Morning Discussion: Post-It From America

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  not that cheap on the street, but yeah, it's going to give AMD's lineup some hard times. : one random winner
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    Newegg has it for $209 which is a steal! : Shadowdane
    • Agreed, that's a bit cheaper than I was expecting too, thought it'd launch closer to $225. : one random winner
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    Microcenter is selling the i5 750 in-store for $180! Great deal if you have one nearby. : afty
    • I'm convinced they're owned by Intel, between this and the 920 deal they had going for so long they must ... : one random winner
• Good thing is that the i5 motherboards are also a lot cheaper than the i7 motherboards. Cheapest i5 mo... : code-e255
• so is a budget cpu? the low end i7's arent that expensive : cptstern
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  I've been planning on an i7 920 for a while, but now I'm on the fence about an i7 860 or even maybe an i5... : action roommate
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    What does the i7 offer you personally that the i5 doesn't, other than making you use DDR3 and more expens... : Sapiens
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      Well, after reading the entirety of that anandtech article - nothing. Which is both good and bad. Goo... : action roommate
      • let me know what you find, im attempting to build an i5 rig today; the problem im running into is that th... : Jackass1233
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        RAM can be the same you would buy for an LGA775 system. Go pick up some cheap Corsair or OCZ 2x2GB kit a... : Sapiens
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          Yeah, as long as you remember to get DDR3 :) : Toraz Chryx
          • Yeah I should have clarified that above. "making you use triple-channel DDR3" : Sapiens
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      Well I think that since the i5 is limited to two memory channels that limits it to only 4 cores. if you ... : WadeMcLain
      • It makes me wonder if they'll put the "turbo" mode into the 6 core procs. Reading all that stuff about T... : action roommate
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        From a gaming perspective, by the time 6-core CPUs are worthwhile there will be something newer and hotte : Sapiens
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          how do you figure? by the time six cores are out, they WILL be the newer/hotter/cheaper. it would make ... : smacknca
          • Once six-core machines come out, quad-core will start becoming the mainstream (ie, every one and their ne... : one random winner
          • I think he's suggesting that games won't have the software support for 6 cores so it won't matter. : Shai-Tan
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            "will we have any need for 6 cores by then?" that is what i was referring to when i said "worthwhile" : Sapiens
            • ah i gotcha. :) then yea sadly i agree, doesnt seem likely there will be anything to push that hard ... : smacknca
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          GTA IV uses all 4 cores and is a very noticeable difference between 2 cores and 4 cores. If Anal Wake eve... : thrallie200
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            I meant Alan Wake. :( : thrallie200
            • No no, Anal Wake is better. : Whistler77
          • lol, nasty. : ant_hillbilly
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            anal wake = surprise buttsecks in the morning? :D : mn3m0n1c
            • This is what I was thinking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wake_%28ceremony%29 : Nali4Freedom
          • hahaha : dmason
          • lol : feek
          • it's funny because anal wake will never come out for PC : askedrelic
          • Just so everyone knows: http://members.cox.net/thrallie/Anal.jpg : thrallie200
          • hahahahahahahahahahahaha : mr.sleepy
          • hahahahaha : sanchez
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            Frued strikes again : Dimmona
            • i c whut u did there :) : mn3m0n1c
          • Hahahaha, this is the post of the year right here. : CrustaR
          • I have a pretty big upgrade planned for Anal Wake! : wendigo
          • Still laughing, one loliest things I've read on the internet in a long time : locater16
          • giggles :D : sparkly
          • i love it : jono181
          • I did anal wake to one of my ex's - she liked it. : abrasion
          • 8D : mmaster_pw
          • Ahahahahahahaha! : thetangent
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        I've never upgraded chips without upgrading motherboards. By the time you want to upgrade chip, there's ... : WhatIsThisFor
        • ^^^ most likely memory configuration / speeds. : jake
        • I'm still using socket 939 ..and I've updated my cpu twice since then : cptstern
      • It doesn't limit it, it's just that once you start getting that many cores you'll probably start getting ... : uncleanmonkey
    • i'm trying to check, but isn't the i5 DDR3 too, anyway? : xsoulbrothax
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    from reading techreport's article, it sounds like 860/870 is a better choice than 920 : Goncyn
    • The 860 is looking like the sweet spot for sure; too bad they couldn't get one in time for the article. : mn3m0n1c
  • The i7 920 isn't a good value if you're gaming. it is a sidegrade or downgrade from an upper end Core 2 D... : Serpico74
• Damn that's nice. I haven't had a new rig in 4 years, so I'm totally oblivious to modern hardware. Any id... : Bamtan
• neat! I'm pretty out of the loop on hardware now a days, will probably be building a new ring in the nex... : atom519
• well hot damn. i was thinking of building a HTPC. looks like if i do that, i should just buy one of the... : botch
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  Here's key info into Intel's graphics future: Take this one step further and imagine what happens when : exigence7
  • BTW, page 4 of the article gives info on the Power Gate Transistor which explains how they will do this. ... : exigence7
  • I'd take that with a grain of salt. Intel's track record in graphic chip design is pretty abysmal, and no... : mn3m0n1c
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    Aren't games both GPU and CPU intensive though? : ShekkyBoy
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      Depends largely on the game as far as I know. I know GTA4 didn't run much above 20fps until I got a qu... : Rotten Deadite
      • In the case for what Intel is wanting to do, the computer would adjust, per game, the amount of CPU vs th... : exigence7
