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  Is the NDA lifted tonight? I can't wait to read some reviews : hax3d
  • Yes, tonight. : kaddar0
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  I could just about get a new mobo, another 4870, and a new power supply for the same money, and I'd have ... : mafu5150
  • Actually, just about. : mafu5150
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    5850 will be $300 - I'd call that pretty reasonable for the speed boost : Postal
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      I would have too, a few years ago. I'm much less into getting the latest card every time now, especially... : mafu5150
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        Yeah, it is a bit different for me. I have a Pentium 4, single core, 1gb of ram machine. My video card ... : kaddar0
        • High five, fellow new computer orderer. I'm heading into an i7 920, 6GB and a 4870, from an OCd 4200+ wi : mafu5150
    • zipzoomfly has it listed at $249 : Old_Fart
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    http://www.tomshw.it/graphic.php?guide=20090923&page=radeon-hd-5870-rv870-cypress-ati-amd-directx11-12 ... : Longinus00
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      That's what I was basing that on, but of the games tested I only play L4d at 16x10, at which point it's a : mafu5150
      • It's NEVER cost effective to be an early adopter. The major reason for being an early adopter is bragging... : Longinus00
    • daaaaaaaaaaaaaaang : deject
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  Looks like the typical single card is as fast as 2x the previous gen. Very nice! : sukabljat
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    less than a month after i finally bought a 4890 :( : CoRDS
    • that said, they're too long for my case :) : CoRDS
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  How long until it pushes the price down on the 4870 or 4850 for poor people such as myself? : ahk-med
  • 2 weeks. : CoRDS
  • Depends, I would look on ebay for some great deals. : kaddar0
  • You'll have to check out the second hand market, which should get a little flooded, but the rumor going a... : one random winner
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  Does the NDA lift in 4 minutes? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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    I think so, hardocp has a forum thread open, but no link to the review yet : kaddar0
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      Reviews are up! http://hardocp.com/article/2009/09/22/amds_ati_radeon_hd_5870_video_card_review http:... : kaddar0
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        Here's Anand's review: http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643&p=1 : angrytaxman
        • Non italian tom's hardware review: http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/radeon-hd-5870,2422.html Looks... : kaddar0
        • that's still the first place i go for reviews! interesting though.. looks like it more or less made the g... : xsoulbrothax
        • the idle load is reasonable, but holy crap on the load power usage and also for the CF. : Sailor of Fortune
• Anand reviews http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3643 : retarded talking dinosaur
• looks nice. Newegg has 3 5870 cards listed right now. I'll wait a bit to upgrade, but my 7900GTO 512mb is... : PlanetPerfecto
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  how does HDMI audio work with a video card.. Ive never understood it : spaceyme
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    you hook up the hdmi cable to the tv and if the video card doesn't have the hardware built in for audio, ... : X-GOUKI
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      No, that's only true with Nvidia cards, ATI's actually have what amounts to a soundcard onboard. : Toraz Chryx
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        That's also incorrect. How this works is that there is a lossless-compressed audio stream on the BluRay. ... : LoioshDwaggie
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          No that is incorrect, because the ATI hooked up over HDMI will work as gaming audio and the like when the... : Toraz Chryx
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            i think this is true, I found some good info here (half way down) http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/r... : spaceyme
            • I know this is true, I've used radeons in that fashion. : Toraz Chryx
          • This. My HTPC has a cheap Radeon 4550 with HDMI out, and I can get all my PC sound through that HDMI no ... : DinK
      • that's why i said "if the video card doesn't have the hardware built in for audio..." one thing i did ... : X-GOUKI
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  What's the deal with DX11, what happened to DX10? Do we have any screenshots of DX11 features? : dael
  • Yeah most reviews do, tesselation features : kaddar0
  • The most toted thing seems to be tessellation, which currently the only game out that can take advantage ... : one random winner
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  I knew when I bought my GTX285 that I'd regret it within a couple of months.... but it still stings! :< : ramshot
  • I just got a 4890. I knew new cards were coming and i was ok with it but it still stings a little. : baron calamity
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  It's a bit too pricey for me, the re-sale on my 4890 isn't high enough compared to the new cost of the 58... : abrasion
  • Next week the 5850 is released at only +$60 or so. That's the card most of us will likely be looking at ... : one random winner
• TLDR: its as fast as a 4870X2 or crossfire'd 4870. : stgdz
• I think the poor mans 5850 variant for the mainstream might be a reasonable card for my next upgrade. i h... : Hoax
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  If ATI/Nvidia would stop making such noisy cards I would upgrade by now. : Sixcos
  • buy aftermarket cooling then : Shadowdane
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  Oops it sucks and its expensive. Bad thing for ATI/AMD. : guigr
  • Umm, no? It's basically a single GPU version of the 4870x2 (which will likely become even more apparent ... : one random winner

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  It's better then any of the Halos before it thus far, but I'm still only an hour into the game. : freakynipples69
  • let us know how the final 4 hours of the game go ;) : duffman03
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  I'm posting from the back of a pickup on the highway. Technology! : brickmatt
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    While listening to Chopin's No. 15 prelude which prompted this train of thought. : brickmatt
    • Whatever, technology rules. : brickmatt
• My brother played it. The single player is apparently much better than Halo 3's. But he sat there and ... : locater16
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  Played it for an hour or so, great so far. Combat is hectic and fun. Also a little different in presentat... : Dave-A
  • gotta turn it off in daylight : wvuong
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    It's a low-light visor, lol. : cyclonebee
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      I know, but I like how it marks enemies :( : Dave-A
      • True, I especially like how it outlines invisi-Brutes. : cyclonebee
  • yeah, it's more like a nightvision mode than anything else. you basically require it when its dark and ca... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • yup, it's really nightvision, you're really blind looking into lighted areas : derelict515
• Not sure. I've got a ton of other games I am playing right now so I probably won't play odst until next w... : sigpro
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  It's great! It is definitely what Halo 2 promised. The whole game is close-up urban warfare and they hit ... : cyclonebee
  • yeah, i have no idea how anyone spent less than 6 hours getting through it. i was a level 37 on halo3 mul... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • This is why I'm looking forward to it when it comes. Halo 2 lacked a lot of the planet side combat I was ... : Sailor of Fortune
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  Firefight is fun with shackers. : nyranger66
  • Freakin' tanks... : cyclonebee
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  since i spend half my time on this website defending halo, i'll be posting a comprehensive review at some... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I have a feeling there are plenty of people who aren't exactly lamenting the lack of the flood. : derelict515
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    but is it fun co-op? : filthysock
    • yeah, I've only played 2p on legendary for an hour or so but it's quite fun. No more just running out the... : derelict515
  • Maybe this is because the only Halo I ever finished was Halo 1, but the comments about diverse environmen... : uncle slappy
  • Thank Christ there's no Flood in this game. : beanman101283
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    Halo without the flood is my dream come true. : pigvomit
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      Yeah you think it's going to be great but it really just gets boring. : retarded talking dinosaur
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        In fact that is how I would describe ODST in a nutshell: boring. : retarded talking dinosaur
        • What difficulty are you playing on? : sharpie
  • It's interesting that most of the things you list, the flood, diverse outdoor environments, a HALO, I fin... : sharpie
• Looking to play some firefight or legendary co-op. GT: Haxim : Haxim
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  More review (secondhand): Apparently it's easily the best Halo in terms of gameplay since one. Unlike 2 a... : locater16
  • wrong wrong wrong. the story in ODST is damned near nonexistent and beyond crappy even if it was told in ... : retarded talking dinosaur
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  i hate it so far. still feels like i'm fighting idiotic disney character with plastic, pretend guns. the ... : [fry]
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    oh. the opening sequence was exactly like quake 2 except the music wasn't a tenth as cool. : [fry]
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      That Quake 2 intro is basically the best intro ever. : brickmatt
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        getting clipped just saved your ass marine : gmd
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          I loved watching that and seeing what happened and being like oh shit I'm so fucked when he says "Command... : brickmatt
          • Quake2 had the best story in an FPS ever. : sirsteven
        • hahahah : sirsteven
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    the irony of this post is that halo games, on legendary, have such deeper and more tactical combat than a... : EvilDolemite
    • ps i also like the call of duty franchise : EvilDolemite
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      Until you get to multiplayer, in which case CoD wins hands down. : ArcKnight
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        depends on what you're looking for in a multiplayer game : Halen
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          I'm talking about 'deeper and more tactical combat'. : ArcKnight
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            that's not what Halo multiplayer has ever really been known for : Halen
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              Way to read the thread buddy. Are you drunk? : ArcKnight
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                I'm not your buddy, pal I was simply pointing out that no one ever claimed that the Halo games and C... : Halen
                • http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20972780#itemanchor_20972780 : ArcKnight
            • wow this is completely wrong. i've sunk countless hours into both COD4 and halo3... halo3 is far more tac... : retarded talking dinosaur
          • Halo can be pretty tactical with its large combination of weapons, vehicles, and those special items (min... : hoov1185
      • CoD's multiplayer is still run and gun, even on hardcore mode. Rainbow 6, Ghost Recon, BF2 Project Realit... : Dr_Cube
    • That's still not saying much. Halo 1-3 on Legendary are hardly what I would call tactical. : Dr_Cube
  • First time playing a Halo game? : pigvomit
  • Pretty much this. Bungie had something there a for a few years, but their technology and design is just n... : FaceBang
  • Odious-T. : Lunaran
  • haha, i agree so hard. playing halo is like playing a cartoon of something really awesome, like the ODST ... : Bamtan
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    I hate the "weapons feel fake" argument because all the weapons people then bring up as good examples are... : Shadsy
    • I never finished HL2 because I disliked the weapons. COD4 does weapons right, as well as Crysis and UT3. : ArcKnight
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    your description is perfect, that's exactly how I feel about the series in general, the original movies f... : abrasion
    • Any predictions on how many units MW2 will sell in it's first month? I bet it sells at least a couple th... : AndyGoin
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      abrasion did you forget how to speak english? : ArcKnight
      • he is channeling dan brown : Supine
      • He's from Australia, English isn't his native tongue. : Danny5225
      • Yeah I re-read it after, it's like a frontpager post, what the fuck - my fingers can't catch my brain tod... : abrasion
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      why are you posting this? you could have posted this 7 years ago because it's obviously not your type of... : Halen
      • Halo? More like Hate-lo! HAR! HAR! HAR! : pigvomit
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        If anything comes up ever, if it's been discussed once, even if it's on topic, it's off limits, got it, t... : abrasion
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          http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=3524416#itemanchor_3524416 we get it abrasion, the enemies are fro... : Halen
          • I don't understand your point and I really don't care either. : abrasion
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      I like how you criticized the world gravity for being "not tough" enough. : Felraiser
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        No the lead character isn't tough, the gravity just feels silly : abrasion
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          Weight has nothing to do with toughness, though I understand why you might wish it did. : vigilante
          • hahahahahahha - oh SHIT : retarded talking dinosaur
          • aahaha fair zing, fair zing. : abrasion
          • Oh snap sauce : Mad Brahmin Disease
          • awesome : valael
          • BUUUURN : sonicdeathwalrus
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      The gravity is normal. The "tough-guy" is so badass he can jump really high. The odst guys jump like norm... : reznory
      • Jump really high and *float* to the ground? what. : abrasion
  • I know a lot of guys that prefer Call of Duty over Halo for this very reason. "It's all purple aliens!" : Dave-A
• It has a very different feel from Halo. I like how stamina is very subtly portrayed, but I really disl... : RomSteady
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  also pissing me off in this game is some of the voice acting which is god awful. when your health is low ... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • it also seems like they tried to hijack the characters from Firefly, which is pretty goddamned lame imo. ... : retarded talking dinosaur
  • I'm really not liking the stamina mechanic. It's like shields without a shield meter. : Haxim
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  The weapons feel rediculously weak. And the supressed ones sound retarded too. Better than halo3 though... : Beady
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    I'm not sure what they did to heroic mode (had no trouble with halo 3) but even on the first damn mission... : Haxim
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      I haven't had that issue. I'm playing on Heroic, and I haven't played Halo anything in probably well over... : Chris Remo
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        ^Headshots make a massive difference : chazums
        • green plasma pistol + the silence pistol for the win! You can kill brutes in 2 shots! : marmite
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  I almost turned it off when I saw Fillion's face. Jesus that was poorly thought out. : critch
  • No, because they were trying to hijack the Firefly characters. That's exactly why they did that. : retarded talking dinosaur
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    Why? Games have used the actors likeness before. I see no reason why this should be offensive. : pigvomit
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      I hope you guys remember all 3 of those actors were in the earlier two Halos as well. :) : LoioshDwaggie
      • Sorry, Nathan was in Halo 3, but not Halo 2. : LoioshDwaggie
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      Yeah, I don't mind it at all. I think it's pretty cool too. Force Unleashed used the actor who played ... : Sailor of Fortune
      • Force Unleashed dude had a big role on Smallville : OrkO
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    Dont mind that it is his likeness, but it looks terrible. There must be about 12 polys in the head. : Beady
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      The opening section did make me go 'yeeesh', it looked so... old : chazums
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        yeah the animation, textures and models all looked very dated. Like they never got past the low res, low ... : marmite
        • What's odd is the other scenes look much better : chazums
• I look forward to picking it up this weekend. I liked Halo 3, even though they made the assault rifle sou... : Cliffzorz
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  I've just finished my second 4-hour play session (the first was last night) on heroic, and I'm up to what... : thecray
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    Yeah, I ran across hunter last night and maybe I suck but you just don't seem fast enough to get behind t... : chazums
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      run towards them so that they charge you, then quickly circle round the back of them. Don't get too close... : marmite
      • I know the principle I just can't seem to get out of the way fast enough, they seem harder to goad into c... : chazums
  • Sticky plasmas work great on hunters. : reznory
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    The first hunter encounter had me frustrated, then I realised that the Superintendant was actually trying... : Beady
    • Wish I had noticed that, it's the kind of thing I hoped they'd do. : chazums
    • Yeah, I did this as well. : cyclonebee
• I really like it so far but make no mistake this is an expansion pack / more halo 3 levels : bozer
• I'm liking it a lot. It's similar to the opposing forces halflife expansion as far as the campaign goes. ... : reznory

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• whoah, that looks pretty awesome. : boomstickah
• I'm drooling. : stump
• awesome : irrerno
• do want : riptyde
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  I would buy something like this in a heartbeat. It's exactly what I'd like to have. : DrWaffles
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    It almost reminds me of the Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy. : DrWaffles
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      I would almost suggest that in their commercials for these 'DON'T PANIC' is on the tablets cover. : AMikaboshi
      • someone would make one : CoRDS
      • Ah, but the Guide had "Don't Panic" written on the cover to ease the fear caused by its UI, which was abo... : willy359
    • I was thinking Young Lady's Illustrated Primer : riptyde
• Looks REALLY good. Now it's a matter of seeing if Microsoft has fixed its inability to bring a great conc... : ventro
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  MS came out with a video a few years ago of some kind of mobile / web / pc tablet type device. anyone re... : FrayLo
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    i think one part of the video was a mom telling her kids it was time for dinner? : FrayLo
    • it is pissing me off that i can't find this video on youtube. i am certain i saw it posted here a while ... : FrayLo
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    Might have been part of their UMPC aka. Origami push? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_Mobile_PC : d fluke
    • mightve been this : FrayLo
• That looks fucking great : boarder2
• I can't wait for Apple and MS to go at it in the tablet wars. : jingletard
• A bit off-topic, but I was staying at the Seattle Sheraton over the weekend, and got to play around with ... : oc3lot
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  Be cool if you could watch movies on this thing as well. : stump
  • I'm sure it'll have some playback functionality. : sKetchflow
• looks very cool but I just can't see myself using it. : filthysock
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  whats that thing she's doing with that stylus? shes like making these weird symbols manually....weird : spiderfill
  • you mean the radial dial? : derelict515
• I like the concept and I can see it being used to take notes during a meeting or for scrapbookers (since ... : DHAvatar
• That looks awesome! : sikander
• Really cool. I can't wait to see a physical model in action. : Serpico74
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  jesus christ the engadget news post is dripping with apple fanboyism http://www.engadget.com/2009/09/22/m... : retarded talking dinosaur
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    hah. Its like devices aren't allowed to be complex. This device clearly isn't aimed at the iphone/ipod ma... : filthysock
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      I think that's the mistake I've made while looking at it. For business I can see a purpose, but personal ... : Visceral Monkey
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        I would find it most awesome if I could write down notes with my tablet pen, and then take images and oth... : riptyde
        • You can already do this, with Microsoft's current tablets, and OneNote ;) : Arctic Fox
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    Even funnier is Cult Of Mac's take: http://www.cultofmac.com/microsoft-als-has-a-secret-tablet-project... : ventro
    • lol : sKetchflow
    • It's like they didnt even read the description where it said MULTITOUCH : retarded talking dinosaur
    • hahah : pyide
    • I think Kahney can't sleep unless he gets at least one e-mail telling him that he's bat shit insane. : steauengeglase
    • what a dumb cunt : moshman
    • That site is such a joke. : Fred Garvin
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      i hate these people worse than furries : smax
      • it's really funny how angry he seems about it too. : moshman
    • i'm glad the author posts a photo of himself at the end of the article, makes it easier to know who to th... : PlanetPerfecto
    • Check out the first reply, mac people lol : abrasion
    • Talk about being overly defensive : d fluke
    • IT USES A PEN IT WILL FAIL!!! The Mac tablet also uses a pen for writing and HIGH END graphics work and i : Crimsonbeak
    • That site is the fox news of online reporting... : r3ckless
    • That last line is hilarious. Especially since the gizmodo video shows them using fingers right in it. : boarder2
  • It is biased, but MS does have a horrible, almost morbid obsession with shooting their own products in th... : steauengeglase
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    This is exactly why I stopped reading Engadget. I hoped their blatant fanboyism would stop after Ryan Blo... : ColoradoCNC
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      the site was alway a magnet for retards and mac zealots. 3 weeks before any mac circus conference the ha... : Hoax
      • HardOCP always seems to have good gadget articles, but their fanboy splits seem to happen over the most o... : ColoradoCNC
• Meh. I'm clearly in the minority here when I say it looks overly complicated. *shrug* : Visceral Monkey
• finally, a tablet worth getting! : RikiTiki2
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  Looks great but will be too expensive for mass adoption. If these were in the $500 range everyone would w... : Albemuth
  • it would be sweet it it came with a nice sized ssd drive. i can see alot of uses for it for video and ph... : vassili_zaitsev
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    People always say this about new consumer electronics, and the prices always come down. : vigilante
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      Seriously. Remember when the iPhone was $600 on a 2 year contract? : ventro
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        except a brand new iPhone still costs that; the costs are subsidized now, that's the only difference. : zerog83
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          Before: Non3g Iphone $600 +30 extra a month for 2 years = $1320 over my old razor. Now: 3g iphone $100 +... : handofthrawn
          • that's still only if you buy it brand new with a contract. and you can't get insurance on it. Also I'... : zerog83
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  Give me that plus a nice cheap small wireless keyboard and i'm sold. : brickmatt
  • Yeah I'm not sold on the pen. I have a tablet laptop now, and I can write pretty good with the stylus, bu... : Dave-A
• Fold thing is super fuckin smart for something you wanna put in your bag. : SpaecKow
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  If Amazon makes a Kindle app for it and you can turn pages by flicking the screen in a similar motion it ... : Sailor of Fortune
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    a Kindle app is no more useful than any other eReader app, or even a browser. The Kindle's hook is its di... : derelict515
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      ...and the backing of the world's largest bookstore, which is a Pretty Fucking Big Thing if you ask me. : Arctic Fox
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        And the free internet connection. : steauengeglase
        • and the free blowjobs : sludge vohaul
  • Holy shit. That would be INSTANT BUY from me. : LoioshDwaggie
• Lookth pretty nith. : steelsamurai
• me wants : shirif
• Neat! : Mmmmmoo
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  this needs to come out very close to win7 : Downforce
  • Do you own microsoft stock? :) : r3ckless
• Holy shit that's impressive. : ColoradoCNC
• I have to admit. That's really fucking impressive. : Godhatesfatpeople
• I'd really like this. A small sized planner with a ton of functionality that would allow me to interact w... : Danny5225
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  i think i prefer one big tablet screen. its like the sink, who thought splitting a kitchen sink into 2 sm... : Chandler55
  • so wrong. I have one sink and it drives me mad. Washing up while cooking dinner and need to drain the pas... : marmite
  • Probably somebody that studies how kitchens are used by professional chefs. : not work safe
  • one sink is awful. do you even use yours? : zerog83
• Finally, something like a PADD from Star Trek. I'm so in. Also, am I the only person who thinks it loo... : RevRaven
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  Very nice, I hope you can switch the screen - it doesn't look very lefty friendly : chazums
  • I thought the same thing but i'm sure you'll be able to swap screens. Unless the Mac tablet is mega aweso... : red2lucas
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  Wow. This is amazing. : razlebol
  • Amazing? Or INCREDIBLE? : owly
• it amazes me that apple has not released a tablet. they would sell a shitload of them : maulla
• Thats really cool, can't wait for it to come out. : stgdz
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  god that video. hey look at me I'm snapping pics of poplar veneer pattern on my tablet PC, oh yes I live ... : sirsteven
  • they're marketing to Mac users : zerog83
  • Image advertising. Every company does it now, and it needs to be destroyed. Violently. : Lone Swordsman
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    How would you make it then? : pancake humper
    • 12 year old drawing pics of dicks and boobs on it and flicking them over to his buddy's courier next to h... : edgewise
  • they should've shown the ad from the point of view from a redneck : FrayLo
• Wow, I could really use something like this. : legsbrogan
• that thing looks awesome and I want it! : zerog83
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  heh nice try Micro$ucks : haiku
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    uuuuuuuuuuh? : marmite
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      It's a joke : LoioshDwaggie
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        so is my uuuuuuuuuuuuuh. : marmite
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          i prefer a nice, wolfish nixon-in-futurama "arooo!" : Dave-A
          • Billy West said in a GhettoRadio interview that he deliberately modeled Nixon's voice after a werewolf. H... : Lone Swordsman
• i want one why cant i buy one yet : veras
• that... I want that. Now. Please. Now. : Fredrik S
• Wow I like that alot : kainen1
• 2015 can't come soon enough!! : edgewise
• That looks very slick. When can I buy one? : asylumn
• oh niiiiiiice : MercFox1
• Looks great, but I don't feel I need one. Somehow Apple makes you think you need their products. No... : davidc02
• Now that's a tablet I would use. I have been wondering for the longest time what kind of tablet you could... : Yanks
• Photoshopped. it's not real yet :P : GoodBoy

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  batman AA, any of the other lego games, prototype if you can find it cheap enough : smacknca
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    Heh, I would love to get Batman:AA, unfortunately my video card can't handle that game. Other Lego games ... : edge198
    • Psychonauts predates the whole GWFL native 360 controller thing but it does have great gamepad support an... : pyide
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  geometry wars, jade empire : strider_
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    also Parsec47 is kick ass and free http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~CS8K-CYU/windows/p47_e.html (A is fire,... : strider_
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      Dl'in Parsec now, looks like fun : edge198
      • i used to play it every day back when i was in college .. i got fairly adept at it and as insane and fran... : strider_
    • another kick ass free shooter is warning forever, http://www18.big.or.jp/~hikoza/Prod/dlcount.cgi?product... : strider_
    • check out Echoes: http://www.binaryzoo.com/games/echoes/index.htm very fun, lots of progression, and ... : lowpoly
• Assassin's Creed is $5 on D2D : pyide
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  NFS Shift : retarded talking dinosaur
  • also NFS most wanted rocked : crummynz
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  beyond good & evil : miasma(&)
  • I have that actually, that was supposed to be where I said black & white. : edge198
• I've been rocking 'Red Faction: Guerrilla' on PC with a 360 controller. : jasoncrowley
• Deadspace is great. : braaains
• Burnout Paradise Pretty much any racing game. Consider playing some classic consoles in emulators, as... : DrWaffles
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  Spelunky - http://www.spelunkyworld.com/ Trackmania!! : Kniggit
  • SPELUNKY IS SO FUCKING AWESOME!!! : datoo
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  Trackmania Nations : dmason
  • Seconded and it's free! : jbt11
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  All of these work with the X360 pad with little to no configuration needed, and are some of my favorites:... : skankcore
  • I see you saved the best for last. : Kniggit
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  NBA 2K9 (2K10 soon) : guigr
  • Or buy a second one and play some classic PES 6. : guigr
• PoP trilogy? : Marrbe
• Your mom is cool. : abrasion
• SF4 : smax
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  I hate to admit it...but I used it for HL2: Episode 2 and Portal :( : ColoradoCNC
  • You are dead to me. : Rehevkor
• Trials and Geo Wars : Pneum0
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  To sum up things already suggested in this thread SF IV, Trackmania, Trials, Geometry Wars are all good w... : dael
  • Trials is better with keyboard for me. : guigr
• Burnout paradise : stgdz
• You mean a gift from your roommates? : Helios150
• Trine. Recently played it on PC and used a controller. Don't know if using the mouse and keyboard works... : DinK

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  WoW can be played with a cardboard mouse pad just fine. : freakynipples69
  • i ask because im using this old and busted ratpadz i got at quakecon years ago and it works great with my... : oHnOES
  • not really (arena) :-) : [7]kami
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  I really like my Razer eXactmat and wrist rest. : Head Rush
  • Same here, although will be trying steelseries sx soon too. : abrasion
• i still use my giant cloth everglide dkt pad : synapse19
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  http://ratpadz.com/ : skunk_ape
  • I use this and love it. : jdmSlix
• What's wrong with the WotLK mousepad? : ArcKnight
• Titan Everglide is the best surface i've ever owned. : Mr. Goodwrench
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  fUnc archetype pad is good, but their shipping sucks. I had to file a chargeback on my last order becaus... : jingletard
  • oh yeah, and http://www.func.net/ but keep on their ass about shipping. : jingletard
  • +1 for Func. Been using their pads for years, no leakage. : iamgoat
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    Their customer service is good. The rubber undermat on my 1030 warped really weird and they replaced it f... : Turd Ferguson
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      when? I had a warped base last year and emailed support several times, never got a response : veras
      • Probably like 7 years ago. : Turd Ferguson
    • ^^^ this. my OG base warped about 5 years ago and they replaced it with no hassle. the new one has been f... : maulla
    • same here, i did not get the clip so they just sent it to me for free, took them a while to respond but s... : Flynn
    • They dicked me around for about a month with 'shipping tomorrow, shipping 3 days from now, shipping a wee... : jingletard
  • that's what i use too, its fantastic : Flynn
  • fUnc all the way! Been using them since the first model came out. : bawbeh
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    I bought that massive func pad where you can have a keyboard on it. It was awesome. But I don't have a ta... : Sailor of Fortune
    • You can have a keyboard on it? : Grimp
• fUnc Archetype MBA. SteelSeries QcK Heavy, PureTrak Talent. : ProtoPunch
• The tanned skin of your enemies children. : beastrabban
• I've had my fUnc pad for like 6 years and it's still going strong. A+ would buy again. : aggressor
• steelseries : _jon
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  I have had my func1030 for 6+ years and it has been amazing : maulla
  • I have this one too with a G9 well worth the premium. : RogerDandy
• I like the SteelSeries cloth pads myself. I was never comfortable with plastic surface pads. : TrptJim
• Nakkid asians with puffies. : massdev
• func 103 pads for long as I can remember (10+ years). They are perfect. : GeorgeB3DR
• Steelseries Qck+ : DarkDeus
• I got a Nova ESWC MP.1 that I love like mad. Feels amazing and my G9 loves it too. : TheStupidOne
• I have an xtracpads.com pad : kaddar0
• just got one of these recently, i love it. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1682699... : wetard
• I got a razer destructor when my original everglide finally bit it. It's good, but fucking expensive. : Conan
• the desktop : dignan
• Duke3d.exe mouse pad. Ask Georgeb3dr for more details! Before that, the Max Payne mouse pad was awesome... : CrustaR
• Max Payne mouse pad, duh. : EagleSweet
• I haven't used a mouse pad since I picked up the first optical mouse. (MS explorer or something like that... : ShadowRam

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• with the 360 and a windows machine running media center you also get it to stream live tv : CoRDS
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  I used my PS3 + PS3 Media Server to stream MKV files from my PC and it was glorious. If the PS3 had ... : ThomW
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    Playon works great for this ThomW. It's definitely not as full featured as the 360 Netflix, but it's pre : .Jayson
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      Does playon support proxy servers yet? : Haxim
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        not that I know of and with your post, just realized he is in Canadia : .Jayson
        • the OP not ThomW : .Jayson
        • They need to get on that. There is a huge untapped market just waiting for it. OK maybe not huge, but I' : Haxim
• popcorn hour if you have a blu-ray player, otherwise i'd probably go with a ps3 : synapse19
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  The new popcorn hour gets you blu-ray as well, so it'st he best of EVERY world. : batkiwi
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    i think it's just a bd-rom drive, which doesn't let you play retail br's : synapse19
    • nm i think that's just over composite : synapse19
  • Except it has slow and sluggish menus so it's not. : GodZilly
• If you're looking cheap, check out this little device that mroizo40 posted about earlier: http://www.brit... : ieGod
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  Mac Mini, snag a used Core Duo box and make sure you put 2gb of ram in it. Then throw www.plexapp.com on ... : mrasparagus
  • This is the right answer. : ovrlrd
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  Out of the 360 and PS3, the PS3 works better in every way except for the Netflix stuff which you have to ... : .Jayson
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    I would argue that windows 7 w/ media center along with the divx preview installed and a 360 works better... : sigpro
    • Damn I guess I need to buy Windows 7 : .Jayson
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      PS3 Media Center did a much better job streaming videos than WMC did on my clunky old jalopy of a PC. : ThomW
      • I'm able to stream 1080p files from a 2.8 P4 Dell Optiplex G170L to my 360, pretty much the slowest PC po... : Halen
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    I keep getting audio lag problems. Like say I am streaming a video, even from an external HD plugged in, ... : hirosushima
    • ps3. : hirosushima
    • uninstall it and reinstall. mine was doing that and i thought there was something wrong as well. I re... : .Jayson
  • No netflix in Canada anyway : Judecca
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  I can't compare the Apple TV setup to any of the others, but I've tried it before and it is pretty slick.... : sleepytea
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    They're real easy to hack and put boxee on though, and then it's pretty sweet. Plays anything you throw ... : alnya
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      It's a bit limited CPU-wise and I eventually had to build a box because my AppleTV would choke on some st... : zakk
      • It doesn't like 1080, true, but that's not really a problem for me : alnya
• I'm holding our for MSI's new nettop system. It's a dual-core intel atom with nvidia's ION chipset. Engad... : Prozium
• Without using any 3rd party apps, it has to be the 360. My PS3 just flat out refuses to play a lot of ... : Beady
• Went through pc hookup to tv, 360 streaming, ps3 streaming and some random hdd enclosure streaming before... : dael
• Anything that does HD xbmc, followed by PS3 with PS3mc : abrasion
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  I wish I didn't get stupid errors with the PS3 crossbar, but it works. : brickmatt
  • what kinda errors? : ThrillKill
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  Why are so many people recommending PS3 media server over the standard WM9 streaming or TVersity. MKV su... : Judecca
  • Because it's works really easily, and it's awesome.. you can toggle settings from the menu, and you have ... : ThrillKill
• Popcorn Hour!! Love mine... : ShadowRam

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  Some of these should have been picked up by his editor(s). : mrvandelay
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    I doubt his editors really even look at his schlock and are too busy taking baths in money. : Modica Sol Solis
    • stephen king syndrome : Dravenport
• those are pretty silly but you can't argue he's laughing with his money hats : redfive
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  He's the DaVinci code dude : bombay
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    never heard of it : wtf242
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      You're kidding, right? I WISH I could avoid Dan Brown. I don't even get TV and I know who he is. : Lone Swordsman
      • wtf242 gets off on pretending he's never heard of popular media. He did the same thing with The Office (... : fishbone
    • you must have been in a coke ridden stupor the month the movie came out, it was on every website, every ... : Halen
• They don't seem that egregious to me. I'm not a fan of him or anything. It seems unnecessary to nitpick s... : systatic
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  I appreciate quite a bit of critically-acclaimed literature, both poetry and prose alike. However, you wo... : skizl
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    Have you read any of his books? His best selling strategy is 99% dependent on rising rates of autism : itsjames
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      I read The Da Vinci Code a few years ago. I thought it was entertaining enough. : skizl
      • Exactly the words I would use to desribe this, Not a good book, but entertaining. : g0rmanat0r
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    Which Tom Chivers are you talking about? There's a British author named Tom Chivers but he's not the one ... : ArcKnight
    • I was referring to the guy who wrote the article. I'd never heard the name before. : skizl
• You should read Digital Fortress... it's good and really bad all at the same time. : MagicWishMonkey
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  number one was dumb tho. Almost everyone knows that Da Vinci means Leonardo da Vinci. : filthysock
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    It translates into "The from vinci code" : kingdepork
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      no it doesn't. To most people it means to The Code of Leonardo da Vinci. Most english speakers have zero ... : filthysock
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        ^^Dan Brown Super Fan 99. He wrote a fucking book knee-deep in Catholic/Vatican mythology and symbolis... : underground banana plantation
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          you mistake me. I have never even read one of his books. : filthysock
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            What's this then: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=20953217#itemanchor_20953217 Just speculation? O... : underground banana plantation
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              I'm actually questioning people's issues with it. So he's a shit writer, but sells well. And you obviousl... : filthysock
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                I didn't mean to give you such shit about it. It's not that I take issue so much specifically with him, b... : underground banana plantation
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                  what that people like a nice easy ride to be entertained with? : sleepyvt
                  • That people aren't capable of appreciating anything more. : underground banana plantation
  • Yes, and those placenames have come to be used as proper surnames in the English speaking world (eg DaSil... : SpaecKow
• Is Dan Brown white? : rosewood
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  I appreciate the research that went into the making of the "Da Vinci Code" (The only book I read by Dan B... : Sebastian-TEC
  • What research? Reading Umburto Eco's Foucoult's Pendulum and shoehorning in the same main character as hi... : theamazingrand0
  • Might want to check this out: http://www.amazon.com/Truth-Fiction-Vinci-Code-Constantine/dp/B0012QMZOA... : Lone Swordsman
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    this is his research: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Blood_and_the_Holy_Grail : dirge23
    • Great book! Have you also read Spear Of Destiny, by same authors? : AxeMan808
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  Meh, I'd rather be a wealthy author than a respected one. : yakz
  • Yeah, he probably has lunch with the Million Little Pieces guy at some crazy restaurant and they just lau... : baconisgod
• That article reeks of douche : maulla
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  hey guys in this thread all the unpublished book snobs come out and talk shit about a multi-millionaire! : TwiLyght
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    What logic is that? Are you any less qualified to critique music because you haven't produced any yoursel : underground banana plantation
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      look at it from the other side and say that dan brown is getting more people who wouldn't normal read to ... : re4ctor
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        Reading isn't a good in and of itself. if people think fiction books are the domain of Dan Brown and end ... : SpaecKow
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          Reading isn't a good in and of itself Goddamn right. Reading is not there for the sake of reading. Boo... : Modica Sol Solis
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            I really hope this is sarcasm. : ArcKnight
            • Hmph! Why don't you go watch some of those radio-pictures of yours! :/ : SpaecKow
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              I'm in that stage of my English/writing career where I hate pop writers and would love nothing more than ... : Modica Sol Solis
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                In other words you're going through your 'pretentious fuckwit' stage. : ArcKnight
                • Basically, yes. It'll pass in a few months. : Modica Sol Solis
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            ah fuck all that. they can do both, just like any other form of media. : EvilDolemite
            • Yep. The most entertaining books for me are the ones that punch me in the gut, figuratively. : drhazard
          • Books are no different from any other entertainment medium. Some will be classic, some will be schlock. : ColoradoCNC
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          who's to say they don't get into grisham et al? and id say reading is good by itself. regardless of the a... : re4ctor
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            People read all the time, people read on the train, they read at night before bed, they read the free pap... : SpaecKow
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              SpaecKow, how many people do you think ride trains/subways in America? : ArcKnight
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                I bet a fucklot of newyorkers do. : SpaecKow
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                  New York is America like Sydney is Australia. : ArcKnight
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                    I'm gambling that NYC is not the only place that has good public transport in America. : SpaecKow
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                      There's like, what, NYC, SF, D.C. area....where else has good public transportation in America? Also, ... : ArcKnight
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                        Oh I'm sorry, I had no idea, everyone here reads something. Sorry to hear about your crappy country! Good... : SpaecKow
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                          There were plenty of young people reading books on subways/trains/etc when I was over there. : Sacred Sperm
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                            Well who do I believe now? : SpaecKow
                            • Me! : Sacred Sperm
            • i'd argue most people read random things they see, maybe a few articles online or in a newspaper/magazine... : re4ctor
            • What do you think people should be reading then? People who feel that they are holier than Dan Brown d... : TwiLyght
          • The flipside is that people think that Dan Brown's books are actually based on real historical events. A... : Aragoat
          • yeah.. you'll come across them being used incorrectly. lol. : Megara9
      • I'm doubting the Dan Brown Gateway theory. : underground banana plantation
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      remember The Bridges of Madison Country? and how everybody got their panties in a wad over what was basic... : GloriousCow
      • I haven't read The Bridges of Madison County, but I have read "Old Songs in a New Cafe" by Robert Waller,... : underground banana plantation
    • today's youth have always been idiots. Most people have always been stupid. For all time, immediate easy ... : filthysock
  • We used to get posts like this all the time. Then the shack grew up. For all the stupid shit that gets po... : systatic
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    Does money make somebody's work off-limits for criticism or what? And what does being unpublished have to... : Chris Remo
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      I think he's suggesting that unpublished writers are bitter and angry at their lack of success and thus a... : Vincent Grayson
      • "In this thread" he said. I guess, technically, most of the people in this thread are not published autho... : Chris Remo
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    How dare you criticize books snobbery without being a book snob yourself? You clearly have no business do... : d fluke
    • Hahaha. This is the best response. : ZTac
• I liken dan brown novels to michael bay films. turn your brain off and enjoy. : re4ctor
• My little brother's soccer coach wrote all the kids a letter at the end of one season. It was all heartf... : skanky08
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  Dan read this and is now crying himself to slip on top of his giant pile of money. : riptyde
  • You must be a Dan Brown fan. jk jk : skanky08
  • He'll be fine after he gives his other pile of money a good hard fuck. : snuff
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  His last correspondence from Vittoria had been in December - a postcard saying she was headed to the Java : father_crown
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    it's like he's being paid by the word, rather than by the relevant word : Megara9
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      he really should have stuck in some stuff about tachyons and dark matter if that's the case : father_crown
      • manta rays can get entangled you know:( Poor guys, they are so cool : filthysock
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  In other news, Cormac McCarthy uses run on sentences and no quotation marks. Just sayin' : oc3lot
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    yeah... but blood meridian is some of the best writing i've ever read. the entire book reads like poetry.... : wtf242
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      I really liked All The Pretty Horses. : underground banana plantation
      • That is because it is great. : vigilante
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    http://everything2.com/title/%2522Shut+up%252C%2522+he+explained : evildanish
    • hahaha that's awesome : Home Nugget
  • It's one of the reasons why I haven't finished The Road. : slacko
  • this is kind of like looking at a picasso and saying "but it doesn't look like what it's supposed to look... : dirge23
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  Not being a native English speaker, I didn't really even spot the "wrongs" in most of those without a sec... : ramshot
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    Angels and Demons is an entire book of bad sentences. Seriously. Also, it has 10 word "chapters". : silent prophet
    • i heard twilight had blank pages in it, just because lol !!! : barichnikov
• I finished reading The Lost Symbol the other day. I got past the writing enough to actually enjoy the Da ... : peanut-
• thanks for this - sending it to my wife who is a professional writer : flagg209
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  Fuck, I liked all his books. But then again, I'm not a rhode scholar or an english major, so I never pic... : voodooraze
  • It's brainless and it's fun. I cannot for the fucking life of me understand how some of these dudes get b... : laurgasms
• LOL, this is just needless nitpicking from some ass who will never be as successful as Dan Brown. : PenicillinX57