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  I dyed all my gear blue :) I still haven't quite gotten the hang of gliding over long distances but I'm ... : electroly
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    Dye? where? Is there an npc somewhere? All black assassin I want to be! : jane911
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      I think there's a vendor in Sanctum that sells the dye, and some of the rare dyes are mob drops. : electroly
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        There is also a vendor that will change one armor piece to look like another, but I'm told it will only w... : electroly
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          Makes sense otherwise PvP would be a nightmare. "oh look, a clothwearer, i'll melee it! oh shit its a gla... : Klebold
          • A tank wearing a dress would be pretty funny though :) : electroly
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          Oh dammit really? I should have looked into this before they closed it =\ : bolneze
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            You can't do it until level 30 : electroly
            • Oh lame but at least they put it in. Always wanted that for wow. : bolneze
    • I made a post on the forum giving you a general overview of dyes, and where/how to get them. : Frozen Pixel
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    My work here is complete : pancake humper
    • lmao : Downforce
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  I ran my priest up about seven levels and stopped. I figured that I knew enough to get the pre-order and ... : Jonathan
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    Also who starts a head start on a Sunday? What's wrong with Friday? : Jonathan
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      You can log in Friday and register your name + character. : ateam311
      • It's hardly as convenient as playing on Saturday though. : Jonathan
• Is the weekend over? : tcxsnoop
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  god damnit I just made a big post >:( : Majuju
  • Sorry dude I looked and looked. : RogerDandy
  • I burned you by 6 minutes. : RogerDandy
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  I'm so fucking stupid. * I M P U L S E B O U G H T ' D * I preordered I'm a giant dipshit. I really li... : Slowtreme
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    i'm going cleric in retail. here's hoping the healing is like a holy paladin. : electroly
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      umm, you do know you are in cloth. I don't really think it's like pally healing either, I played to 20, a... : Slowtreme
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        Clerics are in Chainmail. Lemme get that video of a lvl 50 cleric killing tons of people in the Abyss sol... : Frozen Pixel
        • I never leveled past 20 on a Cleric, I didn't have chainmail or a shield (but I did have leather and a st... : Slowtreme
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        umm, you do know clerics can (and do) wear chain and use shields. i played my cleric to level 13 and it'... : electroly
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          How are Chanters compared to Clerics? I only made it to 10, so enough to select the class but I didn't g... : breadsticks
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            Not sure, to be honest. I didn't make it much further than you on my cleric. Someone told me a chanter : electroly
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              I'd compare them more to an enhancement shaman if we were to compare them to a WoW class. : Frozen Pixel
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                Someone should make a comparison chart. I can't understand things unless they can be stated in WoW terms... : electroly
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                  gladiator = fury warrior with more AoE templar = prot warrior assassin = rogue ranger = hunter without... : Majuju
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                    Awesome, thanks for this. Cleric it is! : electroly
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                      as a revision, I guess glad is more arms than fury, and cleric is not an ultra melee hamburger machine li... : Majuju
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                        So there are no hybrid classes in this game? All tanks are templars and all healers are clerics? Should... : electroly
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                          Chanter is the only Hybrid. We are only, sorta like enhancement shamans. : Frozen Pixel
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                            How many regens do they have and do they stack? : mace
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                              HoT's don't stack in this game, for balance reasons. If they did, groups would just be unkillable with ou... : Frozen Pixel
                              • And to answer your other question, Chanters have the most variety of HoT's, much like Clerics have more v : Frozen Pixel
                      • they are arms until you get that dual wielding stigma to drop :] : rgoer
                  • Id say a Chanter is more like a Ret Paladin or Holy Paladin depending on weapon and armor used. With ... : lcizzle
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            Chanters are a lot of fun, but will be the least played class in the game. Many may make one and take he... : Frozen Pixel
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              Interesting. Long as I have something to bring to the table and I enjoy the class, than all is well. ... : breadsticks
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                Chanters wear Chain. However, most of the Chain armor you end up getting in the later part of the game is... : Frozen Pixel
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                  Unless those Clerics are retarded. : Frozen Pixel
                  • And retards are dime a dozen lol : breadsticks
            • there are youtube videos of chanters just destroying everyone in their path : italiano3d
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              So explain chanter buffs. I understand they are group wide, but are there perminate group buffs as well a... : mace
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                Chanters have self buffs that last from 30 min to 60 min, then they have single target buffs that can be ... : Frozen Pixel
                • Mantras do not stack with other Mantras of the same kind. However, scrolls, food, and drinks that buff th... : Frozen Pixel
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                  So do you really like the class? Are you going to play a class in retail? Do you heal while in combat?... : mace
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                    targeting is exactly the same as in WoW. and you will be disappointed re: UI mods. UI modifications are... : electroly
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                      this is my one big complaint about Aion. really my only complaint to be honest. i love me some UI mods ... : electroly
                      • my only complaint is you can't "roll" hotkeys like in wow. which ends up in repetitive stress wounds. : graceofdragons