  • How was intel going to get around the coding issues though? : stgdz
  • haha FUCK THIS! No AAA games will want this enabled with their engine. Except maybe for scripted cu... : MrLobo
  • I'm not convinced Intel is capable of building graphics hardware that isn't shitty. : yakz
  • FINALLY INTEL HAS SOLVED THE AGE OLD PROBLEM OF GAMES HAVING TOO MANY IDLE CPU/GPU CYCLES. : SenorSpine
  • WHAT ABOUT PHYSXXX : Downforce
  • I don't think Intel will dominate it at all. One of the main appeals of OpenCL (or CUDA) is that it can u... : ovrlrd
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    When I say "dominate", I'm not talking about the high end arena. I don't doubt that buying a separate vi... : exigence7
    • I agree with the fact that Intel could very easily dominate the low end (maybe even mid-range) market. Th : ovrlrd
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      Read about why this card failed, and you'll see the problem they haven't addressed: http://en.wikipedia.o : mn3m0n1c
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        I guess I have a hard time believing that Intel wouldn't address such a basic thing. Perhaps back in 98 ... : exigence7
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          And yet, they have not - Westmere (specifically Clarkdale, the CPU/GPU combo chip) will use Socket 1156, ... : mn3m0n1c
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            Are you saying that the bottleneck is the bus/pipeline/whatever-it's-called between the chip and the onbo... : exigence7
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              Yes. And you're correct, a wider bus solves the problem nicely- which is why both AMD and Nvidia use v e ... : mn3m0n1c
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                For reference: DDR3-1333 has a peak transfer rate of 10,667 MB/s. A Radeon HD4890 has a peak transfer rat : mn3m0n1c
                • According to this http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/259922-33-intel-larrabee-information-challenge-nvidia... : exigence7
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        Ever heard of an Xbox 360? : uncleanmonkey
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          Not the same thing at all - the 360 has a custom-designed system architecture using a specialized memory : mn3m0n1c
          • Also, you know how most 3D games on 360 and PS3 don't run at 'real' HD resolutions? This is one reason wh... : mn3m0n1c
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    how is this different from ghetto on-board integrated graphics? : spectr3
    • it's not, it is the replacement for onboard graphics. : xxx2xxx
  • Intel graphics.. I'll believe it when I see it. : bamb
  • btw this is nothing new AMD has planned to have cpu/gpu shared dies for a long time now : xxx2xxx
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  I had pretty much settled on the i7 920 and now this comes up. If price isn't an issue which one would y... : dael
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    It mostly depends on how long you'll be keeping the system, and your upgrade strategy. If you want to upg... : mn3m0n1c
    • i wish they'd quit changing socket types, make one thats 10,000 pins and be done with it : dignan
  • If price really isn't an issue, get an i7-975. If you do actually care about price get an i7-860 or 870. : Goncyn

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  I real man doesn't watch that waste of time pos show. >:( : mwasher
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    i've never had a martini but this show makes me want to try them : grendel
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      They're awesome but you have to really WANT to finish them. : sammyl
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        i figure if you get them dirty enough they might not be so bad, plus an extra olive : grendel
        • dirty is disgusting. high quality gin + super fucking cold and a slight tiny itty bit splash of dry verm... : mwasher
    • i'll take an old fashioned : dantastic
  • zing! : burningpantsman
• That dude with the Batman ring is NOT a man. If that ring were The One Ring however... : TwiLyght
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  It doesn't mean anything. People are people are people. : Modica Sol Solis
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    Really? So men and women might as well be the same with no individual characteristics (other than the ob... : grendel
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      A man is a man, and he can define that however he sees fit. Women are the same. It doesn't mean anything ... : Modica Sol Solis
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        i think thats the entire point of a philosophical question, isn't it? i am asking what it means to all o... : grendel
        • No one can tell you what being a man means to you. People can give their own definitions and you can cont... : Modica Sol Solis
    • Beyond the things which are different physiologically (which we're all aware of), the differences are pre... : Vincent Grayson
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      no, the whole point is individual characteristics rather than "man characteristics" and "woman characteri... : jenisthebest
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        i am not talking about caveman shit or being better than anyone else, i am wondering what it will take fo... : grendel
        • honestly I don't know that you feel it until you're there. There was a point where I was like "Holy crap,... : zakazi
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  Tight jeans, mascara, and banana hammock underwear. : askedrelic
  • + aviator sunglasses if your hair is long! : xsoulbrothax
• It's all about a $3000 blazer out of GQ. : givemesnacks
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  squat 1.5x your body weight. : tcxsnoop
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    +Bench 1x BW and Deadlift 1.75x BW : dkrulz
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      i'm all good there except for the deadlift, something is funky with my technique and i fuck my back at ar... : filthysock
      • pics of you fucking your back plz : sirsteven
• Once you hit 40 then you are officially a man. : PointlesS76
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  Serious reply - I definitely sometime look at other men and think "that guy is about 3X manlier than I am... : stuka
  • yeah i think i know what you mean. i definitely think the idea of a strong, quiet guy is more manly than... : grendel
• Poop Sock It to level 70. : soggybagel
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  Mad Men is a great show. : Link.
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    why do you think women respond so strongly to Don Draper? i am talking about women who watch the show, n... : grendel
    • Because of his integrity, respect for women and the mysteriousness surrounding him. And because he's hand... : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Real men don't get distracted by all the bright lights of technol : Godhatesfatpeople
• A man makes his dreams come true. I am working on mine. : lacker
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1nzEFMjkI4 : moogle
• Real men don't give a shit what other people think : phate81
• you're not going to get very representative responses from the women who post here : aeg1x
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  I remember a really interesting photo essay/research paper by a Philosophy grad student when I was in sch... : zakazi
  • The idea behind that paper is generally known as the 'masculinity crisis.' There's a whole ton of books o... : Alice O'Connor
  • This is a great post. Gj : Sgt_Boomstick
• http://www.alphabetofmanliness.com/ There, that should take care of it for you. : Caoster007
• Being a man is defined by 1 thing: Responsibility. This is, of course, my opinion, and because it will i... : exigence7
• On my scale there are very few men, very, very few. I rate myself as a half-retard super baby who jerks-o... : steauengeglase
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  Masculinity and femininity and stupid and the perfect human form is a sexless blob with ten limbs and sat... : Alice O'Connor
  • Bowie hasn't moved in that phase of his career yet. : steauengeglase
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  Wow I have been watching mad men and thinking about this very same issue. I agree with a lot your points... : Sgt_Boomstick
  • Come to the conclusion that our generation of men has merely a tenth of the discipline thatbour grandfath... : Sgt_Boomstick

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  Because the build quality of Apple's laptops is second to none and OS X is the best operating system in t... : rudds
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    Isn't MAC OS X sub $100, which makes it less than the most popular iteration of windows? In that case, I ... : Milleh
    • Full retail for OS X is $169, but it also comes with iLife and iWork so it's like getting Windows 7 Pro p... : mn3m0n1c
    • apple sell a combined OS - hardware combo, the <$100 price for OS X is an upgrade cost : jcupitt
    • To buy the new version of OSX you have to have already purchased OSX because you own a mac, there is now ... : snowwolf
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    We've had Apple laptops have warranty work done on 'em way too many times -- even more than a standard De... : CrustaR
    • shiny is a premium. and apparently its a premium that many are willing to pay for : epit
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      he might not be talking about the durability or longevity of the equipment itself, but the actual build q... : Mr.SEX
      • This is what I was talking about, although my MacBook is almost a year old and no problems so far. : rudds
    • I've had quite a few bad machines both from lab orders and just in the wild machines. Fortunately when so... : dmason
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    Build quality? I'm sorry, I've had Apple laptops for a while now, and I've trawled through my fair share ... : Rice-Rocketeer
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      When people say "build quality," they mean the general quality of the LCD, trackpad, keyboard, case, etc.... : walker270
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        So it's the general quality of the components like the LCD, trackpad, keyboard and case and not the quali... : devi| dog
        • Internal components, I should have said. Memory, CPU, disk drives, etc. The "par" for laptops is real... : walker270
    • most people are talking about the new unibody versions when they talk about build quality. if you've eve... : mikecyb
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    OS X can't even properly terminate apps without using the terminal and kill. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
    • Ever heard of force quit? : terath
    • of course it can, apple menu / force quit : jcupitt
• Because OSX is a nice, slick operating system and some people value the convenience of it more than they ... : umcpwintermute
• It's the best laptop I've ever owned. Expensive, yes. : FrayLo
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  Because the funny commercials that Apple puts out tell people that Macs are better. You'd be amazed at h... : dante2010
  • True story, I bought tampons because the girls in the commercials were cute : FrayLo
  • Apple Store is better than Best Buy for customer service (in most cases at least), there's no blame-shift... : umcpwintermute
• The hardware, outside the OEM parts, is much nicer than pretty much all PC manufacturers. OSX is pretty ... : orgcaptainnemo
• It's expensive because it's shiny and you can't see its butthole. It's more useful than a diamond. Just l... : Vangoghs Ear
• I want one just to dick around with and do audio and video editing, and I'm the biggest pro PC guy ever..... : kainen1
• It's one of the few things in life where you actually get what you pay for, in my opinion : foo
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  The reason is that it runs OSX. I love my Macs but other than some excellent industrial design, I don't ... : electroly
  • Basically this. Personally, I absolutely require unix for my work, so windows is not even on the table. S... : terath
• it's a solid machine. almost 3 years into this machine and it's still completely awesome and very durable... : dahanese
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  Worst purchase I've ever made, horrible build quality, at least I'm familiar with OSX now. Playing aroun... : devi| dog
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    holy crap what kind do you have? that sounds heinous. i do have to say the battery on mine died, but t... : dahanese
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      It's the Aluminum body Macbook, purchased in Jan of this year and it's been nothing but problems. I need... : devi| dog
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        Did you get Applecare? You should just get a replacement machine. : Modica Sol Solis
        • Nope, it was my first experience with apple products, didn't really know what it was and it wasn't offere... : devi| dog
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      I have not had the battery last more than a year on mine. I make sure to cycle the battery once a month... : mtgDoofy
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        Yeah, my last battery on a laptop died so I made sure to cycle it as well. After 3 months the battery ac... : devi| dog
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          Sounds like you have a defective unit, plain and simple. I know a lot of people with macs and I've never ... : terath
          • It's a common issue Apple has put out a few statements about. Not sure if they're quite as severe as mine... : devi| dog
        • My guess is the heat from the laptop is what is killing them, as I haven't ever had batteries go dead on ... : mtgDoofy
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      Does that kill batteries faster? Mine is 11 months old and the battery health has just started dropping b... : rudds
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        Li-on batteries start aging the day they're manufactured and typically loose around 3% - 30% capacity per... : Kentor
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          You want to store the battery is a fairly low charge at a low temperature with a low charge (e.g. in a re... : Kentor
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            Wait. So I shouldn't leave the battery in the computer while I have it plugged in? : Mmmmmoo
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              I think it's recommended to at least unplug it, if you're at a desk, and almost drain it, and then plug i : Drakoniac
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                I've read the exact opposite, that running the battery all the way down and recharging it will reduce the... : rudds
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                  haha, don't tell Mysled, and I'll pretend I still know wtf desktops ftw : Drakoniac
                  • http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone.htm <--------read : Hoax
            • Pay no attention to these rain dancers. : vigilante
      • I'm pretty sure I read that once fully charged most laptops will then switch to running straight off of t... : menar003
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  People prefer the OS much like some people prefer Linux. I don't see the appeal of OS X at all after usi... : Portax
  • the ibooks were god awful, slow had terrible lcds at low resolutions etc. my old man just bought two son... : Hoax
• I just bought an HP with these specs for $500 (actually $400 after using some coupons): • Intel... : MagicWishMonkey
• I just got a new laptop using best buy's old psp plan because my old laptop was crapping out on me. I se... : Galadriel07
• my unibody macbook pro was the best purchase i made in the last few years. : grifter
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  I've had four laptops now, and the Macbook is my favorite. I'll likely grab another when the time comes.... : walker270
  • Oh the trackpad, I want to make out with it. Using a pc based trackpad sucks! : FrayLo
• It only has a 160gb 5400rpm HD?? My netbook has one of those. Jeez that's pretty bad. : father_crown
• One of the nice things about Mac's is how close the OS is tied to the hardware. In theory it "just works... : topkatz
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  My Apple thoughts, Now that I've used OSX on my macmini for a about 6 months, and that initial "new & ... : TPSReport
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    Do you not use the terminal? It is unix based you know? I find it to be more like windows gives you... : topkatz
    • Sometimes Apple will hamstring the command line utilities so as to force you to use their GUI tools. I c... : Captain Loco
  • I think Snow Leopard did a lot to improve the utility of the Dock. Before Dock was this weird and almost... : walker270
• It IS a ripoff. IT IS A RIPOFF. : OMGzImBurning
• its not a ripoff because you cant get rich writing stupid iphone apps on a hp or dell laptop. Also bec... : johnny rotten
• i love mine. been using it for two months. windows for when i need it; leopard for everything else. ru... : EvilDolemite
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  The unboxing experience is amazing. : stump
  • They use such lovely cardboard. Makes the cost so worth it. : DrZettl
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  any car beyond a honda civic can be called a "rip off", depending on what point of view you use. you hal... : greydog
  • Civic? That's a pretty fancy car these days! : terath
• Just got back from work, reading through the replies as we speak - thank you shack! : Milleh
• Fuck these threads. That is all. Thanks. : mrvandelay
• For me, it's the software. I've owned and built my own pcs for years. I really like iPhoto and I really... : kek
• If you value being able to run OSX, and like the aesthetics, then it could well be worth the price. : jim bone
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  Let me put it this way: When I bought the thing I only did so on the stipulation that I could use BootCam... : Bamtan
  • Boot Camp is like a gateway drug. Its used to lure on-the-fence users into buying a Mac, then once they h... : Serpico74
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    oo, expose and spaces, 2nd'd. I installed a cheap knock off of spaces on windows...it was actually a Mic... : kek
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      In my opinion, spaces is still kinda crappy compared to unix workspaces that they copied. : Longinus00
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        I wish it wasn't bugged with some programs (Office particularly), I'd like shortcuts for move-window-to-w... : jcupitt
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          What's the difference between desktop and spaces? : walker270
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            Gnome has multiple desktops and it's very like Spaces, but a bit nicer. You can pull windows between d... : jcupitt
            • yes OS X can launch an app directly to any Space, or have it appear on all Spaces. : dopefish
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              You can pull windows between desktops in Spaces too. Click and hold the window, then use your Spaces keyp... : Modica Sol Solis
              • In Gnome, ctrl-alt-arrow moves between desktops, shift-ctrl-alt-arrow drags the current window as you mov... : jcupitt
  • Same experience here. I bought my Macbook expecting to spend most of my time in Windows 7 through boot... : walker270
  • haha yeah I always said that if I ever got a mac I'd just end up installing Windows on it and it would be... : mikecyb
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    thats your fault for using adobe products. : ibrokn
    • Yes, the differences between OSX CS4 and Windows CS4 are my fault. : Bamtan
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  I'm surprised, no comments about having to "approve" the wife's purchase. If this were a post about the d... : FrayLo
  • I'm guessing that because he visits this site he is probably pretty knowledgeable about computers and she... : menar003
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  Because you're also paying for a brand. : ninjase
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    I only buy unbranded things. : vigilante
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      I wonder if generic stuff will ever become hip and trendy : ninjase
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        Like sams choice cola or whatever : ninjase
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          Hold on, you think that tastes the same? : vigilante
          • Fuck no! But it'd be funny if it became trendy or something : ninjase
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  Ironically, I find it easier to work with windows in OS X than in Windows 7. Expose is probably one of th... : Mmmmmoo
  • the combination of expose,alt+tab and the win7 style dock/taskbar management really do work well. i don'... : Hoax
  • OS X window and workspace management blows away everything else out there, Windows 7 included. Its the bi... : Serpico74
• Applecare, Apple Mail, iPhoto, iTunes (that works!) iMovie, OSX. Easy networking, No driver issues, Easy ... : adev
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  because it actually has a decent feature set. you know those $800 notebooks that still have 4GB of RAM... : Postal
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    as i said above a decent sony vaio has all that and more (two usb ports? you got to be shitting me) and t... : Hoax
    • correction, the keyboard is excellent and actually almost as good as the lenovo/ibm keyboards and the dis... : Hoax
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      Really? Can you show me a vaio 13" that costs less than the 13" MBP? Last I checked the two are virtually... : Longinus00
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        we bought two 16" with better specs at lower price than the regular mbp ( i dont have the model nr at han... : Hoax
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          Except that 13" is using the previous geneartion 6000 series c2d, not the 7000 series in the MBP. I also... : Longinus00
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            thats why i said about the same cpu and for everything else the argument still applies. and since i bough... : Hoax
            • 100...not 1000 : Hoax
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      better service? i don't know, every time i've had to deal with apple service, it's been quick and easy. M... : grifter
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        ask people like diane about their apple stories. these are anecdotes and every one has their own experien... : Hoax
        • Well, my story was immediately corrected the moment I called up applecare and was told by numerous source... : DianeOfTheMoon
  • It's also worth noting that RAM and hard drive are the two things you can upgrade with incredible ease an... : rudds
• I love OS X. It's just less to deal with and a nice interface. Everything seems easier. : phipple
• update: Macbook purchased, I guess it's kind of like a diamond ring thing, it's shiny and pretty so she M... : Milleh
• I'm still using my G4 1.5ghz powerbook machine after 5 years or so. Only had to get it serviced once to r... : Delithio

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  is it really really that small of a res? : Break
  • 720x480 versus 1920x1080 -- that's several times larger : Postal
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    That looks about right for 720x480 versus 1920x1080, maybe I'm retarded. : royalally
    • Yeah, though those images aren't exactly that size, since they're wider than 16:9 and the black bars have... : DinK
• oh hey guys i can't tell the difference : Ellissd
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  Oh, that guy looks so fucking smug! "Yeah, that's MY horse." : enyakk
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    Look at the bitter blonde dude standing between the horses. : Lightzout
    • i think he just got a whiff at what the other guy was so smug about. : Klebold
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  need more Blurar vs DVD vs VHS : Reeves
  • Bluray vs Betamax! : ninjase
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  That'd be a little more fair if they were both at the same resolution, since most BR players do upscaling... : Vincent Grayson
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    your eyes can do upscaling too. just move closer. upscaling isnt going to magically make data appear in b... : retarded talking dinosaur
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      While this is true, most DVD/BR comparisons are done with the images at close to the same size, and the d... : Vincent Grayson
      • my panasonic br player upscales quite nicely. sometimes i can't really tell the difference unless i'm ac... : dantastic
  • more fair? it just makes the difference even more apparent http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?... : OrkO
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    http://www.caps-a-holic.com/hd_vergleiche/index.php?art=full&image=3&vergleich=braveheart&action=1#vergle... : pyrogen
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      is DVD really that bad? : Reeves
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        take any dvd of your shelf, take a screenshot from a scene with some detail in it, blow it up to 1920x108... : OrkO
        • Keep in mind that (IIRC) the Braveheart BR is a new transfer. If a new DVD copy were put out today, it wo... : Vincent Grayson
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        The original Braveheart DVD was pretty bad even by DVD standards, to be fair. : pyrogen
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          That's why it was re-released in 2007 with a new DVD transfer. : Prozium
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            That's the one I bought I believe. I'd be curious to see those compared. : avatar_58
            • Well, you won't get that, but if you click 'Back to list' at the top there are like 200 more movies with ... : pyrogen
    • That is a cool site. : byorn
• I don't see a difference : Godhatesfatpeople
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  Every DVD I have played looks much better than the example they use. : thrallie200
  • That image does seem to have a bunch of weird artifacts in it. : DinK
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    it's just because you're watching it on your couch on a TV, and not with your face up to a computer monit... : OrkO
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      yeh, most people dont know it but you have to be sitting fairly close to a 40" TV to actually see 1080p (... : Shai-Tan
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        Haha, so true. My father in law once told me he thought HD wasn't worth it and was just hype, then later... : DinK
        • another issue is many people will see HD cable at their friends house and some of the channels are way ov... : Shai-Tan
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  this hddvd vs dvd one works better. http://www.itwonthurt.com/hdvsd/ : CoRDS
  • its like someone is yelling FOCUS! : smacknca
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  This is more accurate http://realm.ofthehawke.com/temp_image/blurayvsdvd.jpg Although I probably sh... : hawke
  • the upscaling dvd players would do a multiple tap resize that would look a lot better than that, but it w... : Shai-Tan
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    and herein lies the problem. from a reasonable sitting distance, those images appear fairly similar. : edgewise
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      how far away is your TV from the couch? look at the crowd, or the chain mail. there's so much stuff tha... : mikecyb
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        "fairly similar" The chain mail? Are you watching the chain mail? at 24 FPS I don't think anyone's ey... : edgewise
        • well seeing it moving is fair, and I agree really. I just think it looks nicer :( : mikecyb
      • ok, just noticed that FF had auto shrunk the image to fit my monitor. At full resolution, in that picture... : edgewise
    • If you looked at an solar eclipse when you were a kid maybe. : DarkWolf5
    • cept the HD DVD has way, way better colors and contrast no matter what distance. : Turd Ferguson
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    here it is with a better upscaler: http://www.vips.ecs.soton.ac.uk/development/upscale.jpg that's w... : jcupitt
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      Still night and day unless you are blind :o : avatar_58
      • hehe yes, it does look better though : jcupitt
      • yea pretty much. : Ellissd
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      okay I am all for BluRay looking way better than DVD but DVDs don't look that shitty : mikecyb
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        shitty transfers certainly do, but yeah most transfers are nowhere near that bad. : Turd Ferguson
        • Still frame Vs. movement as well. You can see a lot more of the differences in a screengrab than you can... : walker270
      • Bluray not only has a much much larger resolution but its bit rate is higher, thus lower compression I be... : Cubictoast
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  hd has ruined porn for me. : Hoax
  • Peniswrinkle'd : royalally
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    you don't like seeing their veins, hey? : Snuffles-
    • STRETCH MARKS! : massdev
• that movie is a bad example for blueray. smudgy detail : Rigg5
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  which is which? : pancake humper
  • the one image is bluray and the other is dvd, you just have to check out the pixels though because otherw... : Mr.SEX
• Fuck the picture, its the SOUND that blows the tits off dvd... : massdev
• Fuck off! I bought this on DVD not long ago. :( I love this movie so I just *know* I'm screwed and I'll g... : avatar_58
• BASTARD! : deviantpaul
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  That has *way* more to do with the transfer than bluray vs dvd. Resize the bluray pic down to 480, and it... : GMRiggs
  • the DVD seems to have Interlace artifacts too... : Shadowdane
• before i read through these comments, i thought the cap was from monty python and the holy grail : chodog
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  So, dvd increases the contrast in movies? : capt tripps
  • it has a screwed up gamma :( usually, anyway : jcupitt

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• You just have to go at the right times. From like 4-7 is the worst. : DogDharma
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  how do you go years without going to a grocery store? : sparkly
  • he writes checks to himself then eats them. : opengl128
  • ^this?????? : DogDharma
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    uhg, plebs : DrFlammable
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      That's the best quote I've ever made. I used it because I knew it would have this result. : ra1n
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        You're like Lunatic Angelic except 300% better at that thing that you dudes do. : DrFlammable
        • hahaha : AlexXdude
• I usually end up going to the grocery store at night, and it's awesome. : hoov1185
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  which - the shaws in Copley? yeah, it totally sucks... : beastrabban
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    even the WholeFoods down the road at Symphony sucks : peter
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      I was at the Stop N Shop in South Bay Shopping Centert . Ohhhh yeah. : ra1n
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        you get a paycut recently or something? : peter
        • ah I see http://www.stopandshop.com/shop_online/home_delivery/index.htm : peter
        • It's the closest one. It's also fun to go be higher than the thugs in their hood. : ra1n
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  don't go at peak times, home delivery lol : gmd
  • amazon grocery delivery is the SHIT gmd : FrayLo
  • there's been a couple home delivery grocery web stores in the toronto area for years now. grocerygatew... : -=kodiak=-
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    seriously what kind of a man would use home grocery delivery... fucking lazy fgts have ruined everything.... : Hoax
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      This is retarded. I'm less of a man because I use online grocery shopping? You're a pussy for not plowi... : ra1n
      • you are less of a man for your hilariously atrocious comment history here but that aside if you can't bri... : Hoax
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    yah there is a 24hr Harris Teeter across the street from me... i usually go sometime after 10:30pm and... : Shadowdane
    • yup that is where I go : gmd
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  You should see the Trader Joe's near me, there's like 5 aisles and every one of them is packed. I don't u... : snuff
  • Wha? TJ's rules! Their pirates booty knock off tastes better than the original! : skunk_ape
  • Two Buck Chuck and Fat Weasel Ale. : dognose
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    My local TJs has one giant line for all the checkout counters. I really prefer it this way because there... : FlamingGimp
    • That method is provably faster/more efficient than other queue designs. Random things you learn in a dat... : Arcanum
• I love and hate trips to wegman's all at the same time. : rmjackson
• They have these fancy markets near me where you never wait on line. It's a bit more pricey. : TheArtMan
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  That's why I go after 8pm. Also I hate it when people walk in the middle of the isle with no clue about w... : PointlesS76
  • I hate when people are shopping together and they walk side by side in the aisle. Get out of the way, ... : Modica Sol Solis
• Try 2am with an ipod, it's awesome. : abrasion
• You need to check out the one I go to in Westborough. The parking lot is 40% full at most. I was scared... : the archvile
• Thanks to the recession goofballs are out shopping for food instead of eating out, it's not unusual for t... : MagicWishMonkey
• So....do you not eat normally? : avatar_58
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  you have to be a character account. : orgcaptainnemo
  • If I told you what was going through my head in line, you'd be convinced of it. : ra1n
  • And I only went because I don't want to go out to eatevery night and be a fatty. : ra1n
• There's a grocery store here that will deliver food for $8. I used to do it when I was a student because ... : SenorSpine
• I think I'd do this is if were available to me. Pushing around that shopping cart feels tool-ish to me. : Tincan

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• ahahah, this is lols. : loboca
• great timewaster right here : mystifier
• Spoilers: http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/57205/winnar.png : CapnChaos
• holy shit. i am now an hour late for work! lol. : dopeman
• ahaha this is awesome, finally a game that knows how to appeal to my upgrade ocd : smacknca
• haha. : edgewise
• that was awesome : kgargs
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  Another cool game http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/hedgehog-launch-2 : eldiablo01
  • This game is tons of fun. I also like http://www.xgenstudios.com/play/motherload : thetangent
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    Got there on my third day. Much better than my run through the first game. : Greymatter42
    • Nevermind Mars on my 5th. I love this game. : Greymatter42
    • you got to Mars on your third day? I don't believe you. : edgewise
  • Lol, this game is fun AND you get to launch a small animal. : devi| dog
  • I gave up at 120k feet :/ : sparkly
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    lol, I just made $20.5 million on one turn. : edgewise
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      I let him drift sideways while I took a few calls. He made it 45 minutes without me steering. : Greymatter42
      • lol what : Downforce
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    What am I missing, this game appears to blow : fishbone
    • ah I see, the fun starts once you get some upgrades. : fishbone
• hahah wtf! The music put it over the edge : Reeves
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  this game is freaking fantastic. Really funny, and funny to boot. It actually addresses many shackers... : slickdoody
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    I didn't even realize I could upgrade the graphics until I had already completed 20/20 waves. I was blown... : Reeves
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      haha same here. I finally saw the back button:) the new graphics were sweet! : .frame
      • the 2nd graphics level was the best, i didn't want to leave it : Audhuml4
  • wtf. This is the second time today I typed something I wasn't actually thinking. "Really funny, and e... : slickdoody
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  Ahahahaha, LOVE the "upgraded" ending! :D : thetangent
  • Also, I was "110%" complete when I finished. o_O : thetangent
• Hahaha That was awesome. Especially the ending. : moogle
• ending was brilliant : mr.sleepy
• Pretty funny, didn't get to the end, maybe i'll play it tonight if I remember : boarder2
• http://www.kongregate.com/games/ArmorGames/achievement-unlocked For you achievement whores. : Haxim
• Thats pretty addictive : IHATEDUST
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  What's the super ship achievement? : sanchez
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    All pieces, all upgraded. : trove
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      I did that and still didn't get it, maybe because I got all the pieces upgraded after I won the game? : sanchez
      • did you max out the number of parts you can have? I got the achievement after finishing the game. : valael
• Awesome game. YOU ARE THE BEST WINNER I'VE EVER SEEN! : phipple
• Truly the greatest video game of our generation. : Orange Pylon
• Kind of disappointing that there's been no discussion of the commentary at the end screen. The game is pr... : Felraiser

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• I don't believe you. : moe6
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  I am. You need to get with one of us to invite you into the Shugashack legion. Since I've decided t... : mwasher
  • mwasher / ashlee / consequences / wintermute / clay those are character names for some of the people ... : mwasher
  • Yeah I haven't really been playing much for the same reason. Already picked a class I want to start with,... : tashtego
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  This is a Korean MMO right? Does it involve Korean-Style Grinding? : Zek
  • That sounds kind of hot. Are they wearing those little sailor school girl outfits? : Rauol Duke
  • from what I've heard, they cut down on a lot of the grinding for us less hardcore people : valael
  • the western version is toned down a fair bit. : Klebold
  • They cut down on much of the grinding. It comes off as a western-style MMO. : Link.
  • You'll pretty much be forced to group (which is a good thing, imho), so its more like EQ, DAoC, etc, than... : Tommy Toolbag
• Two months. : lightly inclined
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  no. I am not touching another MMO fir at least 2-3 months after it's release. Fuck you warhammer online. : hirosushima
  • Exactly. : Vangoghs Ear
  • Warhammer Online was at its best in those first months before everyone stopped playing. It's still pro... : Vincent Grayson
  • Well, its been out for quite awhile (korea, china, both?) so its not exactly like a standard release. : fr0x
• If you preorder from steam can I get your open beta key?? : menar003
• Frozen Pixel, the website is giving me infinite redirects :( : Majuju
• fuck-ass, I can't connect to Israphel (and only Israphel) right now. : Majuju
• im gonna get scolded for this, but after playing the beta I just felt like going back to guild wars. ... : X-GOUKI
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  I have a 14 Elyos Ranger on Israphel. Come join me! : Link.
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    there's 8 or so shackers in a legion on israphel.. : mwasher
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      Nice. I'm playing with goons. We should roll on the same Elyos server at launch. : Link.
      • no god no : Majuju
  • My character's name is Datpimp, if anyone wants to group up or whatever sometime over this week. : Link.
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  if i install this and decide to uninstall it after the open beta ends does it get rid of game guard too? ... : DrFlammable
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    Yes, Gameguard is long gone after you uninstall. : Link.
    • okay sweet well when i'm finished waiting in this wonderful file planet line I'll be ready to wait some m... : DrFlammable
• By the way, if you missed my earlier post, Fileplanet has free open beta keys up http://www.fileplanet.co... : Link.
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  I'm playing! (Consequences on Israphel server with the Shugashack legion!) Going to finish up some dinner... : jane911
  • ah please send me a legion invite @ "Partial" : prokat
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    You guys want a Teamspeak channel? : RyDogg1
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      I'd hop in for sure. : mwasher
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        Done. We now have an Aion channel. : RyDogg1
        • Awesome. I should be on around 9:30 CST! : mwasher
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  I saw you sitting on a stool selling your wares in the starter town. I waved to you but you didn't respon... : pancake humper
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    Oh god that's my favorite thing, something that I loved in FF11, the personal store. It's shitty that Wo... : RyDogg1
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      wait so is it like the traditional korean mmo marketplace shit where you have to leave the game client ru... : DrFlammable
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        I don't know it may not be, I know I walked away from my PC, when I was doing it in FF11, I would fire up... : RyDogg1
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          well I am in game as pancakes, how do I join this shack guild : pancake humper
          • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20855818#itemanchor_20855818 whisper one of those people (not me o... : mwasher
      • There is a standard "WoW" auction house as well (once you ascend) as well as being able to set up your ow... : fr0x
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  so will this be subscription-based when it comes out of beta? : prime8
  • Yes. : xxx2xxx

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  don't forget add the image to internet signatures!!! : Downforce
  • yep this shitty T1 is exactly going at... T1 speeds!!! groan : Downforce
• 4.17 Mb/s down? wtf is this? : stump
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  haiku your website is pretty popular : deject
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    Speedtest.net is haiku's website? : Reeves
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      Yeah, he built it from the ground up. : CrustaR
      • Runs it from his garage : vov1n
    • he built it and now sells metrics and other nifty stuff through his company. It's pretty cool to see how ... : pancake humper
• this is not befitting of the person who is best at shacknews. : moe6
• 1 billion tests and 1 near civil war. congrats! : pandastrong
• Who says it's a false sense of superiority? I derive pleasure in life from my speedtest results. Plus... : ieatpubes
• I've been using it these days because I switched from ADSL provider, it's awesome : ErneX
• The 1 billionth tester gets an orgy of unicorns and rainbows. : Durandal07
• booom! it passed : vov1n
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  Aww, I was 1,000,000,002 : Phreakin
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    http://www.speedtest.net/result/560131100.png : Phreakin
    • you sure have SPEED : ErneX
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  damn, 999,999,998 http://www.speedtest.net/result/560131063.png : loboca
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    damnit, fuck Spain and their shitty "broadband" I'd kill for that kind of speed at home : ErneX
    • Ah, market data provider on the NYC fiber rings, that's my slowest (office) connection. : loboca
• every time you mention speedtest it makes me wish I collected royalties off wtf242 and sparkly photoshops... : gmd
• mine: http://www.speedtest.net/result/560133317.png : ErneX
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  The result IDs are currently around 560 million. What happened to the first 440 million? : rock elf
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    We changed some stuff about the results images in one of the site updates : haiku
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      That poor 1 billionth tester will never know. : rock elf
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        It was someone in indonesia. I can look at the site admin tool and see. : haiku
        • it was me vpn and all that : Mr.SEX
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  Web of Trust says that site is unsafe. : Lightzout
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    It is the safest place on the web, it is where parents send their kids to use the internet : haiku
    • I was touched in my bathing suit area at speedtest.net : Rauol Duke
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  E-PEEN http://www.speedtest.net/result/560138660.png : sparkly
  • God my upload is horrible, and that's with the TurboSpeed from TWC :( http://www.speedtest.net/result/56... : zuff
  • TRUMPED http://www.speedtest.net/result/560177972.png : ashkie
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  Congrats, I really like that site. : AndyGoin
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    Thanks! Please look forward to my new site that will be live in the very near future. It will do more com... : haiku
    • Do you sleep on a pile of money now? Seriously, without divulging financial information, would you say yo... : hax3d
    • no gauges? FUCK THAT SHIT : cltcprd
    • thats awesome, will be really helpful. I hate sending people to DSLreports for their stupid line quality... : sicko
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      I still haven't decided, regarding speedtest, if I think you're lucky or good. Or both. : action roommate
      • What could possibly be lucky about what I did? The speakeasy speedtest was popular since 2005/2006. It wa... : haiku
  • signed : romulan
• i cant understand why we have such a huge upload for a office with less than 100 people. http://www.spee... : eums
• Everytime I see someone use this site, whether it's at work or even when the guy installing Cable, I smil... : Portax
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  I think I have the slowest posted yet: http://www.speedtest.net/result/560159846.png : valael
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    OWNED http://www.speedtest.net/result/560163753.png :/ : smax
    • Behold, and despair: http://www.speedtest.net/result/560171822.png : AlexW1203
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      Guess again. http://www.speedtest.net/rank/1259962831.png : Longinus00
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        lol that deserves ridicule : Cihte
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          god damn it: http://www.speedtest.net/result/560197443.png : mysled
          • anyone with anything slower probably doesn't even have internet :( : mysled
          • Haha goddamn. : FlamingGimp
          • I will ask the bandwidth gods to have mercy on you. : ieGod
• RAWRRRR http://www.speedtest.net/result/560164314.png : mwasher
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  i like your iphone app, its from you as well right? : filthysock
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    also, where's the Surface version? : filthysock
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      you have a surface? : podizzle
      • no, haiku and I had a 'spirited' thread about it :) : filthysock
• That's your site? I've used it a lot. That's awesome. : thrallie200
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  When I hit the "Free Scan" button at the top (which comes across as part of the site, but may actually be... : fishbone
  • http://img35.imageshack.us/img35/7812/speedtesthf.png : fishbone
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    It's absolutely an ad. Just look at the bottom of your screen to what it links to. : DinK
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      A bit shady to use the same exact button style and design though : fishbone
      • Oh wait, now I see that the right side is an ad too, nevermind. : fishbone
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  FUCK U ALL http://www.speedtest.net/result/560180841.png : niceguynick
  • ^^^^^All you guys have just been owned so hard by niceguynick \m/ : posito
• Seems like my speed is improving over time. Each test is slightly better then the previous (as long as I ... : SilverSnake
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  68 Mb/s down, 33Mb/s up. But that's crap, I know it's faster for most things. : ]pm[chem
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    http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/560183686.png : ]pm[chem
    • god stupid embedded link fail ]http://www.speedtest.net/result/560183686.png : ]pm[chem
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  boom.. http://www.speedtest.net][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/560194921.png : rmjackson
  • less failfilled revision: http://www.speedtest.net/result/560194921.png : rmjackson
• I am going to celebrate for you by feeding my cat! : not work safe
• 50MB down, 70 up. It's nice, but I could probably get by on maybe 40/20. : bamb
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  Why do you fuckers have such high download/upload rates?!? I hate you! : Rice-Rocketeer
  • they are liars : mikecyb
• How does this actually make any money? : abrasion
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  http://www.speedtest.net/result/560241253.png lol korea. damn that's fast. : Supine
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    9/9/09!? How did you get in teh future!!!! : Reeves
    • time zones are pure magic! : Supine
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    That makes me incredibly angry at my ISP and incredibly sad that we don't have anything approaching that ... : ieGod
    • Depends where you are really. I am in the middle of nowhere and it get 15Mbs. Of course its throttled up ... : SirX