apart in pubs : derelict515
      • It doesn't force you to work as a team but it's fun cause you can't expect what's going to happen and you... : guigr
      • But "working as a team" in pubs using the stand around waiting for a progress bar to fill method just mak... : Beady
    • 99% of all CTF implementations is total ass. : Creepin_Jeezus
    • Because games nowadays discourage shooting while moving. =( For the sake of realism it's not too commo... : DinK
    • I miss good ctf maps. they rule. : baron calamity
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    I remember the first time I picked up the flag in Tribes 2 (I missed out on 1 because I didn't have a gam... : Grimp
    • Damn I miss Tribes : jeffcox111
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    Oh man, I was utterly addicted to Quake 2 CTF for a long time. Pure Awesome :) : happynoodle
    • truely. : RogerDandy
  • CTF never really did it for me. My adrenaline rush always came from playing 1v1 games of Quake II, but no... : zerog83
• Call of Duty. Any time the music swells up. : Deathlove
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  DooM3 gave me tons of adrenaline rushes. My friend brian could only play a map or two and he'd have to s... : Pneum0
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    Same here! I made myself play Doom 3 only at night in a dark room because the game was more survival horr... : David Craddock
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      That's exactly how I played, at night in a pitch black room (so I could see better), with loud audio. : Pneum0
      • Yes! That was the only way to play that game! woo! : DM7
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    FEAR did that to me. It scared the bejeebus out of me. : Thresher
    • FEAR didn't scare me, but it's still a great game. : Pneum0
• The last game to elicit some type of genuine excitement or rush was the final battle in Episode 2. : freshyk
• All the time. Burnout Paradise particularly excelled at doing this. : Begawkiness
• If I kill like 5 people in a row in CS:S and I'm the last guy alive, yeah sometimes. It's weird, never h... : kill9
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  Yes, when playing QWOP. http://www.foddy.net/Athletics.html : Chris Remo
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    holy shit. I just played this again. The hurdle at 50 yards just made me laugh until I cried. My "run... : cornchak
    • Oh man, and the strains of the theme from Chariots of Fire that play when I am in a position that even mi... : cornchak
    • I beat it last night, legitimately. It was one of the most stressful moments of my life. : Chris Remo
• Sort of, I guess. I've been playing a good bit of QuakeLive and have started winning more and more often... : Thresher
• no matter how prepared i think i am, every time i get the master sword in LttP i pee on myself a little : aurealis
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  Half-Life 2: Episode Two, the part where the Antlion Queen is chasing you from behind. Also Shalebridge C : The Grolar Bear
  • god that level was fricking scary in thief3, id replay the game but my roommate scared the shit outa me w... : supaLink
• noobja, Nitrium, and I played a ranked 3v3 DoWII game a little bit ago and it was heart-pounding. We won... : Wadmaasi
• First time I wiped out an Enclave Patrol in Fallout 2 instead of being wiped out. : kramweil
• rarely in singleplayer but basically every time I play multiplayer, especially RTS games. I don't think a... : aeg1x
• Just got a small one beating my best zone time in Wipeout. : Greymatter42
• Stabbin some poor sap for the dominating kill in TF2 blows my mind. : Techy007
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  EVE and no other game has come close. Small-scale ganking, waiting for that call to jump in, engaging an... : Moonbase Commander
  • A long time ago I was a super-specialized T2 huricane pilot. Tailored my character for maxed tracking, lo... : CasbahBoy
• just dont keep any remote controls near you if you lose. : sesmaster
• Yes, the end of Earth Defense Force 2017 got me so fucking hyped. It was awesome. : cornchak
• I get a constant stream of adrenaline playing counterstrike.. it makes me jittery but i can kinda control... : alphablu
• call of duty modern warfare when it gets intense.. pretty much most of the time? 1st play thru only : supaLink
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  yeah - on expert guitar, the first time I ever got past the beginning of the solo in Panic Attack. After... : flagg209
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    Nothing like cruising through the final verse of a great song, the ding of the fifth star in the distance... : willy359
    • And then in your complacency you fuck it all up and your friends laugh. : Cliffzorz
• Warcraft 3 any good match has my heart beating off the chart : abrasion
• Skiing down a big mountain as a heavy in tribes and flying all the way across the map. : malevolence
• trench run : conandan
• I do a little when playing Pacific Rift. : Prototype
• All the time. Most recently HoN when I'm up against some dota pros. CS used to be a good source of ... : fleabug
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  Some wow PVP used to get my heart pumpin. Especially when you get jumped and end up winning. : wurt
  • My adrenaline used to spike so bad in PvP that my hands shook. And they shook so badly that I literally ... : Rotten Deadite
• Running to the safehouse when you're the only one left in Left 4 Dead. : DM7
• 8x railguns, chainguns :D : Downforce
• More Brain Training on DS... Roller-coaster of emotions. : hectadectagon
• Bionic Commando whenever that new theme song kicks in. I know lot's of folks hate the game, but you can't... : avatar_58
• In TF2 and L4D all the time. :D : Godhatesfatpeople
• Yeah i get that way during pretty much any Company of Heroes automatch, and i am often left with my hands... : RetroRedEyeJr
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  playing Resident Evil on the PS for the first time. : siknsyko
  • Now your talking! Plus the remake was just as good. : scernos
• Dark Age of Camelot- realm vs realm was by far some of the best rushes. : dnuts
• I only play online FPS games for adrenaline rushes. Shacktac has the best ever. That is the most intebs... : Lightzout
• Q3 TDM : anhero
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  Used to get them when I fought other players in MMOs. : pigvomit
  • definitely. : edgewise
• Isn't this why we play action games? For the "rush"? : IHATEDUST
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  Quake 2 Rocket Arena. Coming down to the wire when you're the only person left on the team, and there's ... : Dimmona
  • Not just RA. Quite a few of the Quake 2 mods I used to play were great like that. : MacemanInTW
• Surprising MMO PvP encounters do this to me. Sometimes even to such an extent that I'm having trouble hit... : ramshot
• Generally only in multiplayer. : marmite
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  First time I got an actual adrenaline rush was the first Half-Life when the elevator climbs up to the sur... : scernos
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    Excuse me I mean Soldiers ARE waiting. : scernos
    • Oh and can't forget the Half-life section where you fight the assassins in the warehouse.. : scernos
• Metal Gear Solid 1 on the PS. First fight on the elevator. : dissembler
• Every day when I play TF2. : lplasmatron
• When I get a Hat-Trick / Triple Kill in HoN or DOTA is pretty thrilling. : kainen1
• Yes... mostly CS when I'm in the zone. : ShadowRam
• This used to happen to me alot in Gradius V and Einhaender, usually during boss fights where I just felt : Omaha

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  corporate users i suspect. : Theos
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    I'm stuck with it at work and I'm very tired of having anywhere from 12 to 20 IE browsers open at once. : lefthighkick
    • I have to support IE6 for our reporting interface and I cringe at the IT situation when doing demonstrati... : Theos
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    i hear this reason all the time. lame excuse these corporates have IT departments! : iwonthelottery
    • Yes they do. Under-funded, under-manned and faced with a legion of retards clicking every FW and doing th... : Theos
    • A lame excuse on whose part? Until quite recently, a bunch of stuff on our company's intranet only worked... : Chris Remo
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    ^^^ this. Most internal webapps are designed fir IE6 and won't work on 7 or 8. : prime8
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      We have a couple 3rd party ActiveX controls that completely break on 7 and 8. : yonderboy
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        Even IE8 in compatibility mode doesn't work? I wouldn't be surprised if it didn't. I'm glad to report... : Rotten Deadite
        • Also I've personally encouraged all users here at the local office to download and use FireFox for casual... : Rotten Deadite
  • ding ding :( : abrasion
  • +1 : stuka
  • yup we are stuck with it at work until a few apps get updated to work properly on IE7 : Shadowdane
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    I'm still stuck on IE6 at work. It took me 8 months to get approval to install Firefox on my system only ... : baron calamity
    • wtf 8 months? : davidc02
  • our accounting system shits all over itself if we give it anything other than ie6 : Waffles!
  • Still using IE6 at work here for shit like Kana. : Sapiens
  • This. My office uses IE 6, it's horrible. : MeestaNob
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  I upgraded to IE8. When I tried to import my firefox bookmarks, IE created directories on c:\ to match ... : cerealSAM2
  • at least you can assert IE8 to render the page as it would in IE7 using some x headers : Theos
  • well it's not really the IE8 team's fault that some pages display things completely fucked up. It's usual... : thecray
• i wish google would block it : Mansmells
• We still use it at work. It's fucking awful, especially as gimped as they have it. So many pages (inclu... : Thresher
• Lots of domains are stopping support for it. : razlebol
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  10-15%? No way man. It's much higher than that. : JohnnyRey
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    Not anymore. http://www.w3counter.com/globalstats.php : ovrlrd
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      ptfff...thats a sample of 26,000 pages. Out of like...a gazillion. : JohnnyRey
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        Either way even if it's at 30% it's nowhere near where it used to be, and falling sharply every day. : ovrlrd
        • It entirely depends on company. For our company it's sadly still 55% of all users. : Chod
    • CORPORATE INTRAWEB APPLICATIONS That is why they continue to support it. You remember that crazy DEVE... : anhero
    • 'Other Mozilla' Netscape? Or Somebody too stupid to use autoupdate on FF? : MeestaNob
• we can use IE7, but nothing more with the new warehouse management system. ie8 makes it shit the bed ... ... : ghost hacker
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  Response to that very question from the head of the IE team - http://blogs.msdn.com/ie/archive/2009/08/10... : airrob
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    They balance their personal enthusiasm for upgrading PCs... 0.00000000001% ...with their accountabili : the archvile
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      Honestly I'd be ok with IE6 if they at least patched the major css flaws. : Chod
      • might as well just patch it to be IE7 : Slowtreme
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    I really can't agree with him on the "Users don't feel the need to upgrade" part being important. Most o... : hawkeye
    • And the answer is "no, if it has the potential to break their computer and cause harm." : umcpwintermute
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  Why won't "microsoft"? What more can they do? Xp auto-updates to IE8 if you fresh install it. That's abou... : avatar_58
  • They pushed an IE8 auto-update a few weeks back (I still had IE6 because I've been using FF and Chrome fo... : jipey
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  That would also require users to have auto update turned on. Considering the number of users who get hit ... : thecray
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    Tons of people have updates turned on but never install them. The vast majority of times I sit down at so... : drazz
    • It doesn't help that the XP Automatic Updates window looks like a complete hack (probably because it was;... : the archvile
  • Actually judging by how many user were hit at my work with an update which broke our remote access - I'd ... : avatar_58
• bitches need to use chrome. ie is trash. : tums
• because Microsoft feels it must hold on to compatibility for dear life to please its corporate customers,... : Postal
• Sadly, Google analytics says ie6 is in use on a few of the sites i maintain. I have to remote into an... : squigiliwams
• When you have a client that is one of the biggest insurance companies in the us who is 100% ie6, you deal... : get_navi
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  Embarrassing truth - Chrome and Firefox are faster and more stable on our workstation computers than IE. ... : SketchyFletchy
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    so does safari what : opengl128
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      its does the whole thing : filthysock
      • Alternately, it does your mother. In the butt. : SketchyFletchy
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      Shite, typo. Meant to say that Safari IS also faster and more stable on our windows workstations then ... : SketchyFletchy
      • safari is very very fast : filthysock
• They could just have made ie7 compatible with stuff, you know like they did with vista and xp... Oh wait ... : davidc02
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  force the upgrade, point the people that still need IE6 to http://www.xenocode.com/browsers/ : harold.johnson
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    Every one of those is telling me it's unavailable on my device. I'm using Firefox on a Mac. : BlackCat9
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      i don't know if the spoon plugin works on mac's. but then again, mac users probably aren't worried about... : harold.johnson
      • I am. I have to make sure my company's sites work in IE6, and it's a pain to boot up VMWare all the time. : BlackCat9
• Hijack: I spent far too long fucking around with Sharepoint last week, trying to get something to work in... : BlackCat9
• They can't force corporations and organisations to upgrade to anything, really. Plenty of intra stuff out... : ramshot