                    • Do any NCSoft games allow UI Mods? I'm not really sure on UI mods for MMOs in general (I think they're st... : Jonathan
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                      whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat????? I do not like that at ALL! Is there any sort of built in recount or any... : mace
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                        I'm with you, man. My WoW UI is decked out and tweaked exactly how I like it, but there is nothing of th... : electroly
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                          I'm of the opinion, while I still had a significant WoW UI, that ncsoft has done a remarkable job of cove... : graceofdragons
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                            My biggest complaint, and you can laugh at me if you want, is that I don't have a 3D character portrait n... : electroly
                            • You can move the group bars, btw. : Frozen Pixel
                    • I'm more behind this, than not. I like that everyone is playing the same game. The flip side is that "any... : Slowtreme
                    • again the developers in korea recently said they are considering allowing only custom ui modifications fo... : italiano3d
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                    I really like the Chanter, even with all it's problems and will be playing one once the game is launched. : Frozen Pixel
                    • Interesting thoughts. This was the class I was expecting to play to cap. I only made it to 15 on my Chant... : graceofdragons
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                      you really have to consider that other people (Asian) have been playing this game for quite a while. They... : Slowtreme
                      • It's more about popularity then a hidden upside. The other classes are just more popular. There were quit... : Frozen Pixel
                  • I use to have a massive wow UI and got pretty hardcore into pvp and arena. At one point I turned all my ... : lcizzle
            • I really like this, I always wanted to play an enchanter in EQ and this kinda sounds like it might be my ... : nukewinter
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        Clerics wear Chain, though.. : Confrustrating
        • Damnit, should have refreshed. : Confrustrating
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  a couple of us from TopGoon made it down to the ground under Sanctum by gliding carefully : rgoer
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    What was there? : RogerDandy
    • a fake little village, a weird "cathedral" slapped together out of random assets, and a waterless ocean : rgoer
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    What server/race are the goons going to play on at retail release? : mace
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      Last I heard they were strongly favoring Israphel. : electroly
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        voting favours Israphel, but there is a vocal minority talking about Azphel. : Majuju
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          are you going to play with both legions? : rgoer
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            don't know - I'm worried it'll be Mal'Goonis all over again, but hey, it might not? : Majuju
            • I think it will be fine : rgoer
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        Asmod or El...? : mace
        • That one I'm not sure about. They were Elyos in the beta, but I don't have access to the aiongoon forums... : electroly
        • Elyos : Link.
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        Yeah, unless the general consensus changes quickly, we're going Israphel. I hope Shackers do the same! : Link.
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          That server has been terrible in beta. All the other servers would be up and it would be down, not to me... : lcizzle
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            I don't see how the server in beta has anything to do with retail. How do you know it'll even be on the s... : Link.
            • How do you know it will? :P : lcizzle
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    Hell yes. Fellow goon. :topgoon: : Link.
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      you can ride my tail any time : rgoer
      • Are you ever on IRC in #aiongoons? If not, you should be. : Link.
• I hope they end up easing up their restriction on UI modifications. That's my one complaint so far. : electroly
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  So here is a question for you folks. I got to play it for a few hours, got to level 10 was entertaining. ... : Chod
  • Seems to me if you want to have any fun a group is required. : RogerDandy
  • You can solo every class to 50. However, it will take you forever. Leveling slows down quite a bit post 3... : Frozen Pixel
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    Aion is designed for group combat (being a MMO). Solo'ing is not very efficient, it can be done - sure, b... : jane911
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      it isnt that hard to solo to the cap if you really want to. : italiano3d
      • No it isn't really difficult at all, just takes longer and not really efficient if you're looking to leve... : jane911
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    I only managed to get up to my upper teens, but from what I've read and what I experienced, it's very slo... : ateam311
    • im serious it isn't that slow if you stack quests. After you learn what npcs all give you quest for one a... : italiano3d
• http://shugashackguild.com/forum SIGN UP, VOTE, TELL ME WHAT YOU'RE PLAYING IN RETAIL! : Majuju
• I may have to reverse my decision to ignore this one and try it out after all. I've played every other MM... : Goncyn
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  Has the Shack decided on a server/race yet? I've been reading about this game off and on yesterday and to... : PhoenixArisen
  • Check our forums, which Majuju linked a few posts up. We're playing Elyos for certain, and we're still vo... : Frozen Pixel
  • sign up for the forum! : Majuju
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  I finally got in to open beta, and hit 10 to try the Ascension. Wow, I was not expecting this game to be ... : graceofdragons
  • Well it doesn't take much to beat WoW I had a terrible time on their release. Aion was very smooth so was... : RogerDandy
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  I don't know much about the game, so tell me, how is it different than WoW? I'm kinda interested but then... : sanchez
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    Also, any faster dl links than the gamershell/fileplanet linked on the main aion page? : sanchez
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      Steam! : Majuju
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        The beta or full game? : sanchez
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          Should be full game, but probably unpatched. However, it might just install the NCSoft front-end at whic... : Majuju
          • Once open beta hit, the NCSoft launcher was maxing out my connection at 600kb/s, actually. As opposed to ... : Link.
• so tempted to try it, run around in it, etc.... but i can't get sucked into anymore mmo's. :( : arcane_
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  So wait... in aion, the PvPvE you join forces with the opposing faction to fight mega-bosses? : mace
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    no. red = dead, there is no joining forces with the opposing faction. the endgame takes place in a PvP ... : electroly
    • This is what I am really looking forward too, epic battles like in Darkness Falls with DAoC. : shortbuscaptain
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      Ok... so answer me this... are there complex boss fights like in Wow, or is everything tank and spank lik... : mace
      • There are complex boss fights. : Frozen Pixel
      • If you look through youtube there are tons of raid boss fights, pretty crazy ones too. Here are two qu... : shortbuscaptain
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  is the combat like WoW? 1-9 or whatever for spells? is there anything complex like in AoC? : das_runt
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    Combos and Triggered Skills (Think Soul Calibur or Street Fighter) Bonuses for moving in various direct... : lcizzle
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      The combos are nothing like either of those games. It's just clicking one spell, then clicking the next o... : Vincent Grayson
      • that sounds much better. i hate having to memorize combos. : das_runt
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        So you say... It's just clicking one spell, then clicking the next one in the combo. And Soul Calib... : lcizzle
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          Someone has drain bamage. : lcizzle
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            No, because when you say "think SC or SF", that brings to mind complex button-based commands that must b... : Vincent Grayson
            • I agree (see below) : ateam311
            • you can customize your chains later on in the game. : italiano3d
          • LOL, and Aion is an FPS because you can zoom into to first-person and cast spells. YEP! : CyCo_PL
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          I disagree. The combos were not that complicated like your typical fighting game is. This is very generic... : ateam311
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            At its core though it's exactly the same without special moves. Stand and hold the controller without ... : lcizzle
            • I assumed something I shouldn't have. My bad. : lcizzle
            • :facepalm: : Majuju
            • what the fuck are you even talking about. it is nothing like those games : lokdown
            • Yeah, no. : skinlab133
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      Wait is that what those little arrows were? Those tutorials really didnt explain that. : bolneze
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        Yes, if you hit X you go into combat mode and depending on direction of movement green arrows pop up arou... : lcizzle
        • Ohhhhhhhhhhh : bolneze
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    I think it opens up as you gain levels and gain more skill chains : valael
    • it does. : italiano3d
• any good videos showing this game off? I've remained blissfully ignorant but you guys have me intrigue... : InfoBiter
• I just pre-ordered!!! Can't wait till Monday!!! : RyDogg1
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  I'm totally psyched for this game, but can't make myself spend anymore time until the game is released. ... : nukewinter
  • considering the beta is over, you can't spend any more time until the game is released :P : electroly
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  I tried to get into this... failed miserably. It just feels TOO much like WoW. It looks better, but jus... : CyCo_PL
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    There's something very wrong with this picture. I'd someone to point it out for me. : Link.
    • DDO is actually pretty awesome, dude! : Majuju

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• Benches of the mainstream 5850 http://www.shackpics.com/files/sqt3yp_88ooou958fnp0kcbsjqm.png : bipolar
• Nice, the 5850 is quicker than the GTX285 and the 5850 isn't as insane expensive. : abrasion
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  neat, what is the assumed MSRP for the 5870? : atom519
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    ~$400 for the 5870 and ~$300 for the 5850. : cetra00
    • Oh wow, I wonder what nvidia will come out with as a response to that. : Serpico74
  • $399 : pancake humper
• Thank you! : Milleh
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  Is the 295 a sli on a single board thing? : DogDharma
  • Yes. The GTX 285 is the fastest single chip card from nvidia. The GTX 295 is basically a doubled versio... : bipolar
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  I'm looking forward to the day when ATI/AMD end up back on top of the game over Nvidia and Intel....thoug... : Mr. Goodwrench
  • Well, I say 'shame'. It isn;t really a shame to those who want the best of everything....but to those who... : Mr. Goodwrench
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  Why does the 5850 outperform the 5870 in Stalker :\ Also, why does clear sky run so poorly in general? : Milleh
  • Because it's the X-Ray engine. Which despite it's awesome lighting effects etc, is a poorly optimised pie... : Mr. Goodwrench
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    they more or less perform the same. the difference is within the margin of error : Shai-Tan
    • Yeah its likely a CPU limitation or memory bandwidth limitation they are hitting rather than a GPU limita... : cetra00
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  Cant wait to see 5870x2 benchmarks in the future. : ant_hillbilly
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    Here you go :) http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=58it1_meie582k5v89n7qucfua.png That's vs. GTX 295... : bipolar
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      I'm talking 5870x2 in Crossfire. 4 - 5870's. : ant_hillbilly
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        Ah. That would be rather expensive, I imagine. Hope you have your house wired for 240v :) : bipolar
        • haha no chance I will do it, I just like looking at numbers. : ant_hillbilly
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          i do . : CoRDS
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            What's the beefiest power supply you can buy there, out of curiousity. My electricity knowledge is prett... : bipolar
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              There's 1500W PSUs, heh. : Link.
              • yeh thats the largest ones ive seen, but we have electric heaters at 3000watts etc : CoRDS
              • Our server clusters run on 3000 watt PSUs on 120v. : cetra00
      • There's no point in this, since Crossfire scales horribly past two cards. If you're rich as fuck, you'd b... : Link.
    • Looks useless for now. : razlebol
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  My favorite thing about this is that it's going to cause nVidia's prices to come down to match. :D I j... : OverloadUT
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    ATI drivers are in better shape than the current Nvidia drivers. I literally just installed an ATI card ... : cetra00
    • ^^ this. btw this oh noes teh drivaarse bullshit is retarded. in every thread where the name ati is dropp... : Hoax
    • The CCC is what I am talking about though. nVidia's control panel is pretty easy to use and gives me a lo... : OverloadUT
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    What can't you "stand" about ATI's drivers? That they works so well. Nvidia and ATI drivers are on par th... : Link.
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      Once burned, always burned. :( Maybe some day I'll try them again : OverloadUT
      • 9 times out of 10, ATI's drivers work great, these days. The 1 time they don't, though, you want to pull ... : BlackCat9
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    Seriously, I honestly can't get past my terrible, terrible past experience with their drivers. : atom519
    • I switch back and forth between nvidia and ati constantly. They are both shitty. ATi's was actually margi... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Are you living in 1999? These posts are just plain dumb : abrasion
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      I feel the same way. : Frozen Pixel
      • That they're dumb. : Frozen Pixel
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      I have not personally owned an ATI card in that long, but between my friends I have always had one or two : OverloadUT
      • Oh also I have an ATI at work and I do PC compatibility testing, and ATI gives me a lot more grief than o... : OverloadUT
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        So basically you live in 2005. None of your friends have Vista or 7? lol : retarded talking dinosaur
        • Some of my friends have 7, but not the same ones with ATI cards. : OverloadUT
      • I agree, bought an ATi card last year after people telling me their drivers were up to par - and nothing ... : atom519
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  What's the cpu used in those tests? : razlebol
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    Don't know, but I'd be surprised if it were anything other then the latest and greatest. Last thing you ... : bipolar
    • I'd actually like to know what the limit is. There is never anyone that does these kind of tests. : razlebol
• 5850 seems like a nice card. I'm very happy with my 4850s in Crossfire for a few more years though. : Link.
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  51FPS in Crysis Warhead in 1920x1200 with a single chip card - hot! : abrasion
  • even the 5850 as the mainstream card should be fine for low res players like me. finally crysis in consta... : Hoax

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  CakeFarts : gmd
  • Good ol' Cake Farts : dasampla
• shit cakes : TPSReport
• Blue Kakkes : Phil
• that's a horrible name : EvilDolemite
• Sexy Cakes, the erotic bakery : Turd Ferguson
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  Get Baked! : Gonzo
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    Cake and Bake? : esmokah
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      That's a slightly different kind of store. : Gonzo
      • let them eat cake : theargent
• Take the Cake! : Haxim
• TART eot : mn3m0n1c
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  Al's big ass cake barn. : jahulio2
  • ahhaahaa : .Jayson
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  masters of naming shit except on Mondays! : pyide
  • The Cakery : pyide
• Bake-rupt : lokdown
• Bucake (pronounced bu-CAKE-ee) : prime8
• That is a horrible name to be honest. No one wants to think about butts while buying a cake. My thoug... : batkiwi
• Caked in Goodness : CoRDS
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  ULTRACAKE : Majuju
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    SO DELICIOUS IT IS OUTSIDE THE NORMAL HUMAN TASTE SPECTRUM : Majuju
    • I like that one. : poporitze
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  Suck My Cake : dognose
  • Eat My Black CuppyCakes. : pyide
• Socialist Gov't Bake-out : TPSReport
• BUTT Cream Pies : kronetic
• Antichrist: genital mutilation : Milleh
• Cakehaus : hoov1185
• I love The Cake : SolveChrist
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  I love the cake. : Fyunch Click
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    haha, on the minute even! you must have a brilliant mind too! : SolveChrist
    • my fault for check to see if it had already been posted. :( : Fyunch Click
• Cakes: Fuck You and Buy Some Cakes : stamps
• Let us eat Cake. : CoRDS
• Motherfudger : kramweil
• 7 ate 9 : JT
• Your move cakesucker : zakazi
• Spade of Cakes : rosewood
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  True Confections : mmogger
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    Flour Power : mmogger
    • Looks like the best one so far. : bolneze
    • WHITE FLOUR : CoRDS
  • this : boomstickah
  • Filthy snatch sweet drip funny : g.lee
• Have and Eat It. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Cake or DEATH! : Fyunch Click
• Fingerbum : stamps
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  NO MA'AM. : TwiLyght
  • ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ : MoreVespeneGas
• Good Cake Sir, I said Good Cake! : zakazi
• Sugar, Butter, Eggs and Frosting : qsylvr
• Cakeboat set sail for dick : Maddog_Delphi97
• The cake is a lie : Waffles!
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  Yeast Infection : Snuffles-
  • Yeast Injection would be a good one for a beer import store. : Mad Brahmin Disease
• Cake the Dead : c0bra
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  We talking cake names and not the name of the company? Deal with the Devil's Food Cake Sponge Worthy ... : Grumbeld
  • holy shit you win : dahanese
• Round' the Corner: Fudge and Lemon cakes. : not work safe
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  No Grandma That's Incest I forget who came up with that one originally. : NastyJack
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20886765 : Goblin au
• Cake Sitters : kikilupo
• Rusty Brown Ring Donuts : soggybagel
• cakeapolooza or cakearooneedoo : fathertime
• That is an absolutely horrible name for a cake company and it will fail for sure if she goes with it. (I'... : boarder2
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  1:1:1:1 = the cake ratio (butter:sugar:egg:flour, if you were curious) : Gonzo
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    I like. Call it eleven eleven or something : pokerman33
    • One to One : hoov1185
  • this is actually a cool name : Goblin au
• In her face cakes : peter
• The Pecan Sandies : thenoodleincident
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  That name seriously sucks. : bolneze
  • You are not playing this game correctly bolneze. : Phil
  • i agree. it implies some kind of produce emanating from the bottom. May i refer you to the zune advert? : Klebold
• Abigail Spongecake's : Whistler77
• Butterface! : tharger
• Cakeophony, Cure for Cake Aches, Hall of Cake, Cake-out (if say... it was a counter service only place) : prokat
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  creampies : foo
  • ^EOT : ryuuseki
• The ratio of people to cake is too big. : Robotic Puppy Eater
• GIANT FAGGOT CAKES! : Drewus
• Ace of Cakes : noodleboy723
• OM NOM NOM : Mmmmmoo
• Goatcake : Link.
• In your mouth, please. : zakazi
• Cakodemon : drucifer
• Stuff Your Cake Hole : tbreffni
• Suck my cake. : tohm82
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  Female Co-Worker Brand Asshole-Flavored Cancer Cakes. : heartsauce
  • hahahahahaha : slickdoody
  • oh fuck man i almost took a swig of water : Ride-My-Rocket
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  There is a store near me called "Kickass Cupcakes." That's a pretty awesome name. : afty
  • But are they really? ARE THEY? : bolneze
• 8===Bucake===D~~~~~~~~~~~ : Goblin au
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  Boo Cake : Wolfanoz
  • Hub's Cakes - YOU LIKE'A DA ICING, EHHHH???? ICING IS GOOD, EHHHHHH???? : Wolfanoz
• Everyone is gonna read that as Butt Cream. : mrwolf710
• cake 'n bake break for cake. : sweat
• This Cake is About to Deflate CupCakes? : trove
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  It's A Piece Of Cake To Bake A Pretty Cakes. : BlackCat9
  • I love that video, Lil John is such an angry Black man screaming at me, it's fantastic. : abrasion
• "The Right Place". Because she finally figured out she's supposed to be in a kitchen. : lpearl
• cuntcakes : CoRDS
• GlaDOS's Cakes : uglysad
• BakeYouACakeAsFastAsWeCan : Dimmona
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  Tart Reform : wasylm
  • Shit I meant Torte Reform : wasylm
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  cupcake couture : peat
  • nevermind : peat
• Cake Is Delicious, So Eat Some : delataur
• Time for Cake : capt tripps
• nub caeks : mega man
• 2Tits1Cake : Ride-My-Rocket

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• no thanks on all that weighty console controller stuff : Downforce
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  Keyboard and mouse : dognose
  • dognose, I agree. : CrustaR
  • I hope they do this!!! : OmegaRed59
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    There already is a console with a KB and mouse, it's just called a PC and you can do all sorts of nifty s... : phate81
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      Got one of those, I game on mine :) : dognose
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        No Loi L4D tonight. I'm dead from being up since 4am. : LoioshDwaggie
        • We will try and save some zombies for you to kill tomorrow night : dognose
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    Support* I don't want to be exclusively locked into a controller or kb+m. Honestly as superior as it i... : hoov1185
    • I never realized why I liked controllers so much better than K+M, but I think you just solved that myster... : Clasifyd
    • Controllers are so uncomfortable for me. : RogerDandy
  • Ps3 already supports this but no one uses it. : Boxelder
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  That sounds horrible :( : Amadan
  • I'd pick wireless over force-feedback any day. : Dusty_Slim
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  Controller gimmicks suck ass. I'll stick with my regular controller until they have brain implants in 202... : MagicWishMonkey
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    Agreed. When I play a console game I don't want to wave my arms like an idiot. I want to sit with a beer ... : Porkasaurus
    • Yes, give me an evolution on the 360 controller or something. I don't want controller gimmicks even if t... : DinK
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  Enough horsepower to actually have ALL of your games in full 1080p would be a nice start. DX11 for AI th... : one random winner
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    I wonder what the chances are that MS and Sony won't both require 1080p rendering in their next generatio... : DinK
    • Yeah, I don't think that list is unreasonable, especially considering most of the tech they usually put i... : one random winner
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  DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION : spiderfill
  • Our cable company probably couldn't handle digital distribution yet, I'd be all for it though. : goatjc
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  I don't think what you're saying is possible. A Gyroscope can't create a force out of thin air to push yo... : Nali4Freedom
  • You'd need motors to turn the gyroscope to generate these forces, but then you'd also have to deal with t... : DinK
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1183465/I-love-smell-napalm-Xbox-How-games-future-simulate... : Dimmona
• I was just discussing this with a friend while playing Crackdown last night. I was thrilled with this co... : DinK
• Even if it's an optional model, replace the right stick with a trackball in the controllers. Make this a... : DinK
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  Fucking enclosed liquid cooling. I hate that my consoles sound like a jet engine. : ryuuseki
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    In a small console case would it have that much benefit over a well-designed heat sink? Probably doe... : DinK
    • Yes. The best designed heat sink will still need a fan. The smaller the console the smaller the fan the l... : Rooster Cockburn
• Better online features. Ability to upload videos from every game, share files with your PC maybe. I reall... : bozer
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  I'm just looking forward to games in 1080p, actually rendered in 1080p. : abrasion
  • ^^^^^^^^^^ this. : CoRDS
• Dreamcast 2. : shortbuscaptain
• The return of 60 fps. : omnova
• Nobody said the se x box. : IHATEDUST

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• lol : Phil
• You probably got nostalgia drunk and said "man i always wanted to taste your dick" and don't remember it. : kingdepork
• Easy. "Your the faggot, faggot." : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  need pics of you 20 years ago : filthysock
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    LOL I looked pretty gay back then. Girls loved me, though. : Worst Post Ever
    • That's cause they thought you were gay and weren't interesting only in boning them like the rest of us. : fluke
    • You totally sniped this guy's girlfriend or now-wife didn't you? : zakazi
• I would be floored too, but then I'd probably just retort with something quick and really, really barbed. : TaintedSyringe
• Haha, holy shit. Well, what a cock monger. : Visceral Monkey
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  white/light purple hair? haha : podizzle
  • Yeah this makes me think the guy was on to something. : bolneze
• "Did I ever tell you about the time you and Ray's mom sucked my cock?" : Phil
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  Just let it go, how fucking worthless is it to hold on to a grudge from 20 years ago? That's probably so... : jingletard
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    No, you're right. It's just not something that I really prepared to read from someone that was such an i... : Worst Post Ever
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      People change, that guy probably has some really shitty life and is just taking it out on random people. ... : jingletard
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        Well, were you? : rosewood
        • jingletard went around telling ppl that he and his manfriend made out under the bleachers. : TwiLyght
      • an old and very close guy friend of mine friended me a while back, and i wrote him a message being like "... : dahanese
    • It sounds more like the idea that you can't accept the idea that someone out there hates you. The guy'... : TwiLyght
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      wait, so this was the right guy? not his brother ray? : edgewise
      • I was close friends with both of them. I sent a friend request to Ray as well, but never received a resp... : Worst Post Ever
• hahaha : FrayLo
• You just got owned. : Godhatesfatpeople
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  it's so sad that people care this much over old and petty shit. was that really your friend or his br... : dahanese
  • I definitely sent the request to the right person. : Worst Post Ever
• Daaaang, that's harsh as hell. Tell him that he obviously hasn't grown up this entire time and to have f... : CrustaR
• To be fair, you had white/light purple hair : stump
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  its so weird that i almost wonder if they were fucking with you, or whether someone else replied in their... : PlanetPerfecto
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    I agree. Not to mention how juvenile his response is. This guy is in his mid-forties, too. : Worst Post Ever
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      To think someone would write a reply like that at age 40 floors me. What a waste of life. : the city
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        the only people over 40 that talk like that are in the closet : dopefish
        • very possible. Is his brother gay? : umegastar
    • Maybe he thinks you're gay and you want him? purple hair? : umegastar
• worst post friend-request ever : RikiTiki2
• send back that cool story bro cat pic : Mansmells
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  wait, who is his brother Ray? and why would u want him? : das_runt
  • yeah, this is confusing as hell : burning eye
• If you were such good friends with Ray how could you friend request his brother, assuming his brother is ... : tinfoilhatter
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  FRENEMIES : SenorSpine
  • I just heard that pod-cast too, wtf was wrong with that ladies parents that didn't goto the cops when she... : DM7
• Wow. He grew up to be a fine piece of crap didn't he? : zakazi
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  Does "You want my brother Ray" relate to the faggot comment? Or he meant you were legitimately closer fri... : dearjamie
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    I think he meant that I should have sent the friend request to Ray instead of him. : Worst Post Ever
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      but why? were you actually friends with Ray? : Arsenal
      • because Ray is Gay. Hay. : sweat
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      I was close friends with both of them. : Worst Post Ever
      • i nwhich case i'd try my luck with his brother and if he is cordial, just ask what the deal is with his b... : Arsenal
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    Ray is a pretty gay name, so that does make sense. : Whistler77
    • Gay Ray. pew pew. : tohm82
• Maybe his brother Ray is gay now, and he blames you. : CyCo_PL
• Just send him this. It will be ok. http://www.shackpics.com/viewer.x?file=523479006_l_66iwh60073fshed... : ant_hillbilly
• HA. : Albemuth
• Is there any way you can be sure it was your friend who wrote that? Sounds like a prank kind of thing. : Home Nugget
• http://www.ffcompendium.com/chara/7cc-sephiroth3.jpg : iwonthelottery
• Whos his brother? Chet from Weird Science? : Wolfanoz
• Ahh c'mon baby, we had such a wonderful time plowing each other in grade school. Why stop the love now? : locater16
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  Post his facebook, I want to make him hate his life. : pancake humper
  • Probably a little late for that. : noodleboy723
• i'm confused. did your friend say that or was it his brother? : dromo5
• ahahahaha : Link.
• hahahaha : conandan
• but are you gay : boring gegtik
• needs screenshots and posting on lamebook : VuduChild
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  A couple of years ago when I moved to Chicago and was looking for a job I was emailing my resume everywhe... : not work safe
  • Yeah, this is kind of how I feel regarding this. It has me wondering if I have selective memory or somet... : Worst Post Ever
• don't let it affect you. i wouldn't even respond. you're probably better off if his reacion is like that : mayooms

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• whoah, I think I'm going to try this : indosauros
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  That is awesome and I'm amazed it went that high. O_o : DM7
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    when I was younger, I used to manage the night shift at a Perkins. We used to fill three of those huge 60... : drucifer
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      haha nice! Somewhere a fork killed someone and the cops are still looking for the killer. : DM7
      • it was mostly ladles : drucifer
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      That's littering. : pres589
      • it sure is. : drucifer
• fucking awesome : trOmblyj
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  lmao. rules are about to be changed. Apparently FAA regulations only apply to balloons with payloads o : Downforce
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    How are they going to enforce that? Fighter jets in the air 24/7? : DM7
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      balloon police : indosauros
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        balloon czar. : [fry]
        • balloons don't kill people, people kill people : kevp
        • I, for one, stand firmly against the appointment of Balloon Czar. : MagicWishMonkey
        • you must give photo and finger print to buy a balloon. No more than 50 balloons purchased per year. Ban i... : deadfish
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          MisterPhoton should apply. He loves watching balloons. : ThomW
          • perstephanie should be the one taking illegal ones down (with her frisbee) : Mad Brahmin Disease
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    haha picturing tons of school projects irking the FAA : peter
    • exactly. some kiddo is going to try and hover a camera over area 51 I hope and you can be sure the govern... : Downforce
• so awesome. : arcane_
• this is awesome. : ejectorpod
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  over exposed, too much noise, what crap. They should have strapped a D3X with a 14mm lens to it, or bett... : gmd
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    aren't you the guy who messed up a photo of a color sample on your bedroom wall yesterday? : IcomeINpeace
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      aren't you that guy that guy that guyed that guy? : gmd
      • I'm not your guy, guy : Downforce
      • what you getting at guy? : IcomeINpeace
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgsVNMD9Ae8 : cap n KRUNCH
    • Those who can't, teach : riptyde
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  Cool. So I am guessing they were just recording video until the card filled up? : Spoetzl
  • They set the camera to take a still shot every 5 seconds. : afty
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  What happens when it pops and a camera lands on someone' car \ face : kaddar0
  • it had a parachute : Thomas Hace
  • science is more important than someone's face : indosauros
  • That's why it was a prepaid cell phone : OverloadUT
  • Lawsuit. : Mad Brahmin Disease
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  Some other kids somewhere in Europe or something did it, too, and check out this link http://www.usopen.o : thief
  • ^this link is far cooler than the original post. cept not as bare bones. : fluke
  • Wow, that's pretty amazing : Serpico74
• This is pretty awesome. : Link.
• quite awesome : Milleh
• Pretty cool. : ShoCon
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  Thats impressive. How did they recover the images exactly? : bolneze
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    they had an SD Card reader on their laptop. : nyranger66
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      I mean they had to hunt it down? Wasnt some magic MIT transmission thing? : bolneze
      • They text messaged the GPS location using a phone I think... : uncleanmonkey
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        did you even read? GPS unit! : askedrelic
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          I dunno I just thought that something like that would get like hundreds of miles away - too much work to ... : bolneze
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            It only traveled 22 miles according to the website. I agree, I would have thought it would go much farth... : afty
            • Okay this makes more sense. : bolneze
          • Turns out, it was only 20 miles away : uglysad
          • They were expecting it to travel up to 200-300 miles away, which is why they picked the launch spot they ... : OverloadUT
          • man if you're willing to go through all that effort to take those pictures, you better be willing to driv... : busdriver3030
  • There was a prepaid cell phone in the package that was set up to continuously send text messages out givi... : OverloadUT

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• fucking finally :( : moe6
• which means 2 more weeks for those of us who stream it online. :( : Cihte
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  I'd me more excited if I wasn't so sure that Godhatesfatpeople hadn't nailed what's going to happen at th... : Haxim
  • lol >:( : Godhatesfatpeople
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    Even so, it's still going to be a fun episode to watch. I mean, it's worth watching just to see House ... : Maddog_Delphi97
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      Did you see this preview on Hulu? Pretty much proves that you are right and that it is going to be aweso... : exigence7
      • Hahhahaha, yes, I saw that preview. : Maddog_Delphi97
      • That was awesome : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Oh yes, I could do with a season of this. : spazzium
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  Watching last season on DVD currently. Just watched the big wtf episode - need faster mail to get the ne... : TheRealBigDumbass
  • Dude the finale for that season is totally crazy :I : Godhatesfatpeople
• Awww yeah!! /me pumps prostate : Maddog_Delphi97
• I'm cautiously curious. But how can Hugh Laurie NOT be good entertainment? : Lexicon_Leidun
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  it's still not gonna be lupus. : Dschinghis Khan
  • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=19894698#itemanchor_19894698 : Maddog_Delphi97
• Yaaaaaaaay : Link.
• House is one of the best shows ever. : Clay
• yesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyesyes : Modica Sol Solis
• can't wait : smax
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  Is House actually a good show? I mean like really good, for someone that doesn't have the time to watch m... : OverloadUT
  • yeah it's that good. it's a hospital medical mystery per week show but with very good writing and charac... : smax
  • I wouldn't say it's as good as the first season of The Sopranos, but it's definitely better than later se... : Maddog_Delphi97
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    yes it's a good show! it's fucking fantastic, in fact! : dahanese
    • listen to dahanese she knows where it's at! : Snuffles-
    • Dahanese you have to be careful, you've been speaking so much sense today you're using up your stock for ... : ArcKnight
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    Great writing, and great characters. And it's not just House. He's surrounded by a solids cast of variati... : Godhatesfatpeople
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      I think it was the name that always turned me off. "House" is just a dumb name :P : OverloadUT
      • Well it is his name. It's technically House MD. :) : Godhatesfatpeople
      • Not when it was specifically chosen to be reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes, which much of House's character... : Masem
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        i'm going to beat you up. i was going to beat you up but you were playing foosball and i didn't want you ... : dahanese
        • I won by the skin of my teeth too, so it's a good thing you didn't kick me because I probably would have ... : OverloadUT
      • Hint, its a reference to Sherlock Holmes. (Homes -> House) House is a total (acknowledged) character copy... : NexusOne
  • House will go down in history as one of the best television shows around. I'd rank my favorite shows as t... : Modica Sol Solis
  • It is consistently fantastic. : fleabug
  • I wouldn't rate it that good. Nowhere near the wire, that's for sure. It just seems too melodramatic for ... : crummynz
  • It's solid with some stellar eps once and a while. "A Simple Explanation" was fucking great. :( : Super Sparker
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    It's formulaic, but it's really humor/character driven rather than majorly story-driven (though there is ... : uncleanmonkey
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      What does GRRM mean? : SenorSpine
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        http://www.georgerrmartin.com/ : DapperDan
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          What is a GRRM style shakeup? : SenorSpine
          • kill fucking everyone : mmogger
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            you never know what's going to happen to any of the characters. very unpredictable. I don't quite agre... : DapperDan
            • I kinda do. I mean, the season 3 finale left me thinking "Yeah right, they'll never stick to this", and t... : Vincent Grayson
    • GRRM? : Clay
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      well they were kind of forced into it. : c0bra
      • I think he's referring to the "ok, everybody's fired, new team" part. : BlackCat9
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    The show is very formulaic and has a very predictable format. The characters are great though and the wri... : SenorSpine
    • this is the most accurate description so far : dromo5
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    Okay so it sounds like it'd be better to compare it to shows like Law and Order, seeing as it's a serial ... : OverloadUT
    • Yeah exactly, or CSI. I like it better than those shows though because it is more character driven, the "... : SenorSpine
    • No, not quite. It does have long story arcs. The past two seasons have been concerned with one such story... : Modica Sol Solis
    • At a very shallow level, yes, it's comparable to Law & Order and CSI. But it's orders of magnitude bet... : Clay
    • It does have long story arcs, too. They don't appear until the later seasons, and it's mostly as a respon... : BlackCat9
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    Okay you guys have convinced me. I'll go grab season 1. : OverloadUT
    • Best goddamned show on earth : foo
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      Season 1 has the best episode. You'll know it when you see it, so I won't spoil which one it is, but I th... : BlackCat9
      • won* : BlackCat9
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        Is it the Three Stories episode? : slax0r
        • Has to be. : spazzium
        • Duuuuude, shutuuuuup... Yes, that one rocked so hard. : BlackCat9
    • At one point it was on netflix instant, don't know if it still is or not. : bipolar
  • its even better when you can follow the medicine. then you can really get into the (accurate) medicine AN... : retarded talking dinosaur
• Anyone have the "comic" of "Every House Plot"? It involved a lot of Snark Snark Snark, and Oh noes you'll... : zakazi
• too bad chuck doesnt start until march : Chandler